The sudden voice shocked the three of them, but after scanning with their Divine Senses, they didn't find any living aura.
Yi Tian's eyes flashed with a demonic purple light. He glanced at the ancient tree in front of him and found that there was still a strong aura of life on the trunk. Needless to say, it should be a spiritual tree that had turned into a spirit.
While he was surprised, he blurted out, "This ancient tree is alive. Everyone, be careful."
Zhou Xiang and Duan Xiaolou had lived for thousands of years. When they heard the voice, they quickly retreated and scanned the ancient tree in front of them with their Divine Senses. After three breaths, Duan Xiaolou's face turned bitter. He had just injured the wood spirit. Then, he braced himself and shouted, "What kind of demon are you? Do you dare to show your true form?"
The low voice sounded again, "It's you three intruders who trespassed into the spirit garden. As the guard of this place, I haven't even questioned you, but you've already seized the opportunity. If it weren't for the fact that you're a descendant of my master's clan, I would've killed you on the spot."
As soon as it said that, there were continuous rustling sounds in the surrounding forest. Under the dark curtain, many faint blue light spots lit up in the bushes. Moreover, there were more and more of them, and they instantly surrounded the three of them.
"Taoist Zhou, you're very knowledgeable. Do you know what kind of spirit demon this is?" Yi Tian asked suddenly.
Zhou Xiang's face turned pale. After scanning with his Divine Sense, he said as if he was facing a great enemy, "It should be a 10,000-year-old Tree Spirit Guard left in the Hundred Herb Corridor. As for the surrounding ones, they should be accompanying plant spirits."
"How strong are they?" Duan Xiaolou hurriedly asked.
"It's hard to say. Those accompanying plant spirits are almost at the Yuanying stage. However, the ancient tree in front of us should be stronger than the three of us," Zhou Xiang said with a difficult expression.
"That's for sure." Yi Tian said with a difficult expression, "This ancient tree is at least 20,000 to 30,000 years old. Moreover, it has been here for a long time and has absorbed the essence of Heaven and Earth. Its strength is comparable to an early-stage Unification Stage cultivator. If we don't have a cultivation method to restrain it, we'd better try to retreat first. "
When the other two heard this, they nodded slightly. However, before the three of them could do anything, they heard a 'pu pu pu' sound coming from the ground a thousand feet behind them.
After Yi Tian scanned the area with his Divine Sense, his face was filled with shock as he saw hundreds of small holes about three inches in size on the ground. Emerald green vines extended from the holes and intertwined to form a green vine net.
Seeing that his escape route was blocked, Duan Xiaolou revealed an anxious expression. He took out a spirit sword and controlled it before slashing at the net of vines.
Cracking noises could be heard without an end. As expected, the newly grown branches were not as hard as the old tree. Under the attack of the sword light, it was directly twisted into pieces, revealing a gap. However, the branches on the ground emerged one after another and blocked the gap again.
Seeing this situation, Yi Tian hurriedly took out the Taiyuan Sword and prepared to help. However, at this moment, the surrounding environment suddenly changed. After a sharp whistle, the surrounding blue light suddenly became active and rushed toward the three of them.
"Be careful of those plant spirits. Their attacks are probably very poisonous," Zhou Xiang shouted. After that, he took out a large number of Poison Repelling Pills and stuffed them into his mouth and chewed. At the same time, he did not stop and directly sent out a spirit cauldron to protect himself.
How could Crown Prince Xun not know that the three of them had poked a hornet's nest? He reached out to recall his spirit sword and built a sword net defense around him. Then, he took out a jade ring spirit weapon and cast it to add a protective film around his body.
As for Yi Tian, after the golden light flashed on his body, a faint golden color appeared on his skin. Then, the Taiyuan Sword turned into thousands of thin threads and wrapped around his body.
After the plant spirits surged forward, they poked their heads out of the bushes. It turned out that they were all small plant spirits. They opened their mouths and spat out a dark green liquid that covered the sky and covered the earth towards the three of them.
When the green liquid invaded the defensive spirit weapon, it made a "zi zi" sound and began to consume the spirit power of the barrier.
Facing this move, Yi Tian felt that it could not affect him at all. However, he was most worried that the ancient tree in front of him would attack again. After sizing it up, he revealed a puzzled expression.
However, before he could think about it, he felt a vibration coming from the bottom of his feet. He shouted in a deep voice, "Not good, there's an ambush underground." Before he finished speaking, his body directly rose into the air. At the same time, two large holes appeared where he was originally standing. Two roots as thick as an arm shot out from the tree and coiled around his waist.
Yi Tian adjusted his body in the air and broke free from the branches. He looked back and saw that the other two were as lucky as him on Mount Emei. Zhou Xiang's feet were already wrapped by the branches. Fortunately, his body was not injured due to the spirit qi defense.
As for Duan Xiaolou, he managed to break free in time, but his speed was too slow and his left foot was entangled. Yi Tian controlled the Taiyuan Sword and pointed with his finger. The sword split into tens of thousands of thin threads that avoided the two of them and stabbed toward the branches below.
Yi Tian found that the branches were indeed very hard. His sword threads often had to slash through dozens of them before they could cut off one branch. Fortunately, the Thousand Spirit Brilliance Transformation was a method of attacking with numbers. It only took a little time for the two of them to break free.
Zhou Xiang frowned and said, "This time, we really went for wool and failed. I didn't expect to be in such a predicament. Fortunately, Brother Yi helped."
Duan Xiaolou was not as arrogant as before. Facts spoke louder than words. With his strength, he might not be able to escape unscathed from the ancient tree.
He thought for a moment before asking, "Brother Yi, what do you think we should do now? Should we join forces to deal with it or turn back immediately? "Duan Xiaolou's tone was no longer arrogant. Now, he completely regarded Yi Tian as his backbone.
"Let's try to see if there's any other way out first. If there's really no other way, we can only retreat." Yi Tian curled his lips, but his eyes were staring at the ancient tree in front of him.
After three breaths, Zhou Xiang asked, "Is there really no other way?"
"I don't think so. After the fight just now, I reckon that the vine net behind us should be at the limit of the ancient tree's attack range," Yi Tian explained. "In this situation, it seems that the other party can't move its body. Therefore, the effective attack range is only within 300 meters of its trunk."
After this explanation, the two of them looked at the ancient tree below again. They realized that it was just as Yi Tian said, there were no signs of movement.
"Brother Yi, do you have a way to get past the ancient tree?" Duan Xiaolou asked.
"We can only try. I'll create an opportunity for you. Whether it succeeds or not depends on fate. After you get past it, move forward quickly. I have a way to escape," Yi Tian replied.
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