[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-elf-kingdom-game-of-the-world-tree":3,"chapter-elf-kingdom-game-of-the-world-tree-elf-kingdom-game-of-the-world-tree-chapter-256":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1154007,1499,"Chapter 256: 249 Victory Will Surely Belong to the Divine Crown! (Two in One, Seeking Monthly Votes!)_2","elf-kingdom-game-of-the-world-tree-chapter-256",256,"\u003Cp>Chapter 256: Chapter 249 Victory Will Surely Belong to the Divine Crown! (Two in One, Seeking Monthly Votes!)_2\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Heart of Decay! It’s the Heart of Decay!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, his expression turned to terror, and he turned to flee…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heart of Decay?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other priests were momentarily stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon, their expressions also turned to fear, and they too turned to flee…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing a few fleeing priests, the Chief Priest, who had instantaneously aged, didn’t care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everything is for the True God!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shouted hoarsely, and the necklace in her hand suddenly emitted a scarlet radiance!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scarlet light spread rapidly, catching up with the fleeing half-beast priests in an instant, and then their bodies began to age and crumble at high speed…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah… No… Please…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The priests cried out in terror, horrified, but soon fell silent…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scarlet light continued to expand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All half-beasts it touched began to have their life force drained, aging and dying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, terrifying screams of panic filled the area around the Chief Priest…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the scarlet light spread, a dreadful and evil aura suddenly surged up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Chief Priest, left with a final breath, looked pleased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She let go of the necklace, and it slowly floated up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Chief Priest opened her arms, her withered face filled with fanaticism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Summoning all her strength, she struggled and cried out in a trembling voice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come! Heart of Decay! Devour me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then… seal the True God’s enemies!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, she closed her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the Chief Priest’s call, a roar faintly came from the Skull Necklace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanied by the terrifying evil aura, a surge of scarlet energy erupted from the necklace, engulfing her instantly…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After consuming the Chief Priest, the energy transformed into a massive scarlet pillar, shooting into the sky!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All at once, everyone on the battlefield was captivated by the suddenly appearing light pillar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players chasing the half-beasts turned their heads:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is that? A half-beast skill?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn! This aura is terrifying… all the half-beasts around are being devoured!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is another boss showing up?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players discussed fervently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Transforming Ji Gang, who had rushed down from the city wall, also felt discomfort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hiss… It feels so unpleasant, and… my heart is racing…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shivered, clutching his chest as he spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh… how foolish, it’s just heart palpitations, your body is only scared, you’re shaking like a leaf! But the Goddess’s buff still stands, suppressing our negative emotions mentally.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dema’s face was pale, his legs trembling, but he smugly taunted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The body can be afraid by itself?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Transforming Ji Gang was slightly confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course it can… when facing higher beings, it’s an instinct… Without the Goddess’s buff, you’d feel immense fear. Uh, that’s how it’s set in the game, I think.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dema replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, his expression became slightly solemn as he looked towards the light pillar on the battlefield:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did the half-beasts summon something big again?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dema’s doubts were quickly answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scarlet pillar shot skyward, straight into the clouds, with no end in sight…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, above the vine prison formed with divine power by Yifu on the city wall, a similar scarlet pillar descended, enveloping the entire prison…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the players’ gazes of surprise, solemnity, or curiosity, the reinforced vine prison suddenly shattered!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three totem guardians of the half-beasts and the elf Divine Favored, Zero, reappeared in everyone’s view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at this moment, their states were different once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three totem guardians, who had been unconscious, suddenly awoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their expressions were still as they had been when knocked out, and upon waking, they couldn’t help but exclaim:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The true…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, before they finished speaking, they saw the scarlet light around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing the familiar and terrifying aura, their expressions changed drastically:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Heart of Decay!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Uller’s divine envoys, they were not strangers to this fragmented true divine artifact that could seal a True God’s power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, when they saw this light and sensed the evil and chaotic aura, they understood what was happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heart of Decay had been activated!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This fragmented true divine artifact was only for sealing a True God.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if it was against them, it meant direct annihilation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, they turned to flee, struggling to get out of the light pillar’s range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, even so, because they were engulfed by the scarlet light for a moment, signs of aging appeared on their bodies to varying degrees…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heart of Decay could devour life!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, while the totem guardians successfully escaped, Divine Favored Zero did not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the scarlet pillar enveloped her, a skull-shaped chain also descended from the sky!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the Heart of Decay transformed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chain, teeming with an evil and chaotic aura, shot up and directly entered Divine Favored Zero’s body, then vanished without a trace…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, the scarlet light gradually faded, and even the terrifying aura slowly disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Divine Favored Zero suddenly fell from the air to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her aura diminished, the divine power radiance on her body extinguished, and a skull-shaped emblem appeared on her forehead…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the battlefield, the players who saw this scene had their expressions suddenly change.\u003C\u002Fp>",857,"2026-06-03T12:38:19.555Z","2026-06-03T12:38:27.252Z",1,"novelbin.me","788d33ab9a9a2a058934d7d5474dbd87021d6bf0a9f11661593ae6d429929190","elf-kingdom-game-of-the-world-tree-chapter-257","elf-kingdom-game-of-the-world-tree-chapter-255",1431,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Felf-kingdom-game-of-the-world-tree-cover.jpg"]