Chapter 14: What a tough battle!
The fighting power of the tree guards was a little beyond Xia Yu's expectations, but the battle was still under his control.
If he didn't have the strength and confidence to solve unexpected problems, he wouldn't be so stupid as to face the tree guard head-on.
He smashed the pyroxene curved tree guard with one blow, pulled the reins of his warhorse hard, and the man and the horse flew directly into the air and fell towards Xia Yu.
Even the air around was broken by this brute force. On the golden halberd held high by the tree guard, the shining golden light condensed on it and turned into dazzling golden light.
Golden strike!
If this attack was carried out, the surrounding terrain would definitely be changed, but Xia Yu, who was under attack, just sneered and stretched out his palm towards the tree guard.
"If you like going up to the sky so much, then don't come down."
The next moment, the tree guard who was still in the air was fixed in place, unable to fall or move.
As Xia Yu tightened his palms, the Tree Guard seemed to be squeezed and compressed by invisible hands, and even the warhorse under his crotch was struggling in pain.
It is telekinesis, telekinesis of extremely high purity.
“Crack…”
The tree guard struggled hard against the invisible force. Although he did not suffer much , the warhorse under him suffered.
The first parts of the armored warhorse to be twisted were its unprotected limbs. The sturdy limbs were directly broken under the twisting of mental power, and the broken sharp bone spurs cut through the flesh and blood, gushing out.
Xia Yu used his telekinesis to pull off the warhorse's broken limbs, and then stabbed them into the soft abdomen without any protection. The sharp bone spurs pierced the internal organs and took away the warhorse's possibility of survival.
A wisp of light golden rune like green smoke emerged from the horse's corpse and then penetrated into Xia Yu's body. This was the rune of the war horse.
In this world, everything from gods to squirrels has runes in their bodies. Rather than runes, it would be more accurate to describe them as a mixture of life and soul.
"That's all? Tsk, not even enough for me to strengthen once."
Feeling the rune obtained from killing the warhorse, Xia Yu showed disgust. After all, he was a partner fighting with the tree guard, but it was just this little.
"I hope you don't have too few runes."
Looking at the tree guard who was still struggling in the air, Xia Yu waved his hand and lifted it up, then slammed it down. The tree guard's body also rose up suddenly, and then fell to the ground heavily.
It is difficult to kill the tree guard with telekinesis alone. In the end, it still depends on one's own hard power.
The stray wolves that had been prepared below roared and bit the tree guard the moment he fell to the ground. They were not afraid of death because they had died once before.
The soul summoned by the Soul Summoning Bell will not die. It will only be broken up into pieces and then turned into its own ashes. After recuperating for a while, it can be summoned again.
"roar!"
In the center of the dusty pit, there was an unwilling roar from the tree guard, and the wild wolves flew out one after another.
The giant halberd cut through the dust, a strong wind swept in all directions, and the battered tree guard stood up from the pit, with a crack appearing on the giant golden shield in his left hand.
He just used a giant golden shield to protect himself and avoided most of the damage from falling.
"Tsk tsk, this amount of health is worthy of being a small BOSS."
Xia Yu, who was riding on Torret, marveled at it, then waved his staff again and a blue soul arrow shot out. Compared with the pyroxene magic gravel of the magic ring, the soul arrow of the soul level three that specialized in the soul was more effective.
The tree guard had no time to dodge and was hit again. The damage from the soul made him howl in pain.
But the next moment, the tree guard endured the pain in his soul, threw away the giant golden shield in his hand, and rushed forward with the halberd in both hands.
He had to endure the pain and kill the enemy in front of him.
“Good job!”
Xia Yu shouted loudly, squeezed his legs against the horse's belly , and rode Torret away into the distance.
He was a fool to engage in close combat with the tree guard. The tree guard's horse died, but his horse was still alive. With such good conditions, how could he not use the kite tactic!
As long as he drags it out slowly, he can kill the enemy without any effort.
"ah!!!"
The tree guard who was left far behind seemed to have not expected the enemy to be so shameless, and let out a loud roar of indignation and pain.
But who is Xia Yu? A mere scream will not shake his determination to fly the kite.
In the following battles, as long as he had distanced himself from the tree guards, Xia Yu would throw a few pyroxene magic gravels or soul arrows at them. Every time the tree guards endured the pain and charged forward, he would ride on Torrell to distance themselves from him.
The tree guard felt extremely frustrated in this battle. It would be more accurate to say that he did not even touch the corner of Xia Yu's clothes in this battle.
In the end, the tree guard even roared and threw the golden halberd in his hand, but it was still dodged by Torret flexibly, and then he was hit by the spell thrown by Xia Yu casually.
After a moment, the tree guard fell to the ground unwillingly and swallowed his last breath in frustration. He had never experienced such an outrageous battle in his life.
It was because he lost his horse that he ended up like this.
So, no matter what kind of battle you are in, you must protect your horse.
"Wow~ What a thrilling battle."
After absorbing the rune guarded by the big tree, Xia Yu cheered. This battle was so thrilling that he almost lost his life.
The big tree guarded the still warm body: "..."
"Well, these runes are enough to strengthen me twice more. Although it's not much, it will add up to a lot."
After temporarily storing the spoils in the chat group via a red envelope, Xia Yu rode on Torret to find a nearby blessing point and then find Melina to level up.
This area is called Nimgefu, and it is also ruled by the Golden King Greg. Greg is the final BOSS of this area and the first demigod that Xia Yu will meet on his way forward.
He is also the weakest demigod among all the gods, but even if he is the weakest, he is not someone that Xia Yu can defeat now.
"We still have to take it one step at a time."
Xia Yu, who was riding on a horse and feeling the drizzle on his face, suddenly sighed.
The world of the Elden Ring is not the end of the world. Although there have been some major problems, the rising and setting of the sun, the change of weather, the rain and the snow have not disappeared and are still changing according to the celestial phenomena.
After wandering around for a while, Xia Yu found the nearest blessing point. These blessing points all emitted a faint golden light and were relatively easy to find.
Sitting cross-legged next to Ci Fu, Xia Yu hadn't called out to Melina yet, but Melina had already materialized from the illusion. Although the two were not familiar enough to understand each other without words, they at least understood some simple movements.
For example, as soon as Xia Yu stretched out his hand, Melina knew that he was looking for her help to strengthen his body again.
This was part of the agreement, and she wouldn't mind it.
Melina reached out and held Xia Yu's outstretched hand, then she chanted a spell, and Xia Yu began to strengthen himself according to his needs. After a moment, the strengthening was completed.
"Um?"
Seeing that Xia Yu showed no sign of letting go, Melina whispered her doubts.
"Don't be in such a hurry to leave. After all, we are traveling companions." Xia Yu let go of his hand with a smile and said again while looking at Melina's one eye.
"I still only know your name as Melina. We are acquaintances anyway , why don't you chat a little more?"
