CHAPTER 31: CHAPTER 31: THE UNUSUAL DEFORMED TREE

"It’s over!!"

Inside the Cloud City Shelter, when Chu Mengxi saw that Gu Qijue remained undefeated, and... had heard that Mu Qingxue’s shelter had already been taken by Gu Qijue.

At this moment, she sat on the sofa, her eyes vacant.

Why did I betray?

Why wasn’t I more resolute?

He had already spared me and my family once.

Why do I still seek death?

Chu Mengxi’s face looked ashen, full of regret.

She really didn’t expect, stepping here would lead to a chasm.

"Dad, Mom, Sister, I’m sorry, it’s my fault!"

Chu Mengxi wept in pain, she really didn’t anticipate such an outcome.

Not only had she faltered.

Within the Cloud City Shelter, many Super Martial Artists, through the Empire’s public broadcast, seeing Gu Qijue’s power, also faltered, wanting to follow Gu Qijue.

Chu Yuan, despite his strength, was nowhere near them.

Now, all of Cloud City Shelter’s Super Martial Artists were watching via satellite broadcast, observing the gradually emerging Deformed Tree in the city center.

Such broadcasts, fearing panic, were only open to Super Martial Artists, survivors had no right to watch.

Today’s Deformed Tree was different from yesterday’s, the tree body, branches with fan-sized leaves all appeared grayish-green.

Roaring forth from the underground, in a few short minutes it grew to a hundred meters, and was still growing crazily.

Roots covering an unknown expanse of the earth.

A bizarre fragrance, slowly spread out.

Mutated creatures that smelled this scent madly rushed towards the Deformed Tree.

Yunjiang, about fifty kilometers from the city center.

When the aroma rolled over this otherwise calm river and sea.

Rumble——

The once calm Yunjiang suddenly boiled.

Between the rumbling, groups of gigantic monsters leaped out of the water.

Then surged toward the land in droves.

Crackle!

An eel over ten feet long, covered with rampant electricity, broke the water, then transformed into a half-human form, moved swiftly towards the source of the aroma on land.

The entire Cloud City, today, only one Deformed Tree emerged.

That was the one in the city center.

Growing extremely fast, just a few minutes, it had reached five hundred meters high, branches covering wildly.

Yet growing into such a gigantic object, it had not stopped growing.

The earth roared continuously, from all directions, countless mutant creatures drooled as they converged here.

The aroma spread very quickly, now it had extended fifty kilometers, and still spread at an incredibly terrifying speed.

From a God’s perspective, every monster in Cloud City that smelled the aroma was converging towards the still-growing giant tree.

The city center was like a vortex attracting monsters.

Where the aroma reached, no mutant creature could resist.

Swarm of mice, swarm of ants, swarm of bugs... covered the sky and earth.

On the edge of Yunjiang, an old turtle performing divination with its shell spun skillfully.

"Oh dear, great danger ahead, flee!!"

After divining, its complexion changed, with a plop it submerged and moved away quickly.

Endless mutant monsters moved towards the Deformed Tree, while it took the opposite route and fled.

During this day’s dawn, not only Cloud City, but almost every city in the Hidden Dragon Empire had such a terrifying scene.

Conversely, other empires on Star Blue Continent didn’t have such upheaval, and the Deformed Trees that grew seemed normal, none as dramatic as in the Hidden Dragon Empire.

"God! What’s going on?"

Five kilometers from the center of the city’s Deformed Tree, on the roof of a high-rise.

Gu Qijue stood watching with three hundred sixty-eight Super Martial Artists.

All watched the ominous flocks of flying mutant birds and bugs in the sky, swarms of mice and ants running on the ground, as chills ran down their spines.

All kinds of roars echoed through the land.

Every building and skyscraper was crawling with various mutant creatures.

Looking around, it was all monsters.

If Gu Qijue weren’t present, even this skyscraper would be swarmed by mutant creatures.

"Gasp! That Deformed Tree is about to grow to a kilometer, and it hasn’t stopped, what is happening?"

"Terrifying! How much Mutated Fruit can this produce?"

Everyone’s eyes showed fear, frequently gasping.

Gu Qijue frowned slightly.

In his past life, he didn’t recall any event like this.

Though he was at the very bottom then, treated as a beast of burden.

But if there was such a big commotion, it would surely have been known.

But, what is happening now?

And the gray-green Deformed Tree growing now gave him a sense of unease.

Amidst endless monster swarms, there were many of Alien Species Level, Evil Seed Level, even ordinary Disaster Level Bird Emperor and Insect Emperor.

Within a kilometer of the Deformed Tree, various flying creatures circled above, endless earth creatures gathered below, the distance stretched beyond the eye could see.

Even deceitful mutant creatures that liked hiding in darkness appeared, drooling as they watched the Deformed Tree.

"This scent is too alluring to us..."

Behind Gu Qijue, the eight deceitful mutant creatures, including Deceit, couldn’t resist the temptation of this aroma.

"What kind of fruit will such a towering giant tree produce?"

Even White Fox couldn’t help but be moved, for them, this scent held a fatal attraction.

Gu Qijue, however, remained silent.

His intuition told him.

The Deformed Tree growing today had something tricky, very unusual, giving him a sense of great threat.

Yet to leave just like that, he hadn’t made up his mind.

The Deformed Tree had grown to fifteen hundred meters, almost reaching the lowest clouds.

Its branches covered two to three miles.

Soon after, enormous numbers of sea creatures, numbering millions, surged with a roar.

Roar!!!

To fight for the best position, large scale battles erupted among the mutant creatures.

Roars shook the heavens, the blood of torn apart mutant creatures visibly absorbed into the ground.

As more mutant creatures lay in blood, the Deformed Tree’s growth accelerated.

Gu Qijue observed this phenomenon, his eyes narrowed slightly, saying, "Listen carefully, once this tree bears fruit, we will grab the fruit and leave immediately, no matter what happens, do not look back."

"Yes!"

Seeing his grave expression, everyone nodded seriously, all sensed a major event might occur.

The fragrance in the air grew increasingly rich and spread more quickly.

"Oh dear, this aroma, I’m almost unable to withstand it, but the more attractive it is, the greater the danger!"

In the river, the old turtle fleeing shed drool, but it still resisted the allure, moving away faster, fearing losing sanity and returning.

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