Free Web NovelChapter 1043: Chapter 661: That Flaming Tree
The Void Axe tore open a long spatial rift, the axe blade scraping the ground, severing the tree stump!
This hollow Cold Tree finally lost its root.
The Cold Tree stump, severed level to the ground, left thick Cold Wood and dense Cold Branches stretching tens of meters above it, all turning into rootless duckweed.
In an instant, they became ordinary trees.
"Creak creak!"
"Crash..." Within the expanse of Gourd Mountain, countless giant trees toppled, and Cold Branches fell.
The soldiers standing on top of them, instantly plunged downward with the Cold Wood.
This magnitude, this level of "Cold Wood corpses," even in the form of ordinary trees, would crush all creatures if they smashed into the Bottomless Abyss.
"Hiss!"
"Roar!!!" The Demon Beast Legion shouted loudly.
They all stretched their massive forms, or spread vine-like branches, earth pillars and wind shields, among other Demon Skills, to establish shelters for the Human Race Corps.
The Beast Race Corps was well-intentioned, but within this Gourd Mountain, even the main body of the Cold Tree was helpless, let alone its remains?
Hulu Yu looked up, not even embracing the sun, just giving it a simple glance.
In an instant, all trees froze in place!
A great crisis was resolved effortlessly just like that.
All along, Du Yu hadn’t paid attention to the collapsing Cold Wood above.
As he swung the last axe, a squad of soldiers moved forward stride by stride.
Du Yu suddenly noticed waves of Spiritual Qi surging, evidently, this group was all Spirit Masters!
Not hiding anymore?
Even more surprising to Du Yu, the Spiritual Qi within these soldiers was tumultuous and intense.
It seemed this group’s cultivation level was quite high, not something achievable in just three years or so.
After all, there was only one Du Yu; not everyone could soar skyward in a few steps like him...
Gourd Mountain had only sprung up a year and a half ago, and the Twin Tree Realm paired with this Bottomless Pit started releasing Spiritual Qi since then as well.
So... they’re from the Divine Wood Pavilion?
Had this group always been mixed among the soldiers, observing the state of affairs?
"Be careful of the spatial rift, wait a moment before you go over." Du Yu hastily advised the "male soldier" coming to his side.
The soldiers lowered their hat brims, halted, and the soldier facing Du Yu even pinched his brim, nodding at Du Yu.
They had no intention of rushing into the rift, but rather displayed their Spirit techniques!
"Whoosh~" A fierce wind rose, as Wind Blades and wind whirlwinds swept forth, shredding the lower and middle portions of the rootless stump into powder.
In the past when faced with the Youhan Tree stumps, the Divine Wood Pavilion members were helpless.
No matter how skilled they were, wind couldn’t tear the Cold Wood apart, and fire couldn’t ignite the Cold Branches. freewebnovel.cσ๓
The Youhan Tree’s body was ridiculously strong!
But things were different now; Du Yu had cut down the tree and uprooted it!
"Swoosh~" The spatial rift torn open by the Void Axe didn’t last long.
As the rift dissipated, the Divine Wood Pavilion people finished their preparations.
Having cleared the lower portion of the stumps, Du Yu could finally see inside the hollow stumps.
He still couldn’t see the door to the Youhan Realm, as endless Spirit Branches filled and covered it.
"Dong!" "Dong!" "Dong!"
From beneath the Spirit Branch carpet, a dull thudding echoed as if something was trying to break through into the Twin Tree Realm!
It should be the army from the Youhan Realm.
And the reinforcements should be stronger than the previous Emperor’s Ministers, Sheep Servants, and Jade Dragon creatures.
After all, the Cold Tree had personally witnessed its minions being decapitated and dismembered.
If the Cold Tree summoned the same level of Cold Race and Cold Beasts again, wouldn’t that just be sending them to death?
From this perspective, Du Yu had reason to suspect that beneath this Spirit Branch carpet, there might be a Supreme Level presence!
How painful must that be?
Du Yu’s face showed a hint of empathy.
"Rustle~" The tangled Spirit Branches coiling like long snakes surged continuously.
Those Spirit Branches coming up from below were all tattered and incomplete.
Even witnessing it firsthand, Du Yu could hardly empathize, not knowing what price the Divine Tree had paid or the extent of its suffering.
The Divine Wood Pavilion people suddenly moved.
Several people brushed past Du Yu, while over a hundred Divine Wood Pavilion members surrounded the Spirit Branch carpet, kneeling on both knees.
Du Yu’s heart was stirred; he had seen this scene in the Illusion Realm of the Shadow Gu Tower.
These people were laying a Spiritual Energy Carpet to seal the gateway to the Bottomless Otherworld.
Unlike the minor skirmishes inside the Shadow Gu Tower, in the real world, the synchronized actions of over a hundred Divine Wood Pavilion members were grand and very impressive.
They pressed their hands onto the Spirit Branches, and waves of dense Spiritual Qi spread out!
"Whoosh~" Du Yu shielded his face with one hand, retreating several steps.
The thick Spiritual Qi came at him, making it hard for him to breathe.
Through his fingers, he saw the kneeling circle of Divine Wood Pavilion members gradually illuminating the Spirit Branch carpet.
The brilliant glow became increasingly dazzling and exhilarating!
A shredded Spirit Branch reached out suddenly, landing on Du Yu’s hand: "Child, you did it."
Du Yu grasped the branch: "We did it."
"Indeed." The ancient voice of the Divine Tree was full of sighs, "I’ve struggled for hundreds of years, finally waiting for this day."
"This is just the beginning." Du Yu said, stroking the damaged leaves and twigs.
"Heh." The Divine Tree suddenly chuckled, as its Spirit Branch gently touched Du Yu’s head, lightly brushing it.
It felt like a hand ruffling Du Yu’s head.
Divine Tree: "Go back, child, and take a good rest."
"Don’t." Du Yu looked up at the overarching cold wood and branches, "I haven’t burned enough yet."
Divine Tree: "Oh, I almost forgot... Go ahead."
Of course, it remembered. Du Yu still carried a small bird full of persistence.
"Alright!" Du Yu clenched the Fire Age Axe, and the Demon Soldier Array in the middle of the axe’s handle suddenly lit up.
Demon Soldier Array · Heaven-Burning!
Du Yu looked up at the cold tree stump above, watching its endless cold wood spreading out, and at the human and beast races standing upon it: "Make way."
The army immediately moved, making way for Du Yu.
The illusory axe blades that Du Yu had swung before were still vivid in everyone’s memory.
Even the illustrious Youhan Tree couldn’t withstand a few chops from Du Yu; how could the human and beast races dare to stay in place?
But everyone misunderstood; the Void Axe isn’t that easy to swing...
"Wow! Wow ah~" Little Fen Yang chirped quietly, rubbing her small hands, looking quite excited.
She certainly didn’t misunderstand, very clear about what Du Yu was going to do.
Feeling the emotion from the Little Golden Crow inside him, Du Yu smiled and thought, "The command?"
"Eh?" Little Fen Yang blinked her big amber eyes, "What command?"
Du Yu looked puzzled: "Burn, burn, burn?"
"Hehe~" Little Fen Yang giggled and shouted, "Du Yu, Du Yu! Burn, burn, burn~"
"Mind the articulation." Du Yu hefted the axe, its body burning brightly, "Burn, shi ao burn."
Little Fen Yang: "Hmm..."
"Hoo!!!"
The young man swung the axe, Fire Age Burning Sky!
Today, upon the command of Supreme Golden Crow Burning Sun, I shall burn the cold wood to ashes!
As the Fire Age Axe swept overhead, a sea of flaming clouds spread wide.
The array power unleashed by the Emperor-grade Fire Age Axe was much stronger than the previous Heaven-Burning Array.
Scorching flames showered on the cold tree stump while fiery clouds rose into the sky and gradually spread, rushing over a hundred meters upward, unfurling wide. freewebnoveℓ.com
The crisscrossed cold wood and branches ignited, and the towering flames lit up this entire Bottomless Abyss.
Du Yu’s face turned pale, quickly pressing one hand to his ear: "Hey! Get the people above out of here quickly!"
The soldiers: "..."
"Exam candidate Du Yu, rest assured." A man’s voice came through the headset again, "This Demon Soldier Axe Array, the flame spreads at a slow speed."
"Oh." Du Yu felt a bit awkward, all focused on burning trees, his memory of Fire Age Axe · Heaven-Burning Array was still stuck at its General Grade.
The man asked, "How high will the cloud of flames summoned by this array rise, and how large an area will it cover?"
Du Yu: "I... I don’t know."
Silence fell on the other end of the headset.
Du Yu felt a bit embarrassed inside and explained, "My axe ascended to Emperor grade during battle, and the array has just been upgraded in quality."
Man: "I’ll have the troops pull back a bit, and once the flaming cloud stabilizes, I’ll inform you of the exact specifications."
"Thank you." Du Yu looked at the fiery cloud in the forest and said softly.
The man’s tone shifted, "Congratulations, candidate, you have perfectly completed the assessment task.
The Twin Divine Trees have informed us that everything is settled.
The Great Xia Bookstore notifies you that you have finished the exam, and the candidate can exit the exam venue."
Du Yu pursed his lips, without responding.
The man’s voice deepened in the headset: "The Great Xia Demon Spirit Squad informs you that you have successfully completed the mission, comrade, you can return."
"No rush." Du Yu finally spoke, his face lit by the raging flames, "I’ll burn for a little longer."
"Alright." With the man’s response, the headset fell silent.
Du Yu gazed at the burning cold wood, seeing the flames spread along the intersecting trees, invading the entire bottomless realm.
The whole matter of the cold tree catching fire was indeed quite incredible.
Du Yu had mingled long enough on the Bottomless Battlefield to know that no attribute of demon skills or spirit skills could stir up the slightest ripple on cold wood.
Even when he previously burned the cold branches, he had to hack the branches down first and then throw them onto the Fire Age Axe to burn.
Hmm... alright then.
At the moment, all those Youhan Trees filling the Bottomless Abyss were precisely the "cold branches" Du Yu had chopped down!
Through Du Yu’s eyes, Little Fen Yang watched all this intently, lost in thought.
In the sight, there were no longer any dark and gloomy trees.
Only a magnificent, towering fire tree burning fiercely.
Sparks crackled and splattered, the cold branches kept burning up, and cold leaves fell, turning into scattered ashes.
So breathtaking, so magnificent!
The spirit branch resting on Du Yu’s shoulder also delicately sensed everything.
A raging fire,
burning away the years of humiliation from the past.
The rising flames filled the Bottomless Abyss, seeming to ignite the road ahead as well.
As the boy beside him said, this is just the beginning.
But for Du Yu, this had long begun.
It was the day when paper cranes descended from the sky...
The tiny paper crane in his palm lightly flapped its wings, and in a soft, sticky voice, stammered a few words:
I, Burning Sun Golden Crow.
