Ghost Willow Descends

The world lay in darkness, as though the apocalypse had come.

Outside Ascending Dragon Imperial City, a vast black vortex turned slowly, swallowing all light.

At its center, a suffocating surge of energy churned so violently that the entire imperial city trembled.

Before long, the enormous figure within the vortex took shape.

It was a tree.

An indescribably huge tree, more than five hundred meters tall—several times the height of Ascending Dragon Imperial City's tallest building. Its trunk was as thick as a mountain, its surface covered in twisted patterns like countless black pythons coiled together.

Most chilling of all, more than a dozen enormous eyes grew from the giant willow's trunk!

They varied in size and shape. Some resembled human eyes, others the slit pupils of beasts, and still others the compound eyes of insects... But every one of them wept black blood and gave off an eerie, evil, nauseating aura.

"Wh-what is that monster?" Even Water God's voice shook.

He had inherited the Hung King's Legacy and wore the complete Hung King's Set. In Southern Yue, he could go wherever he pleased.

Yet before this uncanny giant willow, he felt like a tiny ant that could be crushed at any moment.

"I don't know..." Mirror's voice trembled too. She gripped her staff tightly, ready to take everyone and flee at a moment's notice.

Before they came, the guild leader had warned her again and again: if they encountered something they couldn't handle, they were to run. She had to bring everyone back unharmed.

Season Star and Song Ling were pale as well. Both were battle-hardened, yet under that terrifying pressure, even moving a finger felt difficult.

"This is beyond Saint Domain-grade. It may even surpass a Demigod..." Season Star forced out the words. "I'm afraid this is... a