Chapter 725: How to Cooperate?

Zhou Huai reined in his aura, suppressing more than a dozen kinds of Law fluctuations beneath his shell.

The surrounding space could not withstand this mass, producing subtle distortions.

Chun stood a few steps away, her emerald eyes rolling.

She waved her hand to dismiss the vine barrier in front of her, looking at the young man who had completed his transformation before her.

"Now, we are qualified to discuss the upcoming plan." Zhou Huai spoke.

Chun did not answer, slowly walking to the calmed pool of life, looking at the light and shadow reflected on the water's surface.

"Today, the strongest individuals within the eight major ruins are appearing successively."

Chun turned around, her dark green long hair fluttering in the breeze, and looked at Zhou Huai as she asked: "Why do you think we were able to revive from tens of millions of years of slumber once again?"

Zhou Huai thought for a moment and said: "Isn't it to unite and deal with the will of heaven of this world together?"

After all, you all belong to the remnants of the old era. The Heavenly Dao wants to cleanse this world, and the enemy of an enemy is naturally a friend."

"Friends?"

Chun shook her head and laughed.

"You think too simply of Duan, and too nobly of him."

Chun put away her smile: "That madman Duan has never placed his bets on others."

"He went to great lengths, sparing no effort to bear the backlash of the Heavenly Dao, breaking the shackles of the rules, and allowing us monsters of the old era buried by the years to revive one after another. The reason is simply not to look for any helpers!"

Speaking of this, Chun stared into Zhou Huai's eyes and said: "There is only one reason why he made us revive—and that is to absorb all the top powerhouses that once existed in this world!"

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Huai took half a step back.

"Absorb?"

"That is correct!" Chun sneered, "What he wants is the power of Origin that has precipitated in the bones and blood of our people for countless years!"

Only by devouring all these Laws and powers of the old era and integrating them into his long-transcended shell can he possess the capital to truly confront the will of heaven head-on!"

Boom!

Zhou Huai froze in place.

No wonder!

No wonder the System suddenly issued him that ultimate challenge quest named [Chaos of the Eight Directions], demanding him to quell the chaos in the eight ruins around the globe!

It turned out that the System, or rather the will of heaven of this world, had long since perceived Mr. Duan's crazy conspiracy!

This was borrowing his hand to guide him to resolve the ancient powerhouses who had just awakened in those ruins and were still in a state of weakness ahead of Mr. Duan!

This was a naked interception!

As long as he pacified the ruins, he could not only weaken the power of the monsters of the old era, but also directly cut off Mr. Duan's supplies, fundamentally stopping Mr. Duan's terrifying absorption plan!

Zhou Huai summoned the System's quest panel in his mind.

His gaze crossed those beating asterisks and stopped on the quest progress bar hidden at the very bottom of the panel.

Zhou Huai held his breath.

"Quest progress: 2 / 8…"

How could it be 2 / 8?!

Zhou Huai clearly remembered that previously, he was only at the bottom of the Abyss of Mist ruins, borrowing the Great Sage Li Er's Word of Law, conforming to the Heavenly Dao thunder to blast to death that skeleton monster claiming to be the Human Emperor.

Logically speaking, his pacification progress should only be 1 / 8!

Where did this suddenly extra number 1 come from?!

Zhou Huai swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and a thought formed in his mind.

Mr. Duan had already started moving!

During the period when he was hiding in this Simon City Ruins to reshape his shell, that old monster wearing a gray windbreaker had already gone to another certain ruin and successfully devoured an ancient powerhouse!

The Heavenly Dao System was fair and also ruthless.

The chaos of the ruins had been pacified, but because it was not solved by his own hands, the System directly judged that the quest for that ruin was closed!

What did this mean?!

This meant that he had abruptly lost a chance to draw the guaranteed professional orb!

"Fuck…"

Zhou Huai clenched his teeth.

That was an SSS-rank professional orb!

Even though he had now stepped into the threshold of transcendence and was no longer limited by panel data, the Law Origin and those Heaven-Defying skills attached to the SSS-rank professional orb were still priceless treasures!

Just like that, one was gone right before his eyes!

Zhou Huai clenched his fists.

Only now did he truly realize just how perverted the difficulty of this world-class challenge quest had reached.

Not only did he have to face those ruin powerhouses who had lived for who knows how many years, but he also had to race against time with that super-dimensional monster, Mr. Duan!

If his movements were even half a minute slower, let alone the guaranteed SSS-rank orb, he wouldn't even get to drink a sip of soup, and in the end, he could only watch helplessly as Mr. Duan devoured everything and then crushed the entire world along with himself!

He could no longer wait!

Zhou Huai straightened his spine.

His gaze shifted and fell on Chun, who was not far beside him.

Wasn't the person in front of him one of the strongest individuals in the eight major ruins?

Since time was so pressing, and since the goal was to pacify the ruins…

Should he… use her to practice first?

As long as he killed her here, or forcibly carried out Fusion and absorption, would he be able to complete one progress and get that dream SSS-rank orb?

As soon as this dangerous thought popped up, Zhou Huai's fingers curled slightly.

However, how acute was the perception of Chun, who had lived for countless years.

She detected Zhou Huai's movement.

"Giggle giggle…"

Chun did not step back, covering her mouth as she laughed, and the coercion carrying the fresh fragrance of vegetation radiated outward.

"You guy, what is up with that look in your eyes?"

Chun's pair of emerald eyes stared at Zhou Huai, "What? Could it be that you feel the targets outside are too far, and you want to use local materials, getting rid of me now that I've served my purpose?"

Having his thoughts exposed to his face, Zhou Huai remained silent without committing himself.

"What a ruthless and realistic man."

Chun sighed, her fingers toying with a strand of hair hanging in front of her chest: "Just after unlocking the high-dimensional shackles with my help and completing the Fusion of so many Clones, you turn around and want to use your benefactor as a sacrifice?"

She took a step forward, drawing close to Zhou Huai, and a pleasant scent rushed toward his face.

"You little fellow, you forgot a very important matter."

Chun's red lips parted slightly: "Your mother is the core of the origin sacred tree, and I am an ancient tree demon who was able to take human form relying on the protection of the sacred tree. Reckoning it up, we are of the same Origin, symbiotic and sharing the same lineage."

"According to seniority, you must obediently call me aunt, you know? Is there any logic where a nephew harbors murderous intent toward his aunt?"

Zhou Huai dry-coughed and loosened his clenched fingers.

What the other party said was correct; she had indeed helped him a tremendous amount.

Besides, Chun knew the secrets of the ancient era like the back of her hand, and she was much clearer about the situation of the other ruins than he was. Since she was willing to cooperate with him to deal with Mr. Duan, she was a rare and super helper to him.

Falling out and tearing faces right now was the most foolish approach.

"Alright, put away that seniority rhetoric of yours trying to take advantage."

Zhou Huai said: "Mr. Duan has already started moving, and my quest progress just changed; he has already devoured one of the targets."