Chapter 1107: Chapter 1093: Soul-searching Jade Talisman
“They’ve finally discovered this place!”
With just a slight movement of his Divine Sense, Ye Zhen unleashed the newly refined Yimu Spiritual Power within him. It was as if he had gained countless pairs of eyes, allowing him to fully view the scene outside the cave.
At that moment, Second Island Master Yang Ben on Yin Yang Island was outside, wreaking havoc. Yang Ben was like a fireball, leaving nothing but ashes wherever he went.
Facing these Tree Demons, Yang Ben’s Dao Entrance Realm cultivation showed its terrifying power.
Yang Ben’s Low Grade Soul Artifact, the Soul-Rending Purple Fire Bell, was rolling like a giant millstone amidst the thousands of Tree Demon hordes, with five fire dragons spewing from its five bells.
Within the fire dragons, a mysterious Dao Pattern flickered faintly.
Apparently, Yang Ben was in such a hurry that he directly invoked the Dao Patterns to empower the Soul-Rending Purple Fire Bell, making the fire dragons emitted by the bell achieve an extremely terrifying level of power.
Within a hundred-meter radius of the five fire dragons, any Tree Demon who dared approach instantly turned to ashes.
No choice for the Tree Demons, whose race naturally feared fire, but this wasn’t the worst.
The worst was Yang Ben expertly controlling these five fire dragons; whenever he heavily injured a Tree Demon, he’d quickly summon a Fire Dragon Drill, directly drilling into the ground to attack its massive root system.
Originally, although the Tree Demons’ bodies turned to ash, they were severely injured. Yet, as long as they had the pure Yimu Spiritual Power from the ground, they could recover in ten or tens of years.
But with the Fire Dragon Drill entering the ground, destroying over half of its root system, the Tree Demon was injured even more.
The fatal thing was that these Tree Demons’ roots were tangled. In that tens-of-meters area, perhaps hundreds of Tree Demons’ roots were intertwined, instantly becoming ashes under one Fire Dragon Drill.
The reason these Tree Demons were almost immortal was that their massive root systems could extract nearly endless pure Yimu Spiritual Power from underground to restore themselves.
Once the massive root system fully activated, the recovery speed was incredibly astonishing.
But once the root system was destroyed, it was like hitting their vital point, causing dozens of Tree Demons to howl in agony, and the pursued Tree Demon desperately drilled deeper underground.
No other choice, a single attack like that again, and it would be done for.
Yang Ben was a Dao Entrance Realm existence after all, although he’d suffered at Ye Zhen’s hands, that Divine Soul Power was no joke, immediately understanding the reason behind that incredibly powerful strike.
In the next moment, under the protection of the Five Dragon Fire Dragon, Yang Ben waved his palms continuously, launching Fire Dragon Drill after Fire Dragon Drill in wild bombardment towards the underground root system.
Instantly, screams of agony spread through the thousands of Tree Demons here.
Several unlucky ones had all their root systems destroyed, dying on the spot.
Having accompanied them for millennia, suddenly six-seven fellow clansmen perished, instantly enraging thirteen Ancient Giant Spirit Tree Demons, forcing them to stop the legacy passing to their last descendant.
No choice, if they didn’t go out now, with Yang Ben’s onslaught, before long, they might be finished too.
Mainly because they were trapped in the Grand Formation guarding the Divine Wood Root, unable to leave Gu Lan Garden, otherwise, they wouldn’t be so miserable.
However, as they roared simultaneously, twelve Tree Demons gathered their light, transforming into twelve giant Treemen, angrily charging at Yang Ben.
The roar was their racial talent, the Call of the Ancient Spirits.
With this call, lights flickered on those Tree Demons, revealing countless incomplete Dao Patterns, some even condensed complete Dao Patterns, instantly boosting their power and slightly turning the tide.
Inside the cave, the Tree Demon Boss who hadn’t left stared fixedly at Ye Zhen, with an anxious expression.
“Commander, we’ve fulfilled our promise! Though the legacy was interrupted, more than ninety percent of it was completed,” the Tree Demon Boss said.
“I understand your meaning! Once I’ve extracted the Divine Wood Root, leave the one above to me!” Ye Zhen’s gaze landed on the Divine Wood Root beside him.
Although Ye Zhen had already fashioned the Yimu Spiritual Vein, appearing to have less need for the Divine Wood Root.
But this was an Ancient Divine Wood Root; according to the Mystic Sky Refining Technique, even a branch of Ancient Divine Wood could easily refine a Suppressing Device or even an Acquired Spirit Treasure.
So what kind of treasure will Ye Zhen craft when his Artifact Refining ability enhances, using this half-meter Divine Wood Root?
Therefore, the Divine Wood Root was immensely precious, so much so that its true value might surpass all Ye Zhen’s treasures combined.
Thus, it must be taken.
Hearing Ye Zhen’s words, the Tree Demon Boss’s face was filled with agony, “Commander, can you delay the extraction? With sudden extraction, our combat capability might sharply decrease, unable to assist the commander…”
“I already said, I’ll deal with that person!”
After saying this, Ye Zhen refrained from further words, fetched a Spiritual Artifact long sword, infused it with Spiritual Power, and struck fiercely.
With a clang, Ye Zhen’s long sword smoothly cut into the Divine Wood Root, and in an instant, over ninety-five percent of the Divine Wood Root was severed. With a flip of his palm, he stored it into his Red Moon Soul Ring.
Instantly, the glow inside the cave dimmed abruptly, the originally mist-like ascending Yimu Spiritual Power suddenly became exceedingly thin.
At the same moment, a million tree roots inside the cave simultaneously trembled, letting out crying-like sounds.
The Tree Demon Boss’s tree-bark face exaggeratedly shed a few drops of emerald-green tears.
However, as the tears flowed, the tree-bark face vanished, and the Tree Demon Boss suddenly rushed back to the surface, attacking Yang Ben.
Because in those few breaths, another six ordinary Tree Demons completely turned to ash and perished, with over a hundred Tree Demons’ roots severely injured.
“Commander, hurry!” The Tree Demon Boss urged.
As Ye Zhen’s figure soared into the sky, burst out of the ground, his mind moved slightly, and the colossal Ancient Giant Spirit Tree Demon within the Yimu Spiritual Vein suddenly said, “Father, let me help you!”
The two words ‘Father’ made Ye Zhen shiver all over, the corners of his mouth twitching madly, almost crashing back into the cave from low altitude.
How did he end up with a Tree Demon son?
Logically speaking, with the inheritance just received, the Ancient Giant Spirit Tree Demon inside him would only recognize the Tree Demon Boss as family, not Ye Zhen.
However, despite his confusion, Ye Zhen didn’t have the time to dwell on this now.
Without Ye Zhen’s rejection, his entire body started to sprout and grow lush green tree demons.
In an instant, Ye Zhen transformed into a fresh tree demon.
At the same moment, Ye Zhen’s Divine Sense connected with the surrounding thousand tree demons, and he even heard the Tree Demon Boss giving combat orders.
He even heard warnings from other tree demons, “Danger, all brothers within a hundred meters ahead, evade quickly….”
After a brief moment of shock, Ye Zhen understood that this was likely a result of the Spirit Communication trait of the Yimu Spiritual Communication Technique.
However, after being activated by the tree demon within him, it became terrifying.
With this harvest, Ye Zhen’s heart stirred slightly, and he immediately blended into the attacking tree demon horde, roaring as he charged towards Yang Ben.
Terrorizing Divine Soul Light began to rise in his eyes.
Ye Zhen planned to deliver a fatal blow to Yang Ben right here and end him.
But just as Ye Zhen’s eyes blazed, ready to unleash the Soul Refining Divine Light, a black talisman shard on Yang Ben’s chest silently shattered.
As the black talisman shattered, Yang Ben, who was in a killing spree, showed an expression as if he had seen a ghost.
Without a glance around, he retreated quickly while laying down layers of Divine Soul Defense.
At the same moment, his Low Grade Soul Artifact, the Soul-Rending Purple Fire Bell’s five fire dragons, retracted, and the five bells began to vibrate violently.
A piercing Golden Bell Sound suddenly resonated.
Yang Ben’s actions surprised Ye Zhen quite a bit.
The Soul Refining Divine Light condensed in Ye Zhen’s eyes thundered straight towards Yang Ben at that moment.
“Ye Zhen! It is actually…..”
Upon seeing the Soul Refining Divine Light, the shock and anger overwhelmed Yang Ben, and he roared furiously, but his voice cut off halfway.
Even though the mysterious black Jade Talisman on his chest gave an early warning, allowing him to prepare.
However, the Soul Refining Divine Light, condensed by Ye Zhen’s now enhanced Divine Soul Cultivation, was not something he could easily withstand.
Even with early warning, laying down layers of defense, and using the Soul-Rending Bell Sound of the Soul-Rending Purple Fire Bell to weaken Ye Zhen’s Soul Refining Divine Light, his Divine Soul was still injured.
Yang Ben’s voice choked up, blood spurted from his seven orifices, and he retreated like lightning.
In an instant, Yang Ben retreated out of the tree demon’s encirclement, out of Gu Lan Garden, far away from Gu Lan Garden.
Then, only after once again setting up layers of Divine Soul Defense did he, heart still pounding, look back at the just revealed true form of Ye Zhen.
“Lord Yang, you are truly cautious!” Ye Zhen waved back the numerous tree demons, approaching slowly.
At this moment, Yang Ben wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, looking with lingering fear towards the place where the black talisman shard had hung on his chest moments before.
That black talisman was something his elder brother Yin Yi had specially refined using extremely rare materials that were highly sensitive to Divine Soul Power after witnessing the terror of Ye Zhen’s Soul Refining Divine Light on Yin Yang Island last time.
Once any threatening Divine Soul Waves appeared around, this thing would shatter on its own.
Previously, Yang Ben felt there was no need to wear it, thinking there weren’t many people who could threaten him in this world.
Only because his elder brother Yin Yi ordered him to wear it did he take it with him.
Unexpectedly, this talisman, which he was reluctant to wear, ended up saving his life.
Moments ago, if he had been just half a breath late, the Divine Soul Defense he set up would have been at most two-thirds complete, and there definitely wouldn’t have been time to activate the Soul-Rending Bell Sound of the Soul-Rending Purple Fire Bell to weaken Ye Zhen’s Soul Refining Divine Light.
It was imaginable that with just one move, his Innate Divine Soul would be heavily damaged by Ye Zhen.
In such a situation, having his Innate Divine Soul heavily damaged by Ye Zhen would basically mean death, with no chance of escaping from Gu Lan Garden.
You can imagine how shocked Yang Ben was at this moment; it was as if he had walked once around the Ghost Gate.
Without hesitation, Yang Ben donned the second of the three Soul-searching Talismans his elder brother Yin Yi gave him.
Only then did he turn his gaze towards Ye Zhen.
Afterward, Yang Ben looked at Ye Zhen, who was calmly navigating through Gu Lan Garden, and immediately froze.
“Why are these tree demons not attacking you? How is this possible?”
“Could it be?”
Instantly, it seemed that something struck Yang Ben’s mind, causing his face to change drastically.
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