Heroic Death System

Chapter 31

Kaiser and their group continued on their journey, and on the way, they met several groups. Just like Philippines had said, not a single one was in good condition. Without exception, all of them had been invaded by the devil qi, and it was only in the degree of severity that they differed.

Despite Shang Ke doing his best to treat them, he could only save some of them. In the end, Tylor had no choice but to prohibit him from saving anyone else when he could barely walk.

Five days later, the group had expanded to around sixty people when they finally arrived at the center of the marsh.

Everyone could finally see up close the Devil's Tree that had disturbed the continent for thousands of years.

The tree was approximately one hundred meters tall, and its trunk around fifty meters wide. Roughly thirty people would be needed to wrap their arms around it. Its branches spread and weaved together far above them like a large umbrella. The tree's leaves had devil qi condensing and flowing around them, burning like black will-o'-wisps.

Everyone felt as if they had fallen into hell, and before their eyes was only darkness. Besides the dense devil qi, there was nothing else.

The Devil's Tree pressure made breathing difficult for everyone. Their hearts stirred restlessly and their legs froze. They were completely unable to move.

The fear, cold, pain, and pressure... drowned nearly everyone.

They lost their senses and sank into a never-ending nightmare, incapable of resisting.

Of over seventy people, barely two or three people managed to maintain their clarity.

Shang Ke gripped Tylor's hand and helped to absorb the devil qi within his body. At the same time, he reminded him, "The magic crystal."

Tylor regained his composure and fished out a transparent crystal from his pocket.

At least three magic crystals were needed to make a boundary.

Shang Ke also helped to absorb Kaiser's devil qi, and then the horticultural master Sindi–who was the first one to break away from the devil qi invasion out of everyone. The three of them constructed a boundary.

They held the magic crystal and imbued all of their faith within.

Gradually, the magic crystal began to shine, flickering like a small firefly in the dark.

Under the shining light, many people returned from their murky states and took out their own magic crystals with difficulty, joining the others in releasing their faith.

Philippines, Max, Amy, Youri... with each crystal lighting up, the rays of faith power became stronger and stronger.

Although Shang Ke only found four of the warriors that had previously sealed the Devil's Tree, they had found many helpers. Although their powers of faith were incomparable to those of the seven all of them together should be enough to seal it.

However, because of Shang Ke's protection, most of the people had not undergone the devil qi's test and built up their resistances. Therefore, after setting foot into the place of the devil qi's origin, they were very quickly invaded by the devil qi, with the devil qi penetrating deeply.

One after another, they turned into apostles and completely lost their senses, randomly attacking those near them.

In the end, the situation that Shang Ke had worried about the most still happened.

Tylor immediately stopped infusing his faith and told the others, "Kaiser, you guys continue to seal the Devil's Tree. I'll be in charge of protecting you guys."