Chapter 84 - Roots

It was nighttime and there was a festival being thrown as commerce for the successful alliance between the two fractions. Fireflies Spirit beasts were lightning up the city with people dancing around with Spirit Beasts.

The army that Tang Wulin used to be apart, was awkwardly staring at the Spirit Beasts and humans dancing together. They were still finding it hard to believe that both races could co-exist and be happy in each other presence.

A lone shadow was walking through the bustling streets with a hood over their head. On their back was something long that was cover with a brown cloth.

"Are you sure you don't want to say goodbye?" Asked Zeref as he appeared beside Tang Wulin.

'It's fine.' Thought Tang Wulin as he glances over to the people and spirit beasts. Zeref only shook his head but didn't try to convince Acnologia anymore.

It only took them a while before they reach the entrance of the city. As Tang Wulin was walking down the steps, two shadows appeared from behind him.

"Come now, brother Wulin. You couldn't even say goodbye?" Asked Xia Yan as he stood behind Tang Wulin with Tang Yun next to him.

Tang Wulin said nothing as he continued walking as if he didn't hear Xia Yan. Xia Yan didn't seem to mind as he kept up his smile.

"Thank you." Said Tang Yun as he begins to bow before Tang Wulin back.

"Comrades don't bow to each other."

Tang Yun and Xia Yan eyes widen as they heard Wulin voice. They smiled as they watched his figure trailing away.

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"So we're really doing this huh?" Said Xia Yan with a faint smile.

"Yes." Said Tang Yun as his gaze landed on the city before them.

"It feels bizarre, fighting this war with Spirit Beasts." Said Xia Yan.

Tang Yun said nothing as he sent a glance toward the army behind them. It was a mix between Spirit Beasts and human on one side. While the other side was only humans, who were still struggling with working together with the Spirit Beasts.

"I wonder, would things have been different if we had just fought back from the beginning." Tang Yun mumble.

Xia Yan fell silent as he turned his gaze back to the army walking behind them. He began wondering what would have happened if they just tried fighting back? If they didn't cower and give up because of the Spirit Beast power?

'Many us would have died but at least we wouldn't have to suffer life, worse than death.' Thought Xia Yan.

Xia Yan knew the humans without power would have still lost to the Spirit Beasts but with the help of the Meng Rui fraction back then. They might have been able to beat Yao Cai and his fraction.

'I wonder? Did the god forsake us because we gave up on ourself?'

"Still it's hard to believe we don't have brother Wulin with us." Said Xia Yan causing Tang Yun to shake his head.

"True but that doesn't mean we should use that as an excuse to lose." Said Tang Yun as his gaze sharpened.

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"Alright, so what's the plan when we reach Yggdrasil." Said Zeref.

'Sleipnir?' Thought Tang Wulin.

"We would first need to reach the land under Yggdrasil." Said Sleipnir causing Zeref and Wulin to nod their head.

"I wonder who we will meet up on our way. It wasn't like the Mountain Dragon King told us anything." Said Zeref.

"It's probably because he hasn't known anything about the world since their 'death'." Said Tang Wulin causing Zeref to nod his way.

The distance from the city to one of the roots of Yggdrasil was about a hundred kilometers. Tang Wulin even with his full speed knew it would take hours before he would reach the roots.

"Do you think they will be okay?" Asked Sleipnir.

"The humans and the Spirit Beasts?" Asked Zeref.

Sleipnir nodded her head as she knew the tension between the two races would be high. Even though Meng Rui fraction is the opposite of the Spirit Beasts who terrorize them.

Yet, she couldn't fault them for not trusting the Spirit Beasts after what they experience.

"They should be fine." Said Tang Wulin causing them to fall silent.

After a while, Tang Wulin was able to see the giant roots of Yggdrasil in the horizon. He knew it was huge as he recalls seeing it from the other side of the continent but seeing it from up close was something different.

"I guess we are here." Said Zeref as he looks up.

'It kinda looks like Tenrou Island.' Thought Zeref as he begins looking over the tree. He got lost in thought as his face began to turn soft.

"Yes, we are here." Said Sleipnir as her eyes were shining.

Tang Wulin started to climb on top of one of the roots that landed on the land. After that, he began running on toward the base of Yggdrasil.

As he got close, he was able to see faint energy flickering around the area of the base. Tang Wulin furrows his brows and moves his Golden Dragon Spear towards the energy.

Bang!

"So it's a forcefield." Said Zeref after Tang Wulin spear was push back from the energy barrier. Sleipnir appeared next to both of them with her brows furrow and confusion on her face.

"Sleipnir?"

"Wulin, try and surround your body with life energy. Then see if you can walk through the barrier." Said Sleipnir as her gaze was still on Yggdrasil.

Tang Wulin nodded his head, as he began calling out the life energy that was surrounding his soul vortex. Then he watches as his whole body was covered with green energy and then began walking toward the barrier.

As his hand made contact with the barrier, the barrier gently shook and then to Tang Wulin surprise, he couldn't move his hand. Before he could try to f_o_r_c_i_b_l_y remove his hand, his mind shook as became immersed into a world of golden and silver roots.

While this was going on the outside, Tang Wulin was f_o_r_c_i_b_l_y pulled to the place where his Soul Votex was located. To his shock, there were a bloodred aura and sapphire aura swirling around his soul vortex, similar to the other two auras.

Tang Wulin could feel his body experiencing a sense of change. His soul vortex which didn't make any progress because of the lack of Spirit Power started to tremble. He could feel soul power being poured into his abdomen and his Soul Vortex.

As that was happening Golden and Silver roots started appearing around his soul vortex. He watched as the roots move toward each of the auras surrounding his soul vortex and then began to shine.

The roots that were intertwined in the aura started to move towards the Soul Vortex that was hungrily absorbing the soul power. His soul vortex started to get smaller and smaller, as the roots began to coil around it. Then suddenly the roots began breaking apart.

After the last root fell, Tang Wulin could see an oval orb similar to that of his Bloodline core. Yet it was vastly different as the orb was glimmering with multi-colored radiance.

To his surprise, on the inside in the center of the orb was white energy in the middle. Around the white energy were the auras that were coiling around his soul vortex before.

While this was happening, he felt his body trembling and then Old Tang Voice rang out.

"Quick, use this opportunity to break open the twelfth seal. Your body is strong enough because of the Spirit Metamorphosis."

Tang Wulin nodded to Old Tang and begins focusing on his Golden Dragon King seals. He began altering the path of some of the soul power towards his seal.

His Bloodline Core began trembling, as seven-colored lights started to make its way toward his Golden Dragon King seal. As it made contact, Tang Wulin could feel it was nullifying the rampaging Annihilation and divine madness of the Golden Dragon King.

He didn't know if it was because of the Dragon Kings tests but the pain he felt wasn't that bad compared to it as he could feel his internal body being remodeled. Seven-colored radiance began to coat his internal body with a thin gloss of energy.

Then Bloodline core started to tremble and expand its size to that of a heart. To Tang Wulin shock, the heart was bigger than both of his two hearts that were beating next each other. Then he felt a pulse reverberating through his Spiritual World.

It was as if something was awakening.

Outside of Tang Wulin internal body, cracks were starting to form on Tang Wulin body. The skin began breaking apart as if they were glass. Underneath was another set of skin that seems to glow with seven-colored radiance. Golden colored scales started to appear on his skins around the areas that his tribal marking was located.

On his head, two large ethereal horns started forming and two small ones under one. They were gold with dragons patterns appearing all around it. A spectral tail started to appearing behind Tang Wulin and then it disappeared.

On his back sprouted his Wings of Light and below them were a pair of ethereal wings coming out of his body.

The Wings of Light began to shimmer as they broke apart and went toward the wings on Tang Wulin back. The wings wrapped into a cocoon and then pulled back into his body.

The Golden Dragon Spear beside Tang Wulin was shining brilliantly as it was sending energy into Tang Wulin at a constant rate and then it began dimming. Not before it had undergone some changes with its appearance being different as it gained some markings and sharper edges.

After that, Tang Wulin slowly open his eyes that were leaking out an indescribable aura and then with a snap of his finger, the roots around him shattered.

Blinking his eyes, Tang Wulin saw he was in an area surrounded with large, and the light was leaking through the gaps.

"Seriously, why is it every time I come in contact with something related to a plant, it's always a big deal."