Chapter 261 Law of Heaven and Earth
"If I had known this earlier, I should have dragged you out of your mother's womb and fed you to the tree back then!" The Daoist was flustered and exasperated.
The white fire on the Mountain Guarding Sword burned quietly, illuminating Lu Xiaoluo's face, which was still somewhat panicked.
"So that is how it is." Han Yu laughed loudly. "Xiaoluo, lend me the sword!"
Lu Xiaoluo subconsciously threw the Mountain Guarding Sword over. The moment the sword hilt landed in his hand, Han Yu's aura surged violently, and the white fire on the blade suddenly rose.
He swung the sword in a horizontal sweep. The villagers in front actually revealed looks of horror and stumbled backward.
"It seems you are not completely without consciousness." Cold light flickered in Han Yu's eyes. "Since you chose to help the tyrant do evil, then I have no psychological burden."
The sword light surged like snowy waves. Wherever it passed, villagers fell like harvested wheat. The white fire burned upon contact. The puppets, who were previously fearless of death, were now fleeing in terror, emitting inhuman wails.
"Do not worry about them!" Jiang Che shouted loudly. "To catch bandits, first catch the ringleader!"
Han Yu's figure was like lightning, heading straight for Daoist Kurong. That crooked-neck Daoist no longer had his previous calmness. A trace of panic flashed through his pure black eyes, and he actually turned around and ran.
The four of them chased relentlessly, passing through the twisted woods. The soil under their feet became increasingly viscous and moist. Every step splashed up foul-smelling black juice.
"Daoist Kurong!" Han Yu shouted sternly. "We have already seen your empty tomb! Why did all the other immortals die generously for a just cause, yet only you committed such despicable acts? You are unworthy of being an immortal of Kunlun!"
The fleeing figure ahead suddenly stagnated.
Seeing that his identity had been exposed, Daoist Kurong suddenly turned his head. His bark-like face twisted into a ferocious smile. "That is because they were stupid!"
He chuckled coldly. "In the Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth, the smart ones retreated with the Jade Void Palace long ago. Those who stayed were all idiots! If not for the fact that they did not want me..."
His neck twitched unnaturally. "Who would want to wait for death in this ghostly place!"
As he spoke, he suddenly stopped his footsteps. His black robes moved without wind. "We are all immortal cultivators. Why must you press me so hard? I will let you leave, and from now on, we will not interfere with each other. How about it?"
"What my generation of cultivators seeks has never been just immortality." Han Yu pointed his sword at the evil cultivator, white fire flickering at the tip. "Slaying demons and eliminating devils is also within my aspirations!"
"Do you really think This Seat is afraid of you?!" Daoist Kurong suddenly laughed shrilly, spreading his arms abruptly.
Only at this moment did the four realize they had chased to the bottom of the giant tree. Looking up, countless human faces were densely embedded in the tree trunk, twisting in sync with the Daoist's laughter...
"It is you who seek death—then you cannot blame me!"
"Law of Heaven and Earth—"
Daoist Kurong gave a hideous laugh and abruptly retreated backward. That huge crooked-neck tree suddenly split open a pitch-black crack, like a giant abyssal mouth, instantly swallowing him. As the tree bark wriggled, the crack closed rapidly, leaving only the Daoist's twisted, wild laughter echoing in the air.
The next moment—
"Boom—!!!"
The earth moved and the mountains shook!
The entire earth seemed to be fiercely torn by a giant invisible hand. The ground cracked into countless bottomless ravines. The four stood unsteadily as the soil beneath their feet rolled like waves. The distant mountain ranges collapsed in the tremors, giant rocks rolled down, and smoke and dust soared to the sky.
"Retreat quickly!" Han Yu shouted sternly, grabbing Lu Xiaoluo and rushing backward.
However, it was already too late—
"Crack!"
Accompanied by the tooth-aching sound of wood fracturing, that crooked-neck tree actually slowly rose from the ground! Thick tree roots were pulled out from the soil, each one entangled with dense white bones.
The relief sculptures of human faces on the trunk suddenly all opened their eyes, emitting miserable wails. The tree crown shook violently, and withered branches stretched out like sharp claws, blotting out the sky and the sun.
When it stood completely upright, it had transformed into a tree giant reaching one hundred zhang in height!
A slit like a vertical pupil cracked open in the center of the tree trunk. Daoist Kurong's face appeared within it, twisted and deformed. His voice came from inside the body of the tree, carrying a dull echo.
"This Seat has hibernated for hundreds of thousands of years. Today I will let you witness—what the true might of an immortal is!"
The giant tree lifted a "leg" formed by the entanglement of thousands of roots and stomped down heavily.
In an instant, the earth cracked and mountains collapsed. The violent air wave lifted the four people and sent them flying for dozens of zhang!
Heaven and earth trembled. The hundred-zhang-tall tree demon roared towards the sky. Viscous black blood seeped out from the cracks in the rotten tree bark. With every step it took, the earth cracked open into gullies dozens of zhang wide. Splashing crushed stones fell like rain.
"Pay attention to self-protection!"
Han Yu shouted sternly and returned the Mountain Guarding Sword to Lu Xiaoluo. The four people separated rapidly at the same time.
"Boom—!"
The tree demon's giant arm smashed down.
"One Sword Propping Up the Sky · Defensive Stance—!"
Han Yu swung his sword to meet it head-on. The collision of sword light and black blood burst out with ear-piercing shrieks.
The web of his thumb split open, yet he firmly resisted this force of ten thousand jun. "Attack the human face on its trunk!"
Jiang Che took the opportunity to leap up, urging the Great Sun Burning Heaven Art to the extreme.
Blazing golden flames transformed into nine scorching suns, ruthlessly bombarding the face of Daoist Kurong in the center of the tree trunk.
"Ants!" The tree demon's abdominal cavity emitted a roar like muffled thunder. Suddenly, countless vines hung down from the tree crown, carrying countless amounts of foul-smelling venom!
"Stars Move, Dipper Turns!"
The talisman thrown by Chen Xingcai suddenly lit up, forming a starlight barrier above everyone's heads.
The venom hit the barrier, making a "chi chi" sound and corroding dense holes. Her face turned pale, and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of her mouth, yet she continued to pinch hand seals to maintain the formation.
Lu Xiaoluo took the opportunity to dash forward, the Mountain Guarding Sword stabbing straight into the crack on the trunk.
When the sword edge sank in three inches, the entire giant tree suddenly convulsed violently. Countless struggling human-shaped bulges actually emerged from under the bark.
"It is effective!" She had just revealed a look of joy when the ground beneath her feet suddenly exploded. Five tree roots as thick as water buckets winded around like giant pythons!
"Careful!"
Chen Xingcai's figure swept past like a startled swan.
She pushed Lu Xiaoluo away, but she herself was heavily slapped in the chest by the tree roots. Amidst the "crack" sound of bone fracturing, she flew out for dozens of zhang like a kite with a broken string, only stopping after smashing into mountain rocks. Her pink dress was instantly soaked with fresh blood.
"Xingcai!!"
Han Yu's eyes were about to split open.
The tree demon took the opportunity to swing its arm in a horizontal sweep, knocking both him and Jiang Che flying at the same time.
Lu Xiaoluo stumbled and crawled toward Chen Xingcai, only to see that the tree roots were already surging toward that blood-stained dress like a tide.
She raised her sword in despair and looked around—Han Yu was crushed under collapsed mountain rocks, half of Jiang Che's body had sunk into the ground, and the tree demon was lifting its giant foot covered in barbs, stomping heavily toward the seemingly unconscious Chen Xingcai...
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