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Chapter 489: Showdown

The ancient Tree of Life's earth and heaven phenomenon made the coalition army stop, but under Kao's strong command, the army quickly recovered and began attacking again. Miracle City's situation suddenly became very dangerous.

"The spider soldiers have already dug under Miracle City's channels and have begun to attack Miracle City from within."

"The Wings Race soldiers have already flown over the defense lines and are suppressing Miracle City from above."

"The Green Giants and the orc cavalry are quickly entering the city!"

"Miracle City's defense have already crumbled!"

These pieces of news filled Kao with excitement. Even if Miracle City has become stronger over the past month or two, their background was still lacking. No matter how they struggled, it was impossible for them to block the elites of the four cities combined.

There was no possibility of failure since the beginning, it was only a problem of time.

Now the surrounding mountain range had been lost and most of the Source Energy Weapons had been depleted, losing their ability to fight back. The spider race had already dug under Miracle City in many places, catching their soldiers off guard with internal attacks.

The Wings Race was like the wind, having a strong airborne superiority and flexibility. They were currently harassing the Miracle City troops, making them lose track of things, causing more and more holes to appear in the defensive line.

Finally..

The Green Giant soldiers and the orc cavalry killed their way in.

The powerful bodies of the Green Giants could ignore the attacks of the Source Energy Weapons. The fast and destructive orc cavalry cut through the defensive line like a knife.

The defensive superiority of the Miracle City heavy weapons had been lost and they could only fight in close range. The berserkers led the new recruits in blocking the Green Giants and the orc cavalry, while the gnomes used arrows and various techniques to block the Wings Race's airborne attacks.

The warriors of the large tribes couldn't fight with the armies of the cities, so they were mainly responsible for plugging up holes and blocking the tribe soldiers in Kao's army. Although while the two sides were entangled, the Source Energy Cannons didn't have much use, Miracle City still had over a hundred thousand Source Energy Guns. These could make up for the lack in battle strength and could temporarily stop the four cities army's fierce attack.

Kao looked over Miracle City, "Begin!"

When Kao, Keno, and several Battle Banner City True Spirit Experts killed their way into Miracle City, a berserker troop found them, immediately sweeping over them with Storm Rifles. The energy intensity of the dense amount of bullets was quite high. If a True Spirit Expert was swept over by several Storm Rifles while being caught off guard, they might be injured by them.

"Seeking death!"

Kao waved his hand and the berserkers were heavily injured, flying away through the air. Every person had several flood dragons coiled around them, pulling their head and four limbs in five different directions, receiving a grisly death.

Although the Storm Rifles weren't weak, it wasn't easy to kill Spirit Transformation Experts.

Kao seized a berserker warriors neck and pulled him in front of his face, "Where is your City Lord?"

The berserker went berserk, not knowing fear at all, therefore he had no hesitation at all. The Source Energy Cannon in his left hand was shot at Kao.

Peng!

When the Source Energy Shell hit Kao's protective spirit energy, he was actually pushed back slightly. Kao angrily sent out a fist that blasted the berserker into pieces.

"Search!" Keno said to the people behind, "Find them even if you turn Miracle City upside down!"

These people had shocking strength and they swept through everything wherever they went. Those resisting were all sent packing like a group of rats.

"There's information."

"They are in the garden at the center of Miracle City!"

"Ha, ha, ha, the heavens are helping me!" Kao's eyes were red as he broke out in laughter. He led several dozen people as they immediately moved out, "Go!"

Kao went on a slaughter on the way over.

Miracle City was filled with chaos, with spider soldiers attacking inside the city, Wings Race soldiers suppressing the air, and large amounts of Green Giants, orcs, and forest tribe soldiers pouring in from all directions attacking Miracle City.

Kao's forces were too small to be surrounded by large amount of people and small groups of soldiers couldn't stop them. These people easily killed their way to the Miracle Gardens.

The Miracle Gardens were filled with the Sacred Herbs Miracle Commerce gathered, it was simply a large treasure house. Even if it was these experts seeing it, they couldn't help being shocked.

They never thought.

Miracle City would be this rich!

Although there were many resources in the Forest of Chaos, who didn't want to transport these treasure so it was easier for them to obtain fresh harvest? Although these heaven and earth treasure were not easily weakened like normal treasure, once they were harvested, their efficacy would quickly degrade. Finally there would be a large decrease in their value.

How was transplanting things that easy?

Such precious materials had a strict environment requirement!

Each of these Sacred Herbs did not just need high level planting techniques, they also required fertile soil and special environments. At least in Battle Banner City, one couldn't find such a large medicine field!

These heaven and earth treasures were very attractive, but what shocked Kao was not these. When Kao's group looked at the center, they saw a small seedling that was around three feet tall. This seedling looked very ordinary, but the seedling was surrounded by a pure green light.

The entire garden was covered by its aura and energy.

It was only three feet tall, but it gave a premature feeling like it had just been born. Each of its leaf was pure green, just like a top grade emerald. If the stripes on it were enlarged several thousand times, one could see that it was densely written innate runes which contained vitality that could form the heaven and earth.

Divine object!

It's a divine object!

Although Kao's group didn't know this item's background, they didn't need to use their brains to feel that this little seedling had already surpassed the Immortal Grade. It must be a legendary divine object that one couldn't find many of on the continent and it wasn't a normal divine object.

Their eyes were so red that they couldn't turn any more red.

The earth and heaven phenomenon in Miracle City was brought by this divine object?

With the divine tree there, although the garden was filled with all kinds of treasures, they were inferior and unattractive. What was the origin of this divine tree? It wasn't important what kind of origin it had, perhaps even if all the things in the garden were added together, its value could not complete to the divine tree. If they could take it, they wouldn't personally use it and if they gave it to the Beast King, what kind of benefits would they receive!

"Aiya, this is bad!"

"There are bad people here!"

The Flower Fairies had just finished germinating the ancient Tree of Life, but they didn't even have time to be happy as they felt killing intent and greed. Although they were exhausted, they still quickly moved to protect the Tree of Life.

Perhaps this world wouldn't have a second Tree of Life.

They had to guard the Tree of Life's safety no matter what!

Chu Tian, Meng Qingwu, Meng Yingying, and Nangong Yun, although they were a bit exhausted, their conditions were better than before because they had absorbed the Tree of Life's aura. The cultivation of these four people had clearly increased. Chu Tian had reached the peak 2nd True Spirit Layer, the Meng sisters reached the 2nd True Spirit Layer, and Nangong Yun directly reached the peak 3rd True Spirit Layer. This was with them closing off their meridians to not absorb the Tree of Life's energy!

City Lord Kao looked at Chu Tian and Meng Qingwu in the distance and saw the City Lord robes they were wearing. His face revealed an even more enthusiastic expression, "This truly is an unexpected harvest!"

Meng Yingying tightly clenched her fist and shouted, "Humph, don't think that we're afraid of you. Do you see this tree, it is the Tree of Life, it can even compare to Ancient Gods. Once it is activated, it can turn you small fries into nothing in a matter of minutes!"

Although she tried bluffing and making herself look fierce, Meng Yingying looked like a little white rabbit in the wolf's claws.

"So it's the ancient Tree of Life? The ancient Tree of Life is not something for killing." Kao revealed a sinister smile, "Not to mention, what kind of power can a newly born ancient Tree of Life have?"

When he said this.

Kao released a fire red spirit energy around him, that wrapped around his body like a flood dragon. His 8th True Spirit Layer cultivation was completely released and when the strong pressure hit them, it almost made them stop breathing.

Too strong!

Even if they worked together, it would be hard to block a single hit.

When Miracle City was still Green City, there were several Spirit Transformation Experts. For example, the already dead Green Religion Bishop, the Lich from the Undead Religion, or the Prophet Yoda from the Druids.

Yoda wasn't back from Great Zhou yet.

Miracle City did not have anyone the could defeat him!

Chu Tian quickly raised his hand and said, "Slow down, perhaps we can still discuss this!"

"Stalling for time?" City Lord Kao said with a cold smile, "This is meaningless, Miracle City is doomed to fall. Even if the Eternal Forest wants to send reinforcements, they won't make it in time! If you cripple your cultivations now and follow this City Lord, I can promise you a life of riches!"

Chu Tian shrugged his shoulder, "You really don't know how to negotiate."

"This isn't a negotiation!"

With a roar from Kao, he released all his strength. He didn't like wastings words, first he would cripple these people first.

But at this time.

With a thought from Chu Tian, the eighteen Divine Servants waiting in ambush nearby jumped out at Kao at the same time. Kao was a bit stunned, but this ambush was worthless.

Keno and the other experts weren't useless.

Almost in an instant.

The Divine Servants were sent flying like broken puppets.

Kao was surrounded in powerful energy as he instantly broke the sound barrier, charging forward faster than the speed of light. The faces of the Meng sisters and Nangong Yun fell.

This is bad!

At this critical moment.

Chu Tian's eyes narrowed, "You really think you can eat me up?"

Suddenly, a dark cloud appeared from the void as large amounts of lightning flashed. An ancient and profound aura came into the world. Chu Tian did not make any concessions when facing this strong opponent, rather he took the initiative to attack.

Chapter 490: Fierce fight in the garden

Meng Qingwu knit her brows. Was Chu Tian about to use his main source spirit? Although this source spirit could increase Chu Tian's strength by a large amount, there were many risks in using this source spirit. If he wasn't forced to, Chu Tian would never reveal this power.

Kao's hands pushed forward.

Several beams of energy hit Chu Tian like unavoidable beams of light.

This attack was strong enough to destroy the protective spirit energy of a Spirit Transformation Cultivator!

Meng Yingying and Nangong Yun stood outside the attack range, but they could still feel the powerful destructive might of this attack!

"Be careful!"

The two of them did not even have the chance to shout out in warning as the dozens of attacks hit Chu Tian. Kaos didn't want to kill Chu Tian, so he didn't directly attack him. When the several dozen chains of energy were about to hit Chu Tian, they split into millions of fragments and each fragment aimed at Chu Tian's meridian or acupuncture point.

He wanted to cripple his meridians?

Chu Tian gave a cold laugh as his eyes turned black. It wasn't a normal black colour, it was a peak black that was as dark as a black hole. The fragments entered his body and just like a clay cow falling into the ocean, they all disappeared without a sound.

Kao slightly knit his brows as he sent out energy again, this time directly attacking Chu Tian.

Although a part of the energy was swallowed, Kao's energy was too strong and a large part still fell onto Chu Tian. In the end, the layer of starlight around Chu Tian was shattered.

Chu Tian did not stop as he charged forward. The sword turned black as it sent out a shocking slash!

There were several hundred chains of energy that appeared around Kao that easily deflected that destructive slash before his palms pushed out at Chu Tian's chest once again. Chu Tian's protective starlight energy was destroyed as he was instantly sent flying several feet. He was hit in midair by Kao's energy and slammed into the ground, creating a large hole in the ground.

Chu Tian was only in the peak 2nd True Spirit Layer and Kao was an 8th True Spirit Layer Expert. Taking three layers from both of them, it was an entire six layers of cultivation, this was not something cultivation techniques and skills could make up for.

What made people stunned was that.

Chu Tian had been repelled after colliding straight on with Kao for several moves!

Chu Tian jumped up and stood up. At least seven-eight of his bones were broken and his internal injuries were not light. His eyes turned green and an abundant vitality filled his body, quickly allowing his injuries to heal.

"Just what is this source spirit….."

Kao was filled with a bit of disbelief. Chu Tian had used many kinds of energy and each one wasn't weak. Right now, he was even using life energy.

Chu Tian's power resonated with the ancient Tree of Life and the surrounding energy was all gathered together at an incredible rate. Chu Tian recovered in the blink of an eye like a miracle, not leaving behind a single mark.

Chu Tian using the life energy of his main source spirit could draw the ancient Tree of Life's life energy into his body. As long as he had a single breath, he could quickly recover!

"You really have some unexpected skills." City Lord Kao was not a normal person and he suppressed the shock in his heart. His power exploded once again and turned to over a hundred energy chains around him, "It's a pity that I only want an obedient dog, not a dog that can turn into a wolf at any moment!"

Fast!

Too fast!

City Lord Kao gathered his energy chains onto his right arm. He broke through the sound barrier and turned into several faster than sound shadows as he charged forward.

The Mind's Lamp Divine Sense was released!

Chu Tian's eyes unknowingly turned gold. He whose Divine Sense was not weak, after being strengthened by his main source spirit, it became several times stronger! His Divine Sense turned into countless spiritual thorns!

The spiritual attack disregarded distance.

Therefore this kind of attack was instant!

When City Lord Kao was about to release his attack, he felt several dozen thorns enter his mind, creating an intense pain in his mind. His speed slowed several times because of this.

At this time, Chu Tian's golden eyes released a strong light, "Endless Purgatory!"

The heaven and earth crashed down as he fell into an endless abyss. The spiritual energy covered all his sensation before he finally fell into a dark world of death under the water.

Kao felt like he had entered in an abyss that was tens of thousands of meters deep.

There was an unbelievable pressure coming from all around, he could not breathe or move. City Lord Kao had a kind of choking feeling.

At this time, countless thumb sized little fishes appeared around him. These fellows were like fierce piranhas that had smelt food as they all wildly charged at City Lord Kao. They nibbled his blood, ate his meat, and drank his marrow!

"Scram!"

City Lord Kao roared out.

There was an air bubble that blew up in the water.

This terrifying power turned all these bloodthirsty little fish into ashes.

But it was no use. City Lord Kao felt the surrounding pressure becoming stronger as more bloodthirsty piranhas appeared from the darkness. City Lord Kao blew them apart again and after three-four times, he began to feel very tired and finally couldn't resist.

Countless bloodthirsty piranhas came forward again.

Kao's flesh was torn apart and there were some fish that entered his abdomen, eating his internal organs, even biting his bones and sucking the marrow dry. This pain exceeded any kind of punishment in this world.

Finally City Lord Kao's body was completely eaten!

City Lord Kao's consciousness did not disappear. After suffering this great pain, he could feel his body again, but this time he had two bodies. The pressure of the endless seabed made him unable to move and the sensation of choking had doubled. His two bodies were once again surrounded by countless bloodthirsty little fish.

Spiritual attack!

It's a spiritual attack!

City Lord Kao's mind was very awake, he knew that he had fallen into a spiritual illusion. This kind of attack wouldn't harm his physical body, but it would directly attack his mind. This was so terrifying that people couldn't defend against it.

Everything he saw and felt now was an illusion he couldn't escape from. This pain and suffering was fake, but it could destroy the will of a person.

When the countless little fish were about to charge forward again, the surrounding pressure disappeared and the two bodies became one. The fierce looking fish around him disappeared without a trace.

Kao suddenly returned to the real world.

Chu Tian was forced back several meters by a bolt of lightning, falling into countless precious herbs.

After Kao came back to his senses, he sent out another attack and sent Chu Tian flying over a hundred meters away. Over a hundred previous herbs were destroyed when he fell down.

That lightning attack had come from Keno. When Kao fell into the spiritual attack, he decisively attacked Chu Tian. Keno was also a Spirit Transformation Expert, being in the 7th True Spirit Layer, which was already enough to penetrate the Starlight Immortal Body defense Chu Tian had.

It's too much of a pity!

Endless Purgatory was an incredibly strong spiritual attack because the flow of time was completely different in the spiritual world compared to the real world. In the time it took for an expert to make a move, Chu Tian could kill them several thousand times in the illusion world, completely shattering their mind, turning them into a lunatic or a vegetable.

When he was chased on the prairies by the War Hounds Kingdom's Malim, Chu Tian had used this move. Although there was a large difference in power, it was almost enough to make Malim lose his battle strength.

The situation now was much more complicated!

The difference between Chu Tian and Kao far surpassed the difference he had with Malim and Kao's spirit was not weak. Chu Tian could barely force him to fall into this move, therefore it couldn't last that long. The attack had broke as soon as it appeared.

While Chu Tian was flying away.

The life energy wildly gathered and quickly cured his injuries. He flew with the power of the attack and when he firmly fell down, it was like he hadn't been hurt at all.

"Truly incredible spiritual energy!" City Lord Kao praised as his eyes filled with rage. If there wasn't an use in keeping Chu Tian alive, he would have already killed him, "Do you have any other moves?"

Chu Tian's injuries were cured with the ancient Tree of Life, but his spiritual energy couldn't be restored.

Chu Tian felt a wave of dizziness, it seems like he couldn't keep going. If it was Kao alone, Chu Tian could deal with him with his main source spirit, but the current problem was that Kao had several experts with him!

"Big brother Chu Tian, should we help?"

Lulu and the Flower Fairies released an essence energy and this essence energy had the same effect as a pill. Chu Tian's consumed spirit energy and Divine Sense quickly recovered.

The Flower Fairies truly were versatile helpers.

Kao had already lost his patience, "Capture him alive, kill the rest!"

The hearts of the Meng sisters and Nangong Yun turned cold. Chu Tian and them had Transport Scrolls and they could retreat to the Great Summer Country of the Great Zhou Country if they couldn't hold on. But what about the Flower Fairies? The Flower Fairies did not have any battle strength, they would certainly be wiped out by Kao!

"Go!"

Kao's aura once against exploded.

Meng Qingwu decisively said, "Yingying, bring Lulu and the others away. Quickly leave this place."

Meng Yingying did not even have time to move as Kao, Keno, and the others charged out. Chu Tian quickly operated the recovered eighteen Divine Servants and quickly tried to stop them.

"Overestimating yourself!"

The eighteen Divine Servants were sent flying like broken puppets!

Chu Tian blocked Kao's attack, but was hit by lightning from Keno. He was hit with heavy attacks from four-five experts, instantly becoming heavily injured again.

"Don't let him recover, waste him!"

Kao accumulated his power in his right hand and sent a palm at Chu Tian's dantian. When this attack hit Chu Tian, it would scatter most of Chu Tian's cultivation.

This is bad!

It was the most critical moment.

A green vine drilled out of the ground just like a green python as thick as an arm. It was very fast as it wound out, perfectly tying up Kao's arm. Kao's cultivation was high and not to mention a little vine, even ten finely refined iron chains wouldn't be able to stop him!

But a single vine was enough to effortlessly stop Kao's attack.

Chu Tian seized this chance to use spatial energy and he appeared a hundred meters away, returning to the young miss and Yingying's side. Nangong Yun quickly asked, "Boss, are you alright?"

"Relax, I'm fine!" Chu Tian pulled life energy into his body and all his injuries were instantly cured. He slowly called back his source spirit, "There's no need to worry, Miracle City is already guarded."

"What are you talking about?"

Kao broke the vine with one palm, but his face face turned serious, "Where did this expert come from? You actually ruined this City Lord's good matter!"

Chapter 491: The Elven King makes a move

City Lord Kao's cultivation and strength was enough to be considered a first rate expert in the Forest of Chaos, otherwise how could he become the City Lord of a city? Even with this strength, he was caught off guard by the other side's attack!

From when the other side attacked to when the attack landed, Kao had not detected anything. In other words, if the other side wanted to take his life just now, it was very likely they would have succeeded. The other side did not do this, why?

He either didn't have the intent to kill Kao or it was as simple as flipping his hand to kill Kao, so this chance wasn't a chance for him and he didn't need to waste energy to grasp it.

Everyone looked over and a figure had appeared in the garden at an unknown time.

This was a middle aged elf that looked like a temperate scholar. His face was considered impeccable even amongst the elves and he was like a normal person, not releasing any energy fluctuations at all. He was wearing a green robe and there was a simple jade crown on his head. He had a long scepter in his hand and his silver white cloak was dancing in the wind.

A legendary name appeared in the minds of Chu Tian's group!

The Elven King, Lancelot!

The people of the Eternal Forest rarely saw the Elven King's true appearance and of course Chu Tian's group had never seen it before. However, through Vivian's description of her father, they could tell this person was Lancelot.

The power the Elven King used came from the scepter in his hand. This scepter was called the "Forest Scepter" and it's said it was made from the branch of the great ancient era's ancient Tree of Life. It gave the owner a powerful divine might and perhaps there wasn't a second person in the Forest of Chaos worthy of using this weapon!

The first impression the Elven King gave was not that of a king, rather it was that of a well read scholar or a wandering poet.

City Lord Kao couldn't judge the other side's status, but he smelled a beast like smell coming from the other side. Several veins popped out on his forehead, but what passed through his pupils was not killing intent and rather was nervousness.

It was like a hunter that was focused on hunting and suddenly having someone throw red hot charcoal in their pants. They couldn't help screaming out.

The Elven King was like a smooth and calm jade portrait and the simple scepter was already inserted into the ground. Although there weren't any energy fluctuations, everyone could clearly feel that this garden was already this expert's domain, he could attack from any place at any moment.

"Retreat, I won't kill you."

When the Elven King spoke, there was no threat at all. Rather it was like the sincere plea of an old friend.

City Lord Kao's eyes were focused on Chu Tian, but his mind and Divine Sense was focused on the Elven King. Chu Tian's group had already turned into spectators.

The atmosphere suddenly froze in that instant.

It was as if time couldn't flow inside the garden.

There was only a single person that could recognize the Elven King among these people, it was Keno behind Kao. Keno was not someone from Battle Banner City and had wandered the Forest of Chaos in the past. He had met the elves before, so he had a bit of understanding towards the Elven King and recognized the legendary Life Scepter.

Keno broke out in a cold sweat, as if he didn't even dare breathe too loudly!

Any unnecessary movement would draw destruction to himself!

The Elven King said that he was willing to let them go, so they felt much more relieved. Although they didn't know why the Elven King was here, since the Elven King had appeared, there was no meaning in this fight. When Keno was thinking about how to tell Kao to let Kao know to retreat.

Who would have thought that at this time, something Keno wouldn't expect would happen.

"Roar!"

Kao instantly turned into several shadows as he charged at Chu Tian's group.

He didn't know who this elf was, but most likely he was related to the Eternal Forest and most likely rushed over for the divine tree.

There was no way of taking the divine tree.

But at least he would capture these people!

Otherwise what meaning would this battle have? Kao was not willing!

The Elven King saw this and inserted the Forest Scepter a few inches into the ground, spreading an overwhelming might into the ground. Countless green vines drilled out and easily caught Kao's body moving at the speed of sound.

Several more vines came out.

They stabbed him like piercing paper, instantly passing through Kao's body.

Kao revealed a look of disbelief, "You, you…..You killed me, his majesty the Beast King will not let you off!"

The Elven King gave a soft sigh, "I, Lancelot will bear this alone."

Lancelot!

When Kao heard this name, his mind instantly went blank. His eyes were like that of a dead fish and finally understood why he had been completely defeated.

So it was the Elven King?

There was no grievances at dying by his hand!

With a ripping sound, the orc City Lord was torn to pieces. When a character like Kao was placed in front of the Elven King, he was only a little insect, so weak that he collapsed with a single attack!

"We didn't know it was your majesty, the Elven King!" Keno quickly bowed with a head covered in sweat, "We're leaving, we're retreating!"

The Elven King gave a slight nod.

These people fled immediately like they had been pardoned.

Nangong Yun said in a dissatisfied voice, "Could it be we're letting go just like this?"

Although the other side was the Elven King, Nangong Yun was very close to Vivian, so she felt no pressure seeing her father. These fellows created a mess in Miracle City, wasn't it letting them off too easily letting them leave like this?

Of course.

This was already the best ending for Miracle City.

Although the Elven King was strong, it was impossible for him to fight over a million people. Every minute this fight continued was meant more damage to Miracle City. The Elven King taken care of Kao was only a deterrent. After all, after Kao died, there was no head for the four cities armies and with Keno heading back, they would choose to retreat.

The Elven King's fame was very good to use, Battle Banner City quickly retreated once Keno brought the news of Kao's death. When the various cities learned of the Elven King's arrival, they quickly ordered their armies to retreat.

The Elven King was one of the strongest people in the Forest of Chaos.

His appearance meant the interference of the Eternal Forest and who knew how many experts the Eternal Forest brought. Moreover, if it was elevated to the Eternal Forest's level, it was not a fight they could withstand.

"Your majesty, Lancelot, we never thought you would come personally!"

The Flower Fairies excitedly surrounded him. The Flower Fairies had a good relation with the elves and Lulu and the others with their endless lives had seen the Elven King many times.

The Elven King Lancelot arrived in front of the Tree of Life and he looked at the three feet high divine tree with eyes filled with shock and emotion, "This is the ancient Tree of Life? I never thought that you would really succeed!"

"Your majesty, this is Chu Tian's merit!" Lulu said, "If we didn't use Chu Tian's method to activate the seed, no matter how hard we tried, we wouldn't have been able to germinate it."

The Elven King looked over Chu Tian's group.

Meng Qingwu and Meng Yingying were a bit nervous. The Elven King was the leader of the Eternal Forest, the strongest existence among the elves, and one of the most influential experts of the Forest of Chaos. Even Meng Qingwu found it hard to keep a calm appearance in front of this kind of person.

"Your methods were too risky this time. If I came a bit late, even if you could escape, the Tree of Life would have encountered a mishap." The Elven King looked back at the ancient Tree of Life, "This tree's appearance will attract many people's attention, I suggest moving it to the Eternal Forest. That way, it will grow very healthy with the Eternal Forest's sun and water, and it will be protected by the Eternal Forest's barrier."

Chu Tian shrugged his shoulder and said, "Your highness may not know this, but once the Tree of Life germinates, its roots will connect to the spirit veins thousands of miles deep, merging with the ground. If we rashly transplant it in this situation, it will be very dangerous."

"That's right, your majesty." Lulu and the others testified, "Once the ancient Tree of Life is planted, it can't be easily moved. Not to mention that this Tree of Life Seed has been slumbering for countless moons and although it has been awakened with difficulty, it is in a very weak state. If you were to move it now, it will certainly die!"

If it was only Chu Tian's words, the Elven King would only half trust it. This fellow was very sly, who knew if he was telling the truth? But now that the Flower Fairies had also said this, he had no choice but to believe it. The Flower Fairies were the best gardeners on the continent and the Flower Fairies had pure personalities, they wouldn't lie to the Elven King.

The Elven King knit his brows, "This is troublesome!"

"No matter what, many thanks for the Elven King's help!" Chu Tian cupped his hands to the Elven King, "Only Miracle City is in a mess now and we need to take care of it, so we cannot entertain you."

After saying this.

Chu Tian did not wait for the Elven King to speak as he looked at the others and left.

This was Miracle City's largest disaster and the losses were inestimable right now. If it was said the city's inner situation was still acceptable, the outer situation was not optimistic. The losses of the local tribes were very serious and many factories were broken.

Meng Qingwu did a simple count.

The destruction, casualties, losses, and stolen loot would create losses of up to ten thousand source stones for Miracle City. They had to repair the city and reimburse stolen things, they had to take care of the injured citizens, they had to pay pensions to the family of those who died, and they had to heavily reward those warriors who obtained merits in battle, this would be a very heavy burden on Miracle City's finances.

"It would be fine if it was just like this." Delores had a depressed look on her face, "Miracle Banking had to reduce the interest of the tribes by half and have to take care of the repair work. We won't earn anything from these loans and instead we'll lose a large amount."

This matter would be depressing for anyone.

Miracle Banking's pattern of earning without losses only existed for normal situations. If there were any natural or man made disasters, they might even lose their original investment!

"Don't worry, the following days will be a bit difficult, but they will pass!" Chu Tian maintained an optimistic attitude, "After this battle, Miracle City's fame will explode and our future development in the center of the Forest of Chaos will be much smoother."

Is that so?

But even like this!

Miracle City couldn't stand being tossed around.

Meng Qingwu had her brows knit the entire time. She thought Chu Tian was too optimistic. The four cities had failed in attacking Miracle City, this matter would indeed make Miracle City's fame explode in the center of the Forest of Chaos, but after that? Miracle City had already attracted the attention of a large force like the Eternal Forest, could they develop peacefully from now on?

Chapter 492: Work after the battle

"Move faster!"

"We still have many injured soldiers who need treatment!"

"These medicine need to be delivered as soon as possible!"

"How many cans of food are prepared? If there is any inventory in the Great Summer Country, send it over, we need to keep the soldiers fed!"

Several hundred staff members under Meng Yingying's orders loaded boxes of products onto airships, taking up an entire five airships. Meng Yingying entered one with Chu Tian and rose above the warehouse, slowly moving forward.

When they moved in front of the airship's viewing window, Meng Yingying could clearly see the Miracle City scenery that was currently filled with smoke. Large parts of the mountains had collapsed and large parts of the forest were burned. In just a few short days, Miracle City had been covered in eyesores.

War truly was a devil!

Miracle City had lost over forty thousand soldiers and over seventy-eighty thousand people were injured, having less injuries and deaths than the attackers. The main thing was that Miracle City had deployed large amounts of Source Energy Weapons and the fact that this battle had ended in a critical moment.

If they fought for another day, it was unknown how many casualties there would be!

Meng Yingying said with a difficult voice, "Our Miracle City was a paradise, but now there are many places that have been destroyed."

Chu Tian gently held her shoulder, "Don't feel sad. Miracle City has the ancient Tree of Life, I believe it won't be hard to restore the mountain forests with the Tree of Life's power."

Meng Yingying gave a slightly comforted nod.

"Brave Miracle City warriors!"

"The enemies have been routed and Miracle City has won on all fronts!"

"The City Lord Chu Tian and the production minister Meng Yingying personally came to offer condolences, preparing large amounts of food and medicine. Everyone please be assured, your sacrifice for Miracle City will not be in vain. Every blood you shed for Miracle City will create a more prosperous Miracle City for your future generations! Each brave warrior who has fought for Miracle City will always be remembered by Miracle City!"

Before the airships landed on the ground, the loudspeakers began sounding out.

The citizens and warriors waiting for help heard this and they broke out in inspired cheers. This battle's victory was just too incredible, this was a victory that belonged to every member of Miracle City!

Five airships slowly descended.

Chu Tian and Meng Yingying personally took command. The boxes of canned food and medicine were sent out to the hands of the citizens and soldiers.

At this time, the city was filled with summons of action.

Meng Qingwu personally made the speech. She first congratulated and praised everyone on their victory before making her summons of action. The surrounding tribes had been seriously damaged in the battle and now required everyone in Miracle City to work together to restore it.

When the order was given.

The entire city responded.

Whether it was the gnomes inside Miracle City or the different tribes living around them, these people all gathered together. Following this, two-three hundred thousand people formed many small teams, running off to the different tribes to restore them.

This scene was very passionate and it created a strange feeling in people's hearts.

This was an unprecedented warmth, like the sense of belonging one had for their home. Miracle City didn't just win this time, it increased the unity of the surrounding tribes and Miracle City!

Miracle Broadcasting seized this chance to report situations in real time, while also publishing some blood burning scenes that had happened in the war, promoting the harmony the tribes and the city had. There was even plans of making a movie.

In short, for several hundred years, the tribes all had unclear relations and frequently conflicted with the city. However, after experiencing a life and death fight together, most of the tribes and city were filled with feelings of friendship.

When Chu Tian and Yingying were busy providing relief items!

Nangong Yun rushed over and asked, "Boss, there are a total of sixty thousand captives! What should we do with them?"

That many!

Nangong Yun didn't wait for a reply and quickly suggested, "I think we should kill them all! Since they invaded our home, they should prepare to pay with their lives! Killing them will increase morale among Miracle City's people, scare off those little thieves, and make people unwilling to attack in the future!"

"This is over sixty thousand people!" Meng Yingying revealed a look of disbelief, "Killing all sixty thousand people? What kind of river of blood would that create, doing this is too cruel!"

"What can we do if we don't kill them?" Nangong Yun was someone who worshipped military force, but wasn't a cruel person. She also felt killing them all was a bit improper, but she couldn't think of a better way to take care of them, "These are villains who have invaded Miracle City, their hands are dyed with the blood of Miracle City's people. If we let them go like this, it will affect the morale of the Miracle City's people!"

Meng Yingying gave her view, "But Miracle City will develop in the future and will contact even further cities and tribes. If we kill sixty thousand people this time, with most of them being captives from other regions, it will invoke much hostility towards Miracle City from other people. This doesn't benefit our company's development in the future."

"You're also right." Nangong Yun didn't have an idea for now. They couldn't kill them and couldn't not kill them, and all sixty thousand mouths needed to eat. Miracle City's finances were about to collapse, they couldn't support all these mouths for a long time, "Boss, you make the decision still."

"You still need to ask me for this simple matter? Naturally they can't be released, they need to pay the price of their own evil deeds." Chu Tian rolled his eyes, "But there's no need to kill them. Find the young miss to create a list of ransom for the captives and send this list to the tribes and cities. Have them pay money for the captives! As for the price, the higher the better!"

"If they don't pay?"

"Don't pay? Then they can't blame Miracle City since we did give them a chance, but their tribes didn't take that chance. Miracle City is already showing extreme tolerance." Chu Tian paused before saying, "If they don't pay for a long time, just send these captives to be slaves in Miracle City or sell them to slave traders. In short, the ransom money and income will all be used as compensation for the injured or dead soldiers."

Meng Yingying and Nangong Yun's eyes lit up.

This was good, this left room for discussion and didn't offend the locals. They would also establish a benevolent image in the forest and could increase compensation for Miracle City's people. It would provide relief for Miracle City's finances while also stabilizing the hearts of the Miracle City people.

"Boss is too smart, we'll do this!"

Miracle City right now was completely focused on after battle construction work.

Chu Tian as the City Lord naturally had to personally reward the citizens and soldiers, therefore he took the productions minister Meng Yingying to give rewards and reparations.

Nangong Yun was Miracle City's military and defense minister, her duty was to handle the prisoners and restore the lost Source Energy Weapons. Delores as the commerce and finance ministers naturally needed to compensate losses and comfort the damaged tribes. Dongfang Haoran as Miracle City's general had to clean up the troops and restore the power of the Miracle City army.

Meng Qingwu took control of the general situation, so of course she was the busiest person. Not only did she have to deal with the correspondences, she also need to come up with the post battle restoration plan. Luckily there was the Smart Brain Zero's help, so she could finish this work without help from others.

The Elven King had almost been forgotten to one side.

Of course the Elven King Lancelot did not care about these trivial things, staying in the Miracle Gardens the past two days to help the Flower Fairies care for the ancient Tree of Life. He was also observing the overall situation with Miracle City.

When Lancelot saw Miracle City quickly restoring everything and not falling into chaos after experiencing such a large disaster, he felt very surprised.

Miracle City's area was a mix of over ten different races.

Not to mention a time of chaos, even normal times, this place would be filled with trouble. It was as if there was a tacit understanding between the different tribes in Miracle City, they just hoped from the bottom of their hearts Miracle City would become stronger. This was a very rare scene to behold in the Forest of Chaos.

Although Chu Tian's group was a bit immature, they showed potential!

After Miracle City's restoration work was over, Chu Tian called a meeting of the high level administrators, Clark, and the chiefs of the various tribes. It was mainly to commend everyone for their good performance during the crisis. Chu Tian opened another hundred thousand citizen qualifications for the various tribes.

Many tribes had settled in the Miracle Mountain Ranges, so Miracle City was equal to a large city.

For these villagers to enter the large city, it was something to be proud of.

After all, living in Miracle City, they wouldn't only be safe, they would receive many benefits for being cities, enriching their lives. Chu Tian opening two hundred thousand positions was a very good thing for these tribes!

[TL Note: The author forgot the number just a few lines up…..]

Delores let out a long sigh of relief after the meeting was over, "It's finally at an end. We need to find a way to make money, the current deficit is too big."

Meng Qingwu asked "Zero, how long can our finances last?"

"Reporting to the vice City Lord, most of our resources have been invested into post war reconstruction." Zero honestly replied, "Because most of the surrounding tribes have been seriously damaged, the production park has been mostly destroyed, and many bad accounts for Miracle Banking, Miracle Commerce's current finances can't support it all. With the current income and expenditure model, it'll collapse in just two-three months."

Meng Qingwu tightly knit her brows, "It's already become this serious? It seems like we need to open some new markets as soon as possible and gain more income to cover our current expenditures."

Actually with Miracle Commerce's abilities, if they had a year to stabilize, this wouldn't be a problem at all.

The problem was.

Would they really have this chance?

Meng Qingwu could foresee that in the future, Miracle City would be the focus of the entire Forest of Chaos!

They could barely hold on now, but that's if nothing else happens in the future! If there was another war, Miracle City couldn't support it!

When Meng Qingwu was thinking of countermeasures, Meng Yingying charged in shouting while holding her cell phone, "Elder sister, this is bad. Quickly come to the Transport Tower. There are many people who came from the Eternal Forest, they are shouting about taking our Miracle City!"

Chapter 493: Death Wing

The thing Meng Qingwu was most worried about still happened in the end.

The ancient Tree of Life in Miracle City would attract the attention of the forest giants and would make Miracle City's relation with the Eternal Forest more complicated. This was because the ancient Tree of Life was like a god to the wood elves, just like how the Monster God Religion worshipped the little fox.

Would the elves allow such an important divine object be controlled by a group of outsiders?

This conflict would surely spawn a very large problem. Miracle City in front of the Eternal Forest, their strength was not even worth mentioning.

Meng Qingwu did not dare be negligent.

She put down her matters and rushed over.

Vivian had built the Transport Tower in the Eternal Forest to benefit Miracle City and the Eternal Forest, but in the end several dozen Elven Council members were transported over, causing the situation to develop completely different from what she imagined.

The ancient Tree of Life had already grown to around two meters in a short two-three days. The life energy it released was even more exuberant and its other abilities began to develop. This divine tree was in the center of the garden, immediately linking up to the spirit vein that was hundreds of miles long, extracting large amounts of rich spiritual energy, causing the soil to be hundreds of times richer.

This effect exceeded even the best Spirit Gathering Array!

Miracle City's spiritual energy was becoming richer with each day, filling every grain of soil with energy.

The ancient Tree of Life kept releasing life energy, enriching all the surrounding animals and plants, especially those herbs in the garden. Their current daily growth was more than a month's growth before!

In other words.

Just a few days was equal to growing in a normal environment for a year!

If an herb was grown here for several years, wouldn't it become a rare thousand year herb? Even if Miracle City did nothing, they could earn large amounts of money just buying young herbs and reselling them. Not to mention, the ancient Tree of Life had only existed for several days and its growth could not be imagined.

Who wouldn't be tempted by this divine thing?

Not to mention the ancient Tree of Life had a special meaning to the Eternal Forest's elves!

Once the ancient Tree of Life was planted, it was very hard to move it, at least it couldn't be moved now. The Eternal Forest elves had no choice and could only think of a single method which was to take Miracle City, officially turning Miracle City into an elven city.

This was something Vivian never thought of.

"You aren't strong enough to protect Miracle City, not to mention the ancient Tree of Life!" The Elven Council members had firm attitudes, almost pointing at Chu Tian's nose as they shouted, "This tree is very significant to the elf race and is a divine object to the elf race, you want to keep it for yourself?"

"That's right! From this day forth, Miracle City will be protected by the Eternal Forest!" Another Elven Council member said, "Of course, as for everything you've done for the Eternal Forest, the Eternal Forest will remember this. The Eternal Forest will give you enough compensation!"

The Elven Council was surprisingly in unity.

Even Ulysses also supported the elves coming here to protect the city.

Meng Qingwu saw that the situation was becoming troublesome, the Elven Council was firm without any room for discussion. Miracle Commerce had invested a lot into Miracle City,y how could they just give it up?

"Ha, ha, ha! Are you playing the fool or have you all lost your memories?" Chu Tian took out a scroll from his chest and unfurled it, "Miracle City has cut off relations with the Eternal Forest. The Eternal Forest's Elven Council and Elven King have agreed to Miracle City's independence and that they wouldn't interfere. This contract has the signature of the Elven Council speaker and the Elven King. Could it be that the elf race who advocates following the legal system would blatantly break this contract today?"

The Elven Council members all had ugly expression.

Now they finally understood why Chu Tian had deliberately cut off ties with the Elven Forest a few days ago. He had already expected this situation after the birth of the ancient Tree of Life.

Chu Tian continued to say, "Are you elves who praise yourselves on your culture prepared to break this promise?"

The faces of the Elven Council members all changed.

Although the Elven Council was divided into the conservative and reformist factions, they were still elves in the end and guarded all forms of contracts or statutes. After all, this was the basic spirit of the elf race and something the elves had spent a lot of energy to keep.

Augusta stood up with a bit of annoyance, "Human, such an obvious plan, you think the elves have no brains?"

"You can say whatever you want!" Chu Tian laughed, "The Eternal Forest's influence surpasses that of Miracle City by a hundred times. Miracle City is the weaker party and if the stronger party forcefully breaks the contract, what can I do? Come as you wish! At most you'll kill me and show the world the elves' hypocrisy!"

"Big brother Chu Tian, don't be angry!" Vivian saw the situation was bad and quickly stood up, "Grandpa speaker, why do you need to force big brother Chu Tian? If there wasn't big brother Chu Tian, would there be a Miracle City? Why can't you just work together!"

"Relax, the elves disdains using strength to bully others!" Augusta gave a cold snort, "But an underhanded contract will not stop the Eternal Forest, the elves will take back Miracle City with a just method!"

Chu Tian looked at Vivian.

How was it hard to deal with this group of stubborn old men? The elf race's dispositional flaw was just too fatal. No matter how long they live and how much knowledge they had, they would always be inflexible.

The long and tedious laws of the elf race, Chu Tian could find several dozen loopholes even with closed eyes. Also with the work efficiency of the elves, if they really wanted to fight with Chu Tian, how many years would it take!

Ulysses has dealt with Chu Tian before, so he knew doing this was wrong. He immediately made a suggestion, "Chu Tian, we know your investment in Miracle City and the elves are not an unreasonable race. How about we exchange cities, what do you think?"

What, exchange cities?"

"Take out the map!" Ulysses opened a large map which detailed a large southern portion of the Forest of Chaos, "This part of the forest is called the Silver Moon Forest, it's not any worse than Miracle City. The elves have managed Silver Moon City for five thousand years and it is several times more prosperous than the several hundred year old Miracle City. There are already no enemies in the surrounding thousand miles and it has a perfect natural defense and defense system. If you stay in it, you'll have plenty of resources. You will still be the City Lord of a forest city, but you will be more than ten times richer!"

Meng Qingwu was flabbergasted hearing this.

This group of elves really could bear to play this move!

The other Elven Council members revealed difficult expressions. Silver Moon City was the only prosperous city the Eternal Forest had, but for Miracle City, they made this kind of decision. This was indeed hard for them.

"No!"

"You….."

The Elven Council members slapped the table.

This human was too arrogant!

The elves had clearly taken a large step back and give him complete compensation, what did he want to do?

Chu Tian didn't even spare a glance to Silver Moon City because it was an elven city and elves hated other races. If Chu Tian accepted this elven city, when the elves left, he would just have an empty city.

What use did he have for an empty city!

How could Chu Tian care about this little bit of benefit?

When compared to Miracle City, although many aspects weren't complete, Chu Tian was already standing firm here. There was the best scholars and laboratory in the forest here and it was at the center of the Forest of Chaos, holding a large potential for growth. The most important thing was the ancient Tree of Life, it had a very large significance to Chu Tian!

"You have to understand, I didn't do this for myself. I'm thinking for the Eternal Forest and the elves." Chu Tian knew this group of elves had to be convinced with reason, "There are three fatal flaws for the Eternal Forest to rule Miracle City. This not only will not allow you to protect the ancient Tree of Life, it will also endanger the Eternal Forest!"

"Nonsense!"

"Saying things to frighten people!"

Chu Tian didn't care about what these elves said as he illustrated, "First, Miracle City has several different races in the thousand mile area around Miracle City. They don't like the elves, so the elven rules can't be enforced here. Could it be the elves will expel these tens of thousands of people? Second, the elves are very slow at work and don't have any motivation. It would be fine if it was a normal city, you can slowly develop it with your long lives. But for a critical city like Miracle City, with the ancient Tree of Life acting as a barrel of gunpowder, do you have time to slowly construct the city? Third, the ancient Tree of Life is a relic of the great ancient era, so the elves will naturally become stronger once you obtain it. However, the ancient Tree of Life needs a long time to grow, do you think the other forest powers will sit and watch you become stronger?"

Chu Tian clearly wasn't speaking nonsense.

The elves had to face these problems at a minimum.

How could the Eternal Forest develop in Miracle City and keep out the pressure from all sides? Of course, the elves didn't even consider these problems. Although the elves didn't like to fight, they were confident in their own strength. They didn't fear fighting those forest giants, they were just focused on taking the ancient Tree of Life back!

The ancient Tree of Life was just too important for the elves.

When Augusta was about to refute Chu Tian.

"Chu Tian's words are indeed correct." The Elven King who hadn't spoken until now finally spoke up, "We can't discuss Miracle City's matter now, there might be a bit of trouble."

Trouble? What trouble?"

When everyone was confused, there was an explosion in the sky. Like a hole being carved in the sky, they saw several figures appear on the horizon, with one giant one in the middle. Looking at it from a distance, that body was at least over a hundred meters long. It was completely jet black and covered in black scales, with a pair of incomparably wide wings. Wherever it flew, the strong wind ripped the air apart.

Augusta's face fell, "This is..."

"Dragon Lord!" The Elven King Lancelot's face become serious, "Death Wing, Nidhogg!"

Chapter 494: Four giants

Nidhogg, there weren't many people in the forest who knew this name because people were used to his nicknames, Dragon Lord or Death Wing.

It was unknown how many years Death Wing had lived for. For the Giant Dragon Race who could live tens of thousands of years, he should still be middle aged. Death Wing who had lived for at least ten-twenty thousand years was one of the oldest beings in the Forest of Chaos.

Death Wing's territory is in the Dragon's Ridge. The legendary Dragon City was a city made from treasures, it's said the treasures there could reach the sky.

The Dragon Race had a strong urge to collect and Death Wing Nidhogg was one of the best. His infinite life and his strength that could disdain the world allowed him who regarded treasures as life to have enough time to steal and hide treasures.

There was no doubt.

Death Wing Nidhogg was the most famous collector in the Forest of Chaos.

Other than that, Death Wing was also the richest person in the Forest of Chaos!

This Dragon Lord was a pure blood true black dragon, he was mainly good at using dark and death energy, therefore most of his underlings were evil beings. There were many dark races under him, such as the dark elves, the dark spirit beasts, the devils, and etc., even quite a few Lichs working to death under him. They were strong enough to cover the sky, a single sneeze from him was enough to create riots in the Forest of Chaos!

Too strong!

This pressure was too strong!

Death Wing's strength was clearly at the same level as the Elven King.

However, the Elven King gave people a feeling like he was powerless, while the Death Wing's power exploded out. This was not a normal pressure, it was dragon pressure, a giant dragon's pressure. The pressure thie peak life form brought to the lower life form was like the peak king of the food chain looking down at a pitiful ant!

When this pressure hit Miracle City, there were some weak or feeble-minded people who fainted on the spot. Others felt their body sway and they couldn't stand straight.

The faces of Meng Qingwu and the others turned white.

This was the power of a giant dragon?

This was not something normal people could resist!

Death Wing had not come alone, there were several dragons beside him. These dragons were dragons with blood that was a grade inferior, but they were existences with terrifying strength, not losing to the Eternal Forest Elven Council members. On the back of each dragon were Lichs, Ghouls, and dark elves, so the difference between both sides was not too much.

"Lancelot? I guessed that you were here!"

Death Wing's giant body released a black light and countless runes appeared on it. Around four-five seconds, the light dimmed and shrunk.

The body with a length of over a hundred meters in just a few seconds actually turned into a human form that was just around three meters tall.

Of course, it wasn't a human.

Death Wing's powerful body was covered in dragon scales and had a pair of powerful dragon wings on his back with bone spurs that were like sharp bone spears. His eyes were dark gold, with pupils like that of a reptile, long and cold. Although his body became smaller, his pressure did not diminish at all.

The Elven King released a gentle and natural aura that instantly balanced out the killing intent around Death Wing, instantly allowing the people around to let out a sigh of relief, "We haven't seen each other in eighty years, do you have to release your killing intent like that as soon as we meet? We should sit down and properly talk about this!"

Death Wing's dragon wings shook, "What are you in a rush for? Not everyone's here yet!"

The Elven King was slightly stunned as he immediately felt something. Although the naked eye couldn't see anything, the Elven King through the Forest Scepter could see everything in a hundred mile range. At this time, there were two groups of small mountain like figures moving towards Miracle City at the same time.

Dong, dong, dong!

The heaven and earth shook!

All living things prostrated!

Just like a god had arrived, a wave of pressure spread in all directions. With the earth trembling, fifteen giants appeared.

Unless one personally witnessed it, no one dared believe that such tall people existed in this world!

Each giant was around a hundred meters tall, a human wasn't even as tall as their toes. Each giant's skin shined with the luster of metal and gave people a feeling that weapons, water, or fire couldn't penetrate it. At the same time, each giant was covered in large amounts of runes formed from lightning. There were no pupils in their eyes, only burning flames of thunder.

Titan!

This was the Titan Race!

Titans were a high level race of giants and there weren't many of them left on the continent, so they could be called a very rare existence. Titan Giants had the terrifying power of natural heavenly thunder in their bodies, therefore they had a destructive might gods and demons couldn't resist. This was a race that everyone trembled in fear of!

From another direction.

Several incomparably large figures were moving. These forms were a bit smaller than the Titans, but they were even buffer. They looked like giant orangutans, with terrifying fangs and claws. Those wide open mouths could swallow three-five cows at once!

Wherever these giant beasts went, their cruel, violent, and wild beast auras made all living beings yield and withdraw.

Behemoth!

It was the Behemoth Race!

Behemoths were a very ancient race. The Behemoths had a low reproductive ability, so there weren't many of them. Moreover, the Behemoths had a very special characteristic.

Every hundred Behemoths born, there would be ninety nine Giant Beast Behemoths.

What were giant beasts? They only had strength and empty minds. The power of these Behemoths were very strong and could be considered natural war machines. Moreover, they were incomparably violent by nature, being filled with a natural bloodlust from birth.

Every time a hundred Behemoths were born, there would be only one Wise Behemoth. That Behemoth was the natural Ten Thousand Beast King, the king of spirit beasts and a natural ruler.

"The people of the Savage Highlands and the Giant Mountain Range are also here?" Chu Tian slightly knit his brows seeing this, "This matter is becoming more and more lively!"

The Titans and Behemoths remained outside Miracle City.

Two forms charged into Miracle City. One was a strong man who was around the same size as a dwarf and the other was a miniature Behemoth. The aura around the two of them were not inferior to the Elven King. They probably used the same secret art as Death Wing to decrease the size of their body.

Great Titan, Thunder Fury Sylvester!

Golden Behemoth, Burst Claw Nukazan!

These two were legendary figures. One was the highest ruler of the Giant's Mountain Range and the other was the Ten Thousand Beast King of the Savage Highlands. Then there was also the Dragon Ridge's master and the Eternal Forest's king. Four of the most influential people in the Forest of Chaos were gathered here.

This was a scene rarely seen in a hundred years!

The Elven Council speaker Augusta arrived beside the Elven King and coldly looked over these people, "What have you come here for?"

Even if the Thunder Fury had become as small as a gnome, his angry disposition was not reduced at all. He looked at Augusta and said in a taunting tone, "This old elf is actually still alive? Truly not easy!"

Augusta's face sunk, "Thunder Fury, you better be more polite!"

Whether it was the Titan Thunder Fury, the Behemoth Burst Claw, or the Dragon Ridge's Death Wing, these were all existences with incomparably long lives. However, if the elves were placed in front of them, they had already changed generations several times.

Of course, there were benefits to long and short lives.

The elves had the most experts. The Elven King Lancelot was not inferior to these three and the Elven Council speaker Augusta was also an expert of the same level. The highest elven leaders that controlled the elven forest were experts that were just a grade lower.

The continent was fair.

With long lives, one had weak reproduction, slow growth, and powerful individual strength.

With short lives, one had strong reproduction, quick growth, and the power of the group couldn't be neglected.

The humans quickly rising on the continent supported this theory!

Burst Claw said in a deep hiss, "Lancelot, you won't give me an explanation for killing my people?"

The Elven King gave a faint laugh, "I gave him a chance, he was the one who didn't take it."

Burst Claw's eyes turned red as he released his killing intent, "It's said that this generation's Elven King's style is even better than the previous king's. You've only taken the throne for a hundred years and we haven't fought yet, how about we take this chance to compare notes!"

The two of them were both peak experts in the forest.

If they began fighting in Miracle City, the situation would be bad!

"I don't have any opinions on you fighting." Death Wing seemed to have no interest in accompanying these people, "But my time is precious and will jump right to the subject at hand. I can smell the ancient Tree of Life, for this kind of good thing to appear in this world, are the elves prepared not to let us see it?"

Thunder Fury was surrounded by lightning hearing this, "This is a public treasure for the entire forest, the elves wouldn't be thinking of swallowing it by themselves, right?"

The Behemoth Burst Claw's killing intent instantly disappeared. He revealed a slightly fearful expression. If the ancient Tree of Life fell into the Eternal Forest's hands, the Eternal Forest's strength would greatly increase. Although the Eternal Forest didn't like fighting, who liked having a super power in their territory?

"The things from the great ancient era are all heaven defying things, those things should be directly destroyed!"

The ancient Tree of Life was without a doubt a good thing.

But whether it was the Dragon's Ridge, the Giant's Mountain Range, or the Savage Highlands, they didn't hope that this thing would fall into the Eternal Forest's hands. They would rather destroy it if they couldn't obtain it!

The elves revealed looks of high vigilance as Augusta coldly said, "If you have the skills, take it for yourselves!"

Three against two, the elves did not have a high chance of winning.

All the Elven Council had come and there were also several dozen experts from the Eternal Forest. Even if they relied on the power of the ancient Tree of Life and fought a life and death battle, they wouldn't win!

There were four leaders of the forest, several dragons, several Titans, several Giant Beast Behemoths, and over a hundred elven experts.

If they began fighting.

Would Miracle City still exist?

"This….." When the four sides were staring daggers at each other, a voice not mentioning sounded from the side, "Can I say a few things?"

Chapter 495: Confrontation

That sound had come too abruptly. Whether it was Burst Claw, Thunder Fury, or Death Wing, they never paid any attention to any beings other than the elves. Humans didn't have any influence in the Forest of Chaos and were often treated as outsiders, not to mention humans were just too weak!

When these large characters were confronting each other.

There was a lizard that suddenly appeared on the side. What would be the end to this lizard? Stomped to death!

"What qualification does an ant have to speak! Die!"

A casual wild claw glow created a several meter tall red tornado which tore the earth to pieces. It began to move towards Chu Tian. This was only a casual attack from Burst Claw, but it was something that Chu Tian could not block.

Killing this human was no different from pinching an ant to death for Burst Claw.

"Burst Claw, your temper is still this bad." Lancelot wielded the Forest Scepter and the ground around Chu Tian instantly had several vines drill out. Each vine was as thin as a finger and looked quite weak, but they moved with incredible speed. They hit the claw glow as fast as lightning and the tornado was instantly shattered to pieces.

Burst Claw and Thunder Fury revealed a trace of fear on their faces.

This Elven King had only taken his position for a hundred years and the Eternal Forest never participated in any disputes, so Lancelot had never fought with these large characters before. These people still did not know how deep Lancelot's powers were.

The Forest Scepter was one of the Eternal Forest's treasure and its power was inseparable from the power of its user. The Elven King did not use his power at all, he purely used the power of the scepter to subtly take care of Burst Claw's attack, not revealing any part of himself. This was enough to prove that the Elven King's cultivation was not low.

The most important things was that the Forest Scepter was refined from a branch of the ancient Tree of Life. Now the ancient Tree of Life's power was surrounding them, perhaps the Forest Scepter would become even stronger. The Elven King could use the power of the Forest Scepter alone to deal with one the forest's peak experts, so if his power was included, it wasn't impossible for him to fight two people at once.

Adding in Augusta, they wouldn't suffer too much of a loss in a fight.

The Elven King ignored Burst Claw's fierce expression and his eyes fell onto Chu Tian, "What do you have to say."

"Many thanks your majesty, Elven King."

Chu Tian's expression did not change from beginning to end. He moved in front of the four leaders and whether it was the aloof dragon prestige, the overbearing expression of the Titan, or the fierce Behemoth, he acted like there was no one there, like this pressure didn't exist at all.

These large characters all revealed strange expressions.

No matter how strong a human was, when faced with this kind of pressure, they wouldn't be able to keep their calm. This was already not a problem of courage and disposition. Whether it was the Elven King, the Behemoth, the Titan, or the giant dragon, they were all beings that were on a higher level than humans. The threat did not just from the difference in strength, it was a direct attack on one's soul.

A small lamb would not provoke a strong water buffalo. No matter how brave the lamb was, when placed among wicked lions, that fear that was embedded deep in their souls cannot be overcome no matter how brave they were.

Not to mention the fact that Titans, Behemoths, and giant dragons, when humans were placed in front of these powerful and ancient creatures, they perhaps couldn't even be considered lambs!

That was the contempt a higher level being looked at a lower level being with!

Chu Tian being able to remain calm in this kind of situation, how could these people not be surprised? This meant that whether this human was strong or not, at least his soul was that of an expert, one that dared to challenge a giant dragon.

Thunder Fury had a somewhat high view of this human, "Who are you?"

"This place's master, Miracle City's City Lord, Chu Tian!"

"Chu Tian?" Death Wing long and narrow golden eyes were cold as they stared at him, like a snake that was looking at a frog. Although his voice was calm, it made people feel a deep chill in their bones, "Then that means my subordinate was killed by you?"

"You're talking about that Lich? No, no, no, honourable Dragon Lord, you must have made a mistake." Chu Tian was not frightened by the black dragon's aura at all as he said with a calm face, "Not only did he not die, he is living very well and has changed jobs. Zero, your old master is here, you're not even going to greet him"

Death Wing was stunned.

"Honourable Dragon Lord, your majesty Dragon City's Master, Death Wing." A cold voice without any emotions came from the speakers in the corner, "Sir City Lord has allowed me to be reborn and I'm living very well. I ask your majesty Death Wing to not worry about me."

Death Wing's face changed and he looked left and right, "Where are you?"

"Zero is Miracle City's manager, his ears and eyes can spread all over Miracle City, so he is everywhere and nowhere." Chu Tian knew that explaining this question to Death Wing was troublesome, "In some meaning, Zero is already close to becoming a Spiritual God."

"Such a boastful human!" Burst Claw took a step forward, "The Green City branch of the Shamans, was it destroyed by you?"

Chu Tian looked at him and shook his head as he said, "Powerful Ten Thousand Beast King, I did not exterminate the Shaman Religion and instead allowed them to spread. The small Green City branch has now jumped out of the forest and began to spread their influence on the far War Hound Plains. Just this is something that the Savage Highlands Shaman headquarters would find hard to do, right? So I didn't destroy any Shaman Religion branches, but rather I have helped the Shaman Religion develop!"

The Shaman Religion was developing on the War Hound Plains?

Who would believe something like this!

"Your eyes are too shallow!" Chu Tian's words directly made people break out in cold sweat. Daring to say that these large characters' eyes were too shallow, only Chu Tian could do this in the entire forest, "You're fighting for benefits in a small Forest of Chaos, could there only be this little forest on the continent? With your power and my technology, how hard would be be to become an overlord of the continent!"

These words were too exaggerated.

Even in the Forest of Chaos, there were still many places to develop!

Chu Tian said, "The ancient Tree of Life can't be moved and Miracle City won't be ceded, this is the iron principle and no one can change it. Of course, with the power of any group, it would be easy to take Miracle City, but have you ever considered how much of an unprecedented chaos the Forest of Chaos would fall into if you did this? The ancient Tree of Life's value lies in creation of life, could it be you'll allow it dies in the flames of war and chaos?"

Augusta refuted, "The ancient Tree of Life belongs to the elves. You blatantly want to take away the elven race's divine object, why are you giving this kind of pompous excuses!"

"You're wrong!" Chu Tian calmly announced, "Miracle City does not have the intention to become enemies with any forces. For Miracle City's stability, to spare the lives of tens of thousands of beings, Miracle City has value in existing. As long as everyone takes a step back and turn this place into a special development area with Miracle City in the center. Whether it is Miracle City's technology or the ancient Tree of Life's power, it will benefit everyone in the end!"

"Not only will the Eternal Forest obtain great benefits, even the Dragon's Ridge, the Giant's Mountain Ridge, and the Savage Highlands will change!"

"If the Dragon Lord is willing to work with Miracle Commerce, with Miracle Commerce's channels, you can earn money from all over the continent. Wouldn't the Dragon Lord's wealth increase many folds at that time?"

"If the Titans work with Miracle Commerce, any materials the Titan blacksmith need, even if it was the stars in the sky, they can be picked for you, creating a larger palace for the giants. Wouldn't the giants be able to obtain several times the resources?"

"If the Savage Highlands worked with Miracle Commerce, we will sell you the most advanced weapons on the continent and allow you to sweep out of the Forest of Chaos. You can sweep in all directions and destroy all obstacles. Wouldn't your territory increase several folds at that time?"

Although the Forest of Chaos had primitive communications, these giants all had eyes everywhere. Everything that had happened recently in Miracle City, it was impossible for them not to know about Miracle City's technology and at least know a portion of it.

If Chu Tian was given enough time, Chu Tian definitely could do this.

However, would these large characters agree? If the area centered around Miracle City became a special area, wouldn't it become a fifth power propped by these four powers? When they waited for Miracle City to become big, what would happen if it became a stone dropped on their foot!

"I support creating this special area!" The Elven King was the first to speak, "Miracle City is related to large benefits and conflict, so how about everyone take a step back? The elves are willing to become Miracle City's closest allies!"

Augusta was not satisfied with decision, why should the elves lower their heads to this human? No matter how much potential Chu Tian had, he hadn't made a name for himself yet!

Death Wing, Thunder Fury, and Burst Claw were even more dissatisfied at this time.

Miracle City was already very close to the Eternal Forest, Miracle City's vice City Lord was someone from the Eternal Forest. If Miracle City became an independent entity and they allowed Chu Tian's group to keep nurturing the ancient Tree of Life, would't the Eternal Forest obtained the greatest benefits in the end?

"I agree to Chu Tian's proposition!"

When the three large characters didn't have time to express their stance, a deep voice came from the earth.

"Cenarius!"

These large characters were all stunned because at an unknown time, there were several hundred Treants that appeared around Miracle City. There was even the Treant Patriarch, the one who had the title of the "Forest Protector", the hundred meter tall Cenarius.

Chu Tian saw Cenarius appear and he let out a long sigh of relief, "You're finally here!"

Cenarius took a slow and firm step, "The Treants will protect the ancient Tree of Life to death and anyone who tries to harm the ancient Tree of Life will become the Treant Race's mortal enemy! I agree to City Lord Chu Tian's proposition. The Treants will move to Miracle City and create a defensive line for Miracle City!"

Chapter 496: Crisis solved

The Forest's Protector, Cenarius, almost everyone had forgotten this large character!

Cenarius' strength was not inferior to the peak experts of the Forest of Chaos and the forest power led by Cenarius was not a weak power that could be ignored in the Forest of Chaos.

Only there were too few Treants and they didn't move for up to hundreds of years, they didn't even have a need to guard any resources. Therefore, they were neglected since they were even more low key than the elves.

Now they had suddenly become involved.

The situation was completely different now.

The Treants would favor the elves.

This was a fact that no one could deny!

After all, the wood elves and the tree ants have a large similarity, they all viewed the ancient Tree of Life as a divine object. The ancient Tree of Life had given birth to their ancestors and gave their ancestors their power.

With the Elven King as the leader and the Treants added onto the elves, if they began to fight, their chances of winning was not high and it would stretch into a long term battle. It would bring the flames of war to the entire forest and once the forest was filled with the flames of war, it was easy to imagine the consequences.

The Eternal Forest had stood firm for many years, it would definitely have an effect on the occupants.

Think about it, if there were two neighbours, one being a fierce tiger that kept invading others and the other was a powerful elephant that didn't expand its territory, who would you help when those two fought? One could guess even with their foot.

If both sides had strength that was equally matched, most of the forest tribes and cities will hire themselves to the Eternal Forest. This would suppress the superiority in power these three influences had!

Burst Claw said through gritted teeth, "You're not afraid that the rare Treant Race will go extinct because of this?"

"Each Treant can sacrifice themselves for the ancient Tree of Life." Cenarius' voice was slow, but it had a firmness that couldn't be moved, "If you question the determination of the Treants, you can give it a try."

Cenarius wouldn't make jokes.

In fact, Treants would never make jokes.

Treants were a very serious race, not having many emotions, almost having a one track mind.

Not to mention the meaning of the ancient Tree of Life to the Treants even surpassed that of the wood elves. The ancient Tree of Life was the Treants' father and god!

This situation fell into a deadlock.

"Alright, since Cenarius who isn't seen for thousands of years had appeared, I'll give you some face." Death Wing was first to speak, "I support Miracle City's independence."

Since Death Wing said this, what could Burst Claw and Thunder Fury do?

They weren't sincerely supporting Miracle City, but they were just stalling for time. As long as the ancient Tree of Life didn't fall into the Eternal Forest's hands, the three sides didn't have anything to fear.

Even if the Treants were strong, their numbers were limited. They had to defend against the wood elves!

Augusta was not satisfied with this ending. After going around in circles, they couldn't take the ancient Tree of Life in the end. Instead they had to support Miracle City's independence, this city that couldn't even be called a city?

The Elven King Lancelot spoke before Augusta, "Since it's like this, the elves will agree."

"Your majesty!"

"This is the best result." The Elven King signalled to Augusta with his eyes, "Sir speaker wouldn't wish to see the entire Forest of Chaos to be filled with rivers of blood, right!"

Indeed.

This was the best result.

To the other three powers, the ancient Tree of Life did not fall into the Eternal Forest's hands and there was still room for discussion. For the elves, although the ancient Tree of Life didn't fall in their hands, with the Transport Tower, was it difficult for the elves to come to Miracle City?

Not to mention that Cenarius was guarding Miracle City. The Treants were close to the elves and this was also a chance for the elves.

If both sides took a step back, the Forest of Chaos was peaceful. If both sides fought to the end, both sides would be injured. The Elven King considered even more. He hoped that Miracle City could change the elves, so having contact was not troublesome, but rather something necessary.

"Good!" Thunder Fury looked at Cenarius, "SInce it's like this, I ask Cenarius to take care of things properly. I believe the Treants won't break the agreement."

Cenarius spoke in a slow voice that was filled with power and determination, "With the name of the Forest's Protector, the Treants will bring our entire clan to maintain Miracle City's neutrality and protect Miracle City's City Lord Chu Tian's position. Whether it is the elves, the dragons, the Titans, the Behemoths, or any race of the forest, if they move against Miracle City or the ancient Tree of Life either directly or indirectly, they will become the enemies of the Treants!"

The Treants will never betray their promise.

Not to mention someone like Cenarius.

This promise was better than any contract it would at least prevent Miracle City from falling into the elves' hands. Because if had been too sudden, no one was prepared, so this was the best solution.

"Lancelot, I hope you can keep your promise!"

"Goodbye!"

Death Wing, Burst Claw, and Thunder Fury all quickly left Miracle City. They knew that they weren't prepared this time and this agreement was just to stall for time. As for how to deal with Miracle City and the ancient Tree of Life, they had to further consider this!

The Elven Council members all had dark faces.

Miracle City's people had strange expressions.

At the end of this matter, the four giants didn't receive any benefits and the weak Miracle Commerce benefitted the most. This matter was overwhelming for these people.

"Damn!" Augusta could only throw his nose to the side, "We're returning to the Eternal Forest!"

Other than the Elven King and his daughter, all the other elves left Miracle City.

"Ha, ha, it truly was dangerous!" Chu Tian cupped his hands to Cenarius. He didn't look like he was filled with joy after surviving a disaster, he just spoke with a happy smile, "Luckily you came in time otherwise father's City Lord's position wouldn't have been kept!"

"You bringing the ancient Tree of Life into the world is a moment of history." Cenarius slow words struck a person's soul, it gave people a peaceful feeling, "The Treants will bring our clan to protect the ancient Tree of Life, as well as the rights you deserve."

Meng Qingwu was in a bit of disbelief, "Honourable Forest's Protector, can I ask how many Treants will come to guard Miracle City?"

"All of them."

"All?!"

"The Treants will only follow the agreement, we won't accept Miracle City's orders."

Although Miracle City couldn't give orders to the Treants, in the mountains around Miracle City, if there were tens of thousands of Treants, how strong of a defensive line would that be for Miracle City? Would this kind of Miracle City be afraid of being invaded! Unless it was one of the four large powers, the city being attacked wouldn't happen again.

"Young miss, Yingying, what are you standing in a daze for?" Chu Tian said, "Why aren't you helping our honourable Treant friends settle in?"

"Yes, yes!"

Cenarius was the strongest Treant, so naturally he was placed in the Miracle Garden. Not only could he protect the ancient Tree of Life, there was no need of the precious treasure being destroyed.

As for the other Treants, they were placed outside and inside Miracle City, especially in the mountain range around the city. The Treants could remain still for hundreds of years, they were fellows that almost didn't move, becoming a defensive umbrella around Miracle City. If they worked with Miracle City's life energy radar, whether the enemy came from the sky, the ground, or underground, they couldn't hide and would be instantly killed.

The Elven King brought Vivian in front of Miracle City, "Like this, there won't be any powers in the Forest of Chaos that can shake your City Lord position. You can now sit back and relax."

"Overpraised, overpraised, I just stole a meal in the chaos."

"Royal father!" Vivian looked at the Elven King, "You should do what you should do."

"What are you in a rush for?" The Elven King helplessly shook his head before casually saying to Chu Tian, "Vivian has told me that Miracle City's bank can provide a deposit service. Moreover, the longer the money is stored, the higher the interest."

Vivian quickly added, "The elves have many unused source stones and instead of putting it in the forest, it's better to store it in Miracle Banking to earn interest with. Although my father can't go around that bad tempered speaker, it's not a problem for him to take out money."

Chu Tian instantly understand Vivian's meaning.

This girl was planning to help solve Miracle City's financial problem!

"Not bad, not bad, how much do you want to store?" Chu Tian added in, "If the Elven King personally makes a deposits, naturally I'll give you a high interest. I promise you won't suffer a loss."

"Let's store a hundred and fifty thousand first." Vivian made a decision for her father, "Store it for a year!"

Chu Tian's eyes lit up, this really was large business. Miracle City's finances were close to collapse, over a hundred thousand source stones being stored was timely rain, it can solve the urgent matters.

"For a full year, 50% interest." Chu Tian looked at the Elven King and said, "Miracle City's finances aren't good right now, this is already the limit."

50% interest for a single year?

The Elven King never thought Miracle Banking's interest would be this high, could the saved hundred and fifty thousand become two hundred and twenty five thousand in just a year? The most outstanding merchants of the continent couldn't even reach this. The Elven King did not have to do a thing, he just had to store source stones in a place!

"Money and interest is not a problem." The Elven King revealed a deep meaning smile, "I can even store source stones without any interest."

This was a meat pie that fell from the sky!

Chu Tian saw Vivian was also surprised. He immediately vigilantly asked, "What do you want to do?"

"Don't be nervous." The Elven King shook his head and said, "I just want to buy a Smart Brain."

He even knew about Smart Brain, this fellow knew quite a bit about Miracle City!

Chu Tian thought that Miracle City already had four-five Smart Brains and it wouldn't affect Miracle City that much if it was given away. The hundred and fifty thousand was more important and they had to give the Elven King face, "Alright, I agree!"

The Treants were personally protecting the city and the Elven King was given a large deposit, the good news was coming one after another!

The city's crisis and the financial crisis had been solved at the same time.

Whether it was the Meng sisters, Nangong Yun, Delores, or the entirety of Miracle City, this was all a pleasant surprise for them. It was a blessing for Miracle City to pass through this disaster!