Stout vines mixed with blood-red and blue-gold, extending from the aging vaults down the columns of the cathedral.

Verdant, vigorous branches and leaves ripped through the walls, countless fibrous roots pierced the pool of sacred water on the high platform, and pale red water accumulated on the ground.

The left side of the church shows a kind of distorted prosperity, while the right side is a decay and decay. The vines are gray and dead, the murals on the walls are discolored and peeling, and the dust of unknown composition has piled up on the ground.

And in the bosom of those fibrous roots, there are thirteen oval-shaped white cocoons more than two meters high. The fibrous roots of life and death connect those cocoons, and it is difficult to tell whether they are blood vessels that carry nutrients or needles that suck life.

Ye Sheng, Aki, and Raymond faced such a scene, the muscles of their whole bodies became stiff, and their thoughts seemed to be frozen into ice.

Aki's gaze subconsciously moved to the hilt of the dagger, the silver emblem, the half-decayed World Tree.

The feeling they feel at the moment is like SpongeBob SquarePants accompanying Pai Daxing to catch a jellyfish, but he accidentally finds Lalaye, and the big octopus in the deep sea is slowly opening its eyes.

Raymond had a bunch of advanced words starting with f, s, and d, but as he stared at the giant tree that was gradually taking shape, he lost all ability to speak.

Only then did they notice that the statue inside the church was not the Virgin and the Child, but a faceless humanoid dragon. His wings were crossed over his chest in a transversed cross.

The murals depict not classic Bible stories, but bloody battlefields of dragons, bloody thrones forged from swords and dry bones.

"That's, what?"

Ye Sheng gritted his teeth hard, dispelling the illusions that surged in his brain, and continued to restrict Neva's movements.

"You already know the answer, don't you? No need to ask questions, use your soul to listen to the call of your ancestors. ”

The dragon's blood burned and boiled, urging them to throw themselves into the arms of the great tree, to become one with Him, to be His nourishment or to receive His gifts.

"This is not supposed to exist...... Why did you bring us here? ”

Neva was half-kneeling on the ground, not caring about Aki's dagger against his own point. She looked back at the three graduates of the Kassel Academy, her eyes full of sincerity.

"You are compatriots! Although you have taken the wrong path, your blood will eventually lead you back to the shade of your ancestors.

Moreover, the members of the secret party who betrayed their own bloodline are the most perfect witnesses of this ceremony! ”

The three of them looked disgusted. The students in Kassel are devotees of all kinds, but they do not believe in dragons.

There was a gurgling sound from the giant cocoon under the tree, and small cracks appeared on the outer wall of the cocoon, and the body of the cocoon began to shake slightly.

In a dull roar, the two giant cocoons on the left were violently torn apart, and the cyan dragon claws tore through the cocoon shells. The newborn dragons stretched their bodies wantonly, their broken membranous wings stretching out behind them like feather fans.

The crimson golden light made the hearts of the three of them beat wildly, and the incomparably skilled spiritual power gradually collapsed in the suppression.

Two pure-blooded dragons, big trouble.

"Bless your new life."

Neva smiled and congratulated the two members of the Listening Heavens.

Not much of a human element can be found in them anymore. The blue-black shield-shaped dragon scales wrapped every inch of skin, the limbs turned into sharp dragon claws, and the bones of the whole body were spurted.

The curvy, clear-eyed dragon was their priest, Veronica.

The aging "cleaner" Oberto also got rid of his decaying body and hatched to obtain a near-perfect dragon body.

Veronica put on a black priest's robe and walked towards Neva with light steps. The trio were like enemies, and they couldn't tell what kind of creature was in front of them.

As she moved forward, the blue-black dragon scales gradually faded and shrunk into fine scales the size of a grain of rice, no different from the appearance of human skin.

When all of the dragon's signs subsided, Veronica returned to being a gentle priest who was harmless. But her bloodline has undergone irreversible changes.

"The evolution has been smooth. Following the guidance of the tree is like having a long dream.

Previous injuries have disappeared with the human body. Your eyes can be healed, soon. ”

The priest's fingertips touched Neva's blind right eye. These hurts will disappear with the age of mankind, and they will become the first generation of the new God's chosen people.

Oberto tried to chant the spirit of words, and instantly drained most of the water vapor in the vicinity, and tons of high-pressure water compressed and accelerated around him, and when it exploded, it would turn into an indestructible barrage of water.

The effect of Spirit Vortex has increased several times as the bloodline evolves. On a rainy day, the vortex can destroy an entire street.

"Half-bloods?"

"That's right. But we prefer another name, the new dragons. ”

Pastor Veronica sat down on the pews in the church and kindly motioned for the three of them to relax, as if they hadn't seen them holding their companions hostage.

"As far as I know, the Secret Party came up with a concept, the Critical Blood Limit, and wrote the stupid Abrahamic Deed of Blood."

"It seems that your education conditions here are quite good."

Raymond whispered.

"The reason why the half-bloods have not been able to break through the critical blood limit and evolve towards our ancestors is because you have betrayed your bloodline.

To cross the critical health limit, all we need is the right key. And our God is restoring this key. ”

Ye Sheng's pupils constricted. This is simply a fantasy, there is only a bottomless abyss after the critical blood limit, this is the belief that the secret party has adhered to for thousands of years.

And the believers of these dragons actually said that they had easily crossed the critical blood limit. Is it the half-decayed tree, what the hell is it?

"The path of the gods?"

The topic of blood explosion was once noisy in the academy, and Ye Sheng heard Luo Yin mention this term. The original name of the Blood Explosion Technique, the Path of the Gods.

"That's right, the severed path to the gods. Half-bloods are a race that moves between heaven and hell, and the path to heaven has been cut off.

But the break of the path to the gods is by no means irreparable, and our gods have the means to repair it. ”

Veronica's gaze shifted to the half-decayed tree. It was a miracle that they could not comprehend, a real miracle.

"And at what cost? I don't believe there is such a good thing in the world, dragons will help hybrids to complete their evolution. ”

Ye Sheng shook his head. The scene in the church is full of weirdness, and there is something dirty hidden in this "beautiful" evolution.

"The price? That may be the price. ”

The priest gestured to the remaining cocoons that had not yet hatched.

The first cocoon burst open, but the third evolver did not emerge from it. A puddle of colorless and transparent solution flows out of the cocoon.

The second, the solution. The third, the solution......

It wasn't until the seventh cocoon that the hideous claws poked out of the outer wall of the cocoon, but the creature that came out of it did not have the beauty of a dragon at all. It inherits only ferocity and brutality.

It does not have the scaly wings of dragons, but instead has a fan like a giant bird, and the bones are connected by bare fascia and no feathers.

The slender claw blades served the killing, and the blood-red eyes were filled with a faint gold. The thick joints make it look like a combination of a bird and a reptile, but the most unusual thing is its face, a human face.

This thing is a product that was casually thrown out halfway through its evolution, combining the characteristics of birds, dragons, and humans, and there was only a violent desire to kill in its blank pupils.

"The body of a human-faced bird, the legendary bird......"

The monster hatching in the cocoon exudes an extremely ominous aura that makes them want to wash their eyes.

"Over thousands of years of reproduction, almost all living organisms have dragon genes in their bodies, but the amount varies greatly. And most of the individual dragon genes are recessive and not expressed.

tree, He can judge the potential of the individual. Useless life is absorbed directly by the root system, and potential life is given the opportunity to evolve.

The few individuals who have successfully evolved will become his true people, and the rest will become nourishment, or obedient soldiers of some use. ”

Veronica clapped her hands lightly, and the newborn owl vibrated its black bony wings, its claws clasping the church bench.

"Nourishment? You use humans as nourishment for that tree?! ”

"Don't get so excited. In His judgment, humanity is just a mistake, and the world, this age, is the product of an accidental error.

Humans are the objects he wants to eliminate, and the only place in the future world that the tree has built is the new dragons.

We've probably cleared out more than 4,000 sinners, all of whom we've used as nourishment for the tree.

God tells us that the tree is in a broken state, and that He needs a huge amount of nutrients to complete it. But the execution plan always has to be gradual, doesn't it? ”

Raymond listened to the priest's calm narration, and a strong feeling of vomiting developed in his throat.

These people have completely abandoned their human identity, putting the most basic sense of morality under their feet and trampling it repeatedly.

That half-decayed giant tree may hide the most evil alchemical rituals. It uses human beings as nourishment, and penetrates the path of the gods through unknown principles.

A strong sense of fear welled up in Ye Sheng's heart. He could not imagine what sinful fruit this tree would bear if its existence were known to the whole world.

Why did Neva bring them here? Because she believes that even the secret party will eventually fall into the arms of the tree.

He believed in himself, in Aki, and in Raymond, who had a big nerve, but Ye Sheng was not sure if human nature could withstand such a test.

Standing in their place now should be a peerless dragon slayer, who will do everything to completely cut off the tree that should not exist. But they are only scouts, and it is very difficult for weapons and spirits to deal with even three or four generations.

"I love this land, it's so beautiful. The clear sky and sea, the gentle wind, the forest and the mountain stream, the rising sun from the top of the mountain.

So what makes this place a bottomless abyss? War, colonization, medicine, human greed, endless cycles of ethnic hatred......

Manpower alone is no longer able to save it. Our ancestors and gods, the Tree of Miracles, will reconstruct the world based on this city! ”

Ye Sheng was not in the slightest affected by the priest's fanatical, distorted narrative, and must always be vigilant against all possible dangers.

"Raymond!"

Ye Sheng and Aki twisted Neva's wrists, closed their eyes and pressed down.

A burst of 4,000 lumens of blazing light made it impossible for attackers to aim.

While Veronica preaches the path of evolution, the old killer Oberto wanders around them, looking for the right angle.

The reddish vortex of the water split and exploded, and the high-pressure water in the shape of a needle shot like a salvo of bullets, punching dense holes in the bench. Part of it is reflected on the wall, and the angle is more difficult to judge.

"Crawl back! The scope of the blazing sun is large, and we retreat to the gate first. ”

Ye Sheng issued an order through the Serpent Device in the group, telling Raymond to keep the Blazing Sun Realm still, and they retreated towards the edge of the field.

Raymond snorted, and a bloody hole was punched in the side of his waist. When this spirit erupts, the current becomes more dangerous than a rain of bullets.

Ye Sheng took out the goggles with one hand and observed the condition of the gate. But in the direction of the original gate, there is only a high white wall with no roof in sight.

He was stunned for a moment, and immediately released the snake group for detection and imaging. The brain hurts sharply, and the serpent's domain is disturbed by a more powerful one.

But Ye Sheng still barely saw that the front was indeed the gate.

"Illusions, we are affected by illusions! Stimulation with pain. ”

Outside the massive ball of light, Oberto hovered above the blazing realm, his eyes squinting. He hadn't released the Spirit of Words yet.

The priest recited the dragon in jerky, and she was lucky enough to obtain the second word spirit after breaking through the critical blood limit.

As we first spoke, she continued to release hypnosis. No strong psychological cues were applied, but the perception of the three of them was gradually dulled, leaving them unaware of the second spirit.

Speech Spirit Senro, capable of creating extremely realistic illusions, but not as lethal as the advanced Dream Tapir.

The trio bit the tip of their tongue and were slightly awake under the stimulation of pain. Raymond realized that he was not injured, and that their hostages were saying something loudly, but they couldn't hear it just now.

"Be careful! She's reporting the coordinates! ”

But it was too late, and arrays of high-pressure water burst vertically, piercing the hands and feet of the three men. The current was thin, but the piercing force was strong enough to make them lose the ability to fight back.

Neva retracted the scythe and reflexively elbowed Ye Sheng, then locked his joints.

"From the beginning, you couldn't have had a chance.

Welcome to all of you. ”

One tall shadow after another shrouded the defeated trio. The last of the people of the sky and the wind have arrived in their king's city.

The overlapping Long Wei put the hearts of the three of them under great pressure.

"Humans, dragons are never needed to save them! The world you want to reconstruct will only be a hundred times worse than the old dragon days.

Dragons only see people as hard work, and they will not change after 'evolution'......"

"Stop. Do you think you know the whole picture? That's just a small part of what I told you.

Now, return to the bosom of the tree and reflect slowly in His shade. Pray that you have the potential to evolve, or else you will become the nourishment of His complement. ”

Communication was still cut off, and they struggled with all their might, but they couldn't think of a way to get the information out.

The fibrous roots touched the bodies of the three men, growing a fungus-like filament, enveloping them.

Ye Sheng and Aki clasped each other's hands at the last moment, sealed in a giant cocoon, and fell into a long dream......

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