174: The Thunderfire Palace, capable of altering cause and effect! Hunting the Tree of Souls!

Buzz!

In the darkness, a golden light burst forth.

The Thunder Fire Hall deployed by Su Lie gradually grew larger within the glow.

In the blink of an eye, the Thunder Fire Hall occupied 90% of the entire rooftop area.

The entrance of the great hall was directly facing the gate of the Shelter.

Buzz!

At this very moment, the airflow surrounding the Shelter trembled slightly.

Su Lie was delighted to see streams of fiery light flowing from the surroundings and gathering into the gourd-shaped decoration atop the Thunder Fire Hall.

Simultaneously, the golden glazed tiles on the roof of the Thunder Fire Hall began emitting a faint golden light.

"Good heavens!" Su Lie exclaimed.

He strode toward the Thunder Fire Hall.

Creak!

When Su Lie pushed open the door of the Thunder Fire Hall, he saw an Eight Treasures Caisson Ceiling on the floor in the center of the hall.

The Caisson Ceiling occupied two-thirds of the entire hall.

It was as if Su Lie were standing upon the ceiling of the Thunder Fire Hall.

He looked up and saw that there was also an Eight Treasures Caisson Ceiling on the roof.

The Dragon and Phoenix at the center of the two Eight Treasures Caisson Ceilings were gazing upward at each other.

The Dragon was located in the Caisson Ceiling on the ceiling, while the Phoenix was situated in the Eight Treasures Caisson Ceiling on the floor.

Surrounding the two divine beasts were layers upon layers of intricate bracket sets.

Exquisite patterns were engraved onto the bracket sets.

Within these patterns was a network of lines resembling flames and thunder Runes.

These networks converged to form a complex and massive set of Mist Runes.

At this moment, as the Thunder Fire Hall absorbed the fire energy from the air, streaks of firelight erupted from the Dragon's mouth.

The firelight poured downward onto the Phoenix's beak, transforming it into pure flame.

Su Lie was repeatedly stunned by this wondrous spectacle.

[Buzz!]

The moment he touched the Eight Treasures Caisson Ceiling, a panel of flowing light appeared before his eyes.

The panel displayed two functional modules.

One was Dual Thunder-Fire Launch, and a red warning marker appeared on this module.

[Warning: The Thunder-Fire Dual Orbs of the Thunder Fire Hall are 0, this module cannot be used!]

Su Lie looked at the second module, "Resolve Calamity."

Buzz!

After he clicked into it, he saw that everything connected to him by karma was displayed.

First, those with the greatest karmic ties were the numerous Survivors.

Most of these Survivors had communicated with Su Lie, or even purchased his resources.

The karmic lines among them were both red and white.

Next were the Mist Phoenix Clan, the Angel Clan, the Holy Skeleton Clan, the Secret Source Insect Demon Clan, and all other races that Su Lie had killed or encountered.

The karmic lines of these races were relatively faint, almost imperceptible, yet there was a streak of red within the lines.

Judging from these karmic lines, these karmic connections were all relatively weak.

However, the most blazing line, which was still emitting light, was singular.

That was the Moon Serpent!

The karmic tie between Su Lie and the Moon Serpent was more intense than he had imagined.

Moreover, this line was the softest and purest white.

Second to that was the Soul Spirit Tree.

He had two karmic connections with the Soul Spirit Tree: one with the Soul Spirit Tree in his own secret garden, which was dense, intimate, and displayed white light.

The relationship with the Soul Spirit Tree outside the city wall, however, was red light, indicating greater danger.

"The redder the light, the deeper the enmity between us! The lighter and whiter the light, the more harmonious our relationship!"

Su Lie gathered some information from this observation: "But I only saw the Moon Serpent once and completed a single Opportunity Mission; why is the karmic tie so deep?"

Wait!

He suddenly recalled the notification he had just received about killing the Pollution Worm.

"The Pollution Worm didn't die immediately after eating my bait; it was killed by the Moon Serpent! If the Moon Serpent hadn't been involved, the Pollution Worm wouldn't have died at all!"

Su Lie realized this was a possible reason.

This might be why his connection with the Moon Serpent deepened.

With this thought, he actively touched the line.

[Buzz!]

[Erasing this karmic line requires consuming 1 billion Mist Points!]

[Your points are insufficient! Cannot execute this operation!]

"Incredible!" Su Lie's eyes lit up upon seeing this.

He then looked toward the Mist Phoenix Clan, placing his hand on the faint karmic line that looked like it would break with a single touch.

[Buzz!]

[Do you wish to consume 1 million Mist Points to resolve your karmic entanglement with the Mist Phoenix Clan?]

[Note: A member of the Mist Phoenix Clan is detected under your command.

This Resolve Calamity operation can change your karmic relationship with the Mist Phoenix Clan from a weak hostile relationship to a neutral relationship!]

"Forget it!" Su Lie shook his head.

He did not yet have any profound feelings regarding this karmic enmity.

Spending a million Mist Points at this moment was not wise.

Furthermore, he was still very weak, completely disregarded by these powerful Mist Monsters, and protected by the mist rule.

The crisis brought about by karma was not the most important thing for him right now.

He currently needed to upgrade the Shelter by all possible means.

He wanted his life in the Mist World to be not only worry-free but also comfortable.

Therefore, the matter of Resolve Calamity could wait until later.

With that, Su Lie left the Thunder Fire Hall.

When he stepped outside, he noticed that the air outside seemed much colder than inside the Thunder Fire Hall: "The Thunder Fire Hall can lower the temperature by absorbing fire energy?

I wonder how much the temperature will drop when the Blazing Flame Disaster arrives tomorrow!"

"However! I cannot place all my hopes on this great hall!"

"I still need to continue executing the plan!"

Having said this, Su Lie came down to the ground.

After making some preparations, he led the team up to the city wall.

At this moment, the surrounding Mist had become extremely thin.

In the ruins of the wilderness ahead, the massive and complex branches of the Soul Spirit Tree were clearly visible.

"Attack!" Su Lie issued the attack command to the Black Tortoise Army led by No. 4.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

In an instant, the Black Tortoise Army launched an attack against the Soul Spirit Tree's branches outside the city.

Once the Soul Spirit Tree was enraged, the Black Tortoise Army hurled corrosive red dates one by one.

After the red dates burst, they transformed into a thick, corrosive Mist.

This caused the Soul Spirit Tree's branches to be rapidly corroded and broken off.

The intense pain caused the Soul Spirit Tree to howl relentlessly: "Ah! You damned bastard! I will fight you Undying!"

"Kill!

Kill!

Kill!"

"I'm going to exterminate you!"

... It angrily waved more branches, striking toward the city wall.

After the branches entered the corrosive Mist, their bark was scorched and continuously corroded, causing the Soul Spirit Tree even greater pain.

The more pain it felt, the angrier it became, and the angrier it became, the more it wanted to swing its branches and destroy Su Lie's Shelter.

Thus, a painful feedback loop was created by the maddened Soul Spirit Tree.

At this point, Su Lie, accompanied by 5 members of the Chess Piece Squad, 170 Little Skeletons from the Black Tortoise Army, and 25 Little Skeletons from the Exploration Team, all donned Invisibility Cloaks.

Using the power of the hover boots, they silently leaped through the air toward the area where the main trunk of the Soul Spirit Tree was located.

"Attack!"

Following Su Lie's command, the Little Skeletons first threw large amounts of Strange Fragrant Chestnut and Wonder-Scent Burst-Thud Fruit at the Soul Spirit Tree.

They immediately revealed themselves one hundred meters in the air.

As they descended, Su Lie and the Little Skeletons used the Hover Skill again.

This time, they hurled all their remaining corrosive red dates toward the trunk of the Soul Spirit Tree.

Because the Soul Spirit Tree had focused all its attention on the Shelter, it did not anticipate Su Lie attacking from the air, causing it to be startled when Su Lie threw the items.

Immediately afterward, the Soul Spirit Tree frantically urged the surrounding branches, whipping them toward Su Lie and the Little Skeletons.

Just as the branches were about to strike them, Su Lie and the Little Skeletons immediately entered the Invisibility state via the Invisibility Cloak's command.

At this point, some Little Skeletons had already fallen onto the forks of the Soul Spirit Tree's branches.

Because they had all entered the Invisibility state, they triggered the Invisibility Cloak's Untouchable effect.

This caused the Soul Spirit Tree's attack to hit empty space, inflicting no harm on Su Lie or the Little Skeletons.

But!

The scent of the Wonder-Scent Burst-Thud Fruit and Strange Fragrant Chestnut compelled the Soul Spirit Tree to uncontrollably devour the two fruits.

This made it ignore the descending corrosive red dates.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

In an instant, nearly 100 million corrosive red dates burst open.

The corrosive Mist quickly condensed into a cloud, enveloping the lower half of the Soul Spirit Tree's trunk.

The intense corrosive power burned the Soul Spirit Tree, making it howl in agony.

This caused a large number of roots and branches to thrash about wildly.

As the Soul Spirit Tree struggled, a large number of buildings in the ruined city were destroyed.

Before long, once the Little Skeletons reached a safe area, they took out their machetes.

They immediately began chopping at the Soul Spirit Tree's branches.

Swish!

Swish!

Thanks to the machete's 'Cut in Two' effect, a large number of Soul Spirit Tree branches were directly severed and fell to the ground.

The pain of severed limbs deepened the Soul Spirit Tree's suffering.

What completely caused the Soul Spirit Tree to lose its mind was the power of the Wonder-Scent Burst-Thud Fruit taking effect at that moment.

This caused the main trunk of the Soul Spirit Tree to be petrified and frozen amidst continuous explosions.

This also caused the Soul Spirit Tree's consciousness to gradually fade away.

About half an hour later, Su Lie, who was collecting the Soul Spirit Tree branches in the ruins, paused slightly.

A notification from the mist rule leaped into his sight.

At this moment, he saw the galaxy-like blue light spots on the Soul Spirit Tree suddenly all extinguish.

[Buzz!]

[Congratulations on successfully killing the Soul Spirit Tree!]