CHAPTER 2131: CHAPTER 1702: WOOD SPIRIT CRYSTAL (DOUBLE CHAPTER) (PART 2)

"Trouble."

At this moment, Wang Cai was still painfully rolling on the ground, wailing nonstop. How could Su Ran bear to let it wait here for death? He hurried over, grabbed a dog leg, trying to rescue it.

Suddenly.

Dozens of slender tree roots shot up from the ground, encircling the man and dog.

Seeing the situation turning bad, Su Ran immediately abandoned Wang Cai, stepped into the air, and flew into the sky, narrowly escaping the disaster.

But Wang Cai wasn’t so lucky. At this moment, it was only concerned with rolling and wailing, without paying any attention to the danger in front of it. As expected, it was wrapped into a ball by the tree roots and dragged underground.

In an instant, the wind stopped, and the trembling ground came to a sudden halt.

"Alas, people die for wealth, birds die for food, and dogs... lose their lives over their habits. Consider this a lesson for it."

Su Ran watched helplessly as Wang Cai was dragged away, yet was powerless, forced to accept this cruel reality.

For the sake of this green crystal, Su Ran completely angered the ancient tree, losing his qualifications to leave this place, and Wang Cai lost its life because of it. This was truly his own doing, deservingly dead!

Su Ran fell silent for a moment, then opened Wang Cai’s attribute panel. As expected, Wang Cai’s health dropped like an open faucet, gushing downwards. Within seconds, it had fallen to zero, turning into a corpse.

"In the end, it’s dead."

Su Ran wasn’t surprised by Wang Cai’s outcome, it was his own doing, he could blame no one else.

But at that moment, an astonishing scene appeared. Wang Cai’s health on the attribute panel instantly restored to full, and a strong dog’s bark came from underground.

"This is... Twin Souls!"

Surprised, Su Ran finally reacted. It was Wang Cai who had absorbed the Double-headed Fire Dragon egg liquid and gained the new skill [Twin Souls], producing a miraculous effect!

(Twin Souls: Revives at full health after death, with all attributes +10%, duration 10 seconds, skill cooldown 24 hours.)

While Su Ran was in a daze, Wang Cai emerged from the ground energetically and ran towards him. Those tree roots continued to encircle, yet Wang Cai’s speed increased by 10%, completely disregarding the threat, easily escaping the encirclement of the roots.

"Woof!"

As Wang Cai reached Su Ran, it directly spat out the green crystal, its eyes full of dread. It seemed that it had suffered a lot, and dared not try again.

"How disgusting, swallowing something and then spitting it out, if you had given it to me earlier, you wouldn’t have had to suffer!"

Though Su Ran spoke harshly, he still picked up the crystal. A crystal that even Wang Cai highly valued might definitely have unusual attributes, possibly a treasure!

With the crystal in hand, Su Ran’s mood suddenly calmed down. He first glanced at those tree roots, and realizing they posed no threat to him, he cast the Detection Technique on the crystal, curious to see what made Wang Cai lose its composure.

[Wood Spirit Crystal] (Special)

A crystal formed from the Thousand-Year Tree Heart. Upon refining, it produces Wood Spirit Liquid, which can enhance the physical attributes of a pet.

"Wow, it’s actually a Thousand-Year Tree Heart!"

Only then did Su Ran understand why the ancient tree had gone berserk. Excavating its tree heart, it would be strange if it didn’t go mad!

Nevertheless, it truly is a good treasure, capable of enhancing a pet’s physical attributes. But there’s a prerequisite—it needs refining first. No wonder Wang Cai found it hard to swallow; the Wood Spirit Crystal cannot be consumed before refinement, and Wang Cai stumbled on it.

"Woof woof!"

Seeing Su Ran holding the crystal, Wang Cai couldn’t help but bark twice, intending to remind Su Ran to refine it.

"Look at your impatience! I’m not going to snatch it from you, be patient!"

Su Ran chided Wang Cai, dissatisfied with its behavior. However, the arrival of the Wood Spirit Crystal alleviated Su Ran’s gloomy mood. Although he couldn’t temporarily leave the space, he thankfully obtained the Wood Spirit Crystal, making misfortunes somewhat worthwhile.

"Woof~~~"

Wang Cai drooped its head and lay on the ground, looking as pitiful as possible.

The ground was still rumbling, the earthquakes becoming more frequent, making it hard for Su Ran to settle down and refine the Wood Spirit Crystal. He had to choose to tackle these tree roots, only eliminating them would give him a chance to refine the crystal.

"Wang Cai, go, deal with those roots!"

In Su Ran’s view, since he had already angered the ancient tree, calming the relationship seemed impossible. It would be better to tear things apart completely, defeat it, then surely he could gain the right to leave this space!

"Woof woof!"

Wang Cai stood up excitedly, enveloped in flames, transforming into a mighty fire wolf. With the addition of fire attributes, its attack power increased significantly, giving Wang Cai more confidence in dealing with the tree roots.

"A perfect use of Flame Prison Imprint here!"

Su Ran murmured excitedly, quite pleased with the attribute effects of this skill. He didn’t rely entirely on Wang Cai, forming several fireballs and shooting them at the tree roots.

(Flame Prison Imprint: Fire attribute conversion, ignores fire damage and fire seals, adds 30% flame damage to all outputs, creates a burning effect, reducing target’s health by 50 points per second, duration 5 seconds, Flame Prison Imprint skill duration 3 minutes, cooldown 20 minutes.)

In addition, while attacking, Su Ran summoned the Darknight Thunder Dragon. With no outsiders to disturb him, there was no need to hold back, letting the Thunder Dragon perform and level up.

The Darknight Thunder Dragon appeared without hesitation, directly activating the [Thunderous Nine Heavens] Crowd Technique skill, summoning Nine Heavens Wild Thunder, which bombarded the tree roots, some even triggering paralysis, immobilizing them.

Wang Cai’s performance was also commendable. First, it used Luck Suppression, reducing the ancient tree’s attributes by 20%, then activated the [Luck Protection] skill, increasing its defense before charging forward to engage the roots in close combat.

With passive skills [Wrapping] and [Damage Transfer], Wang Cai took full advantage in close combat, not falling behind against numerous tree roots, living up to the reputation of a Platinum Artifact Beast.

Under the combined output of Su Ran and the two pets, the tree roots couldn’t withstand the assault, retreating underground, too afraid to re-emerge.

Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, Su Ran took out the Strange Demon Bone Cauldron and began working on refining the Thousand-Year Tree Heart.

Meanwhile.

The tree roots emerged three more times but were repelled by the Darknight Thunder Dragon and Wang Cai, who did a stellar job guarding, allowing Su Ran to focus solely on the refining process.

This refining process went smoothly, taking only a few minutes before the Wood Spirit Crystal transformed into viscous liquid. Without needing to check, it was undoubtedly the Wood Spirit Liquid.

Unfortunately, the Wood Spirit Liquid was only refined into a small bottle, sufficient for only one pet. Su Ran wasn’t biased towards the Darknight Thunder Dragon; after all, Wang Cai risked its life for it, making it rightfully entitled.

Thinking of this, Su Ran called Wang Cai back, and before he could even instruct, Wang Cai pounced forward, licking the Wood Spirit Liquid clean.

"Ding! Congratulations to player Skeleton, pet Wang Cai has consumed special medicine Wood Spirit Liquid, permanent +5% health, Qi Blood recovery speed +10%."

The system’s notification comforted Su Ran, as a strengthened pet meant his own power increased. Even offending the ancient tree was worth it.

"Woof woof!"

Wang Cai excitedly circled Su Ran, wagging its tail non-stop, evidently more excited than Su Ran, given its enthusiasm.

"Let’s go solve this ancient tree!"

Su Ran directly issued a counterattack order. He wanted to see how the dead ancient tree could prevent him from leaving this space!