The Legend of Fangren

Chapter 136 Dragon Carp Descends from the Clouds, Giant Tree Overturns

The suppression of the Black Stone Dragon Carp triggered a tree monster calamity on the ground, but compared to the destructive power of the thunderclouds and black rain, the slow-moving tree monsters were countless times easier to deal with.

Tree monsters are enormous, each three to four meters tall, but they are clumsy and slow to move. Inside the trunk of a tree that can become a tree monster, there is a core, also known as a wooden bead or wooden elixir.

If this wooden core is shattered, the tree monster will instantly turn into a dead tree and fall to the ground. Normally, everyone would try to retrieve the whole wooden core instead of shattering it, but the situation is critical at this moment, and whether or not a whole wooden core can be obtained depends on fate.

Fang Shi's pair of axes were invincible in the forest. The axes were professionally suited for decomposing wood, and their durability was consumed very slowly. Large numbers of tree monsters fell down, turning into broken wood and branches on the ground. He didn't even have time to pick them up, but suddenly he noticed that among the messy wood on the ground, there seemed to be a few round beads.

Where did this bead come from in the middle of nowhere? It looks like a good thing. You don't lose experience points when you kill this tree monster. Maybe all the mystic energy is in this bead.

Looking again, the ground was practically covered with beads, some as small as balls, others as big as fists. Fang Shi picked out the larger ones and put them into his Heavenly Ring. Looking up, he saw that there were still patches of tree monsters in the forest. He thought to himself that he could never pick them all up. Just how much profound energy did a fifth-order great mystic beast have to be able to support an entire forest of tree monsters?

The thunderclouds overhead had now receded, their area even smaller than the giant tree in the sky, appearing to be completely trapped within the branches.

However, Fei Xuange at the bottom of the tree suddenly noticed that the profound energy in the tree was stagnant, and the profound energy flowing into the earth was extremely blocked. Immediately afterwards, large pieces of broken branches fell from above, and many giant trees with a diameter of more than one meter rolled down like rocks. Their weight was no less than that of soil and stones. When they hit the tree monsters and humans, they were all smashed to pieces.

"Watch out, everyone! The Black Stone Dragon Carp has broken through its outer form and is starting to rampage!"

Fei Xuange shouted, but this time the soldiers and rogue cultivators had a hard time resisting. The rolling logs and falling rocks were different from lightning energy attacks, and the Xuan Qi shield could not effectively block them. The heavy force of the falling rocks from more than a hundred meters away was not something that ordinary cultivators could stop.

The surrounding soldiers suffered heavy casualties, but the remaining men obeyed the command: "Brothers! Join forces to protect the general!"

The giant tree is no ordinary object; it relies on a massive amount of profound energy flowing into it. Without Fei Xuange's control and support, the profound energy would dissipate, and the tree would surely collapse.

The rain of wood continued to fall. Without the advantage of terrain, the only way to deal with the great Xuan Beast was to exchange injuries for injuries.

The giant tree in the sky is having its final battle with the Black Stone Dragon Carp. Once the Black Stone Dragon Carp's outer form dissipates, it will be unable to maintain its height and will fall to the ground. The wooden stake that fell at this moment was also caused by the fact that it could no longer float in the air among the branches and leaves and was struggling haphazardly.

"Hold on! As soon as the dragon carp lands, we'll surround and hunt it down together."

"General, our men and horses have suffered heavy casualties, and we are afraid we have no strength left." The soldiers raised their spears and worked together to block the falling log, their wrists aching and numb.

"Where are the people from Qingyang City? Where did they go since just now?"

"I just saw the old general of Qingyang City leading his men into the woods."

Upon hearing this, Fei Xuange burst into a tirade: "That old bastard born of a pig! What kind of old general does he deserve? He's just a coward who clings to life! Brothers, hold on! There are many suspicious things about this beast calamity. There's something wrong with Qingyang City. We must return alive to avenge our fallen brothers!"

Jade City sent reinforcements, but even with Fei Xuange's high cultivation level, he could only be a reinforcement. The troops from Qingyang City could not, and should not, flee.

When the Black Stone Dragon Carp fell into the water, the old general of Qingyang City quickly led his troops to the scene, as if afraid that they would swallow the dragon carp whole.

"General!"

Two more soldiers fell, and then a large pile of broken wood fell from above. Even more deadly was the dragon carp among them. Its long and enormous body, more than twenty meters long, swam in the air, carrying the fury of its destroyed exterior, and swooped down, intending to annihilate the Ministry of War's troops.

As the dragon carp descends, the moisture in the air rapidly condenses to its maximum, almost forming a substantial watery feel on its body. The tearing wind flows, carrying the air and swirling around its body like a real stream of water.

The remains of the tree monsters were swept up by the vortex, and the wooden beads that fell to the ground were instantly dissolved into profound energy, which was then absorbed into the mouth of the dragon carp. The dragon carp, having regained its profound energy, began to be enveloped by a large amount of black clouds again. Although it was not as large as before, and only a part of its body, it was still enough to generate a large amount of lightning within a dozen meters around it.

Its target was the corpses of the soldiers and monks on the ground!

"Everyone, take the wounded and disperse into the woods!"

Fei Xuange cast a final magical restriction on the giant tree. In just three minutes, the tree would completely collapse, destroying the surrounding forest within a hundred meters.

When Fang Shi saw the dragon carp descending from the clouds, he turned around, but his attention was not on the fish, but on the tree.

He saw a large amount of bark and wood from the colossal tree begin to crumble, and thought to himself, "Is such a big tree about to break? If it breaks into fine fragments, it won't be able to be broken down into log blocks."

The wood—that's equivalent to the entire inventory of the Heaven and Earth Pavilion!

Fang Shi put away his axe and ran wildly toward the giant tree. Everyone else was trying their best to get away from the giant tree, but he was the only one going against the flow.

"Fellow Daoist, you're going the wrong way!"

"You all go quickly, don't worry about me!" Fang Shi shouted with a righteous air. In the eyes of others, he was not running towards the giant tree, but towards the wizard's cage that was rampaging in the forest.

Upon seeing this, the fleeing cultivators cried out, "Fellow Daoist, you are truly righteous!"

But Fang Shi didn't care what he was shouting. Even if a giant fish was circling in the forest ahead, he wasn't afraid at all.

The reason is simple: he is passively invisible within the realm of Xuan Qi perception.

The lightning surrounding the dragon carp couldn't strike him at all, or rather, it couldn't lock onto him.

Previously in the forest until now, lightning has only struck the tree monsters around him, never him.

Moreover, the black rain did not take away any trace of profound energy from him. On the contrary, the profound energy that overflowed from the water adhered to his body surface and was absorbed into his body through his pores along with his breathing.

What is this? It's a wireless charging bank! Fang Shi felt full of energy, like a fish in water, amidst the thunderclouds in the dragon's lair.

Wow!

Fang Shi brushed past the enormous dragon carp, which was at least two or three meters tall, unharmed and completely ignored. Instead, the dragon carp suddenly turned around and wreaked havoc on its surroundings, because it discovered that its profound energy had been severely slashed and reduced by another part.

Dragon Carp: I'm knocking! There's a ghost! How terrifying!

"The book is right. Dragon carp have always lived in the depths of great rivers and seas. Their five senses are extremely poor. They rely almost entirely on their innate keen perception of Xuan Qi to catch prey. Now that they have come to the shore and the sky, they don't even like strong light and need to cover their bodies with dark clouds."

Instead of making a fool of himself by exposing himself, Fang Shi continued running and arrived at the base of the giant tree. He discovered a huge blue light array at the base of the tree. This array was breaking apart towards the center every second. As expected, once the array was completely broken, the giant tree would completely collapse.