Seeing Nie Chu’s confident demeanor.
Lu Jin hesitated, then cautiously asked, “What if we can’t win?”
The others’ faces changed.
Their eyes revealed deep unease.
No one had expected this.
Lu Jin had openly questioned Nie Chu’s strength.
Nie Chu’s face turned grim, “Lu Jin, are you doubting my strength?”
“Yes!”
“Although my strength isn’t the strongest.”
“I am still a third-level Heavenly Ghost Realm expert.”
“I don’t believe there’s an opponent in this barren land I cannot defeat.”
Lu Jin obediently shut his mouth.
Fearing that offending Nie Chu would cause him to fly into a rage and kill him.
Although he was from the Lu family.
He was the Great Guest Elder of the Lu family.
Even if Nie Chu killed him.
The Clan Leader would not turn against him for his sake.
The depths of the barren land were fraught with danger.
Towering ancient trees reached the sky everywhere.
And powerful demonic beasts and vengeful spirits roamed.
However, sensing the aura of Nie Chu and the others, they all cowered on the ground, trembling.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
A lush black forest appeared before Nie Chu and the others.
A weeping willow tree, about ten thousand zhang tall.
Stood silently between heaven and earth.
Even though it was winter.
This weeping willow exuded vibrant life.
Its emerald green branches swayed gently in the wind.
Like divine chains hanging upside down from the nine heavens.
It exuded a powerful sense of pressure.
“How can there be such a terrifying mountain spirit here?” on the jade boat, an old man felt a strong sense of unease.
The others also looked solemn.
Although this mountain spirit was in a dormant state.
The aura it emitted sent chills down their spines.
Making them wish they could turn back and flee immediately.
Nie Chu showed a hint of disdain, “Just a mountain spirit, not worth mentioning!”
As he spoke, he uttered in a cold voice, “Chen Nan, reveal yourself. I have long foreseen your plan. You merely wish to use our hands to eliminate this mountain spirit.”
He could sense Chen Nan’s aura disappear upon reaching the black forest.
There was no need to think to know.
This brat must be hiding.
This was similar to Lu Jin’s previous guess…
No!
This was exactly as he had thought.
Chen Nan intended to use his strength to eliminate this mountain spirit.
“Wow!” Chen Nan’s voice echoed through heaven and earth, “I truly didn’t expect you to see through my intentions. You’re not entirely brainless after all.”
As he spoke.
Chen Nan appeared on the crown of a large tree in the distance, a playful smile on his face.
Upon hearing this.
A glint flashed in Nie Chu’s eyes, his expression cold, “I don’t know what is hidden here, but it’s not difficult to guess that there must be some supreme treasure in this place.”
“Given that you have led me to a treasure.”
“As long as you hand over the Forget Worry Grass.”
“I will spare your life!”
Chen Nan grinned, “Do you really think you can contend with this mountain spirit?”
“Insolent!”
An elder roared, “Senior Nie Chu has third-level Heavenly Ghost Realm cultivation. With his cultivation, he can traverse the barren lands. What is a mere mountain spirit, what’s the big deal?”
Chen Nan’s eyes widened in disbelief, “Ni Shu? Who would have such a name?”
Hiss!
Everyone involuntarily gasped.
Chen Nan’s audacity was too much!
He dared to mock Senior Nie Chu’s name so openly.
It was over!
He was finished!
“Chen, you have successfully angered me!” Nie Chu erupted with immense killing intent, his eyes as cold as knives, “I will flay you alive, skin you and pull out your tendons.”
“Only then can I vent the hatred in my heart.”
“But not now.”
Saying this, he glared at the weeping willow tree that stood between heaven and earth, “I will kill this spirit and seize the opportunity that rightfully belongs to you, making you realize that everything you’ve done was merely to prepare a feast for me.”
“I will make you despair, helpless!”
“Let you know the consequences of being my enemy.”
“And then I will carve your flesh piece by piece.”
“Only then can I vent my…”
“Stop, stop, stop!” Chen Nan quickly interrupted, then looked at him innocently, “Senior Ni Shu, aren’t you talking a bit too much?”
“Don’t you know the saying that villains die from talking too much?”
Nie Chu was enraged.
He transformed his hand into a sword and directly slashed at the willow tree.
Swish!
The destructive sword qi tore through the void.
Exuding an aura of world-ending destruction.
Causing everyone to hold their breath.
Is this the strength of a Heavenly Ghost Realm expert?
Truly terrifying.
Boom!
When Nie Chu’s sword qi was still hundreds of meters away from the willow tree.
A verdant rainbow light ascended from the willow tree.
It directly blocked Nie Chu’s sword qi.
Simultaneously.
The myriad of willow branches seemed to come alive.
Like countless sharp swords, they simultaneously locked onto Nie Chu and the others.
Then, a hoarse, angry voice echoed through heaven and earth, “Humans, you should not have trespassed into my territory. This is not a place for you!”
Man and demon are distinct.
Since ancient times.
Humans and demons have lived in their respective territories.
This seemed to have become an unspoken law.
Nie Chu’s eyes flashed with cold light, “Not only have I come, but I will also destroy you!” As he said this, he formed a hand seal and unleashed a terrifying palm strike.
In an instant, the sky turned dark and the earth went dim.
A fierce wind raged.
A black palm that blotted out the sky appeared in the depths of the nine heavens.
Like the wrath of a god.
Exuding a suffocating aura.
“Since you wish to die, I shall grant your wish!”
The willow tree’s voice was filled with boundless rage, echoing in everyone’s ears like thunder.
Innumerable willow branches transformed into green rainbow light and surged into the sky.
A fierce battle ensued!
“This is the moment!”
Chen Nan’s eyes lit up.
He had to take advantage of the time when the willow tree was fighting with Nie Chu.
To find the Blood Spirit Root.
Only then could he ensure that the Blood Spirit Root would not be affected.
“Escape!”
Chen Nan’s figure bizarrely vanished from the air.
The next moment.
He appeared a hundred meters underground.
And saw a blood-red spirit root.
It looked like a ginseng.
Lying there quietly.
Exuding a refreshing medicinal fragrance.
Chen Nan’s eyes shone.
As long as he could obtain this Blood Spirit Root.
He would have a chance to refine the Great Purity Divine Pill.
And thus prevent the sisters Lu Bailing and Lu Qingqing from being refined into pills.
However.
Around the Blood Spirit Root.
Were countless root systems of the willow tree.
Those root systems formed a cage, blocking Chen Nan’s path.
Moreover.
The moment Chen Nan appeared, he felt a terrifying force emanating from the soil.
It seemed to have become more compacted.
It was evident.
The willow tree had sensed his presence.
And did not want him to covet this Blood Spirit Root.
Then, countless fine root systems appeared around Chen Nan like steel needles.
Even Chen Nan felt a tingling pain spreading through him.
But he was not panicked at all.
He extended his Spatial Domain to cover the Blood Spirit Root.
The next second!
He and the Blood Spirit Root vanished from underground simultaneously!
With the aid of the Spatial Domain.
How difficult could it be to snatch the Blood Spirit Root from under the willow tree’s nose?