Chapter 1705: 778: Spirit Root Origins (Part 3)
Before his words fell, he suddenly sensed the danger approaching from his side. Just as he was about to defend himself, the Demon Blood Treasure Tree had already swept from the void, its crown crushing layer upon layer of space!
The Subtle Taoist Monarch simultaneously wielded all of his mana and recalled the Eight Trigrams Refining Furnace, doing his utmost to resist. But the Demon Blood Treasure Tree came too quickly, leaving the Eight Trigrams Refining Furnace unable to protect his physical body in time!
“Bang!”
Before the Eight Trigrams Refining Furnace arrived, the Demon Blood Treasure Tree struck his body, its branches falling down, leaving the Subtle Taoist Monarch as though he was undergoing a thousand cuts, his skin and flesh torn open!
No matter how he mobilized all his cultivation, he was powerless to stop it!
The most powerful aspect of the Demon Blood Treasure Tree was not its branches, but its incredibly sturdy trunk.
Following closely behind the crushing branches came the trunk, merging ten thousand paths into the Infinite Great Dao!
Just as the Treasure Tree was about to crush him to pieces, with a loud clang, the Eight Trigrams Refining Furnace appeared above his head, colliding with the Demon Blood Treasure Tree.
This Eight Trigrams Refining Furnace is a magical treasure crafted by the Taiqing Dao Ancestor, even more powerful than the Demon Blood Treasure Tree. However, in its haste, its full power was yet to be unleashed before being crushed by the Demon Blood Treasure Tree.
With the loud crash, the Subtle Taoist Monarch spewed blood and organs, being struck by the Demon Blood Treasure Tree along with the Eight Trigrams Refining Furnace, being hurled into the silver Dao Sea!
At the same time, Chen Shi flickered into movement, both hands landing on the dust silk of the Demon-sweeping Duster, invoking the Spirit Treasure Dao Skill, plucking ten strands of dust silk, which coiled back and slashed toward Emperor Wan Shou!
Emperor Wan Shou was both shocked and furious, caring little for his injured hands. Grabbing the handle of the duster with one hand, he recited True Words while retreating swiftly, striving to avoid the vibrating strands of dust silk and avoid being slashed by them.
“Zheng! Zheng! Zheng!”
A series of tense zither string sounds came, the dust silk was plucked, unleashing countless invincible Sword Qi. Chen Shi, having studied the Green Stele left by the Spirit Treasure Daoist Ancestor in the Dao Ruins thoroughly, possessed an understanding of the Upper Pure Realm Dao Skill that rivaled Emperor Wan Shou’s, manipulating the power of the ten strands of dust silk!
“Mixed Yuan Sword Scripture Ninth Form, Hongmeng Division? You’re using my Upper Pure magical treasure to perform Golden Turtle Island’s Dao Skill?”
As he spoke, Emperor Wan Shou had already retreated thousands of miles, reaching the sea surface, regaining control over the Demon-sweeping Duster. Yet, his form had fallen into Hongmeng Division, surrounded everywhere by surging chaotic torrents. The power to create worlds surged from all directions, tenfold in total.
Emperor Wan Shou wielded the Demon-sweeping Duster like a sword, deploying the Upper Pure Sword Technique, where thousands of dust silk swirled like gigantic Jiao Long, colliding with Hongmeng Division. On the surface of the dust silk, various Immortal Dao Dao Patterns emerged, countering the power of Hongmeng Division.
Emperor Wan Shou used the duster as a sword, performing the Upper Pure Sword Technique. As thousands of dust silk collided with Hongmeng Division, blood instantly surged forth.
His swordsmanship was not as exquisite as Chen Shi’s, his moves broken by Chen Shi’s Hongmeng Division, yet the Demon-sweeping Duster was exceedingly powerful. Emperor Wan Shou, although injured, did not suffer a fatal blow.
With the Demon-sweeping Duster, Emperor Wan Shou struck ferociously outward, facing the second layer of Hongmeng Division.
Next came the third layer and fourth layer!
He tore through ten layers, bursting out of the encirclement, drenched in blood. While each layer of Hongmeng Division was not fatal, the combined ten layers still heavily wounded him.
Gnashing his teeth, Emperor Wan Shou drew out the duster, swinging it back towards the direction of the Black Sandalwood Ship.
The dust silk expanded, threatening to shatter the Black Sandalwood Ship!
Aboard the ship, Chen Shi laughed heartily, stood tall, and met the rapidly approaching dust silk, loudly proclaiming, “Emperor and Dao Monarch, esteemed friends, take your time leaving! Mr. Chen bids you farewell on your journey!”
Emperor Wan Shou and the Subtle Taoist Monarch were once emperors of the Ancestral Court; though powerful, when it came to Jianghu experience and intellect, they were no match for Chen Shi. At this moment, having been seized by Chen Shi and severely wounded, they knew proceeding would surely mean death, so they immediately activated their magical treasures to defend themselves and hurriedly fled along the sea surface.
Aboard the Black Sandalwood Ship, Daoist Qing Yang and Huan Shu looked on with uncertainty, witnessing Chen Shi’s imposing momentum as he pursued the two great masters.
“Daoist Qing Yang, is this old acquaintance of yours, Chen Zhenwang, really a righteous individual?” Huan Shu muttered.
Daoist Qing Yang shook his head repeatedly, cautiously saying, “I don’t know either, my time spent with him hasn’t been long. But the honorable Chen Zhenwang should be a righteous person, I suppose…”
𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞
Yet Chen Shi’s actions just now, first scheming against Ning Zhenzi and then immediately against Emperor Wan Shou and the Subtle Taoist Monarch, lacked the demeanor of a righteous person, resembling a completely unpredictable Great Demon, leaving the two quite startled.
Huan Shu said, “These four have left, let’s take this opportunity to leave this troublesome place!”
Daoist Qing Yang was about to speak but saw that the other Treasure Hunting Immortals aboard the Black Sandalwood Ship had already activated this treasure ship, steering towards the center of this Dao Sea.
“What are you doing?” Huan Shu exclaimed with surprise and anger, reprimanding them.
Those Treasure Hunting Immortals remained silent, continuing to propel the Black Sandalwood Ship toward the ancient continent at the center of the Dao Sea.
Huan Shu, being the ship’s leader, was about to get angry and stop them, but Daoist Qing Yang quickly tugged at her sleeve, whispering, “They’ve taken the Immortal Pill given by Ning Zhenzi.”
Huan Shu was startled and kept silent.
Ning Zhenzi appeared harmless, yet even facing Chen Shi and others’ attacks, he could still retreat without harm. Such power was truly intimidating.
Huan Shu dared not to ascertain what kind of mystery lay in the Immortal Pill he provided.
Daoist Qing Yang said, “Boss Huan, the Star Sea is exceedingly dangerous, the path we came is extremely complex, we may not survive returning the same way. The only plan now is to first go to that continent, there might be a chance to survive.”
Huan Shu kept silent, after a moment sighed and said, “As you wish, Daoist friend.”