Chapter 1105: Chapter 1091: A Sliver of Hope (Happy Valentine’s Day)
“This Divine Wood Root, I am destined to take it away. However, if you can offer me conditions that satisfy me, I can grant you a sliver of hope for survival without any issues.
Hmm, on this point, I can assure you, as long as you provide me with satisfactory terms, I can make a Divine Soul Oath.” Ye Zhen considered and said.
“Just a sliver of hope?”
“That’s right!”
Silence, after a word, there was dead silence, as if the thirteen Ancient Giant Spirit Tree Demons were using silence to confront Ye Zhen’s harsh conditions.
It also seemed like they were… gambling.
But the problem was, Ye Zhen had run out of patience.
A fierce glint flashed in his eyes as the Spirit Blade directly sliced toward the crystalline, gem-like Divine Wood Root in front of him.
Instantly, the thirteen Ancient Giant Spirit Tree Demons all wailed, one of them suddenly letting out a furious roar, immediately driving hundreds of thousands of tree demon roots from underground to crash toward Ye Zhen in unison.
They were unexpectedly trying to attack Ye Zhen to stop him.
But at the very moment when those hundreds of thousands of tree demon roots were driven to attack Ye Zhen, an inexplicable fluctuation suddenly emanated from the ground below. In Ye Zhen’s perception, the Spirit Communication Hall’s Spirit Communication Wood Stele and eight Spirit Communication Wood Tablets simultaneously burst with brilliance.
In an instant, the previously enraged Ancient Giant Spirit Tree Demon let out a blood-curdling scream, golden light shot out from its massive tree roots, and emerald green blood gushed out.
“Old Seventh, stop, do not be disrespectful to the commander!”
“Commander, please calm your anger; commander, we can negotiate, we can negotiate. Can you tell us what exactly your so-called sliver of hope entails?” The leader of the Ancient Giant Spirit Tree Demons showed a look of pleading on his bark face.
Ye Zhen slowly halted the Spirit Blade that was about to cut the Divine Wood Root and stopped abruptly. To be honest, these treasures that even the Ancient Demon God would covet were very tempting for Ye Zhen.
Of course, it depended on whether these Ancient Giant Spirit Tree Demons would cooperate; if not, Ye Zhen would decisively take the Divine Wood Root, as it would be safer in his pocket, right?
“What I mean by a sliver of hope is taking away ninety-five percent of this Divine Wood Root, leaving you with five percent to sustain your survival.
At the same time, I will find you a new leader who cherishes you and will absolutely not take away even the remaining five percent of the Divine Wood Root; instead, this new leader will cherish you immensely.
Moreover, this new leader will have the capability to protect you on this continent……”
“Impossible, that’s impossible!”
Ye Zhen’s words weren’t even finished when several Ancient Giant Spirit Tree Demons began to wail, “Who in this world wouldn’t be tempted by this Divine Wood Root? Even the strong being who our father served, the Demon God who fell, enslaved us here to revive this Divine Wood, no one would…..”
“I’ve said that on this point, I can assure you, I can make the most malicious Divine Soul Oath, I’m more than ninety-nine percent confident!” Ye Zhen said impatiently.
With these words, the thirteen Ancient Giant Spirit Tree Demons were immediately stunned, the leader’s bark face twitching as he urgently asked, “Really?”
“Initiating an Innate Divine Soul oath, if you still don’t believe it, then I’ll just chop away this Divine Wood Root and leave right now!” Ye Zhen said sternly.
“No, no, no, we believe you, we believe you, but can you leave us a bit more of the Divine Wood Root, can you leave us thirty percent, no, not thirty percent, twenty percent…” Seeing Ye Zhen’s expression turned unfavorable, the tree demon leader quickly changed his speech.
However, Ye Zhen’s expression only grew colder.
“You must understand one thing, now it’s up to you to satisfy me! If you manage to satisfy me, I will reluctantly leave you five percent of the Divine Wood Root, then settle you and make the Divine Soul Oath.
If you cannot satisfy me, I’ll simply cut this Divine Wood Root and get it over with, so as not to waste time!” Ye Zhen scolded.
“Ah…..” The thirteen Ancient Giant Spirit Tree Demons were all stunned, and the tree demon leader was even more bewildered.
“You should know the current situation in Huichun Blessed Land, a hundred breaths, I only give you a hundred breaths to consider. If within a hundred breaths you cannot satisfy me, I will immediately cut away this Divine Wood Root and leave without wasting another word!” Ye Zhen issued the final ultimatum.
Seeing Ye Zhen’s decisive and ruthless demeanor, the tree demon leader immediately panicked, the massive roots of the thirteen Ancient Giant Spirit Tree Demons trembled incessantly, seemingly in final deliberation.
Meanwhile, Ye Zhen began counting down the time directly.
“Ninety breaths remaining!”
“Eighty breaths remaining!”
“Seventy breaths remaining!”
….
“Forty breaths remaining!”
“Thirty breaths remaining!”
When Ye Zhen’s countdown reached thirty breaths, with a light clink, a long sword of Low Grade Spirit Artifact level suddenly unsheathed, its cold light shining brightly.
Upon seeing this long sword, the tree demon leader’s expression changed drastically, because they knew very well that this long sword of Five Elements Gold meant Ye Zhen was truly about to take real action.
The roots of the Divine Wood, even if they are fragile, are still the roots of the Divine Wood, and cannot be destroyed by ordinary Spirit Blades. However, gold overcomes wood, and with Spiritual Power infused into a Five Elements Gold sword, it can definitely sever these Divine Wood roots.
Seeing Ye Zhen reveal this move, how could they not panic?
Immediately, the tendrils on those thirteen corpulent roots trembled even more intensely.
“Twenty breaths remaining!”
“Ten breaths remaining!”
“Nine….”
As the last ten breaths counted down, Sword Light began to burst forth from Ye Zhen’s long sword. Wherever the Sword Light passed, the roots of those ordinary Tree Demons shattered one after another, filling the cave with cries of anguish.
“Commander, we surrender, we surrender. We’re willing to offer the treasure, we’re willing to offer the treasure!” In the mournful cries of the Tree Demon Boss, the other twelve Ancient Giant Spirit Tree Demons sighed helplessly at the same time.
Perhaps this was the feeling of being like fish on the chopping block.
There was no way around it. Given their current situation in front of Ye Zhen, they basically had no room for bargaining.
“Treasure? What treasure?” Ye Zhen asked with a stern expression.
“A seed, a seed with an extremely pure Ancient Giant Spirit Tree bloodline.” With these words, the Tree Demon Boss sighed deeply. “Actually, it’s our descendant!”
“Your descendant? Explain clearly,” Ye Zhen demanded.
“Commander, although we are Ancient Giant Spirit Trees, we are not the kings among the Ancient Giant Spirit Trees; we are merely the most ordinary Ancient Giant Spirit Trees and cannot fully mobilize all the Ancient Spirits. This is mainly due to the flaws in our bloodline.
But over the past ten thousand years, especially since nine thousand years ago, there has been no sign of any human for eight hundred continuous years. No one has come to exploit us, let alone a former commander.
We knew that something had definitely happened here, something major.
So, we devised to propagate our offspring. Our way of propagating is naturally different from you humans; having a tree seed is sufficient.
However, this one tree seed embodies the bloodline essence of us thirteen brothers, infused over nearly eight thousand years. The purity of its bloodline has nearly reached the level of the kings among the Ancient Giant Spirit Trees of our lineage.
Once it grows, it can almost perfectly unleash the talent ability of our Ancient Giant Spirit Tree Demon lineage; the call of the Ancient Spirits.”
“Almost perfectly?” Ye Zhen questioned in confusion.
“Yes, almost perfectly. This is the utmost we can achieve! Moreover, the benefits don’t stop there. If the Commander agrees, by allowing this Ancient Giant Spirit Tree seed to sprout and root within you,
not only can you rapidly forge veins, but it will also make the Commander’s Yimu Spiritual Power extraordinarily pure. It can also, without a sound, assist the Commander in battle, allowing the Commander’s Yimu Spiritual Communication Technique to unleash extraordinary combat power,” the Tree Demon Boss explained.
“How so?”
“For example, once this seed takes root and sprouts within the Commander, with just a thought from the Commander, depending on the size of the Commander’s cultivation, you could instantly control the trees, flowers, and plants within a radius of several miles to several tens of thousands of miles.
If there are any plants with spirits among them, they can directly be turned into Tree Demons for the Commander’s use. If the Commander’s future cultivation becomes strong enough, with a single thought, millions of Tree Demons could be summoned for the Commander’s service.
Not only that, but it can also silently assist in battle. The combat instincts of our Tree Demon lineage can be unleashed at any time using the Commander’s bloodline as soil, enabling entangling, piercing, whipping, trapping, and other combat maneuvers,” the Tree Demon Boss detailed.
Upon hearing this, Ye Zhen, who was standing with arms crossed, nodded slightly. “Sounds indeed quite commendable.”
“More than commendable! Once it grows, it alone would be equivalent to an Ancient Giant Spirit Tree Demon within the Demon God’s Personal Army. Moreover, if the Commander uses it to forge veins, the progress of the Commander’s Yimu Spiritual Vein will be rapid and astounding,” the Tree Demon Boss stated.
“Yes, indeed quite commendable!”
Ye Zhen nodded with a face full of smiles, but suddenly, his expression turned icy and murderous, “However, this seems almost too good to be true! If this Ancient Giant Spirit Tree seed is so miraculous, why haven’t you let it take root and sprout here to rescue you?”
“Also, if it sprouts and takes root within me, won’t it overshadow the host and make my body nothing but a pretty shell for it?” Ye Zhen suddenly turned aggressive.
“No, Commander, it’s a misunderstanding! That would never happen!” The Tree Demon Boss mournfully exclaimed, “Commander should remember when the owner of this place directly cast our Innate Divine Souls into the grand formation, enslaving us for generations.
Even our descendants, if born here, would be enslaved by the formation from birth!” At this, the Tree Demon Boss displayed an expression of utter despair. “We don’t want our descendants to be forever trapped in this lightless place.
Even if there is the hope of the Divine Wood Root, the time spans eons.
Therefore, we’ve always hoped someone could take our descendants away from here, relieving them of our suffering. Now, Commander, you are the most suitable candidate!”
“As for overshadowing the host, that is absolutely impossible!
This seed, which bears our hope, has long been born with an Innate Divine Soul. The Commander can first use the Divine Soul Imprint on it, and then let it sprout and grow using your bloodline, ensuring no unforeseen events,” the Tree Demon Boss pleaded.
“Oh? You want me to use the Divine Soul Imprint first, but wouldn’t it then lose its freedom before it’s even born? How is that different from here?” Ye Zhen asked curiously.
“That would still be a hundred, thousand times better than being forever trapped beneath this unchanging sky, wouldn’t it? Once it leaves here, its life will be destined to be a thousand times more exciting than ours!”
With that, the Tree Demon Boss suddenly bowed deeply with a clasped-hands gesture, “I beseech the Commander to fulfill this request!”
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