The Legend of Fangren

Chapter 135 The Great, Great, Great Tree

But more black lightning followed, and his armor kept flashing with blue light, each flash signifying the dissipation of a black lightning bolt.

This is not the magic of the Black Stone Dragon Carp. As mentioned before, mystical beasts do not study magic. This black lightning is formed naturally within the mystical beast's mystical energy domain. The higher the cultivation level and the more abundant the mystical energy, the easier it is to attract lightning strikes.

"Everyone, quickly hide in the woods! This is a water mine; if it falls into the forest, it will be absorbed by the vegetation. Quickly inject your magical artifacts into the nearest trees to help them withstand the mine!"

"Yes, sir!"

The soldiers immediately did as instructed, and some fleeing cultivators who heard this also quickly hid under the trees and focused their energy to grow taller.

As expected, the black lightning struck the forest and weakened considerably upon touching the trees that were empowered by profound energy. Its previously terrifying power was gone. Although many branches and leaves were chopped off, the trunks remained intact, and the broken branches showed signs of rebirth and vigorous growth.

A furious roar came from the thunderclouds in the sky. The Black Stone Dragon Carp sensed the loss of Xuan Qi and immediately tightened the range of the thunderclouds, concentrating it in an area of ​​more than 400 meters in radius. The black lightning, as thick as a leg, suddenly expanded to as thick as a waist.

boom!!

A thunderbolt struck vertically, splitting the tree in two from top to bottom, a tree into which several soldiers had poured their combined profound energy. The people below were also stunned by the explosive force and fell to the ground. The dissipated black thunder energy mixed with the rain and mist covering the ground, rising against the sky and drawing the profound energy flowing from the unconscious soldiers' bodies into the air along with the strings of raindrops.

This situation was unfolding all around, and Fei Xuange hurriedly called out, "The whole team, gather around me, and bring the wounded! Help me together!"

The soldiers and rogue cultivators around him all rushed over. The Sky Tree beside Fei Xuange had been infused with his profound energy and was growing extremely lushly, reaching towards the sky, as if it truly lived up to its name, Sky Tree.

Upon seeing this, the soldiers and the rogue cultivators immediately understood. They gathered their profound energy and sent it behind Vice General Fei, who then deconstructed the energy and channeled it into the tree.

Fei Xuange looked around at the crowd and shouted, "Fellow Daoists, protect me!"

At this moment, under the scourge of nature, only by uniting as one and working together can we overcome this challenge. Whether soldiers or rogue cultivators, they all responded: "Understood!"

In an instant, various kinds of mysterious energy rose up and formed a mysterious energy shield above their heads to resist the lightning strikes.

In this chaotic environment of wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, Fei Xuange calmed his mind using the method of meditation and began to circulate the vast profound energy within his body and the large tree in front of him.

Trees are imbued with spirit, reaching for the clouds above and resting on the earth below, sheltering from wind and rain, and protecting all living beings!

Celestial Tree, rise!!!

Fei Xuange exerted all his strength, shouting as he raised his spear high, as if his whole body bore the weight of heaven and earth, as if he wanted to lift up the sky and stomp down the earth.

"Fellow Daoists, disperse immediately!"

The tree burst forth with a bright blue light, cracking the earth and flattening vegetation wherever it touched. Its massive root system rose wildly, breaking the earth and rocks. The trunk itself, like a giant beast come to life, wriggled and rose, large patches of old bark cracked and fell off, and new vertical branches grew straight up to the sky like celestial serpents and dragons. The side branches spread out like a net, trying to envelop the entire thundercloud, from which even the wind and thunder could not escape.

In the blink of an eye, a colossal tree hundreds of meters tall stood between heaven and earth, its lush branches reaching deep into the thunderclouds, trapping the black stone dragon carp. The dense foliage resembled a maze, preventing it from escaping.

"Heaven and earth turn upside down, taking root and capturing the clouds!"

Fei Xuange reversed the direction of the Xuan Qi flow, causing the branches and leaves in the clouds to transform into roots, drawing in the Xuan Qi from the clouds and pouring it back into the earth.

Through its extensive root system, the vegetation in the forest undergoes evolution in an instant.

"Fellow Daoists, I have used barrier techniques to lock down that great Xuan Beast and temporarily control the thunderclouds. However, the plants and trees in the forest may become spirits after absorbing Xuan Qi, so we must be careful. Only after we break the external spirit form of that great Xuan Beast will it be time for us to attack together."

As soon as Fei Xuan finished speaking, a series of dense, subtle creaking sounds came from the forest amidst the wind and rain.

The outermost cultivators shouted, "Oh no! The plants have turned into tree monsters! Everyone, quickly move outwards to fight them!"

In an instant, swords, spears, axes, and other weapons were used against the tree monsters. Among them, axes were the most effective against the tree monsters. However, there were countless tree monsters in the forest, and the Xuan Qi of the fifth-order great Xuan beasts was scattered, so it was unknown how many first- or second-order monsters they could spawn. This battle was long and not easy.

"Well----

'

Fang Shi, who was happily fishing just 200 meters away, looked up, somewhat bewildered.

Everyone says that fishermen are capable of anything, so what if all the big trees around him have become tree monsters, including the one he's tied to?

Cold!

Unlike the tree monsters in games, these creatures don't have noses and eyes. They wriggle and move, their roots like octopuses that have come ashore. Every movement makes a strange creaking sound, like puppets that have come to life and whose joints have been forgotten to be lubricated. Combined with the dark, overcast, and dimly lit forest scenery, it is truly terrifying.

In such a critical situation, Fang Shi, while pretending to be dead, still managed to pull the float on his fishing rod and catch a fish. The fish was completely black, and as soon as it hit the ground, it was entangled by the roots of the tree monster and was about to be pulled into the soil.

"Oh dear, it's a Black Stone Dragon Carp! You tree monster, come at me again!"

Seeing this, Fang Shi was extremely anxious and grabbed an axe to chop horizontally.

Those mere first or second-tier tree monsters who dare to challenge him will have to obediently offer up their good wood!

With a swift swing of the axe, all the roots and branches that the tree monster stretched out were severed and broken into wooden blocks.

Fang Shi, wielding his brute strength, cleaved a nearby tree monster in two with an axe. With a swift turn, he sent all the other tree monsters huddled around him sprawling to the ground.

As expected of the blocky people, they really have a special ability to attack things that have become sentient from natural materials.

However, after cutting down the tree monsters, there were still many more in the surrounding forest. Fang Shi looked up and saw the giant tree piercing the clouds, and his mouth dropped open.

"Wow, I haven't seen any powerful spells since I arrived in the Xuan Realm. I didn't expect to see such a grand scene all of a sudden."

Especially those tree trunks that are almost ten or twenty meters thick, if they were all cut down into logs, how much would that be?

In the past, when cutting down trees in the forest, the trees were uneven, and only four or five blocks could be cut from each tree. Now, seeing such a big, solid tree, the blocky people are really drooling. The blocky people are like this: when they meet a beautiful female boss, they are scared as if they have seen a ghost, but when they see a lot of supplies, they are so happy that they drool and can't move their feet.

Alright, alright, in that case, let's not fish for now, let's go chop down some trees first.

Fang Shi plunged into the forest, gripping his axe in both hands and unleashing his ultimate attack.

"Wow, who is that? The tree-chopping monster and the wood demon, they did it as swiftly as autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves."

Some cultivators noticed the tree monster in the distance and exclaimed in amazement, but soon the tree monster attacked them, and they lost interest in being curious anymore.