Chapter 1082: Despairing Shrieks

Chapter 1082: The Desperate Roar

Ah!

In the vast mountain ranges, the roar echoed like thunder, shaking the heavens and earth.

Lao Shu Yao, the old tree demon, was furious beyond measure. It forcibly reversed its cultivation method, abandoning Nie Pan, and unleashed its Huang Jing aura in a tremendous surge.

It was truly enraged!

Fan Tong coughed dryly and once again flung out over a hundred Ling Fu, attaching them to the various branches of Lao Shu Yao.

Just like the previous Ling Fu, these hundreds exploded in unison, blasting the old tree demon's branches and leaves everywhere, mingled with fresh blood. However, due to its overwhelming regenerative power, whatever Fan Tong destroyed, it could regenerate just as quickly.

Hu Xian Er activated a secret technique, merging her two swords into one and unleashing a world-shaking sword beam that carved a deep gash into Lao Shu Yao's body.

Xiao Ying was equally dominant, firing countless eagle feathers that condensed into a divine light, enhanced by fierce flames, incinerating swathes of the old tree demon's branches.

The battle instantly turned ferocious.

Lao Shu Yao was completely infuriated, wildly devouring the essence of the earth's spiritual veins, battering Fan Tong and his companions until blood and bones flew.

Deep underground, Ye Chen carved his way down until he finally reached the earth's spiritual vein.

Standing once again atop the earth's spiritual vein, Ye Chen felt an immense sense of exhilaration. His Hun Luan Gong Fa operated on its own, with every pore in his body opening wide to voraciously absorb the earth's essence, refining his Sheng Qu.

You damn it, hurry up! We can't hold on!

As Ye Chen absorbed the earth's essence, Fan Tong's furious shout echoed from above.

I know what I'm doing!

Ye Chen cleared his throat and immediately swung his sword, severing the numerous roots that Lao Shu Yao had plunged into the earth's spiritual vein. His goal was to cut off the demon's supply; without a continuous influx of earth's essence to replenish its energy, the old tree demon, having forcibly reversed its cultivation, would eventually collapse.

The results proved Ye Chen right. That single sword strike left Lao Shu Yao in agony. Without the earth's essence to sustain it, its momentum plummeted instantly.

Ye Chen had already acted, manifesting two golden hands that grasped the tangled earth's spiritual vein. With a mighty pull, he uprooted the massive vein entirely.

Collect!

With Ye Chen's light command, the earth's spiritual vein was drawn into the Hun Luan Shen Ding.

Then, he sprang up abruptly, soaring into the sky like a divine light bursting from the ground, and without hesitation, swung his sword at Lao Shu Yao.

Ah!

Lao Shu Yao roared, forming a tangible halo centered on its body that spread rapidly. Wherever it passed, ancient trees and towering mountains were all severed at the waist.

Immediately, whether it was Ye Chen, or Fan Tong, Hu Xian Er, and Xiao Ying, they were all hurled back by the halo.

Go!

Fan Tong staggered to his feet and fled into the void, like a divine light retreating. Even as he left, he didn't forget to wave his sleeve and deploy nine Zhan Qi, which instantly formed a Fa Zhen that enveloped Lao Shu Yao.

Ye Chen didn't lag behind, directly mounting Xiao Ying's back. Xiao Ying spread its wings with a screech and retreated like a divine light.

Hu Xian Er wiped the fresh blood from her mouth and summoned her treasure, a scroll painting. She stepped onto it and fled toward the outside.

However, she had barely flown more than a dozen Zhang when Lao Shu Yao burst through the nine Zhan Qi array. A thick vine, coiling like a Jiao Long, shot out and ensnared her.

I'll make you wish you were dead!

Lao Shu Yao's voice was savage and grotesque as it dragged the fleeing Hu Xian Er back by force.

Break for me!

Hu Xian Er swung her sword at once, trying to sever the vine binding her, but it was harder than divine iron. Not only did she fail to cut it, but her Zi Qing double swords were shattered into pieces.

Save me!

Hu Xian Er cried out in panic, her beautiful eyes now filled with desperation rather than allure. She hoped that Ye Chen and Fan Tong, who had already escaped, would return to help her. Otherwise, if Lao Shu Yao pulled her back, she would surely be devoured.

But her calls received no response at all.

Inevitably, Hu Xian Er's body turned cold from head to toe. Though she struggled with all her might, she couldn't break free and could only watch as she was dragged back, her fate all too clear.

Die! Die!

Lao Shu Yao's blood-red eyes twisted into a hideous shape. It had already pulled Hu Xian Er to its side, with countless vines wrapping around her, intent on sucking her dry.

Save me! Save me!

Hu Xian Er continued to scream, bound and unable to move. In just three seconds, most of her body's essence had been drained.

Yet, her cries still met with icy silence and no hope.

In that instant, her heart turned completely cold. Her face paled, tears welling up, and her entire body trembled like an abandoned child, enveloped in the fear of ice and darkness.

On the brink of death, she laughed self-mockingly, her face streaked with tears.

She gave up resisting. In this cruel and selfish world, who would risk their life to save a dirty woman like her?

But just then, a golden light figure streaked across the sky, strikingly bright amid the dark mountain forests.

Wan Jian Feng Shen!

Ye Chen had returned, merging Wan Jian Gui Yi with Feng Shen Jue, empowered by Xian Huo, his sword strike devastating everything in its path.

Hu Xian Er stared up at the sky in a daze, hardly believing her eyes as she watched Ye Chen, his figure wrapped in golden light, now etched deeply into her soul.

Pfft!

Lao Shu Yao was wounded, Ye Chen's peak strike piercing one of its eyes, sending blood splattering like a rain of light.

Lao Shu Yao let out a piercing wail. Ye Chen's sword was too overpowering, especially with Xian Huo's boost, catching it off guard. One eye was destroyed, and the terrifying killing intent rampaged within its body.

It was furious, yet shocked—furious that Ye Chen had blinded its eye, and shocked by his overwhelmingly dominant combat power.

He's just a Tian Jing, merely a Tian Jing, yet he blinded an eye of a Huang Jing!

Go!

As Lao Shu Yao wailed, Ye Chen had already severed the vines binding Hu Xian Er and, carrying her on his back, shot into the sky like a divine light.

Leave them to me!

Lao Shu Yao's roar shook the heavens and earth, unleashing another blood-red halo that spread endlessly, obliterating swathes of the world in its wake, leaving nothing but ash and an unstoppable force.

Pfft!

Ye Chen was hit on the spot, his body plummeting from the sky like a kite with its string cut.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Cold winds howled, and countless dark lights shot from behind, blanketing the sky.

Wan Jian Chao Zong!

Ye Chen suddenly rose, clad in innate Gang Qi armor, expanding his Hun Luan world and suspending the Hun Luan Shen Ding above his head to shield Hu Xian Er. He countered with ten thousand swords and defended with the Tian Gang Jian Zhen.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Instantly, Ye Chen's external Dharma image of the Hun Luan world was pierced repeatedly, left in tatters, and even his powerful Sheng Qu was riddled with bloody holes, his golden blood starkly vivid.

It wasn't that Ye Chen's divine abilities were weak; it was just that the maddened Lao Shu Yao was far too powerful.

Only in a true confrontation with a Huang Jing did Ye Chen realize the extent of the gap.

In Da Chu, he could slay the Tian Mo Da Di, but here in the Zhu Tian Wan Yu, his cultivation and Dao were absolutely suppressed by Tian Zhao and Tian Dao. Facing a Huang Jing head-on, he was no match.

Behind him, Hu Xian Er lay weakly on the ground, yet she still gazed at Ye Chen in a trance. His blood-soaked body radiated a brilliant divine glow, warming her cold form as never before.

Suddenly, her eyes blurred. Never before had anyone stood before a dirty woman like her in this way.

Her life had always been about exploitation, a precarious path where she used her seductive body to trade for cultivation resources, her filthy form fitting this filthy world in a sordid exchange.

She had thought this cruel world was defined only by transactions.

But Ye Chen's arrival made her dimly realize that in this mortal realm, beyond transactions, there was something called hope still burning—and that even a filthy person like her could be cared for, even if just a little.

Suo Di Cheng Cun!

In her daze, Hu Xian Er felt a warm hand grasp her, carrying her away from this icy world.