In the distant lighthouse, Jin Mingzhu, who was watching the Soul Tree and the strange killings around him, looked solemn.
The Red Moon Temple Warlock in front of her was really too powerful.
"Puppet Master Duo En... She was the one who killed Xu Le in legend..."
Puppet master Dawn, a master with a gentle voice but a very eccentric personality, was secretly kept in the lighthouse by the Red Moon Temple.
This matter was not made public, only Zhou Bi and Jin Mingzhu, the leaders of the lighthouse, knew about it.
After all, he killed Xu Le. If this matter was made public, Zion, Beacon, and the people on both sides would explode.
The murderer of Xu Le in the Red Moon Temple actually appeared in the lighthouse openly.
As Zion's long-term strategic partner, Lighthouse turned a blind eye to the murderer and indulged him at will, which is intolerable.
People don't have any upper-level thinking, and they don't need to.
As long as most people are satisfied with eating and drinking, they will have some strange thoughts.
Jin Mingzhu knew it, and so did Zhou Bi, so they didn't mention it.
"Is that Xu Le really dead..."
Jin Mingzhu locked her eyes on Duo En.
There seemed to be threads in her hands that couldn't be seen with the naked eye, and she was controlling the surrounding trees.
These soul branches that were originally controlled by Xu Le have become Duo En's weapons in this black tide, and can be controlled by her at will.
call!
Dawn jumped and returned to Jin Mingzhu's side.
The lighthouse now possesses the Soul Tree, and the rhythm of the Kuroshio's strange attacks is not strong. Instead, it has become the safest place among the four major city-states.
Like a tidal wave of weird things hitting the lighthouse, they were all blocked by these trees of souls.
After they are killed by branches, they will become nourishment for the tree of souls and become part of the tree.
The soul was also sucked into the torch at the top of the tree.
In this situation of cyclic absorption, the strange black tide cannot break through the incoming lighthouse defense.
The current situation made both Jin Mingzhu and Zhou Bi deeply gratified.
But it is a pity that Xu Le, the creator of Tree of Souls, is no longer here.
"I don't think that guy will die so easily. His ability is too weird. Is it possible that he faked his death?"
"What are you thinking about?" Dawn beside him suddenly asked.
Jin Mingzhu, who was thinking, was shocked. This puppet rarely communicated with her.
She has always been mysterious, but I didn't expect that she would take the initiative to strike up a conversation at this time.
"Um, I'm thinking about how to make the lighthouse better. People can live and work in peace and contentment. At least they won't worry about their own safety, darkness, energy, food, etc. because of the black tide."
"I feel your pain. In fact, it is very simple to solve all this. Really join the Red Moon Temple.
The supreme power of the temple will solve everything for you."
"Well... this doesn't sound like a very good proposal. The lighthouse will have its own path." Jin Mingzhu directly refused. Keeping the lighthouse was their bottom line.
Even if the lighthouse is being held hostage, this bottom line cannot be lost, otherwise, they would rather die.
…
"Hmph, after possessing the Soul Tree, your lighthouse has entered a subtle state.
This tree will actively protect the city. Although I don't know whether the thing it protects is the city, at least the people living in the city are safe for now.
With such artifacts, you lighthouse people no longer need to consider too many safety issues.
Do you understand the significance of this?"
Dawn's words are a bit strange. Isn't it enough to be safe? What's the point?
Jin Mingzhu was not very good at guessing other people's thoughts, so it was more appropriate to leave this kind of negotiation to Zhou Bi.
But it's a pity that Zhou Bi is too weak to come out in the dark tide environment, so she was asked to accompany Duo En.
"Meaning? The lighthouse is safe?"
"What a shallow woman. No wonder you have no strength but let that incompetent man serve as the leader of the lighthouse."
"He is my lover." Jin Mingzhu's face suddenly darkened.
She can beat Zhou Bi, she can scold and ravage him.
But others can't.
This is also one of her personal bottom lines.
"Well, it's a boring emotional trick, but you can't maintain this carefree state for long. Soon, the lighthouse will usher in new changes, so be prepared."
"New? What do you mean?"
Jin Mingzhu stared at Duo En, with a puzzled look on his face.
"A city with automatic defense functions but no matching power. Do you think you can really control this place?
This time's black tide is a test of the Soul Tree's defensive capabilities.
When the upper levels of the Red Moon Temple receive the report on the effects of this Soul Tree, you so-called lighthouse upper levels will be dealt with one by one.
The Red Moon Temple will not allow such an artifact to be exposed."
Duo En's words were very clear, and Jin Mingzhu understood the meaning no matter how slow his reaction was.
"What kind of treatment will you talk about?"
"How we deal with you, the senior leaders of the lighthouse, depends on your level of cooperation.
Whether you want to surrender or fight with reason, the choice is yours.
But although the choice is yours, the outcome is different.
You can only bear the final result yourself."
Dawn said, his huge body raised his head slightly, condescendingly.
Jin Mingzhu didn't know that the body of Dawn in front of her was actually just a puppet, but she didn't like the condescending look in her eyes.
"I remember Lord Dorn's words, but I can't make the decision on this matter. I will discuss it in detail with Zhou Bi after I go back."
"That Zhou Bi did have some tricks, but what he didn't protect was his strength.
In this era, if you have no power, your ability will become poison and shackles.
Just like Li Wen in Zion, if the Red Moon Temple really wants to deal with him, it can do so at any time.
It’s not dealt with just because there’s no need to deal with it yet.”
The conversation with Dawn had changed from a casual chat to a blatant threat.
Dawn's threat was not concealed at all.
Jin Mingzhu was very uncomfortable, but she couldn't do anything to Duo En, so she could only breathe and adjust her mentality as much as possible.
…
"I know that the entire world is under the control of the Red Moon Temple. You are so powerful...
It’s quite funny that it’s so powerful but doesn’t end the apocalypse and darkness.”
"There is no point in being sarcastic, and the rules of this world are not as simple as you weaklings think.
Consider my words carefully, but you still have plenty of time. You can make a decision before the next black tide comes."
"Hmph..." Jin Mingzhu snorted coldly, but did not refute again.
She turned to look at the tree of souls in the distance, and her expression suddenly changed.
"Uh? Did you do that?"
Dawn was about to object, but her expression also changed.
At the far end of their field of vision, countless branches began to converge towards one location.
The branches of this tree of souls are intertwined and tangled with each other, and eventually rolled into a thick and towering giant vine that connects heaven and earth.
Although they were far away, the shock of the scene in front of them was still hard to deal with.
"Tree of Souls...what happened?"
"How could I possibly know this kind of thing? I am a warrior."
Neither Dawn nor Jin Mingzhu knew what was happening, but the changes in the tree of souls at the far end continued.
The surrounding space began to distort, but this spatial fluctuation seemed not to be in the air, but underground.
The towering giant vine branches suddenly began to shrink downwards and penetrated into the ground at an extremely fast speed.
Subsequently, more intense spatial fluctuations appeared in that area.
The chaotic space energy can almost be seen with the naked eye, looking twisted and ferocious under the dim red sky.
Kakaka!
A strange sound appeared at the far end, and the surrounding weirdness was torn into pieces by the invisible space energy, exploded into flesh and blood, and then merged into the space channel.
It seems to have become the energy of this space crack.
"Is this thing the tree of souls..." Jin Mingzhu was a little surprised.
Although the Soul Tree has always appeared as a living thing, this was the first time she had seen it like this.
According to what Xu Le said before, the tree of soul is a tree with life and soul.
The question now is, how do we calculate the terms life and soul?
Ordinary plants are also living things, but the tree of souls in front of you seems to be alive. It is no longer a plant, but an animal.
If it is an animal, should it be classified as weird?
The other thing is the soul...
Is it possible that the so-called soul is a kind of thought?
Is the tree of soul in the center of the lighthouse a thoughtful tree?
Jin Mingzhu looked at Duo En, who was standing aside. The puppet Duo En had many anthropomorphic expressions, but Jin Mingzhu still saw the false feeling in it.
"Not a human? No, it's a puppet."
Dawn tightened the psychic thread in her hand, but the Soul Tree did not respond to her like before.
It was not rejection or resistance, but simply ignoring her existence.
The pleasure of controlling everything is gone now.
"this thing……"
The feeling of being in control of Duoli was very bad, and Duo En also realized that the tree of soul might not be as simple as she imagined.
…
Jin Mingzhu on the side saw Duo En's hesitation and disbelief, but at this time she joked:
"Is the situation in front of me out of Lord Dorn's control? Haha, let me tell you, the return work is not that easy to complete.
After all, it is such a big tree, so of course it needs more inspections.
I think... when the next black tide comes, we won't need to make an immediate decision, right?"
According to Dorn, if the Soul Tree is detected correctly, the Red Moon Temple will send people to take over the city of Lighthouse.
The development of Lighthouse during this period was entirely the result of her and Zhou Bi's hard work.
But if they really get to that point, they have only two choices, give up or die.
The Red Moon Temple will not leave the Soul Tree alone.
But things are different now. There are some problems with the Soul Tree, and they have a little more time.
Although extra time may not be of any use, Jin Mingzhu always feels that as long as time is extended, many things will always turn around.
"I have never experienced this kind of pain... Huh, good luck to you."
Dawn rushed towards the direction of the space rift.
Jin Mingzhu, who stayed where he was, smiled slightly, quickly took out his communicator, and dialed Zhou Bi's communication over there.
"Old Zhou."
"Um?"
"Red Moon Temple still has no intention of letting us go. We still have some time, but not much."
"Approximately how long?"
Zhou Bi on the opposite side was very calm and seemed not surprised by Jin Mingzhu's statement.
"Originally it was less than 3 months, but now it should be longer. I estimate it will be around 3-6 months."
"Let's go to Kuroshio next time, right?"
"Yes."
"It seems that something happened to the Tree of Souls during this black tide. Am I right?"
"You guys, your guesses are quite accurate."
Jin Mingzhu smiled. Every time she talked to Zhou Bi, she would feel relaxed.
It's the feeling of having someone to rely on. Although Zhou Bi is very weak, he is indeed very trustworthy and worthy of relying on.
"When I go back, I will reward you well."
"..."
Zhou Bi on the other side was silent for a long time.
"I think it's not necessary anymore."
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Xu Le's side.
Looking at the giant bug rushing towards him in front of him, it would be silly to say he wasn't nervous.
This insect exudes a layer of attitude, which is an energy that does not belong to Gu Yinduo or Hongyue.
The external energy of the external gods.
Xu Le felt that this energy should be able to harm the elemental version of himself.
so……
"Devil Boy-Teleport."
Fluctuations in space appeared under the earth, and the insects with very keen senses immediately stopped.
It senses danger, but like a headless fly, it doesn't know how to avoid this danger.
Sudden.
Layers of soil exploded on the ground, and the branches and vines that penetrated the earth outside the lighthouse actually appeared in Tianrui Lifeng, thousands of kilometers away.
You know, even teleportation requires a lot of spiritual energy.
The sudden appearance of a creature of this size, even a plant, is outrageous enough.
Squeak!
The insect screamed, and the weird sound penetrated Xu Le's periosteum and almost implanted itself in his soul.
Xu Le's body couldn't help but tremble. This feeling was really bad...
"Well……"
Holding back the trembling of his soul, Xu Le stretched out his hand towards the insect.
All the soul branches, like Xu Le's extended arms, are wrapped around the insect.
"die!"
The branches suddenly tightened and wrapped around the insect's carapace, and a large amount of juice burst out from all the cracks in the insect.
The insect let out a weird scream and began to flap its wings.
Xu Le's nose began to bleed crazily. With his ability, the burden of controlling such a large soul tree was too great.
Boom!
The big bug exploded under the entanglement of the branches.
But this was not the end, a large number of small bugs flew out of its body.
Every little bug was like a firefly, and there were so many that Xu Le couldn't even count them.
Looking at the small insect that looked like a black shadow, Xu Le raised his middle finger.