novelraw Chapter 528 - 513: Old Trick, New Play
Chapter 528 - 513: Old Trick, New Play
Li Cunxu first followed Xiaobai Spider’s middle strategy and contacted the Queen of Desolation.
However, the Queen of Desolation is an emperor-level powerhouse, and it’s too dangerous for Li Cunxu to meet her like this.
Therefore, Xiaobai Spider’s Venerable King clone mimicked Li Cunxu’s appearance to meet her instead.
As a result, they didn’t even catch a glimpse of the Queen of Desolation’s shadow.
The aggressive nature of the Desolate Elves was too strong, akin to wild beasts. Before Xiaobai Spider’s Venerable King clone could state its purpose, the Desolate Elves launched an attack on it.
With great difficulty, it managed to explain the intent to a Monarch-level Desolate Elf during the entanglement.
Only then did the Desolate Elf agree to inquire with the Queen of Desolation.
After inquiring, the Queen of Desolation’s response was: "A mere Venerable King-level human dares to seek collaboration with me? Kill him."
The Venerable King clone of Xiaobai Spider was mercilessly killed by the Desolate Elves.
"The Elf Queen is determined to kill the master, and the Queen of Desolation disdains cooperation. In that case, Master, use the top strategy."
After the clone was killed, Xiaobai Spider said angrily to Li Cunxu.
Li Cunxu replied, "You haven’t told me what your top strategy is?"
Xiaobai Spider pointed to the Life Tree, towering ten thousand meters high like a heavenly pillar, and said, "The top strategy is to set the tree on fire."
Burn the Life Tree? No wonder Xiaobai Spider said that the Elf Queen and the Queen of Desolation, two emperor-level powerhouses, would be relentless against him.
"But why burn the Life Tree? To threaten the Elf Queen to let us pass?"
Li Cunxu frowned and asked. If it were to threaten, this might not be considered a top strategy.
The Life Tree’s defense is emperor-level, and it also has powerful vitality, its self-healing capabilities even surpassing those of the Bloodsucking Great Demon.
It’s extremely difficult to use the Life Tree’s life as leverage to threaten the Elf Queen.
Xiaobai Spider questioned in confusion, "Master, why did you think of it as a threat? Why not truly burn down the Life Tree?"
In the next second, the Destiny Spider placed in Li Cunxu’s fortune gave Xiaobai Spider the answer.
Li Cunxu’s tribulation luck increased significantly; it’s highly likely that the tribulation luck suppressed Li Cunxu’s intelligence.
"So, your top strategy is to actually burn down the Life Tree." Li Cunxu muttered to himself, contemplating the true purpose of burning the Life Tree.
"Yes."
Suddenly, Li Cunxu’s eyes lit up as he realized why burning the Life Tree was considered the top strategy by Xiaobai Spider.
Burning the Life Tree has to do with the Elf Queen and the Queen of Desolation.
The Elf Queen and the Queen of Desolation are not emperors through traditional tribulations, but have exploited the power of the Life Tree to become emperors.
There are two fatal flaws in such an emperor.
One: they cannot be too far from the Life Tree.
Two: their lives are connected to the Life Tree; the Elf Queen and the Queen of Desolation flourish or suffer with the Life Tree.
If the Life Tree is burned to death, the Elf Queen and the Queen of Desolation will suffer backlash, their strength greatly reduced, possibly even falling from emperor status, and at that moment, it’s the perfect opportunity for him to act and escape.
However, it’s a pity for this Life Tree that’s been able to bear the fruit of life’s origin for tens of thousands of years.
After all, not every Life Tree can bear the fruit of life’s origin.
As for why Li Cunxu was sure the Elf Queen and the Queen of Desolation became emperors by exploiting the Life Tree?
The reason is, there’s no other explanation, just prejudice.
Actually, it’s not prejudice; over ninety percent of the Elf Race’s emperors became emperors using this method.
This is also why, after the Age of Giants ended, the human emperors were fewer than the elf emperors, but still led the human race to victory.
Although there were fewer human emperors, they could move freely, whereas the elf emperors were numerous but couldn’t stray far from the Life Tree.
Li Cunxu’s black pupils turned into a sinister Demon Lotus, and a black Life-Burning Demon Flame ignited above the Life Tree.
The Elf Queen, connected to the Life Tree, could sense any disturbance with the Life Tree.
The Elf Queen immediately arrived, attempting to extinguish the Life-Burning Demon Flame, but despite her efforts, the flame couldn’t be put out. She could only watch as the flame burned larger and more vigorously.
Not long after, the Queen of Desolation also arrived.
The Elf Queen angrily asked, "This fire? You did it?"
The powerful presence made the Queen of Desolation shrink back.
The Elf Queen was a level three emperor, while she was only level one; she was no match for the Elf Queen. However, her life was linked to the Life Tree, so if the Elf Queen were to kill her, the Life Tree would also be harmed.
This is also why the Elf Queen hasn’t exterminated the Desolate Elf race.
"It wasn’t me."
"Are you sure it wasn’t you?"
"It really wasn’t me."
"Then who could it be?"
The Queen of Desolation’s eyes rolled, "It could be an outsider. That outsider tried to find me yesterday, wanting to join forces against you, but I dismissed him for being too weak."
Upon hearing this, the Elf Queen erupted with an aura that made all beings tremble, furiously searching for Li Cunxu, but found nothing.
Li Cunxu had already hidden inside the Beast Taming Space to avoid trouble.
After finishing a day of cultivation, Li Cunxu donned the invisibility cloak borrowed from the alliance, undetectable even to emperor levels.
Exiting the Beast Taming Space, he retracted part of the Life-Burning Demon Flame burning on the Life Tree, then converted it into Life-Burning Demon Blood.
As time passed, during this conversion process, the Life-Burning Demon Blood accumulated more and more, as did the origin.
Then, with the increase of the origin, the Demon Lotus Eye evolved into the Twelfth-Grade Demon Lotus Eye.
The Twelfth-Grade Demon Lotus Eye enabled Li Cunxu to keep it open 24/7, and granted him mastery over a new Pupil Technique.
Extremely Burn.
Amplify the fire’s momentum of the Life-Burning Demon Flame to the extreme, swiftly burning the lifespans of living beings.
Li Cunxu released this Life-Burning Demon Flame for three years, and during most of that time, the Life Tree burned in the state of extreme burning.
Now, the Life Tree’s lifespan was near its end, and finally... unable to sustain, it collapsed loudly.
As the Life Tree fell, the most unlucky were the Elf Queen and the Queen of Desolation connected to it.
Their ranks both dropped from emperor level.
The Elf Queen’s level briefly fell to Monarch Level 9, and the Queen of Desolation’s level briefly fell to Monarch Level 8.
Even with their fall, Li Cunxu still wasn’t their match.
Fortunately, Li Cunxu had a plan.
Li Cunxu broke through to Monarch, summoning the heavenly tribulation.
The Elf Queen and the Queen of Desolation could only guard outside the heavenly tribulation, waiting for Li Cunxu to break through.
The Monarch Tribulation lasted three days, and relying on his profound foundation and bottomless Spiritual Power, Li Cunxu successfully broke through to Monarch Level.
Upon breaking through, the Elf Queen and the Queen of Desolation immediately closed in, using the most ruthless tactics to kill Li Cunxu.
Other Monarch-level Divine Wood Elves and Desolate Elves also joined in the attack.
At this moment, the originally hostile two races were unprecedentedly united.
Li Cunxu was unafraid, merely summoning his pet beasts unceasingly.
A total of eleven pet beasts, except for the Killing Sword’s level, which hadn’t changed much, and Little Mengdie, who didn’t need to absorb the Power of the Myriad Laws, the other eight pet beasts, mostly under Little Soft’s Power of the Myriad Laws, broke through to Venerable King Level 9.
Time for the breakthrough!
The heavenly tribulation triggered by ten pet beasts instantly engulfed the Elf Queen, the Queen of Desolation, and all others present.