Chapter 1013

The Taiji Grinding Disc shadow rotated, faintly emitting a piercing grinding sound, while the Flower Bud Shadow hovered at the edge of blooming.

Feng Wang watched Fang Yue's aura gradually intensify, a sense of unease flickering through his mind.

But before he could act, the eerie Uyu tribe members above had sensed the anomaly, halting their suicidal charges and instead circling overhead, not daring to act rashly.

Wei Ba and Captain Wu rushed toward Fang Yue, while Niu Zuo had already kept his distance from Fang Yue since the death of the Uyu prince.

For some reason, he faintly felt that Fang Yue's current state was deeply wrong.

As Niu Zuo thought this, Captain Wu had already arrived before Fang Yue.

"Night Captain, you…"

Ssshh—

A head flew high; the headless corpse of Captain Wu swayed, then toppled backward to the ground.

"Captain Wu?!"

Wei Ba widened his eyes, clapped a hand over his mouth, gasped aloud, and froze in place, staring at Fang Yue in disbelief.

"Ye Ge, what are you doing?! He's Captain Wu!"

"…."

In response to Wei Ba, only Fang Yue's slowly turning head remained.

The twisted angle of his turn was indistinguishable from that of an eerie.

Fang Yue seemed to be searching for a target; his tightly shut eyes lingered on Wei Ba for a moment, then slowly turned toward another direction.

That direction was unmistakably toward the Qingsheng Spirit Tree beside Qing Gao Lou.

But now, no thunder lit the sky—nothing could be seen.

"He's probably fallen into some unconscious state, acting purely on instinct… Damn! Just when we need him most, he's useless!"

Niu Zuo, keeping watch on Feng Wang in the distance, clenched his fist and said coldly.

"Unconscious state… that's why he attacked Captain Wu, why he can't tell friend from foe… yet he still looks toward the Spirit Tree, trying to save You Sisi…"

Wei Ba also clenched his fist, silently biting his lip.

"Letting emotions rule—useless and destructive! Just a waste!"

In the end, the only reliable one is still myself.

Niu Zuo raised the Yinxu Sword and pointed it at Feng Wang.

"Feng Wang, come! I'll settle the score for Huang Er myself! Right here, let's decide our fate!"

"Decide our fate? You're not even worthy…"

Boom!

Thunder cut off Feng Wang's words.

His pupils shrank slightly as he looked behind Niu Zuo.

Niu Zuo froze, turned his head.

There, amid the thunder, Fang Yue—eyes still shut—leapt upward, soaring toward the distant Qingsheng Spirit Tree!

In midair, black threads formed a dense mesh, sweeping over the Qingsheng Spirit Tree!

Heavenly Sword! Eerie Power! Spirit Value!

This strike, forged from multiple forces, was incomparable to the ordinary longsword and Rain Grade Peak-level power of Lord Han.

The black mesh surged directly toward the three branching limbs of the Qingsheng Spirit Tree!

Crack! Crack! Crack!

In an instant of contact, the tree's branching limbs—and the corpses hanging from them—were sliced into countless fragments.

Amid the flying debris, Fang Yue, with a single black wing unfurled behind him, lightly stepped upon the wood shavings, shifting swiftly toward the Qingsheng Spirit Tree.

The living people still hanging from other branches, witnessing this, screamed desperately for help.

"Hero, save us!!"

"Someone finally noticed us! Brother, save us!"

"Are you from the Qing Office? I'm the eldest granddaughter of Lin the Wealthiest, head of Jingcheng's Four Great Merchants…"

"Save me! Ten thousand gold for whoever saves me!! Huge reward!!"

These living people had parts of their bodies fused with the branches, yet still clung fiercely to life; previously, every time they cried out, thunder and Heavy Rain drowned their voices, and their weakened state kept them from wasting energy.

Now that someone was coming to save them, they panicked.

But after they shouted, what greeted them was not rescue— but a black thread.

The black thread sliced through branches and limbs, cutting through their bodies.

Night Rain had not killed them; the Qingsheng Spirit Tree seemed to absorb their nourishment while protecting them from the Night Rain's harm.

But Fang Yue's black sword qi killed them—mercilessly.

The remaining ones who wanted to scream fell silent, faces pale with terror.

This wasn't a hero coming to save them—it was a killing god!

"Brat! How dare you harm my Spirit Tree? Ruin my plans!"

Feng Wang, staring at the severed branches of the Spirit Tree, trembled with rage.

Though compared to the vast Qingsheng Spirit Tree, this was but a drop in the ocean, such destruction would inevitably affect the 【Mo Xian Array】.

He hadn't acted earlier—first because he hadn't expected Fang Yue's target to be the Spirit Tree, second because the Spirit Tree was too strong for ordinary means to harm.

He never imagined Fang Yue could actually damage the Spirit Tree—now Feng Wang was truly alarmed.

As for Fang Yue killing the people hanging on the tree—he didn't care at all; even if Fang Yue hadn't killed them, they'd have only died absorbed by the Spirit Tree.

With blinding speed, he passed Niu Zuo; Niu Zuo spun and thrust his sword—but struck only air, piercing only an afterimage.

The real Feng Wang had already leapt upward, flying toward Fang Yue.

Watching Fang Yue land on the branch of the spirit tree and slash wildly with his blade, a flicker of confusion passed through Tail's eyes.

"Ye Ge... isn't he afraid of accidentally hurting You Sisi?"

Those fierce black lines kill on contact—there is no such thing as controlling them at will—and combined with the wide-area slash, it was truly hard to imagine how Fang Yue could hold back his sword strike if You Sisi were within range.

"Accidentally hurt?"

Taurus, who had just stabbed at empty air, quickly understood, looked toward Feng Wang soaring into the sky, and let out a cold laugh.

"Haven't you realized it yet? The current Yese Liming can't tell friend from foe—everything in his sight is an enemy! Even if the You Sisi you mentioned were right in front of him, he would cut her down with a single sword, just like he killed Captain Wu earlier, without the slightest hesitation!"

"How could this happen? How do we get Ye Ge to regain his senses?"

"How would I know? But I'm quite looking forward to seeing whether the current him can kill Feng Wang!"

Taurus wanted revenge—even if it wasn't by his own hands, as long as Feng Wang died before his eyes, he could accept it!

Hum!!

Just as the two had reached this point in their discussion, a low phoenix cry rang out, and Captain Wu underwent nirvanic rebirth once more—though this time, the interval between resurrections seemed longer.

"Just now... I was attacked by Captain Ye?"

Captain Wu rubbed his own head, bewildered, and came to stand beside Tail.

Just as Tail was explaining the situation, the thunder happened to fade away.

Blood Rain continued, but the spirit tree in the sky had already vanished into the void.

Fang Yue, who had been slashing at the branch, froze for a moment, suspended in midair, while Feng Wang, charging over, roared at that instant.

"Brat, die for me!!"

(End of this chapter)