Chapter 105: These Are a Cluster of Asteroids

At this moment, all the treants curled up into balls about half a meter in diameter, their surfaces bristling with sharp spikes.

“Spinning Ejection!”

Ultimate Skill—Spinning Ejection: Once activated, the spherical bodies rotate continuously, attacking the target along a circular trajectory for twenty seconds. If no target is hit, they continue their circular assault. During the attack, every two seconds, a passive invisibility effect appears briefly, lasting one second.

As soon as this ultimate was unleashed, over two hundred rapidly spinning spheres flew through the air in perfect arcs, hurtling toward Qin Chuan.

“Damn, this attack is fierce—it's like a swarm of mini asteroids.”

In that instant, Qin Chuan felt as if he had entered an asteroid belt, except these asteroids were covered in spikes.

Within the somewhat dim forest, the cold gleam off the spiked spheres shone brilliantly.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

“Zi Zi, Sister, so many stars!” a voice exclaimed.

“Little Bug, those aren’t stars. Hide quickly!” Zi Zi and Sleepy Bug, seeing the sky filled with cold light, prudently retreated.

It wasn’t that they didn’t want to help—it was simply that they couldn’t.

With a swift move, Qin Chuan returned to his original position, evading the first wave of attacks.

The whistling “asteroids” circled back and approached him again, still appearing faint and elusive.

“Wow! This skill is really something new,” Qin Chuan remarked with interest.

Yet, despite his intrigue, the next moment, he nonchalantly unleashed an ultimate attack right ahead.

“Ding! Eliminated a level 26 invisible treant; gained 70,000 experience points.”

The spinning “asteroids” plunged headfirst into the area of his ultimate.

Then Qin Chuan locked onto another target and launched a Flowing Strike.

“Ding! Eliminated...”

Thanks to the skill’s feature of refreshing kills, these “asteroids” became moving targets, giving Qin Chuan a perfect opportunity to practice his flying sword technique.

Though the “asteroids” spun quickly, facing Qin Chuan, their speed was simply insufficient.

He weaved effortlessly among them, striking down one with each sword slash.

“This guy’s too fast! I can’t hit him!”

“I don’t want to go forward, but I can’t stop either!”

“I suddenly realize that twenty seconds is really a long time.”

“Ahhh!”

The screams of the invisible treants sent shivers through the surviving “asteroids,” who trembled and eagerly wished for the twenty seconds to end quickly.

Fortunately, the twenty seconds finally passed, and over half of the two hundred “asteroids” were destroyed.

The remaining invisible treants hastily scrambled to their feet and fled into the forest, freezing in place like they had begun playing hide-and-seek with Qin Chuan.

The invisible treants’ passive ability was invisibility—they would not reveal themselves as long as they did not attack.

However, while moving, they only gained invisibility every two seconds, making escape impossible.

At this moment, they only hoped Qin Chuan couldn’t find them and that they could retreat safely; revenge was irrelevant compared to survival.

But wishes and reality often diverge.

Qin Chuan leapt beside one invisible treant and struck with a single sword.

“Ding! Eliminated...”

Not only were the invisible treants dumbfounded, but Zi Zi and Sleepy Bug were also greatly surprised, unable to comprehend how Qin Chuan had found them.

Here, it was necessary to mention Qin Chuan’s mutated passive skill—Slaughter.

In Slaughter mode, all targets within twenty meters automatically suffer a 10% attribute reduction and become marked.

Even if Qin Chuan could not see them, he could sense their positions and auras.

Thus, this game of hide-and-seek was clearly Qin Chuan’s victory.

The invisible treants, who had just hidden, were terrified and fled in all directions.

But their fate was already sealed.

Moments later, silence fell upon the area.

“Ding! Congratulations, host’s mutated skill Slaughter has upgraded to level 3.”

After slaying the last invisible treant, Qin Chuan’s Slaughter skill automatically leveled up without him noticing.

“Tsk tsk tsk, Black Demon Sword, you can even detect invisibility. Are you perhaps a little too powerful?” Zi Zi teased as she approached.

Before Qin Chuan could reply, Sleepy Bug’s eyes sparkled with admiration as he quickly responded, “Sister Zi Zi, you don’t understand. In the Spirit Realm, there’s nothing our big brother can’t do. Big brother, isn’t that right?”

“Ah ha, little brother, I do love hearing that.”

“Pfft, showing off again.”

Qin Chuan then tidied up the battlefield and continued forward.

After the commotion with the invisible treants, Qin Chuan keenly sensed that the six-star region was indeed different from the previous ones.

Meanwhile, a lone invisible treant, having escaped, rushed to the center of the six-star region.

There stood an ancient tree, its age unknown, yet its roots deep and leaves lush, showing no sign of decay.

Within this region, the old tree was revered as the Divine Tree.

“Oh great Divine Tree, your subjects have been mercilessly slaughtered. I beg you, avenge your fallen kin. I am willing to offer my spirit core.”

Upon seeing the ancient tree, the invisible treant knelt down with a thud and wept bitterly.

The scene was somewhat strange—but the old tree truly responded.

“Who speaks?”

The voice was ethereal, as if carried from a great distance.

“It is a black dragon-patterned cold jade sword!”

“Very well, you may go.”

As the faint words faded, a sharp vine suddenly pierced the invisible treant’s head.

Then, the previously silent six-star region erupted into chaos.

All the spiritual beings received a single command: eliminate the Dragon-Patterned Cold Jade Sword.

“The Tree God has long been dormant; this command is truly sudden.”

“Whether sudden or not, scour the entire region for the Dragon-Patterned Cold Jade Sword. Kill without mercy!”

“Exactly. The Tree God has spoken; we obey!”

“Right—kill him!”

In an instant, tens of thousands of treants of various types began a carpet search through the six-star region.

At this point, Qin Chuan was still unaware he had stirred up serious trouble. Even if he knew, he would likely be delighted.

After all, the experience and essence from tens of thousands of treants would be incredibly rewarding.

Soon, Qin Chuan was ambushed, but every attacker ended up as a corpse.

At first, Qin Chuan couldn’t understand what was happening, but through continuous slaughter, he unraveled the truth.

“Tree God? What the hell is that?”

“But sending so many treants to hunt me down—I really must thank you in person.”

Facing the overwhelming tide of treants, Qin Chuan fought with unrestrained joy, his essence and experience soaring.

In the end, the remaining treants were terrified and fled toward the central region.

By then, Qin Chuan was not far from the center. Since learning of the Tree God, he had been moving steadily toward the ancient tree.

“Great Tree God, that’s no Dragon-Patterned Cold Jade Sword. He wields an orange-grade spirit weapon—a true black demon sword.”

“We’ve suffered heavy losses; ninety-nine percent of the elites in this region are gone.”

“Great Tree God, please, come save us quickly. He’s about to reach us.”

...

Survivors wailed and cried out in despair; the scene was nothing short of tragic.

“Useless. They’re no use left alive.”

An angry voice suddenly rang out. Behind the heads of several hundred treants, sharp vines sprouted and pierced through them with a ‘pop.’