Chapter 217: Chapter 135: Number 0 Is Burning Up, Mistakenly Inhales an Aphrodisiac...

With a thunderous crash, every monster startled by the falling trees charged toward the Tree People.

"Fire!!"

A charging tower reset the Big Saw Blade Towers’ cooldown. Instantly, another volley of giant saw blades was unleashed.

Amid the cacophony of roars and thunderous crashes, another great wave of giant trees came toppling down.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Just like that, Shen Fei commanded the Big Saw Blade Towers, firing five consecutive volleys. He only stopped after using up all five of the refresh tower’s charges. After five volleys, all obstructions in the area around the compound, such as trees and rocks, had vanished.

FWOOSH~ FWOOSH~~ FWOOSH~~~

But that wasn’t all. After the great trees fell, the trunks and branches were a chaotic mess, still obstructing his line of sight. Combined with the rotting leaves on the jungle floor, his view was far from clear. Moreover, Shen Fei worried that the Tree People could animate the great trees even after they had fallen.

Without a second thought, he summoned a Tornado right in the middle of the fallen forest. Since the area was filled with wood and he wanted to avoid making everything a soggy mess, he refrained from using a Water Tornado or Fire Tornado this time. Instead, he unleashed a series of immense Tornados that seemed to stretch from the earth to the sky.

Amidst a great howl, the severed trees were swept high into the air and then swiftly pulverized into dust.

"You!!!"

A few minutes later, Number 0 finally finished inspecting the complete [Scamming Waist Cutter]. Standing on the rooftop and looking out, she saw that the once-lush forest had been rendered completely barren. Only giant tree stumps remained, and Number 0 was utterly dumbfounded.

A moment ago, her entire attention had been focused on observing the complete [Scamming Waist Cutter]. The complete Divine Artifact had even activated several new skills, giving Number 0 a few new ideas. Because of this, she hadn’t really heard the earlier crash of the great trees or the howl of the Tornados. Now, as her attention shifted from the Divine Artifact back to reality, Number 0 was stunned.

What happened!? Where did the dense jungle and sweet-smelling grass go? Did you just cut it all down? Is this even okay!? It’s so bare and ugly!!

"The Tree People...?"

Gazing into the distance, beneath the incredibly tall Holy Light Tower Shen Fei had summoned, Number 0 spotted the Tree People at the edge of her vision. Among them were smaller Little Tree People, several meters tall. There were also War Ancient Trees nearly a hundred meters tall, some carrying giant boulders, others wielding massive tree trunks as weapons.

RUSTLE~ RUSTLE~ RUSTLE~

She watched as the troop of Tree People slowly advanced in the distance. They waved their hands, releasing a green light that brought the bare stumps back to life. The quickened stumps soon sprouted tender green shoots that grew with incredible speed. Once they grew large enough, the small trees sprouted legs and transformed into Tree People.

Number 0 now understood why Shen Fei had cut all the great trees down into stumps.

"Let’s see if we can communicate with them. They’re from a special zone, and I want to see if they’re intelligent!" Turning her head, Number 0 heard Shen Fei’s explanation.

"What about them?" Seeing Shen Fei’s eyes fixed on the distant Tree People, Number 0 pointed down at the rescued people from Great Xia, the ones known as "Piglets."

Although they were scammers, they had all been trafficked here. Very few of them actually wanted to do this kind of work. They were despicable, in a way. But they were also pitiful.

"You handle it!"

He knew Number 0 had spent time here before. Without another word, Shen Fei granted her authority over the [Mind Control Tower]. When dealing with humans, Shen Fei’s method for telling good from bad was simple: after using Mind Control, he would question them directly. The bad ones were purged, and the good ones were kept as friends.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

Ignoring Number 0 as she used the Mind Control Tower to interrogate the captives, Shen Fei waved his hand, summoning a series of earthen walls to block the Tree People’s advance. Then, he watched as the tall War Ancient Trees easily pushed the walls over.

So the key is the Little Tree People! The giant War Ancient Trees are like mechs, being controlled by them?

After two or three test waves, Shen Fei had gathered the data he needed.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

To test whether the Tree People were intelligent, Shen Fei didn’t immediately unleash a converged, super-powered attack from one hundred of his Defense Towers. Instead, after assessing the situation, he commanded a Fireball Defense Tower to launch a massive fireball.

SIZZLE!

The powerful Fireball Technique pierced straight through the torsos of several Tree People that tried to block it.

BOOM!

As Shen Fei watched, the fireball exploded after passing through their bodies. Countless smaller flames shot out, starting fires all over.

SIZZLE~

Shen Fei saw a bloated War Ancient Tree with a huge belly suddenly rip its own stomach open. A massive amount of liquid then sprayed out from its belly, extinguishing all the fires Shen Fei had started.

KRRR~

Shen Fei also saw that as the Tree People drew closer, some of their arms stretched out like vines and shot toward the compound. Unfortunately for them, upon encountering the Defense Barrier Shen Fei had put up, they could advance no further.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

The Tree People drew even closer. Without a second thought, Shen Fei commanded his Fireball Towers to fire a volley at the group of War Ancient Trees leading the charge.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Instantly, the creatures that were once great trees—now activated as War Ancient Trees—exploded. The massive flames unleashed by the Tenth-Tier Fireball Defense Towers instantly wiped out dozens of the enormous, hundred-meter-tall War Ancient Trees in a single wave.

Killing these activated War Ancient Trees is useless?

After that wave of attacks, he saw that the opposing army had no intention of communicating whatsoever. Instead, they rapidly fell into formation, and a variety of plant-based creatures were quickly animated and began to appear.