Checking In for Sixty Years, From Puppet Emperor to Heavenly Emperor – Chapter 79

Ch 79: Third Layer Tree Sea

The third layer is a vast tree sea. They appeared and instantly felt their bodies become heavy, the pressure increasing again by a factor of two, severely affecting their speed.

For Bamboo Hat Old Demon and Azure Ghost King, who rely on physical combat, speed is very important.

Checking in at the third layer, they received a Hundred Herbs Immortal Pill. The system provided detailed data information, increasing True Origin cultivation by 300 years, or True Energy cultivation by 1800 years, and increasing resistance to Wood-type spells.

A verdant pill appeared in his hand, emitting a faint green light.

While the two weren’t paying attention, Zhou An swallowed the Immortal Pill, converting it into energy, which was slowly and automatically absorbed.

Azure Ghost King looked at Zhou An and asked, “Master, you are human, and your body is not as strong as ours Ghost Race. Can you withstand it later?”

“It’s fine, there are fewer demons here. Let’s find someone to guide us.” Zhou An said calmly.

“Okay.” Azure Ghost King jumped onto a large tree next to him, standing on the treetop to survey this tree sea.

A moment later, Zhou An absorbed the Immortal Pill, increasing his cultivation by three hundred years. Now he has a thousand years of cultivation, but his realm is still stuck at the late stage of Innate Fifth Level.

When his cultivation reached a thousand years, he felt that the effects of the spells he released were different from before. He had already noticed it when he used Mystic Ice Divine Light on the second layer. The power was much stronger than before.

If it were before, he would probably only be able to freeze a few at most. It would not be possible to freeze them all with a sweep of Mystic Light.

Moreover, the True Origin consumed to cast this move was much less. There was obviously a qualitative difference between this True Origin and True Energy.

At this time, Azure Ghost King jumped down and said, “Master, there is a very large tree ahead, ten thousand feet tall. It may be related to the teleportation formation eye. Also, I found that the demons in the forest are good at hiding their aura. I found a few, and I feel like they are ambushing someone.”

“Could it be us?” Zhou An asked.

“No, they are about four or five li away from us. They shouldn’t know we are here.” Azure Ghost King said.

Suddenly, arrows shot out from behind them. Bamboo Hat Old Demon stood in front of Zhou An, waving the bone sword in his hand. The three arrows that were shot were deflected and stuck into the ground and tree trunks next to them.

He immediately rushed towards the attacker, quickly disappearing into the bushes.

Azure Ghost King held the bone blade, standing guard behind Zhou An.

A few minutes later, Bamboo Hat Old Demon returned with a look of frustration and said, “Sorry, the gravity here has increased, and I am not used to it yet. My speed is not as fast as the opponent. I only saw that it was a small demon.”

Zhou An formed a hand seal, True Origin condensed into a talisman in his hand. He lightly shouted, and the talisman transformed into a group of little people who scattered and flew out.

He discovered again that using True Origin to cast spells really improved the effect a lot. This Heavenly Path Sect pathfinding spell was originally just a group of paper figures searching within a small area.

But when cast with True Origin, the paper figures turned into living little people, like elves, and they were very fast, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Zhou An walked towards the towering tree, with Azure Ghost King and Bamboo Hat Old Demon following behind, like guards.

Before long, a little person appeared on Zhou An’s shoulder. With a thought, the Void Wheel flew out, instantly flashing through space and disappearing.

He immediately chased after it, seeing a squirrel-like demon leaning against a big tree a hundred meters away, with the Void Wheel resting on its neck.

This kind of space-traveling magic treasure frightened the Squirrel Demon.

Seeing Zhou An’s group coming, fear drove him crazy. Ignoring the Void Wheel on his neck, he ran away quickly on all fours.

But just as he ran ten meters, a white light flashed in front of him. The Void Wheel flashed past him from behind, and his tail was cut off. The Squirrel Demon’s body trembled in pain, but he still gritted his teeth and ran away. As a result, the next second, the Void Wheel flew past his chest, his forelimbs were cut off, and he fell to the ground.

The pain twisted his face, but he still struggled to get up and leave. Zhou An frowned, and Azure Ghost King rushed up, kicking him to the ground and pinning him down, shouting, “Be honest if you don’t want to die.”

Bamboo Hat Old Demon immediately said, “The Immortal is just asking questions. If he wanted to kill you, would you still have a chance to run?”

The Squirrel Demon was surprised, looked up at Zhou An and asked, “You really won’t kill me?”

“I want to go to the fourth layer, so I’m asking for directions.” Zhou An said.

The Squirrel Demon looked confused, then looked at his hands with a bitter face and said, “Why didn’t you say so earlier? Without hands, I would definitely be killed.”

“Stop dawdling and tell us, where is the entrance to the fourth layer?” Azure Ghost King shouted.

“It’s under that Divine Tree, but it’s useless. The entrance is blocked by the roots of the Divine Tree. Only by offering a hundred corpses can it be opened. As long as you enter a higher level, the environment will get better and better, and there may even be Spirit Energy, allowing us to continue cultivating.” The Squirrel Demon looked at his severed hands with sadness. The pain in his body was no longer important.

“Being able to get to this layer, the strength is not too different. How easy is it to kill a hundred people?” Azure Ghost King frowned.

“The legends of each layer are different. Are these legends all lies? Deliberately leading the demons and ghosts here to kill each other!” Bamboo Hat Old Demon was indignant, and stuck the bone sword into the ground, seemingly losing the idea of continuing to move forward.

“One thing is true, the ninth layer is indeed the exit. Let’s go, let’s go to the big tree.” Zhou An said, retracting the Void Wheel.

“What about these hundred corpses? Are we going to hunt them down now?” Azure Ghost King asked.

“It’s just a scam. Let’s go, maybe the Immortal will have a way.” Bamboo Hat Old Demon now placed all his hopes on Zhou An.

“Please take me with you.” The Squirrel Demon saw that Zhou An could actually use spells, and he had lost his hands. He could only follow this person. Maybe there was a glimmer of hope, otherwise he would definitely be killed by others.

Zhou An ignored him. Azure Ghost King and Bamboo Hat Old Demon still had value. This Squirrel Demon had no value. Taking him would only be a burden. If it was outside, he could help him, but here he didn’t need to bring himself an uncertain factor.

He directly controlled his sword, taking Bamboo Hat Old Demon and Azure Ghost King away. The Squirrel Demon glanced at them resentfully, then immediately burrowed into the bushes next to him and disappeared.

Only when flying into the air did he truly feel the height of this tree, like a pillar of heaven.

When flying under this Divine Tree, he felt that what was in front of him was not a tree, but a mountain.

“So big! Master, how are you going to get inside?” Azure Ghost King widened his eyes, shocked by the Divine Tree in front of him. He had tried attacking with his bone blade. This Divine Tree was as hard as steel. The demon beast bone blade chopped down, leaving no trace at all. Instead, a gap was chipped out of the bone blade’s edge.

“Don’t let anyone disturb me.” Zhou An released the Son of Heaven Sword, recombining the Heavenly Authority True Scripture, True Origin, and Son of Heaven Sword Art.

After using True Origin twice, he had already understood the special nature of True Origin, or rather, True Origin was the power that Immortal cultivators should truly possess.

He didn’t know why the cultivators of the entire continent condensed True Energy. This must be another ancient secret.

When they appeared, many demons appeared in the surrounding forest, all looking at the three of them in confusion. They originally thought that they were people who had obtained corpses and came here to sacrifice them. They wanted to intercept them, but they felt strange when they found that these people had nothing in their hands. They all hid in the dark and peeped.

Azure Ghost King and Bamboo Hat Old Demon had already noticed the demons hidden in the forest, and they all drew their weapons and prepared themselves.

After waiting for a long time, the demons in the forest seemed to have lost their patience. In addition, Zhou An looked like an ordinary person, and was very easy to bully. Several demons who were confident in their strength rushed out at the same time, rushing over with spikes sharpened from branches.

The weapons these demons held in their hands were all the same, only the length and thickness of the branches were different. The short ones were used as daggers, the long ones were used as swords, and the longer ones were used as spears.

Azure Ghost King and Bamboo Hat Old Demon were strange. The two guarded each side, waving their blades and swords, fighting several demons at the same time.

Azure Ghost King’s body was strong, and the bone blade was swung quickly and ruthlessly. The two demons fighting him were forced to only defend.

Bamboo Hat Old Demon’s swordsmanship was so exquisite that it was unbelievable. The attacks seemed simple, but no matter what the opponent did, they couldn’t avoid them, or even block them.

The Old Demon’s bone sword could always bypass their branches and stab their arms or bodies.

Because these demons’ bodies were strong, and the bone sword was just polished from the bones of demon beasts, it was difficult to cause too much damage. Otherwise, the two opponents would probably be killed in one round.

Azure Ghost King was secretly surprised when he saw Bamboo Hat Old Demon’s swordsmanship, which he had always looked down upon. He was afraid that he might not be able to take down this swordsmanship, but the other party’s strength was insufficient and could not hurt his body.

Just as he was secretly peeking at Bamboo Hat Old Demon, the bone blade in Azure Ghost King’s hand suddenly shattered and broke during a collision with a sharp branch.

Azure Ghost King was shocked, and used the broken blade to block the branches that were stabbing over. Then he was swept in the face by another branch, and his head was turned to the side, leaving a scar on his face.

Azure Ghost King was furious, and pounced forward, grabbing the branches that were stabbing over with his left hand. He pounced forward and stabbed the broken blade into the opponent’s body. At the same time, he was punched in the face by another demon’s fist and flew out several meters away.

At the same time, on Bamboo Hat Old Demon’s side, the bone sword could not withstand the multiple collisions with the opponent’s branches and also broke. After all, this was just polished from the bones of demon beasts after their death. Moreover, they all discovered that these branches were not only hard, but also extremely tough. No wonder these demons used branches as weapons.

Seeing the two of them falling behind, all the other demons in the forest rushed out, fighting for the two of them.

Now they were all anxious. It wasn’t that they were weak, but that every demon trapped here was a powerful existence. Being able to defeat one or two was already a sign of their strength.

The weak ones must have been killed long ago. Being able to survive meant they were strong.

At this time, Zhou An’s body erupted with True Origin, a white power spreading out, causing the demons who rushed over to stop. They all looked up in shock at Zhou An floating in mid-air.