The surface of every fruit burned with golden flames.
Fang Yun slowly let out a breath. This meant he was approaching the area where the Emperor Spirit Bones were buried, but he did not lower his guard because these thirteen giant trees were extraordinarily powerful—the famed Chainfire Trees of the Tree Realm.
This kind of tree began life alone, but as it continually grew stronger, it drew other Chainfire Trees toward itself and linked them together.
These thirteen Chainfire Trees were already comparable to Fifth Realm Great Demon Kings. If the fruits above them exploded all at once, their power would not be the least bit inferior to an Emperor Realm expert's full-force strike.
Since the Bluefire Fruits of Chainfire Trees fed entirely on Sacred Qi, every Bluefire Fruit on these trees had absorbed at least three hundred years' worth of Sacred Qi. Every fruit was equivalent to converting hundreds or thousands of Sacred Qi Clusters into its own strength.
The explosion of any single Bluefire Fruit would wipe clean the forest within several hundred miles.
Whenever the various races began the Great Tree Hunt, what those below the Emperor Realm feared most was encountering a large number of Chainfire Trees. Once a hundred Chainfire Trees attacked together, even the most powerful Emperor Realm expert would have only enough strength to protect himself, utterly unable to shield anyone else.
Chainfire Trees normally grew only in the Blue-Earth Mountains.
During every Great Tree Hunt, all races would skirt around this place.
Thus, long ago, the Tree Venerable began planning to bury the Spirit Bones of ten Ancient Demon Emperor Realm experts in the Blue-Earth Mountains.
However, as time passed, even if the Demon Barbarians had not discovered the Emperor Spirit Bones, those bones might still have been found by other Fierce