Chapter 711 Version 1.0 Early Generation!

"A tree?"

High above, fierce winds howled. Zhou Huai sat upright on the plaza-like obsidian back of Magic Dragon Xiao Hei, frowning.

Looking down from above at the alluring phantom emitting a glowing green light below, Arthur's chiseled face tightened.

The other party had condescended to voluntarily dispel the murderous intent of the mutant vegetation all over the sky, and even offered to help him deal with that powerful leader of the Dawnbreaker Guild…

After all this commotion, it turned out to be just to snatch back a tree?

This sounded simply like a poor, cold joke.

The green phantom below saw through Zhou Huai's reaction and wasn't angry at all; instead, she let out a sweet giggle.

"Hehe… Young man, don't look at me with that kind of look as if I'm a madman."

The phantom woman gently shook her fingers condensed from life energy, her voice ethereal, "That is not an ordinary tree that can be seen everywhere in your current world, only used to block the sun and rain."

"Its name is the origin sacred tree."

Speaking of this, the woman's tone rose, and the surrounding vines that were originally violent lowered along with it.

"In the era we once lived in, in that most ancient world, it was the Origin of everything."

"Without it, there would have been no subsequent vicissitudes of life. It can even be said… it is also the initial spark from which all other ruins worlds could be born thereafter."

The initial spark for the birth of all worlds?

Hearing these words, Zhou Huai straightened his body.

The Eyes of the Soul hidden deep within Arthur's azure eyes contracted.

Countless fragmented clues collided and pieced themselves together frantically in his mind!

He suddenly remembered the day Mr. Duan came looking for him at the courtyard in Donghai City.

At that despairing moment of life and death, Mr. Duan had once personally confided to him the greatest secret of this world—the world was facing a systematic grand cleansing called version replacement!

The civilizations and living beings of the old version would all be thoroughly wiped out!

The reason why those ancient ruins hidden all over the world today became ruins was because they were all old worlds eliminated during the version replacement!

Following this logic downwards…

Zhou Huai held his breath, his gaze fixed on the green phantom below.

Since the world where this phantom once lived possessed the origin sacred tree that nurtured other ruins worlds, wouldn't that mean the world she was in was most likely the initial version of all worlds?

Which was the so-called—Version 1.0 Early Generation!

And that origin sacred tree snatched away by Mr. Duan was probably an ultimate Divine Artifact similar to the Origin core of the entire world, or even the materialization of rules!

Put this way, everything made complete sense!

Otherwise, with Mr. Duan's ultra-high vision—who didn't even care about the Divine Artifact [Heaven-Suppressing Seal] and the [Pendulum of Life]—how could he painstakingly and deliberately go to snatch a tree?

And even go to great lengths to keep it by his side and cultivate it personally?

What he wanted was not a tree at all; what he wanted was the Origin of the world!

It was the ultimate bargaining chip prepared to survive the upcoming grand cleansing!

Thinking of this, Zhou Huai shuddered, a chill climbing all the way up Arthur's sturdy spine.

If Mr. Duan was someone who survived from that initial world possessing the origin sacred tree…

Then, just how ancient was the lifespan of this leader of the Dawnbreaker Guild?

"Eight times…"

Zhou Huai muttered to himself in his heart, gritting his teeth tightly.

According to the Laws of this world, coupled with the quest prompt issued by the System, a full eight world version replacements had been experienced during this period!

Every version replacement was a world-destroying catastrophe that wiped out all living beings of the old world.

Yet that Mr. Duan had lived intact until now right from the primeval world, spanning a full eight eras!

What a long time span this was!

To play chess with such an ultimate old monster who had lived for countless epochs and witnessed the vicissitudes of life, he actually previously vainly attempted to set up a fatal trap using a few Clones?

It was simply ridiculous to the extreme!

"Roar—"

The Abyssal Magic Dragon Xiao Hei beneath him felt its master's state.

It restlessly twisted its massive body, spitting out two streams of black sulfur sparks from its golden vertical pupils, and let out a low roar, attempting to dispel the gloom for Zhou Huai.

The phantom woman below keenly captured Zhou Huai's daze.

She was very satisfied with Zhou Huai's reaction of being shocked by the truth of the world, and on that face whose facial features could not be seen clearly, a bewitching smile appeared.

"How is it?"

The woman's voice drifted into Zhou Huai's ears along with the fierce wind, "Now, do you understand why I want to retake that tree?"

"Interested in truly cooperating with me once?"

She opened her arms formed of green light and shadow, slowing down her tone, "I can assure you that looking at the filthy current world today, only I can rapidly enhance your strength."

"Only with my help can you survive this upcoming grand cleansing, and truly have the ability… to deal with that high-and-mighty Mr. Duan!"

Facing this highly tempting sugar-coated cannonball, Zhou Huai blinked.

He recovered his rationality.

He admitted that the secret of the origin sacred tree had shocked him, but he was definitely not the kind of fool who would obediently take the bait just because someone casually painted a grand blueprint.

"Stop trying to fool me with these empty promises."

Arthur's low voice resounded in mid-air, piercing through the other party's painted skin.

Zhou Huai manipulated the shell of this Western man, looking down at her and questioning:

"As far as I know, that Mr. Duan is a Transcendent who can ignore space, ignore attribute Laws, and whom even the rules of heaven and earth cannot bind!"

"He has long surpassed the limit of SSS-rank, reaching a dimension that simply cannot be measured by conventional logic!"

Zhou Huai sneered, heavily slamming the spear in his hand onto the back scales of the Magic Dragon, "And what about you? You don't even dare to walk out of this ruins, and can only hide in this dark corner manipulating a few vines."

"Where on earth do you get the confidence to brazenly say you can make me strong enough to deal with a Transcendent?!"

These words struck right at the heart.

However, facing Zhou Huai's sharp mockery, not only did the green phantom not get angry, but she burst out into violent laughter once again.

"Hehehehe…"

Her laughter grew louder, laughing so hard she rocked back and forth.

"A Transcendent? Surpassing the limit of SSS-rank?"

The phantom woman laughed so hard that even her sultry body trembled violently, and the surrounding vines also twisted frantically along with it.

Suddenly, her laughter came to an abrupt halt.

She raised her head, her voice low, throwing out a blockbuster that was enough to completely overturn Zhou Huai's existing cognition:

"Young man, did you get something wrong?"

"Do you really think… that fellow was able to break the shackles of the Heavenly Dao and become a so-called Transcendent based on his own pitiful ability?"