Chapter 108 Your hospitality is truly too much for me to bear.
Wu Yu's defenses immediately crumbled: "What did you say! I'll kill you right now!"
Having just experienced that attack, Huali wasn't afraid at all. "Sure, give it a try!"
Fen Yu pulled back the furious Wu Yu, a hint of apology flashing in her white eyes, "Hua Li, I apologize to you on behalf of my sister..."
"Is your sister a three-year-old? Why do you always have to do everything for her?" Hua Li interrupted Fen Yu rudely. She was annoyed just seeing the brother and sister.
But there was one thing she was quite concerned about: Fen Yu was about to trap her.
Why?
She herself has nothing to be afraid of. Is it because she doesn't have causal chains? Or do they want to control her to counter Luo Chuan?
The fact that we shared empathy has been discovered?
Karin's heart skipped a beat, but she quickly denied it—no, that's not right!
If that's the case, they wouldn't wait until they entered the Burial Abyss to make their move.
Huali quickly recalled everything that had happened since she entered the Witch Clan, and suddenly realized that Luo Chuan seemed to have noticed it a long time ago.
Seeing the unthinking hostility in the girl's eyes, Fen Yu remained silent for a moment before pursing her lips and said, "We are not bad people."
His white eyes flashed with an expression that Huali couldn't understand. "Do you know? It's been almost a thousand years since any cultivator on this continent has ascended to immortality."
"Spiritual energy is gradually depleting; if this continues, none of us will have any hope of ascending to immortality. The path of cultivation is long and arduous; if this is the case, then what exactly is the Dao we are pursuing?"
Hearing this familiar opening line, Karin instinctively replied, "Is that alright?"
"But just when the Wu tribe was feeling utterly hopeless, a turning point appeared."
The elderly man at the Huali subway station looked at his phone, and sure enough...
Both siblings had that serious illness; one caused her physical harm, and the other subjected her to psychological attacks.
She didn't want to know about the suffering of the witch clan!
But Fen Yu was clearly immersed in his own world and couldn't extricate himself. "The old priest received an item from a mysterious person and presented it with an astrological prophecy. The prophecy said that the owner of this item would come several hundred years later, and this person was the chosen one of the Heavenly Destiny."
The hand that was picking at the bark of the rosewood tree paused.
"The Witch Clan's Tree of Life had stagnated for nearly a thousand years, but after finding this item, it regained its nourishment and used it as a foundation to continuously strengthen the causal chain."
Huali, as if struck by a sudden thought, countered, "So that's why your witch clan holds the Heavenly Marriage Festival once every hundred years, just to strengthen the Tree of Life? Relying on the causal bonds on these people?"
Fen Yu nodded upon hearing this, "That's right." Seeing Hua Li frown, he explained, "Every member of the Wu Clan is connected to the Tree of Life from birth, and this does not cause any harm."
Karin respected the idea but didn't understand, "What does this have to do with you stopping me?"
"Of course there is! How come you didn't understand!" Wu Yu frowned. "This item alone can extend the life tree that has been stagnant for nearly a thousand years. If it were the owner of this item, the effect would definitely be even greater."
A bad feeling welled up in Karin's heart.
The next second, she saw Fen Yu's white eyes staring at her intently, and he spoke softly, "When a whale falls, all things come to life."
In that instant, an indescribable sense of eeriness rose up from beneath Huali's feet.
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The moment the barrier shattered between his fingers, Luo Chuan paused.
After waiting a moment and confirming that he felt no discomfort, he looked up at the front again.
Luo Chuan raised an eyebrow when he saw what was wrapped in wisteria crystal.
The lightning tribulation a hundred years ago is still vivid in my mind, but the tail, which should have been shattered into dust at that time, is now wrapped in the silk of the moon phase and huddled in layers of arrays.
The newly grown downy hairs at the break point gleamed with pearly white, forming a stark contrast with the old wound at the base, where black blood had settled.
"No wonder the aura in this Burial God Abyss is so alluring to me. It turns out someone really did steal my severed tail..." Luo Chuan's heterochromatic eyes beneath his gilded mask were filled with cold indifference as he slowly raised his head. "Let me guess... which one of you is it?"
The Cursed Heart Butterfly transformed into a sky full of silver light, illuminating the surroundings.
The Wu Clan cultivators at the Nascent Soul, Core Formation, and Golden Core stages stood atop the nearby cliff. Their black robes billowed in the mountain wind, and the formation beneath their feet gradually expanded as they formed hand seals.
Each formation carries a curse-like power capable of tearing mountains apart.
It was a complete mobilization of the entire clan.
Wu Jin, who was in the lead, spoke up, "I have long heard of the Demon King's name, and seeing him today, I can see that it is indeed well-deserved." His pupils under his black robe did not relax for a moment. "We originally did not want to be enemies with the demon race, but it is the will of Heaven, and there is nothing we can do about it."
"The will of Heaven?" Luo Chuan looked up at the severed tail with great interest.
A colossal Tree of Life floated between heaven and earth, its canopy adorned with countless threads of cause and effect, like shattered stars falling to earth.
"The ascension of all things is a futile attempt to sever cause and effect, but if cause and effect are completely severed, then heaven and earth will die." Wu Jin let out a helpless sigh, "My Wu clan has used the strength of a hundred generations to barely see through this will of heaven."
"From the moment you, Demon King, entered the Witch Clan, or even going back several hundred years to your failed tribulation, the cause and effect were already predetermined."
Luo Chuan seemed to be listening to a joke, "Are you saying that my severed tail, which I lost during my tribulation, is regarded as a treasure that can save the world by your witch clan?"
Wu Jin shook his head. "The Tree of Life is the Tree of Origin, which itself started as a seedling and slowly grew. Everything has its own starting point, and weaving new cause and effect is nothing more than two points, and you, Demon King, happen to fit that description."
“As a container that is severed but still connected to the original body,” Wu Jin stared at him with unblinking eyes, “and has enough causal threads.”
Luo Chuan understood. "So you want to use me to power your Tree of Life?"
Wu Jin nodded, "For the sake of this continent, we can only ask the Demon King to sacrifice himself to strengthen the causal chain. Only when the Tree of Life is strong and the spiritual energy of the entire continent is revived will everyone have hope of breaking out of this deadlock."
As soon as the words were spoken, all the witches seemed to receive a signal, and emerald flames instantly ignited in their eyes. The magic circle that had formed on the ground suddenly came to life, moving and rearranging itself to form a triple-nested star array centered on the demon king.
Under immense spiritual pressure, the members of the Wu Clan cut their palms and sprinkled their blood into the formation. The dark red liquid instantly condensed into countless suspended swords.
Luo Chuan, standing in the middle, didn't even move a step. His wide-sleeved robe fluttered without wind, and the red coral beads in his hair swayed gently as he tilted his head and smiled.
"And... what if I am unwilling?"
Whether one is born or dies, it is simply the natural order of all things. What does it have to do with him?
Luo Chuan's thin lips curled into a cold smile. "Your hospitality..." He brushed a fallen leaf from his shoulder, "...I'm afraid I can't accept it..."
As the Demon King's wide sleeves billowed, fine snowflakes danced in the air, and the Soul-Devouring Array on his collarbone activated instantly. Snowflakes landed on the runes of the Witch Clan's array, and frost patterns instantly condensed on the triple star array.
"...After all, I've only just had some fun, and I'm not ready to die yet."
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