Night suddenly fell, which made Zi Chen startled, and he raised his head and looked towards the sky.
Above our heads, it was not the dark clouds that blocked the sun, but the real nightfall.
The original sun disappeared, and the moonlight and starlight shone lightly.
"How could this happen?" Zi Chen's expression changed, and it was obvious that this was extremely abnormal.
The confrontation between the tree spirit and the spiritual shadow is still going on. I wonder if it is Zi Chen's illusion, but he feels that the tree spirit seems to have become stronger at this moment.
Lingying's expression became even more distorted, and finally he let out a scream and completely disappeared from the ancient tree.
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In the deepest part of the forest, the Ancient Tree King opened his eyes.
It looked into the distance, as if its sight had already seen the outermost periphery and everything that happened there.
"Finally I couldn't hold it any longer."
A deep voice came from the Ancient Tree King's body, and then its body began to shake, and more fruits fell from above.
These fruits emit bright light, and after falling, they turn into spiritual shadows.
"Go ahead and kill all the tree spirits!"
Those spiritual figures flashed, disappeared, and then teleported towards the outside world with the help of ancient trees.
The Ancient Tree King closed his eyes again.
The moment it closed its eyes, the will of the forest disappeared again, and at the same time, a huge light shield appeared out of thin air, isolating it from the world.
The clear sky turned into darkness at this time, and the moon and stars appeared on the sky.
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Day turned into night, and the tree spirit in front of Zi Chen gained the upper hand. A fruit emitting green light appeared from the front and flew towards him.
He stretched out his hand to catch it, used his spiritual sense, and found that it was the same fruit that he had refined before.
The tree spirit looked at the darkening sky and earth and murmured: "It's getting dark."
Zi Chen nodded.
"I haven't seen the night like this for a long time. It's like a hallucination."
The tree spirit spoke again, and there was joy in his words, but also some panic and uneasiness.
"What on earth is going on?" Zi Chen asked.
"The occurrence of this situation indicates that the king has fallen into a deep sleep and has no time to manage this forest." The tree spirit said: "Without the king's will, everything will return to normal. At this time, I can also improve my spiritual power and control
Ancient trees all around.”
"Isn't this a good thing? During the period when it was sleeping, you happened to take its place." Zi Chen said.
"This is indeed a rare opportunity, but it also heralds danger."
There was worry in the face's voice.
"What danger?" Zi Chen asked doubtfully.
"As the forest expands, tree spirits will continue to appear. Over the years, I don't know how many tree spirits have been hidden secretly. After the king's will disappears, these tree spirits will appear."
After hearing what the other party said, Zi Chen's expression changed slightly and said, "You mean you are not the only tree spirit here?"
"Yes, there are other tree spirits here, some are strong and some are weak. When the king is sleeping, it is the time when everyone can grow up with confidence. However, every time there will be some radical tree spirits who want to devour them.
Other tree spirits use their own methods to grow rapidly, and eventually reach the point where they can compete with the king."
"Aren't tree spirits immovable? How can they devour each other?" Zi Chen asked in confusion.
The tree spirit said: "After the king falls asleep, he will not monitor those spiritual shadows. The spiritual shadows will only act according to its orders before falling asleep. But without the king's will, our will is the strongest, and we can control the nearby spirits.
After that, you can control the spiritual shadow through those spiritual trees."
"You mean, other tree spirits will control other spiritual shadows to besiege you?" Zi Chen looked extremely surprised. He didn't expect these tree spirits to have such means.
"This is indeed the case under normal circumstances, but this time it will be a little different. Because of your arrival, maybe they will use these spiritual shadows to trade."
"You mean that other tree spirits will choose to cooperate with others and then let them rob other tree spirits?"
"Yes, this is what I am most worried about. In fact, now, we tree spirits can fight against the king as long as we join forces together, because if we want to be strong, we first need to have spiritual trees that we can control. But they are not like that
I think that they have always thought that they can fight against the king by swallowing other tree spirits. In the years when I awakened my memory, I don’t know how many times I have seen similar situations. After killing each other, the strongest tree spirit appeared, but it didn’t exist at all.
They cannot do anything to the King. They who think they are powerful will eventually be destroyed after the King wakes up."
There was too much helplessness in the tree spirit's tone.
Zi Chen said: "Since we can't escape the fate of being swallowed, we can only devour them."
"Let's wait and see, maybe this time there is something different." The tree spirit said: "Now, we are trying to attract more spiritual shadows."
"Is it okay?" Zi Chen asked.
"If it was before, it would naturally be very dangerous, but now that the king has fallen asleep and will no longer supervise this place, there will be no problem." The tree spirit seemed very confident.
Next, the tree spirit asked Zi Chen to continue to cross his legs. The tree where it was was emitting light. This light spread toward the distance, seeming to contain some kind of strange attraction.
The nearby spiritual figures turned their heads to look here, and then moved quickly towards this side.
After arriving here, they immediately saw Zi Chen cross-legged, with a cold flash in his eyes.
However, there was only one ancient tree in front of it, and it could only accommodate one spiritual shadow. The spiritual shadows that appeared all around did not rush forward immediately.
The light emitted by the tree spirit became more and more intense, and in this light, there was a strong pressure, which was very much like the pressure of the king in the depths.
In addition, there is a trace of the king's will in this coercion.
Although these spiritual shadows know exactly where the king is, their emotions are still affected by the king's aura and orders.
Wuying stood there and saw many spiritual figures.
The state of these spiritual figures was obviously not right at this time, and there seemed to be a hint of anxiety and uneasiness in their originally cold eyes.
Their bodies moved quickly above the nearby ancient trees, and the human faces that appeared showed some emotional changes.
Wuying had heard the previous transaction between the tree spirit and Zi Chen. Now seeing the state of these spirit shadows, he also felt how extraordinary the tree spirit was.
Those ghostly figures that kept flickering were constantly conveying commands in their minds, making it impossible for them to tell whether it was the voice of the king or not.
Finally, they stopped trying to resist and swept forward.
Their shape made them only appear on one ancient tree, so after the first spiritual shadow occupied the ancient tree behind Zi Chen, other spiritual shadows appeared one after another, appearing behind Zi Chen.
All around.
After they appeared, green light flashed in their hands, and the green light turned into a dagger, stabbing Zi Chen in front of him silently.
"Zi Chen, do it!"
Before the tree spirit could give instructions, Wuying, who was watching the scene next to him, spoke up.
Buzz!
Zi Chen removed the hidden rules around him, and the eight sword ancestral tablets appeared.
Such a change made those spiritual figures startled, their attacks stopped, and they turned to look behind them.
The Sword Domain was activated quickly, forming a light shield, trapping all the spiritual shadows in it.
Zi Chen opened his eyes and finally saw the true faces of these spiritual figures.
They are like humans, with green lights shining on their bodies, but their true faces cannot be seen clearly.
After being trapped in the field at this moment, they seemed a little anxious and at a loss.
"Behead!"
At this moment, the tree spirit appeared from the tree, trapping the previous spiritual shadow in it.
During this period, the two faces kept changing, as if they were fighting.
The spiritual shadows who were a little dazed before saw the tree spirit now, and their blank eyes flashed with cold murderous intent, and they all started to kill the tree spirit.
As for Zi Chen, they gave it up.
Whoosh!
In Zi Chen's hand, the long sword was unsheathed, and the light of the sword flashed.
In this field, his long sword has increased power and is faster.
In addition, these ghost figures did not attack him at all, nor did they pay attention to him, which made his attack more like a sneak attack.
The sword flashed across the front in an instant, and the bodies of three spiritual figures were cut open.
After being chopped open, their bodies turned into light spots and dissipated, while a bright light appeared from the front.
In that light, there is a fruit.
Swish! Swish! Swish!...
The light of the sword in Zi Chen's hand kept flashing, cutting open the bodies of one spiritual shadow after another.
In this realm of swords, killing these spiritual shadows that revealed their true form was nothing short of slaughter.
During this period, he was also a little worried that the tree spirit would not be able to face the siege for a long time, so he took action faster.
In the blink of an eye, all the spiritual shadows here were killed, and there were more than a dozen fruits floating in the field of the sword.
Zi Chen stepped forward and collected the fruits one by one. Compared with the last time, this harvest was not only faster but also less risky.
Within the tree, the tree spirit also had the upper hand, suppressing the spiritual shadow.
After a while, a fruit floated out from the tree.
After taking the fruit, Zi Chen said: "Don't you need to control some spiritual shadows for self-defense?"
The tree spirit in the tree shook his head and said: "No, since I have chosen to cooperate, I will help you wholeheartedly. I only have this chance. If I can't succeed, I will die."
This absolute trust made Zi Chen feel pressure.
He knew the other person for only one day.
Moreover, he didn't even know the other person's name.
"My name is Zi Chen." Zi Chen said.
"My name is... Qiao Nuo."
The tree spirit said: "This is the name I gave myself. Most of the time I talk to myself. You are the first human being I met."
Zi Chen looked at Qiao Nuo: "If you break this ancient tree, will you die?"
"If that time comes, that's when death comes," Jono said.
"That means you won't die yet, or you won't die immediately?"
"Without the protection of the spirit tree, I am left with only a spirit body without any attack power. Since the enemy can break through my body, it will be very easy for me to devour my soul."