Armipotent - Chapter 1659: Hiding In Plain Sight

Tang Shaoyang nodded and used his Transformation Skill. Then he activated Wrath of Slayer and also an integration with Zara this time.

Birom and his team members were surprised to see the four pairs of black-feather wings on Tang Shaoyang’s back. Two pairs of dragon wings and four pairs of fallen angel wings, a weird combination in one person.

Tang Shaoyang looked at the kingdom’s location. The state of this kingdom was much worse than the previous one. The wall was in ruin, and so was the city inside. He did not see any calamities roam around, including with his Chaos Eyes.

However, there was a massive tree at the center of the city. The tree was so big that it covered the whole ruin. It was much bigger than his True Dragon form. Maybe a thousand-meter tree, or even more. But there was no calamity activity.

“Follow me!”

With a flick of his twelve wings, Tang Shaoyang’s figure shot up to the ruin. He landed on the part of the city wall that still stood up. He looked around, also with Chaos Eyes.

He tried to find the calamity, but he did not find a single calamity in the ruin. However, there was a strong pressure around him, the strong energy filled the ruin. He could not find the source of this energy because it filled each part of the ruined city.

Tang Shaoyang paid more attention, making sure he did not miss anything. The buildings were destroyed by the roots that came out from the ground. Behind the root, under the root, and under the ruined building. He checked all parts of the city, yet he could not find any lead.

Birom and his team caught up and landed next to Tang Shaoyang. They were also as confused as Tang Shaoyang.

“What kind of calamity have you guys fought?” Tang Shaoyang asked. He was afraid it was a calamity with perfect camouflage. Then this place might be more dangerous than the previous kingdom.

It was not dangerous for him but for his team members. He had a Divine Sense that could see the future for a few seconds. An ambush should never work on him.

“We haven’t fought any calamities from this kingdom.”

Tang Shaoyang raised his right eyebrow, confused, “Then how do you know this is a kingdom?”

In the previous encounter, the one-eyed calamity showed up upon sensing his presence. That was how he found out it was a kingdom.

‘The tree is surely big, but it does not mean this is a kingdom, right?’

He realized something when he thought about the tree. He did a quick scan on the whole ruin, with his Chaos Eyes as well.

“I see. That thing is the king!” Tang Shaoyang pointed at the massive tree.

The pressure and intense energy were from the tree. Everything around them was emitted by the tree. That was why he could not find any calamity. The calamity was the giant tree in front of him, hiding in plain sight. They overlooked the giant tree just because it was a tree.

As if the tree realized it had been found, the ground was shaking. The giant root came out from underground, hanging in the air with its pointy end aiming at them.

The remaining roots also resurfaced, destroying the ruin even further. It was just like a cocoon, the calamity tree spawned more calamities from the roots. It was a humanoid calamity, something he never encountered before.

“It’s Dryad… Dryad Calamity…” Birom muttered in a low voice after looking at the dark-skinned calamity from the root.

“Regular Dryad is good at elemental and illusion magic, but I am not sure about this one. It’s just very rare for an intelligence race like Dryad to turn into a calamity. The tree might have the ability to turn them into calamity. We should not get caught by it!”

As soon as it was found, the tree calamity immediately launched an attack on Tang Shaoyang and Birom’s team. Dozens of giant roots shot toward them.

“Dodge!”

Birom and his team leaped backward, dodging the attack. They did not dare to make contact with the tree until they found out more about the tree.

Even though he said they would be the vanguard, Birom would not be that stupid to jump forward into the army of Dryad Calamity. The best decision was to jump backward to ensure his team’s safety.

However, The Chief Administrator saw from the corner of his eyes. One man stayed behind on the wall where they just stood. That man was Tang Shaoyang.

‘Fool! No matter how strong he is, a newbie is still a newbie, after all.’

That was what was in his mind at that moment.

Tang Shaoyang gave a quick glance at the back, shaking his head, “Yep, you should never trust your back to anyone.”

The first thing he did was use the seventh Heavenly Gate; Heavenly Tortoise. The black tortoise shell formed above his head, an unbreakable defense. He was not done, yet.

When the roots were just three meters away from him. He opened the void gate, a big void gate. It would not be possible to create such a big void gate with his Void Elemental Power mastery alone. Zara was the reason he could do this.

Opening such a big void gate was dangerous. A void creature might sneak into the gate and add more trouble. But he was confident to open such a big gate, big enough to fit all the roots. He could close it before any void creatures came out.

The calamity tree knew where that gate led, but it could not stop its root from entering the gate. When a quarter of its root entered the gate. It intended to pull its roots out, but Tang Shaoyang did not give it the chance.

The void gate closed and cut the roots before it even touched the tortoise shell.

That was the surprise, black blood poured from the roots. Like a waterfall made from blood, the black blood poured toward Tang Shaoyang’s shell. The shell protected him from getting dirty.

There Tang Shaoyang found out it was just not the common tree. The tree was made of flesh instead of wood.