Chapter 497

Time flew by, and ten days passed.

During this period, Li Yi still hid in the cave of the Purple Gold Gourd and did not go out. In his spare time, he adjusted the gold and fire qi, consolidated his cultivation, and at the same time paid attention to some movements and changes outside.

Very quiet.

It was very quiet for ten consecutive days.

Li Yi felt that the giant dragon and tree spirit outside probably already suspected that he was dead and had now fallen into a deep sleep again.

But he was still not in a hurry and decided to wait another two days.

During this period, Li Yi took out the Lifespan Plate to measure his lifespan and found that his lifespan had increased instead of decreased, reaching 321 years.

This lifespan is considered short for an evolver who also practices Daoist techniques. After all, he had squandered quite a bit by using spiritual weapons recklessly before. Although he later took Lifespan Pills to replenish his yang lifespan, he had also reduced quite a bit of yang lifespan recently.

For the sake of safety, he took another Lifespan Pill.

Then he measured his yang lifespan again, and Li Yi found that his lifespan had reached 421 years.

The Lifespan Pills of the Four Seas and Bazhou are truly magical. Lifespan, which is extremely rare in other worlds, has become a relatively common thing in the Four Seas and Bazhou. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would find it hard to believe that such an absurd thing could happen.

Sure enough.

Every world has some specialties.

Things that are worthless in this world are worth a fortune in other worlds.

Two days passed quickly.

Li Yi felt that he had waited long enough; after all, it had been twelve days in total, and he didn't want to be trapped here for a long time.

"Go out and have a look."

He restrained his aura and draped the golden rat skin again to avoid being detected by the giant dragon.

Then he controlled the Purple Gold Gourd, opened the lid, and sent himself out of the cave world inside the gourd.

As Li Yi left the Purple Gold Gourd, he discovered that he was buried in rocks. Fortunately, these rocks were not particularly hard, and he could easily break free. With a slight effort, the rocks shattered, creating a small space around him. Then he identified the direction and carefully broke out of the ground.

Soon, a golden rat head poked out from the scorched rock ground. Li Yi looked left and right. A smell of lingering fire permeated the surroundings. Everywhere he looked, it was scorched earth, and even not far away, a magma river was still bubbling.

"Just as I thought, that mouthful of dragon flames melted everything, and the Purple Gold Gourd was therefore buried in the magma, and then the magma cooled, forming rocks, which is why I appeared underground."

Li Yi thought for a moment, put away the Purple Gold Gourd, and jumped out from under the ground.

He still restrained his aura, did not use magic power or Gang Qi, but relied on his own strength to quickly leave this low-lying area.

During this period, Li Yi saw quite a few gemstones scattered everywhere.

Gold, green, purple, each piece was huge and pure, and even emitted some strange radiance, seemingly containing some kind of special power.

He was not interested in it originally, but since this thing beside him was too attractive, Li Yi couldn't help but pick up a dozen pieces and throw them into the Five Elements Bracelet. He would study them when he had a chance to see if this thing was useful; if it really didn't work, he would just give them away.

After Li Yi arrived on a hillside, he looked into the distance.

A giant dragon with a huge body lay there like a mountain. It closed its eyes, and there was no breathing at all, as if it were dead, without any movement. And on this giant dragon, it was covered with various tree roots like blood vessels. These tree roots had completely grown together with the giant dragon and were no longer distinguishable from each other.

Even if scorching magma flowed past, these weird blood vessels were still not burned in the slightest.

Obviously, this thing had absorbed the giant dragon's flesh and blood and was no longer afraid of fire and high temperatures.

Li Yi stared at the giant dragon for a while. He remembered what happened before, and in his heart, he had a rough guess, which was that this giant dragon was not an evil dragon; it didn't want to kill him, but it was parasitized by the golden apple tree, unable to help itself, and had to launch an attack.

If this giant dragon had intended to kill him, he would have been finished at the first mouthful of dragon flames last time and wouldn't have lived until now.

Therefore, the golden apple tree was the truly evil one.

"Perhaps I can help the giant dragon, dispel the parasitism of the golden apple tree, and help it escape from pain." Li Yi originally wanted to leave just like that, but before leaving, he wanted to repay this giant dragon, and at the same time, he wanted to teach the tree spirit of the golden apple tree a hard lesson and pick all the remaining golden apples.

The reason for having such a bold idea is because he had a good idea.

Li Yi took out a cracked short stick from the Five Elements Bracelet.

"Since that tree spirit has an old face, it must count as a head. I wonder what the result would be if I hit it with this spiritual weapon? If my luck isn't too bad, it should be able to make that golden apple tree fall into a long sleep."

He was thinking about whether this matter was feasible.

After a brief thought, Li Yi felt that the probability of his method succeeding was very high.

Because that golden apple tree was right there and wouldn't run away. As long as his flying speed was fast enough, he could completely succeed before the tree spirit could react, and the other party would definitely not expect him to return for a sneak attack.

"Since I've decided, let's do it." Li Yi took a deep breath. He draped the golden rat skin and began to cross the mountains, cross the magma river, and approach the location of the golden apple tree again.

He needed to be close enough to act to ensure nothing went wrong.

However, he also made another preparation.

That was to prepare the cross-dimensional device and the Seven-Colored Stone and put them in the Purple Gold Gourd.

Once he failed, he would hide in the Purple Gold Gourd again, then open the cross-dimensional gate and flee from here, at most losing a Daoist treasure.

As the distance kept closing, Li Yi gradually felt the pressure of this giant dragon, which was truly suffocating. But the huge blood vessels attached to it were also very weird. Every time they pulsed, they would draw away a part of the giant dragon's essence of energy and blood, and this giant dragon was indeed extraordinary. Having been parasitized for who knows how many years, it could still maintain such strength.

After carefully sneaking for a few hours, Li Yi stopped when he was about to cross a hill.

"Can't continue to move forward, otherwise if I'm discovered by that tree spirit, all my previous efforts will be wasted. Might as well start acting from here. With my strength, casting the Cloud-Riding Technique to kill my way to the front of that golden apple tree only takes three seconds." He looked into the distance and estimated the distance and the time for him to cast Daoist techniques.

Three seconds, Li Yi didn't think the other party could react.

Then he gripped the cracked short stick tightly, and then no longer hid his aura, directly operating the Daoist technique.

The next moment.

Reading the original text!

A crimson auspicious cloud appeared under his feet.

Then the auspicious cloud soared into the sky, turning into a glow that rushed straight toward the golden apple tree on the giant dragon's head.

But just as Li Yi started to act, the giant dragon immediately opened an eye.

A huge golden vertical pupil immediately locked onto him.

This made Li Yi suddenly startled.

But the giant dragon did not have any action, and its huge body didn't seem to move at all, because it realized Li Yi's intention, so it wanted to see if Li Yi could really deal with the golden apple tree parasitizing its body. Although this probability was very slim, for so many years, Li Yi was the only one who entered here and picked the golden apples.

The giant dragon was not a beast; it had high intelligence and felt it could gamble.

"Sure enough, the giant dragon also wants me to help pull out the golden apple tree." Seeing that the giant dragon didn't act at the first moment, Li Yi reacted immediately.

But at this moment.

The ugly old face on the golden apple tree emerged again. It also sensed Li Yi's approach and was instantly enraged: "Hateful robber, thief, you are actually still alive. Dragon of the World, you deceived me; you didn't kill him at all... Hateful, I want you to pay the price."

The tree spirit was completely enraged at this moment, and it shook its body desperately.

At this time, the blood-red root systems entwined on the Dragon of the World tightened all at once, directly strangling the weakest parts of the giant dragon's whole body, and even its soul was not spared.

Incomparably huge pain came, and the giant dragon was trembling all over; it let out a terrible wail.

But soon.

The giant dragon gritted its teeth, stabilized its body, resisted this severe pain, and tried its best not to move, because once it lost control, its huge body might affect this tiny human, causing what he wanted to do to fail.

Since he had already been discovered, he couldn't retreat at this time.

But this kind of pain made the giant dragon tremble all over; every inch of scales was jumping, and every piece of flesh seemed to be tearing.

If it were before, it would definitely not be able to endure it.

But the giant dragon had been tortured for countless years, and it had been accustomed to such pain for countless years. The tempering of time made it explode with amazing resilience at this moment. Until Li Yi killed his way to the front of the golden apple tree, the giant dragon did not move at all.

"You robber, want to pick golden apples again? The evil dragon has awakened; I will make you die very miserably..." The tree spirit old man scolded angrily at this moment.

However, Li Yi was silent, because the wooden stick in his hand had already swung over.

Bang!

A knocking sound rang out.

This spiritual weapon was used again. Li Yi's strike, which cost ten years of lifespan, accurately hit the tree spirit's forehead.

Some kind of spiritual power was triggered.

The tree spirit old man, who was still chattering in the previous second, immediately closed its mouth in the next second, followed by its eyes closing rapidly, and even the emerald-green leaves drooped down at this time, as if it had lost all vitality, falling into silence.

And such silence spread in the shortest time.

The wriggling red blood vessels stopped their pulsing heartbeat at this moment. The giant dragon, which had been strangled until it was almost fainting from pain, felt its whole body relax at this moment, and all the pain disappeared in the shortest time.

That dragon mouth, which had been closed for who knows how many years, opened again and tore apart a part of the blood-red root system.

Although blood sprayed, staining a mountain range red, the giant dragon felt unprecedentedly comfortable.

Then it roared to the sky, letting out a roar that shook the firmament.

(End of chapter)