The Great Thief - Chapter 658

Chapter 658

Lu Li tried to 'loot' this giant tree, but failed his attempt .

To be fair, even if he could loot the item, there was no way it would fit into his tiny little bag .

"This tree is probably the most valuable thing in this little world," he thought to himself . It was a shame that he couldn't take it away .

Lu Li drew out a single sword – a single sword for Thieves .

He wanted to take a few twigs with him because apparently, the branches of the World Tree were an excellent material for Staffs .

He went around in a few circles and finally found some lower branches . Lu Li then raised his sinful weapon and began to hack away at this old World Tree .

From what he expected, he thought he wouldn't be able to damage the tree, and didn't have much hope to begin with .

Everything that unfolded before his eyes turned his world upside down .

When Lu Li's sword landed on the tree, the branch fell right off . Before Lu Li caught it, it began to break into ashes .

It wasn't just this branch of the tree – the entire structure began to erode away .

It was hard for anyone to imagine a scene like this .

From a distance, Lu Li saw that the end of this little world had begun to break away like glass . The cracks formed, then it broke and fell apart . . .

Lu Li held onto his sword as he stood his ground, dumbfoundedly watching the giant tree growing smaller and smaller .

Then, he heard the cracking of glass from behind him . The torches from the previous battle were still lit up and allowed him to see what had happened .

A lucky Hell Hound whimpered as it was dragged into a broken swirl and ripped into pieces within a second .

"Time to leave?" Danger approached, and Lu Li subconsciously wanted to retreat .

He had already gained too much from this trip . If he died here, even the Darkmoon Card wouldn't do much for him – you need to have a corpse to be revived .

However, the scene before his eyes stopped him .

The process was becoming slower and slower . It was as if something was fighting against the world falling apart; the tree that protected this world wasn't willing to give up yet .

This was a scene that an average player would probably never see in his gaming life .

Lu Li decided that he was staying; he would just pretend like he was watching a scene from a movie . Even if he died, it was only ten percent of his experience anyway . He had already given all his valuables to Azure Sea Breeze .

The entire process was truly remarkable .

It was just as Lu Li had guessed – the closer to the tree, the more stable the area was .

However, the process didn't stop . The dead tree had already died countless years ago, so it honestly didn't have anything left to protect this world .

Lu Li was touched, but there was nothing he could do .

He didn't regret exploring this secret zone either . Secret zones existed to be explored . The destruction of this small world wasn't something that could be avoided . Even if Lu Li didn't come today, it would probably disappear on its own sooner or later .

Wasn't it a form of respect to die with it?

Lu Li sighed; he knew that it was too late already for him to leave . Returning to the city would take some time as well .

Just as Lu Li was about to sit down and wait for his death, he found something surprising and jumped up without any hesitation .

At the same moment, the transformation had become even more obvious .

Originally, he thought that the tree would slowly become tiny ashes, as if it was never there to begin with .

However, that wasn't the case –the giant tree was doing something strange .

The ashes that had eroded away began to gather into one central spot . It had started out as just a single black dot, but since the world was dark, Lu Li didn't notice anything .

Right now, the dark spot was growing and it glowed green .

What was this?

Or rather, what was the tree of this small world doing?

Lu Li didn't dare approach carelessly . He decided to wait a patiently, only choosing to act when his life was threatened .

A gut feeling told him that if he was to pounce on the green thing right now, the World Tree might see him as an enemy .

Everyone was teleported outside, but they didn't find Lu Li amongst them .

They were more confident in Lu Li, so they all scattered to do their own things .

Remnant Dream went off to hunt for her pets, while Hachi Chan continued questing . Sesame Rice Ball followed Lu Li's request and was doing his last bit of work to upgrade his alchemy skills .

"Lu Li died…" March Rain gasped, her sudden cry drawing the attention of a few others . They hadn't disbanded their team yet and healer classes always paid attention to their team members' statuses . As such, she instantly noticed when Lu Li's health bar emptied .

"Lu Li, Lu Li, what happened?"

"Nothing . I've left all my good items with Breezy . I only lost some experience," Lu Li said as he returned from the revival point and was immediately questioned by the group of 23 .

"Wait up . I'll go back and give you your equipment . "

Azure Sea Breeze didn't wait for Lu Li to decline him and immediately returned to the city .

He was worried about Lu Li, but he was more interested in how he had died . He didn't believe that Lu Li would give away ten percent of his experience for nothing .

Lu Li stood outside the revival point and rubbed the green seed in his hands .

That's right, what the World Tree had left behind was a seed . In its very last moment, Lu Li pounced over and caught the seed in his hands . He was promptly torn into pieces as soon as he shoved the seed into his bag .

This seed was the size of a fist, and was green and shiny . It made quite a contrast with the dead tree .

Lu Li could feel the heartbeat of the seed by simply holding it . It was a strong heartbeat, as if limitless life was ready to sprout from within .

A seed . . .

It seemed like he had received one of these before .

Lu Li brought the seed to his personal storage .

Inside the storage was his personal collection, which mostly consisted of rare materials that he couldn't use yet . His previous gear had already been tossed into the guild storage .

The storage wasn't too far away from the revival point . Because he had taken so many First Clears and had a good reputation, the NPC in charge of the place was very respectful to him and opened up his storage for him straight away .