I Don't Agree to the Terms-Chapter 1088 - 572: The Ark Far from Home
"Burp~" Gu Shanhai exhaled a chilly breath, having devoured twelve worlds in a row. It felt like he had just downed twelve ice creams, leaving his entire body feeling out of sorts.
"No, I can't eat any more, or I'll get indigestion."
"I wonder if digestive tablets could work on me."
Gu Shanhai consumed these twelve worlds in a single day. Once his strength grew, he could devour a world in one bite. However, these worlds were relatively small and had been frozen by Destructive Frost, otherwise Gu Shanhai would have had to struggle against them before devouring them. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
"After finishing them, I feel lethargic, like I might sprout," Gu Shanhai remarked, knowing that most of his energy was being used to digest the worlds, much like the drowsiness that follows a big meal.
"It's been a while since I've eaten this much; it'd be better if it wasn't accompanied by the chill." Gu Shanhai found the flavors of these twelve worlds varied, but the only downside was that the difficulty of digesting the Destructive Frost was somewhat unexpected.
This made him temporarily abandon his plans for the Dual-star Celestial Body.
Originally, he intended to gnaw away at the Dual-star Celestial Body as well, but realizing how hard it was to digest even the Destructive Frost, not to mention the main body of the Frost itself, made him reconsider.
Moreover, he had only encountered the Destructive Frost of the Frost Star Celestial Body, and hadn't yet experienced the Ghost Hunters spawned by the Hunting Star Celestial Body.
From the conversations between the two elves, it seemed that more often than not, they fought against this group of Ghost Hunters than the harsh environment itself.
As for the situation regarding Ghost Hunters, Gu Shanhai was temporarily unsure, as none of the twelve worlds he devoured contained Ghost Hunters.
After all, Ghost Hunters prey on the strong, requiring at least the strongest members of the Elf Clan to qualify for their pursuit. In other worlds, perhaps only the Mad God Gu Shanhai had previously encountered could qualify, but this Mad God, despite qualifying, did not meet the conditions to be hunted.
Ghost Hunters hunt the strong to incorporate their souls, yet the Mad God long since lost his soul, rendering him immune to Ghost Hunter intervention.
The prerequisite for hunting is the presence of prey, not slaughter for the sake of combat; otherwise, it'd be more apt to call them Ghost Martial Fanatics or Ghost Rampage Fiends instead of Ghost Hunters.
"Finally analyzed it—proximity makes it convenient. If I were still in the Wizard World, locating the Elf Clan's living area wouldn't have been this easy."
Gu Shanhai wasn't merely consuming worlds; he was also using the process to pinpoint the Elf Clan's dwelling area.
"We can now confirm that their living area is indeed the leaves of the World Tree. It's precisely because of these leaves that they can withstand the impact of the Dual-star Celestial Body."
Using his method, he entered directly into the leaves of the World Tree.
The internal space wasn't very large, smaller than the Wizard World by possibly tenfold, yet ample for more than a thousand elves to survive and even build various facilities.
However, these elves vastly differed from the traditional fantasy elves residing in forests. They lived in a steel metropolis filled with mechanical creations, excelling in biology, materials, energy, and numerous other fields, even possessing nuclear power plants, Magic Power pools, warships, and mechas—a stark contrast to the typical image of elves.
They combined magic and technology to form an immensely powerful civilization.
Their place of residence was referred to by the elves as the "Boat Far from Home."
From the records and corresponding memories obtained by Gu Shanhai, the elves were unaware that the Boat Far from Home was a leaf of the World Tree, merely considering it a supreme treasure crafted to become a lifeboat for fleeing the apocalypse.
It could be said the elves were quite unfortunate. Normally, with a leaf of the World Tree, no matter how powerful the Destructive Frost was, it wouldn't wipe them out, nor would there be concern about Ghost Hunters, as they only targeted the strong.
Unfortunately, they forged the leaf of the World Tree into an escape ark and took the entire Elf Clan with them. Yes, after the Destructive Frost, the Elf Clan's population dwindled to a few hundred, only reaching over a thousand through reproduction on the Boat Far from Home.
Indeed, they escaped the impending doom of the Elf World during a peak of Magic Power tides, unaware that the Destructive Frost was rooted in these tides and failing to observe the Dual-star Celestial Body, simply believing at the peak of Magic Power it would effuse the Boat Far from Home to travel faster.
This action ultimately led them to dive headfirst into the rotation of the Dual-star Celestial Body, getting swept up in its grasp.
In the long years since, there's been no escape from the Dual-star Celestial Body, forcing the Elf Clan to evolve continuously under the shelter of the World Tree's leaves to adapt to the environment.
The ability to traverse worlds, a birth of the bloodline, was also influenced by the World Tree's leaves, as surely their clash with the Dual-star Celestial Body would leak some power.
