Synthetic Wizard

To him, there was no threat.

With four blasts of Burning Hands, Sunan easily dealt with the remaining Demon Palace Roses.

However, this battle seemed to have triggered some kind of switch, as strange rustling sounds suddenly came from the surrounding darkness.

Rumble!

A huge noise suddenly erupted from the left, as if a giant boulder was rolling towards him, accompanied by the sound of trees being crushed.

The next moment, a giant, round ball burst out from the darkness, rolling towards Sunan.

Taking advantage of the faint starlight, Sunan quickly recognized the true form of the ball.

It was a ball completely constituted of vines and branches, as large as a building, its surface enveloped by a layer of pale green spore mist, clearly not something to be touched.

“A Plague Vine Ball!”

Sunan’s eyebrows furrowed. This was a Tier Three Legendary level creature, capable of spreading plague, with a surface toxic cloud of plague potent enough to instantly poison a Tier Two Legendary Knight to death.

Meanwhile, sounds of metal scraping came from the front as well.

Tall, burly figures rushed out from the depths of the forest.

At first glance, these creatures looked like apes clad in black armor, their faces hideous and ugly, with two tongues dripping with disgusting pus, and snakes extending from their helmets coiled around their armored arms.

“Corrupt and Defeated Monarchs!”

Sunan’s eyes flashed.

The Corrupt and Defeated Monarch is a Tier Three Legendary undead creature, not only possessing formidable combat power but also able to summon and command undead beings.

As the Corrupt and Defeated Monarchs raised their battle axes and roared, the ground immediately cracked open, and undead creatures, their entire bodies decaying with patches of stark white bones exposed, emerged from beneath.

More and more creatures appeared from around, swarming towards Sunan like a tidal wave.

“Is this the test of the Forest of Black?”

Even surrounded by countless monsters, Sunan’s expression remained calm and composed.

With a slight thought, countless puppets appeared out of thin air around him, advancing in unison towards the oncoming horde of monsters.

The fierce battle erupted instantly!

Roars and booms shattered the night’s silence!

Hundreds of elite Steel Golems and Refined Gold Golems heavily guarded Sunan, cleaving through the encirclement of monsters like a sharp blade, pressing forward unceasingly.

The density of monsters was somewhat startling to Sunan.

Almost every step forward was accompanied by the death of either a monster or a puppet.

From a bird’s-eye view, his path forward was littered with blood and shards of metal.

“Something isn’t right.”

“This level of attack intensity, even a Level 3 Wizard Apprentice wouldn’t be able to withstand, it utterly loses the meaning of a test.”

Sunan was puzzled.

Could it be that the Forest of Black is different from the Tower of Stars, not established to recruit qualified Wizard Apprentices?

But if not, why does the Wizard Influence behind the Forest of Black leave this legacy of wizardry?

Or has something gone wrong in the Forest of Black?

Puzzled as he was, Sunan had no intention of stopping, occasionally casting magic to eliminate any that broke through the defensive line.

No matter what, reaching the core of the Forest of Black would unveil the truth.

The number of monsters in the Forest of Black was ultimately limited.

As time passed, Sunan clearly felt the number of monsters surrounding him significantly begin to decrease.

He estimated that he had slain at least a thousand to a thousand five hundred monsters on his way through, at the cost of over a hundred golems.

However, for Sunan, who is now well-established, such a loss was entirely bearable.

Compared to Secret Puppets, the materials for Steel Golems and Refined Gold Golems were much easier to come by.

He would rather lose some puppets but preserve strength for the upcoming situation.

A moment later, with a mournful cry, the last Corrupt and Defeated Monarch fell under the giant fist of a Refined Gold Golem.

Thus, the monsters surrounding Sunan were utterly vanquished, and except for the pitch-black trees around, not a single monster was in sight.

“Is it over?” Sunan’s eyes flickered slightly.

At that moment, the trees behind him suddenly shook violently, and several thick roots burst from the ground, whipping towards his back like lashes!

Thunk!

With a dull thud, the roots were blocked by an invisible force field a few centimeters from Sunan’s body.

Sunan struck back with a flash of lightning, charring the roots.

Rustle!

The sound of branches shaking rose one after another!

In that instant, all the trees around shook violently, countless roots sprang from the ground, sweeping towards Sunan and the puppets like a storm!

Crunch!

In a flash, several elite Steel Golems were tightly bound by the roots, and as the roots constricted, the metal bodies visibly twisted, producing screeching sounds, turning into scrap metal in no time.

Without a word, Sunan unleashed a Blazing Flame Orb, and the surrounding golems also cast flame magic, instantly burning the roots to ashes.

Yet the next moment, the sound of branches swinging echoed in his ears again.

Around Sunan, within a radius of a hundred meters, the trees began to tremble violently once more, with one root after another shooting from the ground like arrows.

The roots that had just been cleared and thinned quickly became dense again.

Seeing this, Sunan furrowed his brows.

Could it be… that all the trees in this forest are monsters capable of manipulating roots?

Despite the dim light, preventing clear vision, Sunan had continuously used his spiritual power to sense the surroundings along the way, estimating that the number of trees in this forest couldn’t be less than four digits.

If all these trees were living monsters, it would be a tough situation.

While Sunan pondered, the entire forest slowly awoke like a slumbering giant beast.

The tremors of the trees spread like waves to all directions.

Countless trees awoke one after another, extracting roots from the ground, flailing towards the sky like a frenzied dance.

Seeing this, Sunan did not hesitate any longer, decisively retracting his golems and floated into the air.

At the same time, large amounts of silver liquid seeped from his pores, quickly enveloping his body, forming into a massive ten-meter-long spike.

Boom!

With a piercing sonic boom, the massive spike shot forward like lightning.

While rapidly advancing, it also spun at high speed like a turbine!

Whiz whiz whiz!

Dense black roots converged from all around, crashing down like a torrential storm, yet were shredded into debris upon contact with the massive spike.

For a time, the massive spike was like a high-speed tank, forcefully cutting a path through the black ocean, leaving countless black roots reduced to dust.

After an unknown duration, Sunan suddenly felt the pressure from the front lighten.

Scanning his surroundings, he found himself out of the root encirclement, entering a vast clearing.

This clearing seemed to have some restriction, where the roots could only thrash wildly along the boundary of the clearing and the trees, unable to enter.

Confirming that the roots could no longer pose a threat, Sunan retracted the liquid metal and turned his gaze to the center of the clearing.

A massive dark tree, with sprawling branches and leaves, stood quietly rooted at the center of the clearing.

The tree, estimated to be two to three hundred meters tall, was completely black, almost perfectly blending with the night, and seemed to possess abilities to shield against spiritual sensing, so much so that Sunan hadn’t detected the presence of the towering tree until he set foot in the clearing.

The dark giant tree stood still, its deep and obscure color presenting a kind of eerie beauty that contrasted sharply with the surrounding desolation, evoking a sense of seeing a surreal mirage, full of fantasy.

“The Dark Demon Tree.”

Sunan murmured softly in his heart.

His previous experiences, combined with the sight of this colossal dark tree, validated the hypothesis he had in mind.

He knew which Wizard Organization was behind the Forest of Black.