Chapter 13: You and I Under the Wisdom Tree
Chapter 13. You and I Under the Wisdom Tree
Almost there, almost there!
The Wisdom Tree was within reach!
The chance to step on a genius was also within reach!
Qi Xiao struggled to stay clear-headed, but he slowed down the further he walked.
“Drip, drip—”
“Eh? So this is the Wisdom Tree.”
Qi Xiao’s heart leaped. He turned back in astonishment and saw a black-haired youth emerge from the forest, looking up at the large tree with curiosity.
Qi Xiao’s vision felt blurry. He shook his head. His remaining reason made it impossible for him to understand how this Xia fellow, who clearly didn’t have a speed-type Spirit Robe, could arrive here so quickly.
But this was not the time to ponder such things, because Xia Feng was already rushing towards him—
Qi Xiao grinned, “Xia, you’re too late!!”
He exerted force in his legs and leaped, reaching out to pluck the Wisdom Fruit while simultaneously swinging three blood-colored saber waves behind him. Buzz!!!
The three blood waves suddenly dispersed in the air, completely blocking Xia Feng’s path to the Wisdom Tree. But—the moment Xia Feng started, he wasn’t heading for the Wisdom Tree at all.
Instead, he was heading for the Life Tree!
Whoosh—
Like an arrow loosed from a bowstring, as Qi Xiao was chopping down a dozen Wisdom Fruits from the tree, Xia Feng had already arrived at the base of the Life Tree.
Plop—
Qi Xiao landed, turning back in astonishment to look at Xia Feng in the distance. “What the hell? Is this guy looking for death? Still thinking about the Life Fruit at a time like this?”
Xia Feng leaped lightly, easily plucking the only Life Fruit from the tree.
Qi Xiao also quickly swallowed a Wisdom Fruit, and his reason returned, followed by his intelligence.
“So that’s how it is.”
He seemed to understand something, and a contemptuous smile spread across his lips. “Junior Brother Xia, you’re not trying to trade the Life Fruit for a Wisdom Fruit with me, are you?”
Xia Feng was excitedly feeling the dense Calamity Force in the area. He turned and glanced back. “Oh? What did you say?”
“I said,” Qi Xiao tossed the cherry-sized Wisdom Fruit in his hand and spread his hands with a light laugh. “If you want to trade Wisdom Fruits with me, it’s not impossible. Kneel down and kowtow three times to your Senior Brother, and I’ll give you the Wisdom Fruit~”
In the face of death, the Wisdom Fruit was far more important than the Life Fruit. After all, the Life Fruit’s only effect was to extend one’s lifespan, not to purify Calamity Force Erosion. Qi Xiao knew Xia Feng could only obey him.
He enjoyed this feeling of toying with a genius.
“Oh, is that so?” Xia Feng tossed the fruit in his hand casually and said with a smile, “But Senior Brother, when did I ever say I wanted a Wisdom Fruit?”
“Huh? Heh, fine!” Qi Xiao was amused to the point of anger by Xia Feng’s retort. “You don’t want it? Fine, then let’s stall. Let’s see who can outlast whom.”
Calamity Force Erosion would lead to reason, intelligence, and emotions crumbling towards the edge of collapse. Sometimes, hallucinations and auditory hallucinations would occur. If this state was not resolved in time, one would be completely assimilated by the Calamity Force, eventually either dying or becoming a mere killing machine—a Calamity Slave.
So, he could understand Xia Feng’s choice. His reason was lowered, his emotions were heated, and he’d rather die than yield to him. It was very normal.
But Qi Xiao was not in a hurry. He looked at the black-haired youth in the distance, whose breathing was becoming more rapid and his face was turning red, and said with a gentle smile, “You have no other choice, you fool. I’ll block your path back right here. I don’t even need to make a move. You’ll die in at most three minutes!”
This was the boundary between the light Calamity Zone and the heavy Calamity Zone. Xia Feng clearly felt his bodily functions becoming more excited. After bending over and holding his knees to catch his breath, he raised his head and smiled. “Is that so? But who said I was going back? Fool—”
With that, he turned and ran, plunging deeper into the forest.
“???” Qi Xiao’s confidently calm expression froze for an instant. What the heck was this?! Was this guy crazy?!
Seeing the black-haired youth quickly disappear, Qi Xiao gritted his teeth and hesitated, but still cursed and chased after him into the depths.
“Shadow Step!” Spirit Particles converged in his leg muscles. His running figure flickered, like a lone wolf galloping at extreme speed through the moonlit forest, incredibly fast.
Xia Feng looked back. Three terrifying blood waves, like three madly rotating scimitars, rushed towards him, stinging his face.
Bang— Mu Qingtong’s excellent reaction nerves made him instinctively swing his saber back. The three blood waves, carrying a tiger’s roar, converged into a giant blood-moon saber—which then slashed horizontally, BOOM!!! The three enemy blood waves at close range were instantly annihilated. But the giant saber did not stop, instead sweeping towards the pursuing Qi Xiao with terrifying momentum.
Waves of dust billowed up from the jungle.
“Damn it!” Qi Xiao was stunned. Was this the Three Overlapping Waves?!
With no time to think, he quickly brought his arms together, forming a transparent wind barrier in front of him—”Wind Wall”! Bang bang bang— Blobs of blood blossomed on the screen in front of him. He also had blood seeping from the corner of his lips and retreated several steps, staring at Xia Feng in the distance in disbelief.
“Huh?”
Xia Feng also looked at his hands in surprise. “My goodness, I still underestimated you, Miss Mu.”
Just now, during Mu Qingtong’s brief moment of comprehending “One-Tail,” she suddenly had an idea about “Three Overlapping Waves” and made a slight modification to the Spirit Particle Structure, and then—
It became even more powerful!
God, Miss Mu, you are my goddess!
[You have further analyzed the D-class Spirit Robe ‘One-Tail’… 99.99%]
“Interesting, very interesting,” Qi Xiao mumbled, rubbing his aching cheek, and chuckled. “To think you could improve the Three Overlapping Waves to such power. It seems I underestimated your talent, Junior Brother Xia!!”
“But that’s as far as it goes!!”
Qi Xiao decided not to waste any more time. With a sinister grin, his aura suddenly surged. A layer of faint golden fluid appeared on the surface of his body, and a long, slender golden mist tail rose from the base of his spine.
“Roar!!” He growled, bending his waist, staring at Xia Feng like a cold beast. The corner of his lips slowly curled up, and with a teasing chuckle, whoosh—
Golden light flashed, and Qi Xiao vanished from his spot in the blink of an eye.
!
Bang!!
Xia Feng’s long saber was held diagonally across his chest. The two long sabers clashed with a loud ringing sound, a metallic hum.
But Qi Xiao’s saber became heavier and heavier, pressing towards Xia Feng’s face inch by inch, his expression ferocious as he chuckled, “Do you know where you lost? You lost because of your arrogance, your stupidity. You dared to challenge me without even learning One-Tail! You’re simply courting death!!”
He had spent two and a half years learning the One-Tail Spirit Robe, while Xia Feng had only just obtained it for one day. Therefore, he had no reason to worry about today’s battle; it was a completely favorable situation.
Unless Xia Feng could learn One-Tail in one day, but no matter how much of a genius Xia Feng was, he couldn’t be so ridiculously talented.
The long saber pressed closer again!
Xia Feng’s wrist tensed, his dark eyes narrowing sharply. He still had to hold on for a while longer.
Bang bang bang bang— Qi Xiao’s eyes turned red with bloodlust, and he began to swing his saber wildly!
Xia Feng retreated, quickly blocking from various angles. But Qi Xiao’s attack rhythm became faster and faster, like a torrential downpour, with countless saber lights lunging towards him!
If Miss Mu… no, Mom Mu, doesn’t hurry up soon, he’ll have to use his ultimate move!
He still had one trick up his sleeve: the Calamity Demon Heart—directly smearing the separated “Bloodworm impurities” onto Qi Xiao’s face. It would guarantee his escape, but whether it could kill this guy was another matter.
He wasn’t very willing to reveal this trump card so soon.
[You have perfectly (100%) analyzed the Spirit Particle Structure of the D-class Spirit Robe ‘One-Tail’. Your understanding of Spirit Robes has greatly improved—]
[One-Tail (Perfect Version) · D-class]
[In the attached state of this Spirit Robe, Spirit Pressure, five senses, speed, strength, neural response, and combat precognition are all doubled. Simultaneously, the coccyx transforms into a light golden, tail-like object that can release high-intensity Spirit Pressure impacts, presenting as sharp, fine slivers.]
[Duration: 10 seconds]
What the heck! Xia Feng’s eyes lit up!
Bang—
The long sabers collided, and the soil beneath their feet stirred up waves of dust.
“Give up, Xia Feng. This is the absolute suppression of the One-Tail Spirit Robe!”
Qi Xiao grinned sinisterly. He finally found a slight opening in Xia Feng’s defense, and the edge of his saber pierced straight towards Xia Feng’s chest. “Die!!”
