Chapter 617: The Function of the Dragon Soul Crystal, the King of Thunder Trees Appears

The Undead Legion collapses in the Thunder Sea.

Affected by the innate talent, the Undead Legion collapses together.

Those who live live together, those who die die together.

Only a few special circumstances cause an accident, namely when an individual suffers an extremely powerful attack.

Instantly kill it in a split second, rendering the innate talent ineffective.

However, as the undead's levels rise, this situation is gradually decreasing.

Less than half a second after the Undead Legion collapses, a brand‑new Undead Legion reappears.

In the sky, three Ku Lou Wang thrones appear again, and three Ku Lou Wang and Headless Knights charge once more toward the Thunder Trees.

To kill Jiang Chen, one must first eliminate the Undead Legion.

And to completely eradicate the Undead Legion, one must kill them five times in a row within one minute.

Otherwise, each minute the innate talent resets, the Undead Legion will Rebirth, all Skill cooldowns disappear, and the Undead Legion again has four resurrection chances.

Even though the thunderstorm is strong, destroying the Undead Legion still takes several minutes.

Jiang Chen has no need to worry about danger from the Undead Legion.

Moreover, as the battle continues, the Thunder Trees are killed off increasingly, while the Undead Legion grows stronger the more it fights.

The Ku Lou Wang swings a giant bone sword, unleashing Skill, and a large number of Thunder Trees perish.

Jiang Chen slashes into the Mountain's depths, Corpse Explosion sweeping all the way, no tree can block.

In the sky, the Undead Eye reappears, burning with a massive undead flame, and the Undead Eye gazes at the Mountain.

Wherever its gaze reaches, Thunder Trees die in succession, their souls erased.

Less than half an hour into the battle, Thunder Tree casualties exceed 300,000.

Jiang Chen's experience skyrockets, already over 50%, and if he keeps killing, he will soon level up again.

As a Thunder Tree under the two great overlords of the Wind‑Thunder Continent, it never imagined a moment of being slaughtered so utterly.

Just like Fenghua, who possesses the Blood God Disk, never considers the possibility of being killed.

After all, on the Wind‑Thunder Continent one can wield Divine Level combat power and even tap a sliver of the Law's force; who could oppose that?

Unfortunately, they all encountered Jiang Chen.

Worse than Fenghua, Jiang Chen is immune to lightning, and the Thunder Tree's strongest attacks are ineffective against him.

Jiang Chen moves as if entering a realm without people, slashing alone into the depths.

No matter how the Thunder Trees attack, it has no effect on Jiang Chen.

The flames of war spread, the more Thunder Trees die, the more the Mountain turns into wasteland.

The King of Thunder Trees lets out a soul‑born roar; it is finally startled awake.

Thunderclaps shake the heavens, carving countless electric serpents across the sky.

Between souls resounds, all Thunder Trees simultaneously emit a soul sound, resonating with their king.

Jiang Chen's eyes snap shut, and a bolt of thunder, like an arrow, shoots toward him.

It is not an ordinary thunder.

This thunder is invisible to the naked eye, detectable only by the soul.

"Soul Attack!"

The thought just formed, and the thunder already appears in the soul realm, stabbing the soul like an arrow.

Jiang Chen is still experiencing a Soul Attack from another for the first time, and for a moment cannot think of any defense.

He has always used Soul Attacks against others; now he finally gets his shoes wet, being repaid in kind.

The only plan now is to stand firm.

The Dragon Soul Crystal, perched atop the soul, suddenly emits a dragon's roar, meets the incoming Soul Attack, and swallows the Soul Attack whole.

It then returns as if nothing happened, still perched within Jiang Chen's soul.

The earlier Soul Attack was like a fleeting illusion, as if it never occurred.

"Dragon Soul Crystal, it actually also protects the soul."

Jiang Chen is utterly astonished, then feels intense joy.

With the Dragon Soul Crystal, his soul is safe, so he can let loose even more.

The King of Thunder Trees seems to realize its attacks have no effect, and the soul resonance grows denser.

Jiang Chen can hear its anger from the soul resonance.

Accompanying its voice, a multitude of monsters rise from the Mountain, lunging toward Jiang Chen.

As the King of Thunder Trees, it can not only command Thunder Trees but also affect the monsters within the Mountain.

Jiang Chen quickly locks onto these monsters and consecutively uses Corpse Explosion.

The Undead Eye also sweeps over these monsters.

The monsters that just took off hadn't reached Jiang Chen before they again fell chaotically, meeting untimely deaths.

Several Black Shadows shoot up from the ground at astonishing speed; Jiang Chen darts backward, barely evading.

The Black Shadows sweep past in front of Jiang Chen, spin in the air, and then pull back.

Jiang Chen then sees clearly that the Black Shadows are the roots of the Thunder Trees.

Only this time they are the King of Thunder Trees' roots.

Where Jiang Chen stands, the King of Thunder Trees is still at least several hundred kilometers away.

To him, the King of Thunder Trees is just a negligible tiny black dot.

Yet even so, the King of Thunder Trees' roots can still lock onto him.

"The King of Thunder Trees' roots are surprisingly long!"

Attacking him from over a hundred kilometers away, Jiang Chen was truly shocked.

Jiang Chen flew through the air, dodging the Black Shadow once more.

Then more Black Shadows burst out from the ground.

No one knew how many years the Thunder Tree King had existed; it towered over a thousand meters high, and the lushness of its roots and stems was beyond imagination.

At this moment, a massive number of roots and stems burst forth from the ground, lashing toward Jiang Chen from all directions like dragons and snakes.

Each root was over ten meters in diameter; before them, Jiang Chen was like a tiny speck.

Jiang Chen dodged swiftly. Although the roots were numerous, his speed was also very fast, and he kept expanding his range of movement.

Like swatting flies with a cannon, the Thunder Tree King's roots could do nothing to Jiang Chen for the time being.

However, this also left Jiang Chen with no free hands to attack the Thunder Tree.

Suddenly, all the roots retracted.

Jiang Chen was slightly startled, sensing something was wrong.

The next second, the roots burst forth from the ground again, this time targeting the Undead Legion.

Jiang Chen saw with his own eyes the roots entangling Ku Lou Wang.

Ku Lou Wang's body flashed brightly, activating the Absolute Defense Skill.

The white bone greatsword severed the roots, but the Thunder Tree King's roots were unbelievably hard.

It took several sword strikes to cut through one.

Before one root could be severed, several more came Entangling over.

In the end, Ku Lou Wang was completely bound and unable to move.

The Headless Knight was not much better off, likewise sent flying in all directions by the roots' lashes.

Jiang Chen could feel the information transmitted by Ku Lou Wang—being entangled by the roots rendered them immobile.

Once the Absolute Defense Skill's duration passed, they would surely die.

"I have to get rid of these roots!"

Jiang Chen soared high into the sky, speeding straight toward the Thunder Tree King.

The Undead Eye acted first, fixing its gaze on the Thunder Tree King from afar.

Boom!

Jiang Chen seemed to hear a loud noise, and a scream rang out in the soul's sound.

The Undead Gaze dealt no small amount of damage to the Thunder Tree King.

However, Jiang Chen also felt the power of the Thunder Tree King's soul from this.

The Thunder Tree King's soul was already connected to all the Thunder Trees in the Thunder Mountain Range, absolutely no weaker than any low-level Divine Level, and could even rival a mid-level Divine Level.

The Undead Gaze could inflict some damage on it, but it was far from enough to kill it.

Jiang Chen hadn't expected the Undead Gaze to kill it either; making it feel pain was enough.

It was a taste of its own medicine.

Jiang Chen flew at top speed across a span of several hundred kilometers, crossing the Thunder Sea straight toward the Thunder Tree King.

Only by truly getting close could one know how terrifyingly massive the Thunder Tree King was.

It was located on the main peak of the Thunder Mountain Range. From afar, it looked like a mountain peak, but up close, one realized that the main peak was actually the Thunder Tree King.

It hadn't taken root on the main peak; it was the main peak.

He had completely underestimated it before.

It was connected to the mountain range, its height far exceeding a thousand meters.

Huge, thick roots and stems were intertwined in a tangled mass, spreading into the distance.

All the Thunder Trees were its offspring and subordinates.

Before it stood eighteen World BOSS-level Thunder Trees, each hundreds of meters tall.

They did not move, nor did they attack the arriving Jiang Chen.

Their auras and souls were linked with the Thunder Tree King's, forming a Thunder Barrier that firmly protected themselves and the Thunder Tree King.

Jiang Chen sensed a rich vitality from the earth and mountain range. Plant-type monsters all had astonishing life force, and the Thunder Tree King's was even more so.

In the mountain range, millions of Thunder Trees provided an endless stream of vitality to the Thunder Tree King.

"No wonder it grew so huge."

"If not for the laws of the Wind Thunder Continent restricting it, it would probably have become a god long ago."

"To kill it, either use overwhelming force to extinguish its vitality and erase its soul."

"Or destroy all the Thunder Trees first, and only then can it be killed!"

Jiang Chen realized that killing the Thunder Tree King would be an extremely difficult task.

But since he had already fought his way here, he had to try no matter what.

The Summon Queue suddenly trembled slightly; the Undead Legion was reborn within the Summon Queue.

Under the attack of the Thunder Tree King's roots, the Undead Legion had died for the second time.

However, three minutes had passed since their last death, so there was no impact.

The Undead Legion appeared again, and the Skeleton Throne materialized in the air.

This time, there was only one Skeleton Throne.

Ku Lou Wang, formed from 100,000 Skeletons, rose from the throne with a vast aura.

The back of his hand flashed brightly, activating the "Strong Soldier" Skill.

Ku Lou Wang instantly broke through to Divine Level!

"Kill!"

Jiang Chen's mind stirred, and Ku Lou Wang lunged down with fierce killing intent.