Chapter 660: Chapter 425: Symbiosis with the Tree Part 2

Long Xingyuan and his team had been conducting research on how to achieve Demon Promotion, proposing many theories.

One Fusion method would be to continuously vie for authority with the Great Demon before its will had even formed, slowly integrating with it, and thereby completing the Demon Promotion. This method was undoubtedly the most secure.

First, there was no need to confront a formidable adversary such as a Fifth-order Great Demon, and second, with a strong enough will and sufficient time, those of Fourth Order Superior might also be able to achieve Demon Promotion and ascend to Fifth-order in one fell swoop.

However, such a method required not days but years, several years even, and no one could guarantee who would progress faster in this process.

The second method was to activate the Blood Sea Demon, which would gather authority upon its emergence. Defeating it, even if its authority were to scatter, would allow you to collect a significant portion of it initially. Having a portion of authority first and then fusing the remaining bits of authority later would naturally be much faster, but the challenge of killing a Fifth-order Great Demon was no small feat. Plus, once it formed a Great Demon Will, that erosive force was not as chaotic and ‘controllable’ as the overall will.

“Simply kill it? Perhaps I can forcibly detain more authority, at least the amount Elder Li can handle,” Su Han said.

“Just use the usual method to kill it, you know more about this area than we do. After all, without enough strength, you can’t sense those authorities’ power,” replied Elder Li.

Though Long Xingyuan was also of Fourth Order, his understanding of these powers was undoubtedly no match for Su Han’s.

“I understand, shall we begin?” he said.

Li Wenyuan had been meditating for quite a while, his psychic fluctuation steadily growing. Slowly opening his eyes, he nodded and said, “Good.”

The three entered the Blood Sea Space, where it appeared the same as at the beginning; the heavens and earth were blood-red, and the Blood Sea surged constantly. However, not a single Gray Inferior Demon or Corpse Ghost could be seen.

In the three days leading up to this, Long Xingyuan’s preparations included clearing out the Gray Inferior Demons and Corpse Ghosts to ensure there would be no external disturbances at the start.

In the center of the otherworldly island, two huge and strange trees had already been erected, soaring up to a hundred meters, with thick and twisted trunks stretching towards the sky. The strange branches extended ceaselessly, spreading their foliage as wide and dense as a canopy.

The tree on the left radiated a purple glow while the one on the right emitted a faint yellow light. The two complemented each other, creating an aurora-like spectacle, dazzling and intertwined.

“Where there are people, there are Lamp Trees. We have often overlooked the power of Lamp Trees, but they remain an indispensable force,” Long Xingyuan remarked suddenly, from dispelling the mist to being the foundation of the Star Torch Tree, Lamp Trees played an unimaginable role.

“Perhaps they are a guide, who knows,” Li Wenyuan said with a smile, then walked step by step under the trees, as the intertwined purple and yellow light fell upon him.

He reached out to touch the Star Torch Tree, and in an instant, the light from the Star Torch shone brightly, becoming incredibly dazzling.

The Book of Blood Spirit on Li Wenyuan’s hand lit up, and his four Angel Envoys were summoned, guarding by his side.

“It has begun.”

Su Han felt Li Wenyuan’s psychic fluctuation growing rapidly, and at the same time, a message came through the Star Torch Network, indicating that a force of spiritual power was merging and partially assimilating with the Star Torch Tree.

As the Master of the Star Torch, if Su Han were to intervene now, Li Wenyuan’s Fusion would be interrupted immediately. This was why Li Wenyuan needed Su Han’s help.

‘I hope everything goes smoothly.’

He did not intervene or facilitate the Fusion; he left everything to Li Wenyuan to manage.

Once he lifted the restrictions, the Star Torch Tree immediately erupted in a column of light that descended upon Li Wenyuan.

His clothing rustled noisily as he levitated mid-air, accepting the cleansing from the Star Torch Tree. Powerful Spiritual Energy washed over him continuously, and the rules of the Star Torch Tree penetrated his body. Soon, Li Wenyuan showed an expression of pain.

To merge a human’s soul into the Star Torch Tree, to transform one’s body into the tree, was never an easy task.

But Li Wenyuan was different.

After the initial pain, Li Wenyuan quickly adapted. Under the watch of Su Han and Long Xingyuan, his body began to transform.

His clothes completely dissipated, his form entirely enveloped in light, and then his skin began to spiritualize bit by bit, transforming into Spiritual Factors, and started to slowly disseminate, one by one.

“This… his body…”

Long Xingyuan could not have expected this scene to occur and immediately showed an anxious expression.

Su Han put his hand on his shoulder, “Don’t worry, the body is undergoing spiritualization, but the soul and mental strength are already gradually forming a binding with the Star Torch Tree.”

His perception became even clearer, and at this moment, he could feel the changes in Li Wenyuan. If this development continued, and the whole process was completed, Li Wenyuan would also break through to the Fifth Order.

Within the Blood Sea Space, the originally calm blood sea suddenly began to surge, psychic fluctuations became chaotic, and a terrifying will seemed to be condensing, pressing towards Li Wenyuan.

Su Han’s expression instantly darkened, and a flash of cold light passed through his eyes as he said coldly, “Blood Sea Demon.”

Perhaps it was the disturbance caused by Li Wenyuan that gave the Blood Sea Space a sense of crisis, and the Great Demon that had been gestating seemed to suddenly take shape.

Authority continued to converge, the blood sea kept churning, spiritual energy was gathering towards a creature in the blood sea.

A monstrous beast, with tattered blood-colored bone wings and a body like a blood elephant, rose from the blood sea, towering a kilometer high like a mountain, its fierce, crimson eyes focusing on Li Wenyuan and the Star Torch Tree as soon as it appeared.

It let out a ferocious roar then raised a blood wave hundreds of meters high, carrying countless Blood Sea Creatures as it rushed straight toward this island.

Its voice like thunder, its form like a blood wall.

Su Han’s figure suddenly vanished into space, appearing directly at the shore. He didn’t draw the Black Sword but instead, a shadow of a shinbone scythe materialized behind him, sweeping over the kilometer-distant blood wave.

In an instant, his attack headed straight for the blood wave, cutting it in half in the blink of an eye. The tremendous force was completely neutralized, and countless Blood Sea Creatures were annihilated at the same moment.

The strength of the Sixth Order was not something this ordinary Blood Sea Demon could contend with. Su Han effortlessly blocked the attack of the Blood Sea Demon with a mere strike.

However, this Blood Sea Demon was not frightened at all; instead, it drew even more power from the Blood Sea Space and charged toward the island, its momentum seemingly powerful enough to break through mountains and destroy the island.

Seeing this, Su Han aimed the shinbone scythe at the Blood Sea Demon. He had intended to activate the Great Demon and then slay it.

Now that it was coming to him, it saved him some effort.

“Hold it off for me for a while; I’ll handle it myself,” Li Wenyuan’s voice reached Su Han through psychokinetic power.

Looking back, Su Han saw that Li Wenyuan was now only a soul’s shadow, vaguely overlapping with the Star Torch Tree.

But in such a state, his aura had already reached the level of the Fifth Order.

Su Han nodded, and the shinbone scythe, that had been intended for the Blood Sea Demon, transformed into a protective layer that enveloped the entire island.

Boom!

The Great Demon of the Blood Sea, with the force of ten thousand catty, constantly struck the barrier with rolling blood waves.

But the attacks, that could have destroyed the island, were helpless against the thin barrier.

At that moment, Li Wenyuan touched the hundred-meter Lamp Tree, and golden light flowed from between the tree trunks, merging into his soul. At the same moment, he had completed the fusion with the Lamp Tree, becoming one with the tree and establishing a connection.

On one side was the Star Torch Tree, on the other the Lamp Tree. From this point forth, these two trees would be the essence of Li Wenyuan’s existence, and he would be the manifestation of these trees.

“What a majestic will, that of humanity and the earth,” Li Wenyuan felt the profound will within his mental strength, and in his Sea of Consciousness, it was as if two differently colored suns were hanging.

Purple and golden intertwined spiritual factors kept emerging, merging into his soul. His body, which had already dissipated, rapidly coalesced while a shadowy robe fell upon him.

Li Wenyuan reappeared, stepped out, and was already hundreds of meters away next to Su Han. Then he said, “I will suppress this Blood Sea Demon.”

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