Chapter 1259: The Tree of Death

"Swish, swish, swish!"

Several black lines, at a strange angle, ambushed Ye Yuan and his two companions.

Shi Potian swung his iron fist, and the power of law surged forth, directly blasting those black lines into slag.

But in the next moment, even more black lines flew over.

The three looked closely and couldn't help but feel their scalps tingle.

As far as the eye could see, there were dense clusters of small black snakes!

Although these small snakes were not as powerful as the blackwater crocodiles, they made up for it in sheer numbers.

"They're iron-thread black snakes! There must be millions of them. This place is not safe; let's break out in that direction!" Ye Yuan said in a deep voice.

Iron-thread black snakes were slightly weaker, but only in comparison to the blackwater crocodiles.

The difference in numbers was enough to compensate for that slight lack of strength.

On the contrary, these millions of iron-thread black snakes were even more terrifying than those blackwater crocodiles.

How could Ye Yuan and the others dare to linger? They desperately fought their way out in one direction.

Fortunately, Shi Potian was strong enough; as he charged ahead, those iron-thread black snakes couldn't get close.

After an enormous effort, the three finally broke out of the heavy encirclement of iron-thread black snakes.

They ran all the way, chased by the iron-thread black snakes for who knows how far, before the snakes gradually retreated.

"No wonder this place is called the Death Swamp. How can there be so many terrifying things here?" Bai Guang said with lingering fear.

Shi Potian said, "The blackwater crocodiles and iron-thread black snakes are probably the lowest-level existences in this Death Swamp."

Bai Guang was astonished and said, "No wonder this place is called a forbidden land for gods. It truly lives up to its reputation! Even such terrifying existences are only the lowest level?"

Bai Guang couldn't help but be surprised. If the blackwater crocodiles and iron-thread black snakes were to run into the Divine Realm, they would absolutely be able to sweep through everything.

It was only because the three of them were extremely formidable, even stronger than suppressed divine path experts, that they could break out of the encirclement.

Otherwise, even if the top five of the Ten Divine Kings came in, they would have no chance of survival.

Yet such existences were merely low-level!

Just as the three were in shock and uncertainty, another warning sign arose!

Bai Guang couldn't help but curse, "Is there no end to this?"

Ye Yuan's brow furrowed even tighter. Along the way, most of the fighting had been done by Shi Potian.

He was seizing every moment to recover his strength!

This time, the ones besieging them were a group of black rats, and their numbers were even more terrifying.

The three expended considerable effort to break out of the encirclement again.

"Everyone be careful! I feel like someone is controlling these wild beasts. They seem to be driving us toward a certain place," Ye Yuan suddenly said in a deep voice.

From the second wave onward, Ye Yuan had felt a sense of unease.

Those wild beasts seemed to deliberately leave a gap for them to escape through.

Once, twice, and now a third time—this made Ye Yuan even more suspicious.

Although they were very strong and breaking out was only natural,

those wild beasts hadn't truly fought them to the death.

Several sieges seemed to be guiding them in a certain direction.

Bai Guang was startled and said, "No way? Who has the power to control such terrifying hordes of wild beasts?"

Ye Yuan's expression was very grim, but he didn't answer.

Bai Guang suddenly thought of something and looked at Shi Potian with a questioning gaze, saying in shock, "Could it be..."

Ye Yuan nodded and said, "Other than the Tree of Death, there seems to be no other possibility!"

Bai Guang's face turned pale. Although he was very confident, facing an existence that even divine path experts couldn't resist made his heart pound.

Along the way, Bai Guang had grown into a true powerhouse who could stand on his own.

But the Tree of Death was different!

Perhaps it was an existence beyond the divine path!

They had no idea how strong the Tree of Death was or what methods it had.

What they did know was that the Tree of Death was not something they could contend with.

"Th-this... what do we do? We didn't run into the Kunlun Divine Tree, but we ran into a Tree of Death. Th-this is too unlucky, right?" Bai Guang said with a bitter smile.

"Hey, even if we had run into the Kunlun Divine Tree, it might not have been much better than the current situation," Ye Yuan said.

"Th-then... what do we do now?" Bai Guang said.

A fierce look flashed in Ye Yuan's eyes, and he said, "These dangers were expected! Did we not prepare ourselves mentally for this trip? The forbidden land for gods is a region that even divine path experts cannot cross!"

Bai Guang shuddered, his emotions steadied by Ye Yuan's words. He gritted his teeth and said, "Big Brother is right! Heh, is there any place in this world that can stump us brothers? Even if it's a mountain of knives or a sea of fire, Bai Guang will accompany Big Brother through it! Big Brother, what do you say we do?"

Ye Yuan was also filled with heroic spirit and said, "Haha, good brother! As things stand, let's go with the flow! Since it wants to see us, let's go see it... just how strong this legendary Tree of Death really is!"

"Haha, now that Big Brother says that, I'm really interested!" Bai Guang laughed loudly.

It wasn't that Ye Yuan didn't want to leave, but he knew that once they deviated from the set path, those wild beasts would go mad and attack the three of them!

With the strength and numbers of these wild beasts, even if the three of them were very strong, they would be worn down to death.

Even if they managed to kill all these wild beasts, whether they could ultimately escape was still uncertain.

Since that was the case, they might as well conserve their strength and meet the main force head-on.

Shi Potian still wore an indifferent expression, but the faint fluctuations emanating from his body revealed a hint of emotion.

These two brothers remained unflinching even when Mount Tai collapsed before them. Such bearing truly lived up to being the inheritors of the Boundary Stele!

With their goal set, the three fought their way through, enduring several more twists and turns, until they arrived at an open wilderness.

This wilderness was no longer a swamp but a stretch of black soil.

Not a single blade of grass grew on this wilderness; it looked like a scorched earth.

At a glance, there was nothing else on the wilderness except a solitary, huge tree.

The tree was pitch-black all over, its branches bare without a single leaf.

On the treetop stood three black crows, crying mournfully as if they were heralding death.

Crows are omens of ill fortune; their appearance is often accompanied by death!

Seeing this black tree, Ye Yuan's expression darkened.

"Is this the legendary Tree of Death? It doesn't seem... particularly special," Bai Guang suddenly said.

"The less special it seems, the more dangerous it is! See those three crows? If I'm not mistaken, those three crows represent us! The Tree of Death is telling us that today, the three of us will die here!" Ye Yuan said in a deep voice.