558: Tree Hole

Boom!!!!!!

The enormous creature collided with the ancient tree; from a distance, it looked like a great sun crashing into darkness.

At first, the world was illuminated by that great sun, and the darkness vanished without a trace.

But not long after, endless darkness burst forth again, and instead, that great sun sank into it.

"No!!!"

The fire god-like creature let out a roar of unwillingness, but immediately after, branches that blotted out the sky swept across, directly piercing through the entire body of the enormous creature.

The creature's body also withered away visibly to the naked eye.

A Supreme was devoured alive until nothing remained.

The thousands of creatures surrounding them all subconsciously took a step back, and even the absolute experts hidden within the Void Realm frowned deeply.

They simply could not understand how that ancient tree had devoured the creature.

Logically speaking, how could a Supreme who mastered the intent of True Fire and even the Law be unable to deal with a tree?!

The tree trunk had indeed appeared withered, but after it devoured that Supreme, new buds immediately grew, and the previously withered tree bark fell off directly.

"This ancient tree is too bizarre. Let's not tangle with it; stay far away from it. In any case, it seems unable to move, so we might as well just take a detour."

A creature shouted aloud.

Hearing this, thousands of creatures all nodded.

The fact that the ancient tree could not leave that Void Realm was the best news; everyone just needed to take a detour to avoid it. After all, no one was bored enough to directly ram their heads into a tree.

Just as Cheng Dezhu was planning to leave, he suddenly noticed that Xiang Tiange and Bai Lingyun had no intention of taking a detour.

Turning his head to look, he saw Lin Ye looking at the towering ancient tree with a hint of contemplation.

"Master Lin, you aren't thinking of making a move on this tree, are you?"

Cheng Dezhu had a blind confidence in Lin Ye, but facing this tree, he was indeed a bit worried because this tree was truly too bizarre.

When the branches attacked earlier, if Lin Ye hadn't helped him escape, he feared he would have become fertilizer.

Bai Lingyun came to Lin Ye's side. Being this close again, she still blushed slightly. Her vermilion lips parted slightly: "Lin Ye, do you recognize this bizarre tree?"

"Hmm..."

Lin Ye nodded. Although he hadn't seen this tree before, the aura on it was too familiar.

It was clearly the aura of the Other Shore World.

In other words, could the person who left this tree be the Killing Life Tathagata?

The Other Shore World, the One Page Scripture, the Original Sword Scripture—connecting all these events together, Lin Ye was very curious about the existence of the Killing Life Tathagata.

Since the tree before him was left by him, he must investigate it thoroughly.

But how could he uncover the secrets of this tree?

Hum...

Upon hearing that Lin Ye recognized the tree, and seeing his thoughtful expression, Bai Lingyun said no more and directly activated the Divine Ability of the White Fox Clan.

A seven-colored halo shot directly toward the ancient tree.

Bai Lingyun stood in place, her body shimmering with a faint light, as if a Fairy had descended to the world.

A moment later, her face pale, she spoke: "This tree is too bizarre; it can even devour my Divine Ability. It seems capable of devouring everything. However, I have discovered its secret: right in the very center of the trunk, there seems to be a tree hole."

"Oh?"

Lin Ye was instantly interested. He wanted to uncover the secrets of this tree; could the secret about this tree exist within that tree hole?

Thinking of this, Lin Ye turned his head and said to the three of them: "I am going to enter that tree hole. You can wait for me outside, or take a detour and move forward first; I will catch up with you."

Hearing this, Bai Lingyun shook her head: "If I don't lead the way, how long would it take you to find that tree hole in such a towering ancient tree?"

"I'm not leaving either!!!"

Cheng Dezhu shouted aloud: "Master Lin, as long as you don't mind me holding you back, then take me with you. Just kidding, how could I possibly be afraid of a mere tree? The direction Master Lin points is the direction I will advance."

Unlike Cheng Dezhu's firm words, although Xiang Tiange did not speak, his expression already explained everything.

Seeing the expressions of the three, Lin Ye knew they would not leave, and since that was the case, he would not try to persuade them further.

"Let's go in together."

"Okay!"

Bai Lingyun said the word "okay," then formed hand seals, and white spiritual power directly enveloped the three of them as they sped toward the tree trunk.

At the same time, the towering ancient tree seemed to have noticed their movements, and countless branches swept toward them.

The white spiritual power was simply unable to resist those branches and was easily pierced through. Just as Bai Lingyun intended to strike again, Lin Ye blocked in front of her.

He saw the blood-colored light on Lin Ye's body flare up intensely, and it seemed as if Great Power Experts were preaching and chanting in the Void Realm.

As the scriptures resonated, the countless branches all stopped in mid-air. With just this brief pause, the light on Bai Lingyun's body flared up, and she took the three of them, turning into a streak of light, and disappeared onto the tree trunk.

The moment they entered the tree hole, it flashed with brilliant radiance. The blue light was extremely dazzling, just like the light of a teleportation array, and the group disappeared into the tree hole.

When the world regained its color, an ancient temple appeared before them.

Lin Ye looked at the ancient temple before him, his brows locked tight; this ancient temple was exactly the same as the place where he had previously obtained the bronze coffin.

The footprints on the ground, the broken Buddha statue seen through the dilapidated gate, were all the same as before.

That broken Dharma image was still the one Lin Ye had personally shattered back then.

Could it be that the tree hole was really a teleportation array? Had it teleported them back to the Nine Heavens and Ten Domains?

Wrong!!!

Lin Ye looked around; everything here was exactly the same as what he had seen many years ago. But looking out, the edge of the sky seemed to be shrouded in blood color, making it impossible to see through to the outside world at all.

Coupled with the waves of bizarre, bloody stench coming from the air, this place was the same as that one, yet completely different.

"Let's go."

Lin Ye led the others and walked toward the inside of the ancient temple.

Creak...

The dilapidated gate was gently pushed open, and that stench of blood became even more intense, even causing Bai Lingyun to show a look of disgust.

The group stepped on the bluestone bricks, their Divine Souls trembling slightly, following Lin Ye's footsteps as they advanced into the ancient temple.

Crack!

Just as they were about to reach the main hall ahead, a stone rolled out from within the broken Buddha statue.

The stone rolled directly to Lin Ye's feet before stopping.

Looking down, the stone was unmistakably the eyeball of the Buddha statue! It was clearly stone, but this gaze was extremely bizarre, as if it were mocking them, or perhaps smirking.

The bizarre scene made Cheng Dezhu's scalp tingle. Since entering the ancient temple, he had felt as if someone was staring at him; that feeling made all the hair on his body stand on end.