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What appeared before everyone's eyes was a Skyward Forest.

The trees here were generally over fifty meters tall, with the tallest even reaching a hundred meters, and possessed large canopies that could provide excellent concealment, indeed making it a suitable place to hide.

Li Wei looked around and issued another command.

"Spread out and search, each person choose a direction, and report back immediately if you find anything."

The Knights immediately dispersed upon hearing this, except for Ma Lu, who stood still.

Li Wei's peripheral vision caught this, "Knight Xi Mu, do you have any questions?"

"Uh, I was thinking… This is enemy territory, isn't it too dangerous to split up?"

Ma Lu hesitated but still spoke up.

Others might still be in the dark, but with the Chessboard Map, he could see everything clearly—this forest was dotted with countless little red spots.

Not just humans, but Energized Plants as well.

Moreover, the distribution density of those Energized Plants clearly exceeded normal boundaries, obviously concentrated here by some special means.

In other words, this was an out-and-out trap.

Ma Lu did not know where Li Wei's information came from, but the vice-captain of the Sacred Order of Knights seemed to have been played by the Witch Alliance.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Although, as an outsider, he did not feel much allegiance to the Sacred Order of Knights and even disliked some of their actions,

to the others, especially the Fallen Witches in the forest, he was undoubtedly a Knight clad in armor.

Even though he had the Ouroboros Serpent, an insider of the Witch Alliance, by his side, Ma Lu did not want to leave his own life, as well as Yun Que's and others', in someone else's hands.

So he still warned Li Wei, lest he and the other 23 Knights were annihilated here, yet Li Wei seemed to have not caught the implied warning, instead staring at him, questioning.

"Are you fearing your enemies, Knight Xi Mu?"

With the vice-captain of the Sacred Order of Knights putting it that way, Ma Lu could only reply, "No."

"Then what are you still standing here for?" Li Wei did not intend to give him the chance to continue speaking, cutting straight to the point.

"I… I'll set off now."

Ma Lu said no more; he had already been considerate enough, unusually taking a stance instead of staying neutral with his active warning.

But good advice is often lost on the dead; Li Wei seemed to have an unusual trust in his source of information, refusing to acknowledge the danger at hand.

So Ma Lu could only choose a direction with fewer enemies, pretending to scout it out.

And as the Knights dispersed into the forest, quite soon, the first victim appeared.

Ma Lu was still the first to detect this murder; a blue dot representing an ally on the Chessboard Map unwittingly fell into the encirclement of three red dots.

Even Knight's Armor with defensive power as high as 11 points couldn't prevent a premeditated attack; the entire battle was over in less than two seconds.

The attacked Knight didn't even have time to call for help before his icon grayed out.

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Afterward, the attackers replicated their previous method and silently approached another knight five grids away.

However, this knight, in both alertness and strength, surpassed the first victim. He managed to hold on for a dozen seconds before he succumbed to death.

What surprised Ma Lu was that there were still no sounds of cries for help or combat, which was clearly abnormal.

He then realized that the opposing side might possess magic capable of silencing any noise. This also reaffirmed that the Witch Alliance had come prepared.

The knights of the Sacred Order of Knights, who were supposed to be the hunters, had become the prey in these woods, where a silent slaughter was unfolding.

As the blue dots beside him disappeared one by one, Ma Lu also sensed danger looming, feeling that it might be about time for him to make a getaway.

Otherwise, once enough knights from the Sacred Order of Knights perished, it would only be a matter of time before he drew attention.

Therefore, while pretending to continue his search, Ma Lu retreated towards the edge of the forest. He did not take the same route he had come by, as it could lead to an encounter with Li Wei; he preferred to take a longer detour.

Despite enemies being everywhere, with the Chessboard Map in hand, Ma Lu still managed to avoid all the lurking dangers with incredibly nimble movements, gradually shifting towards the outside of the encirclement.

However, just as he was about to exit Skyward Forest, he finally heard the sounds of battle behind him.

By now, out of the 25 knights who participated in the operation, less than half remained alive. Perhaps feeling confident in their victory, those enemies who had been hiding in the shadows were no longer as cautious as before.

Moreover, some knights, while searching, encountered powerful Energized Plants, and it wasn't long before they realized something was amiss with the forest.

Consequently, they sent out warnings to their companions and began to gather together spontaneously.

As the Church's most rigorously trained elite warriors, long accustomed to combat at the forefront against Energized Plants, the strength of these knights was without question.

However, they suffered substantial losses at the start due to incorrect intelligence, which led to a misjudgment of the situation in the woods. By the time they realized their mistake, they were already at a disadvantage.

What's more, those Fallen Witches used despicable tactics to draw nearby Energized Plants to launch a fierce attack on the remaining knights.

Yet even under these conditions, the knights were still able to command their own witches to construct a defensive line and withstand the first wave of the Energized Plants' assault.

At this time, Ma Lu had almost reached the safe zone and was planning to return to his warhorse when he couldn't help but stop in his tracks.

He noticed a red dot moving towards the surviving knights.

The name of that red dot was "Furious Sweet Potato Knight," obviously an Energized Plant given the name.

Being so far away, Ma Lu was unable to use the Traveler's Bracelet to scan for its exact level, but just from its character information, he could tell this was a formidable opponent.

With an Attack Power surpassing 50 points and HP reaching an astounding 25,000, it far exceeded the Demon Grinder Pumpkin Ma Lu had encountered before—and that was already a 5-star Energized Plant.

This creature's level could only be higher, and most importantly, it was also a fire attribute!

Ma Lu originally planned to try his luck at Gray Scale Volcano based on clues provided by the Bliss Bird but had no idea when he could get a quest nearby.

Yet now an appropriate Energized Plant lay before him, how could he not be tempted?

However, after barely escaping the encirclement, reconsidering a return could mean lacking the same good fortune to come out unscathed.

And Ma Lu also had to consider whether killing the big monster, which the Witch Alliance had lured over with difficulty, would draw their wrath towards him as well.

Or perhaps he could wait until the battle here ended, then sneak back?

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