Chapter 33: Life and Death Thought

Shasha swung her palm, condensing a sand blade upon it, and slashed toward Mu Yi.

Mu Yi suddenly vanished along with the lotus flower beneath him. When he reappeared, he was already behind Shasha, stabbing at her with the wooden staff in his hand. Shasha sensed danger and spun her body rapidly, but she still couldn't dodge Mu Yi's strike, and her arm was pierced straight through by his staff.

Overcome by pain, Shasha broke free from Mu Yi's wooden staff. She turned and threw a punch, but the lotus flower flashed before her eyes, and Mu Yi disappeared again. Mu Yi arrived above Shasha's head, man and staff as one, stabbing toward the crown of her head. Shasha twisted her body and, like a giant loach, burrowed into the sand.

Seeing that he had lost his target, Mu Yi's lotus flower flashed, and he vanished once more.

Shasha emerged from the sand in the distance and shouted into the void: "What kind of skill is relying on the Void Lotus? If you have the guts, throw away the Void Lotus and have a real fight with me."

Laughter echoed from the void: "This lotus is my origin Dharma treasure. So what if I use the Void Lotus? Don't you also use Earth Escape?"

A lotus flower appeared in the void. The lotus bloomed, and Mu Yi stood in its center.

Shasha looked at Mu Yi in the air, furious. She opened her mouth and spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, chanting something under her breath. Finally, she uttered one word: "Sacrifice."

Suddenly, the desert fell silent, and a powerful will emerged from the depths of the desert. That will attached itself to Shasha's blood, then slowly condensed into an old man with white hair and beard.

The old man wore earth-yellow robes. His eye sockets were hollow, devoid of eyeballs.

The old man looked up at the void, and a powerful mental force locked onto Mu Yi in the void.

Mu Yi was greatly alarmed; he spat out a mouthful of blood and flew away from the lotus flower. The old man grabbed that lotus flower in his palm and crushed it to pieces.

That lotus flower was connected to Mu Yi's life essence, and Mu Yi spat out another mouthful of blood.

The injured Mu Yi pointed at the forest behind him: "Distant years, endless calamities, your descendants need you, Ancestor... awaken."

The forest behind Mu Yi suddenly fell silent. All the green leaves in the forest began to wither, and endless Wood Spirit Power condensed toward the center of the forest. A beautiful young woman walked out from the depths of the forest. The young woman was filled with spiritual energy, wearing a long green dress, with blue eyes and snow-white skin.

Mists rose around the young woman. After she appeared, she looked at the old man before her. Various living things flashed through her eyes. Then, a blade of grass appeared, and from that grass, a piercing Sword Intent was revealed.

The eyeless old man's expression turned grave. His left hand condensed a large hammer, and his right hand condensed a shield.

The young woman pointed a finger at the eyeless old man, and countless Sword Intents erupted in the void. That Sword Intent was almost capable of slicing through the void, turning into a ball of bright light that surrounded the eyeless old man.

The eyeless old man held the large hammer and struck the shield violently.

A powerful sound wave spread from the shield in all directions, and the entire space rippled from this sound wave. This sound wave shattered the ball of light formed by the Sword Intent. But the young woman was not just Sword Intent; following her finger, she transformed into a green afterimage and appeared before the eyeless old man.

The young woman's finger tapped the center of the eyeless old man's brow.

A hand reached out from the eyeless old man's hollow eye socket, blocking the young woman's lethal strike.

Seeing her attack blocked, the young woman flicked her finger, and a seed landed in the old man's eye socket. That seed rapidly took root on the old man's head, growing into a small tree that crazily absorbed the old man's flesh and blood. Finally, the old man vanished into a strand of mental force.

An unwilling will echoed over the desert: "Yan Fei, you bitch, you used this trick to destroy my eyes many years ago, and you're still using it now."

This eyeless old man had only briefly resurrected by attaching his will to that drop of Shasha's blood, while the ancestor summoned by Mu Yi relied on the power of the entire forest. This was certainly much stronger than the eyeless old man's vessel of will. Moreover, in their prime, the eyeless old man was no match for Yan Fei.

Yan Fei put away the tree and turned to leave. Passing by Meng Su's corpse, she looked at it and suddenly let out an exclamation: "True Spirit?" Yan Fei bent down, looked at Meng Su's corpse, and bowed: "Although I passed away thousands of years ago, a wisp of my remnant soul parasitic in the Emerald Forest, I do not have much ability to help you. Since the Reincarnation Demon Lord chose you, you naturally cannot die. I will condense the spiritual energy of the Emerald Forest to help you reconstruct your physical body. In the future, when you rise, I hope you will reconstruct my True Spirit."

After speaking, Yan Fei stretched her palm toward the Emerald Forest, and a massive amount of spiritual energy flew up from the forest, condensing into a transparent pill. Yan Fei struck the pill into Meng Su's physical body.

Meng Su's physical body began to reorganize and condense. Meng Su's body was transformed into a Wood Demon Body.

After doing this, Yan Fei walked to Mu Yi's side. Mu Yi led the sect cultivators to kneel immediately: "Mu Yi pays respects to the Ancestor."

Yan Fei smiled: "You are very good, very strong, stronger than I was when I was young. You will definitely lead our Wood Demon Sect back to its peak. Remember to treat this person well; he can help our entire Five Elements Demon Sect rise again." Yan Fei pointed at Meng Su.

Yan Fei looked at Shasha, who was stunned on the spot, and said: "The Five Elements Demon Sect is not something you can control. Manage your Sand Demon Sect well, do not create internal strife again, do not consume yourself, act low-key, and do not provoke the Demon Capital without sufficient strength."

Shasha bowed to Yan Fei: "I obey the Ancestor's code." She then led the sect cultivators away on their boat.

Yan Fei glanced at Meng Su one last time, sighed, and transformed into a meteor, disappearing into the Emerald Forest.

Meng Su woke up leisurely in a thatched hut. Waking up, Meng Su sat up abruptly, nearly colliding with Mu Yi, who was watching him intently. Meng Su looked around. The memories from before quickly returned to his mind. Furthermore, the shadow of a beautiful young woman appeared in his mind.

Meng Su asked urgently: "Where is my sister?"

Mu Yi smiled and said: "She is fine, seriously injured, and is currently resting. However, she will wake up soon."

Meng Su stood up quickly and bowed to Mu Yi: "Thank you, Senior, for saving my life. Where is that beautiful sister?"

Mu Yi let out a silver-bell-like laugh: "You mean our Ancestor? She is already thousands of years old. If she knew you called her sister, she would definitely be very happy."

Meng Su quickly performed an internal inspection. In his Qi Sea, two more leaves had appeared; one leaf was white, full of vitality, and one was black, full of nirvana. The leaves swayed, emitting bursts of Chaos Qi.

Looking at his body again, the combination of flesh and meridians had changed. They had become arranged in vertical strips, and a powerful Wood Spirit Power filled his entire body. His entire physique was full of vitality. Strangely, this Wood Spirit Power combined perfectly with his Demon Core, forming a Devouring Power.

Looking at the Thought Pill at the center of his brow, it had changed from gold to green. It looked like a green bean. Meng Su stretched out his palm. Activating his Thought Power, roots actually appeared on his palm. These roots took root in the void, then absorbed spiritual energy from the void.

Meng Su unleashed his Intent Finger Flick and discovered that the Intent Finger Flick had also undergone a transformation. Before, it ejected his own Thought Power. Now, a Thought Seed appeared; this Thought Seed would absorb the opponent's flesh and blood essence like a seed and then grow.

Even more eerie was his Nirvana Grasp. As the Nirvana Grasp was unleashed, roots appeared on the five fingers. These roots carried a powerful suction force.

Meng Su expanded his Thought Power; now his mental sense covered an area of over five hundred kilometers. Most wondrous was the massive vitality of this Wood Demon Body. He could almost achieve severed-limb regeneration.

Meng Su stood up; his realm was still True Demon Mid-Stage, but he was already several times stronger.

Meng Su bowed to the forest behind him: "Thank you, Sister, for saving my life. Thank you, Sister, for bestowing the Demon Body. In the future, if I can become strong, I will definitely reconstruct your True Spirit."

Following Meng Su's promise, the entire Emerald Forest swayed without wind, sending goodwill toward Meng Su. ===== CHAPTER 34 =====