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Up until now, Sophia's crows and Black Crow Clan's crows have yet to confront each other directly.

Invisible black crows fly within and outside Tianyuan City, their blood-red pupils watching every passerby, monitoring everything.

...

At roughly the same time.

Inside the Black Crow Clan.

The High Priest of the Black Crow snorted, "I never expected that the Orochi Clan would request the Orochi himself to take action. With this, our Black Crow Clan has been busy only to end up making a wedding dress for someone else."

An elder consoled, "Tianyuan City isn't easy to deal with either. Having the Orochi take action makes things more secure. Otherwise, with just us and the Blood Tree King, we might not be able to handle Tianyuan City. Even if we could, the losses would probably be significant."

The High Priest was of course aware of this.

Otherwise, he would have contested with the Orochi Clan for the position of leader at all costs. Their Black Crow Clan also had their own backer, Lord Night Raven!

Now, the High Priest only hoped that the human Tianyuan City would be strong enough that it would require the Orochi himself to personally make a move to take it down.

Otherwise, if just the spread of the Great Blood Tree Forest and the combined efforts of their two clans were able to bring down Tianyuan City, wouldn't he have just handed the throne of the Great Domain's master directly to the Orochi Clan's High Priest for free?

"Tianyuan City, oh Tianyuan City, give this High Priest a bit of a challenge, won't you."

...

Inside the Orochi Clan.

The Orochi High Priest spoke with respect, "Judging by the time, it's been two to three hours since the Blood Tree King began using his methods. By now, the Great Blood Tree Forest should have spread to the outskirts of Tianyuan City, engaging in combat with it."n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

The details were unclear to him.

However, two to three hours ago, the scouts from the clan had reported signs of disturbance.

Afterward, communication with the scouts was lost.

All the scouts they had sent around the vicinity of Tianyuan City had lost contact.

"Tianyuan City's reconnaissance is extremely powerful. Even Fang of the Jackal Wolf's Legendary Realm's surprise attack ended in failure. It's quite normal that our Orochi Clan's scouts can't escape the eyes of the humans."

"If it were Black Crow Clan's top-tier scouts, they might have been able to bring back some information despite Tianyuan City's tight defense. It's a pity..."

But it didn't particularly matter.

As long as he was aware that the Blood Tree King had started using special methods, that was enough.

Even without seeing the scene, he could estimate the general situation.

"Tianyuan City is not to be underestimated. The encroachment of the Great Blood Tree Forest will probably... still not cause any crippling destruction to Tianyuan City."

"However, as long as it ties down Tianyuan City for a while and attracts their attention so they cannot spare any effort elsewhere, that would suffice."

With utmost respect, the Orochi High Priest said, "My lord, we can begin our plan now."

...

Tianyuan City remained calm inside.

Outside the city, with the help of the Reconnaissance Sky Eye and Sophia's crows, the defense battalion was able to capture scouts from one to several at regular intervals.

Scouts were being captured one after another, without end.

Sophia had even caught a few minor scouts on the outskirts of the Great Blood Tree Forest.

At this moment,

The blood mist high above the Great Blood Tree Forest gradually thinned out, but at the forest's core, at the site of the Blood Tree King's remains, the blood mist became even denser, as if all the mist drifting from other areas had converged there.

A thick blood cloud was slowly forming.

Blood drops began to fall, soon turning into a torrential downpour of blood rain.

As the blood rain hit the ground, it splashed everywhere, forming red rivers that flowed loudly, with hints of exotic treasures slowly emerging.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

At the center of where the blood rain fell stood a towering tree more than a thousand meters tall.

It was Tree Demon Granny.

Now, as the other Treemen had returned to their senses, the shells that had extended via their network had already collapsed, only leaving Tree Demon Granny manifesting an external avatar through the Life Seed, rooted in the land as if she herself had descended.

Its body had grown hundreds of meters taller than it had been a few hours earlier.

Its branches and leaves shimmered with specks of bloodlight, with the green foliage displaying translucent blood-colored patterns that spread within like human blood vessels.

Unlike the Blood Tree King, it did not grow countless blood pupils or have bizarrely twisted growths or pustules all over its limbs.

From a distance, it appeared fairly unchanged.

Up close, one would find it just a tad... otherworldly.

Under its lush canopy, there lurked large blood-red fruits. These fruits were enormous, beating like hearts, thumping as if something was being nurtured inside.

Suddenly, a blood-red fruit, swollen to several meters in diameter, dropped to the ground with a thump.

A dark reddish-brown arm pierced through the fruit from the inside and grabbed the torn edge, violently ripping the entire fruit open.

A tall, ten-meter figure stood up from the ruptured fruit.

It resembled a human female, its curves visible even though it was smeared with slime.

Its eyes were crimson red, its hair like tree roots. After the slime fell away, the surface of its body showed rings of blood markings, like the growth rings of a tree.

Its fingertips were sharp like honed wooden spikes, and on its back buds spread out, gradually forming a pair of dark red wings.

"Crimson Tree Demon"

"Note 1: A mutated form of the Forest Guardians, shedding the cumbersome and inconvenient body from their Guardian phase, gaining high mobility and flight capabilities while retaining powerful strength and resilience."

"Note 2: The Crimson Tree Demon, cultivated by Tree Demon Granny from the essence of blood, possesses superior potential and the ability to exist permanently."

"Note 3: However, compared to the Forest Guardians, the Crimson Tree Demon has extremely poor absorption efficiency for Earth's Force and the power of vitality, only becoming highly effective in absorbing flesh and blood. Additionally, it has developed a side effect of bloodlust."