Evolution Begins With A Big Tree

Chapter 1117, A Fatal Assassination

Translator:  Ashish

Translation Checker: Silvain

The First Tower of the World was the most elite assassin organization in this vast cosmos.

And as an assassin organization, it could actually stand on equal footing with top-tier factions like Demon Court, Angel Star Domain, and Titan Star Domain.

One could only imagine how deep the waters ran behind it.

However, no matter how deep its water was, over the past decades, Demon Court had still managed to uncover some of First Tower of the World’s secrets.

[The Shadow Clan…] Coldly snorting in his mind, Yu Zi Yu gazed at the eerie glow closing in on his True Body, the Immortal Tree, an icy-cold intent filling his eyes.

The Shadow Clan was an extremely mysterious and terrifying race.

They were adept in hiding, and were uniquely gifted in the art of assassination.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was a race born to assassinate

And now, the figure approaching Yu Zi Yu was undoubtedly none other than the Master of the First Tower of the World, and also the Patriarch of the Shadow Clan, the Shadow Lord.

As for the true source of Yu Zi Yu’s deep sense of crisis, it was naturally the ultimate legacy of the Shadow Clan, the Shadow Blade, an Imperial Artifact.

However, it was not just any Imperial Artifact, it was among the rare few crafted purely for slaughter.

It provided no defense.

It provided no secrecy.

All it possessed was the terrifying power to kill its target in a single strike!

Just a single glance at the incoming dark glow made Yu Zi Yu’s pupils shrank sharply.

[As expected, this Artifact is forged for pure offense. Its additional effects alone are enough to send chills down one’s spine.]

If Yu Zi Yu somehow got wounded by it, even if he wasn’t hit at a vital spot, he would still be pushed into an abyss of no return.

Not to mention other things, just the ‘Dark Corrosion’ alone would cripple his Immortal Tree’s recovery by more than half.

Though Yu Zi Yu was confident in his Immortal Tree’s regenerative abilities, he did not dare assume they could outmatch the devastating effects of the Shadow Blade.

Thus, he absolutely couldn’t… absolutely couldn’t let this Imperial Artifact touch him.

As this realization sank in, Yu Zi Yu narrowed his eyes at the approaching death strike.

Right at that moment…

“Don’t bother struggling… you can’t stop this fatal strike,” a hoarse, raspy voice whispered in Yu Zi Yu’s ears, as the Master of First Tower of the World, holding the Shadow Blade, curved his lips into a slight smirk.

He had waited far, far too long for this moment.

First, the Nether God, clad in Nether God Armor, had been used to restrain Yu Zi Yu.

Then, he had manipulated the Elemental Clan’s King of Lightning, who wielded the Book of Elements, to distract the Demon Court’s Lord.

And he, leveraging the unique abilities of the Shadow Clan, had hidden deep within the darkness.

Only after infiltrating to such a close distance did he unleash a fatal assassination strike.

This strike carried the full power of the Shadow Lord.

This strike was made after awakening the Imperial Artifact—Shadow Blade.

This strike radiated a dazzling brilliance of pure death.

…

Suddenly, an abyssal, dark radiance bloomed in the starry void.

The sudden flash of radiance evoked the feeling that it was devouring all light, like a black hole.

However, upon closer inspection, it became clear that it was merely a flash of cold gleam from the edge of the Shadow Blade.

The moment this cold gleam made an appearance, a surge of Shadow Energy erupted from the Shadow Blade, rippling outward in waves of gloomy radiance.

One after another, the ripples spread far and wide, extending tens of thousands of meters across the starry expanse.

“Die!” Roared the Shadow Lord, swinging the Shadow Blade.

He could already envision the Divine Tree withering, its Life Force drained away.

And indeed, anyone struck by his Shadow Blade, whether it was a God or Devil, would fall.

This was a dagger forged to slaughter the living.

This was a blade that existed solely for the kill.

This was the Shadow Blade, the most terrifying Imperial Artifact whispered about in the shadows.

*Booooom…* Its razor-sharp edge, radiating an eerie, dark glow, was already upon Yu Zi Yu’s Immortal Tree Form, giving the impression that it would pierce through everything.

Even Yu Zi Yu felt a chill course through his entire being.

However, at this very moment, the Shadow Lord failed to notice that in the distance, a seemingly inconspicuous Colossal Tree, composed entirely of interlocking gears and exuding a futuristic aura, suddenly trembled ever so slightly.

The tremor was almost imperceptible, and yet, within that minute disturbance, the gears within the tree began to churn rapidly.

*Ka-cha… Ka-cha…* The mechanical whirrs made by their rotations was inaudible to the outsiders

And the moment these gears started spinning, an invisible ripple swept outward.

In an instant, the wind stopped blowing…

The planets started rotating…

Everything in the world had completely frozen, as though time itself had been frozen.

However, within that frozen moment—

“Ha ha ha…* Yu Zi Yu’s calm chuckles echoed through the starry voice, as his gaze locked onto the motionless figure before him.

Only then did he truly discover that the figure was shrouded in darkness, making it impossible to discern its visage.

Only a pair of abyssal deep eyes remained visible, like twin black holes.

“Unfortunately, you overlooked one thing, I’ve also embarked upon the Dao of Time…”mumbled Yu Zi Yu.

Meanwhile, the colossal Lightning Tree nearby also started stirring.

Its countless branches twisted and entwined about each other, weaving into a massive spear crackling with lightning.

Simultaneously, Yu Zi Yu’s Tree of Myriad Forms contorted as a blood-red Heavenly Eye slowly opened on his trunk.

Each of Yu Zi Yu’s five Divine Trees had its own purpose.

The Timeless Tree primarily provided support.

The Divine Lightning Tree specialized in offense.

As for the Tree of Myriad Forms, it had no fix form. It was an embodiment of infinite transformations.

And now, it had unveiled one of its rarest and deadliest abilities—the Heavenly Eye.

Meanwhile, Yu Zi Yu’s Immortal Tree Form also reacted instantly. Its countless branches wove together to form layer upon layer of shields, standing as an impenetrable defense.

…

In fact, it wasn’t that the time had been frozen, rather, Yu Zi Yu had accelerated his own time, detaching himself from the natural flow of the Starry Sky’s timeline.

In this state, he had all the time he needed to prepare.

Naturally, neither the Shadow Lord nor the other mighty beings could perceive it.

To those who had never touched upon the mysteries of time, its subtleties were imperceptible.

After all, Yu Zi Yu had only accelerated himself, not his enemies.

If he had frozen them, their immense power would have allowed them to detect the anomaly—or even break free.

But now? Yu Zi Yu had merely hastened his own movements. It would be stranger if they noticed.

…

Meanwhile, in the far off depths of the starry void, hidden within a distant dimension, a Crimson Dragon woke up from her slumber.

Her golden eyes widened in shock, and an expression of utter disbelief flashing across her face.

“This… is Time…”

However, before she could finish…

*Booooom…* A deafening roar broke her out of stupor, while the world snapped back to its original flow.

The wind started howling once again.

The planets started rotating once again.

And the energy flowed once again, unhindered and unrestrained.

Everything has returned to normal.

Even the dark, abyssal glow of the Shadow Blade had started drawing even closer to Yu Zi Yu.

And yet, in that very instant, the Shadow Lord was utterly dumbfounded.

The Nether God, watching from afar, was also dumbstruck.

Even the King of Lightning, who was wrestling with Yu Zi Yu for control over the Elements, was stunned.

Simply because, at that moment, they all realized that Yu Zi Yu’s speed had increased exponentially—so much so that his movements became a blur even to their eyes.

And within his blurred movements, the Shadow Lord spotted an impenetrable wall of countless intertwining branches, layered upon one another, shielding Yu Zi Yu’s Immortal Tree.

At the same time, in the distance, the colossal Divine Lightning Tree unleashed an extremely condensed spear, spanning kilometers.

On another side, a crimson light suddenly erupted, transforming into a beam of blood-colored radiance, shooting straight toward the Shadow Lord.

…

At this moment, it no longer seemed like the Shadow Lord had launched a fatal assassination.

Rather, it looked as though Yu Zi Yu had long been prepared.

The Shadow Lord was nothing more than prey walking into the jaws of a predator.