Chapter 766

Chapter 766: The Ambitions of a Tool

Deep within the Extreme Void Domain, Xu Fan stayed hidden, observing the Bat Giant Beasts coming and going around the towering tree.

Some of the larger Bat Giant Beasts looked visibly tired.

They carried Spirit Ore Stars of various sizes in their claws as they flew toward the towering tree.

A dark silhouette stood on the giant tree, his expression serious as he watched the Bat Giant Beasts he had painstakingly created.

Emotions like humiliation, anger, and frustration flickered in the dark silhouette’s eyes.

But in the end, it all turned into a sigh.

Xu Fan, watching from a distance, rubbed his jade slip but decided against taking any action.

"Maybe I’ll come back in a few decades. Such a good tool is hard to find. If I push him too far emotionally, who’s going to do the work?" Xu Fan thought to himself.

Feeling bored, he had come to check on the tool’s progress.

He was quite pleased with the current pace.

He also noticed that the Bat Giant Beasts were much more efficient at mining than the Star Ship fleet.

Just then, the entire towering tree shuddered violently.

Thousands of pure black fruits formed on its trunk.

Beside each fruit was a small Bat Giant Beast egg.

Sensing the dark fruits, little bats hatched from the eggs and began devouring the fruits.

What had been the size of a small dog quickly grew to the size of a house.

Seeing this, Xu Fan found it intriguing and decided to stick around a bit longer.

He wanted to figure out the origins of this towering tree and whether it was the final boss of the story.

As the fruits were consumed, the tree emitted a terrifying suction force.

The region of darkness surrounding the towering tree began to shrink slowly.

Until it was completely absorbed by the towering tree.

"Absorb more. Only by taking in such darkness can we devour this world and turn it into our nourishment," the dark silhouette muttered.

Then he glanced around cautiously.

"And that human, once I’ve absorbed this world, I’ll make him a slave to the towering tree, forcing him to mine immortal ores for the rest of his life."

Xu Fan heard the first part; though he didn’t catch the latter, which the dark silhouette spoke in his mind, he could guess some of it from the dark figure’s expression.

"Destroying a world—how predictable."

"The battle between the human and demon realms will decide the winner. This towering tree will take over the entire Extreme Void Domain, using the cultivation world and the demon race as fuel to grow stronger and dominate both realms. But in the end, it’ll either be destroyed halfway or just before it succeeds."

Xu Fan had the towering tree’s plan figured out.

But that was assuming the cultivation world didn’t have someone like him.

With the Golden Winged Roc and the Upper Zun around, there was no way this towering tree would get its way.

Xu Fan waved his hand, summoning a mass of dark energy into his palm.

Then, under extreme compression, it transformed into a black crystal the size of a sesame seed.

"Destruction, slaughter, the gathering of various desires," Xu Fan said, looking at the black crystal in his hand.

"This kind of thing should be gathered in the Endless Sea; why has it come to the Extreme Void Domain?" Xu Fan found it hard to understand.

However, he didn’t dwell on it for too long.

A teleportation formation appeared beside Xu Fan, and then Xing was teleported over.

"Uncle Xu, why did you call for me?" Xing asked, a bit puzzled.

"Do you recognize this tree?" Xu Fan pointed at the towering tree.

"It seems familiar; I’ve seen something like it before," Xing replied.

"It should be used by the Heavenly Way’s Will to balance certain things."

"If controlled well, there will be benefits after balancing certain things in the world," Xing said, resting his little head and thinking.

"What will happen if it’s not controlled well?" Xu Fan asked with curiosity.

"If not controlled well, the entire world will become a wasteland," Xing said.

"I understand," Xu Fan nodded.

"Uncle Xu, this tree seems to be in a newborn state; should we destroy it?" Xing said, rolling up his little sleeves, eager to try.

Xu Fan suddenly felt a resonance within his heart and shook his head. "No need; this thing has nothing to do with us. Let it quietly remain as a tool tree."

"Alright then," Xing nodded in agreement.

"Uncle Xu, teleport me back; I still want to go fishing with my godfather."

Xu Fan waved his hand, and a teleportation formation surrounded Xing, who then disappeared from the Extreme Void Domain.

Xu Fan observed for more than three months, concluding that this thing was absorbing negative energy from the human and demon realms to strengthen itself.

Finding it uninteresting, Xu Fan decided to leave.

At the Elder Council headquarters aboard the Ten Thousand Star Ship,

avatar number two was boringly crafting a component for the Ten Thousand Star Ship.

"When will it be fixed?" Xu Fan appeared not far from avatar number two.

"About five or six years. Recently, the Elder Council has been exterminating the demon race’s top powerful families and obtained a batch of substitutes from their treasure vaults. No need to repair it the way you suggested," avatar number two replied with a smile.

"That’s good; once the Ten Thousand Star Ship is repaired, we can go out and scout ahead," Xu Fan said, looking at the ship.

"Recently, Grape told me some things about the sect, and I thought of another plan."

"That is to first craft a Ten Thousand Star Ship to send the disciples to the Immortal Realm, and then bring the entire Hidden Spirit Island over secretly."

"Isn’t this plan more complete?" avatar number two smiled, having recently figured out the entire structure of the Ten Thousand Star Ship. As long as he had the corresponding celestial tool-level spirit ore, he felt confident in crafting one.

"Do you have a plan in mind, or can you give me a list of the required spirit ores?" Xu Fan thought for a moment and asked.

He prioritized stability in everything, and this plan suited him well.

A jade plate was casually thrown over by avatar number two.

After catching the jade plate, Xu Fan glanced at it.

"Why are there still so many celestial tool spirit ores that are unavailable in the cultivation world and the demon race?" Xu Fan asked in confusion.

"No need to worry about that. Once the Ten Thousand Star Ship is repaired, we can trade for them from other cultivation worlds dominated by the human race," avatar number two said, looking as if he was well-prepared.

Xu Fan looked at avatar number two and then at the jade plate in his hand, nodding.

In the past, such a quantity of celestial tool-level spirit ore would have been a problem for him.

But now, with a good tool tree, he had nothing to worry about.

Xu Fan decided that to make the tool tree recognize its place, he would plan to dig up half its roots the next time they met.

Ming Kong’s avatar appeared in the small world of the Ten Thousand Star Ship.

"I heard your Elder Council is currently pursuing the Golden Devourer Tiger Clan; how is the progress?" Xu Fan asked with a smile.

"The progress has not been very smooth. We’ve eliminated a portion of the Golden Devourer Tiger Clan, but the core Golden Devourer Tiger has hidden away, and we need to spend time searching for them," Ming Kong replied.

"Can’t Elder Tianji calculate their whereabouts?"

"Elder Tianji has already spat enough blood recently; he needs to rest and recover," Ming Kong said, his expression a bit troubled.