Dragon War God

Chapter 841 – Red Fire Tree

“In that case, we do not need to remain here and disturb Lord Zi Xue. We shall meet at the Eternal Battlefield in five months,” said Ancestor Jin with a salute, his face glowing proudly.

“See you then,” said Wu Lian curtly. Then she led Feng Qing away and left without another word.

Five months of private cultivation could even be enough for them to increase their cultivation levels. Everyone had enough time to prepare as they waited for the final battle.

Five months. It was not long, but it was not short either.

“Let’s head back to Heavenly Wood City. Long Chen, the slot I promised you remains yours. You will follow us to the Eternal Battlefield in five months; what do you think?” asked Bai Lan.

Long Chen thought for a moment. He needed to cultivate the Ninth Earthly Martial Stage of the Earthly Fist Manual and the Black Emperor Churning Heaven Seal, then do his best to break through to the next cultivation level. Heavenly Wood City could offer him a quiet environment, so it was best for him to go.

Therefore, he nodded in agreement.

To outsiders, it was logical for him to return to Heavenly Wood City, seeing as his fiancée was still there. Bai Lan had already told everyone about their wedding, which would take place after they returned to the Ten Thousand Nations Territory, like Wu Guangyu and Feng Zhilin’s wedding. However, this was obviously fake.

Long Chen’s target destination was the Royal Territories.

The incident at Tianyi Water City was officially over.

Long Chen followed Bai Lan and Lei Ji back toward Heavenly Wood City, while Wu Lian and Feng Qing went towards Giant Metal City.

As for the Five Elements Alliance, due to the appearance of the Purple-Blooded Jiao Dragon, they shifted out of Tianyi Water City to the Earth District so as to not disturb it.

At this point, the amount of land taken up by a faction was useless anyway.

The Five Emperors’ treasure was the ultimate treasure in the Ancient Graveyard.

***

Heavenly Wood City.

There were many lush trees in the Wood District. The tree that Heavenly Wood City sat on was gigantic and looked like a gigantic wall standing between heaven and earth.

Beneath Heavenly Wood City, next to the tree trunk, five black-robed people levitated in the air. A woman, who was also in a black robe, was giggling as she said, “The Ancient Graveyard was part of the Ten Thousand Nations Territory in the past. This is supposedly where the Five Emperors lived. Heavenly Wood City was the Azure Emperor’s home.”

“That bastard Zi Xue said he wanted to scare the ants. I wonder if anything funny is going to happen. I wonder if those people who call themselves names like the Divine and Demon clans will pee themselves in fright when they see his gigantic form?” said a guy with a smile.

“Of course they will. The people of the Ten Thousand Nations Territory are ignorant. Despite being as weak as ants, they still dare call themselves the ‘Divine’ and ‘Demon’ clans. Even we do not dare speak recklessly about true gods and demons; they are utter fools,” said another black-robed individual.

“Let’s not talk about the Ten Thousand Nations Territory anymore. Tell me, wouldn’t it be a pity if such a large, ancient tree didn’t become a member of the demon race?” purred the woman demurely.

One of them looked at her and said with a smile, “Are you thinking of turning the tree into one of your Red Fire Trees again?”

“Hehe. I brought quite a few Red Fire Tree Fruits with me. A gigantic ancient tree like this is hard to come by, so of course I must try! There are too many people in the Ancient Graveyard and they’re ruining my view. Let’s kill off some of them first. I think there are a lot of people in the city on top of the tree. Let’s kill them all. Back off; just watch me!”

The other people looked at each other and backed away without a word. The woman took out a fire-red stone from somewhere. It resembled a fruit, so it was no wonder it was called a “Red Fire Tree Fruit.” The fruit was alight with red flames and looked very hot, hotter than anything Long Chen could imagine. A tall tree could be faintly seen inside it, and its trunk was waving, letting out beast-like roars.

“Sweetie, listen to my command. Become an infant of the Red Fire Trees, and then you may kill as many people as you like, destroy as much as you like. You should be able to burn the whole Wood District at least, right?”

The woman gently placed the Red Fire Tree Fruit into the ancient tree’s trunk, then left in a fit of giggles.

Based on what she had said, she seemed to be turning the tree into a fire-type demonic beast. Trees were originally of the wood element and naturally were afraid of fire. Therefore, it was shocking that the demon race could turn a tree into a fire-type beast. The Three Royal Territories were indeed filled with mystery.

Behind her, the ancient tree slowly transformed.

A layer of red flames quietly appeared on the brown, ancient bark ...

***

Thinking about his two daughters, Bai Lan returned to Heavenly Wood City at high speed. They had to first pass through the Eternal Battlefield, which was between the Water and Wood Districts. Previously, the trip had taken them many days because they were not in a hurry. This time, with them traveling at almost Bai Lan’s maximum speed, two or three days were enough.

“I keep having this bad feeling. I don’t know why,” Bai Lan suddenly said as they hurried along.

Having a bad feeling was difficult to explain. Perhaps this was a sixth sense. When Lei Ji jokingly mocked Bai Lan for overthinking, Long Chen did not say anything.

The three of them traveled at top speed until they entered the Wood District. Suddenly, they sensed that something was wrong. The first thing they noticed was the ground trembling. It was happening over a vast area, not localized.

“Why is the ground trembling? Is it an earthquake?” The three of them looked at each other.

“Head back quickly. Heavenly Wood City might be in danger!” Bai Lan’s eyes widened; he was ready to abandon Long Chen and Lei Ji to head towards the city first. Even Long Chen noticed that something was wrong. He activated his Dragon Soul Transformation so that he could travel faster. Although he could not catch up to Bai Lan, he could tail him from far away.

As time passed, Long Chen had an increasingly strong feeling that something was wrong ahead. The Wood District had always been cool, so why did he feel heat?

“Xiaolang, Fat Cat, do you guys know what happened?” asked Long Chen with furrowed brows.

“What? Something happened?” Little Cat asked, surprised.

Not far from Little Cat, Xiaolang had the same expression as Long Chen. Xiaolang was the natural predator of fire, and it could even be said that he could swallow all the fire in the world. He had reached the Category Nine King-tier because Wu Guangyu had fed him a lot of fire treasures. Furthermore, Xiaolang had gained a shameless side after spending a long time with Long Chen, so he would never refuse these things.

“There seems to be something burning ahead. The Wood District is on fire ...” Xiaolang’s eyes suddenly sprang open.

“No way ...” Long Chen was stunned. Almost all his friends in the Ancient Graveyard were in the Wood District, and now it was on fire?

Long Chen did not hesitate anymore and charged as fast as he could so that he would not be a burden to Bai Lan and Lei Ji in terms of speed.

He quickly arrived after traveling at maximum speed. Many people staying in Heavenly Wood City had already shifted to Tianyi Water City, so the people who stayed behind were all from the Thunder Demon Faction. After half a day of moving at maximum speed, Bai Lan encountered a man from the Demon clan. The man was running for his life in panic.

“Patriarch!” After Bai Lan stopped him, the man looked overjoyed, though the panic on his face did not fade. He fell to his knees before Bai Lan and stuttered, “H-heavenly Wood City ... No, the tree underneath Heavenly Wood City ...”

“Calm down. Speak slowly.” Bai Lan’s gaze was dark. His mind was a mess, but he controlled himself.

“The whole tree is ablaze, and it seems to have become sentient. Countless flaming branches have started to attack their surroundings. I think the two princesses are still in Heavenly Wood City and are unable to get out. The flames have already spread to them!”

Hearing the man's unbelievable story stunned the three of them.

“The whole tree is ablaze? What happened? I know there are plant-type demonic beasts. Did the tree became a plant-type demonic beast?” Long Chen asked, shocked.

Little Cat explained, “That is indeed the case. There are millions of demonic beast clans in the Desolate Royal Territory, too many to count. Many of them are plant-type beasts who can turn normal ancient trees into members of their species through a fruit that forms after their elders die, effectively turning normal trees into plant demons. Do not underestimate them, for they are even more terrifying than demonic beasts. I remember that one of the six demons is from the Red Fire Tree clan. She is likely the one who placed a Red Fire Tree Fruit in the ancient tree’s trunk.”

During such a critical moment, Little Cat did not beat around the bush and explained everything he knew about this strange type of beast.

Only Long Chen and Xiaolang could hear him.

Unlike Long Chen, Bai Lan had almost lost his mind because the only thing he heard was that the two princesses were still in Heavenly Wood City.

Without a word, Bai Lan charged as fast he could in that direction!

“Brother Bai, stay calm!” Lei Ji knew that Bai Lan loved his daughters more than anything and that he was surely going mad from this. Long Chen had no time to think either. He ran as fast as he could, hoping that he could catch up to Bai Lan.

“Big Brother, let me do it!” Xiaolang turned into the Sun Devouring Wolf, emerging from the Primordial Realm.

Being Category Nine King-tier, he could run much faster than Long Chen in the forest.

The three of them, plus one wolf, charged ahead as fast as they could!