Maxed-Out Wood Attribute Affinity, the Mysterious Ancient Tree Gate, and Her Majesty's Invitation

Inside the Flame-Eating Ants' nest, even with the stamina of all four of them, their arms had grown sore and weak from the slaughter.

The Body Tempering Realm and Acquired Realm Flame-Eating Ants, in particular, were as numerous as hairs on an ox.

Fortunately, numbers were all they had. For Yun Che and the others, a single sword strike killed hundreds or thousands.

"Ding! Successful grab. Congratulations on obtaining 5 points of fire resistance."

"Ding! Killed an Innate Flame-Eating Ant. Experience +60, righteousness +5, death qi +5."

"Ding! Successful grab. Congratulations on obtaining one Demon Core."

"Ding! Killed a Grandmaster Flame-Eating Ant. Experience +2,500, righteousness +120, death qi +120."

"Ding! Successful grab. Congratulations on obtaining 80 experience."

"..."

Nearly a day passed, and Yun Che broke through once again, reaching the King Realm peak.

A little over ten minutes later, the four fought their way into the deepest part of the nest. Surprisingly, this place was completely different from everywhere else, as bright as day.

Walking farther in, they saw a jade-green tree a hundred meters tall. The light in the nest came from this enormous, unknown tree.

Strangest of all, the tree's roots were constantly burning with pale green flames. Beside those flames lay countless unhatched Flame-Eating Ant eggs, a scalp-tingling sight.

Despite being an Emperor Realm powerhouse, Yuezheng Xiangling could not help turning slightly pale at the sight before her.

Ning Yi and Situ Kong marveled at Her Majesty the Empress's good fortune. Clearly, the Flame-Eating Ants had been feeding on those pale green flames all along.

Had they not smelled the more delicious Azure Sparrow Underworld King Flame, they might never have left the ground.

After all, these pale green flames were extraordinary, and flames more powerful than them were truly rare.

Yet, as luck