The huge treetop fell down with a loud bang, hitting the side of the hall that was already in ruins.
Boom!
The entire hall was split into two, creating a huge crack that was about three meters wide in the middle.
Smoke and dust billowed, filling the entire courtyard of the Taoist temple.
Whoosh!
Yang Fan rushed forward and released his spiritual energy, blocking all the dust a foot away. He stuck out his butt and scurried around the treetop. After a while, he found three pine cones in the main branches.
Floret and Dahei were not idle either. After shrinking their bodies, the cat and dog nimbly moved through the treetop. After a while, they each found and ate a spiritual fruit.
The two demonic beasts were not satisfied and wanted to continue searching. In the end, Yang Fan glanced at them and they both retreated to Zhu Zhengqi's position with their tails between their legs. They were responsible for the safety of these humans.
Yang Fan nodded with satisfaction. After finding two more pine cones and confirming that there were no more spiritual fruits on the treetop, he returned to the roots of the spiritual pine and carefully observed it.
It was said that no matter if it was a demonic beast or a demonic plant, as long as it passed the fourth level, its body would form a demonic nucleus. It was the essence of all demonic beasts and contained a large amount of the purest demonic energy.
Although these demonic nuclei could not be directly absorbed by humans like spiritual energy units, the energy inside could be guided out through some special methods and used as a source of power for many spiritual energy machines.
In the post-apocalyptic world, these things were the most popular and the most valuable items other than the flesh of demonic beasts. Its effect was equivalent to currency, second only to the spiritual energy units refined by human martial artists above the ninth level.
"Where is it? It's impossible that it's not here!"
Yang Fan released his spiritual energy and carefully checked. This spiritual pine had lived for more than a thousand years, so there must be an energy core similar to a demonic nucleus in its body.
But now, Yang Fan had almost searched the entire tree, treetop, and roots, but he did not find any trace of a demonic nucleus.
However, in the huge root system of the spiritual pine that was deeply rooted in the ground, Yang Fan found many tall and bulging sac-like root systems that looked like tumors. In these tree sacs, it was all wrapped in liquefied spiritual power.
This should be the essence of spiritual power that Ling Song had provided to Zhu Zhengqi and the others.
Seeing these things, Yang Fan was overjoyed. This little pine tree really wasn't honest. Its reserves of spirit force essence were still very abundant, but it still lied to him and said that it was about to run out, cutting off his supply of spirit force. It was really stingy and stingy.
His spiritual power continued to penetrate deeper, following the pine tree's huge roots all the way down.
Then, about fifty meters underground, right below the enormous roots of the spiritual pine, Yang Fan 'saw' the skeletons that had been buried by the mud and rocks.
One, two, three, four … one hundred and twenty, one hundred and twenty-one, one hundred and twenty-two …
With a sweep of his mental power, all the skeletons were under his control. There were a total of two hundred and twenty-five skeletons! Among them, there were thirteen small skeletons that were much smaller than adult skeletons.
This demonic pine tree didn't even let children go!
Yang Fan's eyes were about to split open. He completely didn't expect that this pine tree had already caused the deaths of two hundred and thirty-five humans!
Damn it!
Unforgivable!
Just whose memory was it that told him that these so-called spiritual plants were gentle and harmless to humans? Come out, I promise I won't beat you to death!
Yang Fan's heart was filled with grief and indignation. However, he didn't rush to dig out the roots and skeletons that were buried deep underground. Instead, he continued to search for Ling Songzi's demonic core. Before he took out its demonic core, Yang Fan felt somewhat unreconciled and uneasy.
For demonic beasts or humans, there was a ninety-nine percent chance that they wouldn't be able to live after their heads were chopped off. However, demonic plants were different. Although chopping off their trunks would cause great damage to their vitality, it didn't mean that they would really die.
As long as their roots weren't damaged and their vitality was still there, they would have the opportunity and possibility to sprout new shoots.
Therefore, Yang Fan had been holding his breath and didn't dare to let his guard down.
Just now, when Floret and Dahei worked together to bite off the pine tree's trunk, the Little Taoist Boy that the spiritual pine tree transformed into also disappeared. It looked as if it had really been annihilated.
Yang Fan wasn't sure if this was a trick that Ling Songzi had used to confuse them. In any case, without finding the demonic core, he couldn't be completely sure if Ling Songzi had really died.
"You've been disturbed by the thousand-year spiritual pine tree's spiritual energy. Immortal willpower automatically defends. Spiritual energy + 1. Spiritual willpower + 1."
Just as Yang Fan retracted his spiritual energy from the pine tree's roots, the System's disturbance notification rang in his ears.
Yang Fan's heart trembled. His guess was right. This cunning pine tree wasn't really dead. Until now, it was still trying to disturb his attention.
But, where was it hiding?
Yang Fan was puzzled. He couldn't help but once again extend his spiritual energy to search around the tree's trunk.
Whoosh!
A gentle breeze blew past. Yang Fan felt a chill on his scalp. He felt as if something had entered his spiritual channel and entered his spiritual sea.
Yang Fan was very familiar with this feeling. Floret had used this method to enter Yang Fan's spiritual sea and tried to control Yang Fan's spiritual consciousness in one fell swoop.
Now, this little pine tree wanted to do it again.
Yang Fan curled his lips and chuckled. It was really a case of wearing out iron shoes in a fruitless search. Why did these monsters with abnormally strong spiritual power all like to use this trick?
Invading someone's spiritual space and using force to suppress them, was it really that satisfying? Weren't they afraid of being overturned?
Tsk tsk, they were really confident!
Yang Fan smiled and shook his head. His spiritual energy sank into his spiritual sea. Very quickly, he saw a miniature version of the Taoist child flying around, as if it was looking for Yang Fan's spiritual core.
Sensing the arrival of Yang Fan's consciousness, the Little Taoist Boy's figure came to an abrupt halt. It raised its head and looked into the void of his spiritual sea. Its eyes met with Yang Fan's illusory figure.
"Despicable human, you didn't expect me, did you? I, Ling Songzi, am still alive!" The Little Taoist Boy gritted its teeth and looked at Yang Fan. It shouted loudly, "You dared to ruin my plans and destroy my spiritual foundation. This hatred is absolutely irreconcilable. Today, I will bury you here!"
With that said, Ling Songzi stomped his foot. He was too lazy to search around for the core of Yang Fan's sea of consciousness. He directly began to take root and sprout on the surface of the sea of nothingness. Just like when he appeared outside, he quickly grew and grew. In the blink of an eye, he had already grown into a towering tree.
Its roots wandered around in the seawater. The tree crown expanded and spread wantonly in the void. It did not know exhaustion and did not stop. It truly covered the sky and covered the sun. In just a few seconds, Yang Fan's spiritual sea was completely covered.
Yang Fan looked at Ling Songzi's actions in amazement. Just this move alone was more than twice as powerful as Floret's.
Back then, Floret could not even find the boundary of Yang Fan's spiritual sea. It could only charge around randomly. In the end, it was captured by Yang Fan in one fell swoop.
But this pine tree did not say anything. It directly used its body as a seed and grew into a real towering tree in Yang Fan's spiritual sea. It was truly a shocking sight.
In front of the main hall of the Taoist temple, a cat and a dog were drinking water. They were staring at the buttocks of Zhu Zhengqi and the others, which were still dripping with blood. Suddenly, their spirits shook. Their eyes were filled with astonishment.
That dumb blockhead was actually not completely dead?
"Meow ~!"
Floret let out a lazy cry. A trace of disdain flashed in its eyes. A dumb blockhead was indeed a dumb blockhead. It managed to survive with great difficulty. Wouldn't it have been better if it had just escaped without losing its soul? At least it could have kept its life.
Now, it just had to court death by invading the spiritual sea of its owner. It really wanted to die faster!
Dahei also turned its head to glance at Yang Fan's direction in surprise. However, it quickly turned its head back. Its gaze was still fixed on Zhu Zhengqi and Zhu Jiacheng. It stuck out its tongue and continuously licked the blood that flowed out from the wounds on their arms.
With delicious food in front of it, it was too lazy to care about its owner's business. After all, the owner would not die, so it did not have to worry about it.
Of the seven people, other than the two girls, Zhu Caiwei and Yang Guo, who were specially taken care of by Yang Fan before they were rescued by Dahei, and their injuries were all healed. The remaining five men had all become delicious delicacies in the eyes of the cat and the dog.
Floret's strength was very strong. He directly occupied three young and vigorous tender meats. Dahei could not resist, and only the two old fellows, Zhu Zhengqi and Zhu Jiacheng, were left.
The cat and dog had no intention of stopping the bleeding and healing the humans. They just watched as the blood in their bodies flowed out stream by stream from the wounds caused by the praying mat.
The two of them did not have the guts to eat the humans in front of Yang Fan. However, it was good to take the opportunity to drink some spirit blood and satisfy their craving.
Anyway, these people would not die in a short time. Even if they did not drink the blood that flowed out, it would be a waste.
How could they do that? It was shameful to waste it!
Smack! Smack!
So fragrant!
The cat and the dog drank one mouthful after another. They were in a very good mood. Right now, the two of them could not wait for Yang Fan to deal with that stupid blockhead in his sea of consciousness for a while longer. That way, they could enjoy the taste of the food for a while longer.
Yang Fan sensed the thoughts of the two monsters in his sea of consciousness. He was annoyed. These two evil creatures, it was fine if they laughed at him, but they actually dared to secretly drink human blood behind his back. They were simply courting death!
With a thought, the spiritual chains that were imprisoning Floret and Dahei's souls suddenly tightened. The cat and the dog fell to the ground at the same time, struggling and begging for mercy.
However, Yang Fan was not in the mood to pity them. His attention returned to the giant pine tree that Ling Songzi had transformed into.
The Little Taoist Boy sat at the top of the tree. He raised his head and sneered at Yang Fan who was leaning over the dome. "Very soon, this poor Taoist will explode your spiritual space. Then, this poor Taoist's pine nuts will really take root and germinate in your brain. They will absorb your scattered spiritual energy and blood, and once again break through your body and be reborn!"
The Little Taoist Boy was full of confidence. When he spoke, he looked at Yang Fan with disdain, as if he wanted to see the panic and fear on Yang Fan's face.
Yang Fan smiled and said in a relaxed and natural tone, "Okay, then you better hurry up. Don't make me wait too long!"
The Little Taoist Boy was instantly enraged. This stupid human, he did not know what he was about to face!
You dare to be so arrogant even when you're about to die? Let's see how this poor Taoist will deal with you!
Instantly, the giant pine tree's growth speed increased by a large margin. Soon, whether it was the tree's crown or its roots, they all reached the boundary of the spiritual space.
The Taoist Boy's face was filled with joy. Then, a trace of ruthlessness flashed across his eyes.
Even if this person's spiritual space was abnormally large, didn't he still find out the boundary in the end?
The Taoist Boy could not be bothered to talk nonsense with Yang Fan. He focused on controlling the tree's crown and making it continue to grow. In just a moment, it would completely burst this stupid human's brain and let him know how miserable the consequences of offending Ling Songzi were!
"Hmm?"
"What's going on?"
"How can the boundary of the spiritual space be so solid?! What the f * ck is this place?! "
Ling Songzi was confused. He realized that the boundary of Yang Fan's spiritual space was not as soft and empty as the boundaries of other people's spiritual space.
The boundary here was as solid as iron. No matter how much the tree's crown grew and expanded, it was useless. It could only expand horizontally and there was no possibility of it supporting the sky!
How could this be?!
Ling Songzi's face showed a trace of disbelief. While he was shocked, he also seemed to realize that something was wrong. Fear rose in his heart and he could not help but want to retreat.
At this moment, he suddenly realized that Yang Fan's spiritual space had been completely closed. The boundary of the spiritual space here was as solid as iron. With his current ability, he could not tear it apart or break through.
Now, he seemed to be trapped and could not get out at all!
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