Chapter 808 - 511: Black Stele, Will-o’-the-Wisps! (Double - )

Chapter 808: Chapter 511: Black Stele, Will-o’-the-Wisps! (Double Chapter)

And yet, having eaten a piece of bark, it was not satisfied and continued to tear at the Immortal Tree’s root.

"The root of this Immortal Tree is harder than a Spiritual Artifact, truly living up to the name of the Sun Devouring Beast, able to bite it off..." a Great Demon exclaimed in shock.

Previously, there were attempts to chop down a piece of the Immortal Tree’s root for themselves, but no one had succeeded, as they couldn’t manage to cut it.

Now it seems, the weapons in their hands are far inferior to this Sun Devouring Beast’s sharp teeth!

No one understood why the Sun Devouring Beast was doing this, but soon, someone made a new discovery.

"What is that?!"

Someone with sharp eyes suddenly noticed a black obelisk emerging from beneath the giant Immortal Tree as the soil flew up.

The obelisk was entwined and covered by a section of the Immortal Tree’s root, making people hesitant to approach it, daring only to observe from afar.

The emergence of the obelisk was incredibly abrupt; if not for the appearance of the Sun Devouring Beast, overturning the earth around the Immortal Tree, this buried obelisk would have been difficult for anyone to discover.

At a glance, it was understood to be an ancient ruin!

It’s just temporarily unclear whether it’s a relic of the Human Race or the Demon Race.

Under the trembling of the earth, the obelisk swayed and tumbled, eventually being flung by the roots to a spot outside the Immortal Tree.

With this, everyone could see it more clearly.

The obelisk was inscribed with ancient human characters.

"Is this a tombstone commemorating heroic souls?" An Elder Grandmaster, familiar with ancient characters, judged after careful inspection.

Bang!

The Sun Devouring Beast, entangled with the Immortal Tree for a long time, was finally struck by a root and sent flying, landing right on the obelisk.

The obelisk was once again buried in the soil by the weight of the Sun Devouring Beast, interrupting the Elder Grandmaster’s thoughts.

The Sun Devouring Beast landed with a whimpering growl at the Immortal Tree, only to be met with another root pounding down, shattering the earth again.

Still relentless, the Sun Devouring Beast once again bit into that root, refusing to let go, which only made the Immortal Tree lash out more fiercely and frantically.

"Not good!" The Old Tree Demon was stunned, as he could resonate with the revived Spirit Consciousness of the Immortal Tree and sensed its agitation.

He vaguely sensed something was amiss and wanted to retreat farther.

But at this moment, except for the small piece of land where the Immortal Tree was located, the rest of the ground suddenly started collapsing in chunks, as if there was an endless abyss below, or a giant abyssal mouth, seeking to swallow everything.

Even more horrifying, under the sweep of this terrifying devouring force, not only the land, but all intruders within the Black Mountain were not spared!

"Hmm?!" Song Changming suddenly opened his eyes, once again awakened by the tremendous upheaval occurring before him.

He was already on the edge of the Black Mountain, yet the ground beneath him crumbled and was violently collapsing.

He had to rise into the air, but with the great repulsive force of the Black Mountain above him, and now an astonishing suction force from below, he found it difficult to resist and began to plummet down.

Not only him, but those Masters and Great Demons who had obtained the Immortal Tree Flower Fruit, without the Master’s Power or Demon Power, also couldn’t resist the suction force and fell one after another.

"Changming!"

In a large hole at a corner of the Black Mountain, Song Changping, who had just emerged, was about to investigate what was happening inside the Black Mountain when he saw Song Changming falling.

Startled, with no time to think in concern, he lunged forward to grab his younger brother.

However, he underestimated the shocking change of this place, unable to withstand the suction force from the underground, he was also swept in.

Song Changming only felt a fierce wind screaming past his ears, as if he had plummeted ten thousand meters into the earth’s depths, before finally hitting something solid, sending sand and soil flying.

"Where is this place?" Song Changming, maintaining his clarity of mind, immediately stood up once he felt solid ground under his feet.

"Big brother, second brother!"

In the dark and deep underground environment, only a little light shone down from above, with fine sand and stones occasionally falling and making crackling sounds.

Song Changming immediately saw two figures lying not far away, exuding an aura of Evil Yin, naturally his two undead corpse brothers.

Just now, it wasn’t just Song Changping who flew up to catch him, Song Chang’an had also rushed up without hesitation.

Unfortunately, the pulling force was too strong back then; even Song Changming himself couldn’t resist, let alone his two brothers.

"No worries..." Song Changping shook his head, sat up, and said.

The undead corpses had strong bodies, and although the fall was from a great height, it had not hurt them.

"Where is this?" Song Chang’an looked around and asked the same question.

They had just arrived, and had only glimpsed the giant tree thousands of feet tall in a hurry; they hadn’t had time to get involved in everything happening inside the Black Mountain.

"Who would’ve thought there was such a hollowed-out space under the Immortal Tree?" Song Changming thought to himself.

This place restricted everyone’s Spiritual Power diffusion, and not much could be sensed, only relying on naked-eye observation.

Besides them, many other Grandmasters and Great Demons had also fallen to this place.

However, those who had not obtained the Immortal Tree Flower Fruit, by relying on their unrestrained Master’s Power and Demon Power, managed to avoid falling.

Beyond that, the Immortal Tree, tethered by a massive amount of earth, remained suspended, unaffected by the pull.

"Changming, are you alright?" Situ Ming stood up, brushed the dirt off his body, and quickly approached upon spotting Song Changming not far away.

"I’m fine." Song Changming nodded towards him, while his gaze fell in another direction.

There lay a pitch-black obelisk, awkwardly slanted in the sand.

He hadn’t known about this obelisk before, as he was cultivating at that time, and now he couldn’t help but walk closer to inspect it.

"It’s ancient script..."

Song Changming studied the Rune Tao and had researched many ancient characters from history’s dust-hidden past.

"This place, such dense aura of death!" Song Changping exclaimed, feeling perceptively uneasy.

As an undead corpse, he was highly sensitive to these chilling death auras.

Even with the Spiritual Perception of Song Changming and the others restricted, they could still sense the oddity.

Thud!

Suddenly, with a dull thud, the ground shook slightly, and Song Changming noticed another figure had just fallen from above.

"Senior!" Song Changping saw the figure that had fallen, recognizing it as the undead senior who had accompanied them.

Unlike their forced descent, this undead senior had obviously opted to descend willingly.

"Senior, do you know the reason for the death aura here?" Song Chang’an suddenly asked.

They could sense the overwhelming death aura yet knew little of its origin.

The undead senior, with icy black eyes scanning the surroundings, was about to speak when suddenly, clusters of ghostly fire illuminated the darkness.

The ghostly fires arranged themselves neatly like a square formation.

Amidst the formation, the fallen Great Demons and other Martial Tao Grandmasters all rose, watching cautiously.

"Ghost flame?" Situ Ming frowned.

Ghost flames were the most common in An Province, often generated when ghosts roamed freely, a special flame produced by the intertwining of residual souls’ energy with living human aura, classified as one of the world’s Mysterious Fires.

Song Changming also understood that the presence of so many ghost flames indicated an abundance of residual souls’ energy here.

Having brought living aura with them, they immediately stirred the residual souls in this place!

Song Changming thought that the existence of a single Ancient Immortal Tree was all there was to this place, never thinking that beneath it lay another hidden space.

The ghost flames emitted a cold light, casting a hazy glow around.

Just then, yet another figure fell directly from the sky, crashing heavily into the sand, extinguishing a ghost flame in the process.

Of course, the ghost flame quickly reassembled, right in its original spot, unmoved even slightly.

It was the Black Sun Devouring Beast from An Province, the one who incited all this turmoil!

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