1310 Devil Tree Spikes (1/2)
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
Mo Fan, Yan Shi, Shao Ru, and Zhao Manyan continued on their way to the Giant Purple Sacred Linden. Yan Shi explained the details of what happened along the journey.
Thirty years ago, the horde of White Magic Falcons was invading the Giant Purple Sacred Linden. Yan Shi and a bunch of Super Mages realized that the war between the demon creatures was going to endanger Yan Shi and the other cities nearby. The military, government, Magic Association, Hunter Union, and the alliance of renowned clans would not allow the horde of White Magic Falcons to set up a new kingdom. They decided to take the initiative instead, and help the Giant Purple Sacred Linden drive the White Magic Falcons away...
The blood that was shed during the battle filled up the valley. Corpses stacked up like hills as the humans, the White Magic Falcons, and the horde of demon creatures on the Giant Purple Sacred Linden fought to their death.
After an epic battle that lasted for ten days, the alliance between the humans and the demon creatures on the Giant Purple Sacred Linden managed to drive the White Magic Falcons back. However, when the White Magic Falcons was about to suffer a humiliating defeat, the Moon Moth Phoenix showed up together with her army of moths...
The moths stopped the humans from killing the White Magic Falcons. They were crazily attacking the horde on the Giant Purple Sacred Linden. They stood on the opposite side of the humans. Once again, the scale started to lean in the opposite direction.
The authorities placed the blame on Yan Shi since she had been telling them that the Totem Beasts were always on their side. However, the Moon Moth Phoenix's actions greatly infuriated the leaders...
Yan Shi was left with no choice. She used her power as a Totem Guardian to summon the Moon Moth Phoenix...
The Moon Moth Phoenix did not reject her call. Little did she know, she had walked right into a deadly trap that Yan Shi had set up for her!
The Moon Moth Phoenix suffered serious injuries. Everyone saw her body disintegrating into tiny little moths and flying away into the distance. Yan Shi regained the trust of the human leaders, yet she was deeply in remorse ever since. She left the scene and stopped being a Mage after the war.
In the end, the horde of the Giant Purple Sacred Linden won the war. The humans managed to stop the rise of the kingdom of White Magic Falcons too. The White Magic Falcons fled to the north after suffering great losses and struggled on in the Nanling Mountains. They had only recovered in the last few years.
Since the Giant Purple Sacred Linden helped them to drive the White Magic Falcons away, the authorities signed a pact to keep the secret, allowing the Giant Purple Sacred Linden to stay in Outer Mount Kunyu. The humans would not disturb it. The Giant Purple Sacred Linden seemed to have some level of intelligence, too. It restricted the demon creatures in Outer Mount Kunyu from invading human territories, too.
Therefore, for the past thirty years, Yantai had only needed to worry about the sea monsters. There was no danger inland!
”So you're saying that if Tong Shang insists on proceeding with his plan, the Giant Purple Sacred Linden might kill them all instead?” Mo Fan said.
The smell of blood was stronger the closer they were to the Giant Purple Sacred Linden. Mo Fan could already imagine what the place would look like. He had complicated feelings.
Yan Shi shook her head and said, ”No, we've been played like a fiddle all along!”
Mo Fan did not understand what Yan Shi meant by it. Who was playing them like a fiddle?
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The strong smell of blood lingered in the air. The group split the tall grass apart and saw the blurry yet magnificent figure of the Giant Purple Sacred Linden before them.
Mo Fan and Yan Shi picked up their pace. When they finally reached the trunk was, they halted in their track and glanced ahead with wide eyes!
There were dead bodies covered in blood everywhere!
They all died in different ways, but not a single corpse was intact. Their body parts were scattered on the roots, the slopes, and on the ground. Some were dangling from the branches above, with blood dripping down like a string...
Mo Fan felt like he was suffocating!