Chapter 63: The Ancient Tree of War

  Under the enthusiastic invitation of Shadowcat Niger, and also being curious about this so-called Beastman Alliance himself, Old Liu gladly accepted Niger's invitation and followed him to the temporary gathering place of the beastmen - Naraku.

  On the way, Old Liu naturally wouldn't miss the opportunity to gather intelligence. Under the guise of casual conversation, he chatted with Nigel and obtained a lot of useful information, which also secretly shocked Old Liu. It turned out that the situation in the Pobai River Basin was much more complicated than he had understood. Especially the hatred between the Pobai Water Demon and the Western Sea Clan had been accumulating for thousands of years and could no longer be alleviated. The main battlefield almost covered all the larger tributaries of the Pobai River, stretching over hundreds of kilometers. Each major battle involved millions of troops on both sides, resulting in casualties of tens of millions. Even those warlike human nations would be terrified. Moreover, this number wasn't just referring to the two main parties.

  In fact, no matter what kind of creature it is, the more advanced its evolution, the stronger the blood flowing through its body, and naturally, the longer its lifespan. However, there is one thing that will not increase with the improvement of evolutionary level, but instead will be gradually reduced and weakened, which is the reproductive ability of species. Just like a giant dragon needs to incubate for a hundred years to lay an egg, and then it takes several hundred years to hatch, this is the reason why. This is the iron law set by nature, even the gods cannot alter it. Therefore, in these intense battles, those who die the most are still the ones driven by both sides, serving as cannon fodder.

  Between these two sides, the Western Oceanic tribe occupies a vast ocean area, ten times larger than the human continent, giving birth to countless strange creatures. How powerful is it? If it weren't for the protection of the gods of Borweisna on the human continent, which restricted the invasion of external domain creatures and intentionally prolonged this game, just with the number of Western Oceanic tribe being thousands of times that of the Tumbler Water Demons, one wave of attack would be enough to take down the Tumbler River and flatten the entire Gaya. Even if the Water Demon Goddess returned and sat in Tumbler, it would still be a hopeless situation, unable to escape the fate of destruction. However, even with the intervention of Borweisna's divine spirits, the Western Oceanic tribe is still far stronger than the Tumbler Water Demons. Especially in terms of numbers, they have already made it impossible for the water demons to match. It must be known that in order to evolve into their current form, the water demons had long lost the terrifying reproductive ability of their original blood mosquito period, and in terms of fertility, they are not even comparable to humans during the planned parenthood period. It can be said that they are at an absolute disadvantage.

  To counter the disadvantage of insufficient population and withstand the fierce attack of the Western Sea Clan, the Water Demon Lord thought of a sinister plan. He began to recruit high-ranking demons from the Gaya Rainforest, utilizing their desire for evolution and growth, gradually controlling them, and exploiting them. This move increased his own strength by hundreds of times. During wartime, the Water Demon Lord was forced to issue a decree allowing many uncontrolled demons to accumulate merit through killing enemies, giving them a chance to enter the Temple of the Water God and undergo transformation. However, the Water Demon Lord clearly did not want these uncontrolled powers to become too strong, so he secretly collaborated with other powerful super demons to suppress those "aberrants" who had already branched out into different paths during their evolution, attempting to eradicate them.

  Moreover, for some unknown reason, a large part of the beastmen's genes are extremely unstable. Even after transforming into beastmen, they cannot transform back into their demonic beast form, nor can they smoothly transition between the two forms. They are prone to genetic chaos during this period, which can lead to sudden death. Therefore, these beastmen who harbor great hatred towards the Water Wraiths have no choice but to rush to the Panbai River to participate in the battle and re-enter the Water God Temple to stabilize their genes. During this time, several powerful beastmen, equivalent to super demonic beasts, advocated for uniting all the beastmen together, gathering them into a single force, advancing and retreating together. The Beastman Alliance was thus born.

  What a resemblance to the old society where the landlord exploited the blood and sweat of the laborers! These poor guys, they are really miserable. The scum like Tongbai Shuiyao, who have lost all sense of conscience and humanity, how can they possess such a treasure as Haiwang Zhixin? It's simply a pearl in the dark. I must obtain this treasure and rescue the countless beastmen who are suffering under the persecution of Tongbai Shuiyao! Old Liu was moved by the suffering beastmen, and with his emotions surging, he couldn't help but raise a lofty ideal.

  Deep in the Gaya Rainforest, far from the main road of Pahang, and over a hundred miles away from the nearest tributary of the Pahang River. This place has an abnormal basin shape, with the depression becoming more pronounced towards the center, possibly as deep as 50 meters from the surface. The ground is covered with thick moss, and the surface is dotted with numerous massive roots of plants, like blood vessels, growing chaotically together, as if about to burst out of the earth.

  It was said that this place was the battlefield between the Spider Queen and the gods. At that time, a god possessed the earth, dug up a piece of land dozens of miles in diameter, and transformed into a terrifying giant, condensing his own law body to fight against the Spider Queen. However, in the end, he was still killed by the Spider Queen. After his death, the excavated land could not be restored, and after thousands of years, it became what it is today. It is said that deep within Gaya, there is a place called Shen Yu Mountain, where there is a continuous mountain range, which seems to be the law body of the god who was killed by the Spider Queen, falling down and transforming into this.

  "What?!"

  The battle between gods is so perverted? This is simply a game-changer. Old Liu stared with wide eyes, shocked at the land beneath his feet that had disappeared without a trace, silently calculating in his heart how many years it would take for him to achieve such an effect, and the result left him disheartened. Even if he didn't eat or drink, buried himself in hard work, it would probably take hundreds of years to accomplish this feat. Moreover, this was caused by a water buffalo that Spider Queen Silvina had casually killed offhand. So, what kind of powerful existence would Spider Queen Silvina be, who could kill three heavenly gods? For a moment, Old Liu's heart surged with an unspeakable feeling. Amidst the shock, he also looked directly at the terrifying power possessed by the so-called gods in this world for the first time.

  "If we beastmen had a figure like the Spider Queen, she would protect us. Our fate wouldn't be so miserable!" Nigel seemed to recall his own painful past and suddenly slapped a giant tree that was leaning on one side, tightly attached to the slope, causing wood chips to fly everywhere and spraying out something like fresh blood. Faintly, Old Liu also heard an extremely painful roar.

  "Nigel, be careful, this is a man-eating plant?" Old Liu suddenly grabbed Nigel, fearing that he would suffer the counterattack of the man-eating ancient tree. The old tree's ferocity was still fresh in his memory, and although he was no longer afraid of such immobile man-eating plants, it was still possible for his guide to be torn apart by it if caught off guard.

  "It's alright. These tree spirits are friends of our beastmen tribe. I was reckless earlier." Nigel clasped his hands together and bowed to the giant tree, then suddenly knelt down on one knee and stroked the wound on the tree. A green glow flowed from between his fingers, covering the tree's body. When they looked again, the gash on the tree had healed as if nothing had happened.

  "Huh? Your ability doesn't seem to be an elemental power from the Seven Great Elements, does it?" Old Liu asked with some curiosity.

  "My abilities can only be unleashed in the dark of night. I can merge with the darkness, similar to Shadow Travel, and also transform into a beast. What you see now is my awakened ability after receiving the Heart of the Sea King from my bloodline. Just like your Steel Skin that has awakened. Ah, our Sage says this is an extremely rare ability, and calls it the Power of Nature, born with the earth and coexisting with nature. I can also communicate with these tree spirits and make them our battle companions." Nigell said with some pride, but then added somewhat embarrassedly: "Unfortunately, my current abilities are too low to awaken them."

  "Battle companions? Awakened?" Old Liu was depressed. These things won't move, how can they fight with you together.

  It seemed that Nigell noticed Old Liu's serious puzzlement, so he smiled and revealed a mouthful of sharp teeth. He suddenly patted the giant tree beside him and said: "My friend, let me see your true form."

  The giant tree seemed to be responding to Nigel, letting out a dull roar, and the ground shook violently, with mud cracking open. The roots of this giant tree actually rose from the ground, standing up on the steep slope. A pair of thick branches like arms suddenly stretched out from the dense canopy, grabbing towards Nigel, easily lifting this hundred-kilogram beastman, holding him in the palm of its hand, looking down at him condescendingly. At this time, the tree's body also showed the outline of ears, nose and mouth, forming a vague facial contour.

  "What war ancient tree? I'm going to... the Elf tribe!" Old Liu's heart was somewhat unbearable, almost vomiting blood, and he cried out in frustration: "It's unreasonable, can it still be like this. The Elf tribe I've been thinking about day and night?"

  "Warrior of the ancient tree? That's a pretty good name. Our partner should have such a majestic name too." Nigel stood in mid-air, tens of meters above the ground, stretched his limbs and suddenly bent down, swooping down along the trunk of the giant tree to land beside Old Liu in just two or three seconds. He smiled and said: "Brother, take a look at these friends who have awakened from the power of nature - aren't they incredibly powerful? By the way, what did you say about the Spirit Tribe earlier? I've never heard of it before."

  You wouldn't know, of course, not being from this plane. NND, the ancient tree war in this plane was actually stirred up by these guys, it's so unreasonable! Old Liu thought gloomily, just as he was about to speak, a long, low, and mournful horn sound suddenly came from not far away. Nigel's face changed instantly, hastily pulling on Old Liu's arm, saying: "The Sage is summoning us! There must be something important to say. Whatever it is, we can talk later, let's hurry over!"

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