Chapter 391 - The Fight over Extraordinary Treasure (1/2)

Disciples from both the Light and Dark sides gathered over from a great distance away after a while. From the cluster of figures, there were about 3000 of them, and everyone was shook as they lifted their heads dazedly to gaze at the Divine Tree of Seven Colors. It should only have existed in the Heavens; what were the odds of them actually being able to see one in the Mortal Realm?

Some of them tried to climb the divine tree but were all blocked from doing so by the Seven Colored Light shielding the tree. At this moment, the disciples had formed into two camps that stood facing off against each other, with Immortal Swords and magic treasures in hand. Both camps were evenly matched in terms of numbers and neither dared to make any reckless move for the same reason.

Xiao Chen and Su Lianyue hid behind a huge rock, and the former’s brows were tightly furrowed. His gaze fell on the Seven Colored Divine Tree and he remained motionless while muttering, “There was a Tree of Heaven during prehistoric times that lived for 16 centuries. Could this actually be the first Divine Tree of Heaven from that time?”

“Are you saying that this is the longest living Tree of Heaven of the legends, Young Master?” Su Lianyue asked softly, a look of doubt flashing across her brows.

“I’m not too sure myself,” Xiao Chen replied, shaking his head. He could not help but sense that the tree was giving him a very strange feeling.

The Tree of Heaven was a divine tree from prehistoric times of Chaos. Legend has it that one could reach the Heaven Realm by scaling it, and it was for this reason that it was also known as the Tree to Heaven. In terms of Archean Eons, it was one class higher than the Undying “Immortal Wood” Tree.

The only question was why would such a Divine Tree appear in the Human Realm? It even grew in Ghost-wailing Hill, an area with a heavier distribution of Rancorous Qi than usual. This did not make sense at all.

Just as Xiao and Su were perturbed, a thunderous voice boomed from beneath the tree. “Hey! This extraordinary treasure appeared in the Holy Sect’s domain, not that of your Cultivators’ Sect. Why have you people come to take part in this?”

Xiao Chen looked in the direction of the voice and realized that an old man with white brows and long hair scattered over his shoulders was speaking. He had an eagle-beak shaped nose and looked somewhat sinister. He was slightly squinting, and his sharp, eagle-like gaze swept toward an old Taoist priest dressed in purple robes about 20 meters away from him.

The Taoist’s hair and brows were streaked with white strands of hair and looked righteous with duster in hand. He did not dodge the old man’s stare and replied coldly, “Naturally, we’re here to prevent such a treasure from falling into the hands of you crooked devils, and from allowing you people to use it to harm the world in future!”

“It’s old Rising Void of the Purple Void Taoist Monastery and Heavenly Eagle King of the Divine Eagle Sect. I didn’t think that they would be here too,” Su Lianyue said softly behind the huge rock.

She was right. They were the Perfected Immortal Rising Void of Purple Void Taoist Monastery and the Heavenly Eagle King, the leader of the rising Divine Eagle Sect. Both possessed Nirvana Realm levels of cultivation and had already covertly became the temporary leaders of the Light and Dark sides.

The Heavenly Eagle King chuckled coldly. “What pompous words. Why? Rising Void, do you think that your sect will be on par with the Divine Mist Sect and others once you’ve obtained the extraordinary treasure?”

Plenty of disciples from the Light Side looked toward Perfected Immortal Rising Void upon hearing the Eagle King’s words. At the same time, they began to become somewhat wary of the others around them. The Perfected Immortal waved his duster and replied coldly, “Stop trying to sow discord among us. All of us from the Orthodox Path are of one heart. If I manage to obtain this treasure tonight, I’ll present it to the Immortals’ League. Your Divine Eagle Sect, however…do you people think that you’ll be to rule the world with it?”

Many of the disciples from the Dark Side looked at the Heavenly Eagle King upon hearing the Taoist priest. Naturally, everyone wanted the extraordinary treasure for themselves, but they also did not want it to fall into someone else’s hands should they be unable to get it.

At the same time, there was a sudden huge booming sound, and the entire mountain valley seemed to tremble. Next, the Heaven-reaching Divine Tree kept shaking, and the Seven-Colored glow that enveloped seemed to vaguely diminish. Everyone kept on their toes, believing that the treasure was hidden in the tree. All they had to do was to wait for the multicolored glow to dissipate completely so that they could climb the tree and seize it.

However, they would be completely taken aback by what happened next. The multicolored light did not dissipate, but instead, the entire tree shrank gradually. It shrank from its previously undeterminable height to 900 meters, then 300 meters, 30 meters…

“The extraordinary treasure! The Divine Tree is the treasure!” many people shouted hoarsely.

The Divine Tree kept shrinking until it eventually reached a height of about 18 meters. The multicolored glow surrounding it had gradually began to dissipate, causing everyone to rush up. However, neither side would allow each other to obtain the extraordinary treasure, and everyone began fighting again. All of a sudden, many magic treasures were drawn and blood flew everywhere. No one noticed that all of the blood had seeped into the ground, however.

Rising Void’s eyes glinted as his gaze shot toward the Divine Tree. The Heavenly Eagle King would not allow him to gain the upper hand, however. He swept his sleeves, creating a huge energy wave that gushed forward. The Perfected Immortal immediately raised his palms to withstand the force, and their clash caused the ground and surrounding mountains to tremble. Rocks began flying around and even the Divine Tree in the middle could not stop shaking.

The Heavenly Eagle King chuckled coldly and extended his left arm. The force from his palm strike formed into a light beam that swept toward the Divine Tree, causing it to shift slightly toward him. Upon seeing this, the Perfected Immortal Rising Void pressed two fingers on his duster. A light beam shot out of it in the Divine Tree’s direction as well, forcefully dragging it back toward its original position.

The disciples of Light and Dark who were fighting each other thought that the extraordinary treasure would be a hot potato, even if it fell into their hands tonight. However, they would never allow the opposition to obtain it.

Xiaoyue’s eyes moved and swept her duster, wanting to fly toward the Divine Tree as well. However, a figure in red suddenly stopped her. “Hehe, you’ve come after me for so long, Fairy. Are you trying to leave just like this?” the figure asked. It was Seven Killings who had previously fought with her.