When Richard heard the words of Karu, in his mind flashed the image of the glorious divine power he felt when he manipulated the sandman to pass through the spatial rift supported by the dark spar.
That suffocating feeling was even more incredible than when the kobold god had appeared in the sky above Twilight City.
One couldn’t simply describe it with words. At that moment, it froze its soul.
When Richard suddenly heard that the god’s ancient tree planted the tree in the dark plane, he was surprised.
His gaze was solemn.
“How’s Treebeard’s condition? Did it find anything strange in the dark plane?”
Head Butler Karu could hear the seriousness in his voice. And his tone became even more profound.
“Lord, Treebeard is fine. It closed the spatial rift. But Treebeard is still stationed nearby and has not left.”
Richard raised an eyebrow.
“Where is it? Take me there immediately.”
“Yes, Lord!”
Karu didn’t hesitate. He immediately ordered the soldiers who knew the location of the god’s ancient tree to lead the way.
Richard ordered the resurrected soldiers to disperse and guard the city walls. He then left Twilight City with Renee and Alves.
North, outside the land of quicksand.
On the pitch-black earth, a vast tree man rooted there.
From a distance, the dried branches looked like the arms of a dried-up corpse. The crown of the wasps flew all over the place and made a heart-wrenching buzzing sound.
It made people feel enormous pressure just by looking at it.
In addition to the thick dark clouds in the sky, horror shrouded filled everything there.
Alves flapped its broken dragon wings and approached quickly. Richard sat on its back and sensed nothing wrong with Treebeard. It put to rest his worries.
Alves landed on the ground. Richard flipped down and walked to the base of the god’s ancient tree’s tall trunk.
“Treebeard, what happened here? How did you get to that dark plane?”
The tree trunk revealed a twisted face.
“Lord…”
A low, muffled voice sounded.
“After I killed the void hunter that guarded the dark crystal, I sensed the dark energy I needed on the other side of the spatial rift…”
“So I extended my roots inside.”
“My soul transformed and obtained a new ability–Seed Sow after I devoured tons of energy.”
“At that moment, a soul-crushing aura came from that plane and chopped off my roots.”
“For safety reasons, I pushed away the dark crystal that supported the spatial rift. It disappeared without a trace after I lost its support, and the soul-crushing aura also disappeared.”
“But after that, I suddenly felt the few chopped-off roots start to sprout.”
“And I’m still connected to the seed even though I’m in a different plane.”
Treebeard’s story piqued Richard’s interest.
“A new ability? Seed Sow?”
Richard immediately opened the attribute panel of Treebeard.
At this point, the level 13 boss had already reached level 14.
And in addition to the initial skill, there was an additional skill.
[Seed Sow (A-rank) — Can sow 5,000 seeds and grow them into dark treants. Each dark treant is level 5 of the user’s level. After the limit, it can consume tons of energy to upgrade the treant’s level. For every 1,000 dark treants born, it can cultivate a treant hero. If the user dies, it can revive the hero among these treants.]
The attributes were still worthy.
In addition to the ability to breed venomous wasps, the god’s ancient tree was utterly on the path of one man against a troop.
Moreover, after it died, it could use these treants to resurrect. It made him even more overbearing.
“The dark plane did not reject your seeds?”
The god’s ancient tree shook its trunk.
The voice slowly rang out.
The roots have devoured the dark energy and are no different from the aura of a void hunter…
Richard understood.
He didn’t mind about it. He thought about what this could bring to Twilight City.
He could sense a lot of room for manipulation.
As his thoughts turned, he searched for the essence of the problem…
‘Which dark plane had something of value?
‘Or rather, was there something Twilight City needed in that plane?’
Richard’s eyes brightened as the answer appeared in his mind.
“Void licker.”
The infinite number of void lickers from the spatial rifts might be a massive disaster for others. But they were a unique and rare resource for Twilight City.
It was because the god’s ancient tree needed it.
Whether it was to increase its level or to breed venomous wasps, Treebeard needed corpses. With the additional treants, the god’s ancient tree’s demand hugely increased.
Moreover, the monsters that contained a massive amount of dark energy could also help in the transformation.
If it could open a spatial rift after it left this instance dungeon and continuously lure the void foragers out, it could escape.
Without a doubt, the god’s ancient tree had found a long-term and stable source of experience.
It was the quickest benefit to achieve. When Twilight City becomes undisputed in the future, there will be more things to do… For example, conquer a plane.
When Richard thought of this, his mood immediately became better.
To open a spatial rift might have been very difficult in the past.
However, he had the void sandworm.
It was a life praised by the President of the Scarlet Council and the ultimate boss who had wiped the plane with his bare hands in the previous dungeon.
As long as the void sandworm matured, this wouldn’t be a big problem.
“Treebeard, let those seeds of yours lay low and quietly absorb the energy. You must not attract the attention of the void monsters.”
“As you wish, Lord.”
Richard nodded and didn’t say anything else.
He took another glance at the boss’s attributes. The transformation progress had already reached 30%.
It was still a long way to go before he could complete the transformation.
“It seems I still have to use points to buy that drop of dark divine blood from the black-robed merchant.”
The black-robed merchant distinctly mentioned that the divine blood of darkness could complete the transformation of the god’s ancient tree and even make it one level higher. It could activate the power of the god’s ancient tree in the body.
However, what gave him a headache was that the price of the divine blood of darkness was as high as 8 million points.
In addition, he wanted to exchange for the crown of the King of Darkness, which was worth 5 million points.
Then, he had to earn 13 million points before the end of the dungeon.
With that in mind, he glanced at his attribute panel.
The points column on it showed… 3.57 million.
He was still close to 10 million from his target.
It was not a small amount.
However, his fighting spirit immediately filled up when he thought about the two treasures in front of him.
No matter what, he had to earn enough points this time.
He sighed and looked up at the sky.
‘I hope that we can extend the duration of this instance dungeon.’
The moment he thought of this, the system notification suddenly rang.
[Ding~ The system has activated endless survival mode. The life form hidden in the dimensional plane will descend again in three hours.]
[The attack this time will be endless.]
[It has opened the survival time ranking board. The system will reward handsomely the lord who can resist the monsters for the longest time in the endless mode. Please be prepared.]
“Endless survival mode?”
Richard was enthralled. But after he read the notifications twice, he smiled.
This model was sparingly engrossing.
Now, he was afraid the dungeon would close early. And the divine blood of darkness and the crown of the King of Darkness would be gone.
In this mode, one could survive longer as long as one had the ability.
He could use this to earn enough points.
Other players might be hesitant, but he had the support of Twilight City.
If Twilight City could not survive, how many territories among the tens of billions of players could?
He had sharpened his blade for ten years just for this moment.
He had used his absolute power in the death arena fighting ring to show the tens of billions of players the power of Twilight City.
This time, the Twilight City would ultimately not be weaker than anyone else in this test of territory foundation.
With that in mind, he opened the player [Forum Chat].
He didn’t know what those idiots did at this time.
After a few cursory glances, he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
The players on the forums discussed the final battle in the death arena fighting ring.
All screamed in excitement.
In particular, the rewards he would receive after he became the King of Gladiator made the players’ hearts itch.
Of course, they were more impressed by the power of Twilight City.
Only a few posts discussed the endless mode.
Richard didn’t get any prosperous information from the forum, so he closed it.
He wasn’t in the mood to chat with others on the forum and waste his time.
After he let the god’s ancient tree return to the land of quicksand to prepare for the battle, he did not stay for long and immediately returned to Twilight City.
After he told Head Butler Karu that the enemy would attack again in three hours, Richard returned to the Lord’s mansion.
He drank a cup of newly-brewed hot tea and took out the 4-stars treasure he valued the most from the system space–
The Doomsday Horn-Scroll.
It could force a contract with a life form no higher than three levels and make it eternally loyal to him.
It was a top-grade treasure he had obtained from the Scarlet Council’s treasure vault in the previous instance dungeon. He initially planned to use it to have a contract with the god’s ancient tree.
He didn’t expect the boss to surrender on its own to save him the rare treasure.
At this moment, it finally had a worthy use.
After he placed the Doomsday Horn-Scroll on the table, he slowly took out the ancient god statue that emitted a faint light.
With a thought, the spiritual energy spread and entered the statue.
In an instant, a remarkable scene appeared in his mind.
The dark valkyrie wore black armor and lay quietly on the ground.
An armor covered its face and only revealed a pair of tightly closed eyes.
The curved sword that could cut through everything lay quietly beside it.
No one would have thought this would be a powerful and overbearing boss unit judging from the quiet atmosphere.
His heart moved.
The next moment.
A gloomy aura enveloped the dark valkyrie, and the boss’s figure gradually faded.
Then, in the hall, a shadow started to form.
In a few breaths, the heavily injured and unconscious dark valkyrie lay on the long black table.
Unconscious woman.
Richard didn’t hesitate. He slowly picked up the Doomsday Horn-Scroll. He pricked his finger, and blood dripped on it.
The next moment, a wave of majestic energy surged and enveloped the dark valkyrie.
The contract opened.