Gate of God

It was too strange.

He was a Godly State expert, what exactly were those tree branches? Why did so many tree branches come from the breath of death?

Rumble! The thunder rumbled.

The gray breath of death slowly subsided and icy blue radiance which belonged to Lin Yu could be seen in the breath of death.

The blue radiance was gradually flowing on the tree branches and it looked as if the tree branches were coated with a layer of armor made of icy blue crystals.

Finally, the gray breath of death completely dispersed.

A gigantic red tree appeared in front of the disciples of the Human Alliance and the troops of the Monster Race and Demon Race. There were a few different colored fruits at the top of the gigantic tree.

Red, gray, blue…

Every fruit had a complicated pattern and a different colored essence flowing on it. Every single fruit looked extremely holy.

Moreover, there was a small head on top of the gigantic tree branch of the red tree.

However, the head was covered with a cloak and it was surrounded by a gray breath of death such that one could not tell the appearance.

It was a scene that caused one to shudder.

“It’s Sir ‘Chou Qi’! He turned into a tree?!”

“No way? Sir ‘Chou Qi’ turned into a tree? So Sir Lin Yu was killed accidentally by Sir ‘Chou Qi’?”

“Sir ‘Chou Qi’ is indeed powerful. However, why did he kill Sir Lin Yu?”

“Sir ‘Chou Qi’ did not kill him, it was Fang Zhengzhi… Fang Zhengzhi swapped position with Sir Lin Yu!”

Although the troops of the Monster Race and Demon Race did not know what exactly happened, they could recognize “Chou Qi” from the black cloak and the breath of death.

“Nangong Mu, so your so-called plan and mission is to hide in the shadow and forever be ‘Chou Qi’?” said Fang Zhengzhi when he saw Nangong Mu hide his face.

“What?!”

“Nangong Mu? Which Nangong Mu?!”

“The Nangong Mu of the… Nangong Nobles?!”

The disciples of the Human Alliance were stunned when they heard what Fang Zhengzhi said.

Fang Zhengzhi said that the tree was made by Nangong Mu?!

What was happening?

Since when did Nangong Mu come into the black stone palace and turned into a tree…

Did Nangong Mu secretly infiltrate and kill Chou Qi?

No, something was amiss!

If Nangong Mu really killed Chou Qi, then Fang Zhengzhi and Yan Xiu ought to be happy. Why did they run out in such a panicked manner?

“Could Nangong Mu be…” Mo Shanshi paled and a brazen thought struck him. However, this thought was so exaggerated that he could not believe it.

“Xiu’er, what’s wrong?” Yan Qianli also had a bad premonition.

“Grandfather, Chou Qi is Nangong Mu,” explained Yan Xiu.

“What?!” Yan Qianli was shocked.

“Chou Qi is Nangong Mu?! So this tree is… the Tree of God! The tree is the Tree of God of the Nangong Nobles!” Mu Qingfeng’s eyes widened suddenly when he looked at the red gigantic tree after hearing the conversation between Yan Xiu and Yan Qianli. He had figured it out.

Although the color of the Tree of God had changed to blood-red and was no longer the white Tree of God on the Heaven Zen Mountain.

However, the blood-red flowers on the branches of the Tree of God…

Remained unchanged.

Moreover, Nangong Mu has fused with the red Tree of God. Everything that had taken place was sufficient to make Mu Qingfeng realize something was wrong.

However, why was Nangong Mu able to fuse with the Tree of God?

“Why could Nangong Mu fuse with the Tree of God?” Mu Qingfeng could not understand. It was the Tree of God planted by Emperor Yan and it interlinked the realms of god, monster and demon. How terrifyingly powerful could it have been?

“It’s the Blood Offering Illustration, he used the Blood Offering Illustration to fuse the power of the Tree of God unto his body,” said Fang Zhengzhi.

He said that not because he intentionally wanted to clarify Mu Qingfeng’s doubts but rather because Mu Qingfeng had a better understanding of this world’s history than himself.

“Use the Blood Offering Illustration to… fuse with the Tree of God?!” Mu Qingfeng was extremely shocked when he heard this. He had guessed so but he still could not believe that it was real.

During Mu Qingfeng and Fang Zhengzhi’s conversation, the troops of the Monster Race and Demon Race stared at each other and retreated back subconsciously, trying to avoid staying too close to the red Tree of God.

That was because they heard Fang Zhengzhi and Mu Qingfeng’s conversation.

Moreover…

They saw Lin Yu being killed by the red Tree of God with their own eyes.

“Nangong Mu is Sir ‘Chou Qi’?!”

“Wasn’t he a human?”

“What is happening, a Human was leading the Monster Race and Demon Race?”

“We were being used!”

The troops of the Monster Race and Demon Race were furious.

No matter how powerful Nangong Mu was and even if he could kill Fang Zhengzhi, he was still a human. The troops of the Monster Race and Demon Race would never allow for a human to lead them.

“Fang Zhengzhi, I can’t believe that you are still trying to sow dissent before your death. Did you purposely set a trap for me to kill Lin Yu so you can attain the trust from the rest? Or do you think the Monster Race and Demon Race are all fools?” Nangong Mu’s voice broke off the commotion amongst the troops of the Monster Race and Demon Race while a hand gradually appeared from the tree branches of the red Tree of God.

It was a horrifying scene.

However, that caused the troops of the Monster Race and Demon Race who were initially talking amongst themselves to quieten down.

“Yes, Fang Zhengzhi used the Shifting Forms technique of the Heavenly Rebirth Dao to kill Sir Lin Yu!”

“It was an accident for Sir ‘Chou Qi’!”

“Fang Zhengzhi had always been a shameless brat, he is trying to sow dissent now, we almost fell for it!”

The troops of the Monster Race and Demon Race definitely did not believe in Fang Zhengzhi as he had done too much similar acts in the past.

“However, this tree indeed looks identical to the tree of the Nangong Nobles. How do you explain that?” One of the monsters who had taken part in the battle on the Heaven Zen Mountain asked.

“One is white and one is red, how are they identical?” Another monster defended.

“You are right, this is the Tree of God of the Nangong Nobles. However, this tree belongs to me, Chou Qi, now as Nangong Tian and Nangong Hao had both died in my hands!” Instead of denying, Nangong Mu clarified.

“I see!” Mu Xing and the other two Godly State experts nodded their heads.

After all, they knew about ‘Chou Qi”s powers. He could forcefully obtain others’ powers upon defeating them.

“Since the Monster deities and demon deities have all acknowledged, there shouldn’t be a problem!”

“Yes, that’s right, Nangong Mu had died in the battle on the Heaven Zen Mountain long ago. Only Nangong Tian and Nangong Hao stayed alive. However, Nangong Hao was severely injured so Sir ‘Chou Qi’ killed them and seized their powers with the breath of death!”

“So Sir ‘Chou Qi’ killed Nangong Mu and Nangong Hao!”

The troops of the Monster Race and Demon Race finally believed ‘Chou Qi’ after the three Godly State experts nodded their heads.

Of course, be it the Godly State experts or the troops of the Monster Race and Demon Race, they had a common reason to believe as it was the best choice.

The reason was simple…

With their skill levels, they were still unable to match up to “Chou Qi”.

Since they were unable to match up to him, the best choice was to believe him.

“So you are indeed not admitting?” Fang Zhengzhi had expected that to happen when he saw Nangong Mu put on his black cloak again.

He wanted to say, ‘I will beat you until you admit it’.

However…

He could not do it!

He did not have his Traceless sword with him and could not even cut the tree branches of the Tree of God, therefore, how could he possibly hurt Nangong Mu?

He felt helpless.

As there was no point in him continuing with the argument.

However, fortunately, Fang Zhengzhi did not have high hopes too as, after all, the only purpose of making that comment was to inform Mu Qingfeng and Mo Shanshi.

As for whether they chose to believe him, it was obvious.

Of course, they believed him!

“Fang Zhengzhi, are you very sure that ‘Chou Qi’ is Nangong Mu?” Mo Shanshi’s voice was heard at this moment.

“…” Fang Zhengzhi was speechless. “Valley Master Mo, don’t think I will not dare to hit you just because you are more Senior. Is that even a question?”

“Hit me? Sure, but you have to defeat Nangong Mu first!” Instead of getting infuriated by Mo Shanshi’s words, he said matter-of-factly.

“Pavilion Master Mu, is there any way for me to destroy this tree?” Fang Zhengzhi ignored Mo Shanshi and turned to Mu Qingfeng who was deep in thought.

“I don’t have much understanding about the Tree of God…” Mu Qingfeng shook his head and sighed, “In fact, I have heard the majority of the information regarding the Tree of God from another person, but…”

“But what?”

“She is already dead…”

“Dead?”

“Yes, she was the ex-Tower Master of the Ling Yun Tower!”

“Ling Yun Tower?!”

“Yes, I believe that she had recorded some of the information about the Tree of God in the Ling Yun Tower but unfortunately, I did not have a chance to take a look at them.”

“…” Fang Zhengzhi was speechless.

So he had wasted his time but obtained nothing out of the conversation. Unless he could tell Nangong Mu to wait here for him until he finished checking the information in the Ling Yun Tower?

“No need for all these troubles, it’s only a tree, we still have four members, four versus one, we stand a chance to win!” Yan Qianli was evidently confident.

“Yes, let’s attack!” Ping Yang was also extremely excited.

“Attack? What the…” Before Fang Zhengzhi could finish his sentence, Yan Qianli and Ping Yang had charged forward.

Evidently, Ping Yang gained her confidence with Yan Qianli.

However, it was not the correct time to feel confident now.

Swoosh!

Swoosh!

A few red branches moved when Yan Qianli and Ping Yang charged forward and they stabbed towards the two of them.

“Pavilion Master Mu, is there any other way out from here?” Cold sweat trickled down Fang Zhengzhi’s forehead. He shouted towards his back as he wrapped Yan Qianli and Ping Yang with his Heavenly Rebirth Dao.

“What?” Mu Qingfeng could not react in time.

“I asked, is there any other way out from here!”

“Way? I… I am not sure.” Mu Qingfeng was being honest as he was really not sure. In fact, according to what he had checked out earlier on, there should no longer be any way out.

However, the six people who left earlier on had yet to return.

By right, if there was no way out, the six of them should return. It was rather strange since they have yet to return even though a long time had elapsed.

“Not sure?!” Fang Zhengzhi wanted to curse.

“Yes, there is a cliff behind us but it is a cliff that is connected to the sky!” Mu Qingfeng described what he had seen earlier on during his expedition.

“Cliff?” Just as Fang Zhengzhi was about to continue asking, he realized he could not continue as both Yan Qianli and Ping Yang had been pushed to their limits.

Although Fang Zhengzhi had used the Heavenly Rebirth Dao to change Yan Qianli and Ping Yang’s positions to help them avoid several attacks of the tree branches, Fang Zhengzhi was perspiring as the number of tree branches kept increasing.

No.

If the battle continued on, they would definitely die.

Fang Zhengzhi could tell that Nangong Mu did not have the intention to kill Yan Qianli and Ping Yang right away. In fact, he seemed to be creating a cage.

A cage to trap Yan Qianli and Ping Yang inside.

The purpose was to…

Force Fang Zhengzhi to rescue them and end up being trapped inside the cage too.

What should be done?

If he attacked, he definitely would not be able to win.

If he retreated, a cliff was waiting for him!

Moreover, there was a big group of disciples of the Human Alliance at his back and they were not fast at escaping at all.

For some reason, Fang Zhengzhi felt like he returned to the Three Kingdoms period in his past life. Liu Bei faced danger in the Jingzhou state and was chased after by Cao Cao but Liu Bei could not advance because he was leading tens of thousands of people.

‘Am I in Liu Bei’s position now?!’

‘But where’s my ‘Zhao Zi Long’? Where’s my advisor Zhuge Liang? And where’s my Guan Yunchang and my good brother Zhang Yide?’ ¹

Wait a minute!

‘I don’t think I am Liu Bei!’

‘I am Xiang Yu, the Xiang Yu who was ambushed from all directions.’

However, my Yu Ji ² …

Fang Zhengzhi looked at Ping Yang in front of him and the nervous Wu Yuer behind him before his gaze fell on Yun Qingwu.

Eh?

I really seem to have a Yu Ji!