Unusual Mutation Tree

"It's over!!"

Inside the Yun City shelter, Chu Mengxi slumped onto the sofa, her eyes vacant, as she saw that Gu Qijue was still unrivaled. Moreover... she heard that Mu Qingxue's shelter had already been taken by Gu Qijue.

At this moment, she was completely dejected.

Why did I betray him?

Why wasn't I more steadfast?

He had already spared me and my family once.

Why did I have to court death again?

Chu Mengxi's face was ashen, her heart filled with regret.

She truly never expected that taking this step would lead her to such an abyss.

"Mom, Dad, little sister, I'm sorry, I've brought ruin upon you!"

Chu Mengxi wept in pain, truly not expecting such an outcome.

It wasn't just her who wavered.

Within the Yun City shelter, many Super Martial Artists, watching the public broadcast from the Empire and seeing Gu Qijue's power, also began to waver, wanting to follow him.

Although Chu Yuan was powerful, he wasn't by their side.

Now, all the Super Martial Artists in the Yun City shelter were watching the satellite broadcast of the mutation tree gradually emerging in the city center.

This broadcast, to prevent panic, was only accessible to Super Martial Artists; survivors were not permitted to watch.

Today's mutation tree was different from yesterday's. The leaves on its branches, as large as fans, were all a grayish-green.

It erupted from the ground with a rumble, growing to a hundred meters in just a few minutes, and it was still growing wildly.

Its roots covered an unknown vast area of land.

A strange fragrance slowly wafted out.

Mutated creatures that smelled this fragrance went mad, rushing towards the mutation tree.

Yun River was only about fifty kilometers from the city center.

When that fragrance swept over the calm river and sea, Rumble--

The previously calm Yun River instantly boiled.

With booming sounds, groups and groups of enormous monsters leaped out of the water.

Then, they swarmed towards the land like a dark cloud.

Crack!

A moray eel, over ten zhang long and crackling with lightning, broke through the water. It then transformed into a half-human form, stepped onto land, and quickly headed towards the source of the fragrance.

The entire Yun City had only one mutation tree emerge today.

It was the one in the city center.

It grew incredibly fast, reaching five hundred meters in just a few minutes, its branches spreading wildly.

Yet, even after growing into such a colossal being, it hadn't stopped.

The rumbling sounds from the earth were incessant, and an unknown number of mutated creatures from all directions, drooling, converged here.

The fragrance spread incredibly quickly, now covering a radius of fifty kilometers, and was still expanding at a terrifying speed.

Viewed from a God's-eye perspective, all the monsters in Yun City that caught the scent were converging towards the giant tree that was still growing.

The city center had become a vortex attracting monsters.

Wherever the fragrance reached, no mutated creature could resist.

Swarms of rats, ants, insects... covering the sky and earth.

On the bank of the Yun River, an old turtle that had taken human form used its shell to divine a hexagram.

"Good heavens, great misfortune lies ahead, I'm outta here!!"

After divining the hexagram, its expression changed, and with a splash, it dove into the water and fled.

While endless mutated monsters headed towards the mutation tree, it ran in the opposite direction.

At the dawn of this day, this terrifying scene was not just in Yun City, but in almost all the cities of the Hidden Dragon Empire.

Conversely, other empires on the Star Blue Continent did not experience such unrest. The mutation trees that grew there were normal, without the commotion seen in the Hidden Dragon Empire.

"My god! What in the world is happening?"

In the city center, on the rooftop of a skyscraper five kilometers from where the mutation tree was growing, Gu Qijue and three hundred and sixty-eight Super Martial Artists watched.

Everyone stared at the swarms of mutated birds and insects flying in the sky, and the herds of rats and ants running on the ground, their scalps tingling.

All sorts of roars echoed through the heavens and earth.

Skyscrapers and tall buildings were covered in all sorts of mutated creatures.

Looking out, all that could be seen were monsters.

If Gu Qijue hadn't been here, their skyscraper would also have been overrun by mutated creatures.

"Hiss! That mutation tree is about to reach a thousand meters and it's still growing, what's going on?"

"Terrifying! How many mutation fruits could that possibly grow?"

Everyone's eyes widened in horror, and they gasped repeatedly.

Gu Qijue frowned slightly.

He didn't remember this happening in his past life.

Even though he had been at the very bottom in his past life, treated like cattle.

But if there had been such a massive event, he definitely would have known about it.

So, what was going on now?

This current gray-green mutation tree gave him a sense of unease.

Among the endless hordes of monsters, there were also many Variants, Evil Seeds, and ordinary Calamity-tier Bird Emperors and Insect Emperors.

Within a kilometer of the mutation tree, various flying monsters swarmed in the sky, and terrestrial monsters gathered on the boundless land, stretching for who knew how many kilometers, beyond the reach of the naked eye.

Even the strange creatures, which usually preferred to hide in the darkness, appeared in large numbers, drooling as they looked at the mutation tree.

"This scent is too alluring to us..."

Guilai and the other eight strange creatures behind Gu Qijue also found it difficult to resist the temptation of the scent.

"What kind of fruit could such a colossal tree bear?"

The White Fox also found it hard to hold back; this scent held a fatal attraction for them.

Gu Qijue, however, remained silent.

His intuition told him.

There was something fishy about the mutation tree growing today; it was very unusual and gave him a sense of great threat.

But leaving now was something he couldn't do.

The mutation tree had already grown to fifteen hundred meters, nearing the lowest clouds.

Its branches covered an area of two to three li.

Soon after, a massive number of marine creatures, millions strong, surged forward with a roar.

ROAR!!!

To secure a forward position, a large-scale battle broke out among the mutated creatures.

The roars shook the heavens, and the blood of the torn-apart mutated creatures was visibly absorbed into the ground.

As more and more mutated creatures fell in pools of blood, the mutation tree's growth rate also increased significantly.

Gu Qijue noticed this phenomenon, his eyes narrowing slightly, and he said, "Listen up, once this tree bears fruit, we'll snatch the fruit and leave immediately. No matter what happens, don't look back."

"Yes!"

Seeing his solemn expression, everyone nodded seriously, sensing that something major was about to happen.

The scent wafting through the air grew stronger and spread even faster.

"Good heavens, this scent, I can't resist it anymore, but the more this scent attracts me, the greater the danger ahead!"

In the river, an old turtle that was moving away drooled, but it still forcefully resisted the temptation and accelerated its departure, fearing it would lose control and turn back.