Chapter 169: The Thunderclap Golden God Tree
“So dark!”
“Where is this place?”
Several figures appeared in a pitch-black tunnel, lighting torches they carried and groping their way forward.
“Crack!”
Someone stepped on something, and a cracking sound came from under their feet.
“Huh?”
One person looked down and picked up the object, revealing a ghastly white bone under the faint glow of the torchlight.
Bone!
And it’s a human bone!
“Be careful!”
Someone roared, followed by the sound of flapping wings, as countless black shadows shot through the tunnel.
“Bats!”
“Ah!”
“It’s sucking my blood!”
An unknown number of bats, hidden in the darkness, swooped towards the torchlight and the figures.
The bats were the size of a human head, and when they landed on a person, they were like leeches, frantically devouring flesh and blood.
A peak-level knight was reduced to a pile of bones in the blink of an eye.
“Run!”
“Get out of here!”
…………
A certain plaza.
Flesh, blood, and bones littered the plaza, as several figures looked on in terror at the phantoms that swept through the area from time to time.
As soon as a phantom swept over a person, their body would collapse like a stack of blocks, separating flesh and bone.
And the exit,
was on the other side of the plaza.
“Charge!”
“Staying here is just waiting to die, we have a chance if we charge through.”
Looking at the phantoms sweeping through the area erratically, one person gritted their teeth, roared, and charged towards the exit.
The others followed suit, running frantically.
The wandering phantoms seemed to sense something, and their speed suddenly increased, sweeping towards the figures.
The next moment,
a piercing scream rang out.
…………
“The War of the Gods led to the collapse of the Divine Domain, and many good things fell into the mortal world at that time.”
“This imitation of the Twelve Zodiac Palaces should be one of them.”
Oriana walked among the buildings, her beautiful eyes flashing back and forth:
“I suspect that these spaces inside the Twelve Zodiac Palaces actually come from the collapsed Divine Domain.”
“Miss.” The Blood Knight asked, bowing his head:
“According to the records in the books, the land of the Divine Domain is paved with seven treasures, the river water is nectar, and the houses are made of glazed tiles…”
“This place looks similar to where we live, how could it be the Divine Domain?”
“Ha!” Oriana chuckled:
“Books are written for people to read, the truth is… the Divine Domain is just like the mortal world, except that it’s inhabited by gods.”
“Forget it!”
She waved her hand, seemingly not wanting to talk further about it:
“Each space fragment of the Twelve Zodiac Palaces must contain a marvel, or be guarded by a powerful living being, otherwise it will collapse. This area is the same, so I asked you to leave a few soul-devouring ravens, and a few corpses as trophies will suffice.”
“Yes.” The Blood Knight responded:
“But these ravens are quite powerful, even ordinary legendary knights might not be able to escape.”
“Fortunately, Miss can restrain them.”
Oriana smiled and stepped towards the next space fragment.
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Karl’s figure appeared in a place similar to a back garden, and what first caught his eye were three large trees.
Trees,
with a golden hue.
Fallen leaves covered the ground.
Charred skeletons were scattered among the leaves, and wisps of electricity occasionally danced in the area.
“This is…”
“Thunderclap Golden God Wood?”
“No!”
Karl’s eyes flickered, his face showing surprise, almost unable to believe his eyes:
“It should be a Thunderclap Golden God Tree!”
“A third-order marvel!”
The ‘Thunderclap Golden God Tree’ is a third-order marvel with thunder and wood attributes, recorded in the books of the High Tower.
This marvel can attract the power of thunder, and its main body is indestructible, mostly growing in areas with frequent thunderstorms.
This tree blooms once every five hundred years, and then bears fruit once every five hundred years. The fruit it bears contains the source power of thunder.
In other words…
Eating its fruit can allow a Grand Knight to directly advance to a Legendary Knight.
The descendants of a third-circle wizard will definitely have wizard talent, and they will not have the limitations of a Grand Knight being unable to break through.
Third-order,
is a watershed.
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The various dukes of the other world are third-order powerhouses.
“How can there be such a thing here?”
“But…”
Karl’s face showed fervor:
“I’ve struck it rich!”
A third-order marvel, there are probably not many in the entire Magic Forest, yet there are three in front of him.
“It’s just that the Thunderclap Golden God Tree recorded in the books is a hundred meters, or even hundreds of meters tall, why are these only ten meters or so?”
“And…”
“The power of thunder is too weak!”
The power of thunder attracted by a third-order Thunderclap Golden God Wood can severely injure a second-circle wizard, and a first-circle wizard doesn’t even have the qualifications to get close.
Now…
Ordinary legendary knights might be in danger, but as long as they don’t get too close to the trees, there is no threat to Karl.
Of course,
that’s just for him.
For others, these three trees are three ferocious beasts blocking the way, and the corpses in the area are proof of that.
“It should be the limitation of the world’s rules. Not only can people and creatures not break through the first order, but plants are the same.”
“Earth Wall Technique!”
With a wave of his magic, the soil on the ground wriggled, gradually rising to form an earth wall, surrounding one of the Thunderclap Golden God Trees.
“Pitter!”
“Crackling!”
As if sensing something, the thunder in the area intensified, and clusters of thunderbolts the size of a human head fell from the tree.
The thunderballs collided with the earth wall and immediately exploded.
“Hmm!”
Karl grunted, his brows furrowing slightly:
“Even a first-order Thunderclap Golden God Tree can unleash this kind of power, it truly deserves to be a rare third-order marvel.”
“But…”
“It’s still just an inanimate object!”
He stretched out one hand, and a dozen iron objects flashed out, piercing into the ground, forming a simple cage.
Faraday cage!
This is a structure that can make the internal potential difference zero and the electric field zero, but it is only effective against ordinary lightning.
The lightning released by the Thunderclap Golden God Tree obviously has a supernatural force field, and will only be affected to a certain extent.
But,
that’s enough!
With all preparations in place, Karl’s figure flashed, approaching the Thunderclap Golden God Tree through the gap created by the earth wall and the Faraday cage.
He stretched out both hands, enduring the thunderbolts, and touched the main body of the tree.
“Collect!”
“Whoosh!”
The ten-meter-tall Thunderclap Golden God Tree suddenly paused, and then disappeared, appearing in the Divine Domain Fragment.
“Hoo…”
Karl rubbed his numb, blackened arms, moving his qi and blood, and turned his gaze to the remaining two trees.
“Hmm?”
“Taking away one Thunderclap Golden God Tree seems to have made this space a bit unstable, could it be that this space is maintained by third-order marvels?”
His brows furrowed slightly, and Karl hesitated:
“Moving another one shouldn’t be a big problem.”
…………
Space fragment.
“Ah!”
Matthew roared to the sky, the flesh on his body wriggling frantically, his face distorted as he lunged forward.
The next moment.
His fingers seemed to touch something, and then his wrist tightened.
“Crack!”
“Good!” The seashell trembled, its voice filled with joy:
“I got it!”
“This is a good thing, it can control the strength of gravity from the outside and attract qi and blood from the inside, it can be considered a rather special first-order inherited magic item, hmm… in your words, it’s a powerful marvel.”
“Hoo… hoo…” Matthew gasped for breath, sweat pouring down his face, his body almost exhausted:
“That was really dangerous!”
Looking back at the direction he came from, his eyes showed lingering fear:
“Luckily I activated the bloodline in my body, and the method you taught me can control the circulation of qi and blood, otherwise I should have been torn to pieces by that force field.”
“Heh…” The seashell chuckled:
“Bloodline wizards have the best control over their bodies, even the legendary knights of your world can’t compare in this regard.”
“Let’s go!”
“There are many good things here, we must search carefully, and your strength will greatly increase after we get out.”
“We’ll see.” Matthew struggled to get up, shaking his head:
“I just want to get out of here alive now.”
“You’re so useless!” The seashell scolded:
“You are a descendant of a third-circle wizard, a future duke, how can you be so timid?”
“Heh…” Matthew curled his lips:
“Being able to survive is the real skill, the gods were so powerful, but they still died, so what’s the point?”
“Okay, okay.”
He waved his hand:
“Next, help me keep an eye out, and give me a warning if there is danger.”
