I Long to Live

While the Players compared Tree Venerable's and Demon Ape Venerable's combat strength, Tree Venerable had already crossed the Space Passage and arrived in the Hell Path World.

Since he did not know the coordinates of Hell Path — Second Realm and had no Player teleportation array, he wandered through the Hell Path World, searching for a way to reach the Second Realm.

After some exploration, he roughly grasped the structure of Hell Path's eighteen realms and finally tore through space to arrive in the Second Realm.

The instant Tree Venerable appeared, Demon Ape Venerable, who had been cultivating, sensed the sudden surge of immense life force.

His gaze turned westward as he judged the precise location of that aura.

In his senses, the immense life force rapidly approached from the west. When Demon Ape Venerable opened his eyes, he found a stooped old man hovering before him, frail enough to seem as though a gust of wind could knock him over.

"Who are you, and what do you want with me?" Demon Ape Venerable asked with a grin, showing no panic whatsoever.

"I come from the Central Sea Region of Yellow Springs. Outsiders call me Tree Venerable," Tree Venerable replied calmly, neither pleased nor sorrowful.

"You're from the Yellow Springs Merchant Guild... Looks like you've come to avenge that swordsman, haven't you?" Upon hearing that Tree Venerable came from the Central Sea Region of Yellow Springs, Demon Ape Venerable suddenly thought of the Ancient God he had killed.

Tree Venerable did not answer. Instead, he looked at Demon Ape Venerable and said:

"Would you be willing to spar with me?"

"Since you want to die too, I'll grant your wish!" Demon Ape Venerable replied with a savage grin.

In his eyes, Tree Venerable had come seeking revenge, so there was