The Way of Slaughter (Part One)

Even with Lu Yuling's Ice Heaven Snow Earth spell slowing them down, Zhuge Xiang would have found it extremely difficult to escape the encirclement formed by over a thousand cultivators. At that critical moment, the Ascending Heaven Divine Tree appeared, its dense, supple vines dancing through the air. Zhuge Xiang knew he had absolutely no chance of escaping. Rather than stay here and be surrounded and killed by the cultivators, he might as well charge into the forbidden Hundred Emperors Pagoda.

Although the forbidden Hundred Emperors Pagoda was notoriously dangerous, and no cultivator who entered had ever come out alive, going inside still offered a thread of possibility. Staying here, however, was plainly a road to certain death.

"Trying to get inside? Get back out here!" The Ascending Heaven Divine Tree traveled through the void and knew something of the Hundred Emperors Tomb that existed within it. Seeing Zhuge Xiang dare to charge into the Hundred Emperors Pagoda when he had nowhere else to turn, it grew anxious. A vine shot inside with the speed of thunder striking before one could cover one's ears, clearly intending to drag Zhuge Xiang back out just after he entered.

"Soaring Dragon Spear!" A dragon's cry rang out. The spear in Wu Zhao's hands transformed into a soaring golden dragon and blocked the crack in the Hundred Emperors Pagoda, helping Zhuge Xiang fend off the sweeping vine of the Ascending Heaven Divine Tree.

Although Wu Zhao was powerful and had even broken through to the Deity Transformation Stage, the Ascending Heaven Divine Tree's cultivation had reached Five-Star. How could she possibly stop it? The surging golden dragon shattered piece by piece amid cries of pain. The Ascending Heaven Divine Tree's vine sent Wu Zhao flying straight through the crack in the Hundred Emperors Pagoda...