Chapter 1427: Grand Monarch Primal Wood (1/2)

Nie Tian’s face split into a brutal smile.

As powerful as Grand Monarch Blood Axe was, fear and astonishment appeared on his face as he lost his demonic tool and had his body penetrated by the seventy-two tree branches.

“Grow.” As Nie Tian spoke with an icy expression, wisps of wood power flew out of him into the tree branches.

After the wisps of refined wood power fused into the tree branches, countless mysterious patterns were activated and manifested on their surface.

The seemingly common tree branches instantly started growing at an alarming rate, as if they had received the Tree of Life’s blessing.

They became as solid and sharp as steel thorns. Even Grand Monarch Blood Axe’s tough body couldn’t stop them from growing deeper and deeper into him.

POOH!

Grand Monarch Blood Axe looked down, and discovered that the madly growing tree branches had pierced through his chest and into his internal organs and bones. He was bleeding incessantly.

Furthermore, he sensed a strange aura that only Floragrim grand monarchs had from the tree branches.

Grand Monarch Blood Axe shuddered. “This is the Tree of Life’s aura! My goodness!”

He didn’t have to rely on his eyes to see what was happening inside of the tree branches. Through the drops of refined purple Demon Blood inside of him, he could see that mysterious tree patterns were evolving inside of the emerald green tree branches that had pierced into his body, as if these were branches of the legendary Tree of Life growing inside of him.

“Tree of Life!”

According to the Floragrims’ legends, it was the Tree of Life that had given birth to them, a race of higher beings.

The Tree of Life’s meaning to the Floragrims was similar to the Nether River’s meaning to the Phantasms. It was viewed as the origin of the Floragrim race, and had layers of mystery added to it.

Now, ages had passed. Rumor had it that the Tree of Life on the Floragrims’ ancestral land had withered and died.

Even the Demons had learned from Floragrim grand monarchs that the Tree of Life had lost its wonders, and no longer protected the Floragrims.

Grand Monarch Blood Axe had never thought that he would see the wonders of the Tree of Life in the Domain of Heaven Span in the Mortal World from the tree branches that had flown out from Nie Tian’s wood domain.

FIZZ! FIZZ!

Grand Monarch Blood Axe activated bloodline talents to ignite drops of his dark purple Demon Blood, which morphed into clusters of flames that flew out to burn the tree branches.

However, the emerald green tree branches didn’t show even the slightest signs of being burned by the purple demonic flames.

On the contrary, they grew even faster.

Excruciating pain gradually spread to every inch of Grand Monarch Blood Axe’s body.

Newly-grown emerald branches pierced into his neck, internal organs, and many parts of his enormous, tough body.

Upon first glance, he seemed to have sharp emerald thorns splitting his skin and growing out of every part of him.

“AHH!”

Grand Monarch Blood Axe howled as he activated various bloodline talents, but still couldn’t break the tree branches.

Heavenly Wood Thorns allowed thorns to spread like weeds inside of living beings. It would be especially destructive when used on outsiders.

Within a very short time, Grand Monarch Blood Axe suffered severe internal damage. In unbearable pain, he morphed into a beam of purple light that shot away from this area of the starry river, as if he were eager to escape from this battle against Nie Tian.

In the depths of the starry river, the Star Behemoth bone continued to release crimson light to maintain Bloodline Suppression.

Some of the Demons and Bonebrutes had been plunged into senseless killing and by the five evil gods. While they madly attacked each other, those that hadn’t lost their minds couldn’t display the true power of their bloodlines due to Bloodline Suppression.

Death soon came for them.

One Demon after another was killed as the Bonebrutes had their bodies made of pale-gray bones shattered.

Grand Monarch Withered Bones, who was facing Zu Guangyao and Dou Tianchen’s joint attacks, suddenly cried out in the Bonebrute language.

The Bonebrutes retreated upon hearing his cry.

Seeing this, the Demons searched for Grand Monarch Blood Axe, only to see him fleeing farther and farther from this part of the starry river, spilling purple blood as he did.

Noticing the unfavorable situation, a ninth grade grand patriarch let out a furious roar. “Let’s get out of here!”

The Demons immediately broke away from their enemies and fled in different directions.

“Blood Axe, Blood Axe, Blood Axe...” Remote calls echoed through the void as drops of Grand Monarch Blood Axe’s Demon Blood were ignited.

FIZZ!

His demonic weapon that was flying off into the depths of the starry river flew back like a bolt of lightning.

Stimulated by his bloodline, the Blood Axe mutated.

It suddenly split into hundreds of smaller axes wreathed in slithering wisps of purple lightning that quickly flew into Grand Monarch Blood Axe’s enormous body.

Wielded by Grand Monarch Blood Axe’s bloodline and soul, the axes started chopping at the tree branches.