Chapter 451: 《A Chinese Ghost Story》: A Trap!

Seeing her so flustered,

it could already be determined that the Taoshu was damaged, and Master Ning would definitely be disturbed.

The nine-headed female ghost's strongest method was the ghost mirror capable of reflecting damage, which was also her most formidable head.

Although the remaining heads had various abilities, they were all auxiliary.

At this moment,

Akainu ignored the ghost mirror summoned by the nine-headed female ghost, leaped high into the air, and headed straight for the Taoshu.

Magma Hell!

A massive, scorching Magic Circle covered the entire backyard of Lan Ruo Si, and the Taoshu at the very center was positioned right in the middle of the Magic Circle.

The next second, as if the earth had been torn apart, magma from beneath the ground erupted like a Pillar, submerging the Taoshu.

High temperature, scorching heat, burning.

The Taoshu, which looked like a bloody arm, crackled as its parched bark burned under the scorching magma.

The bark peeled off, followed by the heart of the tree.

The corpse-like Taoshu, as if it were a living being trapped in a sea of fire, let out continuous, shrill wails.

"You will regret this!"

The nine-headed female ghost rushed madly toward the magma Pillar, anxious beyond measure.

However, when she got close to the Taoshu covered by the magma Pillar, the anxious look on her face suddenly vanished.

Replacing it was a Weirdness-filled smile.

"I said... you will regret this!"

As the voice fell,

Smoker suddenly felt his arm burning and hurriedly flipped open the arm pouch on the shoulder of his Navy uniform.

Inside was the piece of skin that Master Ning had torn off when he expressed his sincerity.

The wrinkled, blood-stained skin moved without wind; Smoker could not grasp it at all, and the extremely dense demonic Qi acted like sulfuric acid, instantly corroding his palm down to the bare finger bones.

Whoosh...

Master Ning's skin ignored the violently burning magma Pillar and stuck itself onto the trunk of the Taoshu.

"Damn scholar, how dare you?!"

The large portion of the Taoshu that had been burned to ashes suddenly spoke, sounding both like a man and a woman; it was Shuyao Laomu, who had not completely died back then.

Master Ning's voice came from the thin piece of skin: "Since things have reached this point, do not struggle in vain; it is only losing one branch of a Taoshu."

"Thanks to these self-righteous fools, I was able to break free by burning your Taoshu seal."

"Shuyao Laomu, once I kill them, I will go find your true body..."

Rampant, loud laughter continued to emanate from the skin.

Master Ning did not even have the thought of avoiding the five of them; it was a completely open display of his identity.

"Congratulations to Master Ning for breaking the seal!"

The nine-headed female ghost drifted over, bowed low, and offered her congratulations in a delicate voice.

It was a world of difference from the ferocious posture she had when fighting the Navy Alliance squad just moments ago; she was like a docile dog.

Just by looking at this posture, one should know that for Master Ning to make the nine-headed female ghost submit like this, his methods and strength needed no further explanation.

"To be wounded like this?"

The thin piece of skin vibrated violently, seeping blood continuously, and finally condensed into Master Ning's physical form.

He gently stroked the severed wound on the nine-headed female ghost and said with heartache: "These were all sisters you had eaten; it will be very troublesome to find them again. I will avenge you and kill them all!"

Seeing this,

Orochimaru and the others had long since realized that they had all been deceived by the nine-headed female ghost's superb acting.

This Taoshu in Lan Ruo Si was the seal for Shuyao Laomu, intended to keep Master Ning, who had eaten its heart, sealed within this special space.

Once the Taoshu was destroyed, Master Ning would be freed.

The cunning female ghost first pretended to be an enemy of Master Ning, but deliberately revealed flaws to make them suspicious.

Combined with Master Ning's mission, she misled everyone into breaking the seal.

"Shall we start with you?"

Master Ning raised his wrinkled eyelids, and his turbid gaze fell upon Orochimaru.

It was he who had caused the greatest injury to the female ghost Nie Xiaoqian. The moment he was locked onto by that gaze,

the hairs all over Orochimaru's body stood on end, and both his body and spirit instinctively began to sound the alarm.

Master Ning's body was pressed tightly against the charred Taoshu, and in the gaps were fine, lotus-silk-like tendrils, frantically absorbing the energy from this branch of Shuyao Laomu.

The ground arched,

Master Ning waved his palm, and the Taoshu vine roots buried underground broke through the soil.

Slap! The vine roots, swaying as flexibly as octopus tentacles, whipped down.

The branches of the Dark Gold-level boss Shuyao Laomu could easily shatter the defenses of a Tier 2 tank player.

The vine root lashed at Orochimaru's waist and abdomen, without the slightest hesitation, and cleaved Orochimaru in two at the waist.

Rustle...

As Orochimaru lay limp on the ground, countless black curse snakes crawled out from his severed torso, interlocking with each other to pull the broken body back together.

"No wonder you were able to wound her; you certainly have your methods."

Having broken the seal, Master Ning had keen senses and smelled the necromantic aura emanating from Orochimaru.

Just as he wanted to continue controlling the vine roots, he discovered that the vine root that had just broken Orochimaru's body was stuck with a layer of pitch-black snake-shaped marks.

Pfft...

The vine roots rotted rapidly, emitting a pungent, foul stench.

Furthermore, the rot continued to spread upward along the vine roots, rushing toward the main body of Master Ning.

The four members of the Navy Alliance seized the opportunity to rush forward.

Magma and light flames, along with the flame Poison Dragon and Iron Fist...

In a brief gap, Master Ning was actually suppressed and unable to fight back.

Crack! Seizing the opening in the four's attack, Master Ning straightened his arm and plunged his hand into the charred trunk of the Taoshu.

He violently yanked out a rusted sword fused within the Taoshu trunk.

The rust-covered short sword looked completely unremarkable, but after Master Ning gripped the hilt, the area where his palm made contact began to emit white smoke as if it were being scorched.

It gave off a foul odor.

Swish! The rusted short sword sliced through the air, hacking at the top of the rotting vine roots.

Orochimaru, in a half-snake state, slithered out from inside the severed vine roots, nearly being struck by the rusted sword.

Even though there was a distance of two inches from the blade,

the necromantic aura Orochimaru had diffused into the surroundings felt like butter meeting a flame, and it was all burned away completely.

"All of you, go to Hell!"

Master Ning swayed left and right, shaking his body, and the charred Taoshu pressed tightly against him also began to shake.

Just like pulling legs out of mud,

the entire Lan Ruo Si, including the surrounding Ku Ye Lin, saw the ground bulge upward.

Like an ocean of Taoshu vine roots, they danced wildly, shredding the wandering ghost tree demons; even some ghost tree demons approaching Golden-level strength did not have the qualifications to struggle, being shredded by the writhing vine roots within two seconds.

"Truly terrifying."

At the critical moment,

Akainu summoned the 【Tier 2】 Hell Flame Demon, the 【Flame Demon Monarch】 capable of rivaling a Golden-level boss.

After being calcined by lava, the obsidian-like shell of the Flame Demon was continuously shredded by the vine roots at its feet.

It was just like encountering a shredder.

Cold sweat seeped from Akainu's forehead as he continuously channeled Flame Demon energy to the Flame Demon Monarch to ensure the Flame Demon Monarch's shell was constantly repaired.

If this continued, once Akainu's internal Flame Demon energy was exhausted and the Flame Demon Monarch was devoured, the Navy Alliance squad would face total annihilation.

"I can only hold on for two minutes; there isn't enough time to escape this sea of vines."

"Escape?"

Orochimaru curled the corners of his mouth, his voice cold as he said, "Have you not noticed that this Master Ning, condensed from a layer of skin, does not have a strong demonic aura? After manipulating the sea of vines, the remaining demonic aura is likely barely enough to protect himself, right?"

His gaze swept across the four,

"Who do you think I am?"

"Move the Flame Demon closer!"

(End of chapter)