Death Notice

“Thump! Thump!” As the third heartbeat sound rang out, with Qin Lun as the center, all plants within five hundred meters trembled slightly. Space seemed to pause for an instant, the entire forest appeared to be gathering strength like a sprinter before the start.

“Ah…” Qin Lun, who maintained the posture of pounding the ground with his fist, had bulging blue veins crisscrossing his face. He suddenly raised his head and let out a ferocious roar.

With this roar, centered around dozens of birdcage vine pillars, the trees in this area exploded with sudden growth. It seemed as if hundreds of years of growth were compressed into a brief moment.

Countless thick tree trunks bent and drooped down like willow branches. Huge tree crowns plunged into the soil, then emerged from another spot, surging outward like waves. Branches from numerous towering trees intertwined like giant arms holding hands, seemingly trying to completely seal off and fill this area.

Many ancient trees that bloom once every few decades sprouted giant buds on their branches and trunks, small as washbasins and large as millstones. These buds slowly unfolded, filling the forest with a rich, fragrant floral scent. Pink and pale yellow pollen enveloped the entire area like a mist.

Looking down from above the forest, centered around Qin Lun and the others, a vibrant giant green fortress was forming within hundreds of meters.

Wood Element Ninth Rank peak magic—Tree World Descent!

“Go!” Casey shouted loudly, leaping through the forest without looking back, charging toward the outside. Around him, countless plants surged forward like ten thousand galloping horses. The light visibly darkened rapidly as this forest area was closing swiftly.

Randy and Aaron’s eyes shone with intense light as they silently followed behind “Ghost Child.” The cubic barrier Randy had set up earlier had already broken like a soap bubble.

“Please take us with you!” Fink cried out desperately. With their strength and speed, they simply couldn’t escape this area before the Tree World closed up. “One each!” Randy and Aaron exchanged glances, both seeing the gloom in each other’s eyes. Their plan this time had failed. If they gained nothing at all, it would be too miserable.

Seeing Randy and Aaron suddenly turn back, Fink was overjoyed, but then his face darkened as he glanced back at Kael who was lagging behind.

Kael’s face was pale. The backlash from using the “Flamingo” martial technique earlier hadn’t completely subsided. He stood calmly in place, appearing to have given up on escape.

“Sorry!” Fink and Yu Mo gritted their teeth hard and rushed toward Randy and the other two.

“Tch, Casey the fool didn’t take even one person with him. What a pity about the equipment and items on that Martial Artist!”

Randy and Aaron exchanged glances, secretly curling their lips. They weren’t kind enough to rescue Fink and Yu Mo. It was just that their gains didn’t match their efforts this time, so they could only take it out on these two poor fellows afterward to slightly comfort their wounded hearts.

…

At this moment, compared to Casey and the others fleeing in disarray, Qin Lun instead fell into greater danger. He finally understood what Master Vima meant by “high spiritual power requirement.”

When the first heartbeat sound of “Tree World Descent” rang out, more than half of the magical power in his body disappeared. When the second one sounded, his magical power was completely depleted, with still a significant gap remaining. Whether it was Silvermycin, Royal Jelly, or healing crystals, they were merely a drop in the bucket, completely unable to make up for the huge consumption within his body.

Then, Qin Lun discovered that “Tree World Descent” was actually drawing from his soul power—Soul Lifespan!

Due to resurrecting Frank, Qin Lun now had only 50 points of Soul Lifespan. If it ran out, he would surely die, which would be worse than having Hill launch “Water Dragon Wave” to seize a slim chance of survival. However, just as he wanted to stop the magic, he found he couldn’t.

He could activate this ninth rank magic, but to freely control its activation and deactivation, as well as its range and power, required the spiritual strength of a high-rank Magician.

This was the main factor Master Vima wanted to warn him about. This magic was too heavily influenced by casting materials and forest terrain, making it difficult to estimate its exact power. It could only be regulated through spiritual power.

Originally, “Tree World Descent” wouldn’t affect such a large forest area. But under Qin Lun’s unconscious indulgence, influenced by the Ancient Tree of Wisdom leaf bud and birdcage vine pillars, this magic appeared before them in a form beyond everyone’s imagination.

40, 20, 10, 5, 3… Qin Lun’s Soul Lifespan quickly diminished. His Law Body visibly decayed, his beautiful Elf silver hair rapidly lost its luster of life, and his skin and muscles atrophied and dried up, actually transforming toward the appearance of a mummy.

Was he going to die? At the final moment of his life, Qin Lun’s heart instead grew calm. He only felt his eyelids growing heavier, darkness spreading before his eyes. The sounds he heard became somewhat unreal, hazy as if coming from beyond the heavens.

At the far end of this darkness, a point of bright light was shooting toward him, seemingly like the entrance to heaven!

Heaven? How could a Serial Killer go to heaven! Qin Lun smiled self-mockingly and calmly moved toward the light.

“Boom!” The darkness before Qin Lun’s eyes suddenly vanished, bright light re-entering his vision.

Before him appeared a grassland under a starry sky, with a giant towering ancient tree at its center. The tree’s trunk soared into the clouds, covering a vast area. At first glance, the dense aerial roots hanging to the ground resembled a small forest.

Soft moonlight filtered through the canopy-like sky, leaving scattered, elegant light spots on the grass. Under the tree, Qin Lun saw the mysterious white divine deer again. Standing beside it was a refreshingly elegant woman.

The woman wore a floral crown, was dressed in green robes, held an ancient, weathered staff in her hand, and her face was veiled in a hazy light, making her specific features unclear.

“Are you the Forest Goddess Anna Artemis?” A flash of understanding crossed Qin Lun’s mind.

The goddess nodded gently, her hazy face seeming to carry a faint smile. Her voice drifted near and far, sounding somewhat ethereal.

“I am the Forest Goddess Anna, also the Moon Goddess Artemis. It’s not wrong for people to call me Anna Artemis! Visitor from another world, I once saw you through the white deer’s eyes!”

Visitor from another world! Not the Outer World?! Qin Lun shuddered. He understood Anna Artemis’s meaning, and his mind immediately fell into chaos. He was incredibly surprised—did this Forest Goddess know the origin of the Apostles?!

“Don’t be surprised! Not just me, others also know you come from another different spacetime! Of course, this knowledge is limited to those above Legendary rank, powerful beings who have reached godhood!” Anna Artemis said lightly with a smile. “The entire Nals Inner World is the home of god-level powerful beings. We control all the World Laws here—how could we possibly be completely unaware of repeated invasions from another spacetime?”

Qin Lun silently opened his mouth. He had the feeling of a thief being caught red-handed by the owner, for the first time too shocked to speak.

After a long while, the young man finally spoke in a hoarse voice, “Since you know our identity, why have you summoned me this time? And what is this place?”

“This is my consciousness space, also the faith divine domain of all living beings in the Silent Forest. All your actions in the Silent Forest are reflected here!” The Forest Goddess waved her hand, and a small leaf floated down from the towering ancient tree, lightly landing in Qin Lun’s palm.

The leaf’s surface rippled with light, revealing an image.

Qin Lun looked down and immediately saw another version of himself kneeling on one knee, maintaining the pose of pounding the ground with a single fist. Hansen, Hill, Master Vima, the wildly growing “Tree World”—all were eerily maintained in still frames, as if time had permanently stopped at this moment.

“After the formation of Nals Inner World, we gradually became aware of the invasions from different spacetimes.” The Forest Goddess spoke slowly. “But don’t worry. Long ago, the god-level powerful beings of Nars gathered the entire world’s will of law and exchanged Law Iron Rules with your world. It wouldn’t plunder Nars’s World Origin, and the god-level powerful beings couldn’t harm or expel you ‘Apostles.'”

Qin Lun listened quietly, his mood slowly calming. Since Shattered Starry Sky had a Law Agreement with Nars’s world will, then this probably didn’t count as leaking Star Void secrets.

“Respected Goddess, if that’s the case, then why have you summoned me…” Qin Lun blinked his eyes and cautiously asked.

“Don’t rush, young man! I rarely get to chat with anyone, please listen carefully!” The Forest Goddess spoke calmly. “Your world has great demands for Nals Inner World, mostly some low-level combat laws and local specialties. Nars’s will allows Apostles to freely learn combat laws from all creatures below god-level powerful beings…”

Thoughts raced through Qin Lun’s mind. Creatures below god-level powerful beings probably referred to Legendary Powerhouses like Vima and Hollke, as well as high-rank powerful beings. Although they had to fulfill some obligations for these powerful beings while learning skills and obtaining equipment items, from the world’s will perspective, it was indeed equivalent to learning for free.

Of course, Qin Lun still had many unanswered questions. However, since Anna Artemis had warned him once, he could only listen quietly.

“…Teaching Apostles some low-level combat laws and letting them take away some local specialties doesn’t cause any loss to Nars. But giving without receiving violates the Law Iron Rules. Therefore, your world has also made returns to Nars!

Under equal trade conditions, Nars’s creatures can also obtain compensation of certain law powers from the Apostles… This transaction includes god-level powerful beings! Now you should understand why I’ve summoned you at this time…”