Chapter 197

Chapter 197

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The kings of the Black Mist Mountains are the most powerful beasts in the entire range.

They have noble bloodlines and long lifespans, but most of the time, they are in a state of slumber.

Ten years ago, Lin Yuan secretly observed a 'king' who had the appearance of a phoenix and a vermilion bird, sleeping on a red wutong tree. (Seems like Ash when he saw a legendary pokemon for the first time haha :D)

However, at that time, Lin Yuan did not have the confidence to deal with that 'king'.

Of course, Lin Yuan's "dealing with" meant dealing with it without being noticed.

There are eight 'kings' in the Black Mist Mountains, and the phoenix that Lin Yuan wants to deal with must not cause any major disturbances. Otherwise, alerting the other seven 'kings' would cause unforeseen variables.

"Almost there," Lin Yuan thought to himself.

The eight 'kings' of the Black Mist Mountains all possess strength ranging from the sixth rank to the peak of the sixth rank.

Lin Yuan's current strength also falls within the sixth rank range. In terms of pure strength, the two should be evenly matched.

Even if one side could win, it would undoubtedly come at a great cost. It's completely impossible to avoid alarming the other 'kings'.

But this is only for normal demonic trees.

Lin Yuan is not a normal demonic tree. In addition to the many abilities of demonic trees, Lin Yuan also has insights into the rules of space, the rules of Yin and Yang, and the rules of strength.

With Lin Yuan's current understanding of the rules of space, with every move, he can open up a space prison, isolating the heavens and the earth.

This is also why Lin Yuan dares to take action against the 'kings' of the Black Mist Mountains now.

"Don't hold back."

"End the battle as soon as possible."

In order to ensure the success of this operation, the main body of the demonic tree slowly moved towards the depths of the Black Mist Mountains.

In the deepest part of the Black Mist Mountains.

Here is a valley connected to the underground magma, where the air is scorching.

In the center of the valley, a red wutong tree stands tall. At the top of the wutong tree, there is a wind nest where a phoenix-like bird sleeps.

Hiss, hiss, hiss.

Just at this moment.

Dozens of black tree branches began to rapidly approach from all directions, surrounding the wind nest at the top of the wutong tree without any blind spots.

The next moment.

The icy black tree branches were all burned to nothingness by flames.

"Caw!!!"

At the top of the wutong tree, within the wind nest, the phoenix quietly opened its eyes.

"Who is it?"

The phoenix emitted a terrifying mental fluctuation, and endless flames began to spread into the air.

Human cultivators and the eight 'kings' of the Black Mist Mountains once made a covenant, mutually not interfering with each other.

The beasts of the Black Mist Mountains cannot cause trouble in the rear of human cultivators when they are resisting the invasion of foreign gods.

On this point, the eight 'kings' of the Black Mist Mountains have no objections.

Although beasts and humans belong to two different races, they share the same world. Once the foreign gods invade, countless beasts in the Black Mist Mountains will also suffer.

Therefore.

For the past two to three hundred years.

The eight 'kings' of the Black Mist Mountains have suppressed countless beasts, never even starting a beast tide, just to cooperate with human cultivators.

Of course, the covenant not only restricts the eight 'kings' of the Black Mist Mountains, but human cultivators also cannot disturb the slumber of the 'kings'.

However, now.

The phoenix king didn't know what kind of means these black tree branches were, but they definitely didn't come from the beasts of the Black Mist Mountains.

As a 'king', the phoenix king has a noble bloodline and an unparalleled suppressive power over other beasts.

Those beasts tremble when they see it. How could they dare to make a move?

Therefore.

The phoenix king believes that this is the work of human cultivators.

This made the phoenix king even more angry. It faithfully fulfilled the covenant, but human cultivators took action against it instead.

"Die!"

The phoenix king was furious, and the flames of the phoenix boiled, burning all the black tree branches that approached to nothingness.

Time passed slowly.

In the blink of an eye, nearly half a day had passed.

At the beginning.

The phoenix king was extremely excited. It didn't know how long it had been since it had exerted such full force.

As 'kings' of their kind, they cannot easily take action, otherwise they would attract the attention of human cultivators, especially now, during a critical period of resisting foreign gods.

'But if I don't take the initiative, and you humans provoke me, there shouldn't be any problem with me taking action, right? I can even go to your alliance leader to hold you accountable.'

The more the phoenix king thought about it, the more excited it became.

The leader of the Azure Alliance, with extremely strong strength and a vast collection of treasures, had one treasure in particular that the phoenix king coveted.

Before, the phoenix king felt embarrassed to ask for it because there was no reason. But now that human cultivators have broken the covenant, everything is justified.

"Uh?"

"Something's not right."

The Phoenix King urged the Phoenix flames while the black tree branches around seemed endless, batch after batch being burned but showing no signs of stopping.

"What's going on?"

The Phoenix King felt a bit uneasy.

Its unease didn't stem from the endless black tree branches.

Each of these black branches was exceptionally sturdy, yet they couldn't withstand the Phoenix flames.

After all, in the eyes of these seven 'kings', only a few people in the entire Azure world could silently deal with the Phoenix King.

And those few individuals were currently busy resisting the invasion of the foreign gods, so it was impossible for them to take action.

Therefore, these seven 'kings' became negligent.

But now.

Several days had passed.

The Phoenix King's aura still hadn't reappeared.

This made the seven kings realize that something was amiss.

When they finally joined forces to go to the Phoenix King's nesting place, they were astonished to find that the wutong tree where the nest was located, and even the valley, had disappeared without a trace.

And now, the seven kings were erupting with their auras, searching for the Phoenix King together.

"It's still better to hide from the attention of the other seven kings."

Lin Yuan restrained his aura and silently observed the positions of the seven 'kings'. Eventually, he discovered that they had gathered in one place instead of being scattered. He sighed inwardly.

With the 'Spatial Imprisonment' he was currently employing, it wasn't a problem to trap one king.

Two or three could be managed with difficulty, but seven... that was a bit beyond his capabilities.

To break free from Lin Yuan's 'Spatial Imprisonment', there were two methods.

One was to have a deeper understanding of space than Lin Yuan.

The other was to unleash a force more than ten times that of Lin Yuan's.

Under the full power of the seven 'kings', the force they unleashed, with their innate talents and bloodlines, did indeed surpass Lin Yuan's by more than ten times.

"Take it slow."

"Even if it takes a little longer, I'll wait until I comprehend more core spatial models before dealing with them."

Lin Yuan comforted himself.

He planned to continue lurking until he completely surpassed the seven 'kings' of the Black Mist Mountains.

Outside the world of Azure.

The ancestral demonic tree, towering tens of thousands of feet high, with endless branches hanging down, exuded a terrifying and evil power for millions of miles around.

"These ants."

The ancestral demonic tree looked down at the battlefield below, where countless puppets of the evil gods were rushing into the world.

But they were all blocked by the strong ones in the Azure world. On the battlefield, a man in a green robe sat cross-legged, with a stone sword floating in front of him.

"If it weren't for the protection of the world..."

The ancestral demonic tree stared at the stone sword for a moment, feeling somewhat unwilling.

Rather than saying it was blocked by countless strong ones in the Azure world, it was being blocked by the world itself.

Whether it was the sturdy world barrier or the stone sword, they both came from the Azure world itself.

"Huh?"

Just as the ancestral demonic tree was considering whether to give up on this world.

With a casual sense, it unexpectedly discovered something.

"Several decades ago, I spent some origin and scattered hundreds of thousands of seeds into the Azure world. Surprisingly, one seed managed to survive?"

The ancestral demonic tree was somewhat surprised.

Back then, it had paid some price to open a crack in the Azure world and had scattered hundreds of thousands of seeds into it, with the goal of disrupting the rear of the Azure world.

Unfortunately.

The ancestral demonic tree had underestimated the suppression of the world itself.

The hundreds of thousands of seeds it had scattered had not grown at all. As time passed, they had died one after another.

Originally, the ancestral demonic tree had resigned itself to fate.

But now, it sensed that one seed had survived.

Although this sensation was very weak due to the blockade of the world barrier, as its offspring, the ancestral demonic tree was still very sure.

"Interesting."

After pondering for a while, the ancestral demonic tree once again expended its origin, following the faint connection, its consciousness began to cross over.

Deep in the Black Mist Mountains.

Lin Yuan was digesting the qi, blood, and soul of the Phoenix King.

Just then.

In the area of the demonic tree's roots.

The pitch-black flames suddenly began to boil.

The next moment.

A mental fluctuation emanated from within the pitch-black flames.

"You survived?"

This mental fluctuation, although weak, was extremely profound.

Lin Yuan almost instantly realized that this mental fluctuation came from the ancestral demonic tree outside the world.

Now, what should he do? Lin Yuan's thoughts turned, and based on the mental fluctuation from the ancestral demonic tree, he judged that the other party didn't know his specific situation.

Now, Lin Yuan was far more than just surviving, he was almost dominating the Black Mist Mountains.

"Ancestor."

Lin Yuan's tone was slightly respectful, in line with the normal posture of the offspring of the ancestral demonic tree.

"Although I survived, my current situation is not good."

"I urgently need the help of the ancestor."

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