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Mountain Range of the Primeval Forest Monarchs
Breaking through the mist of the marsh, the path stretched between massive mountain ranges. The primeval forest covering the mountainside was so dense it seemed to obscure the sky, and a thick green mist flowed out from beneath the valley.
The forest began to move.
The thorn bush giant climbed up the mountainside. Thorny vines writhed all over its body, spreading in every direction, as blackened thorns rained down in succession. Thorns of darkness surged through the gap, blocking the path.
Lifting his shield to strike away the thorn, the blade of the wind swept across the valley. A sharp wind swept through, cutting through the rocks and trees. He crouched to avoid the attack and threw a spear, but the thick moss-covered rock shield blocked his way.
The vine wielder swung his arms like whips. Trellises crashed into the ground, breaking rocks, and the stalks of reed spearbuckweed sprouted from the earth, filling the path. As the spore-dispersing bodies scattered toxic spores, beams of light cut through the forest, breaking the spore fog.
The Black Tree Spirit rose from the mountainside. The charred arms of the trees swung down, and hundreds of roots of the underbrush covered the ground. The bindweed tried to tie up the legs by stretching its roots from the ground, but the fire licked the earth and burned them.
The buds of the flower-leaf bracts have opened. Its massive inner teeth bared as it charged, and the poisonous vines of the Poisonous Vine King bloomed all at once. As hallucinatory pollen spread, a monk of the poison flower emerged from the forest.
The wind’s blade swept through the valley again. The sharp leaves of the leafhawk flew in on the wind, and the grasshopper hawk swung its sickle-bent blades. Blocking the attack with a shield, he quickly thrust the spear. Then a fireball erupted, engulfing the vines and leaves in flames.
But the mountain range shook even more deeply.
A giant tree stroller dragged its ancient roots across the valley. A giant ramantooth spread its body between the rocks, and the green forest shield bugs blocked the path with their bark shields. Dozens of tendrils of the vine-crested monster spread out in all directions, and the ivy vampires tried to suck life through the roots and vines.
The seed launcher fired seeds in succession. Seeds exploded across the mountainside, sending up rocks and dust. A giant stem breaker struck the stem through the gap, and the rocks in the valley collapsed under the impact.
The black lotus monster spread its black petals and spewed venom. The moss-eater tried to draw everything it touched into its body, and hundreds of teeth interlocked inside the petals of the hosta’s flower. When the Thorny Crown Monster raised its enormous crown, spikes sprouted from the entire forest.
At that moment, a massive shadow rose above the mountain range.
A giant tree heart pounded in the center of the Forest Heart's body. Sap veins, flowing like blood, gathered around them, and spore mist clouds covered the mountainside. The root labyrinth twisted the paths by connecting roots entwined with valleys and slopes.
At last, the king of the primeval forest has appeared.
Countless plant monsters moved in unison to that command. Thorns surged up the mountain range, while the thorns of darkness and blades of wind swept through the valley.
Bulps exploded one after another. Flame beams pierced through the forest monsters, and direct sunlight swept across the mountainside. As flames of high heat scorched the vines and roots, they pushed back the waves of enemies with spears and shields as they climbed the mountainside.
The collapsed rocks tumbled down the valley. Beyond the blazing forest, higher mountain ranges emerged. Even there, the roots of the primeval forest were digging between the rocks, blocking the path up
Hillside of the Primeval Forest
After leaving the marsh, I climbed along a narrow path winding through the mountain ridges. The valley was deeply divided on both sides, and tree roots stretching along the cliffs covered the mountain like a giant net.
The dirt beneath my feet shifted.
The Thorny Giant rose up through the slope. The vines of his entire body tautened, and black thorns shot out in all directions. The moment it was blocked by the shield, a thorn of darkness slipped through the gap and flew in.
I swung the spear to shatter the thorn and blasted away the fireball. The explosion shook the giant's torso, but the mossy shell block stood in its way. As the flames spread across the thick lichensaber, the vine-wielder swung his arms like whips.
I crouched down to avoid the vines and thrust my spear in. The reeds of the spear soldiers sprouted from the valley floor, blocking the path. Behind them, the spore pitchers poured out toxic spores, and a black wooden man struck down the burning tree limbs.
Direct sunlight swept across the forest. The spore mist parted, revealing the forms of the hidden enemies. Flame spears flew in succession, piercing through the bodies of the root troops. Hundreds of roots writhed around the rock, but a blaze of intense heat spread through the gap.
The flower buds, puffing up, burst forth and charged. The moment its huge teeth revealed, the tip of the spear pierced the inside of the flower. The poison ivy king spread its poisonous flowers as if bursting open, and the leaves, curved like a sickle of the grass-cutting ghost tree, flew in on the mountain breeze.
A gust of wind swept through the valley.
The sharp leaves of the leaf-scarers were carried in the wind, and the giant mushroom lord shook the mushrooms growing on his back as he spread his spores. When the ivy’s vengeful vines tried to wrap around its body, it pushed them away with a shield and swiftly thrust a spear to sever the vines’ connection.
The Green Forest Shielded Monster led with a massive tree-skin shield. Behind them, a large tree-climbing pedestrian approached, stepping on the mountainside. The ground shook and rocks tumbled down. The vine tentacled monster stretched out dozens of tentacles, but the fireball burst, sweeping them away.
The root anchor bolt shot up from the ground. As I cut off the roots that were wrapping around its ankle, the moss-eaten plant spread its body and devoured the surrounding plants and soil. Seed pods shot seeds toward the mountainside, and the successive explosions toppled rocks and soil.
Venom dripped from the petals of the black lotus monster. Cannibalous crown violets spread their petals wide to block the path, and massive thorns rose from the heads of the thorny crown violets. As the stem breaker swung the massive stem to strike the ground, the valley’s rock walls split open.
In the midst of it, the Forest Heart Form appeared.The wooden heart lodged in the center of my body pounded heavily. Red sap veins flowed like blood, extending outward, and spore mats covered the mountainside. The root labyrinth twisted through mountain paths, connecting valleys and cliffs at its base.
At last, the primeval forest lord rose from beyond the mountain range.
As that enormous being moved, the forest monsters reacted in unison. Thorns and vines surged up the mountainside, while the thorns of darkness and blades of wind swept over the path at once.
Bulps exploded one after another, and the fiery spear plunged into the forest. Direct sunlight cut through the mountainside, revealing the enemy's movements. While the flames of high heat burned the vines and roots, they pushed back the attacks with spears and shields and continued climbing the mountain range.
Leaving the collapsing valley behind us, we climbed up the cliff, where the blazing primeval forest stretched below. But beyond the ridge, huge tree roots were also rising. They blocked the path between the rocks, further sealing off the way to higher ground
