It took over five months for the Mosha Clan’s fluffy ball to finally drift to the outermost edge where the ‘Nine World Trees’ stood. The arrangement of these nine World Trees… naturally placed the strongest one at the center, with the other eight encircling it. Together, the nine World Trees occupied nearly a quarter of the entire island.
All other plant lives that had reached the Immortal or Venerable levels avoided this area entirely.
“Vibrating~~~”
The nine emerald-like World Trees emitted waves of green light, forming concentric luminous rings that prevented any drifting plant seeds from penetrating.
The fluffball of the Mosha Clan also quietly descended.
“Now I’ve reached the closest point to the World Trees, and the nearest one is a World Tree at the Monarch level.” Thanks to the Mosha Clan’s transformation ability, the filaments and hairs of the fluffball acted like eyes, clearly perceiving everything ahead, including the massive trunk of the Monarch-level World Tree just tens of millions of kilometers away.
“Unexpectedly——”
“There’s actually no fallen leaves!!”
The Mosha Clan’s clone was furious, raging internally.
What he had been most hoping for was to find fallen leaves from a Monarch-level World Tree on the ground. If he could steal one, he could immediately teleport away. With his current teleportation ability, even a Cosmic Monarch would find tracking him impractical.
“No choice, can’t pick, only option is to steal directly.” The Mosha Clan’s clone instantly made the decision. The filaments of the velvet ball observed the lush branches and leaves above. Although the distance from the main trunk of the World Tree was tens of millions of kilometers, the canopy had already extended above the velvet ball. Each leaf resembled an emerald carving, crystal clear and translucent.
“Only yellowing leaves fall naturally.”
“Every leaf of the World Tree contains such immense energy—how could they possibly fall?” The filaments of the dandelion swayed in the breeze, poised and ready.
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Far away on the desolate rocky island, Luo Feng’s main body sat quietly inside a cave, silently praying: “Must succeed, must succeed… If successful, my third clone will have a chance!”
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The fluffy ball rolled along the ground, driven by the wind, occasionally bouncing back when it touched the glowing barrier, only to be blown forward again, moving in an erratic and unpredictable pattern.
Swoosh!
This ordinary velvet ball suddenly vanished into thin air. At the edge of the lush canopy of the Monarch-level World Tree, a blurry figure abruptly appeared. As soon as this figure materialized, it fiercely grabbed a handful of emerald-carved leaves, exclaiming, “Heh!” and exerted tremendous force trying to tear them off!
How powerful was the Mosha Clan’s clone? It possessed a hundred times the strength of a Monarch-level being. With this pull, the thick branch on the canopy of the World Tree was immediately yanked askew, causing the entire canopy to tremble.
“Despicable outsider!” An angry and cold voice emanated from among the countless emerald leaves.
“Didn’t tear it off!” The Mosha Clan’s clone was stunned. As soon as he pulled and failed to snap it off, countless surrounding branches and leaves, originally swaying gently in the wind, now surged toward the Mosha Clan’s clone. An overwhelming surge of force completely enveloped the clone. With a bang, it was as if an egg had been crushed; the Mosha Clan’s clone was instantly shattered into pieces without any resistance, including the ‘life crystal core,’ which also shattered completely.
The Mosha Clan’s clone was dead!
“So weak?”
“He should be an Immortal, yet he was so easily killed?” The Monarch-level World Tree was puzzled. It had encountered some inheritors attempting secretly to take its branches before. After all, ‘branches of the World Tree’ could be transformed into a Life Tree, significantly enhancing one’s divine kingdom. However, as a Monarch-level World Tree, smaller branches had limited effects, so usually, a forked branch would be directly broken off!
This caused the Monarch-level World Tree to immediately unleash its full power once detecting any attempt to steal its branches.
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Desolate Rock Island.
“So strong?” Luo Feng in the cave wore a stunned expression. “This… this… this Mosha Clan clone was killed before even resisting?”
“Judging from that instant clash, it’s definitely King-ranked combat power.” Luo Feng was absolutely certain.
As soon as his Mosha Clan clone pulled and failed to snap it off, countless branches and leaves surged over, instantly crushing the clone. It was a complete dominance!
“Guessing… the genetic life level of the Monarch-level World Tree should be a thousand times that of a human. Plus, it’s been taught by the strongest World Tree with ‘Cosmic Sovereign-level combat power,’ it should also know body amplification techniques, amplifying strength by tens of times! That would be tens of thousands times the Monarch-level force, combined with some innate attack methods…” Luo Feng nodded inwardly.
Indeed, it was King-ranked level!
It wasn’t surprising that the Mosha Clan clone was instantly killed.
“Just now, when the Mosha Clan clone died, the other World Trees didn’t react at all.” Luo Feng’s face revealed a slight smile. “As I expected, such a minor threat wouldn’t concern the other World Trees, especially the strongest one. Probably, only when a threat to the ‘Monarch-level World Tree’ itself arises would the strongest one intervene.”
“Live and learn.”
Luo Feng contemplated his next plan.
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After a long while.
A hazy golden light filled the cave, and a figure directly materialized within the golden glow—it was the Mosha Clan clone.
“One failure, just means a bit more energy consumed.” Luo Feng nodded to himself.
The Mosha Clan clone extended a hand toward Luo Feng.
Luo Feng flipped his palm, revealing a fire elemental source crystal faintly exuding a powerful aura. The Mosha Clan clone grabbed it and immediately teleported away.
“I refuse to believe this attempt will fail again.” A sharp glint flashed in Luo Feng’s eyes. “The power of this fire elemental source crystal isn’t overwhelming, but it’s still capable of killing a Marquis-ranked Immortal—equivalent to a casual strike from a peak King-ranked expert… That World Tree is only at the Monarch level and can’t burn its divine body, so it definitely won’t be able to withstand it.”
“Because of its massive size, it might only explode a range of hundreds of thousands of kilometers, merely injuring it.”
“This scale of attack should not provoke the strongest World Tree.” Luo Feng muttered inwardly. If it were his own disciples, he wouldn’t intervene unless there was a significant threat.
“Just one explosion!”
“Surely branches and leaves will fly everywhere.”
“Grab a piece and immediately teleport away.” Luo Feng’s eyes sparkled with anticipation, simultaneously sensing the Mosha Clan clone’s side, “Arrived. This time must succeed!”
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The Mosha Clan clone first teleported to above the ocean, still a considerable distance from the tree island.
“This distance isn’t too far; I can accurately sense the previous position.” The Mosha Clan clone gazed from afar, eyes flashing with a cold gleam.
“Action!”
Swoosh!
The Mosha Clan clone instantly teleported again. When it reappeared, it was already beneath the canopy of the Monarch-level World Tree.
“Explode it.” The Mosha Clan clone fiercely hurled the fire elemental source crystal and teleported again immediately. Swoosh! It vanished into thin air, leaving only the thrown fire elemental source crystal behind.
“Boom~~~”
The fire elemental source crystal exploded violently beneath the canopy of the Monarch-level World Tree. Its power was sufficient to kill a Marquis-ranked Immortal, rivaling a peak King-ranked attack. Instantly, within a radius of 300,000 kilometers, everything was ravaged. Within 10,000 kilometers of the crystal, everything was reduced to nothingness. Further out, remnants of branches and leaves were scattered…
A 300,000-kilometer radius explosion was insignificant to a Monarch-level World Tree whose canopy diameter exceeded 100 million kilometers.
Moreover, the explosion occurred tens of millions of kilometers away from its main trunk. The energy wave, after traveling tens of millions of kilometers to reach the trunk, couldn’t even cause it to tremble.
“Return.”
The originally scattered emerald-green branches and leaves flew back, returning to the canopy. Each leaf merged back into the canopy. The 300,000-kilometer diameter explosion wound rapidly healed under the surge of life energy. Numerous exploded branches and leaves flew back, reconnecting and restoring themselves completely.
During the recovery process, a figure suddenly appeared.
“Got it.” As the Mosha Clan clone teleported in, it saw numerous shattered branches and leaves flying toward the canopy. It immediately reached out and grabbed a broken branch with three leaves, each leaf slightly damaged.
“Go.” The Mosha Clan clone immediately attempted to teleport away.
“Vibrate~~”
A destructive energy descended upon the Mosha Clan clone the moment it grasped the branch. The clone trembled and became motionless. With a gentle breeze, it disintegrated into countless particles, which scattered and vanished into oblivion.
“Despicable outsider!”
“Despicable outsider!” The entire canopy of the Monarch-level World Tree trembled as it roared, “Father, father, let me kill him myself!”
“Seven Seven is so sad, so many leaves fell.”
“Haha, Seven Seven, if not for father, that alien would have escaped.”
“Hahaha…”
The other World Trees emitted waves of laughter, some aged, some crisp, some playful.
“Silence.” The Monarch-level World Tree’s branches and leaves trembled, releasing an angry roar.
“Little Seven, that alien’s escape technique is indeed formidable, disappearing without causing any spatial fluctuations. If allowed to escape, it would be difficult to find him again. Since he injured you… I will help you punish him, wouldn’t that be good?” A gentle voice echoed across the territory occupied by the World Trees.
“No, no, no.” The canopy of the Monarch-level World Tree wildly waved its branches and leaves.
“Then work hard, become an Immortal like your older brothers, and you won’t fear those aliens anymore.” The gentle voice continued.
“Hmph.”
The previously exploded injuries on the Monarch-level World Tree had completely healed within the short conversation. All the branches and leaves regrew perfectly, showing no sign of prior damage. Not a single leaf lay on the ground.
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At the moment the nine World Trees spoke, all other plant lives on the entire tree island fell silent, plunging into absolute quietude.
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