Douluo: Emerald Poison King

Chapter 461 The Remains of the Former Overlord

Dragon bones, metals, gems, meteorites, materials from soul beasts
The dazzling array of treasures almost blinded Chen Ming, even causing him to look at the Evil Emperor with an abnormal gaze.

If Chen Ming hadn't known that the Evil Eye had no blood relation to dragons, he would have suspected that the Evil Emperor was a dragon in disguise, otherwise why would he lock so many treasures in his lair?

Chen Ming saw more than ten skeletons of 100,000-year-old soul beasts and five skeletons of 200,000-year-old ferocious beasts. Among this large pile of soul beast materials, Chen Ming even saw the remains of a 400,000-year-old plant-type ferocious beast that was still radiating vitality.

Under the protection of the Evil Emperor, the soul beast remained rooted in the earth, instinctively absorbing the energy within it.

However, under the control of the Evil Emperor, a spiritual force took root inside the tree, constantly eroding the tree's own spirituality and driving the tree to gather all its essence into the branches that resembled human arms, giving birth to blood-red fruits.

Although the fluctuations in soul power suggest that this 400,000-year-old plant-type soul beast is still alive, from the perspective of the soul, it is actually dead beyond any doubt. It's just that the Evil Emperor is using evil methods to control its remains for his own use.

Upon discovering Chen Ming's interest in the tree, the Evil Emperor, now playing the role of a lackey, immediately stepped forward to explain it to Chen Ming.

"My lord, this tree is called the Demon Tree, an extremely evil soul beast that not only devours the bodies of living beings but also enslaves their souls. The weak are directly digested and absorbed, while the strong are twisted and turned into treacherous ghouls to be driven by it."

"This kind of soul beast is of extremely high quality and has extremely strong combat power. It is even more terrifying than my Evil Eye Clan."

“Long ago, this Demon Forest was the territory of the Demon Tree Clan. However, because these soul beasts were too strong and too evil, they were inherently limited.”

"Generally speaking, plant-type soul beasts have relatively weak intelligence and only develop clear thoughts after ten thousand years. However, the Demon Tree clan is even more demanding in this regard. They only develop true consciousness after passing through a hundred thousand-year tribulation. This is almost a rare thing for a race that is born with the ability to enslave souls."

"After awakening their own consciousness, these soul beasts will further enhance their attributes, reaching the extreme of evil, and their desire to attack and devour will be further amplified. However, as a race capable of enslaving souls, these soul beasts actually have some deficiencies in terms of mental strength. Their thinking is evil and singular, and their mental strength is weaker than that of true mental-type soul beasts."

"The one planted on the ground now is the Demon Tree King, the emperor of the Demon Tree clan, whose cultivation reached 450,000 years ago."

"Although my cultivation level was higher than that of the Demon Tree King back then, and as a spirit-type soul beast, I was also able to counter the Demon Tree King, it still took me a long time to defeat the Demon Tree King and bring it to the brink of death."

"The Demon Tree clan can absorb scattered spiritual energy and produce special fruits. These fruits can increase the amount of spiritual energy and further purify it. However, because the fruit consumption is too great, this clan basically does not bear fruit unless it is for sowing seeds."

"I've planted it here for nearly ten thousand years. Its soul and spirit have been completely transformed into fruit and devoured by my people. Its internal cultivation has also been almost completely drained. Its cultivation of over 450,000 years back then has been almost entirely consumed in these ten thousand years. Its origin is even weaker than that of an ordinary 100,000-year-old soul beast." "In another one or two thousand years, or even several hundred years, this Demon Tree King will be completely drained and die, and the Demon Tree clan will completely disappear from the Sun and Moon Continent."

When the Evil Emperor finished speaking, he glanced at Chen Ming and noticed that Chen Ming did not ask why the Demon Tree Clan had completely disappeared. He immediately realized that his master had probably done something similar.

"If Your Majesty requires it, I have a dozen or so fruits stored up, which I will present with both hands. The Demon Tree King bore fruit once two hundred years ago, and the next time it will probably bear fruit is fifty years from now. However, if Your Majesty cannot wait, I can forcibly activate the essence of this soul beast and force it to bear fruit. It will only hasten its death, as it already has little energy."

"Is this really the only one left in the Demon Tree clan?" Chen Ming stepped forward and touched the Demon Tree King, feeling the suitability of this soul beast for his God of Sin's power, and his heart couldn't help but feel a little excited.

"Ahem, my lord, he is the only one left in the Demon Tree clan. The other sentient Demon Trees died long ago because I forcibly catalyzed their fruit, and I didn't spare the remaining Demon Trees that were older either."

"I originally intended to spare those ancient demon trees, but considering that these demon trees could not bear fruit and would compete with the Evil Eye for food if left in the Demon Forest, I ordered the extermination of the entire demon tree clan."

"I still have a lot of the demon tree's wood stored up. If it's of use to you, my lord, that would be best."

"However, the fruits of the Demon Tree clan can give birth to new Demon Trees. I still have more than a dozen of the Demon Tree King's fruits. If Your Majesty needs them, I'm afraid it might be too late?"

The Evil Emperor hesitated at this point. In his view, by the time the new generation of Demon Trees grew, he would have ascended to immortality many years later. Even with extra effort in cultivation, it would still take at least 20,000 to 30,000 years for the Demon Trees to reach a cultivation level of 100,000 years.

"This kind of soul beast has the highest efficiency in bearing evil power I have ever seen. Its extremely evil attributes make it qualified to be a material for forging the artifact of the God of Sin. It's just that you have completely drained this Demon Tree King, so there is not enough power inside to forge the artifact."

"Go and bring me the fruit from the Demon Tree King. I'll show you what the power of a god is. Today, I'm going to use the remains of this Demon Tree King to cultivate a new Demon Tree King, and then use it to forge my divine artifact."

"Yes." The Evil Emperor glanced deeply at the drained Demon Tree King, completely bewildered as to how such a lifeless creature could be used to create new life. However, trusting in the power of the gods, the Evil Emperor obediently handed over a dozen of his treasured fruits to Chen Ming.

These fruits are not from the same batch, but rather the best fruit from each batch. Under the Evil Emperor's special preservation, the energy inside these carefully selected fruits remains abundant.

Under normal circumstances, each fruit nurtured by these Demonic Tree Kings at the cost of their own essence would have a high probability of giving rise to a Demonic Tree that becomes a 100,000-year-old Soul Beast or even a ferocious beast. However, in reality, no matter what these fruits could produce, under the control of the Evil Emperor, these fruits would never have the chance to fall to the ground and grow.

(End of this chapter)