The War Ancient Tree is already enormous, but this black centipede is even larger, a full fifty meters long, equivalent to a building of seventeen or eighteen stories high.

The glossy black shell reflects the night, segment by segment, with the massive legs on both sides of its body densely packed like blades.

"Screech..."

The piercing screech of the insect is like an arrow piercing everyone's eardrum.

Some of the reinforcements nearby from various races either run off with all their might or collapse on the ground.

The giant centipede wraps around the War Ancient Tree, twisting its entire body.

The sound of cracking resounds chaotically, with the massive War Ancient Tree splitting open all over.

"Get lost!"

A figure shatters the night, throwing a punch at the head of the giant centipede.

This giant centipede is at the Great Innate level, with far superior combat abilities compared to a new Grandmaster.

The figure flashes past, and the head of the giant centipede explodes.

Horrifyingly, the body of the giant centipede remains stuck on the War Ancient Tree, wreaking havoc.

A centipede with a hundred legs, even in death, doesn't stiffen.

The figure keeps punching, from the head of the giant centipede all the way to the waist, smashing half the body before the giant centipede finally stops.

Zhou Leng clearly sees the person, Chen Shouhu.

Indeed worthy of being the Martial Arts Brigade Brigadier General.

Chen Shouhu grabs the corpse of the giant centipede, shaking his right hand, making the fifty-meter-long giant insect corpse fly off the old tree and land on the ground.

Like two or three train carriages lying horizontal up ahead.

The War Ancient Tree's bark is torn, the tree body cracked, and most of the canopy shredded.

Disemboweled.

If a human were to suffer such injuries, no Pill could save them.

Many Tree-men rush over, the roots under their feet penetrate the ground, connecting with the War Ancient Tree.

In a short while, all the tree roots emerge from the ground, carrying the War Ancient Tree toward the Tree of Life.

Zhou Leng looks at the Tree of Life, gently twitching his nose.

Here, both the freshness of the air and the concentration of Spiritual Qi are far superior to the outside world.

The faint fragrance of greenery fills the nose, refreshing the mind.

Simultaneously, a slight sense of regret wells up in his heart.

Dragon Country has negotiated with the Tree-men more than once, hoping to exchange various treasures for a Tree of Life, even just one.

The Tree-men refused.

Not only humans, all races have bid high prices to purchase one, all were refused.

Without the Tree-men's cooperation, even if a Demigod captures a Tree of Life, it cannot survive.

The White Elf of the past also relied on Tree-men to control the Tree of Life.

The Tree of Life is unanimously regarded as the greatest treasure of the Ten Realms.

Any race capable of mass planting them would definitely ascend to the top of the Ten Realms.

Human experts have calculated that if humans could plant Trees of Life, even just ten of them, the Water of Life and the benefits formed could significantly advance humanity.

The Tree of Life appears merely thicker, larger, with a lusher canopy.

Yet, it possesses unfathomable mystical powers.

As the War Ancient Tree nears the Tree of Life, its surface begins to glow with specks of white light, becoming denser and denser.

A glow of hundreds of meters illuminates the surroundings.

Sacred and grand, it strikes the heart.

Life forms of all races bow their heads in greeting.

Specks of white light gather into a flowing river, streaming into the body of the War Ancient Tree.

The ghastly and terrifying wounds on the War Ancient Tree heal at a visible pace.

Once it absorbs the white light, the War Ancient Tree surprisingly recovers fully, moving back to its original spot on its own without the support of the Tree-men.

Zhou Leng looks at the Tree of Life's root position.

Surrounding it is a pool, the pool a light green, storing Life Water within.

Outside the Life Spring Water lies vacant land, fenced to prevent approach.

Suddenly, the Tree of Life gently sways.

Rustle, rustle...

Like wind blowing through leaves.

Zhou Leng stands frozen on the spot, staring at the Tree of Life.

He doesn't know why, but the rustling sound seems to transform into an ancient, vast melody echoing in his ears.

It also feels like an elder telling old legends by the campfire to a child.

People from other races are busy with their own affairs, but nearby Tree-men all stop, gazing at the Tree of Life.

Not far from the Tree of Life, in a wooden palace, the Tree-man Elder with the Flourishing Staff steps out of the palace.

He looks at the Tree of Life, sweeps his gaze around, and finally fixates on Zhou Leng.

With a puzzled expression, he faintly senses a mystical resonance between this human and the Tree of Life, but isn't too sure.

The Tree of Life is essentially the messenger of the Tree God, and Tree-men are merely servants of the Tree God, who can only communicate with the Tree of Life in a limited manner.

Staring at Zhou Leng, Flourishing Staff memorizes the appearance, the tree roots beneath his feet probing into the ground.

His tree roots connect with the underground roots.

Those roots emit a faint light, then transmit what Flourishing Staff knows and thinks to all directions, spreading across all Tree-man tribes, reaching all Tree-man Elders and Tree-man Demigods.

Elders are Grandmasters, Demigods are Martial Saints.

Zhou Leng stood in place, quietly listening to the Tree of Life sing an ancient song.

After listening repeatedly more than a dozen times, he only felt his mind become a bit clearer, but had no other insights.

The singing stopped, Zhou Leng continued forward, taking a few steps, looking at the Tree-men passing by with confusion.

Previously he knew the Tree-man language, but only considered it decent, however now, his proficiency in the Tree-man language soared, nearly matching his native tongue.

Once again, he looked at the Tree of Life.

It seems the ancient song just now is closely related to the language of the Tree-man Race.

This kind of song should be the legendary Qimeng Ancient Sound, once understood, one can quickly master the language of a race, indistinguishable from its natives.

Zhou Leng knew the Demon language, knew Dwarf language, but more like a translator of an alien race.

He could understand many words, but couldn't grasp some profound matters.

But now after listening to the Qimeng Ancient Sound, his understanding of the Tree-man Race elevated further.

"I don't know if it's coincidence, or if there's a deeper reason, perhaps it's related to Elder Tree? After all, they're all trees…"

Zhou Leng looked at the Tree of Life and Tree-men, perhaps it's because of Elder Tree, he felt increasingly close.

"Zhou Leng?" A Tree-man's voice sounded.

Zhou Leng turned his head to see several familiar Tree-men approaching.

"Vigorous Root." Zhou Leng smiled in greeting, speaking in the standard Tree-man language.

"Hmm? We haven't seen each other for a few months, when did you learn the Tree-man ancient sound?" Vigorous Root and the other Tree-men curiously looked at Zhou Leng.

These Tree-men had all been rescued by Zhou Leng in Hundred Peaks Valley, later fighting alongside Martial Stone-men on the highest mountain.

"I have a connection with the Tree-man Race." Zhou Leng said.

"That's very likely. Are you here to participate in the rescue?"

"Yes."

"You truly are a great ally of the Tree-man Race. I'll take you to the Human Race's base where you will receive assignments."

Several Tree-men accompanied Zhou Leng to the Human Race base, assisting him with registration and information entry.

Exiting the registration hall, Zhou Leng chatted with the Tree-men.

Zhou Leng recounted his subsequent experiences, the Tree-men spoke of changes afterward.

Vigorous Root said, "Your Qi Manipulation is a bit better compared to us…"

"We returned to the tribe intending to root in the earth for long-time cultivation."

"Unfortunately, the giant insect invasion forced us to end early."

"This time the giant insect's movement is extremely swift, even my… friend wasn't aware."

"One squad of the giant insect army breached a tribe and then charged straight toward this Two-leaf Demon City base."

"According to our deduction, the giant insect intends to occupy this Demon City base and then ally with the Demon to seize Shuizhou Demon City…"

"To fend off the giant insect, the Tree-man Elders had no choice but to increase the reward for war merits this time, besides Water of Life, they also opened the exchange of Tree-man heart or even Heart of Life."

"Such matters, like selling your comrade's heart, are saddening for us too. But as long as we stand with allies, eventually our souls will return to the earth, one after another, it makes no difference…"

"Don't hurt yourself for war merits, the giant insect's attack this time is fierce, you must be vigilant."

Zhou Leng said, "I will be careful."

"By the way, you attempt to apply for a 'tree-under cultivation quota', in the future you can cultivate near the Tree of Life or by the Life Pool, the cultivation effect is excellent."

"You saved us in Hundred Peaks Valley, we will apply for the identity of 'Friend of the Tree People' for you, which increases your cultivation duration."

"We suspect the turmoil by the giant insect army this time is related to the abundant uncovering of ancient tree fossils."

"They dispatch the army to harass us, preventing us from excavating ancient tree fossils while secretly allying with the Demon to dig."

Zhou Leng said, "Ancient tree fossils? Are they the legendary ancient objects containing powerful life force? It's said high-quality ancient tree fossils are almost equivalent to the size of Tree-man heart."

"Yes, ancient tree fossils are valuable not only to Tree-men and giant insects but also to all races."

"The life force from the ancient dying Tree of Life is sealed underground, not dissipating, but slowly accumulating."

"After countless millennia, accumulated to the extreme, they form ancient tree fossils, the life force surges like a Tree-man's heart."

"If the Heart of Life of the ancient tree hasn't been extracted, sealed in the ancient tree fossil, it becomes the Ancient Heart of Life, ten times more valuable than the Heart of Life."

"As expected, many alien race grandmasters will enter here for the Ancient Heart of Life, it's said Grandmaster Tyranny Blood and others are eager."

"Ancient Heart of Life… Truly a first-time hearing." Zhou Leng said.

"Besides its normal cultivation function, the Ancient Heart of Life has the greatest use, which is life extension."

"There are very few longevity treasures among the Ten Realms, the Ancient Heart of Life should be one of the best."

"If this defense battle can beat the Giant Insect Race, our tribes will form ancient tree fossil treasure hunting teams, do you want to join?"

Zhou Leng immediately agreed upon hearing this benefit.

"Then we pledge by leaf, strongly collaborating."

A tree branch of Vigorous Root drooped, leaves gently touched Zhou Leng's hair.

After chatting for a while, Vigorous Root received orders, hurriedly heading to guard the city wall.

Zhou Leng went to the barracks pondering ancient tree fossils.

"My Star Phoenix Rejuvenation Technique needs to complete its basic evolution, requiring at least 1000 Tree-man hearts or 10 Hearts of Life."

"Theoretically, this is entirely impossible, ordinary Tree-men don't have hearts, only Innate ones do."

"However, exchanging for ancient tree fossils changes things."

"For ancient tree fossils of equivalent volume, roughly several dozen cubic meters would suffice."

"Moreover, the more of these healing merit treasures, the stronger the healing technique."

"Ancient tree fossils, Ancient Heart of Life…"

Zhou Leng pondered the cultivation of Star Phoenix Rejuvenation Technique.

Soon, Chen Shouhu sent a message.

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