Chapter 1258: Proclaim King? (1/2)

Caroline charged out from the depths of the forest. Seeing the immobile six-armed creature, she said in surprise, “You’ve killed it already?”

Qianye kept his eyes closed and said feebly, “It went a bit better than expected.”

“Our plan was to force him to retreat, wasn’t it?”

Qianye had no strength left to speak, so he merely nodded.

“You rest first, I’ll examine that fellow.” Caroline put away her whip and axe before walking toward the corpse.

The six-armed creature’s body was huge. Caroline removed some small trinkets from the body and put them away after taking a look at them. She then returned to Qianye with one of the creature’s swords.

Qianye had finally caught his breath after some rest. He took the six-armed creature’s blade to study it—the sword was three meters long and probably several tons in weight. Qianye could only say that the special material was made up of stone and metal which had been blended perfectly into one.

The blade’s serrated edge wasn’t especially sharp, but its weight, material, and the strength of that six-armed creature made it an invincible weapon. Perhaps only Qianye’s current East Peak could go toe-to-toe with it. If East Peak hadn’t been upgraded in the Great Maelstrom, it would probably have been damaged beyond recognition by now.

Qianye said after some thought, “Let’s bring this back.”

“Okay, I'll carry it.” As a divine champion, carrying a few tons wasn’t a problem for her.

“How’s that tree doing?”

“I chopped out quite a few defects, but I didn’t focus on a single point, lest I really kill it.”

“Let’s go and take a look.”

Caroline pulled Qianye up and flew him to the giant tree. There were numerous axe marks on the trunk, some of which were fairly deep and pouring tree sap into the pond below.

For some reason, the tree was giving off a feeling of listlessness, almost like a wounded animal. A terrified emotion erupted from the tree when Caroline appeared and the trunk actually leaned away from her, hoping to escape.

Caroline said, “I didn’t chop very hard at first, but I later discovered that it wasn’t enough to draw that bastard in. So, I gave it some fierce blows until it was howling.”

Qianye said in surprise, “It can talk?”

“No,” Caroline said after some thought, “it’s a voice from the consciousness.”

Qianye glanced at the giant tree before filling a bottle with its tree sap. “It’s about time, let’s go back first.”

“Okay.”

The two explored the area for a bit more before heading back to the door.

In the face of a very real threat to their lives, neither the werewolves nor the humans feared tiredness. Everyone was working with all their might. Under Xu Jingxuan’s management, the weaker soldiers and those who couldn’t adapt to the environment were transferred to the other side of the door. A new batch was then transferred in.

Everyone knew that stronger defenses would give them better chances of survival against the beast horde.

Once the framework was completed, resources were shipped in continuously and stored in the warehouse. A battlefield hospital was also set up to treat potential injuries and people who could not adapt to the surroundings.

By the time Qianye returned, the scouts they had sent out were also coming back one after the other. However, some routes had gone missing.

Qianye returned to the Jade Sea at first and ordered the men to urgently ship the six-armed creature’s sword, trinkets, and some of the tree sap to the Qin Continent. They were to hand everything to Zhao Jundu.

He then arranged for some werewolf slaves and death row prisoners to test different doses of the tree sap. Then, they were shipped off into the new world half a day later. Most of those who had drunk the sap were able to move freely inside the new world. Only some of them showed signs of discomfort and were sent back out.

This proved that those who had taken the tree sap could adapt to the new world much better than those who had ingested beast blood.

The world behind the door remained cold and quiet, with no signs of beast activity. Thus, the beast blood-glands became a bottleneck for the armies entering the new world. They would undoubtedly fall into a passive position if they had to wait for the beast army to appear.

Now, with this tree sap, this problem could be easily solved. However, they would have to grasp the dosage carefully in order to prevent damage to the big tree. That pond of tree sap near the tree was already enough for tens of thousands of soldiers.