Chapter 95: The Stinking Old Duck

The system was very curious—what kind of trump card would Gu Feng use? It watched with focused attention.

Then it saw him exchange points for a hoe.

Yes, a hoe.

What was he going to do with a hoe? Dig dirt, of course.

The system was speechless. If Gu Feng truly had iron will and dug out every root within three hundred miles around that ancient tree, roots that plunged a hundred zhang deep, perhaps he really would wake it up.

At the thought of a tree that had slept for hundreds of years being roused by Gu Feng, the system felt strangely thrilled.

For the system, long and boring time needed amusing games to pass it.

Gu Feng dug with great effort. Before long, he had exposed a tree root as thick as a water barrel.

He kept digging.

Only after he had dug out two or three meters did he finally stop.

The system was puzzled. Why had he stopped?

Gu Feng exchanged for a brush, a smile appearing on his face.

If the tree truly had life and so many roots, it must be terribly ticklish.

The system hurried to check its records and cried out, "This kid is unbelievably lucky. This kind of tree is actually extremely ticklish."

With anticipation and tension, Gu Feng began to tickle the tree.

The first stroke.

"Aaah! Hahahaha!"

A tremendous roar, like thunder, spread far into the distance.

"It worked!"

He kept tickling the tree.

Brush, brush, brush...

"Hahahaha... Kid... hahaha... stop."

"You say stop and I stop? Wouldn't that make me lose face?"

He kept brushing...

"Hahaha... Kid... I tell you... hahaha... stop."

Boom!

A huge fruit in the sky came crashing toward Gu Feng. It was called a fruit, but it was as massive as a mountain.

"Dammit, it's trying to crush me!"

Gu Feng hastily dodged.

The fruit smashed down, conveniently blocking the roots he had dug out.

Fuming, Gu Feng picked up the hoe and was about to keep digging.

The tree, enraged, had been sleeping so soundly when this brat woke it up. It had not even gone looking for trouble, and now he still wanted to continue digging. It roared, "Brat, what are you doing? Go die!"

Leaves filled the sky, turning into countless flying blades that shot toward Gu Feng like a dense hail of daggers.

Hide? Where could he hide?

He would be pierced into a human pincushion.

"Ding! The tree's killing intent toward you has reached ten percent."

"What! I'm about to be killed in one hit, and its killing intent is only ten percent?"

"Old man, are you kidding me?"

"Not at all. Its level is much higher than yours. If it wants to kill you, it can do so with a flick of the hand. Why would it need to be that angry?"

"Damn it!"

"A cast-iron pot."

Gu Feng exchanged for dozens of cast-iron pots in one breath and kept hurling them into the air.

Pop, pop...

A rapid series of dull impacts sounded as the first cast-iron pot was reduced to powder by the barrage.

When the last cast-iron pot, now bristling with leaves, finally fell to the ground, the wave of attacks was at last held back.

"Huh? Kid, are you a cook? Why do you carry so many cast-iron pots with you?"

It was the tree's voice.

To enrage it, Gu Feng went all out and shouted, "Little sapling, I am your grandmother!"

"Aaah! You dare call me a little sapling? Go die!"

"Ding! The tree's killing intent toward you has reached sixty percent."

The killing intent surged by fifty percent, and Gu Feng was delighted.

This time it was not leaves filling the sky, but fruits—countless fruits—raining down.

With so many fruits, they could bury Gu Feng alive.

Gu Feng hurried toward the fruit blocking the pit, used all his strength to move it aside, and leapt inside.

Boom, boom, boom...

Countless fruits crashed to the ground with thunderous force, warping the earth and leaving huge fruits strewn everywhere.

Fortunately, the pit Gu Feng had dug was more than two meters deep.

Gu Feng took out his brush and said furiously, "Hmph! You bullied me, so I'll tickle you to death!"

Brush, brush, brush...

Gu Feng, heedless of his life, went wild with both brushes, scrubbing the roots clean.

"Hahahaha... Kid... stop... hahahaha."

"Hmph! You tell me to stop and I stop? Wouldn't that make me lose face?"

"Roar! You're forcing me, you vile... hahaha... life.... hahahahaha."

Boom!

The root Gu Feng had been scrubbing suddenly ripped out of the ground. Gu Feng clung tightly to the root pit, his back smashing against a hard fruit, nearly knocking him senseless.

"Ding! The tree's killing intent toward you has reached eighty percent."

"Damn! Still not full? Fine, let's go all out."

Gu Feng hooked both legs around the tree root and again used the brush to scour it viciously.

"Roar... hahahaha... I... haha... will kill you."

Whoosh!

The root lashed upward with Gu Feng on it, slamming violently into the trunk.

"Ding! The tree's killing intent toward you has reached ninety-nine percent."

"Just a little more, damn it."

Gu Feng saw a small hole in the root and shoved the brush in hard.

"Hahahaha..."

The tree laughed so hard it could not speak.

"Ding! The tree's killing intent toward you has reached one hundred and twenty percent."

"Damn it, it's already one hundred and twenty percent—why hasn't the Death Contract activated yet?"

"Oh, I forgot to tell you. Since the tree's level is far above yours, its killing intent counts double. Keep going, you're only eighty short."

"Dammit, old man, you're trying to get me killed!"

As it was about to slam into him, Gu Feng slid down along the hundred-meter root.

Bang!

The root lashed the trunk and rang out with a deafening boom.

The immense force shook Gu Feng so hard he nearly lost his grip on the root.

"Damn it! You worthless life, die!"

Rumble...

More densely packed fruits fell again. Unlike before, this time the root carrying Gu Feng charged toward the fruits on its own.

"Dammit, it's fratricide—it's even smashing its own roots!"

"Instant Flash!"

He had no choice. Gu Feng could only use this skill, which drained all his spiritual energy in a single use: Instant Flash.

He escaped that danger successfully and frantically swallowed pills to restore his spiritual energy.

"Ding! The tree's killing intent toward you has reached one hundred and fifty percent."

"It has to be enraged. I have to enrage it." Gu Feng roared in his heart. He had already paid such a huge price; this had to succeed.

"Hahaha! Little tree, how about it? You still can't kill me, can you? I'll dance for you!"

Gu Feng began to twist his hips in a ridiculous dance, muttering crudely, "Be good, little sapling. Watch your brother dance. If I'm in a good mood, I'll even tickle you..."

Roar!

"You vile life form, you have truly enraged me."

Gu Feng saw a huge human face appear in the middle of the tree.

"Ding! The tree's killing intent toward you has reached one hundred and ninety-nine percent."

"Just a little more. Right, I have an idea. Little sapling, do you think I'm afraid just because you showed me your human backside?"

"Roar! Vile life form, I will torment you to death!"

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

A sky-darkening storm of thorny vines rushed toward Gu Feng, leaving nowhere to hide.

"Ding! The tree's killing intent toward you has reached maximum. Because its killing intent has doubled, Death Contract stacking has activated. Thirteenth stack, fourteenth stack, fifteenth stack. Death Contract stacking complete."

Gu Feng was stunned. It had actually stacked Death Contract three times. This tree was terrifyingly fierce.

He was also wrapped up by the storm of thorny vines.

"Activate the Death Contract. I want to self-destruct."

"Ding. You are more than fifty meters away from the tree. Activation failed. Approaching the tree now."

"Dammit! A distance limit? If I'd known, I wouldn't have run so far."