Chapter 541: Fire-Crowned Divine Cedar

The mechanical army with consistent steps suddenly stops.

Ning Zhuo, who is in the center of the team, looks into the distance: "That is the Fire-Crowned Divine Cedar?"

Undoubtedly, the Fire-Crowned Divine Cedar located in the very center of the Ten-Mile Burning Forest is the heart of this place.

Its thick trunk is as straight as a heavenly pillar, standing motionless. The copper-red bark is covered with lava patterns, as if a thousand fire dragons are winding and walking under the skin.

Seven hundred and twenty main branches pierce the sky in a radial shape, and each branch forks into nine layers of bronze-colored secondary branches, with layers upon layers of flame leaves piling up into a red-gold crown covering thirty mu of area.

And every leaf of it is shaped like a phoenix tail, quietly burning with eternal orange-red flames.

Majestic!

Sacred!

This is the strongest feeling Ning Zhuo has from observing from afar.

Ning Zhuo does not continue to advance, but stations the army on the spot, waiting for the Three Generals Camp to join.

Ever since he captured Yan Jin alive, the fire curtain no longer appeared, and the raging fire in the burning forest also dissipated by more than half, with only the burning wood quietly burning with flames.

Ning Zhuo's mind is sharp, immediately guessing: His confrontation with Yan Jin gave the Three Generals Camp a lot of relief. The Three Generals Camp must have immediately attacked and destroyed the forest-protecting great formation, causing the current situation.

The big-headed boy touches his mechanical ring.

The ring has no reaction, but Ning Zhuo still decides to wait for the Three Generals Camp to attack together.

It is true that the mechanical ring can give warnings in life-and-death crises, but if it doesn't endanger life, there is also a possibility of major losses.

Ning Zhuo is cautious by nature and will not easily make the mistake of being rash.

"Military advisor!"

"Military advisor!!"

Not long after, the Three Generals Camp marches rapidly and arrives beside Ning Zhuo.

"This is... Yan Jin?" The three generals quickly discover Yan Jin lying at Ning Zhuo's feet.

"Exactly." Ning Zhuo nods and smiles.

Zhang Hei scratches his head: "The three of us brothers joined forces, but only beheaded Fairy Yan Liu. How did you use your means, military advisor, to actually capture Yan Jin alive? Powerful!"

The two sides quickly exchange their encounters after separating, which is about the same as what they guessed.

Liu Er's gaze falls on Yan Jin, and he says to Ning Zhuo: "Military advisor, can you release his seal a little, allowing me to persuade him?"

Ning Zhuo: "Of course."

A talisman is torn off Yan Jin's body, and suddenly he can emit his spiritual sense again.

Liu Er tries to persuade him to surrender, but Yan Jin blocks him with one sentence: "You are just a capture-capturing general, one of the miscellaneous generals, how can you make the decision?"

Liu Er's expression stiffens.

He says again: "Although I cannot make the decision, I have some ability to reduce your crimes."

"Right now, there is an opportunity for you to make up for your crimes with meritorious service."

This time it is Yan Jin's expression that stiffens.

Liu Er immediately says: "I know that asking you to persuade Luo Chen to surrender is very unrealistic."

"However, what if you persuade him to retreat actively?"

"The order our army received is to take down this Ten-Mile Burning Forest, not to fight to the death with you all."

Yan Jin reveals a look of contemplation.

Liu Er continues: "Letting you go is absolutely impossible. After all, capturing a Jin Dan cultivator alive is a battle merit."

"Furthermore, Fellow Daoist Yan is a master craftsman of the Ten-Mile Burning Forest, famous far and wide, this battle merit because it is you, will even increase by a factor."

"If you can persuade Luo Chen to leave, it will be good for everyone."

"Firstly, both sides don't have to shed blood. Secondly, you can also reduce your crimes."

"The previous grand meeting battle has completely proven that the Ginseng-Whiskered Dragon King is by no means Du Shuai's opponent. The Thousand Peaks Forest will belong to the Two-Note Kingdom in the future, Fellow Daoist Yan abandoning darkness for light, isn't it an encounter in life?"

Yan Jin looks at Liu Er, secretly thinking: "The intelligence didn't say that this Jin Dan cultivator of mixed human and demon blood is so eloquent!"

Yan Jin is moved.

He transmits via spiritual sense: "I can only try."

Liu Er immediately reveals a smile, encouraging warmly: "Even if it's just a try, Fellow Daoist Yan's action can also win favor and can be reduced at discretion."

"Third brother, what are you stunned for? Why don't you hurry up and help Fellow Daoist Yan up."

Zhang Hei says "Oh oh" twice, as if waking from a dream, grabs Yan Jin by the neck, and lifts him up.

Yan Jin feels like a kitten or puppy, receiving such humiliation, and can't help but glare fiercely at Zhang Hei.

Zhang Hei immediately glares back.

Yan Jin coughs twice, using spiritual sense to communicate: "Wait for me to get closer, it's convenient for spiritual sense transmission."

Ning Zhuo shakes his head: "Getting closer is fine, but spiritual sense transmission is not allowed, who knows what you and Luo Chen are whispering about?"

"Let me make a small mechanical device."

Liu Er agrees, and leads the Three Generals Camp, escorting Yan Jin, cautiously approaching the Fire-Crowned Divine Cedar.

As they get closer, the pressure the Fire-Crowned Divine Cedar brings to everyone becomes stronger and stronger.

Ning Zhuo also sees the situation under the tree trunk.

The roots of the Fire-Crowned Divine Cedar are coiled like dragons, forming a raised high platform.

On the high platform, closest to the tree trunk, sits a cultivator.

It is Luo Chen!

Luo Chen suddenly opens his eyes, electric light shooting from them.

While walking, Ning Zhuo makes a small mechanical device, and at this moment succeeds, throwing the palm-sized mechanical device to Yan Jin.

Yan Jin instills spiritual sense into it, the mechanical device makes a sound, persuading Luo Chen to leave.

Luo Chen sneers: "The Dragon King Temple entrusted me with a heavy responsibility, letting me guard this place, how could I flee without a fight?"

"And I am at the Soul Transformation level, you all are at most Jin Dan, yet you speak wildly, wanting me to retreat actively? Ridiculous!"

"Let me measure your strength and see if you are bragging!"

Speaking of this, Luo Chen stands up, looking up at the clouds: "Fellow Daoist in the sky, are you still going to watch from the sidelines? No matter what schemes you have, why not come and fight a battle."

Lin Bufan, hiding in the clouds, feels a move in his heart: "I have the 'One Leaf Blinds the Eyes' technique to cover me, how could I be discovered?"

"Is this Luo Chen bluffing me?"

Lin Bufan still chooses to remain motionless.

Liu, Generals Guan, Zhang, and Ning are all shocked, looking up at the sky one after another, spiritual sense scanning wildly, but none of them found anything.

Sun Lingtong reminds Ning Zhuo in time: "Ha, I found it. I didn't expect Lin Bufan to not leave yet, hiding in that cloud."

Ning Zhuo learns that his side has strong reinforcements, and is happy in his heart, but also has some doubts: "Why would Lin Bufan return? Or has he been lingering nearby? This sect master is cautious and deep, perhaps he has other schemes?"

Regardless, according to the relationship between the Ning family and the Ten Thousand Medicines Sect, Lin Bufan's presence at this time is an insurance, making Ning Zhuo more confident in the face of the next battle.

Ning Zhuo thinks for a moment, but does not inform the three generals of this secret.

Although the three generals Liu, Generals Guan, and Zhang are suspicious, none of them show it on their faces.

Liu Er's thoughts turn: "Fellow Daoist Luo has a good scheme, deliberately fabricating others, is it to make us unable to fight with all our hearts?"

Luo Chen sighs.

He especially hopes that Lin Bufan can stand out and fight with himself.

In this way, the name sounds much better.

But just being forced back by the Three Generals Camp, Liu, Generals Guan, and Zhang are only at the Jin Dan level, and Ning Zhuo is only at the Foundation Establishment stage. Yan Jin's persuasion to surrender seems ineffective, but in fact, it has already had huge results.

Luo Chen has already firmed up his intention to retreat, but this kind of retreat must be graceful, so that he can go back and answer for his mission.

"If I could catch the Wood-Core Fire, I could retreat directly. There is no need to fight now, sigh..."

Luo Chen sighs secretly, but his face is firm.

He says aloud: "Three Generals Camp, take the move!"

The next moment, his sleeves flutter, finger spells pinch, urging four fire dragons, bringing boundless heat waves.

The scorching fire dragons fly and swirl in mid-air, then roar in unison, diving down.

"Here it comes." Liu Er whispers, then raises the Profound Yellow Sword, blocking it in front of him.

Military Strategy—Guarding the Land and Consolidating the Foundation.

Military strength consumes twenty percent, yellow light covers the whole army, adding protection.

!

Generals Guan Hong raises the Blood Dragon Knife and hacks four times in a row.

Military strength consumes forty percent.

Blade Art—Four Tribulations Blood Evil Slash!

For a time, blood evil rushes to the sky, condensing four blade shadows, hacking at the four fire dragons.

Two of them are directly hacked away, and the other two bypass the blade shadows, their bodies shrinking a lot due to damage, but their speed does not decrease but increases, continuing to pounce, and then meet Zhang Hei's snake spear.

Military strength consumes another twenty percent, under the addition, the black snake spear's power soars, defeating the remaining two fire dragons.

The three generals strike continuously, consuming a total of eighty percent of their military strength, defeating the fire dragon spell that Luo Chen had been brewing for a long time.

Luo Chen has already launched the next offensive.

His sleeves flip, spitting out a magic treasure.

The magic treasure is like a plate, with a large handful of copper coins in the plate.

The copper coins fly and swirl in mid-air, condensing into a formation.

For a time, blue electric light intertwines, turning into a majestic deer, rushing toward the Three Generals Camp.

The deer gallops, and every kick emits a thunderous roar.

Still some distance away, the soldiers of the Three Generals Camp have their hair standing on end, and the air seems to have ten thousand fine needles, constantly pricking their bodies.

Formation Magic Treasure—Thunder Firmament Deer-Chasing Plate!

The three generals are not panicked, striking one after another, and finally Liu Er raises the Profound Yellow Sword and hacks fiercely, splitting the thunder deer.

Luo Chen nods secretly, recognizing the combat power of the Three Generals Camp, secretly thinking: "It is indeed the army that can capture Ma Feitui alive."

The three generals join forces, indeed capable of fighting Soul Transformation cultivators, but it also depends on the specific situation.

If it is a Soul Transformation True Monarch who masters supernatural abilities, they probably can't beat them. The battle example is the battle that occurred between the Three Generals Camp and Tu Ming when they were ordered to invade the Thousand Peaks Forest before the grand meeting battle.

Luo Chen has long had the intention to retreat, and seeing the Three Generals Camp's sharp edge, he is not worried but happy.

"Another confrontation, and then withdraw." He thinks secretly.

Without getting the Wood-Core Fire, there is no way.

Under the pressure of the situation, Luo Chen naturally cannot guard this place to the death.

He turns his back to the Three Generals Camp, walks forward a few steps, stands in front of the Fire-Crowned Divine Cedar, and stretches out his palm to pat it lightly.

At the same time, he chants in a low voice: "Divine Cedar, Divine Cedar, bestow me a fire crown, to help this battle."

The Fire-Crowned Divine Cedar trembles slightly, firelight falls from the branches and leaves, falling on Luo Chen's head, condensing into a flame crown.

The flame crown is only limited to Luo Chen's hair, quietly burning. Luo Chen's whole body skin is covered with a layer of fire-red halo.

His momentum soars suddenly, reaching the peak state.

"Fire Crown!" The three generals all reveal a look of gravity, but are not surprised.

The Fire-Crowned Divine Cedar can bestow a fire crown, which is a well-known thing, not a secret.

Many cultivators come to the Ten-Mile Burning Forest to refine weapons, in order to improve the success rate of refining weapons and ensure that their state is always excellent during the entire refining process, they will all come to the Fire-Crowned Divine Cedar to pray and seek a fire crown.

This fire crown can violently consume the cultivator's magic power, energy, spiritual sense, etc., making the cultivator's state during the entire refining process maintain the peak.

The drawback, besides the burning sensation, is that the consumption is too violent, almost like torture. It consumes the power in the cultivator's body in a fierce way, to burst out the brilliance like flames.

Any cultivator who wears a fire crown for a long time needs to rest for a long time afterwards.

Generally speaking, if a cultivator wants to seek a fire crown, they need to offer sacrifices and have a series of prayer rituals before they have a certain possibility of getting the fire crown's bestowal.

Luo Chen, as the Forest Warden, naturally has different permissions and treatment. He only needs to call a few times to get a fire crown.

Luo Chen wears the fire crown, and there is a strong sense of urgency in his heart.

He steps forward and engages with the Three Generals Camp again.

This time, relying on the three generals alone is difficult to support.

Ning Zhuo also strikes immediately.

Gathering the power of the four, they block Luo Chen's offensive.

Luo Chen attacks continuously but cannot win, immediately extinguishing his fighting spirit: "The Three Generals Camp's military edge is so sharp, truly powerful."

"This grievance, Luo will keep in mind."

"One day, I will definitely kill back to this place and retake the lost territory."

After saying these scene words, Luo Chen actively extinguishes the fire crown on his head and withdraws, flying into mid-air.

The next moment, a sudden change occurs!

"Forest Warden Luo, wait to retreat, with me here, defeating this army is not a problem." A hoarse voice resounds throughout the battlefield.

"Who is it?!" Luo Chen is shocked.

He looks at the clouds for the first time.

In the clouds, Lin Bufan is also shocked.

He overlooks the battlefield, and only then discovers that there is actually a Soul Transformation-level existence hidden.

Gao Cuo, hiding in the dark, also feels shocked.

Sword Elder is stunned for a moment, then suddenly realizes: "So this Fire-Crowned Divine Cedar has already become a god!"

The next moment, the Fire-Crowned Divine Cedar shakes its body, condensing a flame dharma body, floating in mid-air, blocking Luo Chen's way.

The flame dharma body is extraordinary, Luo Chen identifies it, and exclaims in surprise: "So, the Wood-Core Fire was taken by you."

The Fire-Crowned Divine God nods: "I was enlightened by the Ginseng-Whiskered Dragon King, arranged by him, and secretly became a god. This Wood-Core Fire was originally bestowed upon me by the Ginseng-Whiskered Dragon King."

"Luo Chen, you must not retreat in the face of battle. Relying on our joint attack, we can definitely make the Three Generals Camp be wiped out!"

Luo Chen is stunned: "This..."

The Fire-Crowned Divine God sneers: "Look at my dojo!"

Fire Crown Dojo!

The next moment, the dojo spreads out in an instant, the burning forest around the Three Generals Camp disappears completely, leaving only a barren ground burning with flames.

Liu, Generals Guan, Zhang, and the others, including all of Ning Zhuo's soldiers, all have a flame crown burning on their heads.

In an instant, the whole army's state climbs to the peak state.

Luo Chen looks at the fire crown burning again on his head: "Fire Crown God, remove my crown first."

But the Fire-Crowned Divine God sneers: "You and I attack with all our might, be sure to eliminate them in the shortest time! If this battle is won, I will remove the fire crown on your head, otherwise, you just wait to be burned to death!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 542 =====