Chapter 318: Mysterious Symbol

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

Just as the spiritual figure conveyed the outcome of the Sword Aura storm to Chen Yiming, the treants in the distance who were still alive underwent some changes.

The treants that had retracted their roots quickly turned into their humanoid form and started to fuse together. As two treants approached each other, their roots and leaves intertwined, forming a single, larger treant.

The large treants fused with other large treants and became even taller and bigger.

In less than a minute, the fusion ended. Three huge trees appeared in the distance. Their trunks were dozens of meters thick and they were more than 1,000 meters tall.

A terrifying aura spread out. The clouds were stirred up, and the air was distorted. A huge amount of air waves rushed over, mixed with yellow sand.

The spiritual figure seemed to be smaller than an ant in front of the opponent’s huge body.

Three angry faces appeared from the tree trunks and looked towards the spiritual figure from afar. There was no doubt that the two sides had formed a life and death grudge.

…

In the sports field of the East Lake Martial Arts Academy, Chen Yiming received a timely update from the figure in his mind. The Sword Aura storm destroyed nearly a quarter of the treants within a radius of dozens of kilometers.

He carefully compared the energy fluctuations in Yuan Chengwei’s body and the time it took for his expression to change.

The energy fluctuations appeared almost at the same time as the update from the figure in his mind. The change in Yuan Chengwei’s expression occurred after a small delay. He studied the anxious expression on the other party’s face.

Clearly, the existence in Yuan Chengwei’s body had only vaguely sensed that something was wrong with the tree person. However, he could not communicate with it like Chen Yiming could with the figure in his mind.

This way, Chen Yiming could let go of his worries.

He did not have to worry about the real-time update from the otherworld’s treants to their pawns on the blue planet after they noticed his main body. They would not be able to quickly target the cities, the Chen family, the encirclement, and so on.

In other words, he would not be tied down to the blue planet. He could make a move at any time if either side needed support.

The teachers and students listened quietly, and only Chen Yiming’s voice could be heard. The talk seemed to be getting further and further away from a conclusion.

“I’m not feeling well. I need to go to the toilet.”

Yuan Chengwei suddenly found a lousy excuse and interrupted Chen Yiming’s speech.

“Okay, go!”

Chen Yiming nodded and concluded, “This is the general idea. At this stage of drawing the concept diagram, others can’t provide much help. One can only rely on one’s own talent and perseverance to overcome the fatigue and pressure on the spiritual level.”

When Yuan Chengwei disappeared in front of everyone, all the students, including the representative from the Jiangnan martial arts school, felt a little regretful. Perhaps Chen Yiming would have said more without this sudden interruption.

…

As soon as Yuan Chengwei entered the toilet, the mysterious seed took over his body.

A figure appeared from Yuan Chengwei’s body. Other than his skin being dark yellow and his face appearing dry and wooden, his aura was almost exactly the same as the real person.

Immediately after, the seed cells in his chest quickly split apart. Yuan Chengwei wanted to ask what it was doing, but the new cells quickly spread throughout his body.

Finally, under Yuan Chengwei’s dumbfounded expression, his entire body transformed into a treant. Then, a face appeared in the middle of the tree trunk, but it was not Yuan Chengwei’s face.

The treant’s face revealed a conflicted, frightened, and complicated expression. Then, the treant gradually sank into the ground and disappeared from the toilet.

Yuan Chengwei, who had been separated from the wooden figure, sat motionless on the toilet bowl. His eyes were dull and lifeless.

“This is the end of the treant’s pawn,” Chen Yiming muttered to himself. His spiritual power spread out and swept across the toilet area without holding anything back. He immediately realized that the wooden figure was a fake and that its true body was escaping underground.

His figure flashed and instantly disappeared.

The academy head, Chen Yingying, and the dozens of teachers and students who were left behind looked at each other, not knowing what had happened.

…

On the rooftop of a tall building near the East Lake Martial Arts Academy, the four people from the capital, Ling Zhongyun, Zhao Shumin, Zhu Song, and Jiang Kai were already on standby. They were responsible for not letting Yuan Chengwei escape.

Chen Yiming appeared on the rooftop and said, “The target is escaping. I’ll leave him to you.”

With that, he leaped into the sky and aimed at a spot in the wilderness. In an instant, the clouds were triggered by an unknown force, and a palm descended from the sky.

“Boom!”

The ground cracked and the mountain exploded.

The treant who was escaping underground was suddenly stopped by an invisible pressure. Then, he was hit by a terrifying force and exploded on the spot.

In order to not give the other party any chance to escape, Chen Yiming did not mind bullying the weak and directly launched a strong attack. What he left for the four people from the capital was a target that might be dead or severely injured.

After the attack ended, Chen Yiming headed straight for the space-travel passage in the strange village. The spiritual figure had already sent back another message. After the Sword Aura storm, the remaining treants had fused together and turned into three huge trees.

“It’s very likely that all the tree people came from one powerful treant.”

On the way, Chen Yiming suddenly had this thought.

This was a type of splitting ability that could be switched back and forth between quality and quantity. Otherwise, it was impossible to explain how the treants had done it.

It had to be known that even if they were from the same species, there would be a huge incompatibility between their bodies and spiritual power. If they forcefully fused with each other, at best, they would cause spiritual disturbances, and at worst, they would die on the spot.

“The black water river and black water pool might even have a similar splitting ability.”

“This way, the strongest treant has never moved from its spot. It only split into countless treants.”

“No. During the war between the black water river and the treants, the treants defeated the black water river in the form of countless individuals and took root in the area near the space-travel passage.”

Realizing that he had discovered a shocking truth, Chen Yiming thought of the most important characteristic of the treants: their vitality.

“It’s very likely that splitting into countless bodies is more conducive to absorbing energy from the ground and converting it into a huge amount of life force. The black water river was defeated in this way in a battle of attrition.”

With all the clues connected, the truth about the treants became clear.

The only thing he could not be sure of was the strength of the three huge treants after the fusion.

…

In the otherworld, the spiritual figure that did not need to fear death took a step forward and made the first move.

A huge sword appeared from the clouds, like a dragon poking its head out. Then, it descended from the sky and pointed straight at one of the huge treants.

A thunderous sound rang out in the air, and the Sword Aura left behind a temporary trail, as if space had been cut apart.

The three huge treants had extremely murderous expressions on their faces. Mysterious symbols appeared on the surface of the vines one after another, making the treants look extremely mysterious.

Then, the treants started to counterattack. The entire ground suddenly shook, and the vines rushed towards the huge sword in the sky like chains.

In the next moment, the huge sword made contact with the vines.

Instead of the earth-shattering collision that one would imagine, the huge sword was instantly entangled by the vines. Countless mysterious symbols appeared in the air and locked the huge sword in place.

The spiritual figure controlled the huge sword to make it explode, turning into countless Sword Auras that struck the space sealed by the vines, creating a loud bang.

However, other than the air being distorted and shaking, the Sword Aura could not break through the seal of the mysterious symbols.

Clearly, the vines that were strengthened by the mysterious symbols were stronger than the Sword Aura and could not be affected by its attacks.

Chen Yiming stopped near the space-travel passage in the strange village.

He received the real-time update from the spiritual figure and muttered, “Could it be that the level above the master realm is related to those mysterious symbols?”

He had seen similar mysterious symbols in the space in the ring. The mysterious symbols turned into a sealing power that trapped the female spirit.

The three treants’ faces stared fixedly at the spiritual figure. An ant of a lower level had actually ambushed and killed a large number of its split figures.

Every split treant represented a part of the original body. A small loss did not affect it, but a large loss was different.

This time, nearly a quarter of their numbers had been wiped out, causing them to be unable to fuse into the strongest single entity. They were forced to fuse into three individuals that were half a level weaker.

They were weaker in the sense that it was not easy to use the mysterious symbols every time, and their ability to fight a battle of attrition became weaker.

If more than half of them were killed at once, their cultivation level after the fusion would fall to the master realm, and their combat strength would decrease exponentially.

“Clang! Clang! Clang!”

The treants moved again in anger. Mysterious symbols appeared in the air, and vines that filled the sky shot towards the spiritual figure.

This scene was terrifying. Before the vines arrived, the target space had already been sealed off. The air became extremely thick, and it was difficult for ordinary people to move in it.

This also caused the spiritual figure to be instantly trapped. It could only use the Sword Aura storm to resist the vines that were surrounding it from all directions.

“Bang! Bang! Bang!”

In the sealed space formed by the vines with the mysterious symbols, loud sounds of Sword Aura explosions rang out. At the same time, a bright light exploded, and the figure inside was completely drowned out.

The only difference from before was that the huge sword was like a tree without roots. Now that their target was the spiritual figure, an endless stream of Sword Aura shot out in all directions.

For a moment, the two sides were in a stalemate. The sealing power could not go any further, so the vines could not reach the target inside.

Chen Yiming received another real-time update from the spiritual figure. He gasped. “My guess was right. The higher the level, the more difficult it is to deal with enemies of a higher level. It won’t be so easy to achieve.”

The reason why he was being cautious when facing them was because he had considered the possibility that he might not be able to defeat them. The blue planet was only so big, and if he was chased by them, there was no way for him to escape.

He was in a dilemma. From the looks of it, the combat strength of the treants had definitely decreased.

However, from his current performance, it should not be difficult for him to defeat the three treants if he joined forces with the spiritual figure.

He just did not know if the treants had any stronger trump cards that they had yet to use.

In the end, Chen Yiming decided to observe the situation for a while longer. However, he wouldn’t do it on the blue planet. Instead, he would enter the otherworld and prioritize finding an opportunity to launch a sneak attack on the treants.

On the battlefield, 10 minutes had passed, but the stalemate between the two sides was still ongoing.

After 20 minutes, the spiritual figure still did not show any signs of exhaustion. The treants’ expressions began to change.

In theory, the power of nature was endless, but there was a limit to the spiritual power of an individual creature. Therefore, after continuously mobilizing the power of nature, one needed to give their spiritual power time to recover. However, the ant in front of them seemed to have violated this rule.

After 30 minutes, the Sword Aura storm released by the spiritual figure seemed to be getting stronger and stronger. The treants finally could not remain calm and took the initiative to change their strategy.

Two of the huge treants turned into tree forms and set down their roots on either side of the treant in the middle. Part of their huge roots reached deep into the ground, and the other part reached towards the treant in the middle.

Perhaps because the treants had replenished their energy, the light from the mysterious symbols became even more dazzling. The sealed space began to grow smaller bit by bit.

The balance of the situation seemed to be leaning towards the treants.

At this moment, because the treants’ attention was focused on the spiritual figure, they did not notice that a figure had slipped out of the space-travel passage.

“A chance!”

Chen Yiming, who was half-buried in the sand, saw the three treants gathering their strength in one body.

He no longer hesitated and leaped up. It was as if a missile had shot into the sky from the ground, and he was preparing to use the pure impact of a giant descending from the sky to attack.

The treants saw a small black dot fly into the sky. It was a little strange, but they did not take it too seriously and continued to pressure the spiritual figure with a stronger sealing power.

“You guys will suffer later!”

Chen Yiming was secretly delighted. He kept borrowing the force from the air to reach a height of about 10,000 meters before turning around and diving down.

If he only had the ability of transforming into a giant, he would definitely not have dared to do such a thing. After all, strictly speaking, turning one’s body into a meteorite was a suicidal move that would bring one down together with the enemy.

However, since he also had the Undying Body talent, not only was he not afraid of death, but such suicidal moves had also become his strongest attacks.

When he was about 3,000 meters away, Chen Yiming transformed into a 100-meter-tall giant, shocking the three huge treants.

A hint of panic appeared on the treants’ face, but they were mostly feeling conflicted.

How strong was the attacker? In that instant, it was difficult to determine if he was just trying to scare them to save the spiritual figure. Or was he really trying to perform a suicidal move?

The treants finally judged that he was trying to scare them, but it was not like they let themselves be completely unguarded from a possible attack.

The huge treant on the left retracted the tree roots that had reached towards the treant in the middle. Together with the vines and the mysterious symbols that appeared again, they formed a dome that covered the three treants.

“I’ll break it!” Chen Yiming shouted and used the ability that giants were born with.

The clouds in the sky began to spin. The domain formed by the invisible force covered both sides. The mysterious symbols on the dome actually showed signs of instability.

However, it was too late. They could only take the attack head-on.

“Boom!”

A terrifying collision occurred on the spot, and it was as if a nuclear explosion had occurred. Flames soared into the sky, and waves of air surged as a shock wave spread out in all directions.

In the sky, the symbols sealing off the spiritual figure suddenly disappeared. All the vines seemed to have lost their vitality and fell to the ground.

A huge pit more than 10 kilometers wide appeared on the ground.

The spiritual figure knew that its main body would not die, so it floated quietly in the air and waited for the smoke and dust to settle down.

A few minutes later.

“Cough, cough!”

Chen Yiming coughed out a mouthful of blood. His throat finally felt better.

There were bloody holes all over his 100-meter-tall body. Most of his bones were broken, and his internal organs were severely injured.

However, despite his seemingly terrifying injuries, his flesh was already growing back. It would not be long before he completely recovered.

“The other party is too tough. It hurts!” Chen Yiming cursed as he clutched his chest.

The first time he had used the giant descending from the sky as an attack, the ground on the blue planet was as soft as a beach. But this time, the dome enhanced by the mysterious symbols was countless times harder.

After confirming that his body was fine, he started to look around. He saw burning wood everywhere.

“Could the three huge treants be killed in one strike?”

His head was still buzzing as he tried his best to recall what had happened. He seemed to have heard a cracking sound during the collision, and then his body hit the treants.

Chen Yiming communicated with the figure in his mind: Where are the treants?

The figure in his mind: They were destroyed.

Hearing this, Chen Yiming felt relieved. The reason why he wasn’t sure was because he was stunned by the collision. He only stood up after recovering for a few minutes.

In the end, he had won.