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

Chapter 815: The Throne of King Nathan
The Dark Lord used teleportation magic to leave the temple in the royal city and came to the back of the temple.

This is a foggy place. The fog is rolling and the visibility is less than one meter. Almost nothing can be seen.

The Dark Lord chanted a spell silently and pointed his wand. A strong wind suddenly came down from the sky and blew towards the surroundings, causing sand and rocks to fly everywhere like a surging wave.

The thick fog that had settled around like a substance became thinner. Although the thick fog did not dissipate, visibility became higher.

"Such a thick fog, it can't be dispersed at all. It's so strange. This must be where the sacred tree is."

The Dark Lord thought to himself as he continued to cast his perception magic. When he got here, he could sense things more clearly.

A huge energy body was right in front of him, the energy and mass of it were so great that it was even stronger than the old wand in his hand.

"Yes, it must be the sacred tree. No wonder it is called the highest embodiment of alchemy."

He was overjoyed and hurriedly followed the path. Not long after he went, the scene in front of him changed. The fog was still very thick, like a sea of ​​clouds, but shadows shaped like tree branches had appeared in front of him. They were bare without any branches or leaves.

"Sacred tree, golden branch!"

He murmured to himself, and his heart couldn't help but be excited. The sacred tree itself was a miracle of alchemy. Obtaining it would definitely bring him enormous power, not to mention the entire power of Nason Island.

With these, plus the Deathly Hallows in his hands, he would definitely be able to establish a society ruled by pure-blooded Inhumans.

Soon, he arrived in front of the sacred tree and saw the true form of the sacred tree. It was a giant tree with a light golden glow all over its body. Its trunk was covered with spiral patterns, but it seemed to be malnourished and had no branches or leaves.

He felt strange, because the image of the sacred tree he saw on the mural in the royal city temple should have been a towering tree with luxuriant branches and leaves. How could it be so dry, like a dead tree without life?

But what is strange is that even though the sacred tree is like this now, he can still feel an extremely strong vitality from it.

"If its vitality is so frightening in its current state, how frightening would it be in its flourishing and victorious state?"

The Dark Lord looked up at the sacred tree and said with a crazy look on his face: "It must be that the current King Nathan is too weak to allow you to absorb enough nutrients. Follow me, I will let you return to your peak state and build a world ruled by aliens."

"uh-huh!"

At this moment, a light cough was heard from the front.

The Dark Lord lowered his eyes and saw King Nathan and the Nathan Guards, whom he had thrown away earlier, standing quietly under the sacred tree and looking at him.

"How could you?" A trace of surprise flashed across the Dark Lord's face, but he quickly reacted: "Yes, this is normal. King Nathan and Guard Nathan both have the ability to teleport on the island. It would be strange if you couldn't make it."

King Nathan said, "You want to challenge my throne by breaking the golden bough?"

"There is an old saying in Shenzhou, which goes, treasures belong to those with virtue. As the king of Nasen Island, you control the Nasen sacred tree, but you have not shown enough power. Shouldn't you abdicate and hand over the throne to me? I will give you a powerful Nasen Island." The Dark Lord said passionately.

"The throne of Nason Island naturally belongs to the virtuous, but your ambition does not match your strength. Your virtue is not worthy of the position, and you will only lead Nason Island to destruction." King Nason said lightly.

"What a high-sounding excuse!" The Dark Lord looked up at the branches on the trunk of the sacred tree that were gleaming with a faint golden light, and said:
"Perhaps the sacred tree had anticipated all of this, and therefore set the rules for the Golden Branch Challenge. As long as one breaks off a branch under the joint opposition of King Nathan and the Nathan Guards, one will be qualified to become king."

"If it was before, you still had a chance, but now that I've gotten here, you can't stop me anymore."

"I will definitely be the king!"

The Dark Lord sneered.

The Nathan guards didn't use their full strength before, so why did he use his full strength again? He didn't even use the killing curse. Now that he saw the sacred tree and the golden branch was in front of him, it was time to show his full strength, seize the golden branch, and kill King Nathan.

On the other side, the Nathan guards breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the Dark Lord finally approaching.

Next, all you have to do is to let some water in the battle, cooperate with the Dark Lord to get the golden branch, and then quickly let the king leave.

King Nathan can teleport freely on the island and can sense everything on the island. Although his own combat power is very average, he does not worry about being killed as long as he deliberately avoids.

As for the Dark Lord, just ignore him, if the Tiantong Sect Leader attacks, he will be a powerful force.

If Tiantong Patriarch did not come to Nasen Island for the sacred tree, they could just join forces to get rid of the Dark Lord, and they might even get a Deathly Hallows for free.

This does not violate the rules, because if one wants to obtain the throne by breaking the golden branch, one must defeat Wang Hewei with absolute strength.

With the idea of ​​letting the opponent win, the Nathan guards were very restrained in their attacks, while the Dark Lord attacked with all his strength. As one side gained strength while the other lost, the battle situation instantly became one-sided.

The Dark Lord began to chant a spell, and huge fireballs fell from the sky like rain.

These fireballs were extremely powerful and covered with golden lines. They exploded after landing on the ground, and countless flames suddenly spread in a ring shape, engulfing all the Nathan guards present.

For a moment, there was silence, and countless stones turned red in an instant, but soon extinguished and turned into powder. Flames of thousands of degrees burned fiercely, and everything within a hundred meters turned into charcoal.

Such a large-scale attack would be difficult to deal with even for Nathanwei.

After casting this large-scale magic, the Dark Lord cast several powerful magics in succession, but he never used the Killing Curse.

The power of the Killing Curse is unquestionable, and anyone hit by it will die, but its trajectory speed is average, and it is not very stealthy when cast.

If it is performed in front of the opponent, there is a high chance that the opponent will dodge it or use other means to resist.

Therefore, in some high-end battles, the use of this spell requires seizing the right opportunity. The Nathan guards are all top-notch masters, and if they cast it directly, there is a high probability that they will miss the target.

"Boom!"

A fireball flew past Rune Nasonwei's face.

His vision was blocked for a moment, and the next second.

"Avada eats the big melon!"

A green lightning bolt emitting a strong ominous aura came suddenly and easily pierced through the opponent's rune barrier.

"Tahn!" King Nathan reminded quickly.

Tarn is the Nathan Guard who uses the runes.

King Nathan is also a strange man, but his ability is not related to combat. Although he noticed it, he could not intervene.

As for the other Nathan guards, they were blocked by the large-scale fireball spell cast by the Dark Lord. They either didn't see it at all or were unable to block it.

Tarn looked at the green lightning that was so close to him. His solid rune shield was as fragile as paper under this lightning. This lightning was not hot. He could even feel the chill emanating from it that chilled his soul to the depths.

"It cannot be resisted by conventional magic means. This is...Thorin told me, this is the Avada Kedavra, one of the three unforgivable curses. My life is over!" Tarn lamented in his heart.

It seemed that Tarn, who was using the runes, was about to be killed by the killing curse.

Suddenly, the ground heaved up and a stone snake suddenly appeared in front of Tarn, using its body to block the killing curse for him.

Although the Killing Curse is extremely powerful and will kill anyone who is hit by it, it, like the Dan Shi, is not good at physical destruction. So even though the stone snake is not big, it cannot penetrate it.

Tarn narrowly escaped the disaster. He glanced at the stone snake in front of him and did not bother to find out where it came from. He raised his fist as big as a sand bowl, which contained a large number of runes, and blasted it towards the Dark Lord's head.

Although King Nathan had ordered them to hold back and pretend that they could not defeat the Dark Lord so that he could successfully break the golden branch, he was still frightened by the life-and-death crisis he had just experienced.

In anger, he threw King Nathan's orders to the back of his mind and now only wanted to kill the Dark Lord with one punch to vent his previous frustration.

However, just as he attacked the Dark Lord.

The stone snake that had just protected him and blocked an attack for him suddenly turned its head and bit his arm. It then wrapped itself around his body, swung its head, and began to tear him apart frantically.

"Ok?"

Tarn was puzzled, and the runes around his body shook, flickering and jumping like musical notes, arranging into unique characters. Every time a character was arranged, he gained an additional ability.

This is how runes are used. By arranging the runes, different abilities can be obtained.

However, unlike magic driven by spells and mental power, most of the effects produced by the arrangement of runes, whether for offense or defense, can only be bestowed on oneself like a status, and it is difficult to release them outward like magic.

Therefore, most users of rune runes are warriors who are good at close combat.

Tarn tore the stone snake wrapped around his body into pieces.

The Dark Lord looked at this scene and was distracted for a moment. He said in a lost voice:

"Isaac, it's you, where are you?"

"Who is Isaac? Mind your own business!"

Tarn didn't care what was going on with the stone snake, and rushed towards the Dark Lord with runes wrapped around his body.

The other Nasen guards surrounded them and pretended to launch an attack.

During this process, the Dark Lord was also approaching the sacred tree.

At the same time, under the tall Nason sacred tree, King Nason stood there in white clothes.

He slowly turned his head, looked to one side, and said calmly: "Come out, I can sense you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a young man with flaming red hair walked out of the mist. It was Isaac.

"Since you can sense me, why don't you call Wei over? Aren't you afraid that I might do something bad to you?" the red-haired young man said in surprise.

Nathanwei stared into the red-haired young man's azure eyes and said, "I can sense that you have no ill intentions. What I saw in the Dark Lord was evil and chaos, but what I saw in you was... kindness."

"Kind?" Isaac looked at King Nathan in surprise. "You know what? The Dark Lord and I were once best friends. Isn't it a bit too hasty to let me get close to you and the sacred tree just based on a little feeling?"

King Nathan said, "It's not rash. I have always had a keen sense of perception. Besides, you said that you were once best friends. You two are not destined to be on the same path and it is impossible for you to be together."

It is impossible for them to be together... Isaac was a little unhappy and said, "If, I say, if I really break the golden branch and kill you, what will happen next?"

King Nathan said indifferently: "Nothing should happen, in fact, if you really think so."

He pointed to the huge sacred tree and said:

"Then break off a golden branch and chop off my head. From now on, you will be King Nathan."

"Why?" Isaac was puzzled and said, "If you don't want to be the King of Nathan, then don't be. My best friend and many other people outside the island are all coveting your position!"

King Nathan said: "Of course I don't want to be the king, and I don't want to die. I want to survive and continue to live as the king, provided that there is no invasion from outside forces."

"Compared to that, whether or not I continue to live as the 'King' is not important at all."

King Nathan continued, "A long time ago, it is said that there was a king with incomparable strength. Unfortunately, I am not one of them. Apart from the privileges granted by the 'Tree', I only have the healing ability that I have awakened. As for the ability to fight, I have none at all."

"But you are different. I can feel that you are very powerful, as powerful as the Dark Lord. At this time, you are suitable to become the King of Nathan."

Isaac glanced at his best friend who was in the middle of a fierce battle with the Nathan Guards and said:

"If I did that, would they be willing to accept it? Would they avenge you?"

King Nathan shook his head and said, "They are not loyal to me, they are only loyal to the 'king'."

"Aren't you afraid that after I kill you, I will give the entire Nason Island to my friends or to external forces?" Isaac said.

"You can give it a try?" King Nathan said with a smile.

Isaac was puzzled and asked, "Why? What does becoming a 'king' mean?"

King Nathan said: "Becoming the 'king' will not only grant you some privileges granted by the sacred tree, but you will also inherit the sacred tree and the will of the previous kings who founded the kingdom of God for thousands of years."

"This will will drive you to pass on the entire country and the sacred tree at all costs."

"You are very powerful. You may have the possibility to defeat the will of the sacred tree. Why not give it a try? What if you win?"

King Nathan looked at Isaac and smiled.

Isaac looked at King Nathan with a serious face. What his best friend had tried every means to get was within his reach, but he did not feel honored. Instead, a chill rose in his heart.

"You mean to say that King Nathan is actually a puppet of this tree, including the Nathan Guards, so they will unconditionally pledge allegiance to you as the king, right?"

"Puppets? I don't think so. We are just chosen to live this way, but in fact, we don't feel like we are being dominated at all." King Nathan laughed.

(End of this chapter)