Chapter 51

"Zhao Xing!"

Zhang Hao gritted his teeth as he spat out the name, and then the figures of his team members.

Along with the mechanical units still under their control, they all vanished from the battlefield.

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"Escaped quite quickly." Zhao Xing watched as Zhang Hao and Yang Rui departed.

He had thought the two would hold out a bit longer.

However, he supposed that Zhang Hao could no longer afford to sustain such losses.

"Emergency teleportation cannot be interrupted, and it is activated instantly by thought. I could only take the opportunity to destroy his units; I couldn't kill the lord himself."

"If this were the Myriad Races Battlefield, things would be much more complicated there."

With the myriad races clashing, the Empire's supervisory capabilities naturally couldn't be as exaggerated as they were in the Primordial Realm.

"Right now, those 2,400 undead lords are completely unscathed."

"But the number of units has been reduced by nearly half, to less than sixty thousand bone creatures."

"Yang Rui and Zhang Hao were forced to retreat, and the Glory Battlefield no longer binds them to continue the attack."

"However, it's impossible for all 2,400 lords to have participated in the battle."

"At least half of the lords haven't joined the fight yet; they can't even get their units to the front lines, and they are obligated to attack."

Zhao Xing hadn't expected to wipe out all the undead lords in one go; that wasn't realistic, as some of the opponents would certainly be able to escape.

The remaining portion that was forced to attack him was exactly what he wanted to devour.

"1,360 people." Eli Ke muttered to himself.

"There are still 1,360 clansmen who haven't been judged as participating in the battle and can only continue to attack that plant lord."

Eli Ke’s brows were tightly furrowed; he felt that the battle against Yang Rui and Zhang Hao just now was merely an appetizer.

The real, brutal battle had yet to begin!

"Reorganize!" Eli Ke ordered, commanding his clansmen to begin reorganizing the bone creatures.

The skeletons that had been scattered began to crawl again, starting to coalesce into new units.

Before long, the number of the bone army had recovered to over 60,000.

Yet, at this very moment.

A golden light, like a tidal wave, swept across, surging toward the army of undead lords.

"Hum~"

Countless wisps of black energy were blasted out from the bones and then annihilated within the golden tidal wave.

"What?" Eli Ke watched in astonishment as the bone army below fell in swathes.

Not only the newly reorganized bone creatures, but even the transcendent bone giants around him felt their soul fires tremble.

"His Golden Sunflower was actually hiding its strength; it didn't fully exert its power just now?"

The golden light wave emitted by the Golden Sunflower carried a life-purification effect.

It blew the bone army into disarray.

It wantonly displayed the power of transcendent quality!

In the two hours since entering the Glory Battlefield.

Zhao Xing’s territory had remained safe and sound.

He hadn't been idle, either.

After discovering the restraint the Golden Sunflower and Soul-Devouring Tree had on undead lords.

Zhao Xing immediately activated his S-rank talent.

He performed spirit-imbuing enhancements on the [Golden Sunflower] and [Soul-Devouring Tree]!

The level of the Golden Sunflower changed from level 50 to level 60.

It reached the limit of transcendent energy levels.

He stripped away the Golden Sunflower's amplification effect and magnified the [Life Purification] effect.

It was as if he had set the plant life on the path of the 'Extreme Dao'!

With transcendent-limit energy levels, all its power was concentrated on the single effect of life purification.

Its intensity had increased more than threefold!

Now that Zhao Xing had the Golden Sunflower unleash its full power.

Eli Ke naturally felt it had become even more terrifying than it was two hours ago!

"Two hours have passed, and my spiritual power has recovered quite a bit."

"I'll give the Soul-Devouring Tree a boost, too."

With a thought from Zhao Xing, his talent power immediately rippled out, enveloping the entire Soul-Devouring Tree.

The Soul-Devouring Tree was a dull gray overall.

Its trunk was black, and the edges of its leaves were also jagged and black.

The Soul-Devouring Tree was also at transcendent level 50.

The energy attribute distribution of the entire tree.

Was split between two skills.

Soul Devour: 72%.

Soul-Devouring Puppet: 28%.

The former could create a soul vortex, forming a powerful suction force to pull in surrounding soul entities.

The latter skill was to control these soul entities, turning them into puppets for the Soul-Devouring Tree.

However, the number of units the Soul-Devouring Puppet could control was not high.

A single Soul-Devouring Tree could only control 100 puppets.

But the level cap was not low.

If the conditions were met, these one hundred slots could control 99 elite-level lifeforms and one transcendent-level lifeform!

"Soul Devour and Soul-Devouring Puppet—both of these skills are quite good."

"It's a pity I only have one Soul-Devouring Tree; I'll spirit-imbue and strengthen Soul Devour for this one first."

Zhao Xing decided that after he got out, he would get another Soul-Devouring Tree specifically to enhance the Soul-Devouring Puppet effect.

But for now, what he wanted was simple, brutal lethality!

"Spirit Imbue!"

With a thought, the entire Soul-Devouring Tree began to tremble and sway.

Its trunk became even thicker, and its entire body turned a dark, pitch black.

Including the branches and leaves, which also turned completely black.

Moreover, its entire shape underwent a peculiar change.

Viewed from afar, the trunk, branches, and leaves were arranged according to mysterious patterns.

The overall shape was elliptical.

The center of the leaves was a deeper color, while the edges were slightly darker.

Looking at it from a distance, it was as if it were a black hole!

"That tree at the expert's feet?"

Luo Ying glanced at Zhao Xing’s position from the corner of her eye and was instantly startled.

She saw that the tree, which had already been somewhat strange, had now become even more bizarre!

As Luo Ying looked at the tree, she couldn't help but feel a surge of intense curiosity.

She wanted to see it more clearly, her gaze seemingly sinking into it.

Her footsteps also slowly drifted toward the Soul-Devouring Tree.

"Brother Zhao’s tree is so beautiful; I have never seen such a beautiful tree." Sister Sister Ayina also stared blankly at the Soul-Devouring Tree.

The moment the Soul-Devouring Tree finished being spirit-imbued.

Almost all the team members couldn't help but move closer to the Soul-Devouring Tree.

[Warning: You are taking actions harmful to friendly forces; please stop immediately!]

At this moment, a cold prompt sounded in Zhao Xing’s ear.