Defiance of the Fall

The force from the weapons colliding had actually cracked the ground he was standing on , freeing him from the binding . He located the earth mage some distance away and grabbed a monkey captain by its arm .

The monkey captain furiously slammed his fist in Zac’s chest , but Zac only took it with a grunt before he lifted the huge monkey up in the air and threw him like a boulder at the demon mage . The earth mage hastily erected another wall to intercept the monkey projectile , but the force behind the beast powered through it .

Zac was not far behind as he entered the wall through the breach and with a quick chop decapitated the demon , who didn’t even manage to activate his stone skin skill in time .

Zac moved on toward the next demon who had tried to gang up on him , but a blinding light interrupted his plans . It was the large shield covering the tree that started to shine many times brighter compared to before .

Zac glanced around and when he saw no one was attacking him at the moment he brought up the quest skill again and saw the timer go down from 2 seconds to 0 . With a bright flash , the shield immediately winked out of existence , exposing the tree to hundreds of greedy eyes .

No one moved for a split second , before all hell broke loose . Everyone started rushing toward the tree , holding nothing back . Even demons were hitting other demons in a struggle to reach the fruits .

Zac wasn’t any different , and taking full advantage of his close proximity to the tree he pushed forward , driving massive amounts of cosmic energy into his legs . The ground cracked with every step he took , and it would be more accurate to say Zac pushed himself forward by slamming into the ground with his feet rather than running . He summoned Chop] and killed any monkey or demon getting too close , and soon he was almost underneath the tree’s branches .

Zac was among the first but he was still behind two individuals , Cindermane and the dazzling general . Both had already moved toward the fruits , their arms reaching to grab them first . The monkey king had actually created large lava pillars that lifted it up toward the branches , and the general somehow stepped on black arcs of lightning as he moved upwards through the air .

Zac knew he was out of time and with a roar he created a huge edge with Chop] and unleashed it at the two . It seemed that no one of the other camps dared intervene with the two in the forefront , perhaps afraid that they would inadvertently ruin their leader’s plans . The edge shot up at the two , cutting a few of the crimson branches on the way .

The Herald screeched and looked horrified as he stared at the incoming edge , and actually missed his steps and fell down from the pillars it created . It appeared that Zac’s last chop had left a shadow in the Herald's mind .

The general looked surprised to be ambushed at this moment but still managed to smoothly dodge it . He was far up in the air by now and only needed one more step on the black lightning steps to reach the fruits . Desperate , Zac infused his axe with the Dao of Heaviness and hurled it at the demon . The fruits were 5 meters up in the air , so Zac and the general were extremely close . With Zac’s power , it almost looked as though the axe teleported as it slammed into the general .

The general had skillfully blocked the strike with his sword , but between Zac’s huge strength and the Dao of Heaviness , the momentum of the throw wouldn’t be denied . The demon was forcefully pushed away from the tree and the shockwave destroyed most of the branches of the tree .

Even the branch which held the two Fruits of Ascension were broken off , and they were falling straight toward Zac . Not wanting to waste such a God-given opportunity he jumped up in the air and snatched the fruits , and immediately stashed them into his pouch .

He couldn’t believe how easily he had acquired the fruits , it looked like 67 Luck wasn’t just for show . But the elation of getting the treasure quickly dissipated , as hundreds of murderous glares focused their suddenly undivided attention on him .

Chapter 62 - Crescendo

Zac brought out his second axe from his pouch , nervously glancing around . His plan had been to kill the Herald as well , but being stared at by hundreds of hungry eyes quickly extinguished any desire to remain . For a second he thought about throwing out the cauldron but soon discarded the idea .