Just as it was about to hit, the Qilin suddenly disappeared.
Zhuge Lan's mouth curved into a smile; he retracted his Martial Soul True Body, concluding the first stage of his battle with the Tree God Sacrifice.
They would fight again next time.
He took out his Time-Space Brush, embraced Ning Rongrong, and then activated it.
Amidst a five-colored light, the two disappeared from their original spot.
After realizing the people had vanished, the Tree God Sacrifice roared loudly.
At this moment, a muffled call came from the direction of Tree God Lake; it paused, realizing it was the Tree God calling it, and without any hesitation, it rushed over.
Tree God Lake.
A giant lake appeared before them, its water clear to the bottom, where fish could be clearly seen playing happily.
In the center of the lake stood a towering ancient tree, its enormous branches and leaves almost covering half the lake's surface.
This towering ancient tree was the Tree God.
A giant old man's face appeared on the Tree God's trunk, and he gently blew a breath.
A huge wave appeared on the lake's surface.
A giant Golden Turtle emerged from the lake water and respectfully approached the Tree God.
Then, it took out a turtle shell and placed it before the Tree God, saying, "Tree God, this is the result of the divination?"
The Tree God immediately commanded, "Speak it out."
Ever since these outsiders entered his territory, he had a vague premonition that something bad would happen, which was why he awakened the three Tree God Sacrifices to pursue the outsiders.
But recently, a strange sense of crisis had always lingered in his heart, and in his lake lived a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Golden Turtle; although its strength was very ordinary, it was very good at divining good and bad fortune.
This was also his reason for inquiring.
The Golden Turtle's body trembled, unable to calm down for a long time, as if it had made a mistake.
This made the Tree God very displeased, and he asked in confusion, "Speak quickly. Even if there's a particularly bad outcome, I won't kill you."
The Golden Turtle nodded and said, "Tree God, you will die, within one month."
The Tree God's heart sank, and his face showed anger; sure enough, these outsiders were here to take his life.
Since that was the case, he had to kill them.
Afterward, he inquired, "Who is it? Who will kill me?"
The Golden Turtle blew out two bubbles, which floated into the air, and two figures appeared on them.
A handsome man and an arrogant woman; if anyone saw them, they would know the man was Zhuge Lan and the woman was Qian Renxue.
The Tree God looked carefully for a long time; he could find anyone through the trees, but he seemed to have never seen these two.
His face showed suspicion, and then he asked, "Golden Turtle, I haven't seen these two people. Are you lying to me?"
The Golden Turtle quickly shook its head and said, "Tree God, each time I perform divination, it requires twenty years of my soul power. This time, it consumed one hundred years of my soul power, so there can be absolutely no mistake."
The Tree God nodded; the Golden Turtle's divinations had indeed never been wrong, but the information transmitted to him through the trees did not include these two people.
He prepared to sense again.
[Tree God Skill: Spirit of All Things.]
In the secret realm, every tree emitted a green light spot, and these light spots quickly flew into the Tree God's body, which the Tree God began to digest.
A moment later, he opened his eyes, confirming that these two people were indeed not present.
He coldly snorted, "Golden Turtle, I've checked, and these two people aren't here."
The Golden Turtle pondered for a moment and said, "They must have disguised themselves, or perhaps they're in disguise."
The Tree God's brows furrowed; he could only get this much information, and the Golden Turtle could only perform divination once a month at most, as each divination consumed decades of soul power.
Then he must uncover the disguise of these two people, and as for how to do that, it would be by killing them.
At this moment, the three Tree God Sacrifices arrived and, upon seeing the Tree God, paid their respects first.
Afterward, one Tree God Sacrifice asked, "Lord Tree God, may I ask why you called us back? What are your instructions?"
Another Tree God Sacrifice said, "Lord Tree God, I encountered a troublesome fellow; his strength is very formidable."
The third Tree God Sacrifice also said, "I also encountered a troublesome fellow; under my attack, he suddenly disappeared."
The Tree God's eyes lit up, and he immediately pointed to the figures on the bubbles, saying, "Are these the two people?"
The second Sacrifice looked them over and said, "They look a bit similar. I'm not very familiar with the invaders; they're too small, I can't see clearly."
The third one looked and quickly shook his head.
"No, I saw clearly; their appearances are different."
The Tree God sighed; it seemed he couldn't find them now. Then he said to the three Tree God Sacrifices, "Among these outsiders, there are beings who can kill you. When you fight, if you find yourselves outmatched, summon me; I will help you and grant you my power to use."
The three Sacrifices looked at each other and smiled separately.
One Tree God Sacrifice said with a smile, "Lord Tree God, you are too worried. There are simply no such humans. We will kill them all one by one."
Another Tree God Sacrifice also said with a smile, "The humans I encountered, except for a few who escaped, all died by my hand. There's nothing to fear."
The third Tree God Sacrifice nodded and said, "Yes, it's the same situation here."
The Tree God fell into thought. Could it be that the Golden Turtle's calculations were inaccurate? He thought about it; the Golden Turtle was only a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, while he was a Two-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Their strengths were not on the same level at all.
In fact, they were several levels apart. His belief in the Golden Turtle's words was actually a bit too cautious.
Thinking carefully, this was his territory, and almost all life obeyed him. Could anyone really kill him? Ridiculous.
Having understood this, he let out a sigh of relief, then said to the Golden Turtle, "Golden Turtle, go back and rest! Just forget about this matter, and don't tell anyone."
The Golden Turtle quickly nodded, then submerged, rapidly entering the deep water and disappearing.
Clearly, it was somewhat afraid that the Tree God would find it displeasing.
Afterward, the Tree God looked at the three Tree God Sacrifices and said, "I'll give you half a month to kill all the intruders. After half a month, the teleportation gate will open, and these people will all escape."
The three Tree God Sacrifices paused, then nodded.
One of the Tree God Sacrifices said seriously, "Don't worry, Lord Tree God, the intruders here are less than thirty percent of what they were before. I will kill them all."
Another Tree God Sacrifice nodded and said, "There are very few intruders now who are in groups of three or more. As long as I can find them, I will definitely kill them."
The Tree God hesitated, then released a green, sacred light that entered the bodies of the three Tree God Sacrifices.
Afterward, he said, "This is the new Tree God Skill [Spirit of All Things]. The plants will tell you the location of the intruders."