The Lord of Void and Real-Chapter 1764 - 1760 Devour

"What should we do next? This place is too large. Should we send people to explore it thoroughly?" Nie Caizhu asked.

"Since the Qingqiu Fox Clan has destroyed the array here, it seems they intend to abandon this place, so they won’t leave any clues. Sending people to investigate would be futile," Shen Luo shook his head and said. freēnovelkiss.com

Finding clues is secondary. The most important thing is that if others learn of the existence of the World Tree, they won’t be able to monopolize the huge benefits before them.

Nie Caizhu understood Shen Luo’s meaning and did not oppose.

The giant tree roots before them were quite tempting; after all, these many World Trees as materials could refine countless top-quality wood attribute gemstones.

The three exchanged looks silently and immediately began digging up the roots of the World Tree.

Shen Luo formed a sword technique with his hands, and several fierce sword qis slashed repeatedly at a thick root on the side.

"Puff," "puff," with a series of dull sounds, the root before them was only cut about half a foot deep, less than a fifth of its entirety.

Shen Luo raised an eyebrow; the World Tree was even more solid than he had anticipated. Relying on sword qi alone to cut through it would be difficult.

He swept his sleeve and released all sixteen Pure Yang Swords, transforming them into sixteen dazzling sword rainbows that slashed down fiercely.

After a series of deafening "boom" sounds, the several-zhang-long thick root was cut down.

Shen Luo swept it up with his sleeve and absorbed it into the Free and Easy Mirror, then immediately turned to the next tree root.

On the other side, Nie Caizhu took out a two-foot golden wheel, appearing to be a pure gold magical treasure with gleaming, sharp gears at the edge, looking extremely sharp.

At this moment, the golden wheel slashed a section of the tree root, rapidly rotating and cutting, and the root was already cut more than halfway through.

Meanwhile, Fire Spirit Child directly activated a gold attribute array inside the Gu Xuan star disk, sending out golden knife shadows that all slashed at a section of the tree root nearby.

In moments, all three of them had harvested several segments of the roots.

However, the World Tree before them was too vast, and the parts the three had cut down were just a drop in the ocean. Extracting the entire root would take countless years.

The three looked at each other in dismay; they had already lingered here for a long time. Lu Huaming and others probably had finished searching Qingqiu City. Staying any longer might provoke suspicion from others.

"In any case, the World Tree is still here. Why don’t we leave for now and return for it later?" Nie Caizhu suggested.

Shen Luo had no better solution, so he nodded in agreement.

"The World Tree is a rare treasure of the Three Realms. Although situated deep underground, it might still be discovered by others. Let me cast a sealing divine power to enclose this wood’s breath before we leave," Fire Spirit Child said.

"Good, thank you, Fire Daoist friend." Shen Luo was worried about this matter and smiled upon hearing his words.

"Casting this sealing secret technique alone is a bit testing. Young Master Shen, lend me a hand," Fire Spirit Child said, forming a seal to activate the Gu Xuan star disk, from which a white array soared out and enclosed the World Tree.

He sat cross-legged above the Gu Xuan star disk, continuously forming seals. Four white light doors appeared at the front, back, left, and right of the World Tree.

One of them happened to be beside Shen Luo, situated on a freshly cut tree root stub.

"Just channel your mana into the other two light doors," Fire Spirit Child swung his sleeve, and two red lights poured into two nearby light doors, saying this.

Shen Luo nodded, placing his right palm on the light door before him, while his left hand pointed and shot a golden light into another nearby light door.

The white array immediately lit up, countless palm-sized white runes extended out, quickly spreading over the World Tree roots like living creatures, erasing the World Tree’s breath wherever they passed.

Shen Luo inwardly praised Fire Spirit Child’s formidable technique and continued to use his mana to assist him.

Just then, the black seed nestled in Shen Luo’s right hand meridians suddenly trembled, and a black root shot out, piercing into the World Tree root.

"Crack, crack"

This segment of the World Tree root suddenly shattered, disintegrating into chaos-colored gas, which was entirely absorbed by the black seed.

The black seed grew slightly larger, trembling violently, as if a being starved for eons suddenly received a delicious feast.

All of its black roots shot forth, embedding into the main trunk of the World Tree roots.

Wherever the black roots took hold, the main trunk of the World Tree quickly fragmented and collapsed, turning into masses of chaos gas that surged into the black seed.

The black seed swiftly grew larger, sprouting more black roots, with even a black bud appearing at the top now.

"Young Master Shen, what are you doing?" Fire Spirit Child’s expression changed drastically.

Nie Caizhu also looked astonished.

"It’s not what I want..." Shen Luo was at a loss for words. He wanted to control the black seed in his meridian, but this seed was now trembling violently, ignoring him entirely.

The black roots continued to devour the chaos gas that the World Tree had turned into, growing ever larger. Within a few breaths, the black bud blossomed into a black seedling.

Two round leaves grew from it, also appearing pitch black and gradually growing larger.

Seeing this scene, Shen Luo was left dumbfounded.

Just then, the two black leaves gently trembled, releasing a massive amount of spiritual power that surged into Shen Luo’s body, not only replenishing all the vitality consumed during the previous great battle but also causing his whole body’s meridians to swell and bulge.

Shen Luo was taken aback and, disregarding other matters, immediately sat down cross-legged, operating the Huangting Technique to absorb this spiritual power.

This spiritual power was not only vast but also extremely pure. Under its influence, his cultivation level advanced rapidly, reaching the peak of the Late True Immortal Stage within moments.

At this moment, the World Tree roots originally rooted in the Underground Cave had completely disappeared, with even the smaller roots not escaping, being entirely devoured by the black seed, leaving no trace.

The black seed underwent drastic changes, transforming into a bizarre black seedling with two round leaves unfurling, the black roots thickening several times and even embedding into the Void, as though piercing through space.

Shen Luo sensed the changes in the black seed, feeling a sense of unease.

Earlier, when the black seed sprouted roots, he suspected it might germinate and grow, but he didn’t expect everything to happen so quickly, uncertain whether it was good or bad.

"Young Master Shen, what happened just now?" Fire Spirit Child, having put away the Gu Xuan star disk, flew over.

"Cousin, are you okay?" Nie Caizhu also came over.

Shen Luo hesitated for a moment but decided to tell the two about the black seed.

Nie Caizhu, being the Minor Sect Leader of Mount Putuo, had come across many secrets in the Mount Putuo classics, but she had never seen any information about the black seed.

Fire Spirit Child was also unfamiliar with this object and carefully examined the seedling formed from the black seed, yet found no clue.

Shen Luo felt disappointed; sharing the matter of the black seed with the two was partly to be truthful with his companions and partly in hope of gaining some information about the black seed from them. It turned out they knew nothing about it either.