Martial arts ascend to the gods

Chapter 368 Connecting Threads
Cang Fei Zhi Yan rolled his eyes and said, "I'll get a new sword."

As he spoke, he took out a demonized blade of innate level and handed it to Zhou Leng.

Zhou Leng gently cut the skin on his forearm with the new knife.

A thin, one-inch-long wound opened, and bright, shiny drops of blood flowed out.

The next instant, the gushing blood seemed to connect with the blood in the body and flowed back into the wound.

Fresh blood flowed back.

Everyone saw that dense threads were emerging from the wound, as if flesh and blood were intertwined, sticking the wound together.

The wound is like silk threads, and the flesh and blood stick together on their own.

In just three seconds, the wound healed, leaving only a faint red mark on the surface.

Azure Flame exclaimed, "So powerful! The key is that there are no side effects, unlike spells that require sacrificing lifespan and vitality. Did you see that? His blood is glowing."

“It must be the power of the brilliant sap infused into the blood,” said the Lush Root.

"How are you feeling?" Cang Fei Zhi Yan asked.

Zhou Leng recalled carefully.

"It hurt a little when the wound was cut open, but it quickly went numb and stopped hurting."

"After that, I felt that the blood was no longer liquid, but a rubber band, which would pop out and then shrink back, without wasting a single drop."

"The threads that emerge from the wound are all my body's flesh and blood tissue, but they are imbued with special power. Once healed, they are no different from my original body."

"The wound is slightly warm now, and it is healing rapidly inside."

"Let's chat for a bit, wait a minute, and check the time."

As everyone chatted, ten minutes later, they looked at Zhou Leng's arm again.

No trace left.

Cang Fei Zhi Yan said, "This means that from now on, as long as it's an external injury, unless it's to the point of being shattered into mincemeat, you can recover quickly just by eating. With the addition of pills and qi and blood, the repair will be even faster. The Tree People World is indeed wondrous."

The Flourishing Roots said, "If you can absorb enough ancient tree fossils, your physical vitality can be increased to another level, approaching the self-healing ability of us tree people."

"Could this be considered a tree-man fleshly body?" Zhou Leng asked.

"Absolutely."

After chatting for a while, Flourishing Roots said, "Let me introduce you to my friend. He's been helping us guard this place for a long time. Xiao Yong, come out."

Nothing happened.

“Xiao Yong, don’t be shy, they’re all my friends,” said Flourishing Roots.

After a while, the ground trembled slightly, and a dozen meters away, a huge brown silkworm pupa emerged from the ground like a giant drill.

The large brown silkworm pupa was completely covered by a spiral bony shell, resembling a rugby ball with a graceful spindle shape.

It has no eyes or nose, only a spiral bone shell, and is five meters long and nearly two meters high.

The pointed end of the silkworm pupa wriggled back and forth, making chirping sounds, as if speaking the language of giant insects.

The other three tree-people had their leaves drooping slightly, their expressions complicated.

Zhou Leng and Cang Feizhiyan were simply very curious and couldn't understand how the treant could befriend the giant insect.

Xiao Yong slowly crawled closer, and the lush roots stretched out from the tree roots to touch Xiao Yong. Xiao Yong giggled and its spiral shell trembled back and forth.

The Flourishing Roots smiled and said slowly, "I know you must be curious."

"Xiao Yong is an abandoned giant pupa, because a normal giant pupa will hatch in a year at most, but his has not hatched yet."

"The giant insect race considered him a dead pupa and banished him."

"He was afraid of encountering the enemy and always preferred to move underground."

"He was very lucky; he would occasionally find fossilized trees and relics from the ancient times underground and eat a lot of good things."

"Don't let his round appearance fool you, he's incredibly strong, much, much bigger than me."

"Back then, I was young and didn't know the immensity of the world. I fought with giant ants, yes, the giant ants from the tribe we just left. They were too strong. I managed to escape, but I was on the verge of death."

"Before I died, I met Xiao Yong."

"He saw that I was pitiful, so he gave me some fragments of ancient tree fossils, which saved my life."

"I was young then and didn't know it was a giant insect. I thought it was a rare forest species."

"He was young too, and always hid underground, so he never fought against the tree people."

"So the two of us became friends."

"Years later, we discovered that he was a giant insect and I was a tree person; we were enemies."

"However, neither of us wants to lose each other as friends, so whatever, we'll still hang out together often."

"However, as I grew up, I had to travel around to cultivate, and I had less and less contact with others."

"But we are still friends."

Lush Roots teased Xiao Yong with its roots, and Xiao Yong giggled and rolled around on the ground.

Happy as a puppy.

A gentle breeze blows, the branches sway lightly, and sunlight filters through the canopy, dappling the ground like flowing starlight.

The crowd looked at the tree-man and the giant insect with some curiosity, but their hearts gradually calmed down.

Lush Roots smiled and said, "I told him not to leave the Flute Forest, to stay inside and never come out. He has always been obedient, never left, and is doing very well."

Cangfei Zhiyan sighed, "In the Ten Realms, to have a safe place to stay is already very good."

Lush Root said, "The Flute Forest is vast, containing the ruins of the Wild Elves, once a battlefield between the Wild Elves and the Giant Insects. That battle was earth-shattering, one of the four largest wars in the history of the two races. In the eyes of the Giant Insects, this is a memorial site, so they will not destroy this forest. He must be safe here."

Zhou Leng recalled the forest of the ferocious beast world where Senior Tree was located.

That place is also a peaceful paradise.

Zhou Leng said, "It's fine to let Xiao Yong stay here."

Everyone nodded slightly.

Once Xiao Yong got to know everyone, he started to wriggle or roll around, occasionally sneaking close to Zhou Leng, but would immediately retreat once he was discovered.

"He seems quite interested in you," said Lush Root. "Oh?" Zhou Leng looked at Xiao Yong.

Xiao Yong immediately shrank back behind the lush roots, revealing a tiny bit of the thread-like drill bit as he aimed at Zhou Leng.

Azure Flame suddenly whispered, "Someone's there." Then he pointed in a direction.

Everyone looked over, and the tree-people carefully sensed it, but saw nothing.

Azure Flame was also taken aback for a moment, and said, "My magical guards sensed it, but... I can't see anything."

Zhou Leng's eyes were bright, and he saw a blonde woman in green standing on a tree. She had fair skin, pointed ears, and emerald green eyes, and was very wild.

“A wild elf,” Zhou Leng said.

The wild elf was startled to realize that someone could see it. It gave Zhou Leng a deep look, then turned and leaped from tree to tree, disappearing into the depths of the forest.

"Wild elves, like us treants, are protected by the forest. How come you can see them?" The Flourishing Roots and the others looked at Zhou Leng with curiosity.

"I've eaten the Eye of the Demon Dragon, so I have a little bit of the ability to break illusions."

"It has a slight illusion-breaking ability, so it can't be seen. Perhaps it's related to the radiant sap."

Azure Flame asked, "Will the wild elves be in danger?"

The Flourishing Roots said, "No, they were terrified by the giant insects and have degenerated as a whole. They are no longer as arrogant as before. As long as you don't provoke them, they won't attack. Of course, they still have bad tempers, and we tree people have always been too lazy to deal with them."

Zhou Leng said thoughtfully, "The aura of wild elves is different from that of you treants."

“Indeed different,” said Lush Roots.

Zhou Leng didn't say anything more, but it wasn't what the Flourishing Roots understood; rather, he sensed an aura on the wild elf that was similar to that of the Tree of Life.

I can't quite put my finger on it, but I always felt that there was something special about that aura.

Everyone got up and chatted as they walked.

When the topic of ancient tree fossils came up, Xiao Yong chirped excitedly.

Zhou Leng finally encountered a language he didn't understand.

After listening, Lush Root said, "Xiao Yong said that recently many alien races have entered the Flute Forest in search of ancient tree fossils."

"Does this place also produce fossilized trees?" Zhou Leng asked.

"Of course, the Flute Forest has always been one of the sources of ancient tree fossils. Xiao Yong also said proudly that he has recently eaten a lot of ancient tree fossil fragments, and if he keeps eating them, he may really break out of his cocoon and become a legendary giant butterfly."

"Really?" Zhou Leng looked at Xiao Yong.

Xiao Yong shyly hid behind the lush roots.

The giant butterflies are a race of demigod giant insects, possessing extremely powerful strength, and are few in number.

Lush Roots laughed and said, "Ever since we met, it has claimed to be a giant butterfly, but after more than ten years, it still hasn't broken out of its cocoon and become a butterfly."

Xiao Yong nudged the back of Maoshenggen with his head, and Maoshenggen burst into laughter.

Everyone smiled.

The group chatted and laughed as they prepared to cross the forest and head towards the Tree People tribe.

"We've achieved quite a few victories and gained a lot this time. Let's go back to the tribe to rest first, and then continue searching for ancient tree fossils after we've fully absorbed the power of the brilliant sap."

Where will we look next time?

The Flourishing Roots said, "Recently, there has been more and more news about underground tree roots. Many grandmasters have entered the world of tree people. It's too dangerous. Let's find a safe place."

"it is good."

Zhou Leng and Cang Feizhiyan both felt that the harvest of the Brilliant Juice had far exceeded their expectations, and there was no need to continue fighting desperately; improving their strength was the priority.

Suddenly, the four tree-men turned their heads at the same time and looked to their left rear.

"The forest is stirring; someone's here," the Lush Roots whispered.

Everyone was on high alert.

Zhou Leng looked in that direction.

The crimson flames are slowly being prepared.

After a long time without finding anything, several more minutes passed, and the wild elf they had encountered earlier was running towards them.

The wild elves spoke a strange Elvish language, which Zhou Leng could understand most of because it originated from the language of the Treants.

“There’s a demon, everyone be careful,” said Lush Root.

"Why would a demon come here?" asked Azure Flame.

"Does the demon also know that there are ancient tree fossils here?"

“Even the Flute Forest is no longer safe.” Lush Roots glanced back at Xiao Yong.

Xiao Yong wriggled the drill bit to show that he was very strong.

From behind the wild elves, the sound of disordered footsteps arose.

Zhou Leng looked up and saw six Innate Realm experts leading more than a dozen Life Force Realm demons in pursuit.

"kill!"

At Zhou Leng's command, everyone responded without hesitation.

As soon as Azure Flame made its move, the firebird transformed from the Demon Spirit Orb soared into the sky, spewing out countless explosive fireballs as it hurtled towards the demon.

The wild elf also stopped, standing to the side of Zhou Leng and the others, transforming leaves into arrows, aiming at the demon in its prime.

Every arrow hit its mark.

The arrow entered the demon's body, transforming into vines that grew and wreaked havoc within it.

This was the first time Zhou Leng had seen such an attack, which was far more sophisticated than the Treant's attack, and he secretly made a mental note of it.

"It's Zhou Leng!" After saying this, one of the innate Candle Bearers turned and ran.

The two were far apart, and Zhou Leng didn't hear it.

The Flourishing Roots, hearing the message from the tree roots through the distant trees, said, "Something's not right! The one who ran away with the candle mentioned Zhou Leng's name. It seems he went back to report. We can't let him go!"

(End of this chapter)