Zi Chen was startled by the sudden arrival of night, and he raised his head to look at the sky.
Above his head, it was not the dark clouds that covered the sun, but the real night.
The original sun had disappeared, and the moonlight and starlight shone down.
"How could this be?" Zi Chen's expression changed. Obviously, this was extremely abnormal.
The battle between the tree spirit and the spirit shadow continued. Zi Chen did not know if it was an illusion, but he felt that the tree spirit at this moment seemed to have become stronger.
The spirit shadow's expression became even more distorted. Finally, it let out a scream and completely disappeared from the ancient tree.
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In the deepest part of the forest, the ancient tree king opened its eyes.
It looked into the distance as if it had seen the outermost periphery and everything that was happening there.
"Finally, I can't hold back anymore."
A low voice came from the ancient tree king's body. Then, its body shook, and more fruits fell from above.
These fruits emitted a bright light, and after they fell, they turned into Spirit Shadows.
"Go, kill all the tree spirits!"
The spirit shadows flashed and disappeared. Then, they teleported to the outside world with the help of the ancient tree.
The ancient tree king closed its eyes again.
The moment it closed its eyes, the will of the forest disappeared again. At the same time, a huge light shield appeared out of thin air, isolating it from the world.
The clear sky turned into night at this moment. The moon and Xing Chen appeared in the sky.
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Day turned into night. The tree spirit in front of Zi Chen had the upper hand. A fruit emitting a green light appeared in front of him and flew toward him.
He reached out and caught it. Using his spiritual sense, he found that it was the same as the fruit he had refined before.
The tree spirit looked at the dark sky and murmured, "It's dark."
Zi Chen nodded.
"It's been a long time since I saw a night like this. It's like an illusion."
The tree spirit spoke again. There was joy in its voice, but also some panic and uneasiness.
"What's going on?" Zi Chen asked.
"This situation indicates that the king has fallen into a deep sleep and has no time to manage this forest."
The tree spirit said, "Without the king's will, everything will return to normal. At this time, I can also increase my spiritual power and control the surrounding ancient trees."
"Isn't that a good thing?
While it's asleep, you can take its place, "Zi Chen said.
"This is indeed a rare opportunity, but at the same time, it also means danger."
There was worry in the human face's voice.
"What danger?" Zi Chen asked in confusion.
"As the forest expands, the tree spirits will continue to appear.
All these years, who knew how many more tree spirits had been hiding in the dark.
After the king's will disappears, these tree spirits will appear. "
Hearing this, Zi Chen's expression changed slightly. "You mean you're not the only tree spirit here?"
"That's right. There are other tree spirits here. Some of them are strong, while others are weak. When the king is asleep, it's the time for everyone to grow without worry.
However, there will always be some aggressive tree spirits who want to devour other tree spirits to grow faster and eventually reach the level where they can contend against kings. "
"Aren't tree spirits immobile?
How do they devour each other? "Zi Chen asked, puzzled.
The tree spirit said, "After the king is asleep, it won't monitor the spirit shadows. The spirit shadows will only act according to its orders before it goes into hibernation.
But without the king's will, our wills are the strongest. After controlling the spirit trees nearby, we can use them to control the spirit shadows. "
"You mean the other tree spirits will control other spirit shadows to attack you?" Zi Chen was very surprised. He didn't expect the tree spirits to have such a method.
"Under normal circumstances, that would be the case. But this time, it's a little different. Because of your arrival, they might use these spirit shadows to trade."
"You mean the other tree spirits will choose to cooperate with others and let them steal the other tree spirits?"
"That's right. This is what I'm most worried about.
In fact, as long as we tree spirits work together, we can fight against the king. Because if we want to be strong, we first need to have spirit trees that we can control.
But they don't think so. They always think that by devouring other tree spirits, they can fight against the king.
In the years when I awakened my memory, I don't know how many similar situations I've seen. After killing each other, the strongest tree spirit will appear, but it can't do anything to the king.
They think they are strong, but in the end, they will be destroyed when the king wakes up. "
There was too much helplessness in the tree spirit's voice.
Zi Chen said, "Since we can't escape the fate of being devoured, then we can only devour them."
"Let's wait and see. Maybe this time will be different." The tree spirit said, "Now, we need to find a way to attract more spirit shadows."
"Can we?" Zi Chen asked.
"If it was before, it would be very dangerous. But now that the king has fallen into hibernation and won't supervise this place, there won't be any problems." The tree spirit seemed very confident.
Then, the tree spirit let Zi Chen continue to sit cross-legged. The tree spirit was sitting on released a light. This light spread into the distance, as if it contained a strange attraction.
The spirit shadows nearby all turned their heads and looked in this direction. Then, they quickly moved in this direction.
When they arrived, they immediately saw Zi Chen sitting cross-legged. Coldness flashed in their eyes.
However, there was only one ancient tree in front of them. It could only accommodate one spirit shadow. The spirit shadows that appeared in the surroundings didn't immediately rush up.
The light emitted by the tree spirit became more and more intense. Within this light, there was a strong pressure. This pressure was very similar to the pressure of a king.
In addition, there was a trace of a king's will in this pressure.
Even though these Spirit Shadows knew exactly where their King was, their emotions were still affected by this King's aura and command.
Shadowless stood there and saw many spirit shadows.
These spirit shadows were obviously not in the right state. In their cold eyes, there was a hint of anxiety and uneasiness.
Their bodies moved quickly as they approached the ancient trees, and the human faces that appeared had some changes of emotions.
Shadowless had heard the deal between the tree spirit and Zi Chen. Now that he saw the state of these spirit shadows, he also felt that the tree spirit was not ordinary.
The spirit shadows that were constantly flashing had orders in their minds. They couldn't tell if it was the king's voice or not.
Finally, they didn't try to resist and rushed forward.
Their shape made it so that they could only appear on one ancient tree. Therefore, after the first spirit shadow occupied the ancient tree behind Zi Chen, the other spirit shadows appeared one after another and appeared around Zi Chen.
After they appeared, green light flashed in their hands. The green light turned into daggers and silently stabbed at Zi Chen in front of them.
"Zi Chen, do it!"
Before the tree spirit gave the order, Shadowless, who was watching this scene from the side, shouted.
Buzz!
Zi Chen removed the hidden rules around him, and the eight Saber Ancestor's Steles appeared.
Such a change stunned the spirit shadows. They stopped attacking and turned their heads to look behind them.
The Saber Domain was quickly activated and formed a light shield, trapping all the spirit shadows in it.
Zi Chen opened his eyes and finally saw the true faces of these spirit shadows.
They were like humans. Their bodies shone with green light, but their faces couldn't be seen clearly.
At this moment, after being trapped by the domain, they looked a little anxious and lost.
"Kill them!"
At this moment, the tree spirit appeared from the tree trunk and trapped the previous spirit shadow in it.
During this time, the two faces kept changing as if they were fighting.
After seeing Tree Spirit, the Spirit Shadows, who were still at a loss before, revealed a cold killing intent in their eyes. They all charged towards Tree Spirit.
As for Zi Chen, they abandoned him.
Whoosh!
In Zi Chen's hand, the long saber was unsheathed, and the saber light flashed.
Inside this domain, his long saber's power was increased, and its speed was also faster.
In addition, these spirit shadows didn't attack him at all, nor did they pay attention to him. This made his attack more like a sneak attack.
The saber light flashed in front of him in an instant, and three spirit shadows were cut open.
After being cut open, their bodies turned into light spots and dissipated. At the same time, a bright light appeared in front of him.
In the light, there was a fruit.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
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The saber light in Zi Chen's hand kept flashing, cutting open the bodies of the spirit shadows one after another.
In this Saber Domain, he killed these spirit shadows that revealed their true bodies. It was a complete massacre.
During this time, he was worried that the tree spirit wouldn't be able to withstand the siege for a long time, so he attacked even faster.
In the blink of an eye, all the spirit shadows were killed. In this Saber Domain, there were more than ten fruits floating.
Zi Chen went forward and collected these fruits one by one. Compared to last time, this harvest was not only faster, but the risk was also lower.
In the tree trunk, the tree spirit also had the upper hand and suppressed the spirit shadow.
After a while, a fruit floated out from the tree trunk.
Zi Chen took the fruit and said, "Don't you need to control some spirit shadows to defend yourself?"
The tree spirit shook its head and said, "No, since I've chosen to cooperate, I'll help you wholeheartedly.
This is my only chance. If I can't succeed, I can only die. "
This absolute trust made Zi Chen feel pressured.
He had only known the tree spirit for a day.
Moreover, he didn't even know the tree spirit's name.
"My name is Zi Chen," said Zi Chen.
"My name is … Giono," said the tree spirit.
"This is the name I gave myself. Most of the time, I talk to myself. You're the first human I've met."
Zi Chen looked at Giono. "If you break this ancient tree, you'll die?"
"If that happens, it'll be the time of death," said Giono.
"That means, you won't die yet, or you won't die immediately?"
"Without the protection of the spirit tree, I'm only a spirit body and have no attack power.
Since the enemy can break my body, it'll be easy for them to devour my soul. "