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In the vast forest.
A giant emerald tree, several thousand feet tall, stood on the ground. Its body was like a city wall.
Under the giant trees, the bastion houses made of vines were so densely packed that they stretched beyond sight.
This was the base camp of the Green Ghost Clan.
At the border of the core territory of the Green Ghost Clan, a ten-man team of big ghosts patrolling with a ghost man as their leader suddenly felt the sky darkening.
He raised his head and saw that a giant gate of white light, hundreds of meters wide, had appeared in the sky. A black torrent surged out from it—composed of demons with scarlet eyes, sword demons with scimitar arms, long-sword demons, snake demons with snake tails, fire demons with lava wings, and mad war demons covered in scarlet muscles and towering five or six meters tall.
The flightless demon quickly fell to the ground, then climbed up from the pit and spontaneously killed the nearby ghosts.
The flying demons soared wantonly in the sky, sometimes condensing energy such as flame bombs and flaming arrows to bombard the ghosts below. Sometimes they swooped up to the sky, biting them alive in the air and swallowing them together with their flesh and soul.
When the ghosts on patrol saw this scene, they sent out a warning message without any hesitation.
Soon, a large number of ghost warriors rushed out of the ghost clan's base camp territory. In a short period of time, tens of thousands of high-level green-skinned ghosts gathered, and more than a hundred master-level ghosts assembled. This number was still increasing, and green lights flashed in the distance. They were all strong ghosts who had received the news and rushed to support them.
The power on the surface had far exceeded that of this invading demon army.
In the vine palace above the huge green tree,
The legendary ghost man 'Dai,' who had stayed behind, suddenly opened his eyes and looked toward the direction where the demon army was invading, with a trace of killing intent flashing in his eyes.
Another legendary ghost man, 'Ji,' also flew over.
"You stay here to protect the holy tree. If the enemy enters the territory, don't hesitate—open the tree realm directly! I will return as soon as possible," Dai said in a low voice and then disappeared in a flash.
Ji looked at Dai, who was heading to the battlefield, appearing a little nervous.
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Territory boundaries.
The demon warriors and the ghost warriors were fighting crazily. One side was like a black tide, and most of their attacks were filled with hot lava and flames. The other side was like a green tide, and their attacks were filled with vines, wooden spears, and ground thorns.
The most conspicuous among them was the battlefield where the fallen evil giant Nurraf and the Barrow were located. They led more than twenty great demons to fight against hundreds of ghosts.
"Haha, little bugs, don't even think about escaping." The majestic fallen evil giant grabbed two ghost men with his two big hands at the same time. Ignoring the vines that grew wildly around its arms, the towering fallen evil giant directly stuffed them into his mouth, devouring their flesh and souls together.
On the other side, the figure of the Fire Demon flashed and rushed into the ghost men. He cut a ghost man into two pieces with the lava sword in his hand, took a big gulp, swallowed the soul first, and then put the body into his mouth to chew.
In front of the fifteen-to-sixteen-meter-tall Balor Fire Demon, ghosts of average human height were like snacks—one bite at a time, juice splashing everywhere. Those ghosts who were no weaker than master-level professionals had no resistance at all.
The evil Giant and Balor, who had been receiving the power of the void for some time and had been supported by a large amount of flesh, blood, and souls these days, were now approaching the top level of pseudo-legends.
Therefore, in the face of these powerful ghosts, they could basically be killed with one move, and only a few powerful individuals could escape the clutches of both of them.
However, the number of ghosts amounted to hundreds after all. Under the joint attack, some of the weaker demons were tied up by vines and then strangled to death. At the same time, after panicking, half of the ghost army separated and began to cooperate with each other, barely holding back the evil Giant and Balor, who were slaughtering their ranks.
The battle between the two sides began to stalemate for a while.
Dai, who arrived as soon as possible, did not pay attention to the ordinary demons, nor did he look at the ghost troops fighting fiercely with the great demons. Instead, he stared at an empty space and sneered.
A green light spear instantly blasted into the open space.
Amidst the explosion, purple light flashed, and the six-armed snake demon, Ozzy, who was forced to appear, looked at the legendary green ghost man suspended in the air with a surprised expression.
The other party had actually discovered his concealment method?
Ozzy became wary.
But he didn't feel the slightest fear because his master was observing the battlefield somewhere.
As usual, he acted as bait, and then the master would deliver the killing blow.
While thinking about it, six purple scimitars appeared in his six palms, and Ozzy launched the attack with an indifferent expression.
Since sneak attacks wouldn't work, then he would attack head-on!
The purple sword light was like a shadow, and in an instant, the ghost man was attacked by sword lights from all directions.
Green light condensed in Dai's palm, and a three-meter-long ancient rattan bow appeared. With a flick of the bow, an arc formed, and all the incoming sword lights shattered.
As the sword light shattered, the six-armed snake demon also closed in. His six arms turned into dense phantoms, attempting to chop the ghost man into pieces.
"Too slow," Dai said. His figure nimbly dodged all of the snake demon's attacks, moving in the air before suddenly counterattacking, striking at a flaw in the snake demon's offensive and piercing through one of his arms.
Ozzy stepped back with a solemn expression, looking at his broken arm and feeling tremendous pressure in his heart.
He had used his full strength, yet the opponent still handled it with ease.
And whether it was his imagination or not, Ozzy felt that the other party's energy was much purer than his own.
That shot just now was not just a fighting skill—it also carried terrifying penetrating power.
"The strength is indeed not weak. He is worthy of being the one who killed Sa." The ghost man's expression was calm, but the murderous intent in his eyes surged.
Ozzy felt horrified and subconsciously tried to dodge, but he was still a step too late. The sword light still penetrated a huge hole on the left side of his abdomen. The powerful green energy infected his demonic body and quickly spread. Vines absorbed Ozzy's energy, making him weaker.
"If this continues, I will definitely die."
After this attack, Ozzy realized that his opponent was probably a strong ghost who had entered the second level of legend—and not just the most common second level.
Ozzy's forehead dripped with cold sweat. His eyes suddenly shifted, and his five remaining arms clenched their scimitars. Astonishing energy began to gather—it seemed he was about to unleash a special move.
When Dai saw this, he shook his head inwardly.
If this guy chose to run away now, he might not be able to stop him. But if he chose to fight to the death, the result would be inevitable.
Just as Dai was about to use his unique skills to counter the six-armed snake demon's move and then kill him, his expression suddenly changed.
An invisible force attacked him.
Eighth Tier: {Laws Shock}
Under this strange power, Dai found that moving had become several times more difficult, and he could no longer attack effectively.
At this moment, the five sword lights merged into one, aiming at Dai and striking down.
Dai looked at the incoming gigantic sword with a ferocious gaze, trying to dodge, but his speed had been slowed down several times. He could only watch helplessly as he was cut open from head to chest and abdomen by the enormous sword.
But this kind of injury couldn't kill him—it wasn't even considered a serious injury. His internal organs, like the roots of a plant, began to squirm crazily, rapidly repairing themselves. His wounds healed almost instantly.
In an instant, a huge black dragon emerged through a void walk, appearing before Dai. The dragon's claws, surging with spiritual energy, swung down hard on him.
The demon eye on his forehead opened. Although he still possessed a pseudo-third-level talent, his mental attack had significantly strengthened as he had devoured several legendary souls.
Dai dodged the attacking dragon claw, but the soul attack could not be avoided. With a bang, his consciousness went blank for a moment.
When he reacted in an instant, what greeted him was a dragon tail as thick as a black giant pillar.
The dragon's tail carried terrifying power and was filled with invisible and pure spiritual energy, breaking through the space and blasting toward the ghost.
Realizing that he could not avoid it, Dai did not hesitate to activate the energy in his body. In an instant, a large number of thick vines surged out of his body and drew toward the dragon's tail.
The vines, which were strong enough to twist top-grade metals, were broken apart by the swift and powerful dragon tail force, which finally bombarded the ghost with unmatched force.
In contrast to the thick black dragon tail, Dai's body was just like a grasshopper, not much bigger. Under the terrifying force, his body directly turned into a green light that penetrated deep into the earth.
I didn't give this guy a chance to resist or struggle. The third eye, the dragon's mouth, and the area around me condensed four kinds of attacks: material black light, acid liquid, black water, and purple thunder-nuclear breath chasing the green light that had penetrated the earth and bombing away.
The smoke dissipated, and a deep, dark hole with a diameter of more than ten meters appeared on the ground.
Around the pothole, traces of super heat flashed and jumped.
"Aren't you dead yet?" In mid-air, I felt the aura gradually growing stronger in the pit and was amazed.
Soon, a green light rushed out from the deep pit, revealing the figure of the ghost man.
His legs were still squirming to recover.
Seeing this, I was not only not disappointed but also quite happy.
The stronger the recovery ability of this legendary second-level green-skinned ghost man, the greater the increase in super-speed recovery talent that I will gain after devouring him, which is naturally something to be happy about.
Dai raised his head and looked at the huge and overwhelming black dragon not far away, with solemnity and nervousness flashing in his eyes.
Although it was a sneak attack, judging from the intensity of the attack just now, this black dragon's strength undoubtedly exceeded his.
But not by much.
Dai had the intention to retreat.
But what was strange was why the dark giant beast didn't take advantage of his injury and weakness to attack him. Instead, it was suspended in mid-air, overlooking him.
This doubt only flashed for a moment, and soon Dai's expression changed as the originally strong aura on his body began to plummet, becoming weak.
At this time, the black dragon in mid-air finally made a sound. He grinned and said,
"You are quite strong physically. The destructive power, and Poisonous Aura, which is enough to kill large legendary creatures, only weakens you and severely injures you."
In all the attacks just now, I insidiously mixed in the poisonous aura ability obtained from the legendary poisonous scorpion. The poisonous invasion was hidden in his body again and again, and I finally detonated them all quietly.
No one could have imagined that such a violent attack would be mixed with a terrifying and secret poison.
Dai's expression finally changed, and without hesitation, he turned around and fled toward his territory.
As long as he entered the territory, there was still hope.
The lair that had been cultivated for who knows how many years must have a lot of tricks.
I also knew this clearly, so I didn't leave any chance for the ghost man. The newly introduced psychic martial skill [Shunstep] exploded, and my huge dragon body blurred as I came to Dai's head, whipping my dragon tail fiercely down.
Dai held the spear and erupted a large number of vines in an attempt to resist the dragon's tail, but the dragon's tail burst out with powerful spiritual energy, directly overwhelming the ancient vine spear and vines, and whipping the ghost away again.
Dai, who was in the air with his bones shattered and his aura weakened to the extreme, looked at the black dragon approaching again with a look of despair.
The dragon claw flashed past, and Dai's body turned into a puddle of minced meat that looked like plant roots.
The souls of legends that were not guided by gods were easily put into the black jar made of dragon scales by me, waiting for the feast to be swallowed at the last moment.
Seeing Dai being killed, the ghost clan who noticed this scene on the battlefield were in disbelief. At the same time, a sense of fear also rose deep in their hearts.
Soon, the great escape began.
All the ghosts tried their best to escape into the territory.
I didn't chase them. These weaklings didn't need my help.
The six-armed snake demon Ozzy also stood aside, looking coldly at these fleeing ghosts.
On the other side, the battlefield where the Evil Giant and Balor Fire Demon were located also saw major changes in the situation. The ghosts fled one after another. Without gathering into a formation to besiege, the two top demons, Nurraf and Barro, laughed ferociously and started a massacre of this group of ghosts. In a short period of time, just the two of them ate eight or nine ghosts.
There were only eighteen big demons who followed Balor, and six of them were killed. The remaining demons also took the opportunity to attack and kill five or six ghosts, each of them eating their souls and flesh.
Just when Balor and the others were about to pursue the ghost tribe's territory, the earth trembled, the land at the boundary of the territory cracked, and 100-meter-tall giant trees grew. In the blink of an eye, they turned into a wall of giant trees.
Some of the demons who were chasing after the tree wall were still stunned, and the next moment, they were entangled and strangled by the vines that burst out from the giant trees.
There was even a big demon among them who, under the stranglehold of the endless vines of the giant tree, persisted for less than a second before completely disappearing into the 'ocean' of vines.
Barro and Nurraf, who originally thought about chasing after entering the territory, stopped immediately after seeing this scene.
"Master, these giant trees..." Ozzy squinted and hesitated.
I vaguely felt that these giant trees were familiar, coming from inherited memories.
Ancient Trees of War?
I looked at the ancient trees emerging from the ground and fell into deep thought.
I also recognized that these ancient trees were somewhat similar to the 'Ancient Tree of War,' the inherited sacred tree of the elves.
"These giant trees should have some connection with the Ancient War Tree. Perhaps they grew from the branches and leaves of the Ancient War Tree?" I guessed.
The real Ancient War Tree could transform into the terrifying War Tree Man and possessed high-level legendary strength. It was the guardian sacred tree of the elves.
Suddenly, I raised my head and looked at the emerald-green sky-reaching tree that could be seen in the distance, thousands of feet high.
This Babel Tree seems a bit like the Ancient Tree of Life.
Of course, although it was somewhat similar to the Ancient Tree of Life in the inherited memory, I did not think that the giant tree was really the Ancient Tree of Life.
The Ancient Tree of Life was the sacred heart of elvenkind, surpassing even the revered Ancient Tree of War in significance. It was no ordinary tree—it was a god-like plant, pulsing with the divine essence of the elves' celestial homeland.
Long ago, the elves cast a world-altering spell, tearing a fragment of their Eternal Heaven from the celestial plane and anchoring it to the material world. This act of supreme magic transformed the land beneath it into a paradise—an Elf Heaven on Earth, where the very air shimmered with divine energy.
The Ancient Tree of Life stood at its core, its roots entwined with both realms, bridging the mortal and the divine. It was said that those who walked beneath its branches could hear the echoes of the elven gods and feel the whispers of a world beyond.
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