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Published at 25th of March 2024 07:20:01 AM


Chapter 124

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Chapter 124

It was obviously not the Devouring Demon Willow, since it did not look like a willow tree at all.

It only had stiff, withered branches extending in the fog, twisting and turning. It did not even have any leaves.

Its fluffy withered branches were like Einstein's white explosive hair in his old age.

In the fog, its branches were faintly visible, like a withered tree.

But it was obviously not a withered tree...

It was not only not a withered tree, but also extremely powerful and ferocious! Facing the five exploring members fleeing towards it and the tentacle monsters, it took initiative to attack!

Each of its seemingly withered branches began to move, rapidly extending, also like tentacles attacking over...

No, those were not tentacles, but more like spears.

Thousands of those spears flew quickly over, and in the instant Qin Ran glanced over, they had already reached right in front of him.

He simply did not have time to react and make an evasive maneuver. His body could only instinctively utilize the Mirage Shift, turning his body into water form.

Just as Qin Ran was gritting his teeth, preparing to endure the pain of those withered branch spears piercing his body...

The imagined pain did not arrive.

Qin Ran was startled, and when he looked closely, he discovered that the withered branches did not assassinate him. They only interweaved into a cage, trapping him inside. When he looked to the side, he discovered that the others, including Su Changqing, were also caged by the withered branches.

And while they were "kindly" locked up, those pursuing tentacle monsters that followed them here did not share that good fortune. The sharp withered branch spears nailed those tentacles in midair.

"So powerful!" Qin Ran thought to himself, but at the same time utilized the Mirage Shift, turning himself into water, attempting to flow out through the gaps in the withered branches.

...This was completely impossible!

He did not know what level this withered tree had cultivated to. The cage it had interwoven seemed to have dense holes everywhere, but it was like a formation, impossible to break through no matter what.

This withered tree was not an ally! Qin Ran's heart sank.

Even though the withered tree had attacked the tentacle monsters and harbored enmity with them, its attitude towards the group of five was not friendly at all.

After struggling fruitlessly for a while, Qin Ran could only give up. Looking again towards the tentacles suspended in midair, he discovered that the tentacles nailed by the withered tree branches had already withered away in the short span of time...

The flesh and blood, along with the demonic energy inside, had all been absorbed by those withered branches!

Absorbing flesh and blood?! Qin Ran was shocked in his heart. This was surely not anything benevolent.

"Hiss..."

At this time, from within the fog came the pained cries of the tentacle monsters. In the next moment, all of the tentacles impaled by the withered branches snapped off simultaneously. Every single tentacle, including those not impaled, all retreated back faster than when they were chasing Qin Ran and the others.

That tentacle monster was afraid of this withered tree!

The moment they sensed the immortal energy emanating from the corpse, both trees knew... the method to quickly cultivate was consumption!

One relied on devouring the flesh and blood of living creatures to grow, while the other buried a dragon's bones underneath its roots to grow, thus setting their cultivation paths to eternally require consumption.

If they could absorb that immortal's corpse, then their powers would surge and they would finally find a chance to ascend..."

Su Changqing's words clearly struck true, as the Blood Dragon Bone's branches began to tremble again while the cage holding Su Changqing tightened inward.

The ownership of that immortal corpse was obvious - one was the soon to advance Devouring Demon Willow, while the other was the unknown withered tree shrouded in fog...

"Your Excellency need not be angered. I presume you know that after obtaining that immortal corpse, the Devouring Demon Willow's cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds. In little over ten thousand years, it was on the cusp of ascension...." Su Changqing was not nervous at all, steady as an old dog as he slowly spoke. "And in order to achieve the strongest possible advancement, it intends to devour the accumulated resources of the past hundred thousand years within the Hengduan Mountains.

We are here... to stop it!"

Upon hearing this, the Blood Dragon Bone's branches instantly ceased trembling.

Su Changqing righteously declared, "We absolutely cannot allow it to succeed!"

And at that moment, the fog suddenly parted, opening a small passage. Everyone present simultaneously sensed a divine presence descend. Su Changqing halted his words, gazing towards that passage...

Within the dense fog, a colorful butterfly slowly emerged from the passage's depths, gracefully fluttering as it approached.

Lithe and elegant, its wings slowly fanned through the air, almost ascending in beauty!

Everyone watched its fluttering wings, its flight trajectory, seemingly glimpsing the Way from its movements...

It was indescribable by words, the true essence of cultivation!!

That was the Dao.

All were enraptured, watching as the colorful butterfly emerged from the passage, flew through the air and gently alighted upon the withered tree's branches, folding up its wings.

Only then did everyone awake from that ethereal state...

"What is that, who is it?!" Qin Ran wondered to himself.

Unable to find an answer, he looked to Su Changqing and saw a pondering expression in his eyes. So Su Changqing knew of this butterfly's origins as well.

Blood Dragon Bone, colorful butterfly, the matters between the Blood Dragon Bone and the Devouring Demon Willow...

Su Changqing still hid many things unsaid.

After the butterfly stilled, the Blood Dragon Bone's branches gently shook, clearly communicating with it.

A while later, the branches loosened and Qin Ran's group was let down.

Then the butterfly once again spread its wings, taking flight from the Blood Dragon Bone's branches. It opened up a passage in the fog and flew inside.

Qin Ran and the others vaguely understood something and hurriedly followed...




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