“Continue, continue!” Wang Ye walked to the side and helped the white python crush the fruits it spat out, burning them for Xiao Jiu.

More and more cracks appeared…

After an unknown amount of time, a loud boom was suddenly heard from outside!

The surrounding silver tree vines were blasted open!

Wang Ye abruptly turned to look outside and saw that the silver giant tree in the distance had dimmed.

The giant tree that reached the sky was in pieces.

Broken branches that were scattered in the pond could be seen everywhere.

Although the sword-shaped dark nether wood had wounds on its body, its injuries were clearly not as serious as the giant silver tree.

“I can’t kill you, but you can’t stop me either!” Yama’s voice was much weaker now, but its aura was still strong.

The giant silver tree didn’t make any more sounds and only shook its branches slightly.

The moment the giant tree moved, it was as if the entire relic was about to collapse.

“Kid, you’ve been hiding for so long. This is the end!” The nether wood aimed at Wang Ye.

“Yeah!” Wang Ye nodded slightly, “It’s the end.”

“You’re still so calm at this point… Hm?” The nether wood suddenly looked at the Xiao Jiu egg as if it had noticed something was wrong, “Wait, my strength…”

It had been fighting for such a long time just now that it didn’t seem to notice.

“You’re dead meat,” Wang Ye smiled slightly and suddenly said, “Come out! Xiao Jiu!”

In an instant!

The eggshell shattered!

Boom!

A dazzling light flame burst out, and a beautiful bird figure emerged from the egg!

In that instant, Wang Ye’s perception showed that Xiao Jiu’s spiritual energy value had reached 100,000 points!

Its six dimensions had all reached the A+ grade.

The rebirth brought about by Nirvana, coupled with the cultivation of a combat technique, made Xiao Jiu become even stronger than before!

“Chirp, chirp!” Xiao Jiu let out high-pitched cries, and its body began to expand rapidly. The flames on its body emitted a scorching and intense halo.

It looked at the nether wood, and its aura abruptly erupted.

Without hesitation, it used all its skills in an instant, from Sky-dance to King’s Prestige.

Combination skill: Sky-dance + Feather Coat + Free-size + Shine Upon the World + King’s Prestige + Divine Bird Sun-devouring.

The skill Shine Upon the World was especially majestic.

Under the boundless spiritual energy and the super-powerful combat technique, light instantly scattered to every corner of the pond.

The flames in the Inferno Blood Pond were quickly absorbed by Xiao Jiu and turned into its strength!

Added with a bunch of characteristics.

“Chirp!” Xiao Jiu soared, and like a dazzling sun, charged straight at the nether wood.

Like a meteor falling, it unleashed a Divine Light Flame Strike that was so fast that the opponent was completely unable to react in time!

Rumble!

In an instant, countless water pillars surged out from the pond due to the impact, exploding with a huge boom!

Under the effect of Divine Bird Sun-devouring, the damage caused by Divine Light Flame Strike to Xiao Jiu could be recovered almost instantly.

“If Xiao Jiu had faced that high-level strange god as it is now back then, it should’ve been able to kill the latter without any problems. It wouldn’t have turned into an egg,” Wang Ye sighed.

That being said, that mirror demon phantom hadn’t recovered for long and hadn’t reached its peak condition either.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Xiao Jiu was like an X-ray, crazily casting Divine Light Flame Strikes at the nether wood.

Even the void was filled with traces of the light flame.

The color of the pond below also began to gradually become clear.

Not long after, Yama did not even have the time to counterattack before it was struck silly by Xiao Jiu!

It was sent into a daze!

The crushing battle did not even last for ten minutes before the nether wood lost its luster.

However, it was not dead yet.

In the end, the nether wood was planted head-first into the ground next to the giant silver tree.

“No… This is impossible…” Its hoarse and weak voice was trembling, “How could such a powerful pet hatch in such a short time?! It’s impossible!!”

Wang Ye could understand its feelings.

After all, imagine how one had reached the higher ground in battle and was just a centimeter away from victory, yet after going all out and killing the enemy at the price of severe injuries, one suddenly found that there was one more surviving opponent in the other party.

This last opponent had even walked out of the blood pond, carrying with him divine equipment that could’ve only appeared much later in the battle, and was walking towards one in perfect condition.

Then, the opponent killed the heavily injured one with skill, destroying the high ground that one had achieved, thus completing a shameless and heaven-defying reversal of the battle.

Anyone would find such a matter incomprehensible and unacceptable.

“You’re dead,” Wang Ye let out a sigh of relief.

Xiao Jiu flew down, the flames on its body crackling.

After coming out of its shell through Nirvana and cultivating Divine Bird Sun-devouring, a mark of flames appeared between its brows.

It seemed to be the source of some kind of strength.

“Not bad, not bad.”

Xiao Jiu didn’t look much different from before.

Its intersecting green and red feathers and the platinum lines on it were still as beautiful as before.

However, its aura was much stronger.

Xiao Jiu spread its wings and revealed a majestic appearance!

Speaking of which, the Divine Bird Sun-devouring technique was quite powerful.

“In the scripted simulation, it took dozens of years for Xiao Jiu just to comprehend the combat technique and break out of the shell.”

In reality, with the accumulation of resources, the improvised and improved technique, and the special environment, Xiao Jiu had successfully completed Nirvana, breaking out of its shell.

Wang Ye looked at the nether wood, then at the giant silver tree, and said, “Senior, this guy has been defeated. I have almost purified this place too. So next… This guy.”

“…” The giant silver tree was silent for a long time before it said in a weak voice, “There are two choices. First, finish it off. If it doesn’t die, it can still survive in this place, and it will make a comeback in the end.”

“But if it dies, you won’t… be gone as well?” Wang Ye thought for a moment, “Perhaps, I can ask the humans for help with my status as an investigator. Perhaps I can use another method to liberate this relic and help you.”

“It’s very difficult,” The giant silver tree sighed, “Back then, the humans fought endlessly over this divine pond, leaving behind this batch of fierce beasts. Now, under the influence of the power of strangeness and the divine pond, this place has become a completely different special space, giving birth to these beasts that are neither beasts nor gods. It’s almost impossible for them to be accepted again. The best outcome of doing so is that they will be kept in captivity and left to die slowly.”

Wang Ye thought about it and felt that it was indeed such.

Why was Xiao Tao known as a demonic sword in the outside world?

Was it because someone had covered up the truth back then, or was it really a demonic sword?

If it was the former, then it must have something to do with this place.

Moreover, this Dark Tree of Heaven might even be called a demonic tree in the outside world…

“What’s the second option?” Wang Ye asked.

“The second method is to leave it be, and I’ll continue to seal this place. But I don’t have much strength right now, so the seal on the Infernal Relic will gradually disappear. The humans will come in sooner or later. I’ll probably just be able to live a little longer. There’s a high chance that it will devour me later, then lead the fierce beasts here out to fight with the humans,” The giant silver tree said.

“Is there a way…” Wang Ye thought for a moment, “To kill it and let you live at the same time?”

“It’s only possible if there’s a pet that can absorb this nether wood,” The giant silver tree said with a frown, “But it’s very difficult. This is my wood of origin, and after being infected by the dark fog, it has become an extremely terrifying extreme-darkness nether wood. No ordinary pet can absorb it.”

“Wait…” Wang Ye nodded repeatedly as he listened, then, suddenly stopped, “What did you say? What wood is this?”

“The extreme-darkness nether wood.”

“…” Wang Ye stared at the nether wood.

Apart from the spirit pearl and extreme-darkness nether wood, he had prepared all of the materials needed for the white python’s evolution.

Through the reality simulation, he knew where to find the spirit pearl, but he had never known the whereabouts of the extreme-darkness nether wood!

Even its origins were very vague, and its birth conditions were just confusing.

He didn’t expect it to be this!

“What a coincidence,” Wang Ye looked at the nether wood, his eyes shining, “To tell you the truth, it just so happens that I need this. My pet can absorb it, but it needs some time at the moment. Can you seal it temporarily? I should be using it soon.”

“Are you sure?” The giant silver tree asked hesitantly, “Before the nether wood is absorbed, its consciousness won’t disappear easily. If you take it with you… Oh, right, this sparrow of yours has inherited Xiao Tao’s strength, so it has a very strong suppressive effect on it. There’s no problem then.”

“Then, what should we do with this place?”Wang ye asked.

“I’d like to continue to seal this place,” The giant silver tree said after a moment of silence, “Water will gradually emerge from the divine pond. With life source in the Infernal Relic and without the power of strangeness, this place will sooner or later become the treasure-laden paradise it was back then. I believe that the fierce beasts here will gradually recover with the help of the divine pond.”

“How long will it take?”

“At least a hundred years.”

“That’s too long,” Wang Ye shook his head, “What if someone forcefully breaks your seal? You guys have already been exposed to the world. Although we’ve defeated Yama, it has to be said that some of its speculations are correct. An Investigation Corps may have already noticed you guys. Once the seal is broken and they enter, a massacre will most likely occur.”

“…” The giant silver tree fell silent.

“I have a way,” Wang Ye thought for a moment.

To find a way, he just had to run a simulation…

“What’s that?” The giant silver tree asked.

“Ahem, I need your help with this,” Wang Ye said, “Simply put, I need you to be open to me and not be on guard.”

“What do you want to do?” The giant silver tree was puzzled.

“I can’t explain it for the time being. Just treat it as a talent of mine,” Wang Ye said casually.

It definitely wasn’t because he wanted to get a skill or six dimensions from the giant silver tree…

“With the current situation, I don’t have a choice either,” The giant silver tree’s branches swayed slightly, “Are we starting right now?”

“No, let me rest for a while,” Wang Ye said as he took some pills.

He couldn’t withstand the high-intensity simulations.

Fortunately, the Dark Tree of Heaven was currently in a weak state, so it shouldn’t have much strength left.

He should be able to withstand the simulation.

“Xiao Jiu, keep an eye on this guy,” Wang Ye pointed at the nether wood.

“White python, please lie down for me,” He lay on the white python’s body and fell into a deep sleep.