"Mr. Ye, are you sure the destination is here?"

Anjie and an old researcher following her ascended the city wall.

Looking at the massive oasis below, their faces were filled with confusion.

Clearly, even Ye Qiyan understood how strange it was for a giant oasis to appear in this world.

Let alone the native humans like Anjie who lived here.

Even so.

The appearance of an oasis undoubtedly gave the vast majority of people in the city a sense of hope.

In just a short while, many people had already volunteered to go there to collect important resources.

Wood, water, food, even an insignificant blade of grass.

This was something Anjie could not stop.

Perhaps everyone knew there was danger within this oasis.

But so what.

Maybe the resources obtained from this trip to the oasis could help them survive the next natural disaster.

Ye Qiyan did not stop them from entering the oasis.

However, he also didn't need anyone to protect or follow him.

Not long after entering this oasis, Ye Qiyan parted ways with White Snow City's exploration team.

"This place is so normal it's abnormal."

Called an oasis, this area was actually more like a tropical rainforest.

But the difference was, there were no animals here, not even insects.

In the silent forest, only the gurgling water flow and the rustling of leaves swept by the wind were exceptionally clear.

Ravens and the Goshawk circled in the sky, but found no traces of danger.

Guided by that sapphire-blue gem, he arrived deep in the oasis, in front of a towering tree.

The coordinates weren't that precise, only a rough range.

Finding it would require some effort.

"Logically, a Card Sequence's Barrier covers a large area. If it's not on the ground, then it's below? Or maybe..."

Ye Qiyan looked up and down at the towering tree before him.

"A tree this big, if it's hollow inside, it really could hide a Barrier."

Rustle—

A gentle breeze blew.

The sound of the leaves seemed to become inexplicably violent.

Rustle—!

Right below Ye Qiyan.

Sharp roots suddenly protruded, aiming to pierce him through.

Unfortunately, Ye Qiyan had been on guard since entering this oasis.

The Wandering Star Holy Sigil activated automatically. With the sound of a gunshot, only a few black light feathers drifted down where he had just been standing.

"I knew it. It wouldn't be that simple to get it. And, there really is a problem here."

A crisp snap echoed through the forest.

Celestial Comet Drive—!

The silver-winged malevolent star roared beside Ye Qiyan.

He flew into the sky.

What met his eyes.

The entire oasis was in a frenzy of agitation.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!

Countless green vines continuously attacked.

Dodging and weaving, he easily avoided all the attacks.

This was not a human oasis, but a living forest.

"Eve, come out and start a fire."

He made a grasping motion with his palm.

The Armament Space opened.

Eve, which he had deliberately placed inside earlier, was summoned.

The ring [Flower of Evil], crafted for him by Menrojina's people, would coat all attacks with a layer of malicious flame.

Perfect for dealing with this wood.

All thirty-six weapon slots opened.

All weapons extended from the space, forming what looked like a pair of wings pieced together from weapons.

Full firepower unleashed.

The Evil Flame attached to them.

It followed beside Ye Qiyan, shattering all the thorny vines that tried to attack.

Purplish-red flames rose.

The scorching Evil Flame spread outward from this point.

The forest was restless.

From within, a batch of special plants, metallic in color, rose from the ground, trying to completely isolate these flames.

"Because you're afraid of fire, you grew special fire-resistant plants? Quite interesting. But, what if it gets bigger?"

Ye Qiyan took out the Storm Eye Stone and held it in his palm.

A fierce wind began to spread outwards from him as the center.

The wind carried the Evil Flame, forming a fiery tornado similar to the one Ye Qiyan had seen in the Wasteland.

The sky was dyed red.

The crackling sounds were like the forest experiencing death.

"Caw— Caw—"

Demon Ravens circled in the air.

Their pitch-black eyes constantly scanned everything around.

"Caw!!"

It let out a shrill cry.

Ye Qiyan looked in the direction it was staring.

In the forest that had turned crimson, a large number of plants were converging towards one direction.

There, it was the towering tree he had just seen.

The burning tree slowly pulled its roots from the soil.

Countless surrounding plants made contact and fused with it, until it transformed into a giant, humanoid tree monster.

Its arm, composed of numerous vines, extended and compressed, turning into a giant whip.

"Roar—!"

It swung horizontally.

The surrounding air was twisted and compressed by it, trying to split apart the storm Barrier Ye Qiyan had opened, which was fused with the flames.

Unfortunately.

It couldn't do it.

"I thought it would turn into something else. Even though it's a monster, it still wants to transform into a human shape? Looks like... similar to the Steam King? No, probably inferior."

Ye Qiyan snapped his fingers again.

"Eve, Overdrive Mode, stack."

"Overdrive Star!"

Explosive armor manifested on Eve's body.

It flew to an even higher altitude.

The pair of armed wings behind it shone with stellar radiance.

It advanced at extreme speed, leaving a brilliant blue streak of light in the air.

With all armaments deployed, attacks coated with the Evil Flame instantly opened several holes in the giant tree monster's body.

"Roar—!"

A verdant wave of energy surged from within the tree monster, trying to repair the injuries on its body.

But under the Overdrive Star, how could Eve's attacks be so easily blocked?

It was indeed big.

But.

Big does not equal strong.

Eve charged forward through the sky full of vines, advancing with attacks from all its weapons.

The Great Compassion Heavy Machine Gun and the Six-Round Ice Vein Cannon smashed downwards, plunging straight into the tree monster's body.

Then!

Open fire!

The tree monster began to crumble. Its massive body frantically tried to stop Eve.

But.

It was useless.

The forest emitted an angry, painful, and despairing cry.

A malice named disaster surged from the ground towards Ye Qiyan.

In the tree monster's final moment before falling.

It gathered all the energy within its body into one point and hurled that giant wooden whip towards Ye Qiyan, who was leisurely eating popcorn and watching the battle from the air.

However.

When Ye Qiyan casually summoned the Scoundrel from the Armament Space, the two shields transformed from the Divine Core intercepted this wooden whip, parrying it!

The wooden whip flew back, quite coincidentally plunging into the tree monster's body.

As the Flower of Evil's flames continued to spread.

As green turned to scorched earth.

"Why do I feel like the bad guy here?"

"But never mind. The thing I'm looking for was actually burned out by this fire."

Where the tree monster fell.

From within its body, a complete, round, transparent Barrier fell to the earth.

Inside it, an altar shaped like a tree was particularly conspicuous.

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