Chapter 568 - 550: Divine Fragment
Li Wei stared at it for a long time.
He couldn’t tell if it still had any self-awareness.
Given how overwhelmingly powerful it was,
Li Wei decided to try and negotiate.
He wanted to see if it would let him pass.
BAM! BAM! BAM!
A branch of the World Tree slowly rose.
Li Wei scrambled to dodge the attack.
Negotiations had failed.
Li Wei had been talking for quite a while, but it hadn’t uttered a word.
The moment he got close, it attacked without hesitation.
After some probing, Li Wei discovered that there seemed to be a boundary.
As long as he didn’t cross it, it wouldn’t attack.
’Kill the World Tree Guardian?’
Li Wei felt that would be a little too difficult.
Its entire body was made of the same material as the World Tree.
This material could withstand the impact from the fall of a Tier Eight Hellfire from the sky.
Li Wei tried attacking with the Power of Rules.
After trying, he was a bit embarrassed to find he was showing off his meager skills before an expert.
Even though the World Tree was now on the verge of death,
the Power of Laws it contained far surpassed the Rule Level Li Wei had mastered.
His High Level Flame Rules couldn’t harm the World Tree at all.
It was an almost impossible situation.
Li Wei sighed, not surprised to have run into something like this.
The instance level of the Golden Field was too high.
It was far beyond the scope of his abilities.
The World Tree Guardian before him, if he wasn’t mistaken, was likely an expert on the same level as the Elf King and the Beast King.
But that didn’t mean Li Wei was giving up.
If brute force wouldn’t work, he would have to use his wits.
Li Wei exchanged a look with Saint Xi, then took out a Magic Stone and handed it to her.
Without any need for words, Saint Xi understood what Li Wei meant.
"Let’s do it."
Li Wei stood outside the boundary and cast his Magic.
The Elemental Fluctuation drew a reaction from the World Tree Guardian.
It seemed the Guardian wasn’t just some rigid, pre-programmed creature.
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
The surrounding World Tree branches descended like sharp pitchforks.
Dozens of crimson streams of light shot out from in front of Li Wei.
Some of the streams were blocked by the branches, but most of them hit the World Tree Guardian not far away.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The light from the flames enveloped the World Tree Guardian’s figure.
The Power wasn’t particularly strong.
However, the flames produced after the streams of light exploded lingered for a long time.
They formed a scene resembling a Fire Cloud.
Li Wei roared in his mind, ’Now!’
Without needing Li Wei’s reminder, Saint Xi reacted.
She transformed into a Giant Dragon, swallowed the Magic Stone in one gulp, and then spat it out with all her might.
PFFT!
The Magic Stone shot through the wide gaps between the World Tree’s branches at an astonishing speed.
In an instant, it had flown a thousand meters.
The World Tree branches above stirred slightly, but after realizing it was just an ordinary Magic Stone and posed no threat, they returned to their stillness.
Li Wei kept his eyes fixed on the Magic Stone as it flew higher and higher.
He was also calculating the duration of the Fire Cloud in his mind.
The Fire Cloud, created using the "Spreading Fire" characteristic of the High Level Flame Rules, could burn for a very long time.
It could even burn the very air.
But under the suppression of the World Tree Guardian’s Power, the Fire Cloud was still rapidly dissipating.
Just as the Fire Cloud was about to disappear completely,
Li Wei decisively activated the "Space Exchange Technique."
SWOOSH!
Li Wei’s figure vanished.
In his place, a Magic Stone appeared and landed on a branch of the World Tree.
The World Tree Guardian’s form paused for a fraction of a second.
SWOOSH!
Saint Xi also vanished.
Only a broken branch was left in her place.
"Run!"
Li Wei shouted.
Saint Xi flew with Li Wei at top speed, rushing toward the crown of the World Tree.
Behind them, countless World Tree branches spread upwards like giant pythons, pursuing the two of them.
WHOOSH!
After a tense and thrilling chase,
Saint Xi carried Li Wei out through the top of the World Tree’s canopy.
The World Tree Guardian’s pursuit stopped.
The countless branches slowly retracted back into the World Tree.
Li Wei stood up and looked ahead.
At the very top of the World Tree was a stone platform.
Other than the green Hellfire meteors streaking overhead, there were no signs of any other living beings.
Saint Xi gazed at the platform in the distance and said, "I can sense it. The token is there."
"Alright, let’s go."
"But be careful. Who knows if there’s still danger here," Li Wei reminded her.
The two of them cautiously approached the platform.
Li Wei landed on the platform, and after steadying himself, he slowly let out a sigh of relief.
It seemed there was no danger here.
He looked ahead. In the center of the platform was a small tree.
As he walked closer, he discovered the center of the platform was hollow.
The small tree he saw was actually the topmost sapling of the World Tree.
It was also the only part of the entire World Tree that remained a vibrant green.
A glowing fruit hung from one of the sapling’s branches.
Saint Xi gazed at the fruit and reached out to pick it. This was the second token she had been searching for.
The moment she touched the fruit, it automatically detached and fell into her hand.
After the fruit fell, the verdant World Tree sapling began to wither rapidly.
Li Wei’s eyes and hands were quick; he snapped off a twig that hadn’t withered yet.
Only after breaking it off did he react, looking at the World Tree twig in his hand with great surprise.
He had actually managed to break a branch of the World Tree, arguably the toughest substance in the world.
The broken twig did not wither along with the rest of the World Tree sapling.
Li Wei could feel the faint breath of life contained within it.
This twig was still alive.
Without a second thought, Li Wei opened the Teleportation Gate to his Magic Cottage and planted the World Tree twig in the soil next to the Dragon Blood Tree.
After being planted in the soil, the World Tree twig seemed to radiate a trace of vitality.
Li Wei had a feeling this twig would probably survive.
He just wondered how long it would take to grow into a World Tree as massive as the one in the Elf Forest.