Chapter 1301 - 822: That Heroic Painting

The sky was overcast, ashes were drifting.

Cold rain pattered down, although it couldn’t penetrate everyone’s Demon Breath Battle Robe, it left their hearts drenched in coldness.

No one was clearly prepared for this unexpected bad news.

The man from the Cold Race shivered at Lin Shiwei’s feet, not daring to make a sound, praying only for his fate not to be too miserable.

After a long while, Lin Shiwei broke the silence: "Don’t be so pessimistic."

"Yes." Li Mengnan stepped forward a few steps, hugging her arms, "The target of the Cold Tree might not be us, there must be a lot of other worlds out there."

The girl’s words sounded like a wish, or perhaps she was comforting herself.

It was sad to think that no matter who the target of the Youhan Tree was, in the end, some world would be invaded.

If it wasn’t for everyone’s Twin Tree Realm, then it would be someone else’s Twin Tree Realm...

Li Mengnan tightly held his hand: "Maybe, the target of the Cold Tree is a barren world."

Undoubtedly, the girl’s heart was kind, thinking this was the best outcome she could hope for.

Only, would a barren world devoid of any living beings be worth the Youhan Tree dispatching its forces?

Hard to say.

From the Youhan Tree’s point of view, it truly didn’t care whether there were living beings in the world.

Because what the Cold Tree wanted was the "world."

As for destroying any resistance that might exist during the invasion to gain the pleasure of conquest, that was another level of the issue.

Lin Shiwei slightly turned her head, giving Fu Jianzhou a glance.

Fu Jianzhou understood and hurriedly said: "Junior Brother, I am just guessing wildly, with no basis."

"Yeah." Du Yu finally spoke, "We should go back once, I’ll have a good chat with the Twin Trees, Senior Brother."

"Sure."

Du Yu: "Call the Kunlun Realm, in 3 minutes, we’ll head back."

"Yes." Fu Jianzhou verbally acknowledged, but didn’t make any moves.

In fact, his Rotten Wood Body in Great Xia Capital City·Twenty-Ninth Bureau had already started dialing.

Du Yu picked up Li Mengnan’s delicate jade hand, pulling back the girl’s sleeve, looking at the valuable ladies’ wristwatch, quietly watching the second hand rotate.

Three minutes was enough time for everyone to make preparations.

The Three Holy Han gathered and absorbed all the Cold Crystals on the battlefield.

Lin Shiwei also took the unconscious Cold Race woman in her hand and received the Rose General Spirit into the Acupoint Home.

Everyone silently carried out actions until the three minutes were up, when Du Yu, without hesitation, picked up the Void Axe.

"Ssss..."

The transparent curtain was torn open, violent energy surged forth.

"Rise." Lin Shiwei commanded, "Go."

The man from the Cold Race, his face full of dirt, dared not resist, and walked towards the rift under everyone’s escort.

"Whew~"

The cold wind howled, sweeping with endless frost and snow, brushing past everyone’s cheeks.

A squad of warriors stood not far away, watching from a distance.

As for Du Yu capturing those of the Cold Race, the warriors had long gotten used to it.

Only this pair of Cold Race captives seemed particularly miserable, especially the Cold Race woman being carried by Lin Shiwei, with her slightly deformed head still dripping blood.

Du Yu raised his hand high, the Withered Branch quickly descended, landing in his palm.

He said in a deep voice: "The Youhan Tree of the Ashen Continent is preparing to invade the next world."

The Divine Tree: "What?"

"Yes." Du Yu responded gravely, recounting the story to the Divine Tree, after which, the Divine Dry Branch also fell into silence.

Du Yu patiently waited for a while, but couldn’t help but ask: "Does the Youhan Tree have such capability, to invade other worlds?"

The Divine Tree: "It needs to wait."

"Wait?"

"Wait for an opportunity."

Du Yu’s brows furrowed: "What opportunity?"

The Divine Tree sighed heavily: "I know what you are thinking. The Youhan Tree can’t open portals to the Otherworld like your axe can at will.

It needs to wait, wait for when two worlds come into contact, and then pay a small price to open the Bottomless Gate."

Again with this theory!

Regarding the statement of "contact between two worlds," Du Yu had once heard the Chi Ancestor explain in the Cold Bamboo Garden.

"It seems the Cold Tree of Ashen Continent has found its chance." The Divine Tree softly said, "But you need not worry, that Cold Tree is not targeting us.

It’s only the Youhan Tree beneath your feet that is invading us.

I can sense that for now, there are no other enemies attacking our world."

Du Yu suddenly asked: "Just how many worlds, how many Twin Trees are there?"

As soon as he spoke, the team members all shivered.

Since the exchange, the Divine Dry Branch also rested on their shoulders, everyone could hear the aged voice of the Divine Tree, and sense its emotions.

And right after Du Yu asked this question, everyone felt a bone-chilling sadness.

Boundless sorrow, endless pain.

It was all too bitter...

Li Mengnan’s empathy was incredibly strong, her eyes quickly reddened.

Finally, the girl couldn’t help but reach out her hand, brushing off the Withered Branch from her shoulder.

Li Mengnan considered herself fairly strong, a Demon Tamer who had seen big waves.

However, the suffocating sadness from the Divine Tree truly took her breath away.

"Ha..." Only after the Withered Branch was pushed away by the girl did she gasp for air, but the tears in her eyes wouldn’t stop.

"Mm." Li Mengnan turned around and threw herself into Du Yu’s arms.

She only felt fortunate to have found someone to rely on.

The girl had someone to depend on, but what about Du Yu?

He too was overwhelmed by the all-encompassing emotions, standing there in a daze.

Fu Jianzhou covered his eyes with one hand, taking a deep breath.

Only Lin Shiwei stood silently in place, with eyes filled with lingering sorrow, gazing down at the ground.

Slowly, the Divine Tree left everyone’s shoulder, with only one branch falling beside Du Yu’s hand:

"Many."

"Why?" Du Yu clenched the withered branch, a Demon Soul appearing in his palm, choosing to communicate privately, "Why are you so sad?

Is it because those Twin Trees are just like you, experiencing the invasion of the Youhan Tree?"

The Divine Tree was silent for a while before softly saying, "You shouldn’t know these things right now."

Du Yu sighed heavily in his heart.

But your emotions, and your response, have already clearly told me the answer.

The Divine Tree whispered, "Yes, I have already given you the answer."

Du Yu held the girl in his arms, gently smoothing her back, and glanced at the withered branch: "Can you feel them? Are you connected to them?"

Divine Tree: "Perhaps yes, perhaps no.

I can’t clearly say, nor can I communicate with them.

But I can sense their existence; in some mysterious way, I am faintly connected with those Twin Trees... Du Yu."

Du Yu: "Hmm?"

Kunlun Divine Tree: "I shouldn’t be telling you this, and you shouldn’t be hearing it now.

I just don’t want to deceive you or conceal anything from you.

Du Yu, don’t be influenced by this matter, don’t betray my trust, okay?"

Without waiting for Du Yu to respond, the Kunlun Divine Tree continued: "We need to drive back this Cold Tree! We need to survive!

Survive first, then deal with what comes next!"

Du Yu tightly held the withered branch: "Okay, good."

In fact, Du Yu had long realized a problem: Beyond the Demon Taming World, who knows how many worlds exist.

The implication behind this sentence is the uncertainty of how many Twin Trees, Youhan Trees are out there.

However, when the Kunlun Divine Tree personally confirmed this information,

Du Yu was still shocked by this suddenly unfolding grand vision!

Just one Twin Tree Realm being invaded is already tragic enough.

And at this moment, who knows how many Twin Trees, Twin Tree Realms are suffering under the devastation of the Youhan Tree...

The Kunlun Divine Tree was right, Du Yu shouldn’t know this information at this stage.

What’s the use of knowing?

It would only increase pressure and harm his fighting spirit.

Du Yu might even be crushed by such news!

But the Kunlun Divine Tree chose to trust Du Yu, considering him its most trusted ally to date.

So the question arises, will Du Yu betray this trust?

Of course not!

Let’s not talk about whether the path forward can be cleared, just at this moment, he will certainly not be crushed.

He cannot be crushed!

Many lovely people rely on him, hope for him... love him dearly.

"Alright, alright." Du Yu hugged the girl softly sobbing in his arms, gently comforting, "I’m here."

Interestingly, when Du Yu first heard the bad news on the Ashen Continent, he felt powerless, closing his eyes with bitterness.

But now, he has "come alive" again.

People are indeed strange creatures.

Lone and solely fighting for oneself, one may not be so strong...

Du Yu inhaled the enchanting fragrance of Shen Meng Nan’s hair and turned to Fu Jianzhou: "Brother, brief the soldiers, explain the situation clearly."

"Yes." Fu Jianzhou immediately turned and gestured to the soldiers standing in the distance.

Regarding the two Cold Race individuals from the Otherworld Continent, and their control-free status, Fu Jianzhou explained thoroughly to prevent any mishap.

Any member of the Cold Race was an extremely dangerous existence.

The soldiers also summoned their Demon Pets, binding the two Cold Race individuals tightly and gagging them securely.

"Thank you, everyone." Fu Jianzhou said softly, "Please share any information obtained from the interrogation with us promptly..."

Over there, Fu Jianzhou was handling the handover, while Du Yu looked towards Lin Shiwei.

Coincidentally, the girl was also looking in his direction.

Du Yu’s eyes showed concern, displaying a color of inquiry.

Lin Shiwei gently shook her head, indicating that she was fine.

She was stronger than Li Mengnan, more like a warrior, although... although she too longed for Du Yu’s embrace.

"Go ahead, Du Yu." The Divine Dry Branch fell on Du Yu’s shoulder, "According to the Prophet’s guidance, go."

Du Yu raised the Void Axe in his hand, looking at Lin Shiwei: "Let’s go back, and continue on our path."

Lin Shiwei nodded deeply: "Alright."

"Sss..." The War Axe sliced through, and the rift reappeared.

The Three Holy Han led the way, riding Jing Chen and charging into the spatial rift.

Lin Shiwei and Fu Jianzhou followed, and Du Yu, with the warm soft jade in his arms, also strode in.

In the Ashen Continent, the sky was still overcast, and cold rain continued to fall.

Du Yu summoned Bai Yujing, lightly jumped up, and sat upon the deer’s back: "Go!"

Southward!

Will there be a way to break the impasse there?

No one knows,

but there must be something there, waiting for us to explore.

Heaven’s revelation,

our destiny lies in the south!