Chapter 116: The Wooden King of Tianlao Prison

  The two stayed in Troyes for another night and also learned from Roque the outcome of the fierce battle that evening, thanks to which the Starlight Mercenaries only lost a few dozen men.

  They had long since gone through the back door.

  As for the battle against the Wyrmguard and the Black Lotus Cult, it was a brutal one. In the end, the Crown Mercenary Company's garrison in Trol City was left in ruins.

  Weil escaped with severe injuries.

  The Cult of the Black Lotus won, but it was a Pyrrhic victory, with heavy losses.

  That night, Xie Ao Yu and Zi Yan set off towards the depths of the Transverse Mountain Range.

  Deep in the mountains, high-level demon beasts roam freely. Even the lowest level ones are rainbow-grade, making it an absolute forbidden zone. Even if you're a top-tier expert like Ziyun, you'd still be extremely cautious, afraid of running into a heavenly king-grade demon beast.

  "Look, there is no, that is Tianlao Muwang." Ziyan pointed to the edge of the sky.

  Looking far into the distance, but seeing only the distant horizon, there is a tree that touches the sky and connects with the earth. Xie Ao Yu said: "It's no wonder it's the Heavenly Prison Wood King, able to be so majestic, and can also be called the king of wood."

  They continued flying forward.

  Ziyan smiled lightly and said, "It's not called the King just because it's huge, it's the true King, with a fighting strength that rivals the Ten Kings, the mighty Mu Wang."

  "Ah?" Xie Ao Yu stared at the towering giant tree in shock.

  "Just listen to Zi Yan continue: "The Ten Kings are just a human term, but in reality, there are many other powerful beings outside of humans that can be considered on the same level as the Ten Kings. For example, this Tianlao Muwang (Heavenly Prison Wood King), if we say it's at the War King level, then that's not impossible either, because it has existed for far too long, and its true strength is unknown to outsiders. The only recorded instance of it taking action was 2,000 years ago, when it beat up a Heavenly King-level expert who was second only to the Ten Kings, leaving him with a bloody nose and swollen face. From then on, it has been known as the Tianlao Muwang. Besides this Wood King, I once heard my grandfather mention that there is also a Flower King, but they are extremely rare in number. If there were only one Wood King and one Flower King, that wouldn't be strange, but Beast Kings are numerous."

  Xie Ao Yu has a kind of refreshing and open feeling.

  He used to have a narrow view of the world, but now he finally realizes that this sky is really not ordinary at all.

  "The lifespan of magical beasts is generally longer, and it's normal for them to reach the tenth level. But will this Tianlao Muwang give us the Tianlao Mu core?" Xie Ao Yu smiled and said, "As far as I know, the Mu core is something that only ancient giant trees possess after many years, and it's the hardest part."

  "The Tianwang sword, which has reached the level of a wood-attribute treasure, must have its blade made from the core of the Tianlao Wood King. Otherwise, it would be impossible for it to reach the level of a top-grade heavenly weapon." Ziyan said with a smile.

  She didn't say how to get the core of Tianlao Mu either, so Xie Ao Yu didn't ask again.

  As they approached, this was truly what it meant to see the Heavenly Prison Wood King. It was simply an abnormal existence. The first feeling he got from seeing it made Xie Ao Yu feel like he had seen a second Heavenly Connecting Mountain.

  Jie Tian Mountain, it's a mountain that can be ranked among the top five on the entire continent.

  The Heavenly Prison's Wooden King was just that enormous.

  It can be seen how long it has existed.

  "Knock knock knock..."

  Getting closer and closer, but with chaotic footsteps, that is the panicked running sound of the magic beast, only to see countless magic beasts from the position where Tianlao Muwang was, rushing frantically towards the distance.

  Among them were terrifying magical beasts of the highest sacred rank.

  These monsters ran wildly.

  Xie Ao Yu and Zi Yan looked at each other, "What's going on?"

  "It seems that the Heavenly Prison Tree King has become enraged." Zi Yan's slender eyebrows rose, her expression somewhat strange. "Under normal circumstances, the Heavenly Prison Tree King sleeps for 500 years and rarely awakens. Moreover, in its endless life, it appears to have only been enraged no more than three times. What could have provoked it?"

  They gazed out at the Heavenly Prison Woods, but didn't notice that a small white figure, which had been on Xie Ao Yu's shoulder all along and was quite inconspicuous, suddenly flew down from high in the air.

  As soon as it landed on the ground, it turned into a white light and shot out.

  Its speed is so fast that it has exceeded the speed of light, and in an instant, it is thousands of miles away.

  "Roar!"

  A thunderous beast roar echoed from afar after Xiaobai left.

  This roar caused the countless demonic beasts within a radius of tens of thousands of miles to tremble, and even the heavenly king-level demonic beasts were all prostrating themselves on the ground, trembling violently, revealing their fearful expressions.

  It was this roar that caused the heaven-shaking wooden king to shake violently.

  Then a green light beam burst out from near Tianlao Muwang and shot into the distance.

  The green light disappeared, and Xiao Bai reappeared on Xie Ao Yu's left shoulder. It came and went in just a few seconds, and even Zi Yan, who was less than half a meter away from it, didn't notice anything.

  "That's strange, the roar sounds like..." Ziyan muttered to herself.

  Xie Ao Yu said: "The master of the roar seems to be escaping with that green light beam that made Tian Lao Mu Wang angry, sister, do you know what kind of roar it is? What's with the green light?"

  Ziyan's delicate eyebrows furrowed, "I'm not quite sure." She gazed into the distance where the green light had disappeared, muttering to herself: "Could it be that the legendary old guys have appeared? That beast roar seemed like..."

  Until now, Tian Lao Mu Wang stopped his frantic rage.

  The green light disappeared.

  But the aftermath of that beast's roar still lingered, and all the magical beasts under their feet were crouching on the ground. Every single one that dared to move was trembling with fear, even a Heaven King-level superior magical beast that Xie Ao Yu had spotted was lying there motionless, as if waiting for judgment from the source of the beast's roar.

  "What exactly is this beast's roar?" Xie Ao Yu said with a hint of emotion.

  Xiao Bai heard this and smiled with a snort.

  After a while, Zi Yan led Xie Ao Yu to fly forward quickly. They wanted to arrive at Tian Lao Mu Wang's side first, after all, there were Heavenly King-level demonic beasts everywhere now, it was really terrifying.

  They were too tense and didn't notice that even a top-tier demonic beast was staring at Xiaobai with a shocked gaze.

  "You're dead, you're dead, how dare you secretly plot against me!"

  "Damn it! Son of a bitch!"

  An aged voice was bellowing with indignation.

  That is Tianlao Muwang.

  "Sky Prison Wood King!"

  "Hmm? This voice seems quite familiar." Tian Lao Mu Wang couldn't help but judge that on the rough and sturdy body, a gentle old man's face appeared, "Little girl, why do I feel like I've seen you somewhere before?"

  "My mother once brought me to see you, it was over twenty years ago." Ziyan said with a smile.

  "Oh, I remember now. More than 20 years ago, a little girl brought a small child to see me. Ah, yes! You're that little child! Haha, where's that little girl?" Tian Lao Mu Wang said.

  Little girl?

  Nature is just Ziyuan's mother.

  Xie Ao Yu let out a low, mirthless laugh. He figured that in front of Tian Lao Mu Wang, anyone or any beast on the entire continent was probably just like a little kid. Who would have thought that its lifespan was infinite? It probably didn't even know how many years old it was itself.

  "My mother is at home, I came to find you, wanting you to fulfill your promise to our family," said Ziyan.

  Tianlao Mu Wang said, "Has your family encountered a great calamity? No, that's not right. How could I not have any feeling?" As he spoke, Xie Ao Yu felt a strange flow of air fluctuate, but after a moment, he said, "Your family is fine. I just saw the little girl."

  Xie Ao Yu heard this and almost dropped his jaw in shock.

  In just a short while, its sense of touch had extended to an unknown distance.

  This is Tianlao Muwang!

  "I want to forge a heavenly king sword," Ziyan said.

  "Heavenly Prison Woods King bitterly smiled and said: 'I'm afraid it's too late.'"