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It's huge! It's really huge!
This Vitality Tree Spirit was nearly five times larger than any of the tree spirits they had seen before. Its trunk was so thick that it would take seven or eight people to encircle it, and its canopy blocked out the sky.
It was those Vitality Tree Spirit who brought them here.
"If I'm not mistaken, this should be the Vitality Tree Spirit BOSS."
As Xiao Fan spoke, he tossed a team merge request to Blade Shadow, which was instantly approved.
"You'll know once you chop it with an axe."
As he spoke, Wind Snow Traveler shouldered his large axe and swung it down on the giant tree in front of him.
-80HP
A number floated up from the tree, followed by its game information appearing above it.
Name: Vitality Tree Spirit (BOSS)
Level: 11
HP: 4920/5000
"It really is the BOSS! Brothers, let's go!"
Seeing the tree bar showing signs of blood loss, Wind Snow Traveler waved his hand, and the others rushed forward.
The Vitality Tree Spirit BOSS is not as easy to bully as the ordinary tree spirit.
It can continuously release dagger-like leaves to attack the player.
The Wind Snow Traveler and Blade Shadow have a level advantage, so the leaves can only do limited damage to them. The Archer is a ranged attacker who can keep moving and attacking.
Aside from those three, it's going to be tough for the other players.
You have to attack while dodging leaves that fly in at any time, and getting hit by them deals a lot of damage.
Fortunately, Xiao Fan was there to remind him and heal him.
When the BOSS's health was reduced to half, Xiao Fan reminded everyone to save their skills, as they needed to unleash burst damage when the BOSS's recovery mechanism activated.
Finally, when the BOSS's HP was down to 1500, its HP began to rise. Xiao Fan first activated the Severe Injury effect with his Blade Shadow.
The BOSS's health recovery effect is stronger than that of a regular tree spirit, so Xiao Fan directed everyone to use their skills.
In an instant, everyone activated their skills.
Wind Snow Traveler spun around like a red top, startling the others who huddled together and silently poked the BOSS.
The BOSS's health is visibly decreasing.
After the Blade Shadow and Shadow skill's critical injury effect ended, Xiao Fan seamlessly transitioned to a new skill.
Enraged that its health wouldn't recover, the BOSS frantically shook its leaves to attack the player.
"Never mind that, just go all out."
If you don't kill the BOSS before the severe injury effect ends, based on the BOSS's recovery rate, then today's effort will have been wasted.
Xiao Fan activates his Sun Form and uses the skill <Sun and Moon Firefly>, healing while inflicting additional damage.
The Vitality Tree Spirit BOSS has high HP, high defense, and decent damage. Its weakness is that it cannot move, but its attacks can be dodged, making it relatively easy to defeat.
Finally, before the critical injury effect wore off, the BOSS's health was depleted.
The enormous trees withered instantly, creating a truly stunning death effect.
Before Xiao Fan could even breathe a sigh of relief, he heard the Game System's voice.
"Congratulations! Your team has defeated the special boss, the Vitality Tree Spirit, and gained 8000 Core Power."
Congratulations! Your team has defeated the special boss, the Vitality Tree Spirit. You have also obtained 1 Healing Evolution Fragment in your Novice Zone.
"Evolution Fragment!"
Xiao Fan suddenly looked up, and Wind Snow Traveler and the others looked at him in shock as well. They also heard the system's voice.
Following the Lost Island, they have once again obtained Evolution Fragment.
The word "healing" is also attached to this Evolution Fragment.
"The healing... could it be related to the BOSS's abilities?" Xiao Fan guessed.
The Vitality Tree Spirit possess self-healing abilities; after killing the Boss, they obtain Healing Evolution Fragment.
But what exactly is the use of these Evolution Fragment?
The first Evolution Fragment drops from completing a dungeon, and the second Evolution Fragment drops from defeating a boss.
What are the drop conditions for Evolution Fragment? Are there any other types of Evolution Fragment?
"It's getting dark, let's go back first." Just as Xiao Fan finished speaking, the system's voice sounded again.
Game Announcement: Dear players, the <Cloud Sea> server will undergo maintenance in 30 minutes, which is expected to last for one week. Please log out of the game before the maintenance begins, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences!
This announcement is visible to all players.
The Regional Channel in Zone 18 exploded instantly.
Garfield Without Fat: "Update? Games can be updated?"
Han the Person: "That's not the point. The point is, what content is being updated? Why doesn't the system explain this clearly?"
Xiao Xiaosasa: "I hope I don't have a huge poop."
Qi Guoguo: "What exactly are they updating? And why is the server down for another week?"
This is the first time in ten years since the game <Cloud Sea> has experienced a server shutdown for maintenance, leaving all players somewhat bewildered.
Xiao Fan felt something was strange.
In his eyes, setting aside the game interface, <Cloud Sea> felt like a real world, and this server shutdown update seemed very abrupt. Xiao Fan was also very curious about what content the game was going to update.
Jiu Chen: "The server will shut down in thirty minutes. If you're still in the wilderness, go back to the Novice Village."
Qi Guoguo: "Great God Jiu Chen, we're back. There are only ten of you left."
Zai Zai: "Yeah, Brother Chen, you guys should come back soon."
"Let's go back to the village first."
Along the way, everyone was speculating about what content the game would be updated with.
Xiao Fan silently opened the character information.
ID: Jiu Chen
Level: 10 (0/120000)
HP: 1060/1060
MP: 24654/24868(+23752)
Strength: 10
Intelligence: 40
Spirit: 30
Agility: 30
Constitution: 30
Specialties: Saint, Gardener, Sun and Moon Messenger
Skills: Halo of the Saint, Gift of the Saint 6 Flower Grafting, Sun and Moon Firefly 7, Sun and Moon Rotation 8
Equipment: None
Core Power: 567430
"This Core Power is enough for my attribute points to materialize."
Xiao Fan plans to materialize his attribute points when he returns to reality this time. He has other ideas for enhancing his attributes.
After thinking for a moment, Xiao Fan bought another ten points of strength attribute.
In the game, he doesn't deal physical damage, so strength attribute points aren't very useful. But in the Real World, strength is a much more important attribute.
When the group returned to the Novice Village, the system was already counting down to five minutes, and all the other players had already logged out of the game.
When Qin Muyu saw Xiao Fan return, she gave him a way to contact her in real life.
See you in a week.
Xiao Fan returned to the thatched hut and chose to exit the game.
"In this game update, exiting the game will not consume Core Power."
Ding! Player has temporarily logged out of <Cloud Sea>. Do you wish to materialize attribute points?
"Yes."
"Player has obtained 113 attribute points in <Cloud Sea>. Manifestation requires 230,000 Core Power Points. Confirm payment?"
Xiao Fan:!!!!
Isn't it supposed to be 1000 attribute points? How come 113 attribute points require 230,000 Core Power?! Is there a calculation error?
The system, of course, wouldn't explain it to him.
Finally, Xiao Fan, with a dark expression, nodded, "Yes."