Chapter 293: The Wood Spirit of the Year

Crack! Crack! Crack!

The blade, like a sharp axe, split into the old man's body; he was like a piece of incredibly hard treasure wood.

Even with the sharpness of Qian Yuan, the strike was extremely difficult.

Red mist grew dense in Shen Yi's eyes, making him look like a fierce god; muscles surged between his arms, with bright red patterns rising to the surface.

After mastering the Nine Demons Transforming into Demons Great Art, those thousand drops of demon blood had long since merged with his physical body.

The blade edge sank another three inches.

What made Zheng family's Second Great-Grandfather fear even more was the purple-gold flame flowing on the blade surface; within a few breaths, it scorched his wound black and continued to climb inward.

Hearing the wails of agony coming from the sky.

All the other Zheng family experts' faces changed instantly; only the Zheng family knew how terrifying the strength this youth was displaying at this moment truly was.

This was a true case of misjudging the situation!

In the next instant, they all turned their gaze toward the woman before them.

"It's not..."

Xu Wanyun quickly realized the meaning behind these gazes.

Did this group actually take her for a soft persimmon?

A bunch of Slain Hunyuan Sect masters whose highest realm was no more than Upper Realm, mostly Middle Realm and Initial Realm, actually dared to set their sights on her, a Peak Realm Slain Hunyuan.

"Form the formation, protect yourselves."

Casually instructing A Qing, she suddenly charged out.

Flowing light surged upon the long sword, like the Dahe River rushing forward.

The so-called power of the Peak Realm can only be suppressed by a true Soul Transformation expert.

Not only suppressing cultivation, Xu Wanyun showed no airs of a grandmaster; the target she chose first was the weakest among them.

Had it been anyone else, seeing a grandmaster charging, they would have felt the urge to retreat no matter what.

But that person neither dodged nor fled, instead swinging his sword to meet her head-on.

Under the scouring of the overwhelming aura.

The Zheng family expert's weapon was destroyed as if withering wood, leaving not even a scrap behind, yet he showed no panic on his face.

Instead, he顺势 reached out with his hand to grab that long sword.

Even though the Dao Infant is far stronger than a mortal flesh-and-blood body, it is impossible to recklessly clash head-on like this.

This was a scene beyond ordinary human cognition.

However, in the next instant, when the sword light completely descended, Xu Wanyun actually felt the long sword had a subtle tendency to slip from her grasp.

Her expression changed slightly; she fixed her gaze.

She saw that the Zheng family expert had actually endured her strike head-on, his body torn apart from forehead to lower abdomen... then revealing a vine-wood body identical to the old man's.

He smiled strangely, his hand straining to snatch the woman's weapon.

Just as Xu Wanyun exerted force, she saw his left vine-wood hand grow wildly, transforming into a palm several zhang wide, which slammed heavily onto her body.

"..."

Xu Wanyun retreated several steps; although she regained the long sword, astonishment surged in her eyes.

With such high cultivation protecting her, she should not have been injured upon the first encounter.

But the problem was... the opponent still appeared to be the weakest among the group.

A mere Initial Realm Slain Hunyuan could exchange two moves with her.

What the hell is this thing!

As her thoughts flickered, she recalled something even more incomprehensible.

Since this vine-wood body was so powerful... how did Shen Yi manage to suppress the old man and beat him?!

Xu Wanyun slapped her waist repeatedly.

Several sets of formation seals custom-made for her floated out one after another, covering the plain Bai Shan.

These were items she had prepared for survival when accidentally encountering a Transformation of Spirit Realm expert, yet they were forced out by a group of freaks with cultivation lower than her own.

It would be laughable if this got out.

"Ha, an unexpected gain."

The group surrounded Xu Wanyun completely; after a brief moment of stunned silence, 狂喜 surged on their faces: "Could this be a member of the Xu family!"

"Indeed, it is your aunt!"

Xu Wanyun sneered coldly and leaped up again.

With the support of the magical array, an aura far more fierce than before swept out.

The group showed no urgency whatsoever.

They still had no intention of dodging.

Just as the sword light erupted, a layer of white haze suddenly covered Xu Wanyun's clear eyes.

The long sword in her hand struck viciously toward the sky!

"..."

Shen Yi's gaze grew even more fierce; the long blade sank into the old man's waist, one hand grabbing his left shoulder, the other clutching his right arm.

The violent force actually tore his body apart from the middle!

Sensing the sword light attacking from behind.

The youth suddenly turned and kicked Xu Wanyun in the face, blasting her back down!

"Pah!"

Xu Wanyun flew backward and landed, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

It was as if even the Dao Infant within her was trembling.

She opened her eyes in a daze, looking at the few people before her, and finally showed a trace of panic.

She had clearly stabilized her mind with deliberate care, even employing a Soul-Protecting Array, yet it still failed to guard against the Zheng family's ambush.

Moreover, how did these people actually possess the strength to injure her?

The only thing that puzzled her was that these same people before her were staring at the sky with equal terror, and even A Qing had stopped fiddling with the array, her hands frozen in呆滞.

Only then did a sharp, agonized scream explode in the air.

The youth in black robes landed lightly, each hand dragging a piece of rotten wood.

Shen Yi frowned slightly, a hint of confusion in his eyes.

He then turned his gaze to the remaining people.

"He's actually confused now."

Several experts of the Zheng family swallowed hard in unison, instinctively wanting to flee, yet their feet remained firmly planted on the spot.

One of them even charged straight at the youth to kill him!

Crack!

Shen Yi turned his head slightly and casually grabbed the man's neck.

He lifted the entire person into the air.

His five fingers slowly exerted force.

The man pounded hard on Shen Yi's wrist, yet could not shake him even a fraction.

Until the entire neck exploded completely, turning into a shower of wood shavings.

Shen Yi flung him onto the ground.

The chill in his eyes grew even deeper.

If they were demons or monsters, they should have a lifespan.

If they were cultivators, where was their Dao Infant?

As his gaze swept over them, the remaining few suddenly stiffened and fell backward, and amidst the thudding sounds, they all turned into wood men scattered across the ground.

"How did you do that?"

Xu Wanyun felt she had been away from home for too long and had become somewhat disconnected from the outside world.

To the point that she could not even understand the methods the opponent was using.

"..."

Shen Yi had no time to attend to her; golden light burst forth from his pupils.

The Mountain Lord's Divine Ability was unleashed at full strength.

Several ethereal figures immediately appeared in his line of sight, bound by vines and being dragged back toward the depths of the mountain manor.

Feeding oneself to the demon?

Shen Yi withdrew his gaze and finally looked at Xu Wanyun beside him.

If he guessed correctly, as soon as one consumed that spirit tea, one would be controlled by the so-called Age Wood and transformed into this sort of thing that was neither human nor demon.

The sword strike the opponent had launched just now had already fully possessed the ability to threaten him.

It was merely that his mind had been in a daze, full of flaws.

"Auntie, you just attacked Brother Shen."

Seeing the change in Shen Yi's expression, A Qing roughly guessed the other's thoughts and hurriedly spoke to remind him.

"So..."

Xu Wanyun paused, then touched her face.

So that move just now wasn't done by the Zheng family.

"Calm down!"

She hurriedly raised her hand, then took out a large array disk from her waist.

She immediately began to chant hand seals repeatedly.

Array seals on her robes floated one after another toward Shen Yi, landing on his black robe.

"Cold Armor Array, Soul-Returning Array, Wind-Defense Array... use them as you see fit."

Having said that, she activated the array disk in her hand.

Countless shadowy figures were seen drilling out, surging toward her brow; soon, Xu Wanyun lay straight on the ground, appearing as dead as a corpse.

"This is the Hundred Ghosts Mind-Stabilizing Great Array; Auntie won't affect you, Brother Shen."

Seeing her aunt act so decisively and cleanly, A Qing was also somewhat speechless.

It was clear that the other party had recognized the gap between herself and Brother Shen... let alone Auntie; every time Brother Shen fought, even A Qing herself found it somewhat frightening to watch.

Xu Wanyun blinked her dazed eyes, indicating her agreement.

(End of this chapter)