494: Chapter 494 The Roulette of Life and Death

Through a series of exchanges, Xiao Chen had roughly figured out the Undying Tree's patterns.

Although its vitality was tenacious and its recovery ability was extremely Heaven-Defying, its attack forms were singular and its damage capability was insufficient.

If it weren't from the Wood Clan, it could have easily wiped him out based solely on its high-level Soul Transformation Stage cultivation level.

"Hahaha..."

The Undying Tree couldn't help but grin, letting out a mocking laugh. "Little brat, you don't have much spiritual energy left, do you? Hand over your Soul obediently!"

"I'm afraid you don't have the ability!"

Xiao Chen narrowed his eyes slightly and then shouted, "Pure Yang Astral Domain!"

In an instant, a golden light screen radiated from the inside out. In the blink of an eye, it had already enveloped the surrounding thousand miles of airspace.

High in the sky, it stood as an equal against the Undying Divine Light.

At this moment, the endless vines coiled toward him again. This time, Xiao Chen deliberately showed a flaw, pretending that his spiritual energy was exhausted.

The Undying Tree was overjoyed. Vines struck out one after another, binding Xiao Chen tightly. Simultaneously, the Undying Divine Light contracted rapidly, forming a powerful lockdown.

"Hahaha... tiny Human Race, I finally caught you!"

The crowd in the distance watched this scene, their Souls nearly flying out of their bodies from fright. Although dying here only meant losing a wisp of a split Soul, it also meant elimination.

"With this Earth Flame True Fire, this seat will refine your Fire Spirit Source Power! After comprehending the Law of Fire, this seat will be the strongest of the Wood Clan in history, hahaha..."

As the laughter subsided, the endless vines quickly retracted into the trunk.

Xiao Chen's vision suddenly went pitch black. Waves of Wood Spirit fragrance invaded his nostrils, meaning he had already entered the Undying Tree.

His Divine Thought probed and found that the interior was like an uneven tree hollow; the Undying Tree's meridians and skeleton were clearly visible.

With a thought, vines extended from his palms, quickly climbing onto the inner walls of the Undying Tree.

These were derived from Wood Spirit Source Power, and since the Undying Tree also possessed Wood Spirit Source Power, it felt exceptionally close to them. Xiao Chen's vines pinned into the Undying Tree's meridians without any obstruction.

Perhaps sensing something unusual, the Undying Tree's smug face manifested in the dark space above Xiao Chen's head.

"Still struggling at death's door? Soon, you will become this King's nourishment."

"Is that so?"

Xiao Chen gave a sinister smile. Earth Flame True Fire surged out, following those vines and pouring directly into the Undying Tree's meridians.

"Ugh... ah..."

In the dark space, the Undying Tree's shrill screams echoed.

He desperately activated the Undying Divine Light, but he couldn't expel this internal-to-external incinerating power from his body.

"You insidious and cunning human, what exactly did you do!" the Undying Tree roared in terror. Its sky-blotting branches began to swing frantically, and the vines restraining Xiao Chen had no choice but to unravel.

"You will know soon enough."

Xiao Chen gave a meaningful smile. Using his hand as a blade, he carved out a wooden box from the inner wall and then channeled the undying essence out of the Undying Tree's body.

Before long, the entire wooden box was filled.

Feeling its life force rapidly draining away, the Undying Tree shrieked, "You mad human, stop it now!"

"It's not impossible for me to stop."

"Tell this King your conditions."

"It's very simple."

The corners of Xiao Chen's mouth tilted slightly as he said calmly, "Hand over your undying core!"

"That is simply wishful thinking!"

The Undying Tree roared in desperation. If it handed over the undying core, it would lose its entire cultivation level, and eighteen million years of cultivation would be ruined.

"Fine then!"

Xiao Chen smiled smugly. "Then I will drain your undying essence. When you slowly wither away, your undying core will eventually be mine anyway!"

"You go too far! This King will fight you to the death!"

The Undying Tree roared hysterically, instantly releasing an endless white divine glow, turning the dark internal world into a field of white light.

Xiao Chen immediately looked wary, but he noticed that the white divine glow did not cause him any damage.

But that was precisely what made him feel uneasy.

As he warily checked his surroundings, Xiao Chen's Divine Thought was suddenly dragged into a dark space, and the ground beneath his feet seemed to be spinning incessantly.

Ding!

With a soft sound, four large characters suddenly lit up above:

Life-Death Roulette!

Xiao Chen stared at those four white characters in shock, unconsciously recalling a forbidden Divine Ability of the Undying Tree he had once read about in ancient records.

[Life-Death Roulette: Using the Soul as a guide and the Physical Body as a medium, it drags both the opponent and oneself into a roulette space for a life-and-death gamble.

The winner leaves safely and unharmed; the loser's body dies and their Dao vanishes, never entering Reincarnation. Furthermore, the contract of the Life-Death Roulette is linked to the primary Soul and is recognized by the Heavenly Dao.]

In other words, once Xiao Chen lost the gamble, his main body in the Yuntian Holy Realm would also disappear.

"Damn it, this lunatic! He's even crazier than I am!"

Xiao Chen cursed inwardly. He never expected that a forbidden Divine Ability he once read about as a joke would actually exist in the Cultivation World.

What should he do!

The roulette beneath his feet was still spinning. In the dark space, accompanied by a ticking sound, every moment felt like a countdown for his life.

It made him feel incredibly tormented.

Opposite Xiao Chen, his Divine Thought detected the figure of a middle-aged man, which was exactly the Undying Tree after its transformation.

Gulp!

Xiao Chen's throat moved as cold sweat rolled down his forehead. He couldn't help but feel a bit of regret; gambling his life for a mere undying core was really not worth it!

But now that he had been dragged into the roulette space by this forbidden technique, he could only pray that his Luck and fortune values were higher than its.

Ding!

With a soft sound, the spinning roulette beneath his feet suddenly stopped, and a white light descended from the sky.

Xiao Chen looked closely and saw a green profound light light up beneath his feet. It was the image of a giant tree in full bloom, brimming with vitality.

"Yes!"

Xiao Chen jumped up in excitement. It was worth always wearing his lucky red underpants; his Luck and fortune values were always subtly increasing.

In contrast, beneath the Undying Tree's feet, a gray profound light lit up. It was the image of a withered and decaying piece of wood, filled with a sense of desolation.

"No..."

The Undying Tree roared at the sky, its voice filled with unwillingness, then it abruptly stopped as its figure slowly dissipated.

Xiao Chen then returned to the Undying Tree's internal world, his excitement beyond words.

To preserve the undying essence to the greatest extent and keep it from being contaminated, he directly cut the Undying Tree's trunk into dozens of small square boxes.

Then he drained all the undying essence and stored it in the wooden boxes.

Not a single drop was left.

This was Undying Spirit Liquid, a hundred times more precious than ten thousand year spirit milk. If it were put up for auction, those Soul Transformation old monsters would fight desperately for it.

Afterward, he went to the core trunk of the Undying Tree and spent a great deal of effort to carve open its core inner wall.

He saw an original core the size of a chicken egg quietly floating in the center, flickering with a dazzling green light. Just a single sniff of the escaping Wood Spirit aura made one feel as if they were in an immortal realm.