“Let’s go.” As he spoke, he lifted his leg and crossed the shattered gate in two or three steps.

Fatty quickly followed. After Lin Moyu left, the Undead Servants vanished in an instant.

As if they had never appeared at all, the two gatekeeper puppets, having lost their opponents, returned to their posts on either side of the gate to stand guard.

Their mission was to guard the gate; whether the gate was intact or broken was none of their concern.

They were merely puppets, devoid of intelligence and incapable of thought.

They only acted according to orders. Crossing the gate, he stepped onto the grassland.

Ahead lay an ancient, dense forest. Deep within the forest, amidst the clouds and mist, a spire-like palace was vaguely visible.

Fatty pointed at the looming palace. "That is the center of Tianxu Palace." Lin Moyu looked at the spire-like palace.

He felt a vague sense of familiarity. At the same time, he also saw the due boat that had arrived from afar, now parked atop the spire.

The power of the Great Dao permeated the area around the spire, drifting freely like clouds. Within it, Lin Moyu spotted a fellow.

It was skulking inside—none other than the Steward. Although the Steward lacked a physical form…

…and could merge with the power of the Great Dao, making it difficult to detect, it possessed a soul.

As long as it had a soul, it could not escape the Eye of the Undead. The Steward had never imagined that its existence…

…would be discovered just like that. "How lively!"

Lin Moyu chuckled.

The Steward's goal was indeed the center of Tianxu Palace. Fatty didn't understand. "What's lively?"

Lin Moyu smiled. "Nothing. Is that the ancient forest of the palace ahead?"

Fatty was distracted by the change of topic. "Yes, this is considered the interior of Tianxu Palace."

"If you want to go to the center, you have to cross the ancient forest. It's very dangerous in the ancient forest." Lin Moyu asked:

"What specific dangers are there? Tell me about them." Fatty shook her head.

"I only know it's very dangerous, but I don't know what the specific dangers are…" Well, another half-baked answer.

Fatty's purpose was just to point the way; one shouldn't expect to get much information out of her.

It wasn't that she wouldn't say, but that she didn't know herself. They walked to the front of the ancient forest.

Ancient trees were rooted in the earth, scattered in a staggered yet orderly fashion. These trees must have existed since the day Tianxu Palace was built, surviving for countless years.

They were thick and tall, seemingly grown to their limit. Compared to them, the ancient trees seen in the small garden earlier paled in comparison. Every single ancient tree…

…possessed combat power at the Eternal peak. Furthermore, given the characteristics of these ancient trees, every one of them had countless branches and roots.

They could evolve into warriors or turn into weapons. Once unleashed, they could completely seal off the ancient forest. At that point, it wouldn't be a matter of how many people there were.

No matter how many Undead Servants there were, it would likely be difficult to push through. After all, no matter the quantity, there was always a limit to how many could actually reach the front and participate in the battle. Lin Moyu only had to imagine it to be certain that the Undead Servants couldn't break through. This feeling was just like surrounding an enemy with Undead Servants…

…and the enemy being unable to rush out. Now, he wanted to rush in, only to find he couldn't.

Moreover, the palace's ancient forest wasn't as simple as just these trees. Under the Eye of the Undead, all these ancient trees possessed souls.

Their soul strength was similar, but in the positions closer to the center of the ancient forest, there existed even more powerful souls.

The strength of those souls had completely surpassed the Eternal level. Lin Moyu judged that they should be at the half-step Chaos level.

There were ten such souls. Furthermore, in the place closest to the center, there existed an even more powerful soul. This soul was the true difficulty. Now, there were two methods available for Lin Moyu to choose from.

The first was to continue using Gather Power to boost himself to the Chaos Realm and use the Great Dao World-Destroying Palm to clear a path, blasting his way in. The other was to find a way to break the deadlock. Since the Lord of Tianxu Palace had arranged it this way, there must be a way to break it; it just depended on whether he could find it. Lin Moyu speculated on the intentions of the Lord of Tianxu Palace.

Chapter 4225: Experiment After Experiment

Since entering Tianxu Palace, he had been dealing with Divine Talismans and formations. Clearly, the Lord of Tianxu Palace wanted to find someone familiar with formations. He had cracked a portion of them, and subsequently, he planned to overturn the chessboard.

He didn't want to follow the thoughts of the Lord of Tianxu Palace anymore. Since things had come to this, he might as well go all the way.

Lin Moyu decided to force his way through, but not entirely by relying on the Gather Power technique. A massive number of Undead Servants were summoned, densely occupying the sky and the ground. Although the palace's ancient forest was vast, it really couldn't withstand the sheer number of Undead Servants.

Hundreds of billions of Undead Servants surrounded the ancient forest, encircling it tightly.

Looking purely at the numbers, the quantity of Undead Servants was not at all less than the ancient trees in the forest; in fact, it was even greater.

But in terms of individual combat power, the Undead Servants were slightly inferior. Lin Moyu then took out the scepter of calamity.

Such a good opportunity was rare; it would be a waste not to conduct an experiment. Fatty didn't understand Lin Moyu's words, but when she saw the scepter of calamity, she felt a sense of horror. She zipped back over a hundred meters, her voice several decibels sharper than usual.

"What is this?" Lin Moyu chuckled. "My magic treasure."

Fatty stared fixedly at the scepter of calamity. She had a feeling that if she were hit by it a few times, she would likely die. Her main body was incredibly sturdy; Fatty had never thought that she would one day be shattered by something. Now, she no longer thought so. The scepter of calamity had given her a new realization.

With a thought, Lin Moyu activated the scepter of calamity. As his strength grew, manipulating the scepter of calamity became much easier; he could basically control it as he pleased. The four gems lit up one by one.

Then, the balance gem shone brilliantly, enveloping a large area of space. At least one-third of the ancient forest was covered by the light of the balance gem.

And even more Undead Servants were covered. The balance gem bloomed with its own radiance. Within the range covered by its light, the rules were rewritten. The aura of the Undead Servants began to rise, while the aura of the ancient trees in the forest began to fall.

The ancient trees came alive one after another. They seemed to have been greatly stimulated, with countless branches dancing in the void.

Fatty also cried out at the same time, "What is going on? Why has my power weakened?"

Lin Moyu chuckled. "Don't panic, this is a normal change."

Fatty knew it was Lin Moyu's doing—or accurately, it was Lin Moyu's magic treasure's doing. But Lin Moyu was the master, and she was just a servant. Whatever Lin Moyu wanted to do, she could only obey. Fatty didn't say anything more, just stared fixedly at the scepter of calamity. She was deeply wary of this magic treasure.

The ancient trees awakened from their slumber. They quickly locked onto the source. Countless branches pierced the void. Swish, swish, swish! The branches tore through space, lashing out toward Lin Moyu.

Lin Moyu was the instigator of it all, so he was naturally treated as the primary target of the attack. Without needing Lin Moyu to act, the Undead Servants already stood before him, blocking all attacks for him.

The combat power of the ancient trees exceeded that of the Undead Servants. Normally, it would be difficult for the Undead Servants to block their attacks; it would take at least dozens or even hundreds of times more Undead Servants forming a meat shield to barely block the attacks.

But under the effect of the balance gem, the power of the Undead Servants rose, and the power of the ancient trees fell accordingly. Both sides were kept at the same level and were now deadlocked. The Undead Servants blocked the ancient trees' attacks.

Subsequently, the portion of Undead Servants affected by the balance gem charged toward the ancient forest. They turned into sharp blades, thrusting into the ancient forest as if to disembowel it.

The ancient trees waved their branches, and endless roots rushed out from beneath the earth, dancing in the void like a city wall, firmly blocking the Undead Servants. This scene was exactly as Lin Moyu had anticipated; neither side could do anything to the other.

Even by using the balance gem to bring both sides' combat power to the same level, the Undead Servants still couldn't break through the ancient forest head-on.

There were far too many powerful ancient trees in the forest, with countless branches, while only the first few layers of Undead Servants could play a role.

Branches evolved into ancient tree warriors to battle the Undead Servants, and the roots turned into large shields, guarding the ancient forest airtight.

Lin Moyu slowly ascended, looking down at the ancient forest from above. When the Undead Servants and the ancient forest engaged in a large-scale conflict, countless Divine Talismans lit up within the forest. Each Divine Talisman evolved into a formation, and these formations intertwined into a giant formation group.

It connected the entire ancient forest into one, which allowed the power of the ancient trees to communicate and gather, making it impossible to break through even at a single point.

Lin Moyu also knew the true solution to this situation: to crack this grand formation and use the formation to counter the ancient forest.

This was the arrangement of the Lord of Tianxu Palace and the correct solution to this chessboard. Lin Moyu, however, did not want to solve it that way.

He had his own ideas. He was overturning the chessboard; why would he follow the chess moves you set?

Cracking this formation was merely a matter of time for Lin Moyu. He had already found a train of thought after just a few glances.

This formation did not exceed his own level of formation mastery, and there was nothing worth learning, so there was no need to waste time on it.

He would follow his own ideas, using this ancient forest and its endless ancient trees to conduct an experiment of his own. The balance gem continued to shine, causing the entire battle to fall into an eerie state of equilibrium.

Neither side could do anything to the other. Then, wisps of an unusual aura rose from Lin Moyu's body. A power that did not belong to the Great Dao, but rather surpassed the Great Dao, sprouted from within Lin Moyu's body and quickly fell onto every Undead Servant. Chaos Technique: Strong Soldier!

A powerful technique of the same level as Gather Power, it could raise all summoned creatures by one realm.

Although it was only a minor realm, it was enough. Under the effect of the balance gem, the Undead Servants, who had originally just touched the Eternal level, had reached a relatively high level within the Eternal level, close to touching the Eternal peak.

And those ancient trees in the forest, which should have been at the Eternal peak, had their power drop significantly due to the balance gem, falling from the peak. Now, they were also at a level close to touching the Eternal peak. Lin Moyu used the Strong Soldier technique.

The combat power of the Undead Servants surged, suddenly reaching the Eternal peak, just a hair's breadth away from the half-step Chaos level.

However, the balance gem did not suppress the combat power that the Undead Servants had gained, allowing them to maintain the balance.

In other words, the Chaos-level Strong Soldier technique was not limited by the balance gem.

The combat power of the Undead Servants immediately surpassed that of the ancient trees. The original balance was broken. The Undead Servants began to break through the defense woven by the ancient trees bit by bit and killed their way in. This was the experiment Lin Moyu wanted to conduct, and the results were very gratifying.

With this, he had another trump card. The Undead Servants, combined with the Strong Soldier technique and the balance gem, would have their combat power greatly increased. The defense woven by the ancient trees was completely shattered, and the Undead Servants tore open gaps from different directions.

Squads of them killed their way in. The ancient trees were instantly battered and riddled with holes, as the attacks of the Undead Servants rained down like a storm.

Countless cracks appeared on the ancient trees, and then they crashed to the ground. Although the tree trunks were broken, the roots still possessed powerful combat strength and could continue to fight. The Undead Servants showed no mercy.

They broke through the earth, killed their way underground, uprooted these ancient trees, and then chopped them into pieces.

The ancient trees had powerful vitality. Even if seven or eight out of ten roots were destroyed, they still didn't die and could continue to fight. The Undead Servants, however, were exterminating them, leaving nothing behind; they would not stop until they were dead.

Finally, some ancient trees were killed. At the moment of death, they let out mournful cries, and their Soul Fire extinguished. Lin Moyu chuckled, "The next experiment can begin!"

Chapter 4226: Sweeping Through

The ancient trees died in battle. Their corpses quickly decayed and turned into dust, but even as dust, there was still residual matter. For Lin Moyu, that was enough.