Chapter 1099: Chapter 1085: Luring the Enemy into the Trap
"Master, what’s wrong?"
Seeing Ye Zhen frown, Leng Kang hurriedly inquired. After personally witnessing Ye Zhen’s terrifying power and receiving his rewards, Leng Kang became even more attentive.
"The original plan was to directly take down that old Yang Ben, but unexpectedly, Jie Tianhe is heading straight here." Ye Zhen said, his fingertips nestled on a green leaf.
"Jie Tianhe?" Upon hearing this, Leng Kang’s heart inexplicably trembled.
"The method we used against Yuh Changkong just now won’t work on Jie Tianhe. You need to leave here quickly, separate from me, and make sure not to raise any suspicions among others.
I must enter the Gu Lan Garden before Jie Tianhe arrives here. After all, the root of the Huichun Blessed Land is what’s paramount," Ye Zhen said.
In the next instant, Ye Zhen and Leng Kang parted ways, with Ye Zhen swiftly heading towards the back of the Huichun Blessed Land, towards Gu Lan Garden.
While traversing at high speed, Ye Zhen kept an eye on Jie Tianhe’s movements.
To Ye Zhen’s surprise, Jie Tianhe was indeed heading towards the back, seemingly also on his way to the Gu Lan Garden.
Fortunately, due to the Spirit Communication Stele, Ye Zhen detected it early. Eventually, after a dozen breaths, he managed to reach the front of Gu Lan Garden’s gate ahead of Jie Tianhe’s arrival.
The gate of Gu Lan Garden was an ordinary moon gate, with walls that were also quite common, covered with various plump vine branches, occasionally dotted with blue and pink blossoms.
At first glance, the entire Gu Lan Garden appeared lush and verdant, its true interior concealed by towering trees.
With the sight of these towering trees, it’s likely that all martial artists who previously faced attacks from tree demons no longer wish to explore this seemingly valueless garden.
However, it was different for Ye Zhen. He knew that with such an arrangement, Gu Lan Garden must be hiding something.
"I just don’t know what the attitude of the tree demons within Gu Lan Garden will be towards me?"
In his mutterings, Ye Zhen instantly increased his aura to its peak, the Sky Eagle Wind-breaking Wings spread from his back, continually flapping, while the Purple Flame Golden Lamp was held in his right hand, ready to unleash the Purple Flame Spirit Fire at any moment.
Then, Ye Zhen cautiously took half a step into Gu Lan Garden.
There was no movement.
All the towering trees within Gu Lan Garden, including the one closest to Ye Zhen, showed no response.
"Could they not transform into tree demons?"
Amidst his doubts, Ye Zhen stepped entirely into Gu Lan Garden, and just as he did so, all the towering trees within instantly seemed to come alive.
Especially the dozen or so towering giant trees in the center of Gu Lan Garden, each emitting a green glow with faint golden streaks, while mysterious runes appeared on the trunks, which were incomplete Dao patterns.
Each tree with incomplete Dao patterns seemed like terrifying tree giants, rushing towards Ye Zhen, their presence overshadowing the other thousand tree demons.
In that instant, Ye Zhen turned pale in shock.
Instinctively, Ye Zhen wanted to retreat from Gu Lan Garden; being surrounded by these nearly immortal tree demons is far from ideal, not to mention the dozen that have condensed incomplete Dao patterns of the Dao realm.
Yet just as Ye Zhen was about to withdraw, the nearest tree demon initiated an attack. Like a whip, its branch flung towards Ye Zhen’s waist.
As Ye Zhen’s Divine Sense stirred, ready to activate the Earth Vein Heavenly Fire to incinerate, that whip-like branch suddenly recoiled. Instantly, the nearest tree demon retreated to its original position, reverting to a towering tree.
"No longer attacking me?"
This scene surprised Ye Zhen, but he was also delighted.
Ye Zhen immediately realized that it was probably due to the Eight Directions Spirit Communing Formation in the Spirit Communication Hall; although he couldn’t control these tree demons to attack others, his body carried the aura of the Spirit Communication Stele, so naturally, these tree demons wouldn’t assault the controller of the Huichun Blessed Land.
With this thought, Ye Zhen lightly pinched a tree branch with his index finger, connecting his Divine Sense with the Spirit Communication Stele within the Eight Directions Spirit Communing Formation.
In an instant, the tree demons rushing from behind suddenly returned to their original positions, transforming back into towering ancient trees that seemingly never moved.
At the same time, the speeding Jie Tianhe’s gaze suddenly froze, as he sensed the astonishing change in aura from Gu Lan Garden.
Especially the powerful Dao Entrance Realm aura emitted by the incomplete Dao patterns, which instantly captivated Jie Tianhe.
Galloping at full speed, within a few breaths, Jie Tianhe arrived at the front of Gu Lan Garden. But by then, Ye Zhen, having already noticed Jie Tianhe’s activities, had darted deeper into Gu Lan Garden, hiding behind a towering tree.
Inside Gu Lan Garden, the Yimu Spiritual Power suffused the air, accompanied by the lingering aura of countless incomplete Dao patterns, making Divine Soul Power sensing extremely difficult here.
Jie Tianhe, also a cautious person, carefully halted at the gate of Gu Lan Garden, aware that this was a perilous place and not to be entered lightly, based on the commotion he observed from afar.
But the question was, how was the recent commotion caused?
Standing at the gate of Gu Lan Garden, Jie Tianhe’s mind was in turmoil.
The turmoil wasn’t limited to Jie Tianhe; Ye Zhen’s mind churned as well, though for a different reason.
Jie Tianhe was conflicted about whether to enter or not.
Is this adventure worth the risk?
But Ye Zhen was conflicted about whether to take this opportunity to set a trap for Jie Tianhe. Could it succeed?
It’s certain that Ye Zhen alone absolutely couldn’t deal with Jie Tianhe, but there were thousands of nearly immortal tree demons here, as well as at least thirteen Dao Realm tree demons transformed from towering ancient trees.
More importantly, this terrifying number of tree demons, though not controlled by Ye Zhen, regarded Ye Zhen as one of their own. As long as Jie Tianhe stepped into this Gu Lan Garden, the thousands of tree demons would definitely besiege Jie Tianhe.
If Ye Zhen launched a sneak attack from the shadows, then maybe......
The thought of possibly taking down Jie Tianhe and obtaining the complete Black Dragon Legacy made Ye Zhen’s heart tremble.
Normally, such a thing wouldn’t even dare be thought of, but now, it lay right in front of Ye Zhen.
But the question was, what if these tree demons couldn’t trap Jie Tianhe?
Would Ye Zhen outsmart himself?
In the end, would he only benefit Jie Tianhe?
So Ye Zhen was also conflicted at this moment—should he set a trap for Jie Tianhe?
A few breaths later, Ye Zhen made a decision in an instant.
The aura of cultivation of the towering trees in Gu Lan Garden, after transforming into tree demons, was extremely powerful.
Once transformed into tree demons, these towering trees emitted an aura of cultivation comparable to the Ninth Stage Peak of the Establishment Realm Kings, but their combat power wasn’t as strong.
Their combat power might only be equivalent to that of Early Stage Establishment Realm Kings, or perhaps even less, apart from the characteristic of being nearly unkillable.
Of course, they’re not truly unkillable; as the current controller of the Huichun Blessed Land, Ye Zhen roughly knew the real reason why these tree demons couldn’t be killed.
Yimu Spiritual Power.
The boundless, extremely pure Yimu Spiritual Power everywhere could instantly restore the consumed injuries of these tree demons, so they’re unkillable.
However, if Ye Zhen, who knew the source, directly activated the soul artifact Purple Flame Golden Lamp to blast a few of them, it wouldn’t be a problem.
But for others, achieving this would be difficult.
Apart from the thousand-odd tree demons with Ninth Stage Peak cultivation but combat power equivalent to only Early Stage Establishment Realm Kings, there were also thirteen tree demons with Dao Realm cultivation but combat power equal to only Mid to Late Establishment Realm Kings.
Under normal circumstances, a Peak Ninth Stage Establishment Realm King could at most deal with the siege of about ten Mid Establishment Realm Kings, but facing the siege of hundreds of Early Stage Establishment Realm Kings, even with a powerful soul artifact, they’d likely flee in panic.
This is the power of a collective.
Even if Jie Tianhe’s cultivation was at the Dao Entrance Realm, no matter how strong he was, he couldn’t possibly stand against the siege of a thousand Early Stage Establishment Realm Kings, could he?
Moreover, these Early Stage Kings were nearly unkillable?
Plus, there were thirteen extremely powerful Mid to Late Establishment Realm unkillable Kings assisting?
Most crucially, Ye Zhen was secretly watching.
Ye Zhen felt that if he couldn’t defeat Jie Tianhe under these circumstances today, the difficulty of taking him down in the future would be unimaginable.
And an opportunity like this was rare even in a millennium!
So Ye Zhen immediately made a decision—this opportunity couldn’t be missed.
Trap!
He had to seize this opportunity to heavily trap Jie Tianhe.
But this trap required a certain level of skill.
For instance, Jie Tianhe couldn’t discover that Ye Zhen was involved, especially if he noticed someone inside not being besieged by tree demons. Otherwise, Jie Tianhe’s vigilance would instantly soar to its peak, making it tough to trap him.
In fact, he’d need to quickly lure Jie Tianhe over. Otherwise, others like Hei Tian, Yang Ben, Ou Tu, and others would have explored most of the place, and before long, they would discover this place and gather here.
There’s one thing Ye Zhen was sure of: gathering more than three Dao Entrance Realm experts would absolutely level this Gu Lan Garden, especially if Yang Ben, who excelled in fire, arrived.
So, speed was of the essence.
After pondering a bit, Ye Zhen activated his Divine Sense, and the Mid-grade Soul Device Longevity Banner emerged from his Soul Sea. With slight urging, it shot a circle of bluish-green radiance.
Ye Zhen was somewhat surprised to find that this green radiance complemented the Yimu Spiritual Power permeating Gu Lan Garden. At the moment it spread, the vitality power emitted by the Longevity Banner began to multiply exponentially.
In an instant, Jie Tianhe, hesitating outside Gu Lan Garden, was taken aback, gazing incredulously deep into the garden.
"Such intense green vitality power? Could this be the core of the Huichun Blessed Land?" (To be continued. If you like this work, please cast your recommendation votes and monthly votes on Qidian (), your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at .)