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"So, Elena and Second Senior Sister aren't here? Doesn't that mean... Yay!"

"What's wrong? Lilith, you seem very happy." Ji Tian's voice rang in her ears.

Lilith quickly composed herself, clearing her throat with feigned composure, her purple eyes darting around uncertainly.

"N-nothing, it's just that I was thinking about something happy. So, what should we do next?"

Ji Tian's gaze swept over the small fairies still locked in combat, and after a brief observation, he concluded:

"Since the strength of these fairies has been matched, we will most likely need to eliminate a sufficient number of fairies to get through here."

"what?"

Lilith's expression fell as she looked down at the two little fairies at her feet, whom she had pushed aside but who had then returned to her and were now frantically nibbling at each other, as if they had chosen each other.

"Isn't it a bit much to break up a couple like this? I think they're quite cute."

This is a lie.

In Lilith's eyes, these fairies and monsters belong to the same ecological niche, and are at most a little cute. If the requirement to clear the level is to eliminate them, she won't hesitate to do so.

Her real thought was to spend more time alone with Ji Tian, ​​even with a bunch of furry little creatures making a ruckus around them.

Ji Tian had anticipated this, and with a smile, he took out the black banner from his storage space before entering the "World Tree Secret Realm," explaining:

"First of all, these fairies are merely fighting to the death; at most, they are sworn enemies, not help to break up a couple. Secondly, they are essentially demonic beings; as long as their souls are preserved, they can be resurrected at any time by injecting spiritual power."

Lilith asked suspiciously, "Really?"

Whether it was his imagination or not, Ji Tian felt that Lilith seemed a little unhappy, as if he had really broken up the couple.

But while unfurling the black banner to recruit fairies, he still gave an affirmative answer:

"When have I ever lied to you? Besides, I have a feeling that a great opportunity awaits us here."

"A great opportunity? Hmph, I'm not interested in great opportunities."

"Right, right, I wonder who it was that wanted their master to help refine the Purple Mansion Pill, Golden Core Pill, and Nascent Soul Pill back then? Have they forgotten so quickly?"

Lilith was taken aback, not expecting the other person to remember. She stubbornly stared at their retreating figure and said:

"The past is the past, the present is the present."

Despite saying that, Lilith still followed and walked ahead, helping the other party to take these weak fairies into the "private underworld".

There's nothing we can do about it. After all, once those fairies become demonic, Master Ji, who has lost his spiritual power, can't deal with them at all. He can only rely on the cute, obedient, and understanding Lilith to help.

Just as she was thinking this, she suddenly stepped on something, lost her balance and fell forward. Ji Tian grabbed her by the back of her collar and helped her regain her balance.

Watch your step.

The lovely, obedient, and understanding Lilith nodded quickly:

"Okay, Master Ji!"

?

Master Ji?

Are you going to ask me what I do for a living later?

Fine, call me whatever you like.

……

Meanwhile, outside the World Tree.

The emerald green canopy had expanded to an indescribable extent, its height already disappearing into the clouds, its branches stretching in all directions, giving one the faint illusion that this was the world itself.

The light spread outwards from the treetops, dyeing the sky for hundreds of miles around a vibrant, lush green.

Elena and Ophelia stood side by side in mid-air, gazing at the giant tree that seemed to be growing into the whole world.

Elena, unable to hide her worry, said:

"The World Tree is still growing wildly, and Ji Tian and the others have been inside for some time now."

Ophelia comforted her, "The sect leader will be alright."

"I have always believed in Ji Tian's abilities and wisdom, but I am still worried about Lilith and the others."

Just as she was about to say something more, she suddenly caught a glimpse of something unusual on the ground out of the corner of her eye.

A surging horde of fairies was rushing in from afar, converging into a gray-green torrent that swept across the wilderness and ravines, heading straight towards the World Tree.

At the very forefront of that torrent, a carriage was rushing toward the World Tree at an extremely fast speed.

The carriage was entirely black, without any markings. The driver was a hunched old man who was waving a whip, urging the two horses pulling the carriage to gallop wildly.

The wind lifted a corner of the carriage curtain, revealing a section of a silver-white armored arm.

"What is that?"

Elena squinted, trying to see more clearly.

But the carriage had already reached the World Tree, and without the slightest hesitation, it accelerated and sped off like an arrow, rushing straight into the emerald green light of the tree canopy.

"Whoosh—"

The emerald green light rippled out again, then quickly closed, engulfing the carriage and its driver.

A surging horde of fairies followed, just as before.

Elena frowned slightly: "I think I saw a carriage rush in."

Ophelia looked in the direction of her gaze, but there was nothing there anymore. She subconsciously wanted to take out her divination tools, but then suddenly remembered that divination or prophecy could not be performed here.

Who's inside?

Elena shook her head: "I don't know, but anyone who can break into the World Tree at this time can't be an ordinary person."

……

The moment the emerald light engulfed the carriage, the old king's right hand had already activated his battle aura and crushed the amber containing the blood of the first fairy.

Blood seeped into his skin, and the warm liquid spread along the gaps between his fingers, as if it were a living thing, drilling deep into his meridians.

pain.

A sharp, intense pain, as if it were tearing bones apart from the inside, exploded from the palm of my right hand, surged up my arm, across my shoulder, chest, and spine, and rushed straight to the top of my head.

The old king could feel himself changing.

Bones are lengthening, muscles are reconstructing, making a crackling sound like damp hardwood burning in a fire, and joints dulled by time become dexterous again.

The slightly hunched back gradually straightened, and the old king looked down and saw his own hands.

The hand covered in age spots and with deformed knuckles was gone, replaced by a young hand with well-defined contours and visible veins.

The curve of the jawline became sharper, the position of the cheekbones shifted slightly upward, and the wrinkles at the temples disappeared without a trace.

The coachman and horses have been teleported to their respective locations as prophesied, and the oldest king and the youngest second-generation fairy are falling from the sky.

The king finally drew his sword.

The sword reflected a young face that bore a slight resemblance to Ian, but the determination and sharpness in his eyes were even more intense than that of his gentle son.

Then he looked down.

There, hundreds of gigantic second-generation fairies were fighting, devouring, and expanding, each exuding a terrifying aura that could scatter the knights.

Knights have limited lifespans, and the vast majority of them cannot even defeat the third-generation fairies, let alone defeat the second-generation fairies with extremely high stats on their own.

This is precisely why the system of knights signing contracts with powerful fairies exists.

"Just as the prophecy of destruction foretold, come forth, fairies, let me, the strongest knight of this era, see if you can destroy the world!"

He gripped the sword hilt tightly, and his fighting spirit, along with the massive amount of magical energy unique to second-generation fairies, surged forth, climbing up his spine and spreading to his limbs and bones.

A sword is swung out!

Sword light shot into the sky, and dazzling battle aura poured down like a waterfall, unstoppable!