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"When the fierce battle is about to begin, my responsibility will be to control the overall situation, command and dispatch, and coordinate the combat work of all parties. At that time, I will be concentrating on accurately judging the monsters' skills and damage output, and quickly issuing corresponding orders."

"First, when the battle begins, I will arrange for two mages to stand firmly in the rear, maintaining a safe distance from the Tree Demon King before launching a joint attack. This attack is to use the firepower output of the three of us to test the characteristics of the Tree Demon King's skills and the approximate timing of its attacks."

"After my mage launches the first attack, it will be the turn of you two powerful warriors to take the stage. Remember, when the boss unleashes his first skill, you must charge forward without hesitation, and remember to coordinate closely with your teammates.

Especially keep an eye on the tanky character, Ji Nian. Don't get too close to the boss and lose your effective protection."

"As for you, Huang Xinke, as a close-quarters fighter with explosive power and agility, you need to fully utilize your nimble positioning to your advantage. Closely observe the boss's every move, understanding its patterns before waiting for an opportunity to strike.

When attacking, you must strive to inflict a heavy blow to the Dryad King boss in a short period of time, dealing as much damage as possible. If you miss or the situation becomes unfavorable, do not linger in the fight and decisively retreat to ensure your own safety.

"Yuri, Lemon, you two mages, remember to stand behind me! You know, your attack range is much greater than that of a melee profession like me.

"When you're releasing skills later, remember to rotate them. Don't use up all your MP at once and then just stand there, bewildered. We need to keep releasing skills consistently so we can deal constant damage to the enemy."

Gou Daiyu spoke quickly while scanning each team member with his eyes.

Then he shouted again, raising his voice.

"Everyone, check your backpacks to see if you have enough recovery potions. If you don't have enough, I can replenish them. This is just a temporary loan! After all, I don't have much.

Especially those warriors who rush to the front in close combat, as well as the nimble and agile flying warriors, you are all close-combat types, so you must always pay attention to your own status. If you find that your HP or MP has dropped to half, you must immediately use potions to replenish it. Don't let down the chain! "

Having said that, Gou Daiyu paused again, took a breath and continued!

"As for me, I will stay behind the team to observe the situation and give everyone timely instructions. However, the specific actions to take will have to wait until we actually come into contact with the Tree Demon King. I will then make an accurate judgment based on the actual situation."

"Alright, now everyone, apply your team buffs. If you have any active buffs that can improve your status, use them as well. In short, everyone must do their part and work together to defeat the enemy! When you're ready, follow me closely to the top of this mountain! The hunt officially begins!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gou Daiyu took off like an arrow, dashing towards the top of the mountain. Seeing this, the other team members quickened their pace and followed closely behind him. A fierce battle was about to begin.

Gou Daiyu and his companions finally reached the top of the mountain after a difficult trek. However, when they stopped and looked out, they saw a scene of desolation that was so desolate that it made their hearts tremble.

The sun, hanging high in the sky, generously cast its blazing rays directly onto the top of the mountain. Everyone raised their heads and looked around, only to see that the surrounding trees had long lost all vitality and vigor.

Only charred tree trunks remain standing, proving that there were once lush, leafy trees here. Now, apart from the charred stumps, the remaining branches and leaves have become unrecognizable.

These tree trunks look like the remains left after a raging fire, appearing extremely dry, fragile and brittle.

They stood there quietly, enduring the sun's relentless scorching heat day after day, with some even emitting faint wisps of heat, as if they had just experienced a devastating disaster.

A closer look revealed that the trees were all strangely distorted. Some looked as if their slender waists had been snapped by a violent wind. Others looked as if they had been cruelly kneaded and twisted by the enormous black hands of a demon, leaving them grotesquely shaped.

The stumps scattered about were also of various shapes and arranged in an orderly manner. Some were high and protruding, like deep marks left by the earth struggling desperately in extreme pain.

Some of them were low and sunken, like tears shed by the earth. In this dead and gloomy atmosphere, not even a single green leaf or even the slightest sign of life could be found.

The only strange thing is that although these tree stumps are of different sizes and shapes, there is an axe on the horizontal broken side of the stumps.

In addition to these shocking charred tree stumps, people were standing on large pieces of fallen stones.

The stones, of varying sizes and shapes, are piled together in a chaotic, haphazard pattern. Their surfaces, eroded by wind and rain and weathering, have become extremely rough and uneven. Each stone seems to silently speak of the passage of time and the cruelty of nature.

Looking into the distance, yellow sand rolled in from the distant horizon, covering the sky and the earth, like a thick and misty yellow gauze, gently covering this vast and lifeless land.

Whenever the strong wind blows past, the flying yellow sand rushes like a wild horse, raising gusts of sandstorms that instantly blur people's eyes and make it impossible to see clearly where the winding road ahead leads.

In this endless ocean of yellow sand, there are occasionally a few relatively large rocks that suddenly poke their heads out from the sand piles that deeply bury them, like a group of stern and lonely watchmen, standing silently in this desolate and dead desert.

Looking up at the sky, I saw a scorching sun hanging high in the sky. The scorching sunlight was like countless golden arrows, pouring down mercilessly without any obstruction or shelter.

Under such strong light, the temperature here continued to rise, and even the surrounding air seemed to be distorted by the burning flames.

Here, there is not even a gentle cloud willing to float over and bring even a brief moment of coolness and shade to this long-dried and barren land.

There is no sign of life willing to stop here to break the suffocating silence and inject even a little bit of vitality and hope into it.

Standing on top of such a rarely visited mountaintop, one suddenly feels as if time has frozen and stopped, and the so-called end of the world is perhaps just this scene before one's eyes.

Looking around, all that was left was a desolate and decaying scene, like a ruined post-apocalyptic ruin. The charred earth exuded a pungent, sickening odor. There was no sign of life, only an unending silence and a pervasive sense of despair.

"Brothers, cheer up! Look at those tree stumps. They are not ordinary wood. They are from the twenty-first level Black Axe Wood Demon and the seventeenth level Axe Wood Demon.

Their attack methods are similar to those of ordinary wood monsters, but both their damage and health are far beyond our imagination. Try not to provoke them if you can!

Gou Daiyu stared at the front with a serious expression, and shouted at Huang Xinke who was about to step forward and pull out the axe.

After hearing Gou Daiyu's warning, Huang Xinke withdrew his hand in dismay, a trace of embarrassment on his face. But he also understood that the situation was serious and he couldn't take any risks.

Gou Daiyu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Huang Xinke stop, and continued.

"Okay, let's keep going. The central area ahead is the territory of the Tree Demon King. When we get there, everything must be done according to the plan we made before. If anyone dares to mess around, don't blame me if you die!"

After saying that, he carefully walked around the axe demon tree stump in front of him and slowly led everyone forward.

Soon, the team slowly approached the center of the mountain top.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

As they got closer to the center, everyone could clearly feel the earthquake becoming stronger and stronger.

"There are earthquakes on the top of this mountain? Aren't you afraid of landslides? Boss, what's going on? Should we retreat quickly?"

Feeling the vibration becoming stronger and stronger, Huang Xinke could no longer hold back and could not help but express his worried words.

"The boss, the Dryad King, is ahead. The earthquake is caused by his movements. Everyone, just head straight for him!"

Gou Daiyu looked around carefully and saw that everyone had a deep worry on their faces, so he spoke directly.

"What a massive boss that must be, its mere movement can cause an earthquake!"

When everyone heard Gou Daiyu's words, they all couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

As Gou Daiyu finished speaking, although everyone was still afraid, they gritted their teeth and continued to move towards the center.

With every step, the ground shook more intensely, as if the earth beneath their feet would crack and swallow them up at any moment. Everyone's steps began to stagger, but they still supported each other and tried to maintain their balance.

Finally, amidst a cloud of dust, the figure of the Dryad King boss gradually emerged. Its massive body resembled a moving mountain, its trunk-like limbs causing earthquakes with every fall. Its body was covered in twisted branches and sharp thorns, a symbol of nature's wrath.

It is huge, like a moving hill. The thick trunk is covered with traces of time's erosion. The bark is rough and cracked, like a dry riverbed in ancient earth. A strange green light can be seen faintly from the cracks.

Countless winding and twisted branches stretched out from around its body, like the limbs of a monster with bared fangs and claws. The sharp branches were like sharp spears, flashing cold light in the darkness, as if ready to stab any adventurer who dared to approach.

The "head" of the Tree Demon King is a strange mass made up of tangled vines and rotten leaves. A group of black and blue bats are hanging upside down on the strange and twisted branches.

In the middle of the tree stump seemed a huge, twisted and deformed ghost face, with ghostly green fire burning in its two empty eye sockets. It stared coldly at everything around it, emitting a chilling aura, as if as long as one looked into that gaze, they would be swallowed by endless fear.

Its body was still surrounded by wisps of mist, which carried a smell of decay and drifted slowly, as if covering the terrifying tree demon king with a layer of gloomy gauze, adding to its mysterious and terrifying atmosphere.

With every step the Tree Demon King took, the top of the mountain would vibrate slightly. The wood demons and axe demons following him were all knocked to the ground from time to time by the vibrations he created.

"Fuck! This is too tall!"

Everyone looked at the giant body of the Tree Demon King, and even Yuri, who was usually quiet, exclaimed in surprise.

"Ah! Yes! It's at least three or four stories high!"

It was rare to see Yuri speak, so Huang Xinke continued with a sentence.

It seemed that the Tree Demon King had sensed the arrival of Gou Taiyu's team, and let out a deafening roar directly towards the team's location. The sound waves carried the earthquake in the air.

The next moment, everyone seemed to be attacked by something. They had tinnitus in their ears and a dull pain in their eardrums. Moreover, because the Tree Demon King was moving towards them, the earthquake made everyone shaky and unable to stand steadily.

Gou Taiyu glanced at his teammates and found that except for Huang Xinke, the flying man, who could still maintain stability at this time, the others seemed to have difficulty even standing.

"The hunting plan has changed. Huang Xinke is relying on you. You are responsible for attracting the attention of the Tree Demon King and pulling it away. Be careful not to get hit. Your HP is too low!"

"While the others are pulling aggro on Huang Xinke, the mage and I will do ranged damage. The warrior will crawl forward to support Huang Xinke and replace the target of aggro. Li Nianji, you go support Huang Xinke! Get moving!"

As he spoke, Gou Taiyu took out ten bottles of white potions and an agility potion from his backpack and handed them to Huang Xinke.