Chapter 39: Willow Tree King

When Li Yao learned that Luo Feng was a Spiritual Mind Master, his whole body went dizzy and his eyes swelled; months of resentment finally found an outlet: "Luo Feng, Luo Feng!!!"

"Kill, he must die." Vinina's Mandarin was not standard, but the killing intent in her voice was obvious; her eyes were like poisoned needles, her tone sharp, "Isn't he going to the Australian continent for a life‑or‑death adventure? This is a perfect chance—kill him while we have it! Besides, we have no other chance; not only does Xiao Yu value him, now even Hong Du has taken an interest in him."

The two—Li Yao and Du Xie—were aptly named; both not only wanted to eliminate Luo Feng, but also intended to wipe out his family.

However, Du Xie could rely only on some dark forces of the HR Alliance in Huaxia, and could not bring in special equipment.

When hiring mercenaries, Du Xie found that because of Luo Feng's status, only three War Gods would go to the Australian continent for a huge fee; Li Yao, wearing the Black God armor, personally led this ad‑hoc War God squad.

To ensure nothing could go wrong, Du Xie procured a laser cannon.

The plan to target Luo Feng's family was rejected by the HR Alliance's chief before the two set off for Australia; otherwise the entire Bo Lai Na Si family would face sanctions.

Only Lei Shen and Hong could persuade the HR Alliance chief to act that way.

This turn of events made Li Yao change his mind; he realized he had become a whetstone for Hong to train Luo Feng, so he ordered Du Xie and Vinina to stay at the Paris base.

Meanwhile, Luo Feng and 183 other students quickly arrived at a plain on the Australian continent; after delivering the students there, all the War God instructors boarded a passenger plane to return.

Xiao Yu, however, kept watching the situation from the Qian Kun intelligent warplane.

Each academy carried a locator; through it one could discern each academy's position and biological status.

Luo Feng also realized that this trip to Australia was the best opportunity for Li Yao and his spouse; they would never let it slip. The sky‑high bounty of 100 billion Huaxia Currency was still on the table, so he dared not gamble nor blame his classmates.

So he acted alone.

Although Li Yao's threat remained, Luo Feng wasn't afraid; as a Spiritual Mind Master he could fly.

Thus he chose to launch a pre‑emptive ambush, but he didn't expect Li Yao also wore the Black God armor—neither could gain the upper hand over the other.

Li Yao's attack power exceeded Luo Feng's, but he lacked ranged attacks.

Luo Feng also dared not let Li Yao get close; although Li Yao couldn't break the Black God armor, its impact was still hard for Luo Feng to endure.

Normally Li Yao would be on the receiving end, but he had three War God companions and a laser cannon.

In the end, after killing the three War Gods, Luo Feng could only flee under the threat of the laser cannon.

However, it is a universally accepted rule that humans may not use laser cannons against other humans. So how could the use of such energy attacks on the Australian continent escape the notice of the Extreme Martial Arts Hall?

The two War Gods of the Extreme Martial Arts Hall, Puka and Tie Zong, arrived in a disc‑shaped warplane and confiscated the laser cannon.

Luo Feng and Li Yao engaged in a chase, entering the island shrouded in thick fog.

When Xiao Yu detected Luo Feng's locator entering the Fog Island region, he launched his warplane toward it.

He was close by; it took him less than half an hour to arrive.

After Xiao Yu entered the dense fog, he soon saw Li Yao.

"Vinina, relay this news to your family and summon some strong ones," Li Yao instructed, "Preferably strong individuals with Black God armor, or powerful Spiritual Mind Masters. Ah! Why has Xiao Yu arrived?"

Li Yao stared in surprise at Xiao Yu, who hovered in the empty sky above.

"I'm already here; why does the HR Alliance still want to meddle?" Xiao Yu said domineeringly.

With a flash, he was beside Li Yao in an instant, slapped him away; the Black God armor even sprouted a hole, and Li Yao's shoulder shattered into a spray of blood.

"No, I can't!" Li Yao stammered, trembling as he scrambled up. He hadn't expected the newly‑ranked councilor‑level strongman Xiao Yu to be so powerful.

"Yao, Yao, what happened?" Vinina's voice kept coming through the communication watch.

"Get out of here now!" Xiao Yu barked.

Li Yao could only stagger away, but he didn't run far, unwilling to abandon the immense wealth here.

"Luo Feng, come out, quickly report the presence of the spirits of the trees and plants here," Xiao Yu said with a smile.

He had already spotted Luo Feng's figure.

"I was waiting for the Europeans to arrive first, to make them waste their effort!" Luo Feng emerged from behind a massive tree a hundred meters away, and with two flashes was beside Xiao Yu.

"No need, strike now. According to the Extreme Martial Arts Hall's internal allocation rules, anyone who discovers a treasure site and reports it, once verified, receives 10% of the Hall's share of the find. The combat extraction team gets 30% based on labor. The remaining 60% belongs to the Hall collectively. If you're late, you'll get nothing," Xiao Yu said with a grin.

"And you?" Luo Feng hesitated.

"The wealth represented by these tree spirits means nothing to me!" Xiao Yu flicked his right hand, and a Cosmic Coin fluttered on his fingertip.

Luo Feng's eyes went blank.

"What's this?"

His Spiritual Mind sensed the energy; the power contained within the Universe Crystal amazed him, and the fact that this tiny cube remained stable despite such massive energy was even more astonishing.

Xiao Yu waved his hand, and the Universe Crystal vanished.

"A Universe Crystal is condensed from the Universe Primordial Energy of this realm."

Luo Feng no longer hesitated; he took out his phone and reported the discovery of numerous tree spirits on the Australian continent, along with the coordinates.

After a while, a disc‑shaped warplane hovered over Fog Island, hovering in mid‑air, its hatch opening directly.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The black‑robed Katelan, the barbaric giant Kai Ta, and the lean man Yi Fan leapt from mid‑air and plunged rapidly toward the ground.

"Members of the Bo Lai Na Si family have arrived," Luo Feng said with a faint smile.

"Halt, intruders! This is the treasure site discovered by my Extreme Martial Arts Hall," Xiao Yu shouted, flashing forward in an instant to stand before the three.

"Councilor Xiao Yu!" Katelan exclaimed in surprise.

A ruthless man says little, and Xiao Yu was exactly that.

He went straight for the kill, just as he had with Li Yao before; a flash later he was in front of Katelan, and his right fist landed heavily on the terrified man's skull.

Katelan was slammed at least a kilometer away; even without Xiao Yu using full force and despite Katelan's Black God armor, he was knocked unconscious.

Beside him, the barbaric Kai Ta and the lean Yi Fan rushed to act, but before they could move, Xiao Yu kicked each of them a kilometer away; they collided with dozens of trees, sustaining severe injuries and collapsing.

Li Yao, who had just arrived, was shocked: "Councilor Xiao Yu, you're so overbearing, not even asking a question before jumping straight into action!"

Xiao Yu glanced at Li Yao and turned away; that single look left Li Yao's legs weak, unable to stand.

"To obtain the nine tree‑spirit essences, you must first deal with the central Willow Tree King, over three meters thick. Luo Feng, do you want to try?" Xiao Yu said with a grin.

"When I first arrived here, it attacked me; this Willow Tree King is the strongest. Its pale‑golden branches stretch two or three hundred meters, enough to cover the area and penetrate the ground to protect its roots. I tried using throwing knives, but it's hard to affect those pale‑golden branches; even when wounded, they heal instantly."

Xiao Yu's figure, like Instant Teleport, arrived before a willow tree over a meter thick; a flash of lightning struck, and the thousand‑year willow fell.

A moving green spray rose, Xiao Yu waved his hand, and that green light flew toward Luo Feng.

"Luo Feng, the essence of this thousand‑year willow heart should boost your strength considerably," Xiao Yu said with a smile. "Remember to pierce the outer crystal shell, then ingest the inner liquid essence. Do not swallow the crystal shell."

"Thank you!" Luo Feng said gratefully.

"It's what you deserve; I just gave it to you early," Xiao Yu said. "Just breakthrough here, and I'll give you a protector."

After Luo Feng used the thousand‑year willow heart, his aura continuously strengthened, rising from a lower‑tier War God to the middle stage of a mid‑tier War God, and his mental telekinesis reached Peak War God level.

He is stronger than the previous Katelan.

Luo Feng's breakthrough took a full half hour.

"Luo Feng, now go try again."

"Alright." Luo Feng nodded.

Now Luo Feng's single flying knife has impact over 500,000 kilograms, and he can control six flying knives.

He can be said to be like six high‑level War Gods.

Previously, a single flying knife could cut a golden willow branch; now it is indeed easy.

He continuously used four flying knives to block the Willow King's attacks while the remaining two knives attacked the remaining seven willow trees.

Soon, he obtained seven thousand‑year willow hearts.

He tossed two to Xiao Yu, "Returning them to you."

"You're quite generous!" Xiao Yu laughed.

"One code returns to one code." Luo Feng said.

Then he focused on attacking the ten‑thousand‑year Willow King; under Luo Feng's swift assault the Willow King could not resist, and after all golden willow branches were cut, the trunk was severed, revealing an oval crystal about the size of a fist.

Luo Feng captured it in his hand; the crystal contained a flowing green hue mixed with a hint of gold. Even just looking at it with the naked eye in his palm made one's heart race.

Then he looked at Li Yao, "Li Yao! You can't escape!"

Li Yao, terrified, fled quickly, shouting, "Katelan, the four of us teamed up to deal with this Luo Feng!"

"Sorry."

Katelan, who had just awakened, gave a slight smile and signaled with his eyes to the nearby Kaeta and Ivan, whose wounds had partially healed. The three had fought countless battles and understood each other's meaning.

They fled in another direction.

"Boom—" Li Yao sprinted at extreme speed, his passage generating shockwaves that constantly shattered some plants.

Luo Feng's six flying knives attacked Li Yao three times in a row, but unfortunately never managed to kill him.

This was thanks to the Black God set; without the Black God set, Li Yao would have died early.

Both sides chased each other for a long time, and Li Yao was in a sorry state. When six black streams of light struck Li Yao again, this time Li Yao did not rely on the impact to run straight, but sharply turned, and Luo Feng, thinking Li Yao would run straight, surged far away and lost him in that instant.

Luo Feng could only return in frustration.

Suddenly—a fire‑red stream of light shot rapidly from the far horizon, like a meteor; in the dark night, this fire‑red stream was very conspicuous.

The fire‑red stream halted before Xiao Yu and Luo Feng.

"Xiao Yu!" the man in the flames said in English.

"Senator Fa!" Katel and others shouted from afar.

"I was just secretly cultivating on the Australian continent…" the flame‑immersed Senator Fa had not finished speaking.

…when Xiao Yu punched him, sending him flying; he fell to the ground, the flames on his body extinguished.

"Stop pretending! Everything here belongs to my Extreme Martial Arts Hall!" After withdrawing his hand, Xiao Yu spat.

At the same time, a purple‑red triangular fighter hovered above Xiao Yu.

"It's my Extreme Martial Arts Hall's fighter." Luo Feng showed a hint of joy.

"Hello, Senator Xiao!" two figures hovered beside Xiao Yu.

"Hello, Senator Liu! Hello, Ice Mountain." Xiao Yu said.

"You are Luo Feng?" the Willow Inspection Envoy asked.

"I've met the two Inspection Envoys." Luo Feng bowed and said.

"How's the situation below?" the other Willow Inspection Envoy asked.

Luo Feng reported the recent events one by one.

The two first glanced at the fallen Senator Fa, then at Xiao Yu, their eyes filled with apprehension.

The Willow Inspection Envoy looked at Ice Mountain and said, "It's up to you."

Ice Mountain flew into the misty sky; he possesses extremely strong detection ability and can quickly locate the spirits of plants.

"Boom~~~"

The whole Wu Island suddenly trembled.

Xiao Yu was delighted; the Mo Yun Vine had emerged.

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