In the world of martial arts, one works tirelessly to attain enlightenment.

Chapter 153, The Tree Demon Clan

wilderness.

Lin Ran killed Lu Liu, rushed forward two steps, grabbed one of Lang San's legs, and golden light emanated from his left palm, creating a portal that then smashed into Lang San.

boom!

Half of Wolf Three's body was blown apart, and blood mist flew everywhere, but it still did not stop. In fact, it abandoned half of its body and became even faster.

Clang!

The sound of a sword suddenly rang out, and a bloody light appeared out of thin air, passing through Wolf Three's head and leaving behind a string of unknown things.

Wolf Three collapsed to the ground, his body twitched a few times, and then fell still.

Lin Ran channeled her wind spirit energy and chased after the fleeing demon.

They are fast and decisive, but lack strength.

Lin Ran caught up with the three demons and killed them one by one.

On the other side, Jian Linglong used her sword control technique to kill five demons.

The remaining five demons were too fast for Lin Ran to locate. He scanned them with his mental power and used his pupil technique to confirm that they had escaped back to the border city, so he had to give up the pursuit.

There are superhumans in the border city; he can't defeat them, so he can't go and block the gate to kill them.

The remaining remnants of the Sword Tomb were found to have regrouped based on their location data, and two other superhumans were also located nearby.

After thinking it over, Lin Ran decided to temporarily suspend the mission.

This mission has no time limit, and it was Lin who asked him to temporarily leave the human realm.

Because he had Jian Linglong by his side; before she became a sword spirit, she was also one of the remnants of the Sword Tomb.

After the incident, out of consideration for him and Lin, the councilor did not pursue the matter.

However, this is not necessarily true for those below the rank of councilor.

Thus, the choice to leave and Lin's plan coincided.

After confirming the number of remaining Sword Tomb remnants, Lin Ran turned and headed to the ancestral land of a demon race within the Ten Thousand Demon Empire.

In the Empire of Ten Thousand Demons, not all demons possess their own mother realm.

Some races left their mother realm for various reasons. Later, the mother realm was not destroyed due to wars of conquest. The regions where their branches were scattered in the battlefields of the heavens became their ancestral lands.

Most races have not developed as well as they originally had, but a small number of races have surpassed their original efforts.

His goal is one of the former.

There is a race called Tree Spirits, whose strongest members are only at the mid-level Divine Fire Realm, which is the fifth rank in the Battlefield of the Heavens.

Within the Ten Thousand Demon Empire, this is considered a small clan.

After two days of travel.

In the desolate battlefield of the heavens, an endless forest appeared.

Most of the trees in the forest are black, with few leaves, and they grow in strange shapes, like ferocious demons.

Tree spirits are a race that emerged from trees and plants that developed intelligence.

In order to survive and become stronger, they will not hesitate to use any means other than the law of the jungle.

As soon as Lin Ran and the Spirit Master approached the forest, they were attacked by dozens of vines.

Lin Ran raised her hand and waved her sword energy, which merged into the wind and transformed into a sword energy storm that engulfed and shredded the vines. Then it rushed into the forest, tearing large sections of the forest into pieces, accompanied by a few short screams.

Soon, the storm of sword energy dissipated.

Lin Ran grabbed a few glittering objects from a distance, examined them briefly, and handed them to the Spirit Master.

"Give it a try."

"it is good."

The Spirit Master grasped the crystal, and without her making any move, the crystal dimmed and then crumbled into fragments.

The spirit smacked its lips, savoring the taste.

"It's just average, but the quantity is enough to fill you up."

"That's good."

Lin Ran nodded and looked ahead.

A large number of tree spirits were alarmed and rushed towards this place.

The earth trembled slightly, and tree roots burst forth from the ground, sweeping towards Lin Ran and the other person.

Lin Ran opened her hand and slowly pressed down with her other hand.

A sword energy storm suddenly appeared in the air, covering an area of ​​500 meters, enveloping the tree roots, tree spirits, and forest, with countless tiny wind blades and sword energies interspersed within it.

The enormous tree demon was attacked countless times in an instant. Before it could make a sound, its body shattered and disappeared like quicksand. Only its core remained suspended in the air, which Lin Ran grabbed from a distance.

Lin Ran pressed down his palm completely, and the sword energy storm suddenly dispersed. Within a radius of a thousand meters, there was no longer a single intact tree, and the ground was covered with tree debris.

He handed a large pile of cores to the Spirit Lord, who activated his power and absorbed all the energy within two minutes, leaving only a pile of powder.

The Spirit Master scratched his head, somewhat embarrassed, feeling that he had eaten too much.

Lin Ran chuckled lightly.

"Still not full? Then let's continue."

"……good."

The Spirit Lord couldn't refuse; she wanted to experience what it felt like to be full.

The two went deeper.

Soon they were surrounded by a large number of tree demons, whose cultivation levels were generally around the second or third tier.

Lin Ran was surrounded by sword energy, and wherever he passed, all the tree demons were torn to shreds, leaving only irregular cores.

After accumulating more than a dozen pieces, the Spirit Master slightly moved its little hand and absorbed the core dry, then smacked its lips.

Although the taste was so-so, the portion was large and filling.

Soon, no more tree spirits approached; they merely surrounded them from a distance, gradually shifting the encirclement as Lin Ran and the Spirit Master advanced.

Lin Ran used his Truth Eye Technique to observe and saw that the tree demons were simply surrounding them without any corresponding countermeasures, so he continued to delve deeper.

Jian Linglong materialized and followed silently beside him. She was by nature aloof and taciturn, and unless there was a problem or Lin Ran took the initiative to contact her, she would not say a word for a day or even several days.

About fifteen minutes later, a powerful aura appeared in the woods ahead, followed by a tree demon that was two or three hundred meters tall, walking towards them like a human.

Lin Ran's gaze swept across the area, and his Truth Eye Technique allowed him to see the general situation of the tree demon and the tree demons following behind.

The tallest tree demon should be the clan leader, followed by a dozen or so fourth-tier tree demons, representing the high-end combat force of the tree demon race.

Lin Ran looked around but found no unusual aura, so there shouldn't be any living beings hiding nearby.

The tree spirit's voice came from afar, deep and muffled like thunder.

"Humans, why do you kill my own kind?"

Why? Because you are weak.

Lin Ran smiled faintly. Jian Linglong, who was standing to the side, transformed back into her original form. The blood-red flying sword fell into her hand, and she held Jian Linglong's original natal flying sword in her other hand.

call out!

Two flying swords shot out simultaneously, traversing hundreds of meters in the blink of an eye, bypassing the tree demon chieftain, and piercing and severing the bodies of two fourth-tier tree demons.

The massive body slowly collapsed, and the flying sword, carrying the crystal, returned to Lin Ran.

Then, the tree demon chieftain's attack finally arrived, landing in an open forest and shattering a small mountain, but without any results.

"Human, you are provoking the dignity of the Demon Empire!"

"..."

Lin Ran remained silent, letting Jian Linglong lead the Spirit Lord to kill the remaining fourth-tier beings.

He stepped forward, crossing over a hundred meters, and stood before the tree demon chieftain.

Five portals appeared: the collarbone, the palms of both hands, the forehead, and the base of the spine, and then opened simultaneously.

Golden energy surged into the sky, turning the forest a golden hue.

The tree demon chieftain was on high alert. He retracted all the vines, and then a pitch-black vine, as if made of stone, extended out and lashed out at Lin Ran.

Then, a golden fist emerged from the golden light and collided with the dark vines.

(End of this chapter)