Chapter 111 Chapter 111: Divine Beasts Born from the Ambrosial Arbor
Chapter 111: Divine Beasts Born from the Ambrosial Arbor
"If nothing unexpected happens, this should be the roots of the Ambrosial Arbor... Can't you recognize it?"
Kevin stared very calmly at this scene that could be called a 'wonder' in a certain sense—whether it was the wood chips he saw earlier in the square or the branches growing from those Mara-Struck, they were essentially no different from these thick, twisted roots.
Presumably, this so-called Ambrosial Arbor should be a bizarre plant with extremely abnormal vitality and invasive properties. Thinking more exaggeratedly, perhaps the immortality of the Xianzhou people who do not age, as well as the abnormalities in their bodies, all originate from this.
"The... Ambrosial Arbor? But didn that thing die long ago?!"
To be honest, Qingque really couldn't recognize this ghostly thing. It didn't even have any relation to plants like trees in her impression; you could say it was more like some kind of mutated vine.
But the key point is, she's only a little over two hundred years old! The real Ambrosial Arbor was broken by the 'Arbiter-General' thousands of years ago. She has only ever been able to see that half-dead withered tree, and the teachers in school have always told her it was a dead thing!
But regardless, the clever Qingque first moved closer to Kevin's side.
"There are two possibilities: either its vitality is more tenacious than anyone imagined, and even the power of an Aeon cannot completely destroy it; or under the erosion of the Stellaron's power... this bizarre plant has gained new life."
Kevin himself couldn't understand what kind of thing a Stellaron really is. Even the intelligence from the 'Corporation' only labeled this disaster-bringing object as 'origin unknown.'
But often, civilizations eroded by Stellaron suffer all kinds of strange disasters. Disease, Catastrophes, monsters... It's unknown whether Stellaron also have genders, or if its own abilities belong to some deeper level.
"Let's go, we should go in now."
"Ah?! This... are we really going in? Mr. Kevin, you have to protect me!"
"Hmm... Don't worry."
Under the cover of countless roots, standing at the doorway alone made it impossible to observe the real situation inside. Moreover, under the influence of the Fragmentum and unknown factors, Kevin's senses were greatly obscured. But there was no doubt that Pardofelis was inside.
In terms of size... this place doesn't seem much different from a normal large school?
Looking up ahead, Kevin took a slight breath, then—
Boom————!
The three-meter-tall door entwined with countless roots was kicked open by Kevin! The several-ton heavy door panel even flew freely dozens of meters in mid-air before finally embedding itself forcefully into the wall on the other side far away.
This brutal scene even made Qingque jump in fright. But before she could see the path ahead clearly through the billowing dust, a huge and bizarre palm fiercely slapped towards the two of them.
"Wah ah?!"
Boom—!
Qingque instinctively covered her head in fear. She's just an ordinary diviner now, and the diviners of the Divination Commission basically have no combat ability... except for the Diviner-in-Chief who is short in stature but possesses extraordinary skills.
After a few seconds, realizing she wasn't actually in that much pain and there was no more movement around, Qingque cautiously raised her head and saw the culprit of that attack—it was a beast dozens of meters tall and exceptionally robust.
Its mountain-like massive body forced it to hunch over. Deep blue fur was adorned everywhere with openwork gold ornaments, making this huge monster's appearance not seem terrifying but instead exuding an imposing aura.
Ignoring other factors and just looking at its size, this thing was like a huge... mountain ape?
And when Qingque shifted her gaze slightly downward, she saw the real reason why she wasn't injured by this attack—she saw Kevin blocking this attack, which seemed capable of splitting mountains and cracking stones, with just one hand. Even though the hard stone slabs underfoot were already cracked all over, Kevin's body didn't bend in the slightest.
That relaxed appearance even almost gave Qingque the illusion that this thing's attack seemed just so-so, and she could do it too if she tried.
The next moment, Kevin's arm supporting the monster's attack bent slightly, then he clenched his other fist and swung it fiercely upward!
Boom!
The massive forces collided, and the resulting shockwave directly shook Qingque back several steps, almost making her fall again.
Immediately after, as Kevin fiercely stomped his right foot forward, a row of thick, sharp ice spikes instantly stabbed diagonally downward into the monster's body, completely piercing through it!
"Roar————!"
This huge monster clearly also possessed its own sense of pain. Golden fluid resembling blood gradually slid down along the crystal-clear ice crystals. After falling to the ground, it even seemed to make those weeds grow a bit more.
Logically speaking, after having its body pierced through, it should have completely lost its ability to move. But accompanied by deafening roars, this monster forcefully grabbed the thick ice crystal on its chest and bit by bit pulled it out.
And after completely freeing itself from the ice crystal's restraint, that terrifying hollow in its chest even began to recover at a speed visible to the naked eye—
"To actually have this level of regenerative ability... Is it due to the influence of these surrounding roots?"
Frowning, Kevin quickly discovered the problem. He had no doubt that such a bizarre Ambrosial Arbor might even have spread its roots throughout the entire Xianzhou ship, nor how terrifying the vitality contained within might be.
It seems that as long as he can't obliterate this monster completely with one strike, or clear away all the surrounding roots, the problem can't be solved.
"Mr. Kevin, I think I know what this thing is."
Realizing this thing was completely outclassed compared to her own big shot, Qingque immediately straightened her posture and then explained after a bit of thought: "It is said that when the Ambrosial Arbor still stood on the Luofu, the so-called immortals of that time used certain mystical arts to breed various mythical beasts from legends upon the Ambrosial Arbor."
"These divine beasts not only had different abilities, but most crucially, under the cover of the Ambrosial Arbor, no matter how severe their injuries were, they would gradually recover. They could almost be called immortal monsters."
"It's just that after the Ambrosial Arbor died, these so-called divine beasts born from it also mysteriously disappeared from Xianzhou history, as if this really was just some kind of myth."
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