The Soul System in the Apocalypse
Chapter 109: Nemesis

Chapter 109: Nemesis

[Vein tree matured

Race: Forest Spirit

Power Level: Level 4 bronze rank

Skills: Vein Manifestation, Vein hardening, Spikey Veins, Entanglement, Locomotion, Camouflage.]

When this panel appeared in front of him, Henry was slightly stunned after reading the information. This was not the first time that the screen had appeared in front of him, because, he had always activated the ability to see the information about what he was looking at.

But now, he had seen that there was information about a mature vein tree. Additionally, it currently possessed three more skills as compared to the vein tree infants.

Only two of them caught his attention. The first one was locomotion. Locomotion was not something that trees were capable of. So, possessing this skill, it implied that, this tree was currently capable of moving from one place to another.

As for the second one, it was camouflage. Just from the meaning of the word, Henry could already understand that, this skill enabled the tree to be capable of hiding, or disguising.

And currently, in front of him, Henry looked at the most ordinary looking tree. It was just a banana tree! That’s right. Currently, they were in a place that possessed several banana plants.

And, the vein tree was currently camouflaged as a banana plant. Henry couldn’t help but question himself if this vein tree was targeting monkeys or something.

But nonetheless, considering that this tree did not attack them the moment that they arrived, it implied that, the level of intelligence that it possessed was higher than the vein tree infants.

Moreover, currently, it had already reached the fourth level of the Bronze rank. So, Henry did not hesitate at all. He knew that, dealing with a creature that was two levels above him, it was going to be quite a hurdle.

Since he had already realized that these trees were afraid of fire, he began by attacking using a fire dragon. The energy in his body was circulated, and in the next moment, a dragon that was made from fire manifested in the air.

Currently, the dragon was having a wingspan of about 10m, and had a body length of more than 15m. It was gigantic, and the amount of heat that was being given off from its body was able to make someone’s skin be scalded.

The trees In the surrounding area began wilting, while the vein tree suddenly began moving. It had already detected that, there was its weakness, and it was trying to get out of here as soon as possible.

And as it began moving, its real form revealed. It was a gigantic tree that spanned over 40m tall, with a tree trunk diameter of about 3 m. Henry couldn’t help but wonder how it was able to condense its body to become so small like that of a banana plant.

Nonetheless, he was not here to joke. So, he immediately attacked with the fire dragon. At the same time, he did not simply focus on the fire dragon, instead, he summoned a rain of arrows in the air before launching them forward.

Detecting the danger that was approaching, the vein tree that was moving at an incredible speed of about 10 km/h was forced to stop. Even though it was true that this speed was not incredible when compared to the humans and animals, but, for a plant to be able to move at such a speed, it was definitely incredible.

Swish! Whirl!

Several veins that were way thicker than the ones that Henry and Diana had encountered before suddenly shot out from its branches.

During the time that the veins were being used, it was as if, the leaves of the tree turned into veins, and extended to attack. But this time, they did not attack, instead, they formed a shield that blocked the fire dragon.

But, considering that fire was its nemesis, the veins were not able to withstand the fire dragon. So, several veins were burnt one after the other, while at the same time, the vein tree that was already at a distance suddenly screamed.

As it began retracting the veins that it had sent out, suddenly, several arrows that were made out of fire rained down from the sky. Of course, there was no way that the vein tree was going to allow itself get hit by those arrows.

Even though it was afraid, it still went ahead and formed another barrier of veins that blocked several arrows. But still, several of them still managed to hit its body.

Creeee!

Once again, the tree shrieked. Nonetheless, it did not stop trying to block the attacks that were heading towards it. Instead, it continuously produced several veins from its branches, trying to replace those that had been burnt down.

Diana did not stay idle either. Instead, since she was good at long range attacks, she began utilizing the skills that she possessed. One after the other, several types of arrows began shooting towards the vein tree.

However, not only was Diana weaker then Henry, but also, her element did not have an advantage over the vein tree. So, several of her attacks were blocked, but still, some of them managed to hit the vein tree, due to the fact that, the tree was currently focused on the fire attacks.

The fire dragon that had been launched by Henry had not dissipated yet. So, it continuously charged forward, and attacked as if it had sentience of its own. It breathed out fire, burning the veins in front of it. Additionally, from time to time, it would swipe its claws to attack.

As if the vein tree had realized that it was no longer going to be capable of dealing with this group and escaping, it hurriedly began retreating the veins that it had sent out to block the attacks.

And of course, Henry had not stopped attacking. Several arrows were raining from the sky, and with one magic circle dissipating, another one would always replace it, raining down the arrows.

Henry had not expected that, dealing with the vein tree was actually going to be easy. And of course, he knew that the only reason why this was so was simply because, he possessed an element that was considered as the tree’s weakness. Otherwise, considering the ability of the tree to be able to release several veins at the same time, it was going to be a difficult task to handle.

When the veins retreated, they suddenly formed something like a cocoon around the tree. At the same time, the tree also began getting smaller, reducing the surface area that could be targeted by Henry and Diana as they attacked.

After it reached the height of about 10m, it finally stopped reducing in size. At the same time, the veins that it was shooting out to protect itself had also condensed and became even stronger. This time, it was taking longer to be able to burn even a single one of them.

Henry wasn’t willing to continue wasting time here. So, without hesitation, he decided to use the sword to attack. Since currently, the tree had decided to hide, then he had to force it out.

The sword In his hand was already enveloped in fire. And in the next moment, he activated the mountain splinter skill, immediately increasing the sharpness of the sword by two times.

And as he launched a firebolt forward, he also charged towards the tree that was a few meters away from him. At this time, the fire dragon had already dissipated. Even though Henry could have condensed yet another one, but, he thought that, that was just a waste of energy.

Bang!

A bolt that was made out of fire landed heavily on the cocoon that was surrounding the vein tree. A bang erupted, and a shockwave was sent into the surroundings, raising a thick cloud of dust.

The surroundings had already been devastated, several trees had already been burnt, and the ground was currently filled with several holes, and ashes that came from the trees that had been burnt.

Creee!

The tree once again shrieked, as a large part of the cocoon was suddenly blasted into pieces. At the same time, several of the veins that were making the cocoon suddenly caught fire.

The vein tree reacted almost instantaneously, by, shedding the vines that had got fire, and generating others to fill in the gap that had been created. Everything happened fast, in that, by the time that Henry arrived in front of the tree, the gap had already been covered up.

Nonetheless, that was not Henry’s main aim. Instead, he had wanted the tree to focus on covering the gap that had been created, to ensure that, it did not pay attention to him as he approached it.

Swish! Slash!

The sword cut through the air, and with an incredible speed and power, it finally landed on the veins that were making the cocoon.

Even though the veins were really hard, however, in front of the sword that was being wielded by Henry, currently covered in fire, and two times sharper than before, the veins were not able to withstand the attack.

At the same time, Henry communicated with Diana. So, the moment that a large gap appeared, Diana who had been preparing her ultimate attack suddenly released it.

The name of the skill that she had launched this time was called collapsing arrow. Currently, the arrow that was charging towards the vein tree was dark green in color, and, as it moved forward, it was as if it was attracting the surrounding air towards itself.

So, as it moved forward, the intensity of the green color darkened. At the same time, the speed also increased.

Before the vein tree could even start repairing the damage that had been caused by Henry, the arrow went through that gap, and finally, it managed to hit directly on the tree trunk.

Bang! Boom!

An explosion of a high magnitude suddenly erupted, as the cocoon that was trying to repair itself suddenly froze. At the same time, all the movements that were being made by the vein tree suddenly stopped as well.