Fiancée Stolen by MC, I Trip Them up-Chapter 350 - 252: Stay Alive!

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Unexpected gain!

Zhao Yi didn’t expect the protagonist actually knew the origins of that thing.

"What is the Nether Tree?"

"I don’t know."

The protagonist shook his head, his expression stern and grave.

"Previously, I glimpsed a terrifying demon tree spanning the Endless Void, crossing All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds while spying into the River of Time. Wherever the tree went, all living things were annihilated, and heaven and earth turned into nether soil. Hence, it was also called the Nether Tree."

"What happened then?" Zhao Yi pressed further.

After...

The protagonist did not continue.

Because later in the River of Time, he saw Zhao Yi, then went on to see Zhao Yi’s future and forgot about the Nether Tree.

Besides, the protagonist overlooked the Nether Tree, as he couldn’t believe such a terrifying existence could exist in the world.

At that time, though the protagonist had never left the Cultivation World, he could speculate from its scale how vast the Spirit Realm and Three Thousand Small Worlds were.

The branches of the Nether Tree actually stretched across the Three Thousand Small Worlds, which made it unimaginable what horrors the tree’s main body could hold.

Because of his disbelief in the existence of the Nether Tree, when he suddenly heard about it from Zhao Yi, his face was struck with shock.

"Impossible!"

The protagonist took a deep breath, controlling the raging waves within him.

He gritted his teeth and said, "The timing is wrong! Even if the tree truly exists, according to the changes of the River of Time, it should only emerge three years later. How could it show up now?"

"A three-foot layer of ice is not formed in a single day!" Zhao Yi shook his head, "What you saw in the River of Time was the Nether Tree emerging, but it had begun its invasion of the Three Thousand Small Worlds. In fact, it had been lurking for over a hundred thousand years."

When Zhao Yi said these words, he thought of the Sage of Time who perished at the gates of the Great Hero Hall, and the infinite Divine Soul lines on the black roots beneath the great river.

That monster not only possessed infinite potential but also had extreme patience.

To accumulate power, it hid for over a hundred thousand years.

Thus,

The moment it emerged, it directly caused heaven and earth to collapse!

"Over a hundred thousand years..." The protagonist’s face suddenly turned very ugly, "Buddha ascended over a hundred thousand years ago as well, could that monster truly be..."

Zhao Yi glanced at him, his eyes showing schadenfreude, he clicked his tongue and said, "I told you earlier, you’d better pray the Buddha is the same entity as that monster. Otherwise, you’d face the dual pursuit of two non-human entities!"

"The monster seeks to complete its rules, it won’t spare you."

"The Buddha wants to exterminate monsters, resolve its own karma, it must grasp a complete Buddha’s Great Dao to become a Great Daoist Sage."

"So, whether it’s the monster or the Buddha, the Buddha’s Light behind your head is something they are bound to seize!"

Protagonist: "..."

Unsure if he was feigning it, or truly indifferent to his own life and death.

Zhao Yi’s words did not frighten the protagonist.

The protagonist was more concerned about the ordinary people of the Cultivation World.

He frowned and said, "According to what you said, if the Nether Tree taints the Treasure Tower and then attacks outwardly, the Cultivation World would be the first to bear the brunt, and ordinary people in the Cultivation World would be in danger!"

Zhao Yi nodded: "In theory, it is indeed so."

"Theory?" The protagonist was puzzled.

Zhao Yi waved his hand dismissively, saying casually, "The biggest crisis in the Cultivation World now is not that Nether Tree, but the sages of the Spirit Realm and Three Thousand Small Worlds. If we can’t withstand this wave, the ordinary people of the Cultivation World would be directly doomed, not waiting for the Nether Tree to wreak havoc."

Protagonist: "...Makes sense."

Then he asked Zhao Yi, "What do you intend to do?"

"Chill out."

Zhao Yi said nonchalantly, "Whether it’s the sages of the Spirit Realm and Three Thousand Small Worlds, or that Nether Tree in the Treasure Tower Secret Realm, they are not something we can contend with. Instead of futile resistance, we might as well lay back. While lying back can’t solve the problem, at least it’s comfortable."

Though the protagonist couldn’t understand what lying back meant, from Zhao Yi’s speaking context, he roughly guessed Zhao Yi’s meaning.

The protagonist frowned, "Is it just sitting and waiting to perish?"

"Not exactly."

Zhao Yi spoke while constantly staring at the Treasure Tower in front.

He asked the protagonist, "I remember you said before, once you enter the Treasure Tower, as long as you focus on the desired place, the tower would send you to the corresponding Secret Realm?"

The protagonist nodded: "Indeed so."

Zhao Yi asked, "How is that achieved?"

The protagonist was stunned briefly, hesitatingly shook his head, "I haven’t thought about it, people from Little Leiyin Temple say it’s Buddha’s Divine Power. But according to what you said, that monster is related to Buddha, then the extraordinary traits displayed by this Treasure Tower aren’t Buddha’s doing."

Zhao Yi nodded.

The protagonist’s words aligned with his deduction.

If Buddha truly controlled this Treasure Tower, Zhao Yi couldn’t have escaped earlier.

That monster wouldn’t need to infiltrate each Secret Realm space one by one; it could simply take over all Secret Realms directly.

Seeing Zhao Yi staring at the Treasure Tower Secret Realm, the protagonist suddenly realized: "You mean, this Treasure Tower actually has Spiritual Sense?"

Zhao Yi nodded: "The answer is obvious. If it didn’t possess Spiritual Sense, how could it discern each person’s thoughts? I have subordinates who are proficient in arrays and restrictions, they say the core of arrays and restrictions is rules. Rules are rigid, cannot vary by person."

Hearing this, the protagonist mused, "You intend to leverage the power of the Treasure Tower to suppress that Nether Tree?"

Zhao Yi nodded: "I do have that thought, but specifics need to verify some things."

"Verify what?" the protagonist asked.

Zhao Yi withdrew his gaze from the Treasure Tower wall, spoke calmly:

"First, confirm whether this Treasure Tower truly possesses a spiritual intelligence."

"Second, verify whether the expansion of Nether Tree threatens the Tower’s intelligence."

"Third, attempt to see if the Treasure Tower Secret Realm can be separated from the Cultivation World."

"Fourth, test whether Chaos Qi would harm the Nether Tree."

"Fifth, explore whether there are other channels connecting the Spirit Realm and Small Thousand Worlds, if there are, destroy them, leaving only the Treasure Tower Secret Realm as the sole entrance and exit,..."

The protagonist’s eyes twinkled: "I understand the first few, verifying if the Treasure Tower Secret Realm has Spiritual Sense, to determine if there’s a potential partner. Assess if the Nether Tree threatens the Tower to judge if its intelligence is a friend or foe. What does the last one mean by destroying other channels?"

After speaking, the protagonist suddenly realized, "You intend for the Spirit Realm and Small Thousand Worlds’ people to probe the Nether Tree? This approach is too risky! The cultivators of Spirit Realm and Three Thousand Small Worlds far exceed those of the Cultivation World in strength. If the Nether Tree absorbs those cultivators, what if its powers surge again? It might trigger an early invasion on the Cultivation World!"

"You did say it was possible." Zhao Yi casually waved his hand.

"It’s also possible the monster gets a taste of it and directly charges to the Spirit Realm?"

"Anyway, it’s a dead end regardless, why not take a gamble?"

"Lose means dying sooner, win means eking out many more years."

"Living sustains hope, better to live indifferently than die well!"

ps: Today is New Year’s Eve, sending greetings to my brothers! Wishing everyone a new year of health, success in all things, and prosperous fortune!