NOVPUBHearing Xu Zimei’s words, the giant trees fell silent for a moment, and all the wildly dancing branches drew back.
"Boy," an ancient voice came from deep within the forest, "know when to stop. I just don’t want to cause unnecessary killing."
"Is that so?" Xu Zimei smiled and said, "Then I’m begging you, hurry up and kill me."
"Boy, I have roamed the lands for millions of years, immortal since the beginning of the Epoch. Don’t be ungrateful," the ancient voice said with a cold huff.
Xu Zimei smiled and began to walk step by step into the forest.
"Roamed for millions of years? I, too, would like to know just what kind of thing you are."
As Xu Zimei walked deeper into the forest, the voice hurriedly said, "If you take one more step inside, I won’t be courteous anymore."
"Please, I’m begging you, just kill me already. Stop wasting words," Xu Zimei said with a laugh.
In the sky above the forest, unbelievable green flashes shot up, filling the entire world with a rich life energy.
The lofty trees all closed in together, blocking Xu Zimei’s path.
"Are you afraid?" Xu Zimei said with a smile.
"Let’s keep to our own paths, okay?" said the ancient voice lightly.
Wielding the Tyrant Shadow, Xu Zimei took steps forward, with lightning flashing on the blade and fierce flames burning; boundless hurricanes swept across half of the sky.
When he slashed downward, the densely packed large trees in front of him were all turned to dust by the energy.
However, eerily, in an instant, those trees that had been slashed to dust returned to their original state, closing together to block Xu Zimei’s path once again.
Xu Zimei looked up slightly to see the green light above teeming with dense life energy, blessing the forest.
"You claim to have roamed for millions of years," Xu Zimei said with a smile, "why not show yourself? What’s the point of hiding like a scared turtle?"
"I’m not stupid, why don’t you come in?" the voice inside responded defiantly.
"Why don’t you come out."
"Why don’t you come in."
...…
"It seems you really are all bark and no bite," Xu Zimei slowly picked up the Tyrant Shadow, closing his eyes slightly.
At that moment, a special aura began to emanate from his body.
In the sky, spiritual energy surged, with countless streams of spiritual energy gathering at the blade.
All this spiritual energy was pitch black; as it gathered, the whole space crackled and shattered under the pressure.
Near the area of the black spiritual energy, some of the large trees began to wither.
"Way of Inquiry, the tenth move, Heavenly Curtain of Death."
With a low growl rising from Xu Zimei’s mouth, he lifted the Tyrant Shadow and struck down with it.
In that instant, the pitch black spiritual energy detached from the blade, merging into the shape of a curved blade.
As the Curved Blade streaked across the heavens, the whole sky became shrouded in darkness; as it traversed the endless space, it descended with an ancient might.
The force of Death spread across the sky, and the green light shooting up towards the sky was briefly suppressed.
Although suppressed, the green light fought back fiercely, and it seemed likely that it would break free from the shroud of Death before long.
Xu Zimei frowned slightly; this move, Heavenly Curtain of Death, was a technique he had come to understand in the boundless Purgatory of death qi after slaughtering millions in a former life.
It could be said to be a direct invocation of the Profound Meaning of Death, but even so, it couldn’t suppress the green light for very long.
As the blade aura erupted in space, an incredible Blade Qi fell from the Firmament.
The entire forest was completely destroyed, and with the green light briefly suppressed, it lost its regenerative effect, and the trees could not rejuvenate.
On him, Spiritual Energy surged as the might of the entire Esteem Vein Realm burst forth. In a single step that spanned the void, he incredibly covered dozens of meters.
"Kid, don’t come any closer," the old voice said with some panic.
That beam of green light in the sky appeared even more brilliant, and more furiously assaulted the barrier of the deathly Heavenly Curtain.
Xu Zimei’s figure slowly descended, landing in front of a deep pit that measured thousands of meters across.
The life energy within this deep pit seemed even more concentrated.
Xu Zimei jumped down into the pit, which glowed with a faint green light.
Enveloped in this faint green glow, it seemed as if something was wrapped up within.
Xu Zimei slowly approached and saw that it was actually a leaf.
This towering green light, with life energy even richer than the Spring of Life, was surprisingly emanating from a single leaf.
Xu Zimei was somewhat dumbstruck, feeling the energy reaching to the profound origin of life emanating from the green leaf.
Xu Zimei cautiously held the green leaf in his palm, where the old voice was coming from.
"Boy, don’t defile my life’s profound origin with your hands."
"A prisoner also dares to be so arrogant," Xu Zimei chuckled, placing the leaf on the ground and stepping on it a few times before unbuckling his belt.
"What are you doing?" the old voice asked in a fluster.
"I’m pissing yellow, here to refresh you," Xu Zimei said with a laugh.
"Boy, let’s spare some mercy where we can. I’m an old man with old age; do you have the heart?"
"Start talking, what’s your origin?" Xu Zimei asked.
"All you need to know is that my origin is extremely ancient, so ancient that you can’t even begin to imagine," the old voice bragged.
Xu Zimei fell silent for a moment, then again unbuckled his belt.
"Stop, stop, stop, isn’t it enough I’m telling you?" the old voice hastily said, "I am the Leaf of Life."
"What is the Leaf of Life?" Xu Zimei asked curiously.
The more Xu Zimei interacted with this world, the more he realized how meager his knowledge was, even though the Chaos Pearl had taken him to the River of Fate to witness the transformations of countless things.
Still, there were many things he couldn’t touch.
"Simply put, I am a leaf from the Tree of Life," the old voice explained lightly.
"And what is the Tree of Life?" Xu Zimei inquired, puzzled.
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Moonlight sparse, a few dim stars, the boundless darkness seemed like a giant beast that devoured everything.
Baili Xiao sat up in bed all sweaty, looking blankly around, suddenly remembering that everything was just a dream.
It was just a nightmare she had, and she slowly exhaled in relief.
Unable to sleep, she walked slowly out of her room wearing only a thin coat and came to the pavilion in the courtyard.
Leaning on the pavilion chair, she watched the sky in silence all by herself.
Her gaze was quiet, and who knows what she could be thinking about.
"Are you still thinking about your Brother Chu Yang?" an unexpected voice sounded. 𝚗ovp𝚞b.𝚌om
As the voice spoke, Baili Xiao’s expression turned to one of surprise and she said, "Who exactly are you? Why do you keep bothering me?"
As Baili Xiao spoke, her originally panicked face suddenly lit up with a light laugh, the voice speaking softly, "I am you, and you are me, we were always one and the same."
