99: Chapter 99 Demonic Creatures

"Ding! The planet tree has entered the planting countdown: 24:00, 23:59, 23:58..."

In the center of the core city's defensive perimeter, a verdant phantom of a tree suddenly appeared. An anomaly quickly manifested in the sky; dark clouds gathered, and a vortex appeared in mid-air, beginning to rotate slowly.

A strange light began to emerge from within the vortex. This light danced within the vortex like wild golden snakes, pulsing at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

As time passed, the vortex shuddered, and the entire Planet of the Dead seemed to tremble as well. A beam of light shot out from the vortex, illuminating the ground first before spreading out in all directions along the surface.

Within the vortex, some strange scenes began to appear. Through the vortex, one could see another huge star on the opposite side. The star rotated slowly, and by the looks of it, it seemed to be Zhao Feng's lair, Taichu Star.

The planet tree on the side of the Planet of the Dead began to stretch its illusory branches toward the opposite side, while on the Taichu Star, a towering giant tree exerted its remaining strength to extend its branches, which were filled with infinite vitality, toward it.

Unlike the previous time, Zhao Feng did not turn into a large tree this time, which pleasantly surprised him. With him participating in the battle, he would at least not be as powerless as he was during the Great War on Taichu Star.

This pillar of light, reaching from the heavens to the earth, stunned countless inhabitants of the Planet of the Dead and awakened an unknown existence.

In the forbidden zone ruled by the Corpse Beast, a massive corpse-Dragon Beast lay quietly on the ground. When there was no fresh flesh to feed on, these Corpse Beasts appeared very quiet.

At a certain moment, endless Devilish Qi suddenly erupted from within the Dragon Beast's body. Within this Devilish Qi, dark red light flickered.

After a long time, the Devilish Qi gradually retracted, finally returning completely into the Dragon Beast's body, and the Dragon Beast itself underwent earth-shaking changes.

The Dragon Beast's formerly decayed muscles were renewed, and its pitch-black scales shimmered with a cold, sinister luster. Its skull became wider and thicker, and more than a dozen sharp horns grew on its forehead. Over a dozen eyes grew upon its skull, and just a casual glare from its blood-red eyeballs could terrify even a person with a strong will into wetting their pants.

On the Dragon Beast's once bare back, a pair of fleshy wings pierced through the resistance of its back and quickly burst out. It began to run rapidly with its powerful limbs, while its wings flapped against the ground, kicking up clouds of dust that filled the sky.

As its speed increased, the Dragon Beast leaped into the air and, relying on its strong wings, flew up into the sky.

Its dozen-plus eyes stared down at the ground, and wisps of invisible Devilish Qi rapidly surged toward the sluggish Corpse Beasts on the ground.

That Devilish Qi was like a Spirit Pill; any Corpse Beast or Corpse Person that absorbed the Devilish Qi would have their body restored in an instant, no matter how decayed it was, and would even undergo a mutation-like enhancement.

Take a Bearman walking corpse, for example; under the enhancement of the Devilish Qi, not only was its entire body covered in scales, but a pair of twisted curved horns grew out of its forehead, making it look exactly like a demon.

The Dragon Beast—oh no, it needed a new name now: the Demonic Dragon Agathos. Flapping its massive wings, its body, over thirty meters long, cast a shadow upon the ground.

Agathos let out a violent roar, and countless demonic creatures began to charge in the direction they loathed.

That pillar of light did not seem to be very far away.

Although that Devilish Qi originated from the Demonic Dragon Agathos, as the Devilish Qi continuously entered the bodies of more and more corpse-like creatures, more and more of these creatures turned into scaly monsters.

These monsters continuously absorbed the Devilish Qi that seemed to have existed since ancient times within the earth. Across the vast land, wisps of Devilish Qi accompanied the monsters, beginning to converge and form dark clouds that covered the sky and the earth.

The dark clouds rolled, enveloping the land.

Under the shroud of the dark clouds, the ground began to crack.

Within the ugly fissures, bright red magma leaped and flowed.

The rising heat formed violent winds, which brought massive amounts of clouds, followed by heavy rain. However, the heat from the ground caused the rain to turn into scalding steam before it even hit the ground. The monsters seemed very happy in such an environment, emitting excited hisses and roars.

Such harsh conditions brought catastrophe to the flora and fauna that had just begun to revive in this region. A small lake that happened to be covered was evaporated within minutes, and a pungent, fishy odor drifted with the wind, making one feel nauseous.

"Disgusting aura! Demonic army, destroy!" Agathos's voice was like muffled thunder, and its massive body cast a dark, oppressive shadow upon the ground.

"Awooo!"

Ten thousand demons howled in unison; the boiling Devilish Qi churned in the sky, like a rolling tide, sweeping toward the distance.

The abnormal movement of the demonic creatures seemed to have awakened some kind of existence. A thick, vibrant will suddenly appeared, causing plants to bow low and all beasts to pay homage.

Following the mournful cries of the beasts, strands of the breath of life suddenly leaped out from their bodies, breaking free from the shackles of their physical forms and flying into the distance.

Endless green specks of light rushed toward the core city; their target was none other than the planet tree that was growing in the center.

If one could break free from the shackles of the planet and look from space, one could see such a spectacular sight.

The planet seemed to be divided into two parts: black and green. Although the black part occupied a smaller area, it was still constantly eroding; the green was vast, but too scattered. Some green specks of light plunged into the dark clouds and quickly disappeared without a trace.

Although the intelligent creatures did not turn into green specks of light, a feeling from the depths of their hearts made them kneel involuntarily.

"Praise the great God of War, Your Majesty!"

"Homage to the God of War, Your Majesty!"

...

Endless Power Of Faith erupted violently. The halo of faith behind Zhao Feng, which had been flickering in and out of existence, suddenly appeared at a certain moment and then shone brightly.

Divine light shone brilliantly, illuminating the earth.

Boundless light shone upon the earth, shining upon the land of Great Qin.

The ground was glowing with divine radiance; scorching white flames attached themselves to the land of Great Qin, the rivers, the buildings, and the stationed soldiers.

"Ding! Received help from an unknown will. The age of empires System has evolved into a quasi-Divine Kingdom. Resources are unlimited, production speed is extremely fast, unit stamina recovers extremely quickly, and unit health recovers automatically."

"Ding! Host's strength has been temporarily raised to a rating of 999."

Although the System did not indicate who was helping, the feeling from the planet tree's roots, which had already gripped into the earth, told him that it was this land itself.

The Planet of the Dead once had a civilization, although the level was not very high. However, the low-magic world allowed the world's will to undergo a benign evolution, becoming a world will without subjective thought.

Such a world will, although without thought, was already similar to an intelligent program.

The appearance of the monsters caused the world's will, which had originally been gradually falling into slumber, to suddenly awaken. Instinctively, it chose the planet tree, which also possessed infinite vitality and affinity.

The planet tree was born from all things, so it naturally had a thousand threads of connection with the Planet of the Dead; therefore, receiving help from the world's will made perfect sense.

Feeling the endless great power, Zhao Feng was naturally fearless. Coupled with the System, whose capabilities were exploding under the support of the world's will, he was full of confidence for the upcoming battle.

Looking at the large, bright red area on the System map, Zhao Feng couldn't help but roar, "Come on, scum!"