Sword Shatters Stars

Chapter 183 Avoiding the Strong and Attacking the Weak
"Playing word games again!" Lin Qiru bit her lip, somewhat annoyed.

"I can't let you get pricked, can I? You're even more afraid of pain than I am."

Lin Xiufeng tidied Lin Qiru's slightly messy hair, thinking that if they were on Tianlan Star, studying at university and together, it would be just like this.

"I'm not as afraid of pain as I used to be," Lin Qiru emphasized confidently.

Her anger from moments before had dissipated, because she knew in her heart that Lin Xiufeng's intentions stemmed from his concern and care for her.

But what angered her was that she didn't want Lin Xiufeng to bear the danger alone.

"We'll face the good and the bad together, and we'll bear it together."

Lin Qiru gazed intently into Lin Xiufei's eyes, her serious expression revealing expectation in those peach blossom eyes.

"Of course!" Lin Xiufeng readily agreed, explaining:
"You wouldn't normally have to take any risks in this battle, but the circumstances are different."

"Okay!" Lin Qiru didn't insist, otherwise Lin Xiufeng would feel guilty.

Their gazes then passed through a patch of black soil and landed on the remaining three tree spirits.

The red, black, and blue tree spirits have all been dealt with.

The remaining green tree spirits were panicked and had no will to fight, the brown tree spirits were terrified of fighting and only wanted to run away, and the golden tree spirits had previously only reacted defensively.

The three tree spirits watched as Lin Xiufeng and Lin Qiru killed another of their companions, and then stood more than a hundred meters away, talking about love.

The green tree spirit kept shouting:
"What do we do? What do we do? They're going to beat us up again soon!"

The brown tree spirit cried out in terror:

"Run! Run now!"

The brown tree spirit's tendrils dug into the ground, struggling to support its body and move its trunk.

However, the green tree spirit panicked and made no move, not even cooperating in trying to escape.

The golden tree spirit, undeterred in its fighting spirit, confidently declared:
"Let them come! They absolutely cannot break through my defenses!"

No matter how hard the brown tree spirit tried, it couldn't support the three tree spirits moving together; it could only struggle and shout in vain.

Lin Qiru looked at the three tree spirits and asked, "Which tree should we attack next?"

“I’m reminded of a phrase—” Lin Xiufeng paused deliberately, and Lin Qiru immediately understood and said:
"Are those who are most afraid on the battlefield the ones who die the fastest?"

"Let's prove it today!" Lin Xiufeng smiled and shook his head. Lin Qiru, holding two white Heavenly Martial Blades, charged towards the brown tree demon with him.

"Don't come any closer!" the brown tree spirit cried out in terror!
Neither Lin Xiufeng nor Lin Qiru were careless. The closer they got to the brown tree spirit, the more wary they became of what powerful methods it might suddenly use.

However, Lin Xiufeng noticed that the Heavenly Martial Power within the brown tree demon's trunk remained chaotic and disordered.

It doesn't seem like they used any special methods.

The black Heavenly Martial Sword slashed at the tree trunk.

Sword after sword—

As a result, piece after piece of tree trunk was thrown and scattered.

The brown tree spirit fell silent after a while, leaving only its branches still struggling to poke into the soil, moving the tree trunk section by section.

But it didn't struggle for long before its power dissipated, and it turned into ordinary wood.

Absolutely, completely dead.

Lin Xiufeng and Lin Qiru looked at each other, both surprised by the fact that the brown tree demon had no fighting ability.

"I thought it was a powerful tree spirit pretending to be weak, but it turns out it's really weak."

"That's good." Lin Qiru was pleased that the problem was solved so easily. "What's the next one?"

So, Lin Xiufeng looked at the two trees and said with a smile:
"I'm reminded of what I just said."

Lin Qiru guessed and asked, "So, this time you're going to make that statement invalid?"

"Xiaoying understands me best!"

Lin Qiru smiled slightly, picked up the Heavenly Martial Blade, and accompanied Lin Xiufeng as they charged towards the golden tree demon. The golden tree demon's vines and branches intertwined to form a thick wall, protecting the roots below.

The golden tree demon completely ignored the three Heavenly Martial Swords that were aimed at its trunk.

The white Heavenly Martial Blade and the black Heavenly Martial Sword, upon striking the tree trunk, revealed an unusually high concentration of Heavenly Martial Power within it!
As a result, after being hit, the swords and blades could not penetrate, and the battle turned into a state of exhausting each other's strength.

The golden tree spirit laughed loudly:
"Do you think you can break through my defenses?"

Lin Xiufeng was genuinely surprised and said in disbelief:

"This is much tougher than a level two Heavenly Martial Armor!"

"Hmm. Quite resilient." Lin Qiru hadn't expected the golden tree spirit to possess such abilities.

However, they had never seen a Level 3 Heavenly Martial Armor before and could not assess the level of the golden tree demon's defensive capabilities.

Lin Xiufeng shouted at the golden tree spirit and asked:
"How much of your martial power do you have to expend?"

The golden tree spirit laughed triumphantly:
"Hahaha... When you're all exhausted, that's when I'll eat you up!"

The green tree spirit cried out in panic:

"What do I do? What do I do! They're about to hit me!"

Lin Xiufeng realized that the golden tree demon was not stupid and refused to reveal its true nature.

He didn't want to engage in a protracted war of attrition with the golden tree demon.

So Lin Xiufeng took his sword and moved away, cutting off one by one the vines and branches that the green tree demon had planted in the black soil to support its trunk.

The green tree spirit cried out in panic, and the golden tree spirit tried to help, but its tendrils couldn't reach it.

In no time, the green tree spirit could no longer maintain its upright posture, and its trunk tilted to the side.

As it tilted, the golden tree spirit it brought also tilted.

The hollow space beneath the roots, which was originally protected by the thick wall formed by the golden tree spirit's tendrils, was now raised up and exposed to Lin Xiufeng and Lin Qiru.

Lin Xiufei darted out and swung her sword at the place where the inner strength of the root was exceptionally dense.

It is roughly like the Heavenly Martial Heart of the Heavenly Martial Warrior.

Upon being struck, the tree demon's Heavenly Martial Power dissipated at an alarming rate!

Lin Xiufeng and Lin Qiru swiftly unleashed a series of attacks, and in a short while, the dense Heavenly Martial Power dissipated.

Both the golden tree spirit and the green tree spirit fell silent.

Lin Xiufei's martial arts level increased by 80 levels, and Lin Qiru's increased by 30 levels.

Lin Xiufeng slashed down at the golden tree demon's trunk, severing it in one strike.

Lin Xiufeng said with considerable disappointment:
"This tree demon's defense is achieved through Heavenly Martial Power; the wood itself does not possess any magical hardness."

"What a pity, I thought its wood might have some special use."

Lin Qiru searched everywhere but couldn't find the bead, so she asked, "Where is the Soul Bead?"

Lin Xiufeng walked up to Lin Qiru with a smile, put one hand on her waist, and suddenly squatted down under her puzzled gaze.

Lin Qiru looked down and saw Lin Xiufeng grab a ball of air at her feet.

"In your hands?" Lin Qiru found it amazing.

"Hmm!" Lin Xiufeng laughed and said, "This is the truth behind the Soul Summoning Technique: the invisible mutated beast bead."

"You've fooled everyone, making them think you really have a secret method to turn souls into soul beads."

Lin Qiru smiled and curiously reached out to touch it, discovering that the feeling was exactly the same as that of the Soul Bead.

There was no obvious sense of anything, only an abnormal concentration of celestial martial energy.

(End of this chapter)