Virtuoso spoke all of a sudden just as Lin Huang and the other two approached the dense forest's center.
"Stop!"
Lin Huang and Saber9 halted immediately. They scanned the area with their Divine Telekinesis, but neither of them discovered anything. However, Lin Huang vaguely sensed that something was amiss. Meanwhile, Saber9 looked at Virtuoso with confusion written all over his face.
"What's going on?" he asked, rather puzzled.
"There's an illusion formation up ahead," Virtuoso said in a low voice.
Saber9 lowered his head and scanned the area ahead carefully. All he could see was the same dense forest; nothing out of the ordinary could be seen.
He scanned the area with his Divine Telekinesis several times, but the results were the same. He still could not find anything out of place.
"I can't see anything!" Saber9 could not help mumbling.
Meanwhile, the outline of the formation gradually appeared before Lin Huang's eyes.
He had never studied formations, but he had cultivated Witchcraft Runes before, which belonged to a similar system. Moreover, he had used many battle formations under Bloody's guidance, so he had learned some general knowledge and derivations about formations. He was not a complete newbie.
As soon as Virtuoso gave the warning, he activated his ocular skill and saw the outline of the formation.
This was an extremely massive and complicated formation that covered an area of several hundred kilometers, disguising the entire area as a dense forest.
Although he did not know much about the formation that was used here, he knew that it was not a simple illusion formation based on how complicated it was. It must have other functions. Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
"Is there a way to break it?" Lin Huang turned his head to look at Virtuoso.
Although he asked that, he had already come up with a plan for the next step.
Virtuoso fell silent for a moment. "I'm not sure, but we can try."
"Hey, don't be so uncertain." Saber9 panicked a little when he heard that.
However, Lin Huang was very calm. He already had a plan for the next step. If Virtuoso could not break this formation, he would summon Bloody's consciousness clone into his body so that Bloody could break the formation.
Just as he was thinking about how to prevent Virtuoso and Saber9 from noticing anything amiss, Virtuoso, who was off to the side, had already made their move.
He quickly formed a complicated hand seal, and a moment later, three clones appeared.
Two of the clones swiftly transformed into Lin Huang and Saber9's current appearances.
Then, the three figures dashed forward at the same time. Not long after, they suddenly disappeared from the trio's field of vision.
After releasing the clone, Virtuoso sat down calmly with his legs crossed. "Let's wait and see. If we can't handle it, we'll think of something else."
Lin Huang and Saber9 did not have any better suggestions. They could only wait patiently for the results.
Almost half an hour had passed. Just when Lin Huang and Saber9 felt that there was a high chance that they had failed to break the formation, a strange change suddenly came from the dense forest not far away from them.
A moment later, the dense forest collapsed, revealing its true appearance.
Looking at the scene before them, Lin Huang and the other two were completely shocked. They were instantly stunned on the spot.
"This is … a Nirvana Tree?!" Saber9 was the first to react, and he asked somewhat uncertainly.
Lin Huang and Virtuoso's silence clearly meant that they were agreeing.
"How did he get his hands on so many Nirvana Trees?!" Saber9 very quickly raised his second doubt.
This was because there was not just one Nirvana Tree at the scene. Instead, there were hundreds of them densely packed together.
Furthermore, such a thing could only be found in the Abyss, and it was a relatively rare species even in the Abyss.
Mature Nirvana Trees were extremely powerful even among Heavenly Gods. Not only could they master sequence powers of life and death, but a small number of them could also comprehend sequence powers of time and space. Even half-step lord-level powerhouses would treat them with respect.
However, almost all of the 300-odd Nirvana Trees before the three of them were mature.
What was even stranger was that all the Nirvana Trees seemed to have lost their self-awareness. All that was left of them were empty shells.
"They must have been created using the castellan's seal …" This was the only possibility that Virtuoso could come up with.
Although Nine Gloom only had the castellan's seal fragment and was unable to refine it, he might have found a way to use the seal fragment through some means to create these Nirvana Trees.
Virtuoso knew very well that no matter what method Nine Gloom had used to create so many Nirvana Trees, he must have paid a hefty price.
"He must have hidden this area with an illusion formation because he was afraid that people would see these Nirvana Trees." Saber9's expression was filled with doubt. "But what's his purpose in planting so many Nirvana Trees?"
He could not quite understand what Nine Gloom was doing.
Lin Huang was a little puzzled about this as well.
Among the imperial monsters under his command, Bloody had also been a vine-type monster since the beginning. She had parasitic abilities and could control other monsters to fight for her through parasitism. However, what Nine Gloom was doing did not seem like he was creating battle puppets. Furthermore, the Nirvana Trees were not considered monsters that were adept at fighting. If he had only wanted to create battle puppets, Nine Gloom could have made better choices.
"Do you know that the Equinox Tree has a very unique characteristic?" After thinking for a moment,
Virtuoso suddenly spoke again after a moment of thought.
After a moment of thought, Lin Huang and Saber9 looked at Virtuoso rather confusedly. Clearly, both of them did not have a deep understanding of the Nirvana Trees.
Virtuoso glanced at the two of them and said unhurriedly, "The Nirvana Trees only grow near the River of Death or its tributaries. Their roots are forever connected to the River of Death. Even if they're transplanted to other times and spaces, their spirit-level roots are still connected to the River of Death. When they die, they'll return to the River of Death.
"Just like the 300-odd Nirvana Trees here. They seem to be planted here, but in reality, they're still closely connected to the River of Death. They can continuously obtain all sorts of cultivation resources from the River of Death for their growth.
"If I'm not mistaken, Nine Gloom must be using these Nirvana Trees to obtain nutrients from the River of Death," Virtuoso voiced their speculation.
"Obtaining cultivation resources from the River of Death? Does something like that really work?" Lin Huang could not help mumbling.
In his opinion, this was completely inconceivable. This was because, as far as he knew, the River of Death was an extremely dangerous existence. In the Abyss, even lord-level powerhouses were unwilling to be tainted. This was because the slightest carelessness could result in them being contaminated and deformed, or they might even demonize and go insane.
"Theoretically, as long as there's a suitable filter, it shouldn't be a problem to filter out the contaminants." After saying that, Virtuoso lifted their head again to look at the small patch of Nirvana Trees not far away. "These Nirvana Trees are the perfect filter."
"In other words, we've struck gold this time!" Saber9's eyes lit up when he heard that.
He had even begun imagining himself using the Nirvana Trees to obtain all sorts of cultivation resources from the River of Death.
"I don't think it's as simple as you think."
Just as Saber9 finished speaking, Lin Huang noticed that the Nirvana Trees in front of them were beginning to emit a misty blue glow …
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