"This can't go on!" Long Ming's face was full of anger. Although the tree demon's attacks couldn't hurt him, the other disciples couldn't withstand the repeated attacks. In the last few waves, not only did the Wandering Cultivators and the Fourth Grade Sects suffer heavy losses, but even a few of the Jiuhua Alliance's disciples fell because they were caught off guard.
Long Ming didn't care about the deaths of others, but he didn't want to see the deaths of the Jiuhua Alliance's disciples.
Long Ming took a deep breath and suddenly rushed forward. He gripped the longsword in his hands and roared, "Asura Demon Slash!"
The thin longsword emitted a demonic blood-red light, as if it was connected to the Asura Realm. Immediately after, the blood-red light intensified, and an unparalleled aura emanated from Long Ming's body. The blood-red light illuminated the entire space. Within the hazy blood-red light, countless rays of sword qi flashed. All of the tree demon's branches were instantly cut down by Long Ming! At this moment, the tree demon was like a monster without hands.
Long Ming's sudden display of godly might was the first time he displayed his formidable strength. Everyone was stunned. Now, they finally understood the gap between themselves and the elite disciples of the Jiuhua Alliance.
They were already struggling to deal with a portion of the tree demon's attacks, but Long Ming's one move had reduced the tree demon to a lone commander. Even if the tree demon's regenerative abilities were very strong, Long Ming's attack had greatly damaged its vitality. From the tree demon's reaction, it was obvious that although it was regrowing branches, its speed was much slower.
After Long Ming's attack, he didn't show signs of exhaustion like everyone had expected. Clearly, Long Ming's strength was above their expectations. After all, Long Ming was a true Origin Realm cultivator, perhaps even a mid-stage Origin Realm cultivator. Even if he had suppressed his strength to the peak of the Spirit Refinement realm, the inner core within his body was still there. The density of his spiritual force wasn't something an average person could compare with.
However, Long Ming didn't take advantage of this opportunity to attack the tree demon. He knew that with his own strength, he couldn't kill the tree demon no matter what. He did this to create an opportunity for everyone to regroup.
"Everyone, gather behind me!" Long Ming's loud and clear voice reverberated in all directions. Those disciples who were previously isolated and struggling to support themselves hurriedly rushed behind Long Ming.
Lu Xuan and the others also hurried over. Now was not the time to be a hero, they needed to borrow the strength of everyone.
Long Ming glanced around and saw that everyone had gathered. Before the Tree Demon launched its attack, he said in a deep voice, "All martial artists at the peak of the God Refinement realm, come here! We need to work together to deal with this tree demon. "
Hearing this, more than half of the Jiuhua Alliance's disciples gathered. Obviously, these people were at the peak of the God Refinement realm. Among them, there were even some who were at the Origin Realm. The Jiuhua Alliance's fifth-grade sect's strength wasn't just for show.
The rest of the people hesitated for a moment, then began to gather one by one. However, their numbers were much smaller than the Jiuhua Alliance's. From the Profound Ice Pavilion, there were Leng Qingqiu, Wan Jianfei, Yang Weili, and Zhao Binger. From the Extreme Monarch Sect, there were Xiang Tao and another disciple. The two seemed to have a good relationship. Obviously, the Extreme Monarch Sect's number one disciple who Xiang Tao didn't get along with. From the Heavenly Thunder Manor, there were Yun Qi and his two juniors. From the Peony Palace, there were also three people. Besides Ruo Xiangyi, there were two beautiful female disciples. Lu Xuan remembered that one of them had appeared with Ruo Xiangyi at the Fantastic Stone Shop.
In addition to these people, there was also a warrior among the wandering cultivators. To be able to reach the peak of the God Refinement realm before the age of twenty-five as a wandering cultivator, his talent was extraordinary.
Of course, the number of disciples at the peak of the God Refinement realm didn't represent the true strength of the fourth-grade sects. Although it looked like the Profound Ice Pavilion had the most disciples, the Profound Ice Pavilion had actually sent all of them in. The other sects had more or less given up on this opportunity.
Seeing the thirteen peak God Refinement cultivators approach, Long Ming frowned. Although he hadn't carefully observed their strength, he didn't expect there to be only thirteen. That was almost half the number of peak God Refinement disciples in the Jiuhua Alliance.
Long Ming looked at them again and was slightly surprised. He didn't see Lu Xuan. Lu Xuan had left a deep impression on him. With his experience, he could see that Lu Xuan's true strength wasn't just at the sixth tier of the God Refinement realm.
He immediately found Lu Xuan in the crowd and said, "Lu Xuan, come here too."
He chose Lu Xuan not because of Lu Xuan's strength. Even if Lu Xuan was at the peak of the God Refinement realm, he wouldn't care so much. After all, there were nearly forty peak God Refinement cultivators here. One more wouldn't make a difference. He specifically chose Lu Xuan because he thought that Lu Xuan might have a way to deal with the tree demon. After all, Lu Xuan's method of forcing the tree demon out was very effective. If it weren't for Lu Xuan's prompt decision to have everyone cut down the tree demon, it would be even stronger now.
Seeing that Long Ming suddenly chose a disciple at the sixth tier of the God Refinement realm, many of the Jiuhua Alliance's disciples were slightly surprised. They clearly didn't understand. The disciples of the fourth-grade sects, on the other hand, knew Lu Xuan's name. After all, he was the champion of the Profound Ice Pavilion's personal disciple battle.
However, Xiang Tao was a little unhappy. Originally, when he saw that Lu Xuan didn't come, he wanted to take the initiative to call Lu Xuan over. He didn't want them to risk their lives and risk their lives. Lu Xuan hid in a corner and enjoyed the fruits of his labor. Unexpectedly, before he could say anything, Long Ming took the initiative to call him.
Some people were just so strange. The result was obviously the same, but the process was different. This made him very unhappy. Xiang Tao was like this. He dragged Lu Xuan into the water, and that made him very satisfied. This way, he could make Lu Xuan suffer. However, Lu Xuan was called over by Long Ming, and the meaning was different. Even though he wasn't the leading disciple, Long Ming still remembered his name. This proved that Long Ming had a deep impression of Lu Xuan. Moreover, he believed that Lu Xuan's value might be higher than theirs. This undoubtedly allowed Lu Xuan to be in the limelight in front of so many elite disciples.
Hearing Long Ming's order, Lu Xuan couldn't help but smile bitterly. He didn't plan to go in the beginning. He wasn't a fool. He knew that Long Ming had gathered a group of experts because he wanted to gather their strength to deal with the tree demon. Putting aside the risk, this would inevitably expose his strength. Lu Xuan was a person who liked to make a fortune in silence. Now that he had exposed himself for no reason and attracted everyone's attention, it was really not a good thing.
However, now that Long Ming had personally spoken, Lu Xuan had to go even if he didn't want to. Under the envious gazes of the crowd, Lu Xuan directly flew over.
They were indeed envious. The reason why Long Ming remembered the names of the leading disciples was because of their identities. However, he remembered Lu Xuan's name because of his personal friendship. As long as Lu Xuan didn't die in this ancient cave, Lu Xuan would definitely be able to obtain a lot of benefits in the future.
Seeing that Lu Xuan had come over, Long Ming didn't waste any more words. He went straight to the point and said, "With my current strength, I definitely can't kill this tree demon alone. So, I need all of us to work together."
"Senior Brother Long, just tell us what we should do. We will definitely listen to you." Xiang Tao took the initiative to express his goodwill and spoke first.
Long Ming looked at Xiang Tao with satisfaction. He was very satisfied with Xiang Tao's attitude. Xiang Tao couldn't help but feel a little proud. He thought to himself that if he could gain Long Ming's friendship, his position in the Extreme Monarch Sect would definitely rise.
"I don't have any good ideas. I called you all here to take the opportunity to discuss with you. After all, we don't know the tree demon's weakness. You all saw the battle just now. We were passively defending and didn't hurt the tree demon's foundation," Long Ming said frankly.
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but frown. They thought that Long Ming had already come up with a good idea and they just needed to put in the effort. They didn't expect that Long Ming also didn't have any ideas to deal with the tree demon.
"Will it be afraid of fire?" Xiang Tao thought hard for a moment and suggested.
"That's very possible. Do any of you have a powerful fire-type martial technique?" Long Ming nodded in agreement. He had also thought of this point. Plants were afraid of fire. This should be an unchanging principle since ancient times.
Seeing that Long Ming had once again acknowledged him, Xiang Tao was undoubtedly even more proud. He was a little self-satisfied and looked at Lu Xuan with a hint of provocation. Unfortunately, he didn't have any powerful fire-type martial techniques. Otherwise, he would be able to show off again.
A Nine Eastern Alliance disciple said, "I have a fire-type martial technique, but it's only a high-grade Profound Level one. I don't know if it will be enough."
Hearing this, the crowd of fourth-rank sect disciples couldn't help but be speechless. A high-grade Profound Level martial technique was already the strongest martial technique they knew, but from the mouth of this person, it was only a high-grade Profound Level martial technique.
Yun Qi followed closely behind and said, "My two juniors and I can summon Heavenly Lightning Fire. If we can help this senior increase his strength, the effect should be quite good."
Long Ming nodded lightly, "That's good. Then we'll use fire as the first round of attacks. However, we can't place all our hopes on it. Do you all have any other ideas?"
As he spoke, Long Ming looked at Lu Xuan, clearly hoping that Lu Xuan would have some constructive suggestions.
At this moment, Lu Xuan was also deep in thought. He wouldn't suggest something as stupid as attacking with fire. Anyone could think of that. Xiang Tao had a smug look on his face. However, Lu Xuan didn't think that a mere fire attack would be enough to take down the Tree Yao. It had lived for hundreds or even thousands of years. How could it be so easy to kill it?
After some thought, Lu Xuan slowly said, "We need to find the Tree Yao's weakness. Perhaps we can target it from its strongest point."
"The situation is urgent. Just say it," Long Ming urged.
Lu Xuan raised his head and said, "The Tree Yao's strongest point is its vitality. No matter how many branches we cut off, it can still regenerate. So, we need to find a way to destroy its regenerative ability, or to lower its vitality."
"What kind of idea is that? You might as well just tell us to cut off the Tree Yao's roots." Xiang Tao rolled his eyes.
However, just as he finished speaking, Ruo Xiangyi smiled and said, "If junior brother Lu's idea works, we sisters might be able to help."
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