Evolution Begins With A Big Tree

Chapter 574, A Monster Not Belonging to the Previous Era

Translator:  Ashish

Translation Checker: Silavin

“You, you bastards…” Milton furiously roared, disregarding attacks from Golden Ant and Brewmaster. Instead, his eyes were locked onto the girl playing the flute behind Brewmaster.

[Only this wretch can truly harm me! While others too might injure me, there is a world of difference between a physical pain and an agony to ones’ Soul.]

As this thought crossed his mind, Milton gritted his teeth and kicked the ground, pushing through their assault straight towards the girl controlled by Aurora, causing Golden Ant and Brewmaster’s pupils to shrink. 

He was extremely fast, so fast that others couldn’t even react.

Even when Golden Ant’s punch landed on him, blasting through half of his body, he continued charging, roaring in pain.

Thanks to the tenacious vitality provided by his Fishmen Bloodline, he could easily recover from physical injuries. However, the injuries to the Soul truly injured one’s Quintessence, giving him no room for negligence.

*Roooaaar…* With another roar, amidst the overwhelming onslaught, Milton transformed into a crazed Shark, leaping out of the blood-stained ocean.

It was bloody and terrifying, and sent chills down one’s spine.

“Aurora…”

“Sis…”

Brewmaster and Golden Ant screamed one after another, their expression changing drastically at the same time.

Yet in this moment, Milton remained oblivious to the trembling petals of the Five-Color Spirit Flower on the girl’s shoulder, which seemed to mock him in silent disdain. 

“Go to Hell!” Milton’s corner of his jaws rose, outline a cruel smile, as his right hand assumed a claw form, clawing straight towards the girl’s head, while a shadow of Shadow appeared around him.

However, just at the next moment, as if sensing something, his face suddenly stiffened.

Right at this moment…

A murmur rose from somewhere unknown, filling the air.

“Instant…” Just at the drop of these words, Heaven and Earth trembled before the vast expanse of the surroundings seemed to freeze at a pace visible to the naked eyes.

The wind ceased, the grass came to stand still. Even the clouds in the sky stopped moving, frozen on the spot.

Everything returned to calm. Even the blood-red flames burning around Golden Ant seemed to pause, with a trace of anxiety still visible on his face.

Beside him, Brewmaster was also wearing a worried expression.

However, the most crucial was Fishmen King,-Milton. Even someone as powerful as him was frozen in this instant.

Additionally, a trace of horror was also visible on his face.

Simply because, just as he became aware of what was happening, it was already too late.

In an instant, a thought blossomed, a thought dissipated.

In the moment of blossoming and fading, lay the cycle of life. And within this life, time silently passed.

This was Instant, an extremely terrifying talent that allows the user to freeze the time of an entire space at the expense of a million Spiritual Energy.

“Three breaths…” murmuring, the colorful and vibrant Spirit Flower swayed gently, slowly blooming, revealing a Willow Leaf wrapped in the heart of the Flower.

This was a Divine Artifact refined by the Divine Tree for her.

It was also a rare Tier-4 Artifact in Misty Mountains.

Over the past three years, after having been nurtured day and night, this Willow Leaf had long merged with her, becoming an integral part of her body.

And now…

*Swoosh…* Silently, this prismatic Willow Leaf rose into the air, gently rotating, before pressing against Milton’s forehead, which was mere inches away.

Faintly, one could see a trace of blood overflowing.

At that very moment…

*Booooooooooom* With a thunderous clap, the world started revolving once again. Wind started howling, and the clouds rolled back.

Milton’s face, on the other hand, was struck with horror. However, before he could react, he felt a sharp pain in his forehead.

Immediately after, a slowly rotating prismatic Willow Leaf entered his sight, seemingly intending to pierce through his forehead.

[No, no…] Milton cried out  in his heart, his limbs turning cold. A sense of unprecedented crisis had filled his mind. In this instant, he even smelled the breath of death.

However, just at this moment, before Milton could do anything, he felt a sting in his back before a stabbing pain, piercing through his heart, overwhelming him.

“Uh…” His face instantly turned pale, and he slowly lowered his head. The next moment, a faint purplish claw, resembling a sickle, entered his sight.

“What’s this!?” Before he could ponder where it emerged from, his body shook violently.

With a swoosh, the prismatic Willow Leaf pierced through his forehead.

*Thud, thud, thud…* Milton stumbled backward, his face filled with disbelief.

Though his tenacious vitality prevented him from dying right away, he could feel his consciousness slowly fading away.

At this moment, all he wanted to know was who, when he was preparing to resist that Willow Leaf, completely dashed his last hope.

With this thought in mind, Milton, clutching his chest and holding back the blood in his mouth, slowly turned around, before a Purple Mantis, of the height of an average Human, entered his sight.

Its entire body was enveloped in a faint gloom. And its eyes flickered intermittently, exuding a coldness devoid of any emotion.

“What is this?” Milton was perplexed for the first time, because he was unable to recognize the Purple Mantis.

Even in the previous era, such a thing had never appeared.

With his heritage, Milton could naturally discern that this creature did not belong to the previous era. In other words, this kind of fearsome creature had been born in this world without anyone’s knowledge.

A bitter smile appeared on his lips. He knew that this was a justifiable loss.

The Purple Mantis had approached him without him even noticing. Furthermore, it ignored his defenses and pierced through his heart.

An ambush from a monster like this was always lethal.

However, just then, noticing that Milton was still quite alive, Zi Lian’s figure flickered through the air.

The next moment…

*Squilish…* His sickle-like arm ruthlessly pierced through Milton’s heart once more.

*Spurt…* Unable to hold on any longer, Milton stumbled backward, spurting a massive amount of blood, unable to get up again.

However, Milton had no idea that the moment the blood he spurted fell on Zi Lian, his expression changed drastically.

He appeared to be excited and thrilled.

Immediately squeaking in excitement, Zi Lian turned his gaze to the nearby Aurora.

“En.” Aurora promptly comforted with a nod.

Seeing this, Zi Lian no longer hesitated, and pounced at Milton.

*Crunch, crunch…* Amidst hair-raising chewing sounds, Zi Lian started undergoing mutation at a speed visible to the naked eye. A faint purplish glow even emerged from him.

His sickle-like arms became sharper, gleaming with even darker and deeper gloom.

His wings, thin as cicada wings, also grew wider, seemingly able to withstand even quicker and fiercer outburst.

However, what was most eye-catching were the purple scales that had appeared all over his body. They looked like Fish Scales, invisible yet making Zi Lian appear even more mysterious and extraordinary.