Chapter 3254: Reunion with Violet

After waking up from that illusion, the mental discomfort caused by continuing to absorb spirit faded a lot. At this time, the crown of the whole tree was rustling as if blown by a gale, and the corpses hanging under the blue tree crown were also swaying violently, as if they would all fall down in the next second.

The whispering elements of the relic were fluctuating violently, and the shriveled hound face on the tree trunk became even more ferocious and terrifying.

The little hound's soul under the tree trunk had lain on Xia De's shoes because of weakness, and compared with them, Xia De, whose upper body was burning with "Moon Fire", felt quite good.

The continuously burning Moon Fire consumed his own spirit rapidly, but Xia De still retained an extremely massive amount of spirit in his body to support the actions he would take later.

He maintained the action of his finger being pierced and asked the hound:

"Can you still hold on? If you can't hold on, I'll let go, and we'll enter the second stage directly."

"No, I can still hold on. Persist for one more second, and the third stage will be easier. I absolutely cannot destroy the plan my master made back then for my own freedom."

"Woof~"

The little hound soul lying on Xia De's shoes whimpered, causing the cat to reveal its head and look at it. Xia De counted five seconds in his heart, and this time without asking the hound's opinion, he let go directly.

The extracted spirit stopped suddenly, but this not only didn't let the 【Corpse Tree】 return to calm, but made the rise and fall of its whispering elements become even more violent. Under normal conditions, it wouldn't be strange for this tree to lose control in the next second, but at this moment it was still firmly suppressed by the hound's soul.

"I'm going to carry out the second step, this might be very painful—Soul Lash!"

After biting his finger, he made a whip-swinging action, and the blood-red long whip condensed into substance in the sound of breaking through the air, and lashed directly on the tree trunk of the corpse tree.

This strange spell had no attack ability at all, so even if it turned into substance, it didn't shake the tree at all. But just at the moment the long whip touched the tree trunk, the hundreds of corpses hanging under the blue tree crown actually let out a terrifying scream together.

That sound even startled the Outsider, who prided himself on being very bold. Their voices were too tragic, so that even if one didn't know what happened, one could understand that some very tragic thing must have happened here.

Of course, there were no souls in these hanging corpses. They were just used as the "vocal organs" of this tree to vent the emotional fluctuations caused by pain. Although the 【Corpse Tree】 was strong, it was just a "tree" after all. It was impossible for this tree to stretch out its fist to beat Xia De, nor was it possible for a mouth to suddenly appear.

And the shriveled dog head originally embedded in the tree trunk finally broke away from the relic as if it had been spat out during the violent shaking of the tree. What fell to the ground was a complete hound corpse, which still retained the last trace of vitality. When the little hound's soul whimpered and rubbed against its face, the corpse closed its eyes with a smile.

But immediately, the soul of the adult hound floated out from the corpse. In this kingdom of the "God of Graves", no one wanted to continue walking after death:

"Quick! Crush it!"

Without the shackles of the bad body, the hound's soul looked even stronger. It protected the little hound behind it, and then rushed toward the tree again before Xia De took action, opening its mouth to bite it.

So Xia De, who had already prepared, polished a match and placed it in front of him.

The sparse moonlight shone toward this place from the black sky at this moment, and the falling cold snowflakes made the little hound, who had never seen snow, very curious.

But because of the restrictions of the special environment here, the street with glass display cases and coal gas street lamps in the "Fairy Tale Kingdom" did not appear. At this moment, even if Xia De consumed most of the spirit he had just absorbed, it only caused a flat square brick to appear under his feet.

Blow out the first burning match:

"I wish, let the witch's hound have the power to help the master complete the plan."

Blow out the second burning match:

"I wish, let the firm soul at this moment have the power to defeat evil."

Blow out the third burning match:

"I wish, let the loyal hound have the power to realize its inner wish."

Blow out the last burning match, Xia De took a deep breath;

"May the death here become the power of this hound."

The miracle transformed by the story of enlightenment in the form of firelight wrapped it. It then crashed into the tree trunk in front of it with that firelight, crashing into the place where it had existed for a long time.

The firelight exploded on the tree trunk. The tree trunk of the 【Corpse Tree】, which had been weakened after absorbing too much spirit, was actually tilted backward by 5 degrees. And after the firelight dissipated, the little hound staying at Xia De's feet saw its mother's soul swell out of thin air by two times, and the red flames burning on its body were like replacing its mane.

"Suppress it first, and then I will continue to extract spirit!"

Xia De said in a deep voice, but didn't attack the tree trunk with the hound, but turned to look at the corpses that had fallen all over the ground like fallen leaves.

After the corpses fell to the ground, they climbed up staggeringly, and then rushed toward Xia De at a speed that even the champion of the 100-meter sprint of ordinary people could hardly reach. They did not cut off the connection with the tree, and the tree vines hanging down from the tree crown were still wrapped around their necks.

The number of corpses was very large. After the first batch of corpses fell to the ground, more corpses appeared from the violently shaking tree crown. Xia De guessed that the inside of its tree crown should have some kind of spatial abnormality.

The "Moonlight Greatsword" that emerged in the silver moonlight was held by Xia De. After receiving the reminder of 【Don't make too much noise】 from "She", the greatsword in his hand turned into a silver long whip and was swung forward by Xia De, and then in the explosion of breaking through the air with a "whoosh", the corpses rushing at the front were all cut off at the waist.

It must be admitted that the spell 【Iron Snake】 provided by the Fatu people was too suitable for Xia De at the current level.

In the sound of soft chanting, big snowballs fell one by one and smashed toward the surging corpse group. After sublimating into a strange spell, these snowballs summoned by the power of the Winter God had a more significant deceleration and freezing effect on biological bodies.

Pushing his left hand forward, in the thunder and lightning, the corpses in the fan-shaped area in front all fell backward. "Thunder Wave" was exceptionally easy to use in this kind of occasion facing multiple enemies. It's just a pity that he couldn't throw "Chaos Residue" immediately after. After dealing with that "Sir" just now, the movement made was enough, and Xia De also knew that this was not a safe place after all.

The little hound's soul shrank at Xia De's feet, looking at its mother hitting the tree for a while, and looking at Xia De swinging the pure silver long whip to repel the endless corpse group for a while.

And the restless cat hidden in his chest also kept looking out. This cat didn't seem to be afraid of corpses, it just looked at the hound below with very fierce eyes, but unfortunately, the latter didn't look up at it.

The heavy wind of death under the corpse tree gradually became sharp with the battle between the two sides, but it gradually calmed down because of the continuous weakening of the corpse tree.

Although the corpses falling from the tree were endless, Xia De could also feel that the density of the corpses was decreasing. So, seizing the opportunity, he stepped on the ground with his right foot, used the Thunder Wave again to shake away the enemies around the tree trunk, and then called for big snowballs to fall from the sky, firmly surrounding a whole circle around the tree trunk.

Silver thorns then grew based on those big snowballs. Xia De raised his hand again to call out 【Heaton Seal】 to cover himself, the cat, and the two hounds, and then the hand pinching the seal was pierced by the silver needle again, and the extraction of spirit continued.

He was not trying to completely contain or crush this tree, as long as it was weakened to an extremely weak state and then slightly sealed, Xia De could ignore the subsequent things.

Everything had been going quite smoothly so far, and the strong hound soul didn't continue to hit the tree after Xia De resumed extracting spirit, but guarded its child at his feet, and would occasionally rush out of the range of the seal to eliminate those corpses that fell from the sky and were bounced back by the Heaton Seal.

After the four-fold wish of the Mythos was enhanced, it even mastered the ability to spray soul flames. This made Xia De, who was continuing to extract spirit on the side, think in his heart, if there is a chance next time, can he wish to let little Mia become stronger once.

The power obtained by the "Match Girl" wishing is mostly time-limited, but this miraculous power can also cause permanent changes to reality. Theoretically, this initial Mythos of Xia De can even imitate the effects of all subsequent Mythos, it's just that the spirit consumed for this is very exaggerated.

It was just when Xia De thought that the task of dealing with the 【Corpse Tree】 would end like this, the mutation happened at this moment. But it was not that Danister's method had problems leading to the 【Corpse Tree】 having the power to fight back, but that the heavy footsteps were gradually approaching in the thin mist of the wasteland.

Xia De tried hard to turn around to look. From the gap between the big snowballs, he saw the "knight" approaching the tree, who was three meters tall. It had the rotting upper body of a human and the lower body of a horse skeleton, holding a huge stone tombstone as a shield in its left hand, and a rusty metal knight long spear as a weapon in its right hand.

Just looking at its huge volume, Xia De could completely imagine that after the other party charged toward here, it could directly destroy all the outer defenses like a hot knife through butter.

"Mourning Knight! It is a wanderer in this wasteland. It is said to be a righteous soul that was forcibly sacrificed to the owner of this place and turned into an undead after being corrupted."

The hound burning all over explained:

"Let me out, I'll block it, you hurry up."

At this time, Xia De couldn't abruptly interrupt the extraction. The characteristic of this needle was that the longer the extraction time, the faster the extraction speed. If he gave up at this time, it wouldn't be strange to encounter bigger trouble if he dragged it out later. So the "Heaton Seal" disappeared for a moment, and the burning hound took the opportunity to rush out from above the snowball, risking the firelight.

The flames soared on it, and it jumped over the corpse group blocked outside the moonlight thorns very agilely, facing the knight that was more than ten times larger than it at the edge of the blue tree crown.

The hound made a baring teeth posture, and the flames soared two meters from its spine, so the "knight" also raised its shield and held its spear, ready. In the next second, the two charged toward each other at the same time. The subsequent collision could not be seen by Xia De because of the angle, but judging from the whimpering of the little hound stretching its head into the gap between the snowballs, its mother should not have taken advantage.

The heavy footsteps continued to advance toward this side. Xia De felt the situation of the 【Corpse Tree】 at this time, and decided to let his "knight" and the "knight" outside compete.

But before his fingers let go of the silver needle, the "knight" walking toward the tree had already picked up the metal long spear in its hand, making a throwing action aimed at the living person's head. And just one second before the long spear was about to be thrown out of its hand—

"Witch Secret Technique · Sunlight Ray!"

The scorching golden light stream appeared from the mist in the distance, turning the entire arm of the "knight" into ashes. The rusty metal long spear fell toward the ground. As the knight turned to look at the source of the attack, the figures of the ladies had already appeared among the tombstones.

"Hmm? What happened outside?"

Xia De also heard the sound outside, but because of the angle, he couldn't see what happened outside. The little hound looked out from the gap of the snowball, and little Mia was even more excessive, climbing onto Xia De's head.

Xia De could only hear the barking of the hound, the low shouts of the witches, and the sound of explosions suppressed by the spell.

Soon heavy objects fell to the ground, it seemed that the knight had fallen. Then bursts of light swept under the tree, and the corpses fell down in pieces and merged into the wasteland again.

And after Xia De took the initiative to cancel the "Moonlight Thorns", the first to break through the obstruction of the snowball and appear was the golden wavy long hair that looked like melted gold.

The familiar face looked at Xia De with a smile. The golden-brown eyes with stars and dots were so nostalgic. The arrogance of the past was completely gone. The speed of the black high heels walking on the uneven wasteland ground became faster and faster. The red corners of the mouth hooked up an arc that was heartfelt but fascinating, but for some reason, there were rose-gold patterns that flashed away in Xia De's eyes on the fair skin.

Although the light golden dress was simple, it couldn't hide the noble temperament on her at all. The accessories on her body were only the crystal earrings on her ears, but her beauty didn't need those extra decorations to decorate.

"Miss Violet!"

As Xia De let go of the silver needle and turned around, the semi-god witch emperor rushed over directly and hugged him tightly.

The familiar perfume made Xia De think of the hug and parting at the bow of the ship after breaking through space at the end of the "Sea of No Light" (Chapter 2209), and Violet Ma Xieer, who was only a 13th-tier Great Witch at the time, had now officially stepped into the level of a semi-god according to Theresa's statement.

She stepped into the opportunity of a semi-god by touching the secret of "Eternal Beauty", so she looked even more bright and moving than any era Xia De had seen.

Both he and her face carried the surprise and joy of reunion, but Xia De, who was enjoying this hug, suddenly felt something wrong. He struggled out of that seductive embrace, looked carefully at the delicate face of Miss Violet, and then confirmed that the rose-gold patterns that appeared on the surface of her skin just now were not his illusion:

"This body... puppet?"

"Yes."

The golden-haired witch emperor looked at Xia De who was close at hand. This was a scene she had dreamed of for many nights. Compared with the encounters in the Lost Lake and the Sea of No Light, he didn't seem to have changed at all. He was still the him in her memory:

"Even with my strength, I couldn't reach here forcibly without alarming the owner of this place. So, I could only split one-third of my soul in response to Theresa's call, attached to this puppet and came here.

However, please rest assured, except for the power level being only 11th-tier like Theresa, other situations of this flesh puppet are exactly the same as my body."

Miss Violet's own eyes had stars and dots because of drinking the blood of the "Star Sea Whale". At this time, the body displayed in front of Xia De was the same. Her distance from Xia De was getting closer and closer, and Xia De was also immersed in her charming eyes, hugging her slender waist with both arms, until the two...

"Aunt, I cleared the corpses on the outside!"

Theresa's surprised voice came from the mist behind Miss Violet. Xia De was about to look behind her, but the beautiful golden-haired beauty kissed him directly.

Only immature girls would be interrupted by such things, and Violet Ma Xieer could always get what she wanted. If it wasn't for the lack of time when they parted last time, this kiss would definitely not have been left until now.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer. Theresa, carrying a shovel, and Sister Belen, holding an oil lamp, also crossed the wreckage of the big snowball and came to the bottom of the tree trunk. The burning hound had exhausted the power given to it by the Mythos at this time and followed behind the witches, but at least it was not injured.

At this time, Miss Violet still didn't want to let go of Xia De, and finally it was Xia De who pushed her away actively. So the golden-haired witch emperor showed an expression of being let down, but there was still a smile on the corner of her mouth. Even in this world of the dead, her smile seemed to be able to make the illusion of flowers blooming appear around.

"This feeling is really not bad, it's a pity that I realized it until now."

The young girl on the side showed an angry expression, but was glanced at by her teacher/aunt, so she had to tighten her face but was actually still a bit angry, after all, she was clearly the one who came first.

However, it was not the time for idle chat and greetings. Although Xia De was very curious about how Miss Violet appeared here, it was obvious that the 【Corpse Tree】 still needed the final finishing work.

Now that the tree's power had weakened to the extreme after the "three-step" plan, although it was still not as good as the state when Xia De saw it at the 1st Ring, at least it was no longer a threat to the living people present.

?? PS: 5K big chapter.

? The picture in this chapter is "Witch Emperor - Violet Ma Xieer". Changed to a version with adjusted waist details.

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