Under one person: I, Zhang Zhiwei, the arrogant Zhang.

Chapter 814: King Nathan's Conspiracy, Devotion and Sacrifice
The five Nathan Guards attacked together, and all kinds of dazzling visions surrounded the lonely Dark Lord in the center.

Alton, the Son of God, is surrounded by lightning.

Thorin was emitting a bright white light.

A Rune Warrior covered in runes, wearing armor and a horned helmet.

Holding an eight-sided Han sword and wearing a gray-white robe, he is Nasenwei from Shenzhou.

And a Nathanwei who was wearing an airtight robe and his face could not be seen.

This man was emitting black energy all over his body, and densely packed pale arms were sticking out of it, looming in the air, looking extremely terrifying.

His ability was terrifying. A eerie and vast aura emanated from his body, and all kinds of terrifying ghosts crawled out from behind him.

The owners of those arms were distorted figures, twisting their joints and crawling like spiders. Hundreds of them rushed towards the Dark Lord and submerged him.

But then, a ray of white light broke through the numerous ghost shadows, and even the caster behind him was blown away. His wide robe was torn to pieces, and his broken pale limbs swung strangely in the air, like a tattered rag doll, looking seriously injured.

But before the necromancer landed, several undead transformed into a ball of pure energy and wrapped the necromancer. Then, the wounds on his body healed at a speed visible to the naked eye. By the time he landed, his injuries had healed.

This is his ability. As long as he is not killed in one blow, he can restore himself by sacrificing the undead in his hand.

He pulled down his hood and sneered, "How can a dignified Dark Lord use a protective magic like Expecto Patronus? How ridiculous!"

"Magic is neither black nor white, good nor evil. This is what a close friend of mine taught me. Moreover, Expecto Patronus is a magic he is very good at."

In the dazzling white light, the Dark Lord continued: "Even if we must distinguish between black and white, compared to black magic, the undead magic you cast is more evil."

Nathanwei, who used the necromancy magic, said: "It is really awkward to hear the word evil from the mouth of the Dark Lord. Moreover, most practitioners of the Dark Arts have twisted minds. It is even more awkward that you have a close friend who likes to cast Expecto Patronus. I really want to see what your so-called close friend is."

"You are such a disgusting thing, I will tear your mouth apart and turn you into the same as those things behind you!" The Dark Lord spoke calmly with deadly threats.

"Just take care of yourself!" At this moment, Thorin of Light launched an attack, and a highly focused column of white energy rushed towards the Dark Lord.

The Dark Lord sneered and pointed his wand. A ball of darkness expanded infinitely and swallowed up the light magic cast by Thorin.

Darkness and light are relative. When light is strong, it can drive out darkness. When darkness is strong, it can also swallow up light.

In terms of magical attainments alone, he may not be much stronger than Thorin of Light, but he has the blessing of the Elder Wand of the Deathly Hallows, which means he has almost never lost in magical duels.

"The most troublesome thing about black magic, especially dark magic, is that no matter what spell is cast, it always emits a ball of black light without causing any substantial effect. It is difficult to know what specific magic is being cast!"

Thorin of Light said, looking at the strangely shaped wand in the Dark Lord's hand, and continued:
"Of course, the most difficult thing now is the old wand in his hand. This thing has a great blessing on him. Without the blessing of the sacred tree, it would be difficult for me to fight him!"

"Then don't always think about fighting one-on-one."

The one who spoke was the gray-robed Shenzhou Qi-refiner holding an eight-sided Han sword. The blade shone brightly as it swung in a swift arc in the air, slashing towards the Dark Lord's head.

The Dark Lord dodged backwards hastily, but a wizard of the alchemical system was destined to be vulnerable when approached by a swordsman of the Qi training system. Even though he instantly cast several spells to increase his movement speed and evasion ability, he still couldn't dodge.

The sword light, like a streak of silk, went straight to his face, but was blocked by a layer of blue light film that suddenly appeared, and could not move forward an inch.

"Weak Eastern power is like weak..."

The Dark Lord originally wanted to say that he was just like the weak sick man of East Asia, but suddenly he remembered the recently famous Tiantong Sect Leader.

Although he had never met the other party, a ruthless man who could destroy an entire fleet single-handedly should not be insulted.

"Just like what's weak?" Nasenwei from Shenzhou laughed. Then, he exerted force with his hands, the long sword rang, and three sword lights zigzag and fell.

The three sword lights, one black, one white and one black, were arranged neatly and intertwined with each other. Their power was more than twice as strong as before. With one sword, they actually cut through his protective shield and continued to move forward, scratching his mask and leaving a shallow cut on his face.

"Is the power of the East still weak?" Nathanwei swung the sword in his hand and made a sword flower, saying with a smile.

"My shield cannot be damaged even with a submachine gun. How could you break it? Who are you?"

Although he knew the more advanced dodge magic "Phantom", the conditions for using "Phantom" were very harsh and there was a time limit. There was no need to use it to dodge some attacks that could be blocked. However, he miscalculated and the opponent was able to break his protective shield.

The Dark Lord waved his wand and cast a new layer of shield on himself, then cast several spells in succession to resist the attacks of several other Nathan Guards, and then continued:

"I heard from you earlier that the Tiantong Sect Master had come to the island. Since you are from Shenzhou, do you know the origin of the Tiantong Sect Master?"

It was obvious that the Dark Lord was much more curious about the Master of Tiantong than about the Nathanwei in front of him.

Nathanwei, holding the Han sword, shook his wrist, pointed the sword directly at the Dark Lord, and said:
"Shenzhou, Mozha Mountain, Liuyun Sword, Liu Qingfeng!"

"As for the Tiantong Sect Master you mentioned, besides this title, he also has another nickname, Little Heavenly Master."

The Dark Lord said as he dealt with the attacks from others:
"Little Heavenly Master? What a strange title. You want to be the teacher of the day? How arrogant. But why is there a "small" character? Does this mean there is another "big Heavenly Master"?"

Liu Qingfeng casually threw out the Han sword, and the sharp Han sword spun in the air, as if an invisible hand was controlling it, attacking the Dark Lord from all kinds of tricky angles. He himself, with his hands behind his back, walked leisurely, saying as he walked:
"The title of Grand Heavenly Master is a bit strange, usually they are called Heavenly Master or Old Heavenly Master!"

The Dark Lord was surprised: "Is he stronger than the Little Master? What is his relationship with the Little Master?"

Liu Qingfeng said: "The old celestial master is usually the master of the young celestial master. As for whether he is stronger than the young celestial master, I have never been to Shenzhou, so how can I know?"

"I only found out about all this after I heard the legend of Tiantong Sect Master and asked my father! But normally, a master should be stronger than his apprentice!"

"So, there really are many hidden dragons and crouching tigers in Shenzhou!" said the Dark Lord with a smile.

Then, he pointed the wand in his hand, and where the tip of the wand landed, spider-web-like cracks appeared in the space, and then it broke apart inch by inch, and a huge black hole appeared.

At this moment, the flying sword controlled by Liu Qingfeng, with a sharp sword light, attacked, but was swallowed directly by the black hole.

Having lost the connection with Han Jian, Liu Qingfeng's internal Qi stagnated and his mind became even more confused.

The Liuyun Sword Sect is different from other sword-using sects. For other sword-using sects, the sword is just a tool.

But the Liuyun Sword Sect is different. What they pursue is the unity of man and sword. In order to achieve this goal, they entrust their lives to the sword. As long as the sword is alive, the man is alive; when the sword dies, the man dies.

Now, the life-saving magic weapon that depended on his life had lost contact with his body. How could he not panic? If the Han sword was broken, he would also die. He hurriedly held his breath and communicated with the magic sword, but found that the magic sword was moving away from the royal city at a very fast speed.

This distance was beyond the limit of his control. Without the sword, the Liuyun Sword's combat effectiveness was greatly reduced, and it was difficult for it to pose a threat to the Dark Lord.

As for the other Nathan Guards, although the Dark Lord could not defeat them and even found it difficult to threaten them, it was not difficult for him to do so by relying on the ability of "Phantom" and just parrying and dodging.

Of course, he didn't come here to have a meaningless fight with Nathanwei.

While fighting, he was also casting perception magic to sense the location of the sacred tree.

The sacred tree is his target. According to the information he got from Big B, if he finds the sacred tree and breaks the golden branch on it, he can challenge King Nathan.

As long as he kills the king, he can become the new king, and at that time, the Nasen guards in front of him will obey him.

But the plan didn't go smoothly, as the sacred tree was not in the temple.

But at this moment, a strange feeling flashed through his mind, as if something was guiding him.

"This is..." He suddenly realized, "We have found the location of the sacred tree!"

When he thought of this, he wanted to go there immediately, but the Nasen guards present were too troublesome.

He pointed his wand and his body suddenly glowed with white light. Countless white light balls flew out and exploded in the air like flash bombs, illuminating the entire temple in a blazing white.

Under the cover of the blazing white light, the Dark Lord moved, turned into a ball of black gas, and quickly flew towards the back of the temple.

As soon as the Dark Lord disappeared, Nathanwei, who had been attacking fiercely just now, suddenly stopped and just stood quietly in the temple.

When the white light faded away, Liu Qingfeng, whose magic sword was taken away by the Dark Lord through space magic, folded his hands and said:
"He finally entered the Holy Forest. It was not easy to trick him in. This guy got an owl from somewhere and is flying away with my sword in its mouth!"

"This Dark Lord is a very suspicious person. It is almost impossible to deceive him unless you use your abilities properly." said Rune Warrior Nathanwei.

"Although the battle just now was a bit of acting, this guy is really strong. I used 70% of my strength, half-truthfully!" said the necromancer Nathanwei.

"I'm almost there!" said the Rune Warrior.

"By the way, Alton, you have fought with Master Tiantong. How do you think this Dark Lord compares to Master Tiantong?" Thorin of Light suddenly asked.

When he thought of the previous Tiantong Sect Leader, Alton felt an inexplicable chill in his heart. Although his fight with the Tiantong Sect Leader was very brief, the Tiantong Sect Leader did not act like a vicious person.

But it was that kind of arrogant look and condescending attitude that made him feel frightened every time he thought of it, as if he was bending over and staring into an unfathomable abyss, which made him feel uncomfortable.

"Dark Lord? In my opinion, he is not even as good as the Master of Tiantong!" Alton said with certainty.

"Alton, you're a little crazy!" Thorin of Light frowned.

Alton didn't say anything. As a person who practices cultivation, it was impossible for him not to be aware of his current mental state.

But he didn't feel that he had said anything wrong, he just couldn't compare. In terms of the sense of oppression alone, the leader of Tiantong was more than ten times that of the Dark Lord.

If I had faced the Tiantong Sect Master just now...

He recalled the majestic appearance of Tiantong Sect Leader again and shuddered. Then these guards must have been lying on the ground.

"King, do you think this guy will go to pick the golden branch?" Thorin of Light asked King Nathan.

"I can sense the overwhelming desire emanating from him. He will definitely do it, but before that, we have to put on an act in front of him to strengthen his determination to break the golden branch!" said King Nathan.

"Then let's chase after them now!" said Rune Nasonwei.

"No, if we chase after him directly, that would be too deliberate. After all, we all have the ability to teleport. If we don't teleport but run after him instead, wouldn't that be too unreasonable? The Dark Lord will become suspicious!"

King Nathan said: "So, the best way is for us to teleport directly to the front of the sacred tree and play another show with him to strengthen his determination to break the golden branch."

"King, is this method really reliable?" Thorin asked.

As Nasenwei, they naturally knew that by breaking the golden branch, they could launch a challenge for the throne.

But in the past few hundred years, King Nasen was appointed by the sacred tree, and no one has ever done this, so they don’t know how they will feel after breaking the golden branch.

King Nathan said: "Don't worry, as long as the golden branch is broken, the challenger will be 'inspired' by the sacred tree and gain the same qualities as you and me. Then he will be one of us."

"Next, no matter what the purpose of Tiantong Sect Leader's coming to Nasen Island is, this Dark Lord will stand firmly on the side of Nasen Island, even if it costs him his life."

Hearing this, Thorin reacted and said in surprise:

"King, do you mean that even if an outsider breaks the golden branch, he will gain the selfless sacrificial qualities of the gods?"

That’s right, “sacrifice”!
This is a quality that every Nathanwei possesses.

They are the sons of God who were born with innate supernatural powers under the influence of the tree, and in exchange, they should serve the sacred tree all their lives.

As long as the sacred tree inspires them, they will become loyal guards and selfless kings.

This is something every Nathanwei knows.

But there is a prerequisite, that is, Wang and Wei are both gods born under the sacred tree.

Outsiders would not serve the sacred tree for no reason, just like the people in the market and the paradise.

However, the rule that by breaking the golden branch, one can challenge the king or even become the king does not limit participation to the gods and people on the island.

In other words, outsiders can do it, but the sacred tree will never choose a person without a spirit of sacrifice as king.

In other words, even if the person who breaks the golden branch is an outsider, as long as he breaks the golden branch, it means that the sacred tree recognizes his identity as a citizen of the sacred tree.

Next, whether he becomes a king or not, he will have the quality to sacrifice himself for the sacred tree.

(End of this chapter)