The early-morning air was slightly cool. In the heart of "Yada Ancient City," a giant tree a thousand meters tall towered into the sky. This was the World Tree.
Back when the Treeborn World was still in its Dark Age, World Trees could be found everywhere. This colossal tree, a thousand meters tall and over eighty meters in diameter, was one of the world's two original symbols: the tree and the darkness.
After the Yadas used the Light Secret Art to dispel the darkness, nearly all the World Trees collapsed. Only three remained. One stood in "Yada Ancient City," the center of this world, while the other two stood in the Extreme South and the Extreme North.
On the ruins of an ancient building, Su Xiao looked up at the giant tree in the distance. He had visited many worlds, but trees a thousand meters tall were still exceedingly rare. What was more, this giant tree was still alive, its canopy blotting out the sky and sun with its dark green leaves.
Surrounding the World Tree was a vast empty zone amid the buildings. Neat wheatgrass grew here, so smooth it looked as if it had been carefully tended. The terrain was circular, and the area was roughly the size of several football fields combined.
This place, which could be called a natural wonder, was completely deserted at the moment. With only ten minutes left before the supply crates were deployed, those who had come to compete for them were hiding in the surrounding ruins, observing the situation.
Rank Eight contractors did not act recklessly. Even when they possessed the strength, they proceeded cautiously. After seeing so many people overturn in the gutter, no one wanted to become the next victim.
Su Xiao, Wood, Ona, Bubu Wang, and Baja were