Chapter 2772

After coming to the outer region of the forest, Zi Chen saw tall but withered ancient trees. Apart from a small number of withered leaves, most of the ancient trees had thick trunks and sparse branches.

There was a thick layer of fallen leaves on the ground, and the bottom layer of leaves had already decayed.

This was something that he had never seen before. This was because these ancient trees were all alive and would not have leaves falling.

Not to mention fighting, it would be difficult for these ancient trees to even survive.

"Did they encounter a battle?"

As he continued walking, Zi Chen saw some very short trees that had withered and died before they could even grow.

After coming here, the will of the forest had become so weak that he could not sense it.

He continued to walk and did not encounter any danger. In fact, he wondered if these ancient trees would attack him.

This withered area was dozens of kilometers wide.

Although Zi Chen had some guesses about the situation in the periphery of the forest, and even believed that there shouldn't be too much danger here, he definitely didn't expect the situation to be like this.

Not to mention great danger, there wouldn't even be any ordinary danger.

Fortunately, he had brought many ancient trees with him, or else cultivating would have been a problem.

Shadowless stood beside Zi Chen. Seeing this scene, he also felt incredulous.

"Most of the ancient trees here have lost their life force. Did they encounter an enemy and fight?"

Even he couldn't explain the real reason.

"Even if it's an enemy, they shouldn't just devour life force, right?"

To the existences who came to this place, the vitality of the ancient trees was not very useful. What was truly useful was the Tree Heart. However, looking at these ancient trees, it seemed like none of them had their Tree Hearts taken away. All of them had their vitality greatly reduced.

"Or perhaps there's some kind of creature here that feeds on the ancient trees' life force?"

Shadowless said. This was very likely. After all, they had not seen a single native creature in this world.

A creature that fed on the ancient trees' life force.

Zi Chen braced himself and was once again on guard against his surroundings.

His immense spiritual senses swept out and probed the surroundings, but he didn't find any signs of life.

This world was quiet, so quiet that there was not even a light breeze.

The already weak will of the forest had completely disappeared. Zi Chen flew into the sky and stood above the forest. He saw a large area of withered yellow. Under the sunlight, these withered ancient trees were like a huge golden wave that spread into the distance. It was also boundless.

This discovery caused Zi Chen to feel deeply puzzled. The ancient trees in the entire outer region were all withered and yellow. Could it be that there really was a creature that fed on the vitality of the ancient trees and slowly nibbled away at this forest from the outer region?

This was very likely because this world was full of life and should not only have these ancient trees.

He inadvertently looked back and saw the Ancient Tree King in front of him. It was clear yet blurry, as if it was at the end of his vision, but he could not see it clearly.

Zi Chen knew very well how far the Ancient Tree King's true body was from where he was currently standing. Even if he activated his world and chose to teleport, it would take him a long time to reach it.

Such a long distance had long surpassed the range of what the eyes could see.

He called Shadowless to come up and see what was going on.

Shadowless flashed up and saw the withered ancient trees. He was also surprised.

"Look over there." Zi Chen pointed at the Ancient Tree King.

"What?" Shadowless looked at the direction Zi Chen was pointing at. Other than the endless forest, there was nothing else.

"The Ancient Tree King is in front. Can't you see it?" Zi Chen asked in surprise.

Shadowless looked back at Zi Chen. "Are you serious?"

Ever since Zi Chen met Shadowless, Shadowless could see everything he could see.

However, Zi Chen might not be able to see what Shadowless could see.

Zi Chen nodded. "There's a large green light in front. It looks like the Ancient Tree King we met."

Shadowless shook his head. "I can't see it."

This was indeed the case. The Ancient Tree King was too far away from this place. Under normal circumstances, it was indeed impossible to see it.

However, Zi Chen could see it. It did not mean that his eyesight was good. It only meant that everything was not normal.

The only difference between him and Shadowless was that he had refined those fruits.

The two landed again. Zi Chen frowned. "It's either an illusion or because of the fruits."

Shadowless smiled. "It's obviously the latter. You know very well whether it's an illusion or not."

Zi Chen nodded. He was very sure that what he saw was not an illusion.

Shadowless said, "Actually, there was something suspicious about what happened before.

Why did the will of the forest suddenly disappear?

What did the others discover that led them to go deeper and see the Ancient Tree King?

The Ancient Tree here is very strong. It gave us a lot of trouble when we first met it. As the Ancient Tree King, it should be even more terrifying.

However, it did not display its strength, or rather, it did not display its strength from the beginning, allowing us to obtain a lot of fruits.

Those silent shadows only appeared after we obtained the fruits. Coincidentally, you were able to see the invisible Ancient Tree King after refining the fruits. Does that mean that the Ancient Tree King has some kind of reaction to the energy of its fruits? Is it because of this reaction that those shadows came to us? "

Zi Chen's expression changed when he heard this. "You mean that all of this is a conspiracy?

It's all a conspiracy of the Ancient Tree King? "

"I can't be sure if it's a conspiracy or not, but it's not normal for you to be able to see the Ancient Tree King. Perhaps the Ancient Tree King can sense your existence through the will of the forest."

Shadowless said, "It's very simple to verify this point. Just wait here. If the shadows can chase us here, then it's naturally because you refined the fruits."

Shadowless continued, "Of course, we can't rule out other factors. For example, the disappearance of the will of the forest last time, and the Ancient Tree King did not appear strong at the beginning. Perhaps something happened to it, such as leveling up, or some other reason causing it to be weak.

But no matter what the reason is, the appearance of those shadows should be incited by the Ancient Tree King. "

In order to verify Shadowless's guess, Zi Chen stayed in this area.

He walked forward and was very close to those withered ancient trees. He did not encounter any attacks.

He stopped beside a thick ancient tree. This ancient tree needed more than a dozen people to hug. Although it could not be compared to the Ancient Tree King, it was still much thicker than ordinary ancient trees.

This tree was already on the verge of death. On the bare trunk, there were less than six branches, and on the branches were only a few yellowed leaves.

He had already walked past this place and did not encounter any attacks, so he was extremely safe here. Of course, this did not exclude the possibility of other creatures.

Zi Chen stayed under this ancient tree. Shadowless was on guard. Zi Chen entered the world and continued to refine those fruits.

The fruits could allow him to improve quickly and even allow him to break through, so he had to refine them first.

The broodmother was in the depths of Zi Chen's world. Its size had become extremely large, and its realm had reached level-nine. It was moving toward level-one.

It used to be at the General Level, so there was no bottleneck. Everything just needed to wait for the right conditions to allow it to level up.

Although it would still be at the General Level after leveling up and would not be of any help to Zi Chen now, if it was released to the outside world, it would show its true terrifying side.

As long as it had enough time, it would create a general-level army. Its scale would not be weaker than the general-level broodmother that Zi Chen had taken down last time.

Green light flashed on Zi Chen's clones. It was the remaining energy of the fruits. They were using this energy to comprehend the general-level Saber Intent.

This was the fastest way for Zi Chen to break through. He did not need to work hard to comprehend all kinds of rules. He only needed to comprehend the Saber Intent in the Saber Ancestor's Tablet to promote the transformation of his soul and level up again.

Because he had refined the fruits earlier, he had made some progress in comprehending the general-level Saber Intent. He was not far from fully comprehending it.

Therefore, when Zi Chen returned to his world, he did not try to control the yin and yang energy again. Instead, he went to the Saber Ancestor's Tablet and jointly comprehended the general-level Saber Intent with his clones.

He closed his eyes, and a green light flashed on his body. A general-level Saber Intent appeared in Zi Chen's mind. The general-level Saber Intent was very fast, and it carried an extremely strong power as it shuttled through his Sea of Soul.

Zi Chen's soul could only comprehend it through the aura left behind by the Saber Intent in the beginning because it could not catch up with the Saber Intent at all. Now, his spiritual senses could barely keep up with it and he was constantly perceiving the changes in the Saber Intent.

Although he had already comprehended three Saber Intents, as his realm increased, the difficulty of comprehending the Saber Intent also increased. The further he progressed, the more difficult it would be to comprehend it.

For Shadowless, time passed as he waited. During this time, he did not see any creatures approaching this place, nor did he see any light or shadow.

Zi Chen was still comprehending the general-level Saber Intent. At this time, his spiritual senses could already catch up with the Saber Intent and wrap around it.

Buzz!

The Saber Intent trembled, and a sharp saber light swept past. Zi Chen's spiritual senses were instantly cut off, and a sharp pain came from his mind.

Comprehending the Saber Intent was to constantly hone one's soul. During this period, one's soul would become stronger and stronger, and at some point, it would reach a critical point of transformation.

Shadowless had been waiting nearby for a long time, but he did not see any light or shadow. He also did not guess that the creature he thought was devouring the vitality of the ancient trees.

There was no danger here, so he tried to go deeper to see if there were any abnormalities. As he went deeper, he found that some of the lush ancient trees seemed to have withered at this moment.

He did not see any abnormalities. The vitality of these ancient trees was flowing away on its own, which made Shadowless feel very incredulous.

He continued to move forward and then found traces of humans. Some people had also arrived in the outside world.

This discovery made him immediately retreat. No matter what the purpose of these people was, he had to inform Zi Chen.

As soon as he returned to Zi Chen's world, he saw that new changes were taking place in Zi Chen's world. A pressure that belonged to a fourth-level general was raging in this world.