After the fusion of light casting, the colors in Xu Le's vision changed.
From the previous colorful world, it turned into a world of only three colors: white, gray, and black.
The colors of the original world disappeared due to the injection of light-casting energy.
In this world of only black and white, Xu Le could clearly feel the broken Ai Li, Toad, and his own mutilated body.
All the energies that were swallowed by the light floated in the light.
"There is still a chance..."
Xu Le murmured, then shifted his gaze to Zhang Ji not far away.
In his current sight, the light-cast body constructed by Zhang Ji is more chaotic than him.
Those chaotic and complex energies entangled together made Xu Le realize that even if he didn't kill him, his vital signs would not last too long.
clang!
He raised his hand and swung out a blade of light, crushing the blade that Zhang Ji slashed at him. Then, as he watched Zhang Ji retreat madly while holding the blade he had released, Xu Le smiled self-deprecatingly.
"This is what you were waiting for... the mother tree."
Xu Le turned around and looked towards the east.
After biting off Gu Yinduo-Lightcast's body and obtaining the fusion of Lightcast energy, Xu Le could clearly sense one thing.
The true body of the ancient Yinduomu tree is in the east, the very far east.
But when Xu Le turned around, the magnificent tree seemed to be approaching him.
Xu Le was stunned for a moment, but then smiled and said:
"I am now what you wish for."
"… Um."
The ancient Yinduomu tree, which had been silent for a long time, actually gave Xu Le a clear response, and this voice... seemed familiar.
Xu Le frowned slightly and asked softly:
"It turns out that the person who guided me on the path of a forbidden warlock was never Ding Ke, but you, Master Mother Tree."
"Um."
It was another soft affirmation, the voice still as gentle as before.
But the coldness in Xu Le's heart did not diminish in the slightest.
"Am I so special in your eyes, Mother Tree? Is it worth your arrangement along the way, your help and guidance at all costs... to finally achieve the result you want?"
"You are more special than you think and irreplaceable."
"What's the point of becoming the new Son of Gu Yinduo?"
"… "
The mother tree responded very slowly, and when Xu Le asked this question, the mother tree simply stopped answering.
So Xu Le didn't get the answer he wanted.
But from the very beginning, he never thought about becoming the new Son of Gu Yinduo.
“I never thought that I would be a great or important person, nor did I want to replace the Lightforge and become the new Son of Ancient Indor.
I don’t want to become a light bulb, burning myself to illuminate everyone else.
So... I'm sorry, Mother Tree."
Some black spots suddenly appeared on Xu Le's originally holy body.
The Black Staff, the Night Fury's praise, had returned to Xu Le's hands again at some point in time.
The light-cast energy on his body, after being touched by the black rod, was like a cup of water stained with ink.
The ink spread quickly and began to stain everything that was originally white.
"I will bring them back. I will not become the new Son of Guindo..."
Xu Le's words sounded like an affirmative declaration, but also like self-hypnosis mixed in with the energy of ancient music.
From this moment on, the power of darkness eroded the light, and the form of chaos also appeared on Xu Le's body.
The collision of information and thoughts would soon be unsustainable even if Xu Le was in an ethereal state to resolve the information.
There is still something missing in his body.
The colors on his body began to fade further, the original black and white began to disappear, and finally only the creepy gray was left.
Both Ai Li and Toad floated up.
With the help of Night Fury and Lightforge's energy, Xu Le's life essence finally underwent a temporary mutation and breakthrough.
Sublimation arrived at this moment, and Xu Le seemed to be standing at the intersection of the black and white world.
The first step is light, the second step is darkness.
But this was not a successful promotion...
Card! ~
As soon as the essence of life had broken through, many sharp barbs and corners appeared on Xu Le's shoulders.
This is the beginning of body deformation...
In other words, if he cannot truly stabilize his life form, he will be like Zhang Ji.
Either the body collapses or death occurs.
Or the body becomes deformed and becomes a mindless monster.
"My journey will not stop here."
Xu Le's gaze turned directly to Zhang Ji, who had been suppressed by him before.
His eyes were more indifferent than ever before, filled with the breath of death.
The power of the Son of Gu Yinduo cannot kill the Son of Gu Yinduo, which has been explained by Ye Fu before.
Even if she was as powerful as Night Fury and could tear Lightforged apart with her bare hands, her strength would not allow her to kill Lightforged.
To kill Lightforge, to kill a son of Ancient Indo, more advanced rules are needed.
In this world, there are only two powers that are stronger than the Son of Gu Yinduo.
One is the Red Moon itself, and the other is the ancient Yinduomu tree.
These two can be regarded as the rules for beginners.
In fact, Xu Le also has a similar rule.
That is the Tree of Souls.
Xu Le teleported in the gray world, and this was a real teleportation.
In an instant, without making any hand seals or using any spells, he moved a distance of about 100 meters.
When he appeared again, Xu Le had already arrived in front of Zhang Ji.
“Roar!~”
"Shut up, you beast."
Xu Le pressed his palm directly on Zhang Ji's head, and the Soul Tree, which had been contaminated into gray, instantly pierced into Zhang Ji's skull.
It comes from Chi Xiao’s gray power.
Derived from the bright rules of light casting.
Originated from the void energy of the Outer Gods.
It comes from one's own dark power.
These energies were all absorbed by the soul tree branches.
"The end of the tree - the first fruits."
The huge amount of energy in Zhang Ji's body was instantly extracted by Xu Le. These energies, including all the sealing power of the Son of Gu Yinduo, flowed into the Soul Tree in a short period of time.
Four new fruits were born in Xu Le's spiritual world.
They are the true fruits of ash.
Fruit of light.
Void Fruit.
Dark fruit.
What’s even more peculiar is that these four fruits are all mysterious fruits.
Light, Ashes, and Darkness are not elements.
And the Void Fruit is not biological.
This totally goes against common sense.
But now Xu Le no longer needs to follow common sense.
"These fruits are the complement of my life essence."
Xu Le directly picked one of the fruits, the Fruit of Void.
Without hesitation, he swallowed the not-so-big fruit in one gulp.
Then came the second and the third.
Until he had eaten all four fruits, the surging energy gradually stopped tearing and raging, and then fell into silence.
Buzz!
The ground beneath Xu Le's feet was shaking.
Toad and Ai Li, who had already fallen, were also rolled in front of him by the branches.
Xu Le stretched out a new branch and pierced into the mutilated bodies of Toad and Ai Li respectively.
The revival of life appears at this moment.
"Forbidden Warlock LV5-Soul Eater."
There are many abilities that can be devoured, but techniques that can revive a person are extremely rare, far rarer than devouring.
This technique is a new technique that Xu Le comprehended after he mastered all his abilities.
"Tree Technique - Life Resurrection."
Ai Li and Toad's bodies were quickly repaired, and the blue light of Gu Yinduo's life-replacing technique flashed on their bodies.
But this was not enough, because their bodies had already been completely destroyed.
So, Xu Le has to build new bodies for them.
Based on the powerful physical energy of the void creatures, Xu Le injected light and darkness into their bodies respectively.
Then he injected the elemental power of thunder into Ai Li's body.
The toad's body was infused with elemental power.
After obtaining a large amount of spiritual energy and life energy, Toad and Rewi Alley broke through their original limits at the same time.
Golden Toad, Level 5 Monster, Ancient God, Talent - Soul Walker
Ai Li, Level 5, Ancient Sounds, Talent - Moon Dog, Talent - Godmaster, Talent - Soul Walker
Toad and Ai Li were still in a coma at this moment, but Xu Le could already see their physical attributes clearly.
"After all, I still used external forces."
After saying this, Xu Le looked at his body and smiled bitterly:
“I am no different.”
He broke through himself and saved his companions, but his two light-forged bodies were absorbed and dissipated.
Xu Le turned his head and looked towards the east again, only to see that the reflection of the mother tree was still there.
Looking at the tree, Xu Le, who had been in a passive position, suddenly jumped up.
The gray branches stretched out like countless tentacles.
The branches of these soul trees soon touched the reflection of the ancient Yinduo mother tree and then pierced into it in an instant.
There was no trace of hesitation or pity on Xu Le's face.
His personality has quietly undergone some changes during the process of promotion.
"I will be disrespectful to accept the energy projected by the mother tree."
The Soul Tree might not be as powerful as the Mother Tree, and the difference in power could even be said to be huge.
But the level of rules is actually the same.
The ownerless mother tree projection was simply unable to resist Xu Le's devouring.
Under the soul-devouring power, the projection of the mother tree quickly shrank and dissipated, eventually becoming a phantom and disappearing from Xu Le's sight.
At this point, Xu Le looked at his shoulder again.
A powerful spiritual energy gathered on the deformed shoulders.
The barbs and sharp corners squirmed for a while and finally retracted back.
His body finally returned to normal at this moment.
"Is it finally over..."
Xu Le dragged his tired body to Ai Li and Toad and fell down.
In the Mimi Lake, Ai Li, who had "died" once, suddenly woke up. She was still in a coma, and she directly supported the fallen Xu Le.
Then after a long time, she gradually opened her eyes.
"Xu Le... are you okay?"
There was no response. After a long time, Ai Li raised his hand strangely.
Sizzle!
Surrounded by the power of thunder, the energy in the body is stronger than ever before.
It's not just the Moon Spirit, there's something else.
"I've been promoted to level 5." Ai Li said suddenly.
She was not talking to herself, nor was she talking to Xu Le, but she felt that the Toad had woken up.
Toad glanced at Xu Le in Ai Li's arms, then looked at the strangely shaped new Zerg-style armor on his body, and nodded slightly.
"Me too."
…
In the distance, Chi Xiao, who was fighting fiercely with Ji Du, suddenly paused.
Hee hee! ~
A low, obscure laugh came from her eye sockets.
The eye sockets on Chi Xiao's body represent the power of Gu Yinduo, and can even represent the Gu Yinduo mother tree itself.
This laughter could come out from Chi Xiao's eye sockets, it must be the joy of the ancient Yinduo mother tree.
Chi Xiao had dealt with the Guyinduo mother tree before.
Even if there is not much communication with the mother tree, at least there is communication, and it is much more than that of people in other mother tree realms.
"That laugh..."
Bang!
The laughter distracted Chi Xiao.
Then he was blasted into the ground by Jidu's red thunder.
"How can you be distracted while fighting with me? Chi Xiao... considering your combat qualities, this is really unacceptable."
"snort!"
There are not many things that can really distract Chi Xiao during a battle, but the laughter of the Ancient Yinduo Mother Tree is really special.
No wonder Chi Xiao was distracted.
Jitu released red thunder again, and his real body caught up.
However, his next attack was blocked by Chi Xiao using the surrounding soil and gravel.
The soil and rocks on the ground were quickly burned by the flames.
These dry things soon became magma driven by Chi Xiao, and she herself sank into the ground at this moment.
“Although I don’t know what special thing happened... it made the Ancient Yin Duo Mother Tree feel excited.
But I always feel that this matter has something to do with Xu Le.
We need to end the battle here as soon as possible. There must be something wrong with Xu Le, although we don’t know what it is yet.”
The area around Chi Xiao has completely turned into magma.
She suddenly stood up and emerged from the ground with unmatched force.
Ji Du, who was resting in the red cloud, was also slightly dignified:
"You finally came out? I won't let you escape so easily this time."
"Escape? Ha."
Chi Xiao sneered, then clasped his hands together.
His hot body withstood two red lightning bolts, and only then did Jidu feel that something was wrong.
The sky... turned red, too.
But it wasn't his red.
"What?"
I don’t know when it started, but the entire sky has been covered by endless magma.
It blocked out the sky and rushed towards him.
Jidu looked at the magma layer that had no way to retreat, and for a moment he didn't know how to defend or avoid it.
"When? You burned the earth into magma? And then lifted it up to the sky and hid it in the clouds? How is this possible?"
"Jitu, actually, I felt it at the very beginning of this meeting.
You are no longer the door that stands in my way."
Jidu had no time to answer, he could only control the red clouds around him to defend himself.
And the magma has gradually gathered towards him.
"Ritual - Hellfire Rock Burial."