285: Tree God and Tree Strangers

"Hey, hey, hey, where are you going?"

Inside a dim building, a young man wearing an eyepatch was quickly packing his things.

Beside him, a semi-transparent, withered tree emitting a faint blue light made an aged sound.

The young man ignored the withered tree, his hands not stopping their movements.

"What am I doing? Isn't it obvious?"

"Of course, I'm preparing to run away."

He casually estimated the space in his storage item and threw a few less important items aside.

"Why are you running? The other party has already entered; this fight is winnable!"

The withered tree's branches swayed, as if expressing dissatisfaction.

The young man paused his movements, turned his head, and looked at it with disdain.

"Don't make your Brother Gou laugh."

"That guy killed all eighty thousand of my zombies in three breaths. The two Core Formation Cultivators I sent couldn't even move when standing in front of him, and were beaten to death just like that."

"A guy like that is simply not human. How could I possibly win?"

"And this eye of mine still can't see anything even now!" The young man lifted his eyepatch, revealing the eye that was constantly healing and then festering.

The withered tree had also seen everything that just happened, and it had to admit that it, too, had misjudged.

That person was definitely not an ordinary Core Formation Cultivator; he was ridiculously strong. But it absolutely could not let the person in front of it leave, otherwise it would be finished.

"Liaotai, why are you so spineless?"

"The Zombie City under your feet is our Domain. Here, you have at least the power of the Nascent Soul Stage; why don't you dare to fight him?"

Gou Liaotai brushed the dust off his hands; he was already packed.

"It's fine to fool others, but don't fool yourself."

"If I really had Nascent Soul cultivation, would I still need to hang out with you?"

"To put it bluntly, you just want to possess my body and make me risk my life."

"If we win, it's your gain; if we lose, I'm truly gone."

"Besides, this guy was able to disguise himself as a Qi Refining Cultivator before; how can you be sure he doesn't have other trump cards?"

"What if he's still hiding another layer and is actually a Nascent Soul Cultivator? Then what should I do?"

Gou Liaotai tucked his Storage Pouch into his chest and turned to leave.

Just then, the withered tree suddenly trembled violently.

"Wait!"

"Don't you want to resurrect your Xiaohua?"

"You also see that this guy is extraordinary; he must be more valuable."

"We have already collected so much vitality from Cultivators; what if finishing him off is just enough?"

"This is both a crisis and an Opportunity!"

Seeing Gou Liaotai's footsteps stop, the withered tree thought it had persuaded him and was about to continue speaking, but it saw Gou Liaotai turn around with a look of contempt.

"Screw you!"

"I want to resurrect Xiaohua to keep me company, not send myself down to keep her company."

"As long as I'm alive, there's still a chance; I don't need to bet my life."

Seeing him about to leave again, the withered tree shook violently and hurriedly stopped him.

"What's wrong with giving your life for your lover?"

"Are you unwilling to fight for her just once!"

"What if this is the only Opportunity in your life!"

This time, Gou Liaotai didn't even look back, only pausing for a moment before continuing to walk out the door.

"Give it a rest, I'm not like you!"

"You're a simp, so you can pour your heart and soul out for someone, but the two of us truly loved each other, so we could understand each other."

"Your moral kidnapping doesn't work on me."

"If she were really here, she would definitely support my decision."

"As for yours, I'm afraid she would only ask you, 'Who are you?'"

"Pfft, haha."

As if thinking of something, Gou Liaotai subconsciously laughed out loud, then waved his hand backward without looking back.

"Life has dreams, let's each have our own brilliance. I'll be going first."

The withered tree didn't answer, but shook violently again, and the roots underground spread forward rapidly.

"Ouch!"

Gou Liaotai seemed to be tripped by something and fell to the ground.

But he quickly realized something was wrong; with his cultivation, it was impossible to trip on flat ground.

That could only mean...

He looked at his ankle; it had already been wrapped by the other party's roots, and they were rapidly spreading upward.

Gou Liaotai glared at the withered tree in disbelief.

"You motherf***er, you plotted against me! That contract was never canceled!"

Before he could finish speaking, the tree roots had already wrapped around his entire body, leaving only his eyes exposed.

Soon, the young man turned back into an old man, his injuries fully recovered, and his Aura became even more intense.

"I didn't lie to you; the contract was indeed canceled, but I didn't say I couldn't leave a backdoor to reconnect it."

"Otherwise, why do you think I talked to you for so long?"

Every sway the other party made just now was to get the root system close to him to ensure it could attack at any time, while simultaneously activating the backdoor and reconnecting the contract.

There was no other way; he was already a dead man and could not move or fight on his own, so he had to borrow Gou Liaotai's body.

Since he was unwilling to cooperate, he could only use force.

After completely taking over the body, the withered tree locked onto the Aura in the distance, its expression solemn.

"You can run, but I can't."

"Since we've bumped into each other today, who knows if it's an Opportunity or a disaster."

"If it's an Opportunity, then it's my luck; but if it's a disaster... Hmph, then I will destroy him and make him my Opportunity!"

"What is a Tree God?"

On the edge of the city, Zhou Yan raised a question.

He really couldn't understand why Wang Yao could get so much information just by getting beaten up.

Wang Yao didn't have the Law of the Heart to influence his opponents; could it be that enemies automatically lose intelligence when they see him?

To some extent, Zhou Yan had guessed correctly.

Actually, that scholar didn't want to say so much either, but Wang Yao's power was too absurdly broken, making people lose their mental defenses as they fought and fall into a pure state.

Commonly known as the "You'd laugh if you played too" state.

Under the state where that power suddenly expanded, the scholar subconsciously said everything he knew.

And that scholar's knowledge was indeed broader than the previous two Core Formation Cultivators.

Although his cultivation was not high, he seemed to have used his wits to mix into the higher echelons, so after Wang Yao finished saying what he had heard, Zhou Yan also learned that the true leader of this place was actually a withered tree.

According to Wang Yao, that withered tree was the root cause of forming this Yin-accumulating land, and this Zombie City was a Small World constructed within the Yin-accumulating land.

That withered tree took root here, stabilized this Realm, and was also revered by those guys as the Tree God.

As for the person they first saw, he was the Tree God's messenger, named Gou Liaotai.

Only when the Tree God possessed him could he unleash his full strength, especially in this Small World; after the Tree God possessed him, he could possess power above the Core Formation Stage.

It's just that the scholar spoke vaguely, and Wang Yao only speculated that the tree had the strength of the Early Nascent Soul Stage.

But Zhou Yan had seen the other party's panel and could confirm that the actual Rank of the other party could reach the Late Nascent Soul Stage, and it was very likely that it also possessed a Law Divine Ability.

It can only be said that Zhou Yan was unlucky.

If that scholar had fallen into Zhou Yan's hands, he would definitely have been able to get more information, but unfortunately, he had killed him too quickly just now to save Wang Yao.

The two were quickly moving closer to the others.

In Zhou Yan's perception, the others were also rushing towards them and should be able to meet up soon.

This city was indeed strange; it was not a single spatial structure, but multiple spaces superimposed on each other.

Therefore, the mini-map was sometimes effective and sometimes not, and it had to be used in conjunction with Divine Sense.

Otherwise, he could have fired a few more silver bullets earlier to clear the field quickly; unable to lock onto a target meant unable to attack, which was truly a weakness of the golden bow.

"Senior Brother, we're here!"

Niu Zhiyuan's shout came from the distance, and he was waving and running over. Figures appeared one after another from other directions as well.

But just as everyone was about to meet up, an accident happened.

"Oh, shit!"

Zhou Yan's footing became empty, and he fell into a pit.

He subconsciously wanted to fly upward, but he fell even faster, and in the blink of an eye, he plummeted to the bottom, and the hole above closed.

Zhou Yan rubbed his butt and stood up.

Before him was a city with a similar style to the previous one, but with a completely different structure.

Buildings were stacked in layers, perpendicular to each other, making it difficult to distinguish up, down, left, or right.

And the space was abnormally crowded; every time a door of a building was pushed open, it seemed to be another space.

"Law of Qiankun?"

Zhou Yan subconsciously read it out.

Here, that Power of Law was increasingly dense and completely undefended.

The moment Zhou Yan landed, he analyzed this power.

With the assistance of his Divine Sense and the Power of Law, he quickly learned the name of this Law.

However, Zhou Yan only knew the name at the moment and could not yet determine what specific effects it had.

"Bang!"

Zhou Yan slightly turned sideways, catching a punch that was attacking him from behind.

He looked at the guy who attempted to sneak attack him and checked his panel.

BOSS [Tree Zombie · Qian]

[Realm: Late Nascent Soul Stage]

[Vitality: 130w / 130w]

[Mana: 20w / 20w]

"You are that so-called Tree God, right?"

Zhou Yan just held his fist like that, firmly wrapping him with Mana, not letting him pull away.

Seeing that he couldn't pull his fist out, the Tree Zombie, while shocked by Zhou Yan's Physical Body strength, resolutely severed his arm to escape.

"Heh, want to escape?"

Zhou Yan was surrounded by thunder and hurricanes, and he drew his wooden sword to strike.

This strike directly cut the Tree Zombie in half at the waist, and thunder crackled between his severed limbs, forming a charred color.

But after hitting, Zhou Yan did not relax.

Although that sword strike was just a probe, after the other party was hit head-on, they actually only lost a little blood, which was just as abnormal as the feeling after the previous silver bullet attack.

Next, the Tree Zombie made an unbelievable move.

He glared fiercely at Zhou Yan, and then, before his upper body landed, he tore off his own head and threw it forcefully into a building nearby.

Seeing the other party disappear from the mini-map, Zhou Yan was not in a hurry, instead turning to look at the headless corpse broken into two pieces on the ground.