Chapter 117 K’Su-yeh

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Swish!

K’Su-yeh seemed to turn into a phantom, instantly dodging a blast of magic energy from his opponent. He wasn't worried about Hela's situation nearby.

Hela's tier hadn't reached the peak Super-A Grade, but in the eyes of many Super-A Grades, including K’Su-yeh, she was one of the most troublesome. Not only could she shorten lifespans, but she also had a bonded healer. She was practically an unkillable cockroach, and even if others were stronger, no one wanted to provoke Hela.

K’Su-yeh refocused his attention on his opponent, his eyes narrowing slightly. Invisible psionic power, like thousands of needles, launched a high-level mental blast, but it seemed to hit a solid barrier. Most of its power was deflected by the opponent's mental defense spells, turning into a chaotic ripple of mental disturbance that spread around, immediately triggering the mental defense barriers of a large number of battleships. The mental barriers of the surrounding battleships were shattered by the aftershock.

The opponent wasn't to be outdone. With a surge of energy, magic arrays appeared, coalescing into a spherical shell. All sorts of unique spells poured out, dazzling and colorful. The dense tide of spells chased after K’Su-yeh in a bombardment, a magic artillery style focused on firepower coverage.

"Such smooth mana connection, no flaws..."

K’Su-yeh's cells were activated, his eyes glowing brightly as he fought and observed his opponent.

Although he wasn't a magic-type Esper, he was knowledgeable. He could tell at a glance that his opponent had extremely rich combat experience and was an extremely powerful mage. The coordination between spells came naturally, smooth and seamless, giving him the impression of being both offensive and defensive, a perfect whole.

Moreover, the World Tree connection provided extremely high boosts to mental energy. Unless one had overwhelming strength, a psychic was at a disadvantage against a World Tree powerhouse, especially in battles between equals. K’Su-yeh noticed that his opponent's mental barrier was extremely thick, and each mental attack was difficult to penetrate, as if it were indestructible.

"This guy seems to be a high-level Ancestral Spirit..."

K’Su-yeh adjusted his vision, clearly seeing a mark on the opponent's forehead.

Black Star had explained the composition of the World Tree powerhouse group to help them distinguish them. Ancestral Spirits had a distinctive feature in appearance, which was a special mark that made them easy to identify.

Currently, he was fighting a member of the World Tree's Thirteen Ancestral Spirits, ranked second, whose strength was quite high among the World Tree, not much worse than a Three or Four-Leaf Executor.

Just as K’Su-yeh was observing, the Second Ancestral Spirit suddenly spoke:

"I recognize you. You're the one who killed Manny."

"Manny?"

Hearing this unfamiliar name, K’Su-yeh's eyes flashed. He immediately realized that it was the Holy Tree Envoy who had been killed by him some time ago.

The Second Ancestral Spirit said calmly, "I like strong enemies. You are a worthy opponent. I hope you can make this enjoyable."

"..."

K’Su-yeh raised an eyebrow.

We're fighting to the death, why are we suddenly chatting?

He glanced at the Super-A Grade's temporary team chat channel and found that most people had been engaged in conversation by World Tree powerhouses, seemingly deliberately.

After a moment's thought, K’Su-yeh understood somewhat.

'The mentality of the World Tree powerhouses is different from ours. They know they won't really die, so they're fearless and relaxed. We, on the other hand, are facing a formidable enemy, our nerves are stretched tight, so they're taking the initiative to talk, probably as a form of psychological warfare, trying to affect our mindset… On the other hand, perhaps they're trying to deepen the information entanglement and collect intelligence. Why not? It's better not to answer.'

K’Su-yeh's mind raced, dispelling the thought of responding. After leaving a message in the chat channel, "Don't answer," he focused on dealing with the Second Ancestral Spirit, with psionic power and magic flying everywhere in a dazzling exchange.

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A Star Realm Spirit Dragon soared through the battlefield, its dragon eyes like burning crimson-gold flames. Its massive, battleship-like body was extremely conspicuous. With each flap of its wings, countless Draconic Language spells were released, creating waves of magic power. Layer upon layer of defensive arrays covered its body, making it appear heroic and extraordinary. It was none other than Dragon Emperor Milizaus.

At this time, a Legion Commander was entangled with him. A relatively small gray meteor was flying around the old dragon, constantly launching attacks. He was wearing heavy armor, and his hands were constantly transforming into various special firearms. He single-handedly unleashed a torrential rain of bullets. He was a relatively rare Gunner.

The World Tree's military department was responsible for external conquests. The Legion Commander meant "chief combat force of the military." Only the best of the Super-A Grades in the military could obtain such a title.

Each Legion Commander had their own prefix code, usually depending on the regiment number. The Legion Commander fighting the old dragon belonged to a World Tree group army named "Darklight," so he was called the Darklight Legion Commander.

The two fought to a stalemate, evenly matched, but because the old dragon's size was too conspicuous, it became a target, attracting the firepower of most of the surrounding battleships.

Even when World Tree powerhouses who were fighting other Super-A Grades passed by, they would casually throw a few skills at the old dragon—after all, the target was so big, the hit rate was extremely high, so why not attack?

Because of this, Milizaus suffered too much extra damage. The injuries on his body continued to accumulate, large patches of dragon scales were torn off, flesh and blood were turned out, and blood sprinkled the sky. His situation was becoming increasingly dire.

Everyone was showing off, only the old dragon was being beaten.

Bang! A concentrated beam of light shot out from the Darklight Legion Commander's gun muzzle, pierced through the defense arrays that were covered in cracks, and hit the old dragon's back, blasting apart a large area of scales and flesh, adding a new wound to him.

"This is the first time I've seen a creature like you. I wonder what your flesh tastes like." The Darklight Legion Commander fired his cannon while chattering trash talk.

Milizaus felt a sharp pain in his back, and with a flick of his dragon head, he opened his bloody mouth and let out an angry roar. The sound waves condensed from magic power vibrated out, directly hitting the Darklight Legion Commander and knocking him away.

However, the old dragon did not take advantage of the situation to pursue. Instead, he performed a spiral maneuver, flipping his dragon body vertically. A large number of magic patterns suddenly lit up on his body surface. The next moment, he suddenly disappeared from the spot, teleporting to a battlefield not far away—a melee involving more than a dozen people was taking place here, and he had set his sights on a Holy Tree Envoy who was seriously injured and was trying to retreat under the cover of his companions.

Milizaus teleported behind this Holy Tree Envoy. Before the other party could turn around and make a hasty defense, he suddenly opened his mouth and spewed out a breath of dragon breath that had been blessed by Draconic Language magic, like shattered jade. The substantial crimson-gold flames surged out and instantly engulfed the target.

In just a moment, the Holy Tree Envoy's body melted, quickly turning into a pile of ashes in the struggle, fluttering and scattering until it disappeared.

Not long after the battle began, the first casualty was born!

"Die!"

After taking first blood, Milizaus suddenly felt a wave of relief and was in high spirits, fully displaying the essence of a head-hunting dog.

But he didn't feel happy for long before he was beaten again. Several World Tree powerhouses around him turned their heads without saying a word and bombarded Milizaus, blasting apart large swaths of dragon scales and flesh, with his vitality rapidly draining away.

At the same time, the Darklight Legion Commander also arrived, switching to a Universe Treasure-level firearm to remotely unleash firepower. Powerful beams of light bombarded the old dragon, blasting open clusters of fireworks, and even shattered one of Milizaus's dragon eyes, spraying out hot blood.

The surrounding battleships also turned their guns and focused their fire on Milizaus. He had taken first blood, but he was immediately targeted and fell into a dangerous situation, suffering heavy injuries.

"Kill him!"

The Darklight Legion Commander saw the opportunity and was preparing to try to kill his opponent in one go.

But at this moment, an unexpected change occurred.

Swish!

A dazzling white-gold light suddenly shot out from behind the three great civilizations' fleet, as if passing through the chaotic battlefield, accurately landing on Milizaus's body.

A vast amount of life energy poured in, and the old dragon's battered body immediately began to repair itself. In just a few blinks of an eye, the heavily injured dragon body had recovered for the most part, regaining its vigor. His dragon tail swung excitedly, mischievously shattering several World Tree battleships.

This scene immediately attracted the attention of many World Tree powerhouses, and their expressions changed slightly.

"A healing-type ability?!"

Having fought in the universe for many years, World Tree powerhouses were knowledgeable and experienced. Healing-type Espers were not uncommon, but those who could reach the Super-A Grade level were rare. After all, healing-type abilities were functional and not suitable for combat, and their ability potential was mostly not high, making training and sublimation extremely difficult.

However, not only did this opposing civilization have a healing-type Esper, but the healing effect was unbelievably strong. It could restore a peak Super-A Grade life form in two or three strokes. It was no exaggeration to say that this was the strongest healing-type Esper they had ever seen!

"I didn't expect this prey to have such a trump card."

Many World Tree powerhouses' expressions changed, and they immediately realized the situation was not good.

If they didn't get rid of this healing-type Esper, the battle losses would likely become extremely disparate, then this pawn exchange operation would be greatly reduced!

"We must kill him first!"

Some World Tree powerhouses quickly completed an exchange in the mental network and immediately abandoned their current opponents, gathered together, and rushed towards the source of the life energy. Although it was behind the three great civilizations' fleet, they had no choice but to face the difficulties.

This was actually the same as the players' tactics… After all, who wouldn't cut the healer first in a team fight!

But at this moment, several streams of light suddenly shot out from the fleet, fearlessly meeting this group of attackers who had a numerical advantage. The two sides collided violently.

A flash of light, and a violent explosion spread out. The momentum of this group of World Tree powerhouses' advance was immediately curbed.

A group of World Tree powerhouses looked up and saw five Super-A Grade life forms with shining light all over their bodies blocking their path, not giving an inch.

"There's still a group of people hidden?!"

Seeing this scene, many World Tree powerhouses were quite surprised. They had thought that all of the opponent's high-level combat power had been invested in the battlefield.

These five people looked at the numerous World Tree powerhouses, not only were they not nervous, but they were eager to try. They were the five Underworld Heroic Spirit Kings.

Sorokin and the other three Heroic Spirit Kings did not appear. Aurora only sent five people, and the leading Heroic Spirit King was Leija, who was currently ranked second in strength.

"Hey, it's finally time to come out and play."

Leija stretched his shoulders and, without saying a word, led the other four Heroic Spirit Kings to take the initiative to charge, setting off a new round of melee.

Even if other Super-A Grades knew of the existence of the Sanctuary Revival, they did not want to easily sacrifice themselves. In comparison, the Underworld Heroic Spirits were truly fearless and reckless.

On the other side, on the three great civilizations' command flagship.

Simon looked at the scenes of Black Star, Hela, and the Underworld Heroic Spirits fighting, then turned his head to glance at the calm Aurora and couldn't help shaking his head, sincerely sighing to himself:

"Those who come out of Aquamarine… are all a bunch of monsters."

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Clang!

The Mechanical Deity and the Town Tree King collided once again, separating as soon as they touched, bursting out fierce shock waves.

"This outlander's skills seem to be even more powerful than the last time we met…"

The Town Tree King moved his slightly aching fingers, beneath his indifferent appearance was a surging heart.

Although the two sides could not be separated for the time being, after this series of exchanges, he felt a long-lost pressure from Black Star. He had only experienced this kind of unmatched power in one person, and that person was the unfathomable Ancestor Tree King.

He didn't expect that the target civilization they had chosen this time would actually possess this level of high-level combat power. They had run into a tough nut to crack!

Although he didn't want to admit it in his heart, he had to face reality. Relying on himself alone, he was probably unable to take down this amazingly skilled outlander.

The Town Tree King quickly scanned the battlefield. In the mental network, the voices of six or seven companions had already fallen silent, representing that they had died in battle.

And with the help of that healing-type Esper, the enemy had not suffered a single casualty!

If this trend continued, wouldn't they be wiped out by the other side without taking any damage?

How could that be allowed!

"Can't wait any longer!"

The Town Tree King's eyes sank, and seeing that the situation was not good, he immediately made a change.

Swish!

The Town Tree King suddenly withdrew and retreated swiftly, his palms abruptly covering his head and face, opening his mouth wide as if letting out a painful roar.

The next moment, his whole body glowed with an extremely dazzling green light, as if he had unleashed the World Tree energy within his body. Endless green light poured out from his body.

Then, with a bang, an irresistible pressure burst out with him as the center, as if an existence of a higher level had descended on the spot!

Green light spots quickly condensed, turning into semi-transparent light-green World Tree roots. At first, they were only like many small snakes, suspended around the Town Tree King, but these roots quickly grew in size, soon swelling up, whipping and lashing out wildly on the battlefield!

The Town Tree King's appearance also changed, and his entire state was different. His body had become a material like the World Tree roots, with green World Tree power flowing through it in a semi-transparent state, as if he had undergone a transformation.

A powerful aura swept over him, like a suffocating gale!

Just now, the Town Tree King mainly relied on his own combat power to fight, but at this moment, he began to greatly borrow the power of the World Tree—this was the World Tree ability that could only be activated by the Tree King-level connection, and it was also the reason why a Tree King was a Tree King.

All of this happened in an instant. During the Town Tree King's transformation, Black Star had not stopped his ranged firepower, but it was all blocked by the wildly dancing World Tree roots.

"Oh? Unleashing a big move?"

Black Star narrowed his eyes.

He was no stranger to this transformation. This was the Tree King's unique authority, turning the body into a branch of the World Tree, like a temporary base station.

In his previous life, whenever a Tree King activated this form, it was a sign that they were about to unleash a great massacre.

The most terrifying thing was not the increase in one's own strength from this transformation, but the fact that the body was transformed into a branch of the World Tree, which could bring about a camp-exclusive buff aura with an extremely wide range, causing the combat power of all World Tree members on the battlefield to rise across the board!

This was the Tree King's war form!