Perfect World

Chapter 520: I love you
 

The Sun Ancient Tree trembled, its entirety rustling loudly, emitting a golden luster, accompanied by a vast and tumultuous wave.

One should know that this tree reached the heavens, and each of its leaves was extremely large, capable of supporting a mountain peak. Such a shaking was indeed like the roaring of the heavens and the earth.

The skies cracked open, and the colossal tree, carrying the World Mountain and the Chaos Ancient Hall, dashed towards the void!

Meanwhile, the people below were shaken off, unable to stand on the ancient tree, plummeting toward the Magma Sea.

“Is this how we’re leaving?” the crowd gaped in shock, as the ancient tree was about to leave this realm.

They plummeted rapidly, the sound of the wind whistling past their ears. Along the way, looking at the full tree of golden leaves, some people wanted to stay, but they could not linger and parted ways with the ancient tree.

Every leaf bore a star, creating a bizarre sight.

“I’m not willing to accept this!” a Venerable One shouted, clearly having entered that hall and seen the two bone texts but still missed the opportunity.

Golden mist filled the air, radiant light flowing; branches swayed with tidal wave-like sounds, sacred yet soothing. It soared into the sky with an extremely intimidating momentum.

Many people, during their descent, wanted to grab onto something, but sadly, they couldn’t reach the Golden Divine Tree.

“Dong dong dong!”

The roots pulled up from the Magma Sea, brushing past the people. The golden roots sparkled brilliantly, drawing essence from all directions, while the Earthflame Liquid below gradually dried up.

“Plop!”

Ultimately, everyone fell into the Magma Sea, looking up to see the Golden Ancient Tree grow distant, until it entered the great rift and disappeared from this realm.

“Why did it have to be this way?!” someone lamented.

“We were just a little short of getting the two Immortal Scriptures, how utterly cruel it is to only watch helplessly as they leave,” a Venerable One roared.

As the Golden Tree left, the natural laws of this place changed, the Magma Sea dried up, gradually turning into a rocky ground, and people were able to fly once more.

“Earthflame Liquid…” Shi Hao sighed regretfully, during the Sun Tree’s ascent, those enormous golden roots took away too much essence, depleting the Red Sea.

A speck of golden light entered his hair, the Emperor Butterfly returned, transforming back into a golden bead. Fortunately, it was unharmed and now back at his side.

The ground was scorching, with strands of smoke floating, devoid of vitality, akin to a ruinous waste world.

The Venerable Ones roared continuously, many people felt overwhelmingly despondent, clearly almost within reach of a great fortune, yet it slipped away.

“Just a little bit more!” Even a gentle woman like Lan Yu couldn’t help but clench her fists tightly, her large eyes full of regret.

“It probably entered the higher realms,” Hong Huang said forcefully, swinging her fists filled with disappointment, looking up at the heavens.

Shui Yue, Xuan Ming, and others also made the same judgment. At that moment, they felt the familiar aura of the higher realms, but it was a pity they were all shaken off and couldn’t follow back.

“The higher realms are immense, and if it enters places like the Star Tomb or the Yin Realm, no one can do anything. This tree has a spirit; it will surely evade everyone,” Bi Gu sighed softly.

“Boy, this is all your fault! If you had handed over the scriptures earlier, it wouldn’t have come to this!” a Venerable One said resentfully, looking at Shi Hao.

They had captured a Venerable One of the Golden Crow Clan, theorizing that he might be able to hold the bone texts normally, thus avoiding the mysterious power within the Chaos Palace. Nevertheless, they were still a step too late.

“What does it have to do with me?” Shi Hao glanced at him.

“If it wasn’t for you, perhaps we really could have possessed a set of bone texts,” the giant golden giant said loudly, his arm having been chopped off by Shi Hao. Even a Venerable One with such a severe injury could not recover quickly; a cold light flickered in his eyes, filled with killing intent.

“If you’re not convinced, let’s fight it out!” Now back on the ground, with none of the tree’s various oddities present, Shi Hao was even more free from fear, smiling carelessly.

“My fellow beings, let’s join forces to take him down. He kept scrutinizing the bone texts; he must have memorized some scriptures,” said the Nine-Headed Snake, whose tail was severed but whose battle strength remained undiminished. At this moment, it coldly spoke.

It was from the serpent clan, with chilling breath and unsettling cold glints in its eyes that made one uncomfortable, as if creepy-crawlies were moving over one’s body upon being stared at.

Many eyes gleamed with anticipation. Those ancient scriptures had all been in Shi Hao’s possession, and he had examined them closely, nearly getting injured by the Blue Dragon in the process. Maybe he really had grasped some scriptures.

“Little dao friend, we ventured into the ancient hall together, you gained from it, so you should share, right? You can’t monopolize it,” said the Purple-gold Ant, stepping forward and joining the other Venerable Ones in encircling the area.

Xuan Ming, Bi Gu, Shui Yue, and others all remained silent, watching from the sidelines, suspecting that Shi Hao might have grasped some scriptures.

“Those are Immortal Scriptures, not the inheritance of some insect or ant. Do you think I could memorize the scriptures after just one glance?” Shi Hao retorted with a teasing tone.

Everyone knew that the more powerful the inheritance, the more complex the characters, like Kun Peng’s technique, whose most core mark had only one symbol. Looking closely, it was endlessly variable, turning vast like a Star River.

The Nine-Headed Snake and the Purple-gold Ant both looked displeased. This youth’s ridicule of insects and ants—wasn’t it a mockery of them?

“Indeed, core markings are difficult to remember in a short amount of time, but the introductory simpler characters should be memorizable, right?” said the Ironblood Ancient Tree, staring down Shi Hao.

“What’s it to you? Even if I didn’t obtain anything, and even if I did, it’s none of your business. Just a moment ago you were attacking me, and now you want to share? Keep dreaming!” Shi Hao spoke flippantly, matching the unrestrained nature of a youngster.

The crowd drew closer but did not dare to act rashly. Through the battle just now, Shi Hao had already proven his strength. If it weren’t for the matter of the two scriptures, no one would have rashly troubled him.

“What are you all waiting for? Get your strongest means out and suppress him. This kid has been slaughtering our people of this realm; under no circumstances can we let him go,” said the Nine-Headed Snake.

“Shall we take action?” a genius from the higher realms sent a message in secret, asking the others.

“No need to rush, let’s watch from the sidelines for now, not helping either side,” said Xuan Ming.

“Think carefully, once you start a war with me, it will be relentless, and I won’t show any mercy!” Shi Hao stated, completely at ease.

The giant golden giant grinned sinisterly, “Kid, don’t be arrogant! We will suppress you right now!”

Shi Hao’s heart tightened, his back inexplicably chilling. He hurriedly shifted thousands of zhang away. In the void, a brilliant golden light blasted forth, striking the place he just stood, causing stones to break and scatter.

Many retreated, and the geniuses and noble ladies of the higher realms were startled, fleeing even further.

In the sky appeared a golden island where several giants stood, the light beam that had just descended with immense force had come from there.

“Is that the Golden Giant Clan’s battle island?” exclaimed a cultivator from the Golden Crow Clan.

The void trembled, and a powerful fluctuation transmitted through, a black grand peak flying in from not far away, covered in densely packed characters and emitting a terrifying suppressive force, sealing off an area.

“Is that the Nine-Headed Snake Clan’s Snake Mountain?” a Venerable One murmured.

“Buzz!”

The sound of wing flapping was incessant, as a giant anthill materialized, with many winged ants emerging, each as large as cows and horses.

This was a meteorite, but it had long been hollowed out, transformed into a war fortress of the ant clan, engraved with numerous killing formations, now also appearing in this place.

Furthermore, some enormous objects emerged around, overshadowing the void and exuding repressive force.

Shi Hao whispered, “So that’s how it is, I was wondering how you could be so confident, turns out you had already summoned your clansmen, arriving with your killing weapons.”

Before a group of Venerables could climb the Golden Ancient Tree, arrangements had already been made, allowing the clan’s experts to await outside. Now, with a summon, they instantly manifested.

Battle islands, anthills, Snake Mountains, and more, pressed down like a mass of dark clouds, suffocating to behold.

There were only a limited number of Venerables who arrived, after all, the true powerhouses had already entered the Sun Tree on behalf of their clans, but the creatures who came after controlled various killing weapons of their clan!

These war tools dominated the sky, all of them being the clan’s suppressing arrays.

“Kill him!” screamed the Nine-Headed Snake, giving orders, and momentarily above the black Snake Mountain, a sinister light spread out, with snake-shaped light beams swooping down, utterly terrifying.

“Boom!”

Inside the anthill of the ant clan, however, characters were endless, and the sky was filled with ant bugs, which were actually constructed from mysterious symbols, penetrating gold and splintering stone, possessing immense Divine Power.

At the same time, strong vitality spread, with many seeds in the void germinating. One after another, tiny blood-colored trees took root, aiming to engulf Shi Hao.

This was the Array of the Ironblood Ancient Tree clan, their powerhouses had also arrived to kill.

At this moment, the world erupted into chaos, a terrible hunting battle broke out, and the Venerables all targeted Shi Hao, only because he might have memorized a small portion of the Immortal Scripture.

“Block them too!” another Venerable shouted, seeking to surround and eliminate Lan Yu, Bi Gu, Shui Yue, and all other outsiders.

Xuan Ming had already retreated to the edge, and at this moment he sacrificed a stone arch bridge. Everyone followed and disappeared in a flash, moving outside the encirclement.

“You really think I’m a soft persimmon, easy to pinch, huh.” Shi Hao said, moving through the air, dodging all kinds of lethal light, stepping over vast swaths of characters, and never suffering disaster.

“This is the Four Symbols Formation, move left one zhang, forward ten zhang…” the Divine Striking Stone transmitted sound from within his hair.

“This is a battle island formed by the Five Elements, enter through the metal gate, exit through the fire gate…” the Divine Striking Stone kept transmitting sound.

Although these clan-suppressing formations covered the high skies, they had a hard time harming Shi Hao for the time being. He walked through them, constantly dodging and making breakthrough attempts.

“Chii!”

The next moment, the Divine Striking Stone cried out strangely as Shi Hao offered it up, transforming into a streak of light, crashing forward, and with a bang, it struck the head of the giant golden giant.

“Aooh…” Even as a Venerable One, the impact left him with a broken and bleeding head, his ears buzzing, and his skull showing cracks.

“What a blockhead, so hard, so painful!” the Divine Striking Stone wailed.

The giant golden giant had already lost an arm and was extremely irritable. Now, being taunted like this, he was furiously upset, his body’s golden light surging as he reached out to strike forward.

Shi Hao beckoned, and the Divine Striking Stone flew back, and then he prompted it again, offering it with Divine Power.

“Ding!”

This time, the sound was even more piercing, like forging iron, the red stone with a faint golden sheen struck the giant golden giant’s forehead, emitting a metallic sound.

The giant golden giant screamed, blood gushing out from his forehead and his frontal bone cracking, nearly exposing his brain.

Shi Hao was astonished, after consuming a great deal of Divine Material in the Stone Kingdom’s Royal Palace, and after swallowing an enormous amount of Earthflame Liquid here, the Divine Striking Stone had actually evolved to this extent, indeed it was a treasure seed.

“Whoosh!”

The next moment, like an arrow released from the string, Shi Hao followed the Divine Striking Stone’s lead, became a beam of light, and struck forward, then unleashed his strongest punch!

In that instant, he was like the Pi Xiu Emperor spreading his wings, akin to the giant Peng bird swallowing the heavens, extending his body, his right fist billowing with godly flames, as if carrying the force of the heavens, thunderously striking forward.

“Pff!”

Although the giant golden giant exerted his full strength to resist, his solitary arm spasmed and couldn’t hold up, unable to block the blow, he was blasted to pieces, killed by the young man.

Soon after, Shi Hao appeared beside the Purple-gold Ant, engaging it in close combat. Both of their bodies were extremely tough, though the Purple-gold Ant was only a zhang long, it was stronger than the giant golden giant.

It was an ultimate contest of physical bodies!

In the end, the Purple-gold Ant quaked violently, its body riddled with cracks, and it was defeated, coughing blood as it fell back.

“Chii!”

Shi Hao swung out a hand, severing its head and collecting its body into the Heaven and Earth Pouch, for it was precious medicine flesh.

“Aooh…” the Nine-Headed Snake roared furiously, attacking crazily, but was diminished in an instant when swept by Shi Hao’s reincarnation force. Shi Hao then forcefully tore off its nine heads, ending its life.

“Howl…” The Ironblood Ancient Tree roared in rage, but sadly, after a fierce battle, it too was slashed apart by Shi Hao’s grass of Heaven-reaching Sword Qi.

Shi Hao broke out and made his way through a trail of blood, slaying several of the most powerful experts, truly deterring everyone.

The battle islands of various clans, Snake Mountain, anthills, and so on all retreated, as continuing the fight was meaningless and would only increase casualties.

Shi Hao turned into a beam of light, vanishing into the horizon, and soon arrived at a place with an Array, filled with chaotic mist. His parents and younger brother were sealed inside. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)