Chapter 166 The Dead Tree

An Jing curled up in a ball, leaning against the wall, enduring the pain that felt like it was being cut by a knife all over her body.

"Why don't people who can practice the Sun Shooting Art cherish it, while I want to practice the Sun Shooting Art, but have to endure such pain? Why is God so unfair to me?" An Jing thought of Zhou Wen in pain, and clenched her teeth tighter, as if even the pain in her body was reduced a little.

She had a congenital disease and was originally unable to practice the extremely strong and yang Qi technique like the Sun Shooting Technique. However, if she could not practice the Sun Shooting Technique, she would not be able to obtain the special physique she needed.

In the holy land, there are several kinds of special physiques. The special physiques that each person can obtain are different, but one must have the corresponding strength attributes to obtain the corresponding special physique.

The special physique that An Jing wants to obtain is the Sun God Body. If she can practice the Sun Shooting Technique, and then stand out again, she will have more than 80% chance of obtaining the Sun God Body.

However, the Sun Shooting Art was incompatible with her physical attributes. When she practiced the Sun Shooting Art, it would trigger a congenital disease in her body. Every time she practiced it, she would feel excruciating pain.

An Jing did not give up because of this. Although Ouyang Lan had forbidden her to practice the Sun Shooting Technique, she still persisted in it secretly.

Even Ouyang Lan thought that An Jing had been promoted to a legend by using another kind of Qi Jue, but he never imagined that An Jing had been promoted to a legend by using the Sun-Shooting Jue despite the extreme pain.

But An Jing never told anyone about this, not even An Tianzuo.

After completing the practice of the Sun Shooting Technique, An Jing's pain gradually disappeared and her complexion improved.

After taking a shower and changing into clean clothes, he quietly walked out of his dormitory and came to the door next door. After hesitating for a moment, his eyes became determined and he pressed the doorbell of Zhou Wen's dormitory.

"Is there anything wrong?" Zhou Wen opened the door and asked with some confusion when he saw An Jing standing outside.

"Do you remember our three-month agreement?" An Jing said calmly.

"I don't remember." Zhou Wen shook his head. That was just An Jing's wishful thinking. He had never agreed to any three-month agreement.

"It doesn't matter whether you remember or not. Although it hasn't been three months yet, since you've been promoted to Legend and have so many powerful pets, it's a fair fight for me to fight you now. It's time for us to come to an end." An Jing said.

"I'm not interested in that special physique quota. If you want it so badly, I can go with you to see Sister Lan and let me convince her to return the qualification to you." Zhou Wen said.

An Jing looked at Zhou Wen and suddenly felt extremely aggrieved. The qualification she had risked her life to get seemed so unimportant in Zhou Wen's eyes.

Suddenly, An Jing's original fighting spirit disappeared without a trace in an instant.

"So what if I defeat Zhou Wen? So what if I prove that I am better than him? I still can't go to the holy land and get the Sun God Body." An Jing felt as if everything was meaningless.

Without looking at Zhou Wen again, he turned around and left quietly, looking a little distraught.

"A strange person." Zhou Wen felt a little strange when he saw An Jing leave like that.

However, since An Jing voluntarily gave up causing trouble for him, it was naturally the best thing for Zhou Wen.

"Zhou Wen, something bad has happened." Zhou Wen was about to close the door and go back to his room to continue playing games, but he saw Li Xuan running towards him, panting.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Wen asked with a frown.

"Something happened, something serious happened." Li Xuan said breathlessly, "Someone died in our college. Several students died."

"Died in the other dimension?" Zhou Wen asked.

"No, they died in the academy, and those people who died were the ones who followed us to the Forbidden City yesterday. Moreover, those people had entered the Dead City before, including Wang Lu." Li Xuan said with a strange look on his face.

"Wang Lu is dead? How did they die?" Zhou Wen was also shocked when he heard this.

"I don't know." Li Xuan shook his head.

"How could I not know?" Zhou Wen frowned slightly.

"I heard from the academy leaders that they haven't found the cause of their deaths yet. They don't know how they died. Several people were walking and suddenly collapsed to the ground, dead. There was no breathing or heartbeat, and the cause of death is unknown. Wang Lu was similarly ill. He was reading in the library when he suddenly fell to the ground and died. There was no sign beforehand. People from the academy and the military are investigating their deaths, but there's still no result."

At this point, Li Xuan's face showed fear: "What's even more terrifying is that they died at the same time, and..."

"And what?" Zhou Wen knew that Li Xuan must have made some important discovery.

"And if I remember correctly, those people who died all touched that black tree. Coincidentally, when they touched the black tree, it turned red." Li Xuan swallowed and continued, "I don't know if this has anything to do with their deaths, but it's too much of a coincidence."

"Have you told your tutor about this?" Zhou Wen also had a bad feeling in his heart.

"As I said, the academy has sent people to the Forbidden City and found the bronze building. However, after entering, they didn't see the black tree. There was nothing inside, not even a leaf, as if such a tree had never existed there." Li Xuan trembled slightly when he said this, and it was obvious that he was a little scared.

"Come on, take me to see the bodies of Wang Lu and the others." Zhou Wen said gritting his teeth.

"The military has taken over this matter, and the body is also in the hands of the military. I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to get in." Li Xuan said.

"Take me to see it first." Zhou Wen said as he opened the mysterious phone and clicked on the dead tree icon.

After loading the game, Zhou Wen saw the dead tree and his heart suddenly turned cold. The dead tree, which was originally pitch black, was now crystal red, as if it was carved from a ruby, emitting a strange red light.

"The death of Wang Lu and the others is indeed related to this dead tree. Now that the tree has turned red, Wang Lu and the others are dead. So if the tree turns into other colors, will those students who touched the dead tree and caused it to turn the same color also die?" Zhou Wen's ominous feeling in his heart became stronger and stronger.

Now he just wanted to see the bodies of Wang Lu and the others as soon as possible, to see what kind of connection their death had with the dead tree, and whether there was any possibility of saving them.

An Jing heard their conversation from the side and followed them subconsciously.

Under the leadership of Li Xuan, the three of them quickly arrived at the military base of the academy.

"The bodies of Wang Lu and the others are all inside, but let alone us, even if the instructor came, he would not be able to get in without the military's order." Li Xuan said, pointing to the gate guarded by soldiers.

(End of this chapter)