Nobody told me this wasn't a game.

In other words-

The Glutton's casual strike has already surpassed the power of the seventh realm!

Zuo Chang became wary and first cast "Nine Netherworld Removal" on himself to prevent being instantly killed. Then he cast "Decisive Battle Weapon" to boost his attributes.

After applying the two buff skills, he thought for a moment and then used the reward from the Whispering Forest:

"Nature Guardians"

Emerald light converged into a magic circle, and a massive, neckless, humanoid ancient tree, about three meters tall, rose from the ground!

At the same time, beams of light shone on Zuo Chang's body, slowly transforming into spheres of light that flew toward the ancient tree one by one.

First, there is a colorless wind ball.

This is "Dragon-type Tiger-nature". The ancient tree guardian gains a protective dragon shield, the heart of a divine tiger, and an improvement in movement skills.

Secondly, there was a jet-black luminous bead.

This is "Removal from the Nine Netherworlds," where the ancient tree guardian will be exempt from death and disability for three minutes.

Then came a wisp of green fragrance.

This is the "Lord of the Forest," an ancient tree guardian that can absorb the natural energy of the forest to heal itself.

But now that we're not surrounded by a forest, this passivity is practically useless.

Then came a silvery gleam.

This is "Innate Sword Bone". Zuo Chang has already upgraded Innate Sword Bone to the maximum level, so it can be used without holding a sword.

Even though the ancient tree guardian doesn't know what a sword is, its "understanding" of swords surpasses that of 99.99% of people in the world, making it a true master swordsman!

Finally, there was a golden flame.

This is, this is...

what is this?

Zuo Chang frowned slightly, thinking to himself, "This is a weapon for the final battle? It shouldn't be like this..."

The Ancient Tree Guardian's special ability is to replicate Zuo Chang's stats and all his passive skills at that time.

However, "Decisive Weapon" should not be considered a passive skill, as there is no icon in the status bar, and the numerical bonus is directly added to the panel.

Logically speaking, it cannot be replicated by the ancient tree guardian.

"call!"

Golden flames merged into the ancient tree guardian's body, and a fierce fire instantly ignited, turning the ancient tree guardian into a fiery tree for no apparent reason!

At this moment, Zuo Chang finally knew what it was—

"Yang Sword Form"

It is the Yang Sword form that converts all damage into an equal amount of healing!

Zuo Chang looked down at the dazzlingly bright Moon Crown Sword and thought helplessly, "The Yang Sword form is actually considered passive... Then what am I supposed to do with summoning the Ancient Tree Guardian? Just to heal someone with a punch?"

Before they could think any further, the gluttons launched another attack.

A black arrow, imbued with countless malevolent energies, pierced through the clouds and struck directly at the ancient tree guardian.

Upon approaching—

The black arrow visibly melted away, its ferocity being continuously purified. Before it could even touch the protective dragon shield guarded by the ancient tree, it turned into green smoke and dissipated!

Zuo Chang was first taken aback, then overjoyed!

"The Yang Sword form possesses purifying power! It is the nemesis of the Glutton's ferocious attacks!"

Chapter 187: Fraudulent Peace

A pure and unexpected delight.

The purifying power of the Yang Sword form is an excellent nemesis of malevolent energy. After the Glutton transforms into a collection of resentment, it has actually lost its life.

It possessed the purple-haired woman's body, but was actually just a violent and evil aura.

The destruction of the physical body is insignificant.

Only by completely purifying its malevolent energy will it die.

The ancient tree guardians immediately launched a counterattack.

Normally, the Ancient Tree Guardian's attack pattern is very simple, consisting purely of slapping, crushing, and one or two nature spells.

However, now that he has inherited Zuo Chang's passive ability and mastered the max-level Innate Sword Bone:

Flying leaves, transformed into swords!

With a flick of his arm, the guard sent hundreds of golden leaves ablaze through the air, shining like the sun.

Each leaf carried supreme sword intent, which Zuo Chang saw and felt was unstoppable.

The collective resentment also sensed the crisis.

It let out an unintelligible roar, and countless curtains of malevolent energy rose up, coalescing into a wall of resentment in front of it, attempting to block the attack.

As soon as the golden leaves approached the Wall of Resentment, their dazzling brilliance immediately eroded holes in them.

The leaves passed through the hole without encountering any resistance.

Flying Leaf —

Or rather, the flying sword left a dazzling golden trail in mid-air, piercing the body of the resentment aggregate with increasing speed, like a meteorite, creating dense craters on the ground behind the aggregate.

With just one volley of fire, most of the resentment and hostility of the collective energy was evaporated!

"..."

"..."

The ghostly spectators were all speechless, their mouths agape.

The most surprised person was undoubtedly Professor Dang Jue.

The gluttons give them no chance at all, sacrificing their own lives and transforming into their final form the moment they meet.

He thought Zuo Chang was about to face a tough battle!

It's even possible that they could be defeated by a collective of resentment!

The results of it?

Are those "tree warriors" covered in flames the ancient tree guardians of the Whisper School?

The strength of the Ancient Tree Guardian should be similar to that of the Summoner.

but--

The power displayed by this Flame Treant is far beyond that of an adventurer at the tenth realm, and it seems to have an excellent restraining effect on the aggregate of resentment.

Ordinary ancient tree guardians wouldn't have such capabilities.

"Was this all part of your plan? Yes, it must have been..."

Dang Jue was horrified!

He forced himself to calm down, trying to analyze the situation logically: "Although I don't know what methods you used, nor do I understand why you happen to have the ability to control your appetite, you are General Tianwang, so everything makes sense. You dared to come here alone, which clearly means you were well-prepared. The current situation is entirely within your expectations!"

Actually not.

Zuo Chang's original idea was to drag the collective resentment into the Whispering Forest to fight.

There are two reasons for doing this.

First, the Whispering Forest is a tranquil place, where the consumption of violent energy will be accelerated.

With the added passive effect of "Lord of the Forest," Zuo Chang believes he can gradually accumulate an advantage in the back-and-forth battle and ultimately win.

Secondly, the Forest of Whispers is shared by Zuo Chang and Mayumi.

Makoto has already used his authority to bring Bai Lin, Fei Niao, and other members inside to prepare. They are just waiting for Zuo Chang to bring in the collective of resentment so they can have a righteous brawl.

but……

The effect of the Yang Sword form was unexpectedly excellent, rendering Zuo Chang's pre-planned strategy unnecessary, and he had secured victory ahead of time.

Of course, Dang Jue was unaware of this intelligence.

He looked at Zuo Chang and gradually understood why the Holy Maiden had chosen him.

Such a powerful person, not to mention the Holy Maiden of Time, even Dang Jue would want to follow closely.

"Is this... sword intent?"

While he was pondering, another spectator spoke up.

He pointed to the ancient tree guardian that was constantly shooting out golden leaves and asked, "Is that sword intent? What's flying out from that tree looks like flying swords!"

"It's sword intent! And it's extremely sharp and fierce sword intent!"

The other person spoke.

He clutched his weapon, his voice filled with mixed emotions: "I've practiced swordsmanship since I was a child, for thirty-five years now... but in terms of swordsmanship, I'm not as good as it! I'm not as good as a tree!"

Everyone was silent after hearing this.

One of them asked, "Are you the grandson of the Sword Saint, the Old Blind Man, the Flat-Headed Ghost?"

The ghost holding the sword did not respond.

He closed his eyes.

A minute passed quickly.

A chilling aura enveloped his entire body, and Zuo Chang was slightly taken aback, looking down at the Moon Crown Sword—

The radiance on the Moon Crown Sword faded, and a grayish-white aura of death enveloped it.

His almost depleted magical power was fully restored, and the Yang sword transformed into a Yin sword.

Looking up, the ancient tree guardian was still engulfed in flames. Its state was determined the moment it was summoned, and Zuo Chang's changes would not affect it.

Let's look at the aggregate of resentment.