Boom!!?
In front of the huge black building, the golden sword and the stone spear collided with the grey-white tree man, sending out destructive energy waves …
The middle-aged man wielded the golden sword and swung it wildly. It was the purest emperor sword technique of the Star Ao Royal Family. It was so powerful that it made people want to kneel and worship it.
Man Hua's spear spun crazily, emitting a buzzing sound that resounded through the clouds. The heart yuan equipment he was wearing was not the [Earth King Equipment], but the inferior [Centaur Chief Equipment].
Even so, with this equipment, Man Hua's personal strength had reached the peak of level-nine.
The two powerhouses joined forces, but they could only fight evenly with the grey-white tree man.
Of course, this was not because the grey-white tree man's strength was completely above the two. It was because the black building kept shooting out waves of strange energy waves that interfered with the middle-aged man and Man Hua's attacks.
Coupled with the interference from the stag in the grey-white tree man's hand and the black energy crystals on top of the black building, this battle became a protracted one.
"If this goes on, we'll be at a disadvantage …" Man Hua said in a low voice.
The middle-aged man did not answer. He knew that the situation was very troublesome. This was the grey-white tree man's base camp. If they could not end the battle quickly, they would be at an absolute disadvantage.
However, the current situation was difficult to get off. Even if they could retreat, it would be even more difficult to kill this grey-white tree man after a while.
Rumble …
The grey-white tree man suddenly raised his stag, and a terrifying wave exploded. The entire sky seemed to be blown up, and the middle-aged man and Man Hua were blown away.
The two kept spinning in mid-air, dodging the attacks from the human-shaped monster on the ground that was spewing energy pillars in mid-air …
"Trouble!?"
Man Hua growled. He noticed that a black vortex had appeared behind the grey-white tree man, and a terrifying wave of energy swept out. This was a fatal attack.
The target of this attack was not the middle-aged man or Man Hua, but the centaur warrior, Old Aidan, and the others on the ground.
At this distance, Man Hua could only take it head-on in order to save his own people …
Rumble!
A terrifying black pillar of light shot out from the black vortex. Like a nine-star heavy cannon, it shot toward the group of powerhouses on the ground.
The expressions of Old Aidan and the others changed drastically. In the face of a nine-star heavy artillery attack, even a level-nine powerhouse would not dare to take it head-on …
For a moment, all that was left in the vision of the group of powerhouses was a sky full of black light …
Fowler screamed as blood spilled from his mouth. He circulated his spiritual energy with all his might, trying to resist this terrifying attack.
"Mr. Chuan is right. If I had worked harder, I might not have fallen into such a dangerous situation …"
He could not help but feel a sense of regret in his heart.
Just then —
A figure suddenly appeared and blocked the path of the experts. He crossed his arms and faced the black light pillar.
Boom …
The black beam of light bombarded the figure, but it was unable to annihilate him. Ripples spread out, and the figure suddenly spread out his arms. A violent burst of Qi burst out, and the black beam of light was forcibly dispersed.
"You are …"
"You're still alive …"
The middle-aged man and Man Hua exclaimed. They saw a golden-haired man clad in platinum armor standing there. He had used his arms to forcibly disperse the black beam of light.
The powerhouses present were also dumbfounded. This golden-haired man looked like the legendary Astral Emperor Ximu Auna.
Ximu Auna did not say a word. He opened his mouth and roared. The sound was like metal colliding. Golden door imprints appeared on his limbs and forehead, and circles of golden ripples spread out.
Buzz, buzz, buzz …
The middle-aged man could not hold the golden sword in his hand. It flew out of his hand and landed in Ximu Auna's hand.
In the next moment, Ximu Auna, who was holding the golden sword, shot out. The sword drew a ten-thousand-zhang long sword light that descended from the sky and slashed toward the grayish-white tree man.
"Ximu Auna … You bastard …"
The grayish-white tree man roared angrily. He raised his antler staff and faced the sword.
The golden sword and antler staff clashed in the air. They did not touch anything, but a violent vibration was produced. The black building shook continuously, and it seemed to be shaking from such a collision.
Seeing this, the middle-aged man immediately took out two heavy hand cannons and fired two shots at the grayish-white tree man.
Man Hua, on the other hand, threw the long spear in his hand. He controlled it in the air and attacked the grayish-white tree man from afar …
Suddenly, the battle situation changed. The grayish-white tree man was at a disadvantage. Under the joint attack of the three powerhouses, it kept retreating toward the black building.
"Don't let it in …" the middle-aged man roared.
Ximu Auna's eyes were dull. It was as if the grayish-white tree man was the only enemy in his eyes. However, he still understood the middle-aged man's warning.
The golden sword continued to slash, and its speed became faster and faster. It formed layers of sword nets that surrounded the grayish-white tree man, cutting off its path of retreat.
"Is this really Emperor Ximu Auna?"
"Of course it's Ximu Auna who can unleash the true power of the golden sword. No wonder he was the invincible powerhouse of the Great Eastern Continent in the past …"
…
Old Aidan and the others muttered softly. Fowler raised his head and looked at the three powerhouses attacking the grayish-white tree man. His gaze stopped on the middle-aged man, and his expression was a little complicated.
Rumble …
At this moment, a violent explosion came from within the golden sword net. The grayish-white tree man scuttled out and turned to look at the three powerhouses attacking it. Its evil eyes turned vertical.
"As expected … I predicted a thousand years ago that even if I reached this level, I might not be able to resist the three of you together. This is just as I predicted …"
The grayish-white tree man was in a sorry state. Cracks appeared on its bark-like face, and wisps of black gas were emitted from it. Its entire face looked like it was about to split open.
However, the aura on its body was getting stronger and stronger. Suddenly, its figure became blurry.
At the same time, the black building shook violently. Black vines shot out and pierced through the grayish-white tree man's body. Waves of terrifying energy were transmitted to it.
The next moment, the black vines formed a huge sphere behind the grayish-white tree man. It was like a huge black tree tumor, and it kept pulsing like a heart.
The wounds on the grayish-white tree man's body healed in an instant. Its body grew taller, and it raised its antler staff and roared at the sky.
"Come … Let this long battle come to an end today. If you can defeat me, then you can end everything …"
With a burst of ear-piercing sounds, the grayish-white tree man's body kept expanding, and it gradually turned into a hundred-meter-tall tree man. The antler staff also enlarged.
"Bang!"
The antler staff smashed down, and a black vortex exploded in the center of Ximu Auna and the other powerhouses. Terrifying energy turbulence splashed out in all directions.
Seeing this, the three powerhouses immediately gathered their strength and fought the gigantic grayish-white tree man with all their might. Shockwaves that could annihilate the entire imperial palace kept splashing out. However, because of the black fog, it did not affect the outside world.
Even so, the powerhouses nearby covered their heads and scurried away. The shockwaves from the battle between powerhouses of this level could seriously injure them and kill them if they came into contact with even a little bit of it.
Squeak, squeak, squeak …
Shu Da revealed his huge body. With incredible speed, he punched a hole in the ground and entered it with the other powerhouses.
Looking at the sky from the hole, Old Aidan and the others heaved a sigh of relief. Even though the grayish-white tree man's strength had skyrocketed, Man Hua and the other two powerhouses were not at a disadvantage at all. In fact, they even had the upper hand.
Everyone exclaimed in admiration. As expected of the peak powerhouses that awed the continent a thousand years ago. Such battle prowess was truly shocking.
With these three powerhouses joining hands, they could really sweep away everything …
"Something's wrong …"
Suddenly, Fowler narrowed his eyes and stared at the throbbing black tree tumor behind the grayish-white tree man. As the battle progressed, the fluctuations emitted by the huge tree tumor made his heart palpitate more and more.
"Oh no …"
Suddenly, Fowler came to a realization. There were some memories in this elf's body. It was a secret technique of the elf race that borrowed the enemy's strength to catalyze something terrible.
"I can't continue fighting, or else the tree tumor will hatch …"
Fowler rushed out and emitted such fluctuations with all the mental energy in his body.
"What?!"
The three powerhouses that were fighting fiercely, the middle-aged man and Man Hua reacted and immediately noticed the changes in the tree tumor.
However, Simu Auna did not care about this. Wielding his golden sword, he fought with his life on the line and attacked the grayish-white tree man in a frenzy.
"Hahaha … Simu Auna, a thousand years ago, you were always on guard, but you didn't know that I was also scheming against you …
"Right now, you are a humanoid combat puppet. Come on! Attack with all your strength. That way, your strength will be able to facilitate the hatching of this mutation egg … "
The grayish-white tree man spread out its arms, allowing Simu Auna to stab the golden sword into its body.
Gulp, gulp, gulp …
The terrifying sword radiance flowed on the grayish-white tree man's body. Then, together with the evil energy in its body, it flowed back into the black tree tumor. Accompanied by a series of sounds, something inside awakened. The surface of the tree tumor started to crack, as if it was about to break out of the shell.
Seeing this scene, the middle-aged man and Man Hua's expressions changed greatly. They gathered their strength and wanted to destroy the strange tree tumor. In reality, it was a terrifying tree egg.
However, just as the two powerhouses were about to make a move, they stopped. They glared at the grayish-white tree man, knowing that the latter was waiting for such a development.
If the middle-aged man and Man Hua attacked again, it would only accelerate the hatching of this terrifying egg …
"Why did you stop? Actually, at this point, whether you stop or not, you can't change the result … "
The grayish-white tree man's body was covered with sword scars, but it did not care. It pointed at the giant tree egg and laughed loudly. "Those of the same kind only want to absorb the energy of other living beings to strengthen themselves. In the end, by devouring each other, they will transform into a new Tree of Life …
"However, a long time ago, after my companion was absorbed by you, Simu Auna, I suddenly had an idea. Could I create a seed, an egg, to hatch a Tree of Life …
"You see … with the help of the results of the research of those living beings, I achieved this goal …
"And you three, the three invincible powerhouses of a thousand years ago, will be the final catalysts and the final witnesses …"
Accompanied by such wild laughter, the middle-aged man and Man Hua's expressions became extremely unsightly. This was especially true for the former, who was extremely vexed. If he had returned to land earlier, perhaps he would have been able to come up with a countermeasure.
However, the current situation left the middle-aged man at a loss of what to do …
* Crack … *
With a shattering sound, a hole appeared in the middle of the black tree egg. Numerous gray vine hands stretched out, covered in strange runes, and attacked Ximu Auna, the middle-aged man, and Man Hua.
* Bang bang bang … *
The three figures were sent flying. This was a collision of pure brute force. Three peak ninth realm powerhouses were unable to withstand the impact of the gray vine hand.
"Man Hua, quickly take them and escape …" the middle-aged man growled.
"What about you …" Man Hua countered.
"I want to destroy Simu Auna. Otherwise, if he's absorbed, I really won't be able to deal with this monster …" the middle-aged man yelled.
From this collision, the middle-aged man immediately determined that the newly hatched tree egg had yet to fully form. If he allowed Simu Auna to be absorbed, then things would get out of hand.
The middle-aged man was aware of the secret within Simu Auna's body. The latter's body contained a large amount of energy that had tainted the tree spirit, but it was suppressed by his bloodline. Once it was absorbed, the tree egg would become uncontrollable.
"You …" Man Hua bared his teeth, but he could only nod.
The middle-aged man took a deep breath, and his body suddenly swelled up. Strange patterns appeared on his body. These were blood-colored patterns that exuded a demonic aura.
"That's the [Blood Spirit World Lock]?!" Fowler muttered, a complicated expression on his face.
* Bang … *
The middle-aged man charged out, but before he could get far, tree patterns appeared around him, imprisoning him within.
"You'd better stay at the side. I'll deal with you after I devour Simu Auna …"
The grey-white tree raised its antler staff and pointed it at the middle-aged man. It had long set up this illusory trap, and was waiting for the middle-aged man to fall into it due to a moment of carelessness.
"Damn it …" The middle-aged man growled, his voice filled with helplessness.
Seeing this, Man Hua wanted to rush forward to help, but he suppressed his impulse in the end. He turned around and flew toward the centaur warrior.
"Is this the strongest of the first batch of tainted tree spirits?"
Suddenly, a voice sounded from afar and landed beside Man Hua's ear, causing him to immediately light up with joy.
"Mister Bone …" Man Hua murmured.
At this moment, another young man's voice sounded. "It even created a tree egg. Is it trying to create an existence similar to the Tree of Death? What a wonderful idea … "
* Rip … *
A crack suddenly appeared in the space in front of him, and a purple sword light pierced out like a giant spiraling dragon. It swooped down and slammed into the crack on the black tree egg.
* Bzzt bzzt bzzt … * Holes appeared on the surface of the tree egg, trying to absorb the violent purple sword light, but it could not do so.
Under the attack of the purple sword light, cracks appeared one after another, and the tree vine hands were cut open. Strange sap splattered everywhere, and the tree egg let out a series of shrill cries.
"What's going on?"
The grey-white tree man was shocked, and then his expression changed. "This is the divine sword of the Tomb Protecting Elf?!"
"Heh … antler staff. You're the guy who destroyed the High Elves …"
In the crack in space, Mossy Bone sneered and squeezed out. He stared at the antler staff, and his eyes were filled with violent killing intent.
"Where did the last Tomb Protecting Elf of the Elves go? You bastard, tell me …"
* Rumble … *
In the black mist, a dazzling light flashed. Mossy Bone moved. As he charged forward, his body kept expanding, and he suddenly became four or five times taller. He was more than ten meters tall, but the surface of his body seemed to be bone. He swung the Redbud Sword and slashed at the grey-white tree man who was still in shock.
The sword was too fast, and it cut off the grey-white tree man's arm. The antler staff fell from the air along with the arm …
A shrill scream sounded, and the grey-white tree man retreated quickly. Its recovery ability was amazing, but it also had a nemesis, and the divine sword of the Tomb Protecting Elf was one of them.
* Bzzt bzzt … *
The purple sword light did not stop. It cut off the grey-white tree man's arm and flew out, cutting off a piece of the top of the black building.
In an instant, clouds of black mist and ink-like liquid spewed out of the gap in the black building, and screams sounded one after another …
In the distance, the middle-aged man and Man Hua hovered in the air. They both stopped what they were doing and stared blankly at Mossy Bone.
The middle-aged man's mind was in a mess. From the purple sword in Mossy Bone's hand, he knew that this was the leader of the Redbud Organization that Old Aidan had mentioned.
However, knowing was one thing, and truly witnessing his strength was another.
The strength that Mossy Bone displayed was not just a little stronger than what Old Aidan had said, but it was much stronger.
Man Hua was dumbfounded. He knew about Mister Bone's strength, but he did not expect that in such a short time, his strength would improve by leaps and bounds.
Of course, it was not important how Mossy Bone became stronger. What was important was that Mossy Bone used the Redbud Sword to firmly suppress the grey-white tree man.
* Roar … *
In the distance, the grey-white tree man roared. It was completely enraged. Its arm was cut off, and its antler staff fell to the ground. This was something that had never happened before, and it was also a humiliation that it had never experienced before.
"I'll kill you …"
The grey-white tree man's eye sockets flickered with a strange light. Its left arm kept extending, and it turned into dozens of vine dragons that attacked Mossy Bone from all directions.
At the same time, vine hands rushed out of the tree egg and flew toward the enemy with the purple sword.
However, just as this round of fierce attacks started, the middle-aged man suddenly noticed that there was an additional figure on the ground beside the grey-white tree man's severed arm.
The figure was a young man wearing a mechanic's robe, and he seemed to be a One-Star Mechanic.
Looking at this young mechanic, the middle-aged man inexplicably recalled his youth. He was just like this young man, interested in all kinds of new and interesting things.
Now, this young mechanic was squatting beside the tree vine arm, studying it and the antler staff as if he was trying to figure out its structure.
The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment. Of course, he would not remind this young mechanic to be careful. To be able to appear in such a place without a sound meant that this young man was extraordinary.
Immediately, the middle-aged man saw a mechanical arm protruding from the young man's back. It was a mechanical arm that looked very familiar.
"That's … the Scaled Arm …"
The middle-aged man recognized it, and pieces of memories surged into his mind. It was about his obsession with this legendary mechanical arm when he was young.
Immediately, this mechanical arm changed into a long needle and pierced into the tree vine arm. An unfamiliar energy fluctuation flowed out.
Sizzle …
A trace of new power was injected into the tree vine arm just like that. Hayashi River's expression changed slightly. It seemed that his prediction was right. Even this polluted tree spirit was the same as that evil creature. It could not resist this new power that he had condensed.
Whoosh …
In the next moment, the arm burst into flames. The raging flames soared up, followed the palm, and spread to the antler staff. The smell of burnt oil filled the air.
"No … What's going on …"
In mid-air, the grey-white tree man let out a shrill scream. Its body also started burning, and no matter how it struggled, it could not be extinguished.
Hayashi River stood up, looked up at the grey-white tree man, and said calmly, "This is actually very simple. As long as there is a power that surpasses your Power Attribute in terms of corrosion, you can naturally reverse the corrosion. This is the same logic as poison meeting an even more poisonous potion … "
Whoosh …
The grey-white tree man's entire body was engulfed in flames. It wanted to speak, but not a single word came out.
Hum!
At this moment, Simu Auna broke free from the tree vine arm. He waved his golden sword and slashed at the grey-white tree man together with the mossy bones, cutting its burning body into pieces.
This scene caused the powerhouses on the ground to cheer. With the grey-white tree man in such a state, it seemed that this terrifying crisis was over.
Hayashi River frowned and shouted at Simu Auna, "Chop off that guy's head!"
In mid-air, the grey-white tree man's head was the closest to Simu Auna. However, this legendary emperor turned a deaf ear to it. The golden sword's edge drooped down. It seemed that because he had achieved his goal, his aura was rapidly declining.
"Hehehe …"
A shrill laughter came from the burning tree man's head.
Vines suddenly popped out from the cracked tree egg and sucked the burning tree man's head into them. Then, the flames spread and engulfed the entire tree egg.
This scene caused Hayashi River and the others' expressions to not relax. Instead, they became even more solemn, because the tree egg's aura was getting stronger.
"Mr. Chuan, Simu Auna is only a humanoid combat puppet …" Man Hua shouted.
Hayashi River's expression darkened. He knew that there was something wrong with Simu Auna's condition, but he didn't expect that he really didn't have any self-awareness.
However, it was too late to say all this now …
Hum!
Mossy Bones held the purple sword, and violent energy gathered around him. He poured all of it into his sword and slashed at the tree egg.
An ear-piercing collision sound rang out. The burning tree egg was no longer as fragile as before, and it shattered the purple sword ray.
"This is troublesome …"
Mossy Bones' figure flashed and came to Hayashi River's side. This was a full-powered strike from him, but he still couldn't cut through the tree egg. He knew that it would be difficult for him to harm it with his own strength.
The middle-aged man and Man Hua also landed and looked at Mossy Bones and Hayashi River. The former was surprised. Such powerful youths were peerless experts who could influence the situation of the continent during the Hundred Years War.
Man Hua asked Hayashi River if he had any way to resolve this crisis.
"We're a step too late … The original goal of the Corrupted Tree Spirit was to control the tree egg and become the master of this world …"
"After being forced into a corner, it chose to fuse with the tree egg. This is actually the strongest form of the tree egg, but the Corrupted Tree Spirit has self-awareness and doesn't want to fuse like this …"
Hayashi River sighed. If he had killed the grey-white tree man just now, this tree egg would not have been difficult to deal with.
Now that he had absorbed the grey-white tree man's head, there was almost no one on his side that could pose a threat to him.
After all, this tree egg could absorb the power of other living beings. Although the Redbud Sword could harm it, that was only at the peak of level-nine.
Once the tree egg and the grey-white tree man fused, it would be a monster far beyond level-nine, and the Redbud Sword would not be able to cause fatal damage.
"You brat, don't always think of backstabbing people. It's up to you now …" Mossy Bones scolded.
"I … I'm not even level-seven …" Hayashi River muttered.
These words were a blow to a young man, but Hayashi River felt that with his level-seven strength, even if he had all kinds of trump cards, it was still unknown if he could pose a threat to this tree egg.
"Use this sword …" Mossy Bones raised his hand and tossed the Redbud Sword over.
At this moment, Ximu Auna, who had been standing in a daze, also moved and tossed the Gold Sword over.
"Young successor, use this Gold Sword and the Redbud Sword. With your ability, you can cut through everything …
"Also, your Life Companion Beast's power can help you as well …"
A thought was transmitted. It was Ximu Auna's remnant will.
Hayashi River held the Redbud Sword in his right hand and the Gold Sword in his left. He was momentarily stunned …
At the same time, the pure voice of the Tree Spirit sounded in his mind. "Young human, I have a secret that I have never told you … In the past, when the Tree of Life was corroded, it had a lot to do with the Bell of Time and the Eye of Wisdom.
"So, everything that happened today should be ended by your hands …"
As he spoke, Hayashi River did not move. The eyeball pattern on his forehead appeared and shone with a strange brilliance, shooting into the two divine swords.
Buzz buzz …
Buzz buzz buzz …
The two divine swords vibrated violently and spontaneously pulsed with sword flames. Rings of sword radiance spread and enveloped Hayashi River.
At the same time, a pendulum pattern appeared on Hayashi River's chest. It spun continuously and emitted two forces, one entering Hayashi River's body and the other entering Blue Kitty's.
"Roar …"
With a roar, Blue Kitty scuttled out. This little fellow could not control itself. It could only feel the power in its body surging wildly, revealing its huge body.
"Let's go …"
Hayashi River did not say anything. With the two divine swords in hand, he jumped onto the little fellow's back. The latter howled at the sky, and with a sway of its body, it disappeared as if it had teleported. When it reappeared, it was already above the tree egg.
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