Chapter 448: Concerning the Mysterious Maiden

Shushan peak.

Yu Jun's white hair flew as he waved his hands, dancing an ancient dance that looked extremely ridiculous, but these ridiculous movements brought about an even greater reaction from the Fusang Divine Tree.

After a brief pause in its swaying, the Fusang Divine Tree began to sway again. This tree was extremely tall, its branches reaching into the sky. Every branch and every leaf gathered vast power from the sky, while its roots, anchored in the earth, gathered vigorous power from the earth.

Heaven and earth energy was gathered by it. With every breath, the heaven and earth energy gathered by the Fusang Divine Tree was comparable to the energy gathered by the "Earth-Marsh Twenty-Four" formation performed by thousands of people that Su Xuan had faced at the Nongjia headquarters.

One must know that at that time, it was a terrifying scene formed by thousands of people exerting their full strength, and it had only happened once. But now, it was different; every breath of the Fusang Divine Tree possessed such power.

The terrifying power, under Yu Jun's guidance, turned into an unstoppable offensive and headed toward Su Xuan. However, no matter how brilliant the attack was, when it arrived before Su Xuan, it still dissipated into nothingness.

"The Fusang Divine Tree is indeed miraculous. As long as this tree is rooted here, you can use it to exert power even greater than that of a Heaven-Man expert, capable of gathering endless heaven and earth energy."

"But this is merely a characteristic of the Divine Tree; it cannot change the fact that you yourself are weak!"

Su Xuan looked at Yu Jun's frantic state; he had truly done his best to manipulate the power of the Fusang Divine Tree.

But sometimes, even if one does their best, one cannot change the outcome.

Su Xuan walked forward, raised his arm, and extended a finger; the attack released by Yu Jun was shattered once again.

In a brief moment, Yu Jun could be said to have exhausted all his means.

But the means he exhausted could not harm Su Xuan in the slightest.

The cold words fell into Yu Jun's ears. Yu Jun felt heavy-hearted; how could he not know of Su Xuan's strength?

But what did it matter how strong he was?

The other party wanted to seize the Fusang Divine Tree of his Shushan; this was something he would absolutely never agree to.

"Even if we are both destroyed, I will protect the Fusang Divine Tree～～!"

Yu Jun's words revealed his determination.

He spread his arms, and the Fusang Divine Tree immediately drew in even more heaven and earth energy to add to Yu Jun's body. It seemed that because this heaven and earth energy was too vigorous, Yu Jun's aged body could not withstand it.

He could not help but let out a sound of pain.

"Ugh, ah——!!"

At the same time, his skin showed signs of scorching, and his hair and beard curled slightly. At this moment, he was like someone being burned in a raging fire. Even so, Yu Jun forcibly endured the pain, letting the power of the Fusang Divine Tree continue to surge into his body. He prepared to accumulate enough power, then use his body as a carrier to charge directly at Su Xuan and perish together with him.

"Is it worth it?"

Su Xuan listened to Yu Jun's painful sounds, feeling somewhat helpless. He had come with sincerity, originally intending to reason with Yu Jun, but he had not expected the other party to "explode" without a word upon hearing that he intended to seize the Fusang Divine Tree.

Seeing that Yu Jun's body was about to become a powder keg that could explode at any moment.

Su Xuan could no longer watch.

He took a step, and his figure moved instantly.

Seeing this, Yu Jun had just begun to move when he found a finger pointed at his brow, and subsequently, all his power was completely sealed.

After completing this action, Su Xuan's figure flew backward, arriving beside the Fusang Divine Tree. He placed his palm on the trunk of the Fusang Divine Tree, as if pacifying it. "You, too, be quiet!"

After his words were spoken, the Fusang Divine Tree truly became quiet.

It no longer gathered heaven and earth energy, like a very docile kitten, bowing its head toward Su Xuan.

"How can this be?"

Yu Jun was incredibly shocked, not only because he had suddenly lost his power and the scorching sensation filling his body had disappeared, but also because the Fusang Divine Tree no longer gathered heaven and earth energy and appeared incredibly submissive before Su Xuan.

This was an extremely incredible thing.

Throughout history, only the Yu clan of the Shushan tribe could communicate with the Fusang Divine Tree. This was their ability and their mission; possessing this ability meant they had to guard the seal of Yuyuan well.

He had not expected that the person before him could also communicate with the Fusang Divine Tree.

From the connection between his bloodline and the Fusang Divine Tree, Yu Jun was very certain that Su Xuan had communicated with the tree spirit of the Fusang Divine Tree, causing it to abandon gathering heaven and earth energy, rather than using some means to restrain it.

What, exactly, was going on?

Yu Jun did not understand.

Su Xuan, however, became increasingly clear in his heart.

When he arrived at the peak of Shushan, an invisible force had been calling to him; it was the power of the Fusang Divine Tree. However, he had ignored it.

Only now, after his palm landed on the Fusang Divine Tree, did he become increasingly certain.

This tree was related to the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden.

The reason it called to him was that he possessed the Huang Shi Heavenly Book and had realized the power of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden. Besides that, he also possessed the power of the Dragon God.

Although the dragon qi extracted from the Suihou Pearl back then was only an insignificant wisp, that wisp still allowed Su Xuan to possess a trace of the Dragon God's power.

"Great Elder!"

"Great Elder!"

Just then, a series of exclamations rang out; it was the many Yuyuan Guards who, upon noticing the commotion at the mountaintop, had rushed to the peak.

Upon seeing the Great Elder with his skin scorched and hair slightly curled, the Yuyuan Guards' expressions changed drastically, and then they looked at Su Xuan, who was standing beside the Fusang Divine Tree, revealing a sense of guard.

"Who are you? How dare you trespass into our Shushan!"

A Yuyuan Guard scolded Su Xuan.

Su Xuan did not pay him any heed, but continued to look at the Shushan Great Elder, Yu Jun. "You are not my opponent, so I hope you can carefully consider my previous words!"

"My patience is limited!"

Yu Jun knew what Su Xuan wanted to say; it was nothing more than asking him to hand over the Fusang Divine Tree.

He admitted that Su Xuan was very strong.

But the Fusang Divine Tree, as the holy object suppressing Yuyuan, could not be lost.

He opened his mouth, intending to refuse, even if the entire Shushan were to be destroyed because of it; he would spare nothing to protect the Fusang Divine Tree and protect Yuyuan.

Just then, several more Yuyuan Guards arrived, supporting each other.

Upon seeing his grandfather, Yu Zhong Ziqi said in a weak voice, "Grandfather, someone has broken into Yuyuan!"

"What?"

Yu Jun and the others' expressions changed simultaneously.