Passing the Test

Zhao Xing felt like he had drunk a lot of water, and his whole body was swaying, making him feel like he couldn't walk.

He manipulated the Treant Race like they were straw men, but there is a difference.

"The Giant Elephant Divine Tree Clan? This is yet another God-tier Soldier Type. Divine King Yu Heng is truly incredibly wealthy."

The sloshing of the Spirit Lake water inside the tree trunk was not a good thing, as it greatly affected their movement. However, there was a section of the tree heart inside the Giant Elephant Divine Tree Clan, which was a natural storage space. Zhao Xing pondered how to return the lake water to the tree heart. He had only collected half of it when he saw the black fortress set off again, as if it was no longer waiting for him, who was alone.

Zhao Xing "Body Snatching" this Treant Race and learned a lot of information from the tree-man's true spirit.

Unlike the previously seen Moyi Fortress, Black Castle is also a fusion of many mutated plants, named "Itch God".

However, instead of flying into the sky, it burrowed underground.

The Plant Legion of Divine King Yu Heng possesses various functions. There are no fewer than ten thousand of these Camp Fortress, which can adapt to almost any environment in the universe and fight anywhere.

"We need to catch up quickly." The Camp Fortress operates according to certain rules. The time that the Itch God Fortress stays on the ground is not long. Once the time is up, regardless of whether the troops living inside have returned or not, it will set off.

"Whoosh~" Zhao Xing shrunk the main body of the giant elephant tree, barely transforming it into the shape of a tree person, but the trunk was still a size larger.

It then flew quickly toward the Itch God Fortress. If it stayed away for too long, it would become a "Wild Species" and would be swallowed up by the other legions Itch God Fortress is long and narrow, with many leaves attached to its surface. Its veins are natural Magic Array that form a barrier. However, the barrier is not smooth; some parts are serrated, and some are spiral.

As Zhao Xing approached, the barrier cracked open and actively pulled him back, causing him to land on a square platform.

"~" Deep beneath the platform, fine vines Entanglement around Zhao Xing's ankles.

There were also many tree people nearby, all of whom had taken root. There were about eighty of them, all of whom were at the Divine Soldier Level.

Zhao Xing followed suit and began to release the water from the tree's core into the mother plant of the Itch God Fortress.

"Yi Shui, why did it take so long? I almost missed it." Zhao Xing heard the voice and found that it came from a tree stump next to him, and the tree stump had a withered face on it.

Yi Shui is the name of the tree-man Body Snatching, named after the place where he was born.

"Peng, I've had too much to drink," Zhao Xing replied.

"How stupid," the tree spirit Peng mocked.

Since Peng and Yi Shui were acquainted, Zhao Xing didn't dare to chat much. He then pretended to be tired and remained silent.

The only sound on the platform was the rushing water.

These tree-people are responsible for providing nutrients that the Mother Tree cannot easily access, such as water.

Over the years, the Itch God has evolved to lose some useless functions within the collective, such as water absorption. It's not that it can't absorb water, but it would have to change its form and expose its vulnerable core to do so. It would be better to let the Treant Race, which it depends on, do this.

"Boom!"

Suddenly a loud noise came. Zhao Xing turned his head and saw that the black wall not far away suddenly lit up and formed a vortex, which was the source of the noise.

"Click!"

A second sound came, and two human bodies suddenly appeared in the vortex. However, the divine form could not be maintained for long and turned back into its original form, which was a strangely shaped mushroom, but it was broken into several pieces and was very dry.

Zhao Xing was somewhat surprised, but then he saw Peng beside him excitedly saying, "Tian Ji General won again! He's amazing! He even managed to absorb Moyi General!"

Then a figure with a black torso and a size significantly larger than the other tree beings appeared, receiving cheers and worship from the tree beings on the four-sided platform.

Zhao Xing suddenly realized that the Moyi Tribe was the mushroom tribe he had seen before, the giant elephant tree people living in the Itch God Fortress.

The treant general named Tianji absorbed a Moyi.

"God King Yuheng made the plant army compete and fight each other to complete the evolution." Zhao Xing observed the giant elephant tree god general 'Tianji'.

"The giant elephant treant's Innate Divine Skill focus on defense and control, but this one in front of us has already absorbed the mushroom race's Origin Poison characteristics."

A new divine skill has emerged.

"The plant army is constantly evolving within the Internal World, continuously giving birth to highly powerful combat units."

"Based on Yi Shui's memories, there are at least over a million God-tier Soldier Type. Even if each one is just like Yi Shui, their combined use of legion divine skills would be terrifying. Not to mention the powerful individuals like Tian Ji General."

After traveling underground for three months, Zhao Xing also sorted out the memories of the tree Itch God Fortress he had Body Snatching.

"Tian Ji General carries General's Order."

"To enter the final checkpoint from the east of the Soldier God Domain, the key is to obtain a General's Order. Only with General's Order can one ascend the God King Tower."

"But how am I supposed to kill Tian Ji General?"

Zhao Xing deduced from the panel that General Tianxian was equivalent to the peak of the Human Race's Divine General Peak Stage, but upon actually sensing the divine origin contained within his body, he found it to be even stronger than that of the Divine General Peak Stage of the Human Race's divine generals.

Plant life is inherently difficult to grow and takes even longer, making them dominant among their peers. Moreover, these Plant Soldiers are highly intelligent.

"Without the Dan Shu and divine artifacts, I can only exert the combat power of Mid Divine General. Could Firecracker Bamboo kill Tian Ji General?" Zhao Xing assessed the feasibility.

But ultimately, no good opportunity could be found.

First of all, Firecracker Bamboo might not be able to kill Tian Ji General, because the Giant Elephant Tree God is good at defense, Itch God Fortress itself has extremely high defense. It might not kill Tian Ji General, but instead kill itself.

Secondly, even after receiving the General's Order, he still had to cross this forest, so it was better to stay here and wait for the right opportunity.

Sixty-seven years have passed, Zhao Xing has completely integrated into the Treant Race, skillfully playing his role.

"The Itch God Fortress has been constantly at war, hunting down other Camp Fortress. This Tian Ji General has gained two more divine skills in sixty-seven years. It's incredible."

"I absolutely cannot blow it up."

As time went on, Zhao Xing also saw Tian Ji General make two moves, which were battles that occurred when he encountered other military camps.

In both attacks, the giant elephant tree defeated the other Plant Soldier and achieved victory.

With each victory, it gains another god-level talent.

"Tian Ji General advances further, won't he become a Mother Tree?" Zhao Xing thought of the Myriad Dao Mother Tree Pass.

"Or will it become a fusion monster like a castle?"

With more and more Innate Divine Skill, Tian Ji General's naturalness and essence are not as perfect as when Zhao Xing first met him.

"The Three Thousand Dao Seeds in the Primordial Beginning Realm also fused with many supernatural powers, but such fusion will cause problems after reaching a certain limit."

"Tian Ji General cannot remain at the Divine General Level indefinitely. He will either break through or transform into something like a castle."

Zhao Xing seemed to understand something.

He seemed to be able to sense some of the thoughts of the Divine King Yu Heng.

Thirty-five years later, Zhao Xing saw an opportunity.

That year, the Citadel plundered many resources and launched a major offensive against all the Treant Race.

Pengdu advanced, evolving from the mid-stage of Divine Soldier to the Late Divine Soldier.

As for Zhao Xing, the Treant Race he Body Snatching also advanced, and the power of his innate skills became stronger.

The memories Zhao Xing Body Snatching were incomplete. He didn't know if this feedback had happened before, because there was no such thing in his memory.

"Peng, why does the Mother Tree bestow such great blessings upon us?"

"Yi Shui, because the Overlord Battle is about to begin!" Peng said excitedly.

"All Camp Fortress, once they have grown to a certain size, must rush to the God King Tower and engage in an Overlord Battle."

"Only the overlord can receive the summons and blessings of the supreme god."

"What about those who lost the Overlord Battle?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Failure?" Peng pointed to the ground with a branch. "Failure becomes nourishment for the overlord, serving the main god in another way."

Divine King Yu Heng truly cleansed the consciousness of these plant legions completely.

"This Overlord Battle might be an opportunity," Zhao Xing thought to himself. "If I can survive the chaos, I might be able to obtain a General's Order."

The test in this level is to obtain the General's Order, but the General's Order is in the hands of Plant Soldier like Tian Ji General.

Moreover, the general was under the protection of the Mother Tree, and there were many soldiers around him.

Whether it's a direct confrontation or a mental overpowering attack, it's very difficult to achieve.

"This chaotic battle is the only opportunity," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

With less than two hundred years until the Overlord Battle, Tian Ji General's raids are becoming more and more frequent, and he is constantly hunting down other Plant Soldier.

Zhao Xing rarely went into battle because the tree he Body Snatching was not a combat-type tree being. Yi Shui's talent was mainly used to serve the Mother Tree.

However, he was not idle; he kept studying the Earth Treasury Art and the Life Dao Diagram of Firecracker Bamboo.

Occasionally, they would try to contact Lao Qing through cause and effect to see which level he was in, but there was no response at all.

He deduced that this was the Internal World of Divine King Yu Heng was also Divine Concealment, so normal causal spells would not be effective.

Zhao Xing could only pray that Lao Qing would have good fortune.

He couldn't find anyone, so he didn't know how to rescue them.

One hundred and seventy-three years later, the Itch God Fortress broke through the ground.

As the mud and sand slid down from the barrier, Zhao Xing saw a magnificent tower standing tall on the green grassland ahead.

"It has moved to the core edge of the Soldier God Domain."

Before I could get a good look, the bright sunlight dimmed again.

Zhao Xing looked up and saw that an aerial fortress had moved above the Itch God Fortress, blocking the Solar Yang.

The fortress was a cylindrical structure lying horizontally in the sky, just like a piece of rotten wood flying into the air.

The tree trunk was enormous, and many plants had sprouted on it. Upon closer inspection, Zhao Xing realized it was actually a bamboo forest.

Moreover, it looks like it's hanging upside down, with the bamboo tips pointing towards the ground.

"Buzz~"

The shadows began to distort, and a large amount of light shone down.

Zhao Xing was on high alert because he sensed danger.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

A large number of red beams of light descended, and Zhao Xing was horrified when he saw it clearly.

"Damn, Firecracker Bamboo?"

Inside the dark red pillar of light were bamboo stalks. He immediately deduced that they were Firecracker Bamboo, because he had been burned once before and was very familiar with them.

"We've been ambushed!"

"It's the Ten Thousand Bamboo Army!"

"Protect the Mother Tree!"

"General..."

There are no rules in the Overlord Battle; once you enter this area, it's all about fighting.

It was too late to burrow underground again. Tian Ji General immediately controlled the Mother Tree to curl up into a ball, and vines Entanglement outside the Itch God Fortress, just like a pile of ropes.

At the same time, Zhao Xing found himself Entanglement vines again, and a powerful force descended, draining the tree-man's life force.

He discovered that Peng was also stuck on the platform, while Tian Ji General was at the highest point of the Mother Tree, raising his hands to the sky, revealing his true form. The crown of the giant elephant divine tree rapidly bloomed, and mysterious Dao patterns resonated between the branches and leaves, forming another layer of defense.

The moment it was opened, the explosion began.

"!"

Even though the explosion didn't hit him, Zhao Xing still felt a sharp pain and lost control of the tree-man's body, turning back into his original form.

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang!"

A series of explosions rang out above the Itch God Fortress. Zhao Xing noticed that his treant body was beginning to lose leaves, and the bark was being blown off.

The branches snapped and broke with a crackling sound.

As for Peng, it fared even worse; it was broken in half at a 90-degree angle, and even the heartwood had cracked.

Tian Ji General connected all the giant elephant treants, causing the damage to be spread evenly. Zhao Xing felt the treants' life force rapidly draining away. The advancement he had been given as a reward was all returned in an instant, and he dropped in realm again.

"Pfft meow!"

In the dazzling explosion, a hole was torn in both the barrier and the tree canopy.

"Boom!"

A black pillar suddenly pierced through the platform where Zhao Xing was standing, killing half of the more than 800 Treant Race. The vines Entanglement Zhao Xing's feet were blown apart, and after breaking free of control, he immediately pulled Peng to retreat, but in the end, it was too late, and he only managed to pull out a branch.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the cylinder was actually made of bamboo, albeit in a black color.

"Boom, mouth~"

The expected explosion did not occur; instead, a muffled sound was heard, followed by a ring of exploding energy.

Zhao Xing felt the skin of the treant he Body Snatching wither instantly, and all the leaves fell off.

"Poison, it's poison!"

Zhao Xing stayed in the space of Tree Man Three and soon discovered that poisonous gas was surrounding him like a cloud of mist.

With no other option, he had to abandon the tree-man's body, abandoning all pretense of concealment, and flee the platform.

After escaping the tree-human body three, Zhao Xing immediately used the Cangwu World Method Exhibition World Projection.

"~" The phantom of the Azure Firmament Divine Tree appeared, but it could only maintain a range of less than a thousand meters, and it was constantly being squeezed by the poisonous gas.

"Receive!"

Left with no other option, Zhao Xing had to risk incorporating the poisonous gases into his own body's third world.

However, as soon as these poisonous gases entered his body's third world, they acted like some kind of catalyst.

In the area where the poison gas was stored, spacetime began to decay, matter collapsed, and life ceased—it was actually developing towards Annihilation Period!

"What kind of monster did my Divine King Yu Heng raise?"

Zhao Xing was terrified and immediately summoned the Ke Yang Divine Tree to save its master.

Spacetime was immediately suppressed, and the poison gas ceased to spread.

"Yu~" The Ke Yang Divine Tree burst forth with brilliant light, dispelling part of the poisonous gas and making it much fainter.

The two thoughts were transmitted to Zhao Xing, who realized that the divine tree meant: It's not tasty, take it away quickly.

Zhao Xing dared not inhale the poisonous gas any longer. Braving the Cangwu World Method, he quickly fled the Begging Bamboo area.

Fortunately, only a single Begging Bamboo fell after the barrier was broken. The protection mechanism of the Itch God Fortress was activated, and the platform he was on curled up like a leaf, wrapping the Begging Bamboo layer by layer and isolating it from the spread of the poisonous gas.

Zhao Xing landed on another mother castle platform and found that the smooth and flat fortress was now dilapidated, corroded with many large pits and cracks.

"Boom!"

The world suddenly darkened, Itch God Fortress quickly burrowed into the ground, abandoning the tree people and some branches and leaves, seemingly stripping away a portion of the fusion material, before disappearing deep underground.

After about ten more breaths, the chaotic energy began to subside, and the barrier gradually stabilized.

However, compared to individual households, the mystical power of the Itch God Fortress has been greatly reduced, and its vitality is far inferior to that of individual households.

"I thought the Itch God Fortress and Tian Ji General were really powerful, but I never expected it to end like this."

"We were hit hard as soon as we entered the area of the Overlord's individual battle."

Zhao Xing wanted to use Firecracker Bamboo to find an opportunity in the melee to kill other Plant Soldier and obtain General's Order, but he didn't expect to be hit by a firecracker without saying a word.

"Hmm? I wonder how badly Tian Ji General is injured." Zhao Xing suddenly stopped being angry. Now seemed like the perfect opportunity to seize Tian Ji General.

"Whoosh~"

Zhao Xing is now in human form, a tiny little thing, and he quickly flew to a piece of dead wood.

Just then, an injured giant elephant-like tree-man passed by.

"Boom!"

"Whisper!"

Zhao Xing covered its mouth and dragged it into the shadows.

A short while later, he quickly came out again.

"Swish swish~"

The broken tree-man leaped continuously, rushing towards the very top of the Itch God Fortress.

At this moment, chaos erupted in the three parts of the fortress, with rooted treants healing their wounds everywhere.

Originally, it would have been impossible for a low-level tree-man like Zhao Xing to enter the top area, but now he was able to enter without any hindrance.

"Tian Ji General's alternate body is a giant elephant divine tree at the Divine General Peak Stage. I have absolutely no chance of winning against him; I can't even break through its defenses. But now, I might have a chance."

Tian Ji General is a fusion of too many Plant Soldiers. It is a variant that is autonomously derived and constantly evolving, and it does not change randomly, but always maintains a high level of intelligence.

Facing such an opponent, it would be difficult for Zhao Xing to gain any advantage, but now this is the best opportunity he has been waiting for in more than two hundred years.

Once you leave this place, other Divine General Level troops will be just as difficult to deal with!

"Fortune favors the bold. I'm cautious and careful. With Firecracker Bamboo and the Dan Shu in hand, even if things don't go well, I'll only lose my qualification to pass the test. I shouldn't be in any danger to my life."

Opportunity is presented to you; to waste it would be a disservice to your own good fortune.

Running swiftly, leaping over the high platforms, Zhao Xing soon saw Tian Ji General's true form: a towering tree standing in the center of a silvery-white platform.

There was a shallow layer of water flowing around it, swirling around it. In Divine Mechanism City, Immeasurable True God frowned and opened his eyes.

He discovered a hair that was half gold and half red growing on his arm.

"A mixed bag?"

Since the incident Divine King Zhang Yue, the Immeasurable True God has expanded the scope of the Cause-and-Effect Divine Art.

He was able to perceive Zhao Xing's experience firsthand, rather than trying to make amends afterward.

There was nothing that could be done; Zhao Xing Xingtai was being targeted. He had offended the Heaven Divine King Xi, and that red-haired fellow was still huddled in a corner of the main hall.

He feared that one day Zhao Xing might cause trouble that he couldn't handle, or fall into some dangerous situation, requiring legal intervention. Therefore, he enhanced the effects of the Cause-and-Effect Divine Art.

However, this would take up even more of his energy. Coupled with refining weapons and fighting against Heaven Divine King Xi, almost 60% of the energy of the current Immeasurable True God was devoted to Zhao Xing.

"A tree?" Why is it growing on another tree? Could it be that he entered the place Zhang Yue mentioned? "The Immeasurable True God didn't know about the existence of Divine King Yu Heng, which is the reason why he wanted to strengthen the Cause-and-Effect Divine Art."

Regarding Zhang Yue and Yu Heng, he only knew one aspect, not the whole picture. "The Giant Elephant Divine Tree?" Immeasurable True God's expression turned somewhat solemn. "This is a divine tree that only existed in the Chaos Era. Where has this kid gone?"

"!" The hair suddenly burst into flames, curling upwards. Even Immeasurable True God looked closely, he couldn't see anything clearly.

"Damn Qing Yuzi!!" Immeasurable True God's face was extremely grim. "To give you a closed loop, you've actually put Zhao Xing in unknown danger!"

The Immeasurable True God enhanced the Cause-and-Effect Divine Art, but as he watched, it became impossible to detect, and even this hair burned away.

This shows just how high the status of the place Zhao Xing went to was!

Immeasurable True God didn't blame Zhao Xing for being loyal, he was even more disgusted with Qing Yuzi, believing it was all Qing Yuzi's fault that Zhao Xing was in danger. "What if he had returned safely? What if he had an accident and you're still alive? I'll make sure you suffer unbearable pain!"

Now, there's nothing he can do against Immeasurable True God; he can only wait for Zhao Xing to contact him on his own initiative.

Divine King Yu Heng, embodies the three worlds.

The core area outside the God King Tower is Bian Gong.

A patch of earth slowly rose up, and as the mud and sand fell into it, a pair of black eyes were revealed.

The ground then slowly returned to flat ground, and after a distance, it arched up again. After confirming its direction, it continued to move little by little towards the God King Tower.

"Stay calm, you must stay calm." Zhao Xing moved little by little, even though there were many roots underground, like a large net made of tentacles, and he would be discovered if he was not careful.

"I seized the opportunity and took the General's Order from Tian Ji General. Now, as long as I can get through the battlefield of the Overlord's Battle, I will have successfully passed the test."

Zhao Xing recalled the scene at the Itch God Fortress, where he had successfully searched for Tian Ji General by disguising himself as a giant elephant Treant Race.

The opponent was severely injured in the battle against the overlord, almost cleaved in two.

The General's Order was left aside, and Zhao Xing picked it up almost effortlessly.

On the contrary, crossing the battlefield of the overlord is more dangerous. Since leaving the Itch God Fortress to venture into the battlefield, he has tried Sanya for more than 300 years, all of which have failed. Now he is going to Sanya for the fourth time.

"Move slowly. I'm like an earthworm now, burrowing little by little. I'm too impatient," Zhao Xing thought to himself. "Moving forward only a little bit each day, weaving through the root system, will keep me from attracting attention."

He dared not look around, for he was already caught in the root network of a Divine General Peak Stage plant.

The plant seemed to be resting and didn't notice the ant.

"It's almost over, less than a hundred miles away. Once we cross the Boundary Marker, they won't be able to chase me anymore."

Zhao Xing transformed into a life form like an earthworm, which was the Hou Bian Method he had casually learned from Chu Ji. He slowly began to pupa underground.

Occasionally, the roots would send ripples across the ground, sometimes even cleaving it in two. But once the ripples subsided, it would stop pretending to be dead and begin to slowly burrow in.

For the remaining hundred miles, Zhao Xing climbed step by step.

At one point, he found himself detached from the root network, and the surrounding Earth Vein fluctuations were completely different.

Zhao Xing burst out, his expression suddenly enlightened. It had taken him a full 134 years to cover a hundred miles!

Looking back at the chaotic battlefield and then at the peaceful and serene green grasslands of Hufang, Zhao Xing felt as if he had been transported to another world.

"Finally passed the test."