Chapter 692: Chapter 671: Support

Xu Qingjin received Zhou Leng’s massive resource assistance and reached the Vitality Stage long ago.

He studied the Ancient River Sect Technique at the Guhe Research Institute, just one step away from breakthrough.

After cultivating under the Mother Tree for three days, he advanced to the Innate stage.

He didn’t need to take any supplements; the Mother Tree contained powerful Spiritual Qi, sufficient to replenish his body’s consumption.

Xu Qingjin himself was patient, seeing Zhou Leng not coming out, he wasn’t anxious; he sat under the tree and seriously cultivated.

This is an opportunity that even a Martial Saint would desire.

During Xu Qingjin’s cultivation, occasionally a drop of divine life essence would fall from mid-air and merge into his body.

Xu Qingjin simply regarded this as normal treatment from the Mother Tree and continued cultivating.

On the tenth day of Zhou Leng entering the tree hole, Xu Qingjin walked out of the tree house as usual, taking a leisurely stroll.

Ever since residing on the Mother Tree, he no longer felt hunger or thirst; without eating or drinking, his body became healthier and lighter.

After wandering for a while, he opened the Demonized Watch.

Unfortunately, there was no internet connection here, nothing at all.

Looking around, they were located on a branch in the middle layer, surrounded by thick branches crisscrossing, unable to see the sky or the ground, only leaves emitting faint light.

Suddenly, a massive roar came from a distant place.

Xu Qingjin’s brows slightly furrowed, a vague sense of crisis rising within him.

This place is the Mother Tree, the core of the Tree-man World, such level of roaring…

Suddenly, the massive roars continued without end.

Xu Qingjin glanced toward Zhou Leng’s location, quickly ran to the trunk, and swiftly slid down the enormous vines, soon reaching the lower trunk.

Continuing to slide down, without the branches blocking, the view suddenly opened up.

In front, at the horizon’s end, an endless cloud of darkness was advancing toward the Mother Tree.

In the sky, divine light flickered, and roars echoed.

Each powerful shadow danced in the sky.

Because it was too far and fast, Xu Qingjin couldn’t discern who was fighting, but those who could fight in the sky must be Demigods.

She looked again at the horizon’s dark clouds.

“The Demon army…”

The clouds drew closer, one after another, enormous Insect Queens emerged like small mountains.

Eventually, a shadow of a meat mountain hundreds of meters tall appeared on the horizon.

“Mother of Giant Insects…” Xu Qingjin murmured.

As a Martial Artist, she had always followed significant information in the Ten Realms.

The Mother Tree is the last stronghold of the Tree-man World.

The Demon army reaching here equates to them arriving outside Xiongjing City.

The entire Tree-man race faces the threat of extinction.

Xu Qingjin contemplated for a long time, not knowing what to do, so she returned to the tree house, slowly heading toward Zhou Leng’s location.

Approaching the tree hole, only one of the three guardian Demigods remained.

“Honorable Demigod Elder, greetings.” Xu Qingjin courteously bowed in salute.

“Hello, Zhou Leng’s wife.” The Demigod Tree-man spoke imperfect Human Race language.

“The Demon army is at the gates, this place is very dangerous, do you think we should alert Zhou Leng?”

“No worries, with the Mother Tree here, the demons are insignificant. If… I mean if you and Zhou Leng face danger, we will immediately teleport you to the Tree-man Base, ensuring your safety back to the Human world.”

“How is Zhou Leng’s situation?”

“Good, his body is undergoing enhancements beyond our understanding, we shouldn’t disturb him.”

“Alright, then I’ll continue to wait for him.”

“If you’re afraid, I can send you away first.”

“If he doesn’t leave, I won’t leave.” Xu Qingjin nodded to the Demigod Tree-man in salutation, turned, and left.

She sat in the tree house, staring into space alone for a long time, sighed softly, and meditated to cultivate.

The great battle between the Celestial Calamity Army and the Tree-men began quietly.

All Tree-men and giant insects in the Tree-man World converged toward the Mother Tree and the Mother Insect’s location.

The kings of the two races, like two adjacent mountain peaks, eyed each other from afar for the first time.

Shuizhou Base.

Chen Shouhu and the others looked at the huge map of the Tree-man World.

A huge red and black circle met at the center position of the Tree-man World.

On the nearby light screen, scenes of battle transmitted back through Demon Spirit Technique played.

In the sky, the great battle of Demigods.

On the ground, sea-like demons surged toward the Tree-men.

Wood constantly emerged from the ground, under the Tree-men’s control, initiating defense.

Occasionally, giant insects broke through the defense line, penetrated under the Mother Tree’s canopy, often only taking a few steps before thick roots from underground emerged, entwined, pierced, dragged into the ground, never to emerge again.

The venue was in dead silence.

Chen Shouhu said, “Arrange personnel to find the supply line of the Celestial Calamity Army and harass it. Meanwhile, sweep the resource area of the giant insects, plundering as much insect resource as possible. Also, prepare to support the Mother Tree…”

“Yes!”

Rucheng, Martial Guard Academy.

“Director, recently online, some anti-fraud groups suddenly appeared, their names sound like anti-fraud, their communication resembles anti-fraud, but… the tone is very odd.” A Martial Guard reported while transmitting information to Wang Boxiong.

Wang Boxiong emotionlessly reviewed the chat records sent by his subordinate.

The names of the members in these chat records were diverse.

Things like Anti-fraud Skinny Cat, Burmese Nemesis, Anti-fraud Force Worker, Repressed Anti-fraud Person, Android Anti-fraud Agent, Conductor of Promote Multi-marriage and Multi-child Plan, Positive Energy Necromancer Wizard, etc.

The Martial Guard said, “Look, in group chats ’only allow officials to defraud, not the common people to counter fraud’ this phrase appears multiple times, the tone is quite sharp. It seems to go further than those severely cracked down on groups that lay reviews, pick vegetable leaves, and advocate absolute marriage and childbirth abstinence back in the days.”

“What do you think?” Wang Boxiong asked.

The Martial Guard pondered Wang Boxiong’s words carefully and said slowly, “I believe it is best not to alert them, we should observe quietly for now.”

Another Martial Guard beside him looked at the captain in confusion, as the captain hadn’t said this before they arrived.

“Alright, then let’s wait a bit more,” Wang Boxiong said.

“By the way, Dean, with the Tree-man World’s imminent final battle, it’s likely people will be dispatched from areas near Rucheng. According to tradition, you will also join the fight, right?”

“Yes, it’s very likely,” Wang Boxiong replied.

“Then please assign the tasks early. I’m worried there might be chaos when the time comes.”

“Mm.”

The Martial Guard Captain left Wang Boxiong’s dean office with his subordinates, becoming increasingly silent as they walked.

A subordinate quietly said, “Captain, before you came, this isn’t what you said. You mentioned that the recently emerged anti-fraud group clearly seems like a big fish, and it seems related to the Demon Worship Sect’s actions, although it’s unclear whether they belong to the Demon Worship Sect or the Huang Meng Sect.”

“Do you think Brother Xiong’s sources could be worse than ours?”

“No.”

“Do you think when I was saying ’only the state officials are allowed to commit fraud, but the common people are not allowed to fight fraud,’ Brother Xiong couldn’t understand what I was conveying?”

“Of course he could.”

“But when Brother Xiong asked back, ’What do you think,’ do you think I couldn’t understand what he was conveying?”

“Huh?”

“Since Brother Xiong isn’t very interested, regardless of the reason, we should stop here for now. Observing quietly is both an offensive and defensive strategy.”

“But… what if things escalate?”

“Don’t worry, with our control over the network, whatever you’re allowed to say, you’re allowed to say; whatever you’re allowed to see, you’re allowed to see. If you’re not allowed to say it, or see it, you won’t see it on the regional network.”

“That’s right, frequent large-scale blockades prove this. As long as the higher-ups want to stop it, they can certainly enforce a blockade.”

“So, there’s no need to worry.”

“From another angle, whatever words are allowed to be said and whatever actions are allowed to be taken, they’re all strongly supported by the higher-ups?”

“You little rascal, are you part of the anti-fraud group too?”

“No, no, no… I’m a good worker from Myanmar.”

“You brat!”

The Martial Guard Captain stopped speaking, keeping his head down, lost in thought.

Relevant information was gradually reported from various places, but in certain areas, it was temporarily suppressed.

By the time it reached Xiong City, only sporadic reports remained.

Some people paid no attention to these reports.

But some people scrutinized them closely, then quietly put them aside, as if they weren’t paying attention.

Xiong City Suburb.

Zhang Xinglie glanced at the contents in the anti-fraud group, stepped outside his home, standing under the night sky, looking towards the distant main city of Xiong City.

Recently, several friends have approached him for a chat.

He already knows what some of his friends are preparing to do.

Even if they haven’t explicitly stated it.

Suddenly, a friend sent a voice call.

Zhang Xinglie looked at the name, Yang Mingyuan, a senior from Yunhua, who joined the Martial Guard Department early, and comes from a deep-rooted martial family.

Though having a deep family background, this person is not spoiled, fully dedicated to cultivation, and was one of the first members to join the Ancient River Sect.

“I’ll be at your house soon, let’s meet.”

Zhang Xinglie immediately guessed what he wanted to say and replied at once, “I’ll wait at the door for you.”

Before long, Yang Mingyuan appeared, and the two walked to a secluded place, turning off their Demonized Watches, as Yang Mingyuan took out a demonized jammer.

“I found your aunt’s final whereabouts in a certain file.”

“Speak.”

“I can’t say who provided the information. What I can say is that your aunt was captured by demons, and her body was sent to the Great Battlefield to be made into a White Lake Lotus Fruit.”

Zhang Xinglie clenched his teeth tightly, his right fist tightly clenched.

Since a young age, his parents had passed. His aunt painstakingly raised him, and in his eyes, she was no different from his mother.

His own injuries may not be healed, he’s almost given up hope.

But his aunt’s revenge, that cannot be left unavenged.

Yang Mingyuan said, “However… your aunt was very fortunate. She was discovered early by our people, cremated beforehand. She wasn’t like other White Lake Lotus People, who were gutted to extract the Lotus Fruit.”

“Who can’t be mentioned?”

“Can’t say,” Yang Mingyuan said, expression complex.

“Specifically, what people captured my aunt?”

Yang Mingyuan sighed and said, “I don’t want to say too much, but you can probably investigate it. At the time, the person responsible for this operation was Zhao He.”

“That Zhao He?”

“That Zhao He. He traded with demons, wanting the White Lake Mother Fruit to better advance to Grandmaster.”

Zhang Xinglie stayed silent. Others might not believe it, but he had personally seen Zhao He with the Celestial Calamity Envoy.

Yang Mingyuan sighed and said, “Since I’ve started, I’ll finish. At first, it was Zhao Tong capturing children; later, Zhao He was capturing women; now, they are capturing men. Recently, men have been disappearing in large numbers worldwide.”

“The Throne of Corpses?”

“Seems you already know something, yes, it’s to forge the Throne of Corpses.”

“The Throne of Corpses is a power used by Grandmasters. Zhao Cong, just happens to be a Grandmaster King, preparing to ascend to a saint. He’s also responsible for the Dragon Country region, right?” Zhang Xinglie asked.

“You understand very well,” Yang Mingyuan said.

Zhang Xinglie asked, “Do you think they’ll capture me for the Throne of Corpses?”

“Of course not, you are an Innate King. They will only capture those below Innate and a few severely injured Innates.”

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