Martial arts ascend to the gods

Chapter 350 Ancient Heart
The ancient war tree was already large enough, but this black centipede was even larger, a full fifty meters long, equivalent to the height of a seventeen or eighteen-story building.

Its shiny black shell reflects light at night, its body segments are connected together, and its sides are covered with huge, blade-like feet.

"squeak……"

The piercing chirping of insects was like sharp arrows piercing everyone's eardrums.

Some of the reinforcements from various ethnic groups nearby ran away as fast as they could, while others collapsed to the ground.

A giant centipede coiled around an ancient war tree, twisting its entire body.

A series of cracking sounds rang out as the massive, ancient war tree split open.

"roll!"

A figure burst through the darkness, punching the giant centipede in the head.

This giant centipede is at the Great Innate level, and its combat ability is far superior to that of a newly promoted Grandmaster.

The figure flashed by, and the giant centipede's head exploded.

What's terrifying is that the giant centipede's body is still stuck on the ancient war tree, wreaking havoc.

The centipede insect is dead but not stiff.

The figure threw a series of punches, smashing along the giant centipede's head all the way to its waist, shattering half of its body before the giant centipede finally stopped.

Zhou Leng recognized the man as Chen Shouhu.

As expected of the commander of the martial arts brigade.

Chen Shouhu grabbed the giant centipede's corpse, flicked his right hand, and the fifty-meter-long giant insect corpse flew away from the ancient tree and landed on the ground.

It resembled two or three train carriages lying across the front.

The ancient tree, scarred by war, had its bark torn, its trunk cracked, and its crown mostly shredded.

Disembowelled.

If a human suffered such injuries, no medicine could save them.

Numerous tree-people rushed over, their tree roots penetrating deep into the ground and connecting with the ancient war tree.

Before long, all the tree roots emerged from the ground, carrying the ancient tree of war toward the tree of life.

Zhou Leng looked at the Tree of Life and gently twitched his nose.

The air here is far fresher and the concentration of spiritual energy is much better than outside.

The faint fragrance of herbs and trees filled my nostrils, making me feel refreshed and relaxed.

At the same time, a faint sense of regret arose in my heart.

The Dragon Kingdom negotiated with the Tree People more than once, hoping to exchange various treasures for the Tree of Life, even if it was just one tree.

The tree man refused.

Not only humans, but all races have offered high prices to buy it, but all have been refused.

Without the cooperation of the Treants, even if a demigod captures the Tree of Life, he cannot survive.

The white elves of yesteryear also needed treants to control the Tree of Life.

The Tree of Life is considered the number one treasure of the Ten Realms.

Once any race can cultivate in large quantities, it will inevitably rise to the top of the ten realms.

Human experts have calculated that if humans could plant the Tree of Life, even just ten trees, the resulting life-giving water and benefits would allow humanity to advance significantly.

The Tree of Life appears only to be thicker, larger, and with a more lush canopy.

However, it possesses incredible magical power.

As the Ancient Tree of War approached the Tree of Life, specks of white light began to appear on the surface of the Tree of Life, growing increasingly dense.

The light, stretching for hundreds of meters, illuminated the surrounding area.

It is sacred and magnificent, and deeply moving.

All the people of all ethnicities bowed their heads in respect.

Points of white light converged into the flowing river and flowed into the body of the ancient war tree.

The gruesome wounds on the ancient war tree were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After absorbing the white light, the ancient war tree was completely restored and slowly walked back to its original position without relying on the tree people.

Zhou Leng looked at the roots of the Tree of Life.

A ring of pools forms around it, the water is light green, and it contains the water of life.

Outside the Fountain of Life is an open space, which is then surrounded by a fence, prohibiting anyone from approaching.

Suddenly, the Tree of Life swayed gently.

rustling, rustling...

Like leaves being blown by the wind.

Zhou Leng stood frozen in place, staring at the Tree of Life.

For some reason, the rustling sound seemed to transform into an ancient and desolate melody, echoing in my ears.

It's like an old man by a campfire, telling children the legends of the ancients.

The other groups went about their own business, but the nearby tree people all stopped and looked toward the Tree of Life.

Not far from the Tree of Life, in a wooden palace, the Tree Elder, with his scepter flourishing, emerged from the palace.

He glanced at the Tree of Life, surveyed the entire area, and finally fixed his gaze on Zhou Leng.

He looked puzzled, vaguely sensing a strange resonance between this human and the Tree of Life, but he wasn't quite sure.

The Tree of Life is essentially a messenger of the Tree God, while the Tree People are merely servants of the Tree God. The Tree People can only communicate with the Tree of Life to a limited extent.

The lush scepter stared at Zhou Leng, memorizing his appearance, while the tree roots beneath its feet burrowed into the ground.

His roots connect to the roots underground.

The tree roots glowed faintly, and then spread the knowledge and thoughts of the lush scepter in all directions, reaching all the treant tribes, and passing them on to all the treant elders and treant demigods.

Elders are Grandmasters, and demigods are Martial Saints.

Zhou Leng stood there, listening quietly to the Tree of Life chanting ancient songs. He listened to them repeatedly, more than a dozen times, only feeling that his mind was a little clearer, but without any other insights.

The singing stopped, and Zhou Leng continued walking. After a few steps, he looked at the tree people coming and going with a puzzled expression.

Previously, I could speak the Treeman language, but only to a certain extent. Now, my Treeman language proficiency has skyrocketed, almost matching my native language.

Look once more at the Tree of Life.

It seems that the ancient song we just heard is closely related to the language of the Tree People.

This kind of song should be the legendary "enlightenment of Mongolian language." Once you can understand it, you will quickly master the language of a group and become indistinguishable from its own people.

Zhou Leng speaks Demonic and Dwarven languages, but he is more like a translator for a foreign race.

I can understand many words, but I can't understand some profound things.

But now, after listening to the Qimeng Mandarin, my understanding of the Tree People has reached a new level.

"I don't know if it's a coincidence or if there's a deeper reason. Perhaps it has something to do with Senior Tree? After all, they're both trees..."

Looking at the Tree of Life and the Tree Man, Zhou Leng felt increasingly close to it, perhaps because of the Tree's seniority.

"Zhou Leng?" a tree-man's voice rang out.

Zhou Leng turned his head and saw several familiar tree people approaching.

“Flourishing Roots.” Zhou Leng greeted him with a smile, speaking in standard Treeman language.

"Hmm? It's only been a few months since we last met. When did you learn the ancient language of the Tree People?" The Flourishing Roots and the other Tree People looked at Zhou Leng with curiosity.

These tree-men were all rescued by Zhou Leng in Hundred Peaks Valley, and later fought alongside Wu Shiren on the highest mountain.

“I have a connection with the Tree People,” Zhou Leng said.

"Very likely. You're here to join the rescue?"

"Correct."

“You are truly a great ally of the Treants. I will take you to the human settlement, where you will be at their disposal.”

Several treants accompanied Zhou Leng to the human settlement, helping him register and enter his information.

As they left the registration hall, Zhou Leng chatted with Shuren.

Zhou Leng recounted his later experiences, and Shuren also spoke of the changes that followed.

The Lush Roots said, "Your luck is a little better than ours..."

"After returning to our tribe, we plan to settle down and practice for a long time."

"Unfortunately, the giant insect invasion forced us to end the operation prematurely."

"This time, the giant insect acted very quickly; even one of my... friends didn't know."

"One of the giant insect armies breached a tribe and then headed straight for this Two-Leaf Demon City base."

"Based on our deductions, the giant worm wants to seize this demon city base, and then join forces with the demons to occupy the Water Island Demon City..."

"In order to defeat the giant insect, the Treant Elders had to increase the rewards for this battle, in addition to the Water of Life, they also opened up the exchange for Treant Hearts and even Hearts of Life."

"This is like selling the heart of your comrade; it makes us very sad. But as long as we stand with our allies, we will all eventually return to the earth together. There is no difference between us..."

"Don't hurt yourself for the sake of battle merits. This time the giant insects are coming with fierce force, so we must be careful."

Zhou Leng said, "I will be more careful."

"By the way, try to apply for a 'cultivation spot under the tree' so you can cultivate under the Tree of Life and by the Pool of Life. The cultivation effect is excellent."

"You saved us in Hundred Peaks Valley, so we'll apply for the 'Friend of the Tree People' status for you, which will increase your cultivation time."

"We suspect that the turmoil caused by the giant insect army is related to the large number of fossilized ancient trees unearthed."

"While they send large armies to harass us and prevent us from excavating ancient tree fossils, they are secretly colluding with demons to excavate them."

Zhou Lengdao said, "Ancient tree fossils? Are they the legendary artifacts that contain powerful life force? It is said that a good quality ancient tree fossil is almost equivalent to the heart of a tree-man of the same size."

"Yes, ancient tree fossils are not only useful to tree people and giant insects, but also have extremely high value to all groups."

"The ancient Tree of Life that died was sealed underground, and its life force not only did not disappear, but also slowly accumulated."

"After countless millions of years, when the accumulation reaches its limit, it will form ancient tree fossils, with life force surging like the heart of a tree person."

"If the life essence of the ancient tree had not been taken away and was sealed in the ancient tree fossil, it would have become the ancient life essence, which is ten times more valuable than the life essence."

"As expected, many alien grandmasters will also enter here, all for the Ancient Heart of Life. It is said that grandmasters such as the Blood of Tyranny are eager to try it out."

“Ancient Heart of Life… This is the first time I’ve ever heard of it,” Zhou Leng said.

"Besides its normal cultivation function, the Ancient Heart of Life has another major function: prolonging life."

"Treasures that prolong life in the Ten Realms are extremely rare, and the Ancient Heart of Life should be one of the best."

"If we can defeat the giant insect race in this siege, our tribes will form a team to dig for ancient tree fossils. Would you like to join?"

Upon hearing that there was this benefit, Zhou Leng immediately agreed.

"Then let us strike this leaf as a pledge to cooperate wholeheartedly."

A branch of the lush root drooped down, and a leaf gently nudged Zhou Leng's hair.

After chatting for a while, the two sides received orders and hurriedly went to defend the city wall.

As Zhou Leng went to the military camp, he pondered the ancient tree fossils.

"For my Star Phoenix Resurrection Technique to complete its basic evolution, it needs at least 1000 Treant Hearts or 10 Hearts of Life."

“Theoretically, this is completely impossible. Ordinary tree people don’t have hearts; they must be born with them.”

"However, if it's fossilized ancient trees, then it's a different story."

"For fossilized ancient trees of the same volume, a few dozen cubic meters would be enough."

"Moreover, the more treasures one has for this healing technique, the stronger the healing technique becomes."

"Ancient tree fossils, the ancient heart of life..."

Zhou Leng pondered the cultivation of the Star Phoenix Resurrection Technique.

Shortly after, Chen Shouhu sent a message.

(End of this chapter)