"Anima? If it is collecting anima, what is its purpose?"
In fact, Xu Le could really guess some things. The essence of the Golden Light Tree was an imitation of the Ancient Yinduo Tree. Therefore, its effect of collecting mental energy was most likely the same as that of the Ancient Yinduo Tree.
That is to produce fruit.
Mental energy itself is polluting. Too much mental energy will change a person's mind.
I don't know if these are the reasons for the rot on the tree.
But these questions cannot be told to Duolei, at least not now.
"I don't know!"
"Then let's continue going up." Duolei nodded and didn't ask Xu Le any more questions.
Continuing to walk upwards, the ascetics who were meditating and practicing here had already begun to watch them inadvertently, especially those of higher levels. If Xu Le and the others did not look at these ascetics, then these ascetics would have been staring at them quietly.
And while staring at them, the corners of his mouth would inadvertently rise.
"What are they laughing at?" Xu Le was a little confused.
"Leave them alone and don't look at them for now."
"It's not a good feeling to be stared at like this."
No matter what, many people are staring at you and giving you malicious smiles behind your back. This situation is really scary no matter how you think about it.
During this process, Xu Le also discovered some special places.
That is, low-level ascetics do not have mental energy.
Not at all, they were like emotionless machines, sitting there repeating their prayers over and over again.
Those who are more advanced, such as those who have reached level 4 or above, have mental energy stored in their bodies. It is these ascetics who are secretly watching Xu Le and the others.
At this time, an ascetic monk holding a wooden lamp walked towards Xu Le and his companions.
There was light flowing in the wooden lamp, but it was not burning.
As the two sides got closer, he suddenly grinned and even licked his tongue.
This state doesn't look like that of a normal person at all.
"Didn't you see what that guy did just now?"
“Yes.”
"Don't you think there's something wrong with his expression and state?"
"It is precisely because there is a problem that we are here to investigate the problem here."
The conversation between Xu Le and Duo Lei ended again, and they had walked to the bottom of the circular platform that Xu Le had seen before.
Looking up, you can see the jade-white circular buildings stacked up in a regular pattern. The height makes it difficult to imagine how these things were transported up and how they were built.
"A building made of white marble is truly luxurious."
Xu Le had also seen this place in the soul state, but after seeing the situation here with his own eyes, he realized how big the gap between the two was.
"Brother Xu Le, these jade steps have no support points."
Wang Man's reminder made Xu Le discover that these white jade steps were all suspended in the air.
This immediately reminded Xu Le of an ability, the dragon in the sky.
Dragons have the ability to make buildings float in the air, just like the previous sky fortress.
"Is this a characteristic that a golden tree should have?"
Stepping onto the last step of the jade stairs, a monster holding a door-panel sword was kneeling there. The posture, shape, and aura on the body all pointed to Yan Luo, Xu Le's most stable furnace guardian at present.
Golden Yama, Level 5 Monster, Red Moon Lord, God-Glory.
This was indeed a Yama, but its hair and body had turned light gold, completely different from Xu Le's Yama which was completely red.
After sensing Xu Le and the others' arrival, the golden Yama slowly turned around.
Its eyes were fixed directly on Xu Le, as if it was not interested in anyone else here except Xu Le.
"I didn't expect to meet someone from Gu Yin Duo Huang Quan here."
Yan Luo raised his door-panel sword and assumed a fighting stance.
Yu Long didn't say anything and pushed away Xu Le who was still in a daze beside him. Yan Luo's giant sword on the door panel had already released a golden sword energy and rushed over.
boom!
The shock wave was blocked by a layer of moonlight. Xu Le, Duo Lei, and Wang Man all fell down due to the sudden attack.
Duolei looked at Xu Le in surprise:
"Why did it suddenly attack you?"
"I don't know?"
"I don't know, I don't know. You know nothing." Duo Lei was a little annoyed. This unexpected incident interrupted their original plan, which was what she least wanted to see.
"Chixiao!" Duolei looked at Chixiao again.
But Chi Xiao just shook his head slightly:
"Now is not the time for me to take action."
Duo Lei pursed her lips but did not refute Chi Xiao. This made Xu Le somewhat understand that there would be some limitations if Chi Xiao took action here
Self-limitation or external limitation
"Let's go." Yu Long shouted to Xu Le and the others, then he made a seal and three restraints immediately fell on Yan Luo.
"Forbidden Technique - Enlightenment Seal."
The desire hidden in the heart of the Golden Yama was instantly ignited. It rushed towards Xu Le with a mad howl, cruelly opened its mouth and roared:
"Yellow Springs, Yellow Springs, the place of Yellow Springs where you can never go back, do you know how long I have been waiting for this? Hahahahahahaha..."
It howled so hard that it began to tear its throat and hair. Even Yu Long began to frown slightly at its madness.
"Its situation is somewhat special, so we have no choice but to kill it."
Yu Long pointed a finger at Yan Luo's chest:
"Spell - Coming - Soldier - Fighting - Decapitation - Heart Explosion."
Bang!
The powerful level 5 lord exploded into a ball of blood mist in front of several people and slowly dissipated.
Old lady Yu Long didn't even blush or gasp, this move could basically be considered an instant kill.
This level of ability is probably at the top of level 6 or even level 7.
The battle here caused some commotion, and groups of ascetics were looking over here. Except for those level 3 ascetics who were still in an emotionless state, some of the higher-level ascetics had already stood up and were walking towards Xu Le and the others.
"They're coming over, what do you say?"
"Let's go, keep going up."
"Still upwards." Xu Le was a little surprised.
"The mission of the Red Moon Temple must be completed." Duo Lei's face looked a little ugly. The incident was caused by Xu Le, but the subsequent investigation still needed to rely on Xu Le, so she couldn't say much to Xu Le now.
Yu Long was in front and Chi Xiao was behind, and the group began to run quickly upwards.
The ascetic monks chasing from below were very slow, so Xu Le and the others could easily shake them off, but the ascetic monks coming towards them were not so easy to deal with.
Buzz!
A golden bubble appeared above Xu Le and the others' heads. Yu Long waved his hand to block it again, setting up a red moon energy shield for Xu Le and the others.
Then she drew out the Ancient Yin Duo card, and the cards in her hand split into two, two into four, and continued to split in front of her. In the end, it was like a storm of cards, strangling all the ascetics in front of them.
Unconsciously, their actions have changed from the initial visit and investigation to the current armed raid, and they are even doing such a feat as breaking into the Golden Light Tree.
"Math - Dance of Thousand Souls."
The flying cards led the way in front, while Xu Le and his companions ran wildly behind.
After jumping from the first jade platform to the second, third, and fourth jade platform, Xu Le suddenly stopped and pointed upwards and said:
"Up there, we can already see clear decay. We need to go to that location."
Duolei looked in the direction Xu Le pointed. The trunk of the tree there had indeed gradually changed from the state of the Golden Light Tree to dark red, which was a clear sign of decay.
"Very good, Master Yulong."
"I know."
After confirming the location of the decay, Yu Long turned around and shouted loudly to the front:
"Red Moon Temple is conducting a temporary investigation. All members of the Lighthouse Golden Light Tree are not allowed to stop it."
When Yu Long shouted this, several ascetics looked at each other, as if questioning or mocking each other.
Then they no longer hid, lifted up their red ascetic robes, revealing their completely rotten bodies and ugly faces, and attacked Xu Le and the others.
Woo woo!
These ascetics let out wild and weird roars from their throats. After they took off their ascetic robes, their bodies moved even faster, as if some kind of seal had been lifted.
"They have become completely weird." Xu Le reminded.
"You don't need to think about this, just keep going." Duolei said in a deep voice.
"Don't I need to consider this? With this amount, and it's on the golden tree, we..."
"You can't even imagine the strength of level 7." Duolei looked at Yulong.
Yu Long stood with her ten fingers together, and a huge amount of spiritual energy like the ocean surged out of her body. Xu Le felt that even if he drained his own spiritual energy pool, he could not reach this amount of spiritual energy.
In the surrounding environment, except for the golden light tree in front of him, the spiritual energy erupting from Yu Long simply exceeded the sum of all other creatures.
"What the hell is this?"
"Yu Long's legendary secret skills." Chi Xiao reminded in a low voice.
Yu Long took out two cards, one black and one white. They were the black card - Black Sheep Girl and the white card - Angel.
The two cards were mixed with the spiritual energy in Yu Long's body and squeezed together.
It was like a ray of light pressing on the darkness, and then continuing to squeeze and rub.
A hybrid tornado formed that overlapped in his hands.
"chaos."
Yu Long suddenly clenched her palms, and all the creatures in front of her were crushed by some powerful force in an instant.
Dozens or even hundreds of level 4-5 monsters were killed instantly, exploding into blood mist in the air.
"No one can stop the Red Moon Temple's investigation. Please cooperate."
Yu Long demonstrated her strength as a level 7 master. After a round of chaotic oppression, the golden tree creatures that still retained some rationality also stopped.
The desire to survive still overwhelmed the will that drove them, and they dared not rush forward to die.
"Let's continue." Yu Long said calmly.
Xu Le was a little confused at this time. He didn't know why the exploration, which was relatively peaceful before, was about to progress to a head-on confrontation. This was not in line with his original expectations.
"Okay, Mr. Xu Le, we are almost at the rotting point. I will give you time, but be quick."
"I see."
When Duolei said these words, Xu Le had already started thinking about how to fool the other party.
At this point in time, I'm afraid there's no way to fool Duolei unless I come up with something substantial.
And he also needs to consider Yu Long.
As for Chi Xiao, she has been messing around, and no one knows what she is doing...
Quickly reaching a higher level, Xu Le looked at the gradually rotting trunk of the golden tree in front of him.
He slowly stretched out his fingers.
"Hey, Brother Xu Le, be careful." Wang Man reminded.
Although she didn't know much about the golden tree, she could instinctively feel that this thing had certain risks.
Xu Le also knew that this thing was risky, but he had to do it. One of the requirements of the mother tree's roots for him was to understand the essence of the entire Golden Light Tree.
He needed to use his own limbs to analyze what was going on with the rotten Golden Light Tree.
"Don't worry, I know what's going on."
Xu Le stretched out his finger, and a branch of the ancient Yinduoshi tree disguised as the Golden Light Tree emerged from his fingertips.
"You can actually control the Golden Tree of Light?" Duo Lei asked in surprise.
"Duo Lei, don't interrupt him." Chi Xiao stopped Duo Lei. Yu Long on the side stared at Chi Xiao. Their small group also had a lot of problems.
Xu Le's disguised branches quickly pierced into the body of the Golden Light Tree. The destructive power of the Ancient Sound and Multi-Solid Branches is rarely shown. The only times it has been shown is that it can easily strangle a level 4 monster.
This is the power of the real branch.
At this time, the Branch of Reality in Xu Le's hand was like a mosquito bite on human skin. It easily broke through the defense of the Golden Light Tree and entered deeper places.
Soon, the rotten interior of the Golden Light Tree appeared in Xu Le's consciousness.
A huge amount of heart energy swirled around the Golden Light Tree, filled with desire, lust, anger, sadness, pain, and fear.
They are entangled and merged with each other. Some of them have become materialized liquids and have invaded the stems and leaves of the Golden Light Tree. However, there is still no answer to what the Golden Light Tree wants.
That's the fruit!
The third function of the Golden Light Tree, in addition to releasing light and dispelling mental energy, is to create the real Red Moon Fruit.
But judging from the current situation, this is a failed move.
The Golden Light Tree failed, or rather, its owner failed.
The exploration of consciousness has no limits. When Xu Le was soaring here searching for information, suddenly, an irresistible will appeared in his spiritual world.
Trembling was the only feeling Xu Le had left at this moment.
Even the Soul Tree cannot absorb this breath of fear.
Xu Le slowly looked up and saw a huge red moon appear above his head.
In the darkness around the red moon, something was vaguely visible, swaying like the tentacles of something.
Then, the center of the moon slowly opened, and a single eye stared at Xu Le.
Tension and fear made Xu Le unable to move, until he felt a huge white figure suddenly rising under his feet, and he stood on the head of this figure.
The fluttering hair made Xu Le's feet itchy.
The familiar voice of Night Fury finally appeared:
"What are you afraid of?"