Chapitre 32: The Ancient Tree
Éditeur: Dragon Boat Translation
A thousand cups of wine are too few when you meet a bosom friend, but even half a sentence feels too much when you don't get along.
It was rare for Zhao Hao to reunite with his sister-in-law. At first, he was pleasantly surprised to see someone familiar.
But in the end, the two parted on bad terms.
In the World of Evolution, human relationships were very rare.
Without the constraints of the law, killing and plundering became incredibly common. And with the type of people who had come to the World of Evolution mostly being criminals, it was especially bad.
Xue Qing had changed. It was a change that had occurred in her after experiencing many times of mutual deception and frenzied killing.
Zhao Hao had also changed. From the moment he killed his first person, he had come to a realization.
After riding Big Black aimlessly for half a day, Zhao Hao finally calmed down after eating ten pounds of beef jerky and practicing his blade three times.
He took out the Savage Blade. This weapon only had half of itself left, and its durability had decreased significantly. While it still retained the hardness and sharpness of an advanced primeval weapon, without the tip, it was very inconvenient to use it for stabbing moves.
"It's the first combat equipment I ever acquired, so I will at least keep it as a memento."
Zhao Hao put the Savage Blade back into his sea of consciousness and picked up the fifth elder's black-sheathed saber.
This saber did not look very eye-catching at first glance, but when it was used, it immediately became something that was able to cut through iron as if it were mud.
Coupled with the Berserker Blade Technique, it was like the saber god had possessed him.
"Great saber! With such a powerful saber, why would I have to worry about not being able to kill rare creatures?"
Zhao Hao was in high spirits as he rode on Big Black.
His destination was the spring.
That was the place where he had made his fortune. It could be said to be the place where dragons thrived.
There were all kinds of creatures drinking water by the pool of the spring, so it was a very suitable place to stalk for a long time.
He had already given his sister-in-law a harsh warning. No matter what, he had to give it a shot.
A day later, a supernatural event occurred.
Zhao Hao noticed that a large number of wild beasts were swarming in the same direction like a tide.
Big Black became abnormally excited. It ignored its master's orders and carried him along.
Along the way, Zhao Hao was sweating profusely, and his forehead became covered in black lines.
On his left was a large group of giant bears with powerful auras.
On his right were hundreds of wild and massive pythons.
In front of him, there was an endless black mass of ferocious beasts.
Moving together with ten thousand beasts like this, anyone would be scared to death.
However, Big Black showed no intention of stopping. It kept trying to cut in line.
Zhao Hao wanted to jump off the dog's back and run for his life several times.
The only reason he stayed was that he did not feel any hostility from those wild beasts.
To be exact, the tens of thousands of wild beasts were just like Big Black. They were immersed in a certain state of excitement and had long been in a state of high. They did not have the time to pay attention to a weak creature like Zhao Hao.
That situation was akin to a 10 million dollar coin dropping 100 meters ahead of them. Everyone would swarm over and ignore the 50-cent coin right next to them… And Zhao Hao was that fifty-cent coin.
At sunset, all the animals stopped.
Zhao Hao took a deep breath when he saw the scene. His heart almost jumped out of his throat.
An ancient tree blotted out the sky. The tree was so huge that it made one's hair stand on end. Zhao Hao estimated that even a hundred people would not be enough to wrap around its girth. Its towering height was difficult to measure. It broke through the clouds in the sky and shot way past them.
A dense crowd of evolutionary creatures surrounded the huge ancient tree in circles, and one could not see the end of them at a glance. Zhao Hao could not count how many creatures there were, but he estimated that there were more than 100,000 of them.
Countless evolutionary creatures formed four distinct levels.
There were a total of five creatures in the first level.
They surrounded the tree and waited patiently.
Among the five top-notch creatures, Zhao Hao saw a familiar beast… The white deer that had been by the spring!
Other than the white deer, the other four top-notch creatures were a blood-red giant ape, a white fox, and a silver python. And the last top-notch creature was neither a human nor a beast. It was a twisting golden chrysanthemum that looked extremely human!
The five bosses did not deliberately release their pressure, but the creatures in the surroundings still revealed their fear toward them and knelt down respectfully.
Zhao Hao felt out of breath from the distance. He sat on the ground and could not move.
The pitiful effects of the Lionheart Necklace were completely useless in front of the five bosses.
There were 200 to 300 strong creatures around the five bosses.
Ten meters away from the group of creatures were tens of thousands of rare creatures.
And around those rare creatures were all kinds of primeval creatures.
Zhao Hao and Big Black were at the outermost area, on a small hill with a higher terrain.
"Variant creatures are not the end. There are even more advanced evolutionary creatures..."
Zhao Hao suddenly understood when he recalled what Old Miao had said.
Without a doubt, the five big bosses were higher-grade evolutionary creatures.
As for the two to three hundred strong creatures, they were all variant creatures!
If he could kill these countless creatures, Zhao Hao would be rich and become the number one in the Endless Forest.
But strangely, ever since he saw the ancient tree, Zhao Hao could not even fathom the thought of killing anyone or anything.
It was precisely the tranquility and peace brought by the giant tree that saved his life. Otherwise, any random ferocious beast would have been able to kill him with a sneeze.
As the only human present, Zhao Hao did not know if he had come across fortune or misfortune.
He looked at the countless evolutionary creatures in confusion, his mind full of question marks. What are they trying to do? Are they going to hold a collective meeting in the Endless Forest?
He turned his head and looked at Handsome Black. Big Black was currently staring at the ancient tree with a drunken expression.
It was the same for the other creatures. All of them were focused on the ancient tree.
Even many flowers and plants seemed to be thinking about something.
Zhao Hao stared at the ancient tree for a long time, but he could not figure it out.
The tree did not move, nor did it have any ancient runes carved on it. Other than its large size, there was nothing special about it.
It was only when his eyes were hurting and he was seeing double that he suddenly heard a strange sound.
The sound was all-encompassing. There was the rustling of leaves in the wind, the weeping of withered flowers, the tinkling of flowing springs, the splashing of flowing rivers, the footsteps of wild beasts running, and the crisp chirping of birds... All kinds of natural sounds fused together, forming a rhythm that was like the sound of nature.
Zhao Hao was immersed in it and gradually forgot about his own existence.
The sound of nature seemed to contain the most primitive mysteries of the world, nurturing everything in nature.
He felt like he had become a seed, taking root in a small piece of land.
Following the rhythm of the sound of nature, the vitality inside the seed sensed the rhythm of the Heavenly Dao. It struggled to break through the thick soil and slowly germinated. Then, a new aroma took over. The sprouted flower gradually blossomed. After another round of sounds, the flowers withered and bore green fruits.
During this mysterious process, Zhao Hao was unconsciously circulating his evolution technique, and in doing so, huge changes took place within him.
-- Cadeau
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