High Martial Arts: Invincible From Being Away from Keyboard - Chapter 8

Chapter 8: Sacrifice Of The Ancient Tree, Mutations in Yangcheng

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Qi Shu stood in front of the window and looked at the ancient tree in the distance. That area had already been sealed off by the government. If ordinary people entered that place for no reason, they would definitely be regarded as terrorists by the government.

After three short days of transformation, the ancient tree was now twice as tall compared to when it had first appeared. The branches and leaves on its trunk had become even greener, and they emanated a faint glow.

It had been a cloudy day, so the entire Yangcheng was rather dim. However, the light from the huge and complicated body of the ancient tree bathed half of Yangcheng in an emerald green light.

As Qi Shu looked at the ancient tree, he suddenly noticed that the branches of the ancient tree had begun to sway. The branches also began to grow brighter.

As time passed, the branches swayed faster and faster. Soon after, the thick trunk of the tree and the ground shook violently.

Right then, all the tree branches and leaves were visibly growing at a rapid rate. They stretched out to higher heights. 

“Again!”

Qi Shu did not think too much about it. Something like this has been happening every day for the past few days. Each time it happened, the ancient tree would grow taller. It would not be long before the ancient tree grew above his head, right?

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The shaking lasted for five minutes.

A serious expression formed on Qi Shu’s face. The duration of this upheaval was twice as long as before.

Based on what had happened a few days ago, the shaking should have stopped around two minutes at most. However, the shaking did not stop. Instead, the shaking intensified. It was as if there was something different this time.

“Rumble!!”

At that moment, a loud rumble rang out from the ancient tree. The houses around it had collapsed.

Qi Shu looked at the situation in front of him as a bold guess formed in his mind. “The gunpowder barrel in Yangcheng seems to have been prepared to induce the explosion of the spark. The source of life is about to be born.”

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The shaking that had lasted for almost an hour slowly stopped.

Under the gazes of almost everyone in Yangcheng, a strange sight appeared on the ancient tree. Logically speaking, it should have continued to grow, but it suddenly began to shrink in an abnormal manner. 

In just a few minutes, it had returned to its original size. It was truly shocking how the power of nature was so incomprehensible.

Just when everyone thought it was over, the green leaves on the tree suddenly turned yellow. The leaves then turned yellow at an unimaginable speed.

The withered leaves were supposed to fall to the ground, but the moment they fell, they turned into powder. In a moment, the huge ancient tree became bare.

The trunk of the ancient tree became even brighter after all the leaves had fallen. It became brighter and brighter. The green light coming from the tree illuminated the whole of Yangcheng.

However, just when the light emitted by the tree reached its brightest point, the entire trunk suddenly dimmed until it turned into a withered yellow color.

Yangcheng, which was originally a gloomy place, became exceptionally dim after losing the light that had been cast on it by the ancient tree.

The next moment!

“Rumble!!!”

The ground started to shake like there was an earthquake. Everything inside the room started to sway.

In the area where the ancient tree was, a green ball of light suddenly rose into the sky and illuminated the dark land of Yangcheng like a sun.

Qi Shu looked at the green ball of light in front of him and tried his best to suppress his restlessness. Right then, his body developed an instinctive sensation of desperate want toward the light although he was so far away. It was as if this light could enlighten his physical body. 

“The source of life!!”

At this moment, Yangcheng City had exploded in chaos. Countless people hidden in the dark began to move. They only had one target, but something changed to the source of life once again.

The source of life exploded right away. Centered on Yangcheng, green specks of light filled the vast expanse of dark sky, turning it into a sky filled with stars. The huge phenomenon covered a radius of several hundred kilometers.

“Roar!!!” 　 

A deafening roar came from the ancient tree immediately after.

Qi Shu stood on the roof. For some reason, he could detect a strong sense of anger and hatred from the loud roar!

“What’s going on? Is this the ancient tree’s voice? Why is it filled with anger and hatred?”

As soon as he finished speaking, countless green dots of light of various sizes began to descend rapidly from the sky.

The entire Yangcheng and even the mountain ranges were covered by plenty of green lights as the furious roar continued to ring out.

Many animals cried out excitedly. Even many of the plants around them began to sway in excitement as they waited for the source of life to descend from the sky.

These light dots, which were the source of life, favored all animals and plants over humans!

At that moment, no one was aware of the situation. They had all gone insane. They were all headed toward the largest and brightest spots in the sky.

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In the river of Yangcheng, a huge blackfish leaped into the air and swallowed the source of life that was slowly descending.

His entire body suddenly expanded. From its original length of 30 centimeters, the blackfish grew to over one meter within a split second. 

The blackfish’s appearance had changed drastically. The scales on his body, which had black patterns on it, shone with a metallic luster. Coupled with his mouth full of sharp teeth, he had transformed into a terrifying aquatic beast.

At this moment, the blackfish happened to catch sight of a little fish that was devouring another piece of the source of life. Its tail suddenly swayed as it quickly charged over. Its sharp teeth bit the little fish, which was about to complete its evolution, into two.

After devouring the fish in a few bites, its body expanded once again. The blackfish had already become the ruler of the river. He frantically searched for various sources of life and slaughtered all the fish around him.

Based on its instincts, this river could only have one ruler, and the other fish were only fit to be its food. They were not fit to be on the same level as it.

The blackfish in the river was only a microcosm of everything that was going on in the many regions of Yangcheng!

These things began to happen one after another in Yangcheng, the mountain ranges around Yangcheng, and so on. Their goal was clear. A region could only have one king. The organisms did not allow existences stronger than themselves to appear.

When two kings meet, everything would only come to an end if either of them died. 

This was the new law of survival among animals and plants during the revival of magical energy. It was the cruelest and most useful law.

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