When "God" Decides To Start Over

"Under the tree?" Li Xiu looked towards the base of the tree; the trunk was directly buried into the soil, and no roots were visible.

"You don't have much time left. If you can't let go, then dig quickly. Although digging it out won't help, many have tried before; even if you dig it out, you still won't be able to take it." The elderly voice said.

"Why can't it be taken out?" Li Xiu asked while instructing the Jedi Knights to dig the ground.

The Jedi Knight slashed continuously, forcefully carving a large pit into the ground, shaking countless stems below with each strike, yet none of them broke.

"The attacks that strike the roots will also return to you. You had better be cautious; otherwise, you'll die even more miserably." The elderly voice warned.

"What difference does it make? One cut means death; ten cuts mean death. It's all the same; buying some extra time is good." Not only did Li Xiu not heed the warning, but he urged the Jedi Knight to slash the soil with more effort, directly entering the Super Spirit State.

Clang!

The Super Spirit Jedi Knight had barely swung a few times when it suddenly felt like it struck metal, emitting a metallic ringing sound.

"Found it." Li Xiu instructed the Jedi Knight to dig out the surrounding soil and indeed saw something embedded in a massive tree root.

Li Xiu had the Jedi Knight step back and went down himself, wiping the soil off to find a part of a black metallic handle exposed.

He couldn't tell whether it was a sword handle, a knife handle, or some other weapon handle, as everything below the handle was buried deep into the massive root, unseen.

Li Xiu gripped the handle tightly and pulled, but the handle didn't budge an inch.

It was expected, considering even the Super Spirit Jedi Knight couldn't affect the roots, this thing was stuck deep until the handle— it would be strange if it could be easily extracted.

No wonder the elderly voice said even if you found this thing, you couldn't pull it out.

Li Xiu backed away and had the Jedi Knight go down to pull.

The Jedi Knight gripped the handle with both hands and exerted force, his entire body glowing fiercely; later, he directly entered the Super Spirit State, his whole body emitting an ascending glow, yet the object embedded in the root showed no signs of loosening.

"Why is it so tight?" Li Xiu frowned. Even the Jedi Knight couldn't pull it out; this thing was indeed very challenging to extract.

"Stop wasting your strength; you won't be able to pull it out." The elderly voice again poured cold water.

"Why can't it be pulled out?" Li Xiu asked casually.

"Before you, many tried all sorts of methods to pull it out, yet all failed. No one knows why it can't be extracted because no one has ever succeeded." The elderly voice paused and continued, "Using brute force is useless; forget that your magic is just barely Super Spirit. Even Trial Takers with over eighty percent Super Spirit limit have attempted to extract it and still failed."

"Have Super Spirit Testers been here before?" Li Xiu was slightly surprised.

"Trial Takers, Magic Armor Masters, ordinary people— over the years, countless have come here, yet all became fertilizer for the Divine Spirit Tree. I've seen far too many." The elderly voice sighed.

"Magic Armor Masters too? Why did Magic Armor Masters come here?" Li Xiu was somewhat surprised.

"Your curiosity is really strong, but you only have less than three minutes left. You had better think about how to use these last three minutes wisely." The elderly voice stated.

"Did the Magic Armor Masters who came here use demon armor but still couldn't pull this thing out?" Li Xiu asked.

"Of course not; the strongest Magic Armor Master of the Long Live Heaven lost his life here." The elderly voice said disdainfully, "Even Super Spirit couldn't extract it; how could a Magic Armor Master possibly succeed? As a Trial Taker possessing Super Spirit magic, how could you ask such a question."

"Final question, are you from the Long Live Heaven?" Li Xiu asked solemnly.

Since even the Jedi Knight couldn't extract it, Li Xiu could only use his Lighting Speed No. 2 as the final test; it was his last card.

But if the person in the tree was from Long Live Heaven, revealing his demon armor might expose the theft of the Super Spirit Gemstone.

If he could pull it out and leave here alive, Li Xiu would need to consider whether to seal the secret; so he must first determine whether this person is from Long Live Heaven, like Wan Chaocun and the Eighth Lord.

Upon hearing this question, the elderly voice didn't answer immediately; it remained silent for several seconds before replying, "I was once from Long Live Heaven, but later no longer was. Are you asking if I'm from Long Live Heaven?"

"Why weren't you later?" Li Xiu asked again.

"Young man, do you really have no fear of death? You have only two minutes left. Are you sure you want to continue talking to me?" The elderly voice seemed a bit surprised at Li Xiu's composure.

"If you are willing, I am quite interested to know." Li Xiu replied expressionlessly; his calmness was due to knowing that being unsettled was futile. Whatever had to be done should be done; emotions wouldn't foster good results, rather might worsen them.

"Someone actually wants to hear my story in their final moments. Is my story so interesting? If you want to spend your life hearing a story, I will tell it to you. But this story is too long; your time is not enough, so I will briefly tell it." The elderly voice continued, "I joined Long Live Heaven for a woman, but that woman chose another person from Long Live Heaven. Hurt by that, I left Long Live Heaven and have since never had any dealings with them."