Chapter 159: The Last Stage (2)
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
He immediately felt the message transmitted from the huge tree.
According to the message sent by the giant tree, the giant tree provided three choices for the formation of the fruit.
One was to challenge the tree puppet.
One was to comprehend a certain profundity of the giant tree.
The other was to temporarily become a part of the giant tree and provide nutrients for the formation of the fruit.
Cheng Tianhao immediately told everyone about the three choices provided by the giant tree. Apart from these three choices, they could also choose to form fruits in their own way.
However, compared to these three choices, it was difficult for the fruit formed by other methods to achieve the effect of these three choices in terms of power. Obviously, the fruit formed by these three choices was the most powerful fruit.
“If we challenge the tree puppet with our strength, even if we can kill it, we will most likely be injured. This will be disadvantageous to our future actions. We can prioritize excluding it.
“On the other hand, comprehending the mysteries of the giant tree requires too much time, and we might not be able to succeed. If we spend too much time here, by the time we reach the last core area, the other teams might have already completed the competition, so this is eliminated.
“In my opinion, among these three choices, the only one that is desirable is to temporarily become a part of the giant tree.” Cheng Tianhao analyzed and said.
Everyone nodded in agreement. Indeed, among these three choices, temporarily becoming a part of the giant tree was the most suitable choice.
“But,” Cheng Tianhao looked at Xiao Shi. “We might have to rely on Brother Nie for this round again.”
He told everyone. Once he chose to temporarily become a part of the giant tree, he would be corroded by a large amount of aura. Moreover, this corrosion would be even higher than killing many tree spirits.
Those among them who could shoulder this heavy responsibility was only Xiao Shi.
Xiao Shi was not too surprised by this. If it was just based on his role in the first round, it was definitely not enough to make Cheng Tianhao take out an important item like the Shadow Seed. Apart from the first round, there were other things that needed him.
The current stage was it.
Xiao Shi nodded in agreement. Anyway, it would not affect him much.
Cheng Tianhao was extremely grateful. He knew very well that Xiao Shi’s role in this round would be even greater than his role in the first round. After all, with the corrosion of the giant tree’s aura, no one could afford it. He believed that if the other teams faced the same stage, they could only choose the first two out of these three choices.
The first two categories undoubtedly caused a lot of trouble for these teams.
In comparison, they had a greater advantage here.
Immediately, as Xiao Shi chose to become a part of the giant tree, his body began to turn to wood. It was as if he had become a wooden man. The fruits on the huge tree immediately began to grow after Xiao Shi turned into a wooden man.
During this process, the corrosion of Xiao Shi’s aura deepened. With the extent of the corrosion of this aura, they were extremely shocked when they felt it. They increasingly realized Xiao Shi’s importance in their team.
Xiao Shi maintained his woodification state for about two hours. It was not until the fruit on the huge tree finished growing that he also returned to normal from his wood form.
In order to make his disguise flawless, Xiao Shi deliberately let his aura fluctuate from the late-stage Qi Martial realm to the mid-stage Qi Martial realm. After all, under normal circumstances, if an ordinary person was corroded by such an aura, their cultivation would definitely drop. If his cultivation did not change after being corroded by such an aura, it would be too fake.
To Xiao Shi, some disguises are necessary.
Although with his current situation, passing these checkpoints was extremely simple and not difficult at all, he needed to understand his authority in the giant tree through these checkpoints.
As he obtained the fruit, Cheng Tianhao also announced the use of the fruit to everyone.
This fruit was a tribute. After arriving at the final core area, he could offer this tribute and obtain the enhancement of powerful strength. If they had used Qi Force to create this fruit, This fruit was only a secondary tribute. There would not be much enhancement that he could obtain from offerings. The tribute formed now could obtain a greater degree of enhancement.
“Tribute?” Xiao Shi was deep in thought.
With his authority, he shouldn’t need tributes to obtain the enhancement he wanted.
After that, they entered the entrance to the next stage. The scene in front of them was suddenly different from the previous stage. They appeared on an extremely wide road. This was a straight path. It led to an extremely far place ahead.
Although this path was very long, they could see the end of this path at a glance. Because at the end of this path was a huge tree that covered the sky. This allowed them to clearly see the huge tree at the end of the path even from afar.
Not only that, from this huge tree, they all felt a vast and mighty aura.
This made them understand that the huge tree at the end of the path was the final destination! It was also the place where they fought for the ancient tree crystal. Whoever arrived there first would be able to seize the initiative.
Not far from Xiao Shi and the others, another team had appeared with a flash of light. It was the team led by the young girl, Lin Ying.
At this moment, they had also appeared.
“We won’t be the only team in this round. Other teams will also come!” Cheng Tianhao quickly grasped the rules of this level.
Compared to the previous stages, this stage was different from the previous four stages. There would no longer be anything important after clearing this stage. It was no longer an independent checkpoint for each team as well. It would be a stage where all teams competed together.
The rules were very simple. It was to see who would reach the end of the road and enter the core area first after the road opened.
Based on past experience, the first person to enter the core area would have the highest chance of obtaining the ancient tree crystal. This also led to the competition in this round. Basically, it was directly related to the final success or failure.
“It’s a pity that we can’t set off immediately!” Cheng Tianhao felt very regretful.
Now, there was a barrier in front of them. This barrier prevented them from traveling for the time being. He had to wait for the barrier to dissipate before he could set off. The entire barrier would still exist for ten minutes.
In other words, if the other teams could reach this stage in ten minutes, they could set off at the same time. If they did not reach this stage in ten minutes, they would definitely fall behind the other teams.
Of course, the teams that arrived first would also have some advantages. There were many special auras gathered here. As time passed, these special auras continuously condensed into everyone’s bodies, allowing them to move faster.
Which meant, as long as Cheng Tianhao and the others stayed here for ten minutes, their speed would increase a lot, so they would naturally be faster than the other teams.
Of course, they also knew the key to this stage was not speed, but the battle between the teams. In order to prevent the other teams from reaching the core area first, this path would definitely be a bloody path filled with killing.
Cheng Tianhao and Lin Ying, who were not far away, exchanged glances. Flames burned in both parties’ eyes.
Xiao Shi stared at the huge tree at the end of the road ahead. At this point, the call from the ancient tree became even stronger. It seemed to be urging him to rush to the core area ahead as soon as possible. This also made Xiao Shi realize that this was the last stage. “1 guess I’ll have to kill these warriors to get more crystals and mystery items.”
Xiao Shi looked at Lin Ying’s team. Originally, he wanted to kill more in these checkpoints to obtain more ancient tree crystals and the mystery items that were even more precious than them.
In the end, there was no chance to kill during these checkpoints.
Then, he could only gain by killing these martial artists on the next path..