Rebirth of MC Chpt 1 - 101 (unedited translation)

Chapter 60: Mutant demon tree

As it gets deeper and deeper into the night, when the moon reaches its zenith and silver moonlight shines down on the earth below, a layer of faint violet demonic energy sluggishly rises. The large, ancient banyan tree planted in the middle of the small town, surrounded by houses, slowly begins to shed its leaves. One leaf flutters down, then two, three...

Groan - crash - !

The large tree suddenly shudders, groaning and creaking as the remaining leaves shake, rustling in an invisible wind. Slow and steadily, the leaves move and shift, revealing a chillingly terrifying scene...

Upon numerous bare forked branches, a withered corpse is skewered on each tip. Under the dim moonlight, one can see the frozen expressions of the mummy-like bodies. Fright, fear, shock...a few corpses dangle from the tree, wrapped in hanging vines like a cocoon. As the wind breezes through that area, the bodies drained of all blood sways lightly back and forth like a bunch of figs on a fig tree.

Then, a soft sound breaks the tranquil silence once more as the deeply buried roots of the demonic tree slowly begin to move, emerging from the ground. One, then two, then three. The roots themselves look strange, resembling multiple rotten blood sausages wriggling around like worms. The sight of one alone is enough to make anyone feel nauseous. It takes a moment before all the roots break onto the surface, and the entire tree lifts upwards slightly before inching its way across the town towards a specific location.

The demonic tree's motions are extremely slow, but perhaps it feels rather impatient, for two tentacle-like vines shoots forth from its trunk, towards the courtyard of a small house.

Bang -

In the dead of the night, a silvery translucent barrier flashes into view before fading just as quickly. The demonic tree trembles, speedily drawing back the vines.

Due to the sudden loud bang that echoed through the town, Long Zhanye, who is on night watch, instantly open his eyes and grabs the gun next to him. At the same time, Huo Zaiyuan who was sleeping, leaning against him, also awakens immediately.

"There's something outside striking against the wards!"

"I'll go take a look."

One hand grasping the gun, he walks over to the window. Huo Zaiyuan also removes a pistol from his space and follows behind. The two arrives at the window and look out to see complete darkness. Sometime during the tree's awakening, dark clouds covered the moon, robbing the average person of their sight. However, one can still make out a large creature brandishing sort kind of whip at the barrier outside.

Suddenly, those tentacles lash out at high-speed, aiming for the window where the two men are located. Once again the attack is successfully blocked, causing another large boom to resonate, the shockwaves from the collision rocking the house to its foundations.

"Ahh!! Earthquake!" Li Qing's cry of surprise comes through the closed bedroom door.

"Stupid, it's not an earthquake. Let's go out to take a look." Qin Jun's voice drifts over. Mere seconds later, a bare-chested, rumpled shorts, bed-headed Qin Jun emerges from the room.

"Little Yuan, what's happening?"

Before Huo Zaiyuan could answer, a much more violent tremor cause the entire house to quake, nearly knocking him off his feet.

"I don't know, but apparently something's attacking the wards and trying to get in." Huo Zaiyuan says as he places a hand on the wall to stabilise himself.

"Little Yuan, we cannot remain in this house anymore. Even if you repair the wards, a few more knocks from that creature will bring this place down around us!" Machine gun clenched tightly in one hand, Long Zhanye grabs Huo Zaiyuan with the other and proceeds to drag him outside.