I Have a Golden Crow

The Withered Arrow had just transmitted its intent, when current flashed across Du Yu’s body and his figure vanished in an instant.

Kui Chou’s Demon Skill· Rapid Lightning Flash!

On the eastern side of the Cold Tree, at the root, a tiny member of the Human Race descended, carrying a pitch‑black Giant Axe!

Cold Branches were wildly sweeping here, and Flame Runes were flooding the area, defenses packed and tight.

Yet Du Yu just had to come!

“Zzz…”

The tiny human slipped through the dense Cold Branches, and the War Axe in his hand hacked out a hundred‑meter‑long Spatial Rift!

Once again, the Cold Tree Root was torn open, skin split and flesh rended.

Cold Branches surged from all directions, crazily killing toward Du Yu, wishing they could tear him into ten thousand pieces!

The branches lashed like steel whips, stabbed like steel needles.

Wave after wave of sonic booms from the branches tearing the air made people’s hair stand on end, hearts pounding wildly!

Yet Du Yu flitted like a butterfly through flowers, lightly dancing amid the Cold Branches, moving with effortless ease.

Confidence comes from strength!

From every day and night of cruel torment beneath the Kunlun Divine Tree.

From that body riddled with a thousand holes, drenched in blood—and even more from that unyielding heart!

“Whoosh~”

The tiny human was as light as a feather; a plume of mist spurted from beneath his feet once more.

Bai Yujing Demon Skill· Dust Mist Flash!

Under High-speed Movement, Du Yu ripped out an even longer Spatial Rift, and right before the Cold Branches could catch up, his figure flickered and vanished again.

“Zzz…”

Another Spatial Rift suddenly appeared at mid‑trunk of the Cold Tree, in the northern area.

Du Yu actually didn’t just hit once and flee?

Is he planning to chop the roots and drag the heart along with them?!

The Youhan Tree looked like it was about to explode from rage!

That body blazing in roaring flames trembled violently.

Despicable—despicable wretch!!

Threads of current slid across Du Yu’s body, and his bizarre figure, darting left and right, quietly vanished without a trace.

In a flash, Du Yu was already more than ten kilometers away, yet he didn’t stop; instead, his eyes lit up.

Eye of Burning Sun· Hunting Moment!

The flow of the world’s time suddenly slowed.

Du Yu’s right hand grabbed the Bowstring, his eyes locked tightly onto the mid‑section of the Cold Tree.

Chaos reigned there!

A hundred‑meter‑deep Spatial Rift, Cold Branches darting madly through it, and dense Flame Runes packed everywhere.

Du Yu’s expression was resolute. Two fingers pinched the Bowstring, and in this world of slowed flow he slowly drew the Bow.

The Spatial Rift in his sight was also slowly closing, and who knew how many Cold Branches it would shear off.

An opening!

Du Yu’s Eye of Burning Sun grew ever hotter, current writhing over his body like fine serpents.

Just as the Spatial Rift quietly finished closing, Du Yu slid in seamlessly—directly entering the stage!

In merely one or two seconds, Du Yu had killed his way back.

And it was the exact same area—arrogant to the extreme!

In Du Yu’s world, the flow of time was unnaturally slow.

He watched the fine Cold Branches around him, felt the currents of wind surging from all sides; behind his insanely arrogant posture lay an endlessly cautious heart.

But in the eyes of the onlookers, Du Yu had directly detonated into the battlefield.

That stance looked just like he was about to stomp on the Cold Tree’s face and shoot a Holy Arrow straight into its body!

Feng Wuheng and Li Mengnan were truly master and disciple; both had their mouths hanging wide open, dumbly staring at this scene.

The others were likewise shaken, their hearts lodged in their throats.

“Twang!”

The Bowstring quivered—point‑blank Rapid Fire!

The tiny human, wielding a tiny Divine Demon Bow, nonetheless fired a gigantic Arrow!

The Holy Arrow assembled with shocking speed; the massive arrowhead slammed into the Cold Wood first, and the rest of the shaft snapped into existence in an instant.

This section of the Cold Tree had just been shredded to pieces by the Void Axe, with no hard bark left to protect it, exposing the gray wood within.

The Withered Arrow’s sharp tip flared, savagely splitting open the gray wood, and the withered tree pattern along the shaft suddenly lit up:

“Wither!”

“Zzz…”

Arrow edge in wood, decay rampant!

The gray wood around the arrow tip rapidly withered, crumbling chunk by chunk, and the Withered Arrow still drove deeper into the Giant Tree’s heart, striking straight at the dragon’s lair.

“Whoosh~ whoosh!”

The Cold Tree was wracked with agony; endless Cold Branches surged all at once toward the Withered Arrow, hacking at it in a frenzy, with no pattern at all.

In the world of the Eye of Burning Sun, Du Yu’s eyes spun constantly, scanning in all directions.

At this speed of the Cold Branches, the Withered Arrow couldn’t possibly pierce into the Cold Tree Heart!

What to do?

Should he recall the Withered Arrow?

If this keeps up, it’ll be shattered by the whipping branches… wait!

Light flashed in Du Yu’s eyes; he frantically pushed his Demon Skills, faint thunder and lightning crackling in his palm.

His hand shot forward, slamming hard against the massive arrow’s tail.

Kui Chou Demon Skill· Ox Horn Refusal!

The effect of this Technique lies not in damage, but in forcibly knocking the target away.

“ZZZ!!”

The Withered Arrow was forcibly driven deeper into the tree by Du Yu, its edge burying into the wood, pinning straight into the Cold Tree Heart!

The Youhan Tree’s body suddenly went rigid: !!!

Du Yu had already Instant Teleportation‑ed away, but even if he hadn’t dodged, he wouldn’t have been hit, because…

The sky‑filling Cold Branches actually froze in place at that very instant!

Locked still?!

“Holy shit!” Fu Jianzhou was dumbstruck.

Little junior brother had actually used his own hands to press a hundred‑meter Giant Arrow, forcing it straight into the Cold Tree?

This… this?

The wildly chaotic battlefield seemed to have had its pause button slammed down!

That grand Cold Tree connecting heaven and earth had only its Fire blazing Xiongxiong.

Its trunk didn’t move at all, and the endless Cold Branches were frozen stiff in mid‑air.

The Youhan Tree looked just like… like a person whose heart had been nailed by an Arrow, standing there in a daze.

The people were rooted blankly in place, as if they’d stepped into a near‑death hallucination, drifting amid a Carousel Lantern of their lives.

And as for why the Cold Tree stood there in a daze?

Was it disbelief? Incomprehension?

Or had it been driven so mad with rage that its mind snapped?

This frozen tableau was that soul‑shaking.

Some stared, dumb and speechless; some felt a wild surge of joy in their hearts.

Even the few Saints, usually as calm as ancient wells, could no longer suppress the waves crashing in their hearts, their emotions written plainly across their faces.

“Hiss!”

“Roar!!” The White Tiger hissed, the Suanni bellowed, and the Sorrow Seabird screamed shrilly.

From the fissures splitting the earth, heads of the Cold Race people thrust out one after another.

They shrieked and wailed in misery, their furious roars and sobbing cries mingling together, echoing between heaven and earth.

It was as if all living things had had their hearts and minds drawn away.

Only two beings were still continuing!

One was the Withered Arrow that had pierced through the Cold Tree Heart! It drove the Demon Soldier Array to the extreme, withering everything around it.

The second… was the unyielding, undying Du Yu!

The Cold Tree frozen in place?

If you dare to freeze, this king dares to chop!

“Sss!”

“Sss…” Down by the roots, Du Yu was wildly swinging the Void Axe, tearing open spatial rifts one after another.

“Die!” Du Yu’s gaze was gloomy, squeezing out a single word through clenched teeth.

High-speed Movement plus Instantaneous Movement made Du Yu’s path of advance utterly impossible to track.

Along with that, the spatial rifts he tore open crisscrossed in every direction!

“Hahaha! What a rush! Moo~~” Kui Chou rasped with his broken gong of a voice, shouting in excitement, “So satisfying! Moo moo~ MOO!!”

Little Fen Yang was just as delighted; imitating the voice of the Ancient Bull, she piped in a childish tone: “Moo moo moo~”

Celestial Cyan Porcelain said coldly, “Be careful, do not underestimate the enemy…”

Suddenly, Lord Qingci’s words were infinitely stretched out.

Little Fen Yang took the initiative to open the Eye of Burning Sun for Du Yu; the flow of the world slowed even further!

“Hm?” Void Axe in hand, Du Yu strained to turn his eyes, only to see on the ground diagonally below, masses of Cold Branches bursting up through the soil.

Du Yu snorted coldly and flickered away at high speed.

In his mind, the frightened voice of the Withered Arrow suddenly rang out: “M-Master…”

The always vicious Withered Arrow rarely spoke in such a tone.

Du Yu instantly looked toward the midsection of the Cold Tree, only to see countless Cold Branches had already flung the Withered Arrow away.

Because of the Withered Arrow’s special array, the Cold Branches didn’t dare bind it, afraid of being withered and shattered.

Though they didn’t dare touch the Withered Arrow too much, they certainly dared to lash at it!

Those swiftly descending branches were like steel whips, intent on cutting the Withered Arrow clean in half.

“Puff~” That was the sound of the Withered Arrow shattering into Demon Breath.

“Whoosh!” That was the sound of the Cold Branch sweeping past, whipping the air.

At the very last critical instant, Du Yu flickered to the rear segment of the Withered Arrow; not only did he reclaim his Holy Soldier, he even took the Withered Arrow along with him, leaving with flair, vanishing in a flash.

Counting it carefully, how many times had Du Yu already fought his way in and out of the myriad Cold Branches?

“Master…” The Withered Arrow was filled with gratitude.

Du Yu stood high in the sky, beneath the Fire Age Axe: “How’s the situation?”

The Withered Arrow: “The Cold Tree Heart has already withered more than half! It must be grievously injured!”

“Good!” Du Yu barked out a fierce shout.

And right then, the Divine Demon Bow slung diagonally across his body surged with a violent wave of energy.

Du Yu was both shocked and overjoyed; he’d been so focused on the battle that he’d completely forgotten about this!

Thankfully the Shadow Gu Tower had diligently assisted the Divine Demon Bow, so this great opportunity hadn’t been squandered.

“Hoo!!”

A fierce aura rippled out.

The Divine Demon Bow shimmered with flowing radiance, its Spirit Branch and Demon Branch tightly entwined, becoming ever tougher and more powerful.

Emperor Grade·Divine Demon Bow!

In that instant, the intent it conveyed grew a shade clearer, Spirit Branch and Demon Branch, the twin years becoming one: “I!”

Du Yu took down the Divine Demon Bow; as he activated the Demon Soldier Array, he immediately drew a Fire Arrow.

Demon Soldier Array·Tree Shade Arrow!

Fluent and practiced, he lightly pricked the tip of the arrow against his own thigh.

This time, the Tree Shade Array did not appear on his thigh, but instead manifested above Du Yu’s head?

It was a tiny Twin Tree, its entire body pieced together from Fire Demon Breath, exquisitely beautiful.

Du Yu’s expression froze for a moment; before he could carefully look up at the Twin Tree over his head, he realized that all the Cold Qi trying to surge into his body was being blocked outside.

Du Yu was wildly overjoyed!

He immediately turned his gaze, looking for the silhouette of the Flowing Fire Suanni.

“Rumble!”

“Rumble…” The ground shattered, roaring and booming.

Du Yu’s face grew stiff. Looking down, he saw enormous Mud Hands breaking up through the soil one after another!

Deep beneath the earth, as expected, Supreme Mud Po had been hidden away.

Everything was just as Master Qing had said; the Cold Tree had likely been enduring and holding back all along, wanting to deliver a fatal blow to everyone.

But the Cold Tree had never imagined that Du Yu would be this strong, actually nailing its Cold Tree Heart in place by sheer force!

If it had only been a common arrow driven into its heart, that might still be bearable, but this was a Withered Arrow.

A Withered Arrow made from the Life and Death Tree!

“Pa!” “Pa!”

Mud Hands thrust up out of the ground, surging from all directions to press against the Cold Tree.

Du Yu couldn’t help but raise his brows slightly.

Just moments ago, when the Cold Tree was stunned, he’d gone berserk chopping at the roots, hacking that place into utter chaos.

And now, countless Mud Hands braced the Cold Tree, arm upon arm piling into a mountain.

The Youhan Tree actually looked like a banner, planted right at the center of Mud Hand Mountain.

It had the stance of remaining unshakable!

“The Cold Tree has accepted reality.” Celestial Cyan Porcelain said blandly.

“Hm?”

Through the Contract, Celestial Cyan Porcelain watched the scene in Du Yu’s eyes: “The Cold Tree has shifted to a defensive posture. It’s even brought out its final trump card.”

Du Yu nodded: “Indeed.”

In Qingci’s clear, cool voice, there was a faint thread of pride: “The Cold Tree is afraid now, Du Yu. The Youhan Tree has been slaughtered into fear by you.”

Du Yu pressed his lips together, watching Burning Sun True Fire stain Mud Hands one by one.

The vast Mud Hand Mountain was completely set ablaze, yet the Mud Pos didn’t care; they still held the Youhan Giant Wood fast.

The scene was magnificent, and at the same time so very tragic.

Tragic?

Hmph, brutal invaders—what talk is there of tragedy?

Du Yu slowly lifted his head, looking up at the sea of fire covering the Youhan sky.

Within the surging Fire Clouds, truly tragic scenes surfaced one after another.

Outside Xiangcha City, corpses carpeted the ground and blood ran like rivers.

Asa Capital City had turned into a human Purgatory, Mud Flow River devouring struggling, weeping living beings.

Hometowns shrouded in smoke one after another, cities shattered and broken one after another.

Fallen comrades, grieving Demon Pets.

People driven from their homes, people torn apart by life and death, people cruelly torn limb from limb, swallowed alive.

Youhan… Youhan!

Gradually, Du Yu clenched the Divine Demon Bow in his hand.