Bullying Xiao Zao

After Thor and Keli left Kaositer, the people from the Judgment Court sealed off the entire Outer City.

The Inverted Tree, which had once killed many people, was completely sealed off.

The roots of the Inverted Tree inside Baidong Academy had turned the part aboveground into a giant hemisphere, completely cut off from the outside world.

The people of Kaositer didn't touch the Inverted Tree.

They had already accepted that the Inverted Tree belonged to Thor. Even though he had left, they wouldn't touch it, and they even forbade anyone else from going near it.

This also made things easier for Shaya, who could now focus on recovering.

On the evening of the second day after Thor left Kaositer, another survivor emerged from the Inner City, which had been silent all day.

Wilde's head was wrapped in thick bandages. The gray in his beard had turned black, and he looked much more energetic.

Bethana hadn't actually killed him just now. She had only sucked out his soul and used him to intercept Shaya in the Tree Heart Space.

Although the interception had failed, the Elf Spring Water Shaya produced had unexpectedly healed the hidden injuries the Half-Elf had left on Wilde.

Wilde had been unable to continue studying Witchcraft because of his injuries. He had been forced to seek other ways to open the door within him, hoping that advancing to Third Rank would purge the Corruption left by the Half-Elf.

He hadn't expected to resolve the hidden problem in his body by accident.

Now the method Beth had promised to open the door didn't seem so important.

Besides, he could tell Beth wasn't in good shape either, so he had slipped out of the Tree Heart Space while the two of them were entangled.

Shadu, stationed in the Outer