Chapter 160 The Gouged Eyes

“…” Ximu looked up at the all-knowing tree that covered the sky. After a moment of silence, he asked Eden beside him:

“Why are you so good to me?”

“Then why are you so good to others?” Eden asked back, “You have only known Misty for a short time, and you are willing to fight against the gods for her?”

The man next to her is a famous hero, but a careful study will reveal that all his discoveries are not for himself.

In order to help the downtrodden princess regain her country, he resolutely fought against a country and faced the believers of the dusk. In order to fulfill his promise with Siegfried, he did not hesitate to offend the Dragon Empire. In order to help Misty rescue her brother, he even fought against the gods.

No matter which heroic act, it was not for himself.

And now this man, when he got her help, actually asked her why she was so good to him.

"..." Ximu pretended to think carefully. He helped Mist and Leticia in the first round purely because he was attracted by their beauty. He felt that such beautiful NPC characters must have important side plots behind them, so he took the initiative to help them. Now he helped them just to kill monsters and get quest items.

After thinking for a moment, he smiled gently:

"Maybe because she is worth it."

"That's the same answer." Eden's delicate face showed a gentle smile, and raised her hand to gently touch the hair beside her ear.

"Akhtar, you are worth it."

"..." Ximu was stunned for a moment, then turned his head, raised his hand to scratch his cheek, and thought about the wording, "What should I do next?"

"Go to the Fountain of Wisdom." Eden raised his hand and pointed to the distance, and Ximu nodded, turned around and ran in the direction he pointed.

After a few jumps, the figure disappeared in the distance.

"..." Eden stood there without moving, silently looking at Akhtar's back until he completely disappeared.

She turned around and disappeared into golden light mist.

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A few hours later.

“…” Ximu suddenly stopped and looked at the mountains in the distance… No, to be more precise, the exposed tree roots. Because the tree of omniscience was too large, the tree roots exposed on the surface were as huge as a mountain range, spreading and undulating to the point where there was no end in sight. The closer to the tree of omniscience, the larger the tree roots exposed on the surface.

On the tree roots, there were armored tree guards, riding back and forth on horses. They were generally blessed by the tree of omniscience, and their strength would be greatly increased within the range of the tree of omniscience.

And on the branches in the sky, there were many bird-like guards as big as dragons, looking down at all the movements in the lower world from high above.

The sky and the earth were all under strict surveillance.

So

"Outsiders spotted!" A small group of tree guards in the distance noticed Akhtar's figure and rushed over on heavily armored war horses. The heavy hooves seemed to shake the air away, and the long halberds in their hands were even wrapped in lightning.

In response, Ximu just grinned, black flames overflowed from his teeth, and he spit out the sun symbolizing death at the attacking knight team.

"Boom!" The surging black flames engulfed the knight team and turned them into black flames in an instant. Seeing this, Ximu ran without hesitation.

In fact, if you want to speed through the copy of the Tree of All-Knowing, it is the fastest and safest choice to bring the mare in directly and let the mare take you to run the map.

But this way, there is no way to happily kill monsters.

"Don't abandon your duties." Ximu couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, and began to look forward to the next battle.

He looked at the tree guards who reacted, and his body surface quickly heated up, as if he had turned into burning charcoal, and then the black flames engulfed him completely.

Then he rushed towards the tree guards.

"But this way you can't kill me, you have to work harder!" Ximu stretched out his hand to grab the tree guard's cheek, and the surging black flames directly swallowed him.

The favor bestowed by the Witch of Death once again allowed him to exert extremely strong damage with only the flame of death.

And at this moment.

"Boom!" Several spears fell from the sky and stabbed Akhtar who was constantly dodging, but they were all dodged.

A group of human-shaped birds flew in the sky, holding spears, cooperating with the tree guards on the ground to kill this outsider.

However, in such a heavy siege, an incredible scene appeared. As if in advance, Akhtar avoided most of the vital points and passed through the battlefield like a black meteor.

"Boom!" The blazing black flames bloomed on the battlefield. The tree guards kept rushing to Akhtar, and they kept besieging and killing Akhtar. Although the humanoid dragon showed amazing fighting talent, the victory must belong to the guards of the Tree of All-Knowing.

The reason is also very simple.

There is an overwhelming advantage in numbers. Although the humanoid dragons passing through the encirclement of the knights can trample on corpses all the way, they will sooner or later fall into a state of exhaustion.

"Dragon, you have crossed the line!" The tree guard roared and waved the halberd in his hand, but was chopped in half by Akhtar's backhand. He had no intention of communicating with the tree guards.

The battle lasted for a long time.

The blood dyed the exposed roots of the Tree of All-Knowing red, and there were burning black flames all the way, and corpses fell to the ground.

However, the tree guards did not retreat because of this. They adhered to their duties as tree guards and rushed towards the humanoid dragon one after another.

Until a certain point.

"Pfft!" The halberd penetrated the chest of the humanoid dragon. The guard of the big tree looked firmly at the man in front of him. He saw black flames swaying in his eyes, with unparalleled madness, and a cruel and excited grin on his lips. radian.

This humanoid dragon is crazy.

"I lost." Ximu admitted his defeat frankly, "You are really a group of tough guys." His body ignited with black flames and turned into ashes in full view of everyone.

The intruder...is dead.

The guard of the big tree withdrew his halberd, with a hint of disbelief in his eyes. He did not expect that he could kill Akhtar. Obviously, the crazy and violent aura of this intruder made him feel like he would do the next thing. The illusion that he would die in seconds.

"Maybe he has reached his limit." A big tree guard rode over and explained to his stunned companions, "It is almost a miracle that he can carry out such a high-intensity battle."

He raised his halberd and pointed at the battlefield along the way. He saw black flames spreading all the way, burning the bodies guarded by the big trees.

In response to this, the confused tree guard also suppressed his doubts. He indeed pierced the intruder's chest with his halberd.

He was very sure of this.

"Let's go and have a drink." The confused tree guard shook his head and left with his companions. Although he felt that things were still a bit strange, considering the toughness of the omniscient tree, the black dragon could only bite off the bark. , so there is no need to worry too much.

Moreover, his term of office is about to expire, and he will be able to return to the gods soon, or go to hell and be reincarnated, so that he can have a good afterlife without having to stay in a boring place like the Tree of Omniscience.

Most of the guards who guard the Tree of Omniscient are followers of the gods. They come to the gods after death and are sent to guard the safety of the Tree of Omniscient.

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at the same time.

Beside the fountain of wisdom.

A blood-stained tree guard ran in panting, holding his injured arm with one hand. He looked at Eden, who was kneeling by the spring, wearing a cloak.

Get down on one knee.

"Lord Eden, there is an intruder breaking in."

"..." Eden looked at the intruders who were so close, feeling a little helpless and smiling. She did not expect that Akhtar would cause such a huge disturbance, and then replaced the big tree guard and came to the Palace of Wisdom pretending to be her identity. Quan comes to see himself.

"The intruders have been cleared."

Her voice was calm.

"Knight, you did well."

"Lord Eden, I suspect that the intruder is not dead." Xi Mu raised his head and said seriously, "His actions were too blatant. I suspect that he wanted to make a huge noise just to facilitate secret operations."

"Do you know?" Eden bent down slightly, raised his hand and stroked the fountain of wisdom that contained infinite knowledge, running his white fingers across the water.

"Tree guards usually don't call me Lord Eden."

"For me, just knowing that you are Eden is enough?" Ximu took off his helmet, came to Eden's side and sat down cross-legged, "What should I do next?"

Under the Tree of Omniscientity where he is now, there is a specially set up temple. Outsiders, no... anyone except Eden, are not allowed to break in casually.

Unless there is an extreme emergency.

"Please look at me." Eden whispered softly. When Akhtar looked at her seriously, he stretched out his slender fingers, inserted them directly into Akhtar's eyes, and pulled out Akhtar's penis. eyeball.

"After the ceremony is completed, I won't be missing an eye forever, right?" Ximu covered his bleeding eyes. He deliberately suppressed the instinctive urge to use healing prayers, otherwise the eyeball would grow out in an instant.

"If you need the power of the Tree of Omniscient, then don't heal the eyeballs." Eden explained, "But I just want to know the conditions for the devil's ritual. After the ritual is completed, you can directly heal the eyeballs."

"Is the price the loss of communication with the Tree of Omniscience?" Ximu put down his hand covering his eyes. He closed his eyes and his blood flowed down.

"That's right." Eden nodded slightly and threw Akhtar's eyeball into the fountain of wisdom, and at this moment Akhtar's eye socket stopped bleeding.

Then she picked up the branch of the Tree of Omniscientity that she had prepared in advance, stabbed it at the trunk of the Tree of Omniscientity, and fixed it firmly to the tree.

"Next, you will hang upside down in a tree for seven days. During this period, you are not allowed to speak or eat until you understand the conditions of your ritual."

"Okay." Ximu agreed readily, and Eden didn't say much. She believed in Akhtar's self-control, and silently took out a bundle of ropes, tied Akhtar's body, and hung him upside down on the wisdom on the spring.

A cold wind blew.

Ximu looked at Eden with only one eye, and neither of them said anything. He silently watched Eden walk outside the temple.

Then he closed his eyes and focused on the status bar.

Race: "Dragon."

Rating: "99."

Skills: "Ten types of shadow magic, prayer of life, prayer of death, fire of ashes, prayer of destiny, prayer of the tree of omniscience."

Talent: "Player"

Achievements: "The Fallen Hero, the Hanged Man, the Hatched God's Enemy, the Witch's Disciple, and the Enemy of the Tree Guard."

The status bar has been updated. Apart from the Omniscient Tree prayer, which requires a little attention, only the level needs to be concerned. Now he is truly the pinnacle of human beings. As long as he continues to gain experience points, he will successfully surpass the human limit.

As a player, he will not be constrained by "levels". Even if he reaches the limit of human beings, he can still continue to upgrade his level.

If there is anything special about reaching the limit of human beings, it is that he meets the ritual of becoming a demon. As long as the conditions of the ritual are met, he can directly become a demon.

Usually at this point, the player's energy will be focused on becoming a demon, using various methods to know the conditions for being promoted to a demon.

In addition to using the ritual of the Tree of All-Knowing to quickly know everything, it is to find capable people to help with research, such as asking the Witch of Death or the Witch of Fate to help with research, although the speed will be slower than using the Tree of All-Knowing.

However, according to the official setting of the game, the Witch of Death and the Witch of Fate all have extremely amazing talents. As long as enough information is provided, they can also study the conditions for being promoted to a demon with their deep knowledge.

Of course, players can also rely on their own abilities to decipher, but this is too laborious. Even if it is the same ability, the conditions required are different.

Even if you rely on the Internet to search for information one by one and experiment one by one, it will take a lot of time.

It is more convenient to use the Tree of All-Knowing.

And outside the temple.

Eden walked out calmly, looked at the big tree guards on both sides of the door, and said calmly: "He is injured and needs to rest for a while."

"Understood." The big tree guard on the right knelt on one knee and looked up at the incarnation of the Tree of All-Knowing. "Your Highness, do you need me to go in and take him out?"

The Temple of All-Knowing is a very sacred place. Except for the All-Knowing Saint, no one else is allowed to enter casually. This is to prevent someone from stealing the water of the Fountain of Wisdom and because the Temple of All-Knowing is the private residence of the All-Knowing Saint.

In response, Eden shook his head gently: "Don't disturb him to rest, he will come out by himself when he is well."

"Yes." The big tree guard on the right bowed his head, not daring to disobey the order issued by the All-Knowing Saint. Although the object of his faith is the God of War, his current mission is to protect the safety of the All-Knowing Tree, which is also indirectly protecting the safety of the All-Knowing Saint.

So in his view, the All-Knowing Saint is the lord he serves.

"Yeah." Eden nodded slightly, turned into golden light mist and disappeared on the spot. Seeing this, the big tree guard on the right couldn't help but sigh.

"Her Highness the Saint is really kind and willing to let us stay in the temple to recuperate. I don't know when I will have such an honor."

"You want to steal the fountain of wisdom, right?" The big tree guard on the left couldn't help but complain, "It's better to restrain your greed."

"If you really get close, it's indeed a bit difficult to restrain your greed." The big tree guard on the right admitted frankly, "But even if you drink it, there's no benefit, right?"

He shook his head.

"Drinking the fountain of wisdom will cause a disease of thirst for knowledge."