EBE Chapter 525: Fighting the Tree Demon (2)
Chapter 525: Fighting the Tree Demon (2)
Following this angry roar, a three-foot-tall figure appeared in mid-air. Its limbs and body were all tree-like, and its blood-red eyes, as big as copper bells, stared intently at Pei Yun and Luo Rufeng below...
"Two human bastards in the Spirit Transformation Stage, how dare you make trouble in my territory? You really don't know how to live or die!" Although the tree demon was as short as a child, his voice was as old and hoarse as an old man.
"You are truly outrageous. This is my human race's territory. As a demon, you are actually slaughtering mortals here and devouring their souls. I will not only report this to the powerful people of the human race, but also to the Demon God Temple..."
Pei Yun took a step forward and fought back without showing any weakness, secretly hoping to delay time as much as possible and wait for Venerable Qin Gu to come to the rescue.
"Hahaha! Demon God Temple?! Will the elders of the Demon God Temple listen to your nonsense?! Besides, you can't even enter the demon world..."
The tree demon seemed to have heard a joke and laughed at it without any hesitation. Although his face was as bark as a tree, Pei Yun and Luo Rufeng could still see his contempt.
But before he could finish his mocking words, he caught a glimpse of the token of the elder of the Demon God Temple in Pei Yun's hand. The tree demon suddenly lost his voice and looked at Pei Yun in amazement!
"You, you are a human...how could there be..." The tree demon shook his head in disbelief, so surprised that he couldn't speak clearly.
"The two of us performed great service for the demon race in Demon Realm Mountain. We uncovered the demon spies and averted a great disaster for the demon race. This is the reward the Demon God Palace's master gave us..."
Pei Yun straightened his back and said with a stern expression, "If you know what's good for you, tree demon, let us out!"
The tree demon was stunned for a moment, then laughed coldly: "Ha... You cunning human youngster, I almost got fooled by you. So what if you are an elder of the Demon God Temple? As you said, this is human territory, and the demons can't interfere. Besides, to use force to overwhelm others requires sufficient strength. I can easily strangle you two little guys!"
"Unfortunately, the reality is that not only can you not strangle us to death, but you were also injured by my sword..." Luo Rufeng raised his cold eyes and looked at the tree monster with murderous intent.
"You! Deserve! Death!" The tree demon was completely enraged. Just when he was about to use his ultimate move, the door at the top of the Soul Refining Tower was opened!
Pei Yun and the other man looked up expectantly. The lush branches and leaves of the tree demon blocked their view, but their spiritual sense detected that thousands of cultivators were rushing into the Soul Refining Tower.
It can be imagined that it was not the rescue of Master Qin Gu that came, but the opening of the Soul Refining Tower!
Pei Yun and the other man looked at each other and saw the disappointment and heaviness in each other's eyes. Both of their spiritual power and soul power had been consumed a lot, but only one day had passed.
Fortunately, the tree demon seemed to pay more attention to the monks who came in. In his eyes, Pei Yun and the other two and the remaining more than 10,000 mortals were already his meals. Now that so many monks came in, of course he had to hunt them well. The souls of monks were much more delicious than those of mortals!
In fact, at the beginning, the Xianxia Sect did not sacrifice mortals to the tree demon, but as the casualties in the Soul Refining Tower became more and more serious, many cultivators did not want to take the risk to enter, just because of the high probability of not getting the "Immortal Soul Fruit".
The tree demon did not have enough souls to devour, so naturally he was unwilling to trade with the leader of the Xianxia Sect again.
Sect Leader Han made an agreement with the tree demon that every time he opened the Soul Refining Tower, tens of thousands of mortals would be sent to him for his enjoyment, but he could not kill all the cultivators who came in for training, and could only devour 50% at most.
As for the price the tree demon paid, it was nothing but the fruit grown on his body. For this reason, Sect Leader Han specially named the fruit "Immortal Soul Fruit" in an attempt to conceal where the fruit came from - in fact, it was the fruit condensed after the souls of those dead people were sucked into the roots of the tree demon.
"I'm going to have a meal first. After I deal with the humans up there, I'll come back to deal with you!" The tree demon said hatefully, then turned around and returned to his original body.
The attack stopped temporarily, but the large leaves above covered the sky above everyone's heads tightly, and the situation above could not be seen with the naked eye.
"Master Monk, what should we do?"
"Please, my two lords, save us!"
"Save us..."
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The only people this group of mortals could rely on now were Pei Yun and the other two. They were trembling with fear. When they saw someone kneeling down, the others also knelt down, hoping that these two would not abandon them and rescue them.
"Everyone, stop kneeling. Sit down and rest first. We'll have a tough battle to fight later..." Pei Yun raised his hand and said, "We will get out!"
Pei Yun knew that the tree demon must be spying on them, but her domain contained the laws of time and space, which blocked the other party's detection.
She came to sit beside Luo Rufeng, took out a gourd-shaped jade gourd from the space and gave it to him. She also started to eat it, feeling regretful as she ate: "...This jade gourd is a second-grade high-level spiritual fruit. If you take it when you are in the middle stage of the Spiritual Transformation, you will not be able to break through to the late stage of the Spiritual Transformation in one fell swoop. The Jidao Patriarch only has these two..."
"The spiritual power in the jade gourd is abundant and gentle. Taking it can quickly restore our spiritual power..." Luo Rufeng had already started practicing after taking it.
Pei Yun gave the only remaining Soul-Returning Pill to Luo Rufeng. That day on Yuanxing, Chu Zewen finally woke up on his own without using the Soul-Returning Pill. Later, he returned the pill to Pei Yun.
Luo Rufeng did not accept it, but said: "You need to maintain the domain all the time, which consumes a lot of spiritual power. You can use this Soul Returning Pill."
"You know that my soul is strong. Besides, I have cultivated the Seven Refinements of Soul to the fourth level, and the power of soul is not consumed much. On the contrary, you have to deal with the attacks of the tree monster all the time. It will be more beneficial for us if you take it..." Pei Yun said nothing and stuffed the pill in his hand into the mouth of the person in front of him.
Luo Rufeng smiled helplessly, a hint of fondness flashing across his eyes, and secretly said, "Can you put these people in the Guixi City you obtained last time?"
"No, as soon as you enter Guixi City, your soul will be consumed. It is a magic weapon that attacks the soul, not like my portable space, but..." Pei Yun shook her head and was about to say something else, but Luo Rufeng immediately interrupted and rejected her idea.
"Don't bring anyone into the space. Not to mention the risk of exposing the space, there are so many people here, you can't bring everyone into the space..."
Pei Yun also knew that this method was not feasible, so he did not mention it again. He just hoped in his heart that Venerable Qin Gu would see their message for help as soon as possible. To be honest, what the two of them feared most was that Venerable Qin Gu was not in the sect, because this message was sent to the Jijian Sect.
The excellent luck of the two people came into play at this moment!
After receiving the information from Pei Yun, the disciples of the Jijian Sect's Liaison Hall reported it in a timely manner.
It just so happened that Master Hou of the Jijian Sect was discussing matters with his elders. When they received the news, they were stunned. They specially called the disciple to the front of the hall to report, and said with a strange look on their face, "Did this news come from Patriarch Qin Meng's token?"
"Master, I have confirmed again and again that this is indeed the identity token of Patriarch Qin Meng."
"What's going on? How come the token of Patriarch Qin Meng is in the hands of this person called 'Pei Yun'? It is said that Patriarch Qin Meng has already ascended to heaven, so shouldn't the token be in the hands of Qin Gu..." Pei Yun left his name in the message he transmitted.
"Everyone has forgotten that our ancestor Qin Meng has left clones of his consciousness in various places on the Haoyu Continent. Perhaps Pei Yun obtained the token in one of these secret realms..."
"The message is asking Qin Gu for help, requesting him to go to Bixia Island overseas to rescue. Who is this person? Does he know Qin Gu?"
The Jijian Sect's elders began to discuss. At this time, the chief elder Du Jian spoke up, "Everyone, Pei Yun wrote that she was a disciple of the Yunshan Sect. I'm sure everyone is familiar with the Yunshan Sect. The swordsman Luo Rufeng, who once defeated our sect's talented disciple Pei An, was from the Yunshan Sect..."
"Now that the Great Elder mentioned this, I remember that when the Night Demon Lord broke into Jitian City and rescued his daughter, the person walking with Qin Yun seemed to be called Pei Yun, and Luo Rufeng was right beside her..."
"Master, look at this message..." Everyone turned their eyes to Master Hou.
Sect Master Hou pondered for a moment and instructed his disciples, "Qin Gu is currently in seclusion in Mengdao Mountain. You can report the contents of this message to him. Qin Gu can handle the Xianxia Sect alone..."