Everyone took out their weapons and attacked the nearest trees. However, in order to prevent a sneak attack from the Tree Demon, everyone was very careful. They did not act alone, at least in groups of three or four. If anything happened, they would be able to rescue in time. Although this would reduce their speed, it could better ensure their safety.
Anyway, their purpose was not to cut down the entire forest, but to force the Tree Demon out. Of course, if the Tree Demon did not come out, they did not mind cutting a path. At most, it would take a little more time. With so many people, they would not be trapped in a forest to death. They were not ordinary people, each of them was a powerful martial artist.
Just as everyone was enthusiastically cutting down the trees, countless giant trees were moving at high speed in a place that Lu Xuan and the others could not see. It was as if they were not plants that could not move, but rather animals with legs. What was even more surprising was that they did not leave any traces behind as they moved. Not even a speck of soil was turned up.
However, at this moment, the moving trees suddenly stopped. One of the trees trembled without any warning, and countless leaves rained down, as if it had fallen into a violent rage. Following that, all the trees sped up their advance.
After a period of time, the place where Lu Xuan and the others were at had become empty. The ground was full of fallen trees, and they could directly see the powerful array in the sky that was flowing with white light.
"It hasn't appeared yet. It seems that this Tree Demon can really endure." Long Ming frowned slightly as he looked around.
"Even if it is a Tree Demon, it has lived for hundreds or thousands of years. How can it be so stupid?" Lin Zeyu said lazily. He did not do anything, but just stood at the side and watched. Why would he do such a laborious and unrewarding work?
"Continue to expand the area and clear a space that is enough for us to do our work. At least we don't have to worry about it sneak attack from behind." Lu Xuan said.
"Same as I thought. Continue." Long Ming nodded and said. This time, both of them ignored Lin Zeyu's nonsense. Long Ming casually slashed down with his sword, wanting to cut down the tree in front of him. But at this moment, the tree suddenly retreated, and immediately avoided Long Ming's sword.
Long Ming was slightly startled, then he shouted, "It's coming!"
In fact, there was no need for him to remind them, because the tree in front of him was not the only one that moved. All the remaining giant trees in the surroundings began to move, and the countless moving giant trees dazzled everyone's eyes.
Lu Xuan narrowed his eyes and said softly, "You finally can't hold it in anymore?"
"Everyone gather, beware of sneak attacks." Yun Qi shouted loudly. Immediately after, the people who were chopping quickly retreated and gathered together. Their vigilance was raised to the maximum, ready to defend against any possible attacks.
"Ah!" A blood-curdling scream rang out. Everyone's complexion changed as they hastily looked over. They saw that at the place where Leng Qingqiu, Yun Qi and the others were, a spike suddenly pierced out from the ground. A disciple of the Profound Ice Pavilion was directly pierced through by it. Fresh blood splattered down, appearing incomparably terrifying.
This was the first time that the Profound Ice Pavilion had lost a disciple. Before, they were only injured and not dead, but they didn't expect that under such a vigilant situation, one of them would still be killed by the Tree Demon.
It could only be said that the Tree Demon's intelligence was not low. It actually knew how to hide. Previously, it only showed that it could control the trees to attack, but no one thought that it could also control the ground in the forest.
"Everyone, fly up, don't stay on the ground!" Long Ming reminded them again. The Tree Demon's strange methods were far beyond their imagination. If they were not careful, they would die.
"I should have thought of the Tree Demon's attack." Lu Xuan blamed himself, "It can control the giant trees to move on the ground without leaving a trace, so it must be able to control the soil."
This time, the people who died were from the Profound Ice Pavilion. For Lu Xuan and the others, their feelings were undoubtedly stronger than the people from the other sects.
"No one can think of everything. You don't need to think too much, just kill this Tree Demon and avenge your junior brother." Zhao Bing`er comforted him in a low voice.
"It seems that this Tree Demon is about to start its final counterattack. Let's see its strongest move," Lu Xuan said in a low voice, staring at the unpredictable forest in front of them.
At this moment, everyone was floating in the air, quietly watching the Tree Demon's movements. No one dared to take the risk.
Soon after, a shocking scene appeared. They saw two giant trees suddenly collide, but everyone watched as the two trees merged together, becoming an even taller and bigger tree!
"It's fusing with its own branch!" Long Ming shouted.
"I'll go kill it!" Lin Zeyu said confidently. Then, he rushed out like an arrow leaving the bow. Long Ming hurriedly tried to pull him back, but he was a step too late.
However, he did not hesitate and directly chased after Lin Zeyu. It was too dangerous for Lin Zeyu to face the Tree Demon alone.
Lin Zeyu's speed was extremely fast, even faster than when he snatched Yun Qi's Bloodline Stone. Almost in an instant, he rushed in front of the giant tree that had just merged with it.
It had to be said that Lin Zeyu's vision was very accurate. Since the Tree Demon was merging, its body was undoubtedly in the giant tree that had just merged with it.
A black sharp blade appeared in Lin Zeyu's hand. It looked like a strangely shaped blade, but no one doubted the sharpness of this blade. Previously, it had easily cut off the head of the giant serpent with one strike.
"Die!" A bloodthirsty look flashed across Lin Zeyu's face, and he seemed to be quite excited. A fierce blade energy instantly shot out from his hand. At first, it was only a foot long, but soon after, it expanded to dozens of feet, as if it was going to split the tree in half.
Everyone stared intently at Lin Zeyu's movements. Although they couldn't bear to see this guy's arrogance and unruliness, if he could directly kill this strange tree demon, that would be what everyone hoped for.
However, at this moment, the branches of the tree suddenly softened, and like long whips, they directly lashed out.
"Swoosh swoosh swoosh!"
The sound of the wind caused by the sweeping branches was so clear, and it was obvious that the speed was extremely fast. However, Lin Zeyu's attack was also very strong. The blade energy was the first to directly cut off a few branches, but immediately after, more branches swept over.
Lin Zeyu still did not retreat. The black sharp blade in his hand waved continuously, and a fierce blade energy was shot out. He actually wanted to forcibly crush the Tree Demon.
However, at this moment, the Tree Demon suddenly shook, and countless leaves suddenly shot out. Under the control of the Tree Demon, the leaves that usually had no lethality were like flying knives, densely attacking Lin Zeyu.
Seeing this, Lin Zeyu's expression suddenly changed. Such a dense attack could probably pierce him into a sieve. At this moment, he finally felt fear, and at this moment, he activated his movement skill and wanted to escape, but at this moment, the Tree Demon did not want to let him go so easily. More than a dozen branches uniformly swung out, instantly sealing all of Lin Zeyu's escape routes.
"Damned bastard!" Lin Zeyu's expression was ferocious, and he angrily cursed, looking for a way to escape. Fortunately, at this moment, Long Ming finally felt it. With a sweep of his snow-white longsword, a thin blade energy shot out, and immediately cut off the branches. At the same time, he did not slow down, and at the same time, he grabbed Lin Zeyu, and at the same time, his longsword swept out, and endless energy swept out, forming an impenetrable energy wall, blocking all of the Tree Demon's countless leaves. At last, he safely withdrew with Lin Zeyu.
"Don't be impulsive in the future, or else don't blame me for not saving you if you die!" Long Ming shouted at Lin Zeyu with a dark expression. If he had been one step slower, Lin Zeyu would have become the Tree Demon's fertilizer.
Lin Zeyu gritted his teeth, and said stubbornly, "If you all attacked together just now, you could definitely kill it. You can only blame yourselves for being too cowardly, a bunch of cowards!"
Lin Zeyu's words could be said to have angered the crowd. It was clearly him who was reckless, and yet he called them cowards. For a moment, they all glared at him. Although they were subordinate sects of the Nine Eastern Alliance, they could not allow a mere Nine Eastern Alliance disciple to bully and humiliate them like this.
With a slap, Long Ming directly slapped Lin Zeyu's face, and angrily shouted, "Look carefully again, if we really attacked it, I'm afraid we would all die!"
Just now, the Tree Demon was deliberately baiting them. It didn't just fuse with two trees, but with countless trees at the same time. If Long Ming and Lin Zeyu had stayed a moment longer, they would have immediately been surrounded by layers upon layers of giant trees, and then they would have died without a doubt.
However, Lin Zeyu did not pay attention to this, he was stunned by Long Ming's slap. He rubbed his face, and blankly stared at Long Ming, "You motherf * cker dare hit me?"
Seeing that Lin Zeyu actually dared to scold him, even with Long Ming's temper, he couldn't help but be enraged, and he said with a gloomy face, "If it wasn't out of consideration for your brother, I wouldn't care even if you died."
Sure enough, there was a reason why Long Ming tolerated Lin Zeyu. Clearly, Lin Zeyu had a backer in the Nine Eastern Alliance.
Seeing that Long Ming had completely shed all pretense of cordiality, Lin Zeyu coldly smiled. "Very well, I will pass on this message to my brother. You guys play, I won't accompany you."
Lin Zeyu immediately turned and flew to the back of the group. He crossed his arms over his chest, and a cold smile hung on his face as he looked at the crowd.
Long Ming was too lazy to bother with him. He could see that Lin Zeyu had his own trump card, and wasn't too worried about Lin Zeyu's so-called brother.
"Everyone, don't be in a hurry to attack. Listen to my commands, the Tree Demon's fusion cannot be stopped." Long Ming calmly watched the Tree Demon's movements as he spoke.
Seeing that the martial artists weren't going to attack, the Tree Demon no longer had any thoughts of playing around. One by one, it quickly moved the trees to fuse together. The method that Lu Xuan had proposed before had a certain effect. Because it was worried that Lu Xuan and the others would cut down the trees endlessly, and because the Tree Demon needed to expend spirit energy to move its branches, it didn't move too many trees to display its full strength.
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