Chapter 216: Chapter 97: The Magnificent Crown of the Ancient Tree under the Blue Sky
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“Enjoy this Demon Spirit feast.” Chu Mu glanced at Xia Guanghan, who was quickly swallowed up by the massive Demon Spirit Group, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He jumped down from on high and landed on MO Ye, who had shaken off the Demon Spirit group. Together, they raced toward the depths of the forest!
In the shortest possible time, the other three soul pets were all summoned. Watching his own soul pets and the hidden assassination servants’ soul pets being surrounded by the demon spirit group, Xia Guanghan’s face became even darker. His eyes filled with embarrassment, anger, and malicious intent as he stared at Chu Mu’s escaping direction!
This time, Xia Guanghan had truly miscalculated, and his anger had reached new heights due to this mistake. It had been a long time since anyone had really provoked the cold-faced executioner of the Nightmare Demon Palace!
Xia Guanghan could set traps, but Chu Mu had his own tricks, deliberately entering this extremely dangerous forest to borrow the power of wild soul pets to deal with Xia Guanghan, who was too powerful.
Xia Guanghan obviously hadn’t expected that Chu Mu would use the formidable Nine-Tailed Crown Flame Fox to enrage the entire demon spirit group and audaciously lead the entire group into the trap set by Xia Guanghan.
Of course, Chu Mu also knew the strength of Xia Guanghan and his subordinates. The demon spirit group had only about a hundred, barely enough to swallow up a few hidden assassination servants, but it was absolutely impossible to kill Xia Guanghan. Therefore, Chu Mu did not hesitate to let MO
Ye speed up and enter the inner blue forest, where he could genuinely threaten Xia Guanghan’s soul pets.
When Chu Mu first saw the Blue Demonic Spirit World, he felt that passing through a large forest should be enough to reach it, but in fact, there was quite a long distance between the two. Running at MO Ye’s speed for almost a day, Chu Mu gradually arrived at this peculiar sacred place.
During the day, after giving the Night Thunder Dream Beast a specially purchased Level 6 Recovery Elixir, its physical strength had recovered considerably.
MO Ye’s aura was too strong and could potentially provoke commanders above
Rank 7 or monarchs above Rank 6. Therefore, Chu Mu still let the enduring Night Thunder Dream Beast carry him and let MO Ye stay in Chu Lian’s form on his shoulder.
When Chu Mu stood at a distance and looked at this mysterious blue world, he was astonished. However, as he got closer and looked up at one of the three giant trees, he felt a shock in his heart that was hard to suppress!
When Chu Mu had first seen it from a distance, he knew only that these were three extremely peculiar Skyreaching Ancient Trees, and he couldn’t gauge their size. Now that he was closer, he could clearly feel that the tree blocked out the sky and sun!!
In fact, Chu Mu hadn’t made it to the actual base of the giant tree yet, but had only entered the shadow of the tree crown while riding the Night Thunder Dream Beast. What truly shocked Chu Mu was that it had taken a full minute to race at the Night Thunder Dream Beast’s speed to reach the twisted roots and trunk at the base of the tree crown’s shadow!
In one minute, the Night Thunder Dream Beast could cover over a thousand meters. The radius of the Skyreaching Ancient Tree’s crown reached over a thousand meters, and this impressive feature of the natural world left Chu Mu’s heart unable to calm down.
“Without truly entering this place, who would know that within this Mist Ring lies such an astonishing isolated world?” Chu Mu took a deep breath, feeling the breeze from the ancient ruins. If he had enough time, Chu Mu would indeed love to linger here for a while and explore the mysteries of this peculiar world.
When Chu Mu was young, he would often hear his father tell stories of the vast world’s various extraordinary regions, gradually developing a sense of yearning. Now that he is actually here, thinking of how rare and precious creatures dwell in this mysterious region, Chu Mu couldn’t help but have an ignited passion to have them as his Soul Pets…
“Chuu Chuu-
The Night Thunder Dream Beast made a sound at Chu Mu, seemingly trying to convey something to him.
“You’re saying that this plant, which supports an entire world, is regarded as a Guardian God by you all?” Chu Mu asked.
“Chuu- Chuu-” The Night Thunder Dream Beast nodded immediately and sent another stream of information into Chu Mu’s spiritual world.
After the Night Thunder Dream Beast finished conveying this stream of Demon Spirit language, Chu Mu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that Chu Tiancheng had previously told him about an ancient special ritual related to Demon Spirits.
Demon Spirits are life forms with the highest spirituality in the world. Their existence is closely related to nature. They prefer to live in dense forests, the tops of ancient divine trees, secluded valleys…
It could be said that the majority of Demon Spirits enjoy living in their own secluded spaces, not to be disturbed or restrained. They generally dislike fighting. For this reason, Demon Spirits are considered the weakest among all types of Soul Pets in terms of combat power.
However, even though Demon Spirits may not have the most impressive combat abilities, they are a must-have for every Soul Pet Master. Moreover, many powerful Soul Pet Masters have pure Demon Spirit type Soul Pets as their main pets, as Demon Spirit types possess unmatched speed and evasion abilities.
What makes Demon Spirits so unique are their peculiar Demon Spirit skills. Most of these skills are spiritually-based, such as Temptation, Invisibility, Confusion, Demon Intimidation, Dreamland, etc., which are only the tip of the iceberg in terms of Demon Spirit abilities. The truly mysterious abilities always appear on the more formidable Demon Spirit Soul Pets, making them the most difficult to deal with among all types of Soul Pets.
Pure Demon Spirit Soul Pets are hard to capture due to their secluded existence, elusive nature, and often being under the protection of Plant Spirit Beasts.
However, there are very few nomadic Demon Spirit races. These nomadic Demon Spirits would hardly settle in a secluded and quiet world, always wandering around until they find a Demon Spirit habitat, where they would stay for a while.
Wandering special demon spirit race soul pets continue to roam because of the special ability flowing in their bodies that can absorb the essence of demon spirit aura. As they constantly absorb this unique spiritual aura cultivated by the demon spirit group, their demon spirit power becomes even stronger.
Wandering demon spirit races are an exception among demon spirits; they are warlike and do not like to stay in one place for long. Therefore, they continually travel in this vast world, searching for new demon spirit homes, and gain strength upgrades under the special demon spirit aura’s influence.
When their strength can no longer increase, they will leave and search for the next demon spirit home.
This marvelous demon spirit matter is rarely found in books, and Chu Mu only learned about it from Chu Tiancheng. What surprised Chu Mu was that the Night Thunder Dream Beast belonged to the wandering clan in the Demon Spirit-type soul pets!
Dream Beasts are not part of the wandering demon spirit race, but the wandering situation often occurs in certain individuals. So when the Night Thunder Dream Beast indicated that it could absorb the rich demon spirit aura here to enhance its own demon spirit strength, Chu Mu was also very surprised.
“Shioooo——–Shhi———-” The Night Thunder Dream Beast seemed somewhat impatient.
The Night Thunder Dream Beast’s combat power is limited, and its demon spirit skills are hard to produce effects due to its low stage. When Chu Mu needs to fight, it always sits on the bench.
There aren’t a lot of war-loving demon spirits; since the Night Thunder Dream Beast has become a particular wandering race among the Dream Beasts, it shows that this guy has an unyielding and proud heart. Always sitting on the bench and only acting as a mount when traveling somewhere, the Night Thunder Dream Beast is not comfortable in its heart because it is more eager to fight against enemies like MO Ye.
Therefore, this time, when it found such a rich demon spirit aura’s demon spirit home, the Night Thunder Dream Beast was somewhat excited, wanting to immediately jump to the top of this towering ancient sky tree to absorb the purest demon spirit aura!
“Let’s go up.” Connected to the Night Thunder Dream Beast’s mind, Chu Mu naturally understood its emotions and no longer worried if powerful soul pets were present in this tree. He let the Night Thunder Dream Beast chase upward between the crisscrossing trunk and branches!
The Night Thunder Dream Beast’s leaps are very agile, and it can step on the air by making use of relatively deep shadows. Although this towering ancient sky tree is majestic, it does not pose much of an obstacle to the Night Thunder Dream Beast’s leaps.
“Ssshhh—Ssshhh——–‘
Strange sounds suddenly appeared in Chu Mu’s ears, and Chu Mu immediately locked the location of the sound source with his soul sense…
“Two-headed Redwood Python.”
Chu Mu immediately identified the soul pet that made the noise, staring at a smooth tree branch that didn’t look much different from other tree trunks.
The two-headed Redwood Python is a War General Level Soul Pet, not a very good level. This two-headed Redwood Python Chu Mu has detected is already a powerful soul pet at the Seventh Rank 5th Stage.
“Night. Death T light!”
Chu Mu realized that the Seventh-Rank Two-headed Redwood Python intended to sneak attack, but he decided to strike first and directly commanded the Night Thunder Dream Beast to launch an attack!
The Night Thunder Dream Beast raised its head, and a cross-current black electric light appeared between its curved dream horns. When the electric light disappeared, a dark energy was brewed in the depths of its throat.
“Shiooooo—–——–” The Night Thunder Dream Beast locked onto the two-headed Redwood Python, which thought it was well hidden, and directly sprayed the Death Light at it!
Death Light passed quickly through the gap between the falling beams and hit the intertwined heads of the two-headed Redwood Python, directly blasting this ambitious snake out and dropping it from a great height!
The Two-Headed Redwood Python is also quite agile; during the falling process, one of its heads suddenly bit the trunk of the tree, swinging its long ten-meter body like a whip and returning to the crisscrossing tree trunks.
“Ignore it, let’s keep going up. The demon spirit aura here is so rich, it may be able to raise your demon spirit attribute to the top level of a commander.” Chu Mu glanced at the Two-headed Redwood Python that had fallen more than fifty meters away and ignored it. After all, the Night Thunder Dream Beast’s speed was enough to shake it off.
The Night Thunder Dream Beast has three talents: demon spirits, darkness, and thunder. Among these three talents, the demon spirit talent is barely close to the top level of the Commander Demon Spirits, while the dark attribute is excellent, and the thunder attribute is average. Now, Chu Mu focuses on the Night Thunder Dream Beast’s demon spirit attribute, followed by darkness, and finally thunder. If the Night Thunder Dream Beast successfully absorbs this kind of demon spirit aura, its demon spirit talent will reach the Commander’s top level, and the demon spirit skill’s effects will increase by at least 30%. That is still significant.
Upon chasing the Guardian God Ancient Sky Tree Crown, they encountered many soul pets. Chu Mu would let Night Thunder Dream Beast avoid powerful soul pets on purpose, passing through the weak ones directly or scaring them away with MO Ye.
At around dusk, the Night Thunder Dream Beast finally reached the very top of the tree crown.
Chu Mu had only looked down at the vast earth from standing atop a high mountain before, but he had never experienced the feeling of standing on the treetop of a towering tree and seeing the vast forest in full view.
The green tree crowns that make up the forest sea sway in the wind, spreading like waves to the depths of the horizon.
On the green horizon, the radiant sunset has already sunk halfway into the forest sea, its brilliant glow staining the edge of the sky red, giving this forest world a more distinct boundary…
Chu Mu was entirely captivated by this magnificent scene, gazing at the sunset as it submerged into the green sea, before slowly suppressing the surge of emotions within him.
Chasing Chu Mu was the cold-faced executioner Xia Guanghan. Chu Mu believed that in no time at all, that man’s soul pet would regain its fighting power and appear here. Now, Chu Mu not only had to improve the Night Thunder Dream Beast’s strength but also secretly enter the blue demon spirit home formed by the branches and vines of the three guardian god ancient sky trees. By using this special forbidden land, Chu Mu could shake off Xia Guanghan’s pursuit.
The last ray of sunlight was taken back by this mysterious forest world, and the darkness began to creep in gradually.
At dusk, the Night Thunder Dream Beast proudly stood in the center of the tree crown as if it had no weight, raising its head, waiting for the darkness to completely envelop its body.
Night was the paradise of the Night Thunder Dream Beast. In the night, it could also absorb the aura of demon spirits with the help of the power of darkness.
Chu Mu did not disturb the Night Thunder Dream Beast’s inherited ceremony of demon spirit tribute. MO Ye stood at a tree crown position fifty meters away from the Night Thunder Dream Beast.
The heights should have been filled with strong winds, and it would feel difficult to breathe. However, the surrounding night and demonic spirit aura had gradually been controlled by the Night Thunder Dream Beast. Only a strong demonic spirit aura filled the air within a hundred meters circumference.
Chu Mu did not know how much energy the Night Thunder Dream Beast had absorbed from the demon spirits since the spirit energy was invisible. Still, Chu Mu could clearly feel that his soul sense was gradually improving with the Night Thunder Dream Beast’s ceremony.
When a soul pet’s strength rises significantly, a Soul Pet Master’s own soul will also be sublimated. Although the Night Thunder Dream Beast’s strength improvement could not be compared to MO Ye’s race mutation, it allowed Chu Mu to feel that his own soul sense had intensified somewhat!
Because of MO Ye’s mutation, Chu Mu directly stepped into the ranks of a Nine Thoughts Soul Master and was faintly touching the border of the Soul Lord realm. If Chu Mu could achieve Soul Lord status in a short amount of time, he would summon the Sixth Rank Ninth Stage Monarch White Nightmare Demon.
Chu Mu was now close to the territory of the powerful demon spirit. If an eighth-rank Monarch-level soul pet appeared here, the master of this mysterious world would undoubtedly appear. Therefore, even if Xia Guanghan appeared, he absolutely would not summon commanders of higher than eighth rank or monarchs of higher than seventh rank.
Once Xia Guanghan’s powerful main pet was limited, Chu Mu would rely on MO Ye’s potent fighting power and the addition of the White Nightmare Demon. He felt that it was possible to have a go with Xia Guanghan. Therefore, if Chu Mu could break through to the Soul Lord realm in a short time, he would be able to resolve this crisis.
“Creak! Creak!!!”
Suddenly, while Chu Mu’s soul sense was gradually increasing, a sound like dry wood breaking rang out.
Chu Mu had already anticipated that there would unquestionably be a powerful soul pet atop this tree crown. Sensing something unusual, he immediately told MO Ye to prepare for battle!
Marvelous double crown flames instantly ignited on MO Ye’s body, and the double-layered flame light illuminated the dark night, making the surrounding hundred meters a bright red blaze.
Without any need for Chu Mu to deliberately command, MO Ye quickly maneuvered its body and swiftly killed the concealed plant world soul pet in the tree crown!
“Eighth-rank Commander Level Crown Blood Vine!” Chu Mu quickly spotted the soul pet gradually revealing its shape in the tree crown and grew a bit more solemn.
The eighth-rank second -stage commander plant spirit beast was an absolutely terrifying presence if it was not restrained by a fire-attributed soul pet. Regardless of defense, offense, or control, the eighth-rank commander vine family soul beast had the strongest fighting power in the battlefield. It could be said that the most indispensable soul pet in group battles was the one that could release skills simultaneously from the plant spirit world.
Realizing that this eighth-rank second-stage leader soul pet was likely the guard of the guardian god ancient sky trees, Chu Mu, feeling more confident in its powerful fighting prowess, decided to not spare his own soul power and began chanting a spell.
Chu Mu’s black pupils slowly changed, gradually revealing a blood-colored light that appeared extremely striking in the dark night!
Blood Pupil Frenzy!!!
MO Ye’s silver eyes were immediately dyed with the red pupils, and a layer of eerie blood light gradually enveloped MO Ye’s silver flowing hair, as if a
blood-colored battle armor was draped over it.
MO Ye’s aura as the Crown Flame Nine-Tailed Flame Fox was already wild and fierce, and coupled with the effect of Blood Pupil Frenzy, it became even more intimidating, a completely unruly nine-tailed monarch!
MO Ye is currently at the Sixth Rank Fifth Stage, and although the effect of Blood Pupil Frenzy can increase by five stages, MO Ye could only be considered at the peak of the Sixth Rank. There would undoubtedly be a gap with the Seventh Rank after his metamorphosis.
If MO Ye was to contend with an Eighth Rank Commander at this stage, even though MO Ye possessed a combat power comparable to that of a monarch, he would still be at an obvious disadvantage. Fortunately, MO Ye’s Double Crown Flame attribute held a significant advantage…
“Nine-Tailed Flame!!”
“Woo woo
MO Ye’s nine exaggerated long tails suddenly spread out, quickly igniting the Demon Fire Evil Flames and Blood Flames on top. As the Double Crown Flames burned fiercely, MO Ye suddenly threw out his nine magnificent tails!
The nine long flaming tails swept through the air, immediately creating a terrifying wave of fire. The fire wave rolled like lava, and as it swept away, it transformed into a horrifying flame vortex that swept towards the Crown Blood Vine!
The Guardian God Ancient Sky Tree was unique, and MO Ye’s flames could not spread on its tree crown. The Commander-level Crown Blood Vine clearly feared MO Ye’s powerful flame and controlled its blood-colored vines anxiously, weaving rapidly…
Vine-type defenses work well against many beast-type soul pet attacks, but they are virtually useless against fire-type skills. It wasn’t long before the Nine-Tailed Flame burned through the Crown Blood Vine’s defenses and began to burn its body.
Double Crown Flame itself was a terrifying fire crystal, especially since the Blood Flame within the Double Crown Flame could burn blood directly through the skin.
Blood flowed within the Crown Blood Vine, making it more agile and its attacks more piercing. However, this was precisely what MO Ye’s Blood Flame restricted!
“Woo woo woo
MO Ye’s proud cry resounded at the top of the tree crown.
The night grew even darker, a crescent moon hung in the clear night sky, and its silver glow fell unobstructed on the tree crown.
Although the Eighth Rank Second Stage Crown Blood Vine was an incredibly strong battle commander, MO Ye had it completely restrained. When moonlight fell on MO Ye, greatly increasing its strength once more, the Eighth Rank Second Stage Crown Blood Vine ultimately could not escape MO Ye’s Phantom Flame Claws!
Four claw marks streaked across, and the main body of the Crown Blood Vine was immediately torn apart by MO Ye!
“Don’t use the flames.” Just as MO Ye was about to burn the defeated enemy’s corpse to ashes out of habit, Chu Mu suddenly reminded MO Ye.
MO Ye’s reaction was also swift, immediately controlling the Double Crown Flame, extinguishing it just as it was about to spread to the Crown Blood Vine’s body.
“Woo woo woo
MO Ye stood on the corpse of the Crown Blood Vine, his eyes fixed on Chu Mu, looking at Chu Mu with some confusion.
The Crown Blood Vine’s soul core was vine-type, which naturally couldn’t be fed to the Demon Tree Warrior. Generally speaking, Chu Mu would just burn such opponents to prevent any feigned death.
Chu Mu glanced at the Night Thunder Dream Beast, who was still absorbing the demonic spirit aura, and quickly jumped to the side of the Eighth Rank Second Stage corpse of the Crown Blood Vine, patiently prying open its vine-like body.
“The Eighth Rank Crown Blood Vine should have condensed the Crown Blood
Fat by now. This Crown Blood Fat is a precious spirit item. If we can find the Blood-Sucking Wood, combine the two, and feed it to the Demon Tree Warrior, it can gain the ability of Blood Crown Sucking,” Chu Mu explained while searching for the Crown Blood Fat he mentioned.
“Woo woo woo woo-” MO Ye nodded its head, seemingly understanding, though not fully. In any case, he took it to mean something that would help enhance the Demon Tree Warrior’s strength.
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