When Mo Huaiyu left, one of the elders withdrew his gaze and turned to look at the gray-robed elder beside him.
“Pavilion Master, wasn’t the Tree Demon you arranged for that little fellow a bit too difficult?”
The gray-robed elder waved his hand dismissively.
“Isn’t there another person with him? That little girl is at the Cave-Heaven Realm. With her there, that little guy won’t get hurt.”
“Then why go through all this trouble? Why not just give him the reward directly?”
“After the Sect Master heard that this little fellow was the victor, he bestowed many Spirit Treasures and Elixirs. Even I find those Spirit Treasures incredibly tempting.”
As the saying goes, men die for wealth, and birds die for food.
Seeing this treasure trove of Spirit Treasures, even the gray-robed elder couldn’t help but covet them.
“That Tree Demon isn’t just any ordinary kill. Even a Cave-Heaven Realm cultivator would be powerless if they couldn’t kill it in one strike. When that happens, the little fellow won’t be injured, and we can still get half of the Spirit Treasures. A perfect solution for both sides.”
“As expected of the Pavilion Master. Such a brilliant scheme, how did I not think of it!”
“If you could think of it, you’d be the Pavilion Master.”
“So, the Pavilion Master is truly wise!”
“Ahahahaha!!!” x3
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Mo Huaiyu arrived at a sea of flowers.
A faint layer of miasma enveloped the valley.
He suddenly had a premonition and looked into the miasma.
He spotted two strange, flickering shadows shimmering with a green light. Were they ghosts?
Mo Huaiyu sniffed the air.
‘Looks like this mission isn’t simple. In that case, I need to be careful and stay alert.’
“Junior Brother, it’s coming out. Look!”
With her Cave-Heaven Realm cultivation, Xia Qingluan instantly sensed something was wrong.
Mo Huaiyu followed her gaze, and his eyes immediately sharpened.
Within the miasma, countless roots burst from the ground, intertwining to form a gigantic Tree Demon.
Atop the Tree Demon’s head was an unopened flower bud, its color extremely vivid and red—a crimson as red as blood.
Its hundred-meter-tall, massive body writhed, and each of its thick, sturdy root tendrils was exceptionally robust.
As they swung, it felt as if the very earth would tremble.
“This…!?”
Seeing the Tree Demon, Mo Huaiyu’s face paled in shock.
‘You’re telling me this is Divine Palace Realm? This damn thing is Faxiang Realm!’
‘That so-called Jubao Pavilion Master, I really believed your nonsense! You old geezer are truly wicked!’
The thick root tendrils were not only terrifyingly powerful but also astonishingly fast, moving so swiftly they left afterimages before his eyes.
“It’s actually this Tree Demon!”
A trace of gravity appeared on Xia Qingluan’s lovely face as she spoke.
“Junior Brother, this thing must be killed in one strike. Otherwise, it will regenerate infinitely. It’s very troublesome.”
“Senior Sister Xia, what should we do?”
“See that flower bud? Inside it is a Flower Bead. Shatter it, and it’s done.”
“Okay! No problem!”
“Hmm?”
Seeing Mo Huaiyu rubbing his hands together, eager for a fight, Xia Qingluan felt a bit puzzled.
An ordinary person would have been terrified pale by the sight of this Tree Demon.
Why did her junior brother look like he was preparing for a big battle?
Mo Huaiyu had just probed the Tree Demon’s aura.
It was indeed late-stage Divine Palace Realm.
‘As long as it’s not Faxiang Realm, it’s fine.’
‘Hehe, when I meet Faxiang Realm, I’m timid and submissive. When I meet Divine Palace Realm, I strike with heavy fists!’
However, the dense thicket of root tendrils surrounding them was a bit of a nuisance.
To achieve a one-hit kill, he needed to clear these tendrils away.
If Mo Huaiyu were alone, he naturally couldn’t do it.
But wasn’t Senior Sister Xia right beside him? ‘This is stable!’
“Senior Sister Xia, I’ll leave the surrounding root tendrils to you. As for the flower bud, leave it to me.”
Mo Huaiyu grinned, brimming with confidence.
Xia Qingluan gave him a charming, exasperated eye-roll.
‘Well, well, this little guy is treating me like free labor.’
But she didn’t say much more.
Her jade-like arm gently extended, a dazzling light flashed, and her graceful figure soared.
A stunning stream of light arced through the air, carrying vast and extraordinary Sword Qi.
In the blink of an eye, it carved out a path.
Xia Qingluan, holding a long sword, appeared radiant and transcendent.
A brilliant light shone behind her as her three-foot green blade swept through a thousand troops.
Faced with the assault, the root tendrils swung toward Xia Qingluan’s direction with astonishing force.
Xia Qingluan didn’t meet them head-on.
Her delicate body lightly stepped through the air, gracefully evading the tendrils’ attacks.
Seeing this, Mo Huaiyu didn’t dare delay either.
He opened his mouth and spat out a ball of black-and-white intertwined flames.
He grabbed the flames, and instantly, they enveloped his entire body.
The flames formed a slowly rotating Yin-Yang Diagram above his head.
At this moment, Mo Huaiyu’s attributes received a comprehensive boost, his aura soaring and approaching the Divine Palace Realm.
“A secret technique to boost strength.”
Xia Qingluan naturally sensed Mo Huaiyu’s aura instantly strengthening.
Seeing the flames coiling around the youth actually made her feel a faint sense of apprehension.
She saw the youth preparing to attack.
Sword Qi crisscrossed around her, shattering all the root tendrils.
‘What powerful Sword Qi.
And looking at Senior Sister Xia’s style, swordsmanship isn’t even her main cultivation path.’
Mo Huaiyu felt the sharp Sword Qi.
It was far stronger than Qin Wudi’s Sword Qi.
Even with the protective treasure Sister Yuyun gave him, he wouldn’t dare take this head-on.
Under the assault of Xia Qingluan’s Cave-Heaven Realm power, the Tree Demon let out a pained roar, and all the root tendrils around its massive body were severed.
“Junior Brother! Now!”
Xia Qingluan suddenly turned her head, her sparkling eyes fixed on the young boy.
“Okay!”
Mo Huaiyu didn’t dare delay.
His figure swiftly shot toward the flower bud atop the Tree Demon’s head.
The black-and-white flames transformed into a large blade, as if aiming to cleave it in two.
However, just as he neared the Tree Demon, the emerald green leaves on its massive body instantly detached, transforming into flying blades that shot through the air toward the youth.
‘Not good!’
Mo Huaiyu’s eyes widened.
“Junior Brother!”
Seeing this, Xia Qingluan was just about to rush to his aid when, in the next moment, countless root tendrils burst from the ground once more.
Mo Huaiyu hurriedly gathered the black-and-white flames onto his fist.
His small, fair fist punched forward fiercely.
The space actually rippled, waves of fluctuations spreading out.
The incoming leaves were now completely frozen in mid-air, unable to advance an inch.
Seeing the young boy was unharmed, Xia Qingluan let out a sigh of relief.
Looking at the reappearing root tendrils, her tall, graceful figure twisted.
Her long sword swept horizontally, augmented by vast Spiritual Qi.
The single slash not only shattered the tendrils but even struck toward the Tree Demon’s main stem, intending to cut it in half at the waist.
The Tree Demon wailed.
Although it managed to dodge Xia Qingluan’s sword strike at the last moment, two-thirds of its body was severed.
“Now’s the chance!”
Seeing this opportunity, Mo Huaiyu chopped open the flower bud with a palm strike and saw the crystal-clear, fist-sized Flower Bead inside.
‘This is it!’
A look of joy flashed across his face.
Just as the mission was about to be completed, a glimpse from the corner of his eye caught sight of something behind him.
A single root tendril, shimmering with green light, had appeared behind Senior Sister Xia, who seemed completely unaware.
Mo Huaiyu: !!!
“Senior Sister Xia! Behind you!”
He urgently shouted a warning.
Hearing him, Xia Qingluan quickly turned her head.
Even she was startled, her beautiful eyes widening.
She hadn’t detected it at all!
Swish!
A flash of sword light, and the root tendril shattered.
‘Fortunately, Junior Brother warned me.’
As she turned her head back, she heard a pained cry.
“Ugh-ah!”
Another root tendril, also shimmering with green light, had pierced through the youth’s body from behind.
“Junior Brother!!!”
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