Chapter 2049: Counterkill!

The blood demon was left twiddling its thumbs, so this arrow only slowly and leisurely hit its target.

The name of this arrow is "Strike First After Waiting".

It hurriedly turned around to remedy the situation, but the white arrow, upon hitting the tree trunk, immediately dispersed on the spot, turning into a large swarm of white ants that directly burrowed into the cracks in the bark!

Wood-dwelling white ants cause enormous harm to trees; these elite specimens in Qingyang's hand come from some monster laboratory. Although they haven't developed powerful ant-like demonic puppets, this mutated white ant is over a hundred times more powerful than ordinary varieties, making it perfectly suited for current use.

Once they burrowed into the bark, the blood demon was somewhat at a loss, and immediately heard a rustling sound from inside, which was extremely unpleasant.

That was the sound of white ants gnawing the tree trunk.

By now, the strange tree had become quite thick—at least requiring four people to encircle it—and especially its bark was as hard as iron; even using the Azure Mong Sword Formation to chip away at it might not be able to cut it, which is precisely the characteristic of the Dao-Questioning Tree.

However, expertise lies in specialization; the acidic liquid secreted by the white ants' mouths is precisely the perfect tool for corroding the tree trunk.

Just listening to the sound, one knows these things are crazy and efficient. As the saying goes, there's no corner that can't be dug out, but here with white ants, there's no tree trunk that can't be completely eaten away.

The blood demon expelled a cluster of red mist, dispersing it under the bark to kill the ants. This tactic worked, and the white ants fell down like rain.

However, it was far from enough; many white ants had already burrowed deep into the tree trunk, and the red mist couldn't reach them for a while.

What to do? If timely countermeasures aren't taken, this tree might topple before it even has a chance to grow tall!

Although Qingyang didn't directly engage in combat, the trouble she caused was almost greater than that of all the others combined.

At this moment, the blood demon paused its movement, neither catching ants nor facing the enemy, suddenly drawing in its form and retreating three zhang away in one go!

The opponents were slightly surprised, not knowing what kind of reaction this was.

Who would have thought that right after the blood demon retreated, the green fire on the ground suddenly flared up, wildly coiling upward along the big tree!

It was as if a tornado had appeared, specifically winding the green fire up the tree.

The ground's fire-prohibiting barrier also disappeared.

Miao Zhantian, outside the cauldron, hastily made hand seals, extinguishing the flames beneath the tree. But it was already too late; the green fire had been sucked into the trunk and branches, meticulously tempering every inch of the tree body.

Even if the mutated white ants could grow further, they had no fire resistance. Once this green fire covered them, they didn't even have time to turn to carbon before being burned to nothing.

Just as the woman lowered her hands, a shadow faintly emerged from the void behind her—it was He Lingchuan!

It turned out that what the Great Python Qing swallowed earlier was not He Lingchuan's true self, but rather his Golden Armor Divine General disguised using the Great Heaven Pearl.

Here, no one possesses Miao Zhantian's true eye, so no one noticed He Lingchuan's trick.

After the Golden Armor Divine General was swallowed by Qing, it entered the python's internal space, and its connection with its master was forcibly severed, unable to receive commands.

If it were still the old bronze general, it would indeed be one command, one action—no command, no movement.

But after it was promoted to divine general, it gained a bit of autonomous consciousness, able to understand He Lingchuan's orders to it: first be swallowed by the giant python, then expand its body to the maximum!

It can reach a height of twelve zhang as a colossal monster, and this indeed burst open Qing's belly.

He Lingchuan clearly knows that competing with this python immortal in speed and strength offers little chance of victory, especially since this is the Wood King Cauldron, the enemy's home turf.

To defeat Qing, an extraordinary or underhanded move is indispensable.

The man beside the woman, upon seeing him, crossed his hands, all five fingers turning into tiger claws, and fiercely pulled outward!

Great Severing Technique!

The space where He Lingchuan was located was instantly torn into five pieces.

Only the toughness of an immortal's body can withstand such spatial cutting.

He Lingchuan naturally cannot do so, and everyone around watched helplessly as he was dismembered into eight parts, blood flowing everywhere!

Shutuo couldn't even be bothered to curse.

In just a few dozen breaths, this is how many times it has seen He Lingchuan in danger?

Clearly, it should be heartbroken, shocked, and filled with shock and anger, but now it seems a bit numb, and the first thought that comes to mind is:

He Lingchuan probably didn't die again?

Just as everyone's attention was drawn to that severing technique, a double-moon halberd protruded from the void behind the giant python Qing, cutting out an unusually perfect semicircular arc, but the killing intent was completely contained without leakage.

It was as if this halberd had stretched out from hell, bearing a faint blue-red glow, and fiercely chopped down on Qing's python's hind neck!

Qing had long become immortal, with extraordinarily strong bones. Even if others used mundane weapons to chisel for a whole day and night, they couldn't possibly chop through half a bone.

However, this halberd gathered all the power of the Nine Nether Great Emperor, mobilized all the primordial force of the Tiger Wing General, and also stirred up the greatest ferocity the treasure halberd has ever had since its inception!

It has lain dormant underground for too long;

When it followed the Nest Sea Yaksha King in slaying the Azure Dragon, its master perished together with a strong enemy;

Now, having finally managed to slay an immortal again, it needs to establish its own name!

A true divine weapon must have unparalleled prestige, and thus must have glorious achievements.

When this strike was made, He Lingchuan even felt that this treasure halberd had come alive, as if two unwilling powerful souls were hidden inside, roaring to tear apart the enemy and devour flesh and blood raw!

Qing sensed the sudden danger, shrank its form to flee;

Qingyang, ten zhang away, also sensed something was off, turned her bow and shot an arrow;

The woman also couldn't care about her body's tolerance, pointing at the shadow beside Qing and shouting loudly: "Freeze!"

But alas, it was all too late.

He Lingchuan's body burst with red light, and the point of white light from the divine technique was instantly overwhelmed, not even able to cling to anything.

With this halberd strike, Qing was cleanly severed head from body, beyond even immortal salvation.

He Lingchuan successfully slew an immortal!

A wisp of black light rose from the snake's head, forming a tiny phantom, also resembling Qing's likeness—

The Primordial Spirit escaped.

In this sealed cauldron, it has nowhere to go, only charging toward He Lingchuan and howling:

"No, why!"

Its voice was full of surprise and anger, brimming with disbelief.

He Lingchuan couldn't be bothered to care what emotions it had, reached out and pressed, and this wisp of faint light was sucked away by the divine bone necklace—

That was Pan Qing's soul and spirit.

This scene made all the experts' hearts skip a beat:

He actually could resist the effect of divine arts!

Is it because He Lingchuan's cultivation is strong enough, or does he possess some strange treasure that can neutralize divine arts, or perhaps...

Qingyang's fleeting thought was even more peculiar:

Could it be because of elemental force?

As everyone knows, elemental force has a resisting effect on spells and divine abilities, but it has little effect on divine arts.

But since the frequent eruptions of imperial flow slurry, strictly speaking, after the Battle of Overturning the Sea ended, Qingyang could sense that the laws of heaven and earth were undergoing change.

Exactly what has changed, which living being could possibly know all of it?

What if elemental force has also changed?

This has been her main concern recently.

She shot an arrow at He Lingchuan, but he neither dodged nor evaded; the Hao Yuan Golden Mirror suddenly appeared, blocking in front of him, its surface facing Qingyang.