Li Chen is a decisive person.
Once he makes a decision, he absolutely doesn’t change it lightly.
But now, at the sight of the Tree Demon Ghost Mother, for a mont, Li Chen regretted it.
Indeed, the woman behind is terrifying.
But no matter how terrifying, could she be more terrifying than this Tree Demon Ghost Mother?
Li Chen felt he was truly foolish.
Had he known what lay ahead was such a monster, he would have run straight into the fragnted space of the Fragnted Enchanted Forest.
Though those places are extrely dangerous, with the risk of falling into collapsing spaces, he considered himself a master of Space Law.
Even if he fell into a collapsing space, there would be a certain chance of escape.
However, facing this Tree Demon Ghost Mother, Li Chen felt an inescapable sense of doom.
He didn’t know how strong this Tree Demon Ghost Mother was, or even the strength of the woman behind him, but he knew either one of them could easily crush him to death.
He was rely trying to survive in the gap between two massive walls, but he hadn’t expected these walls to be so vast, leaving no gap at all.
"Heavenly Dao Pearl, can this thing... block an attack?" Li Chen asked the Heavenly Dao Pearl hesitantly in his mind.
"Probably can," the voice of the Heavenly Dao Pearl was also filled with hesitation.
"What do you an ’probably can’?!" Li Chen was speechless; right now, he was walking a tightrope, where a single misstep could result in a disastrous fall, and he couldn’t afford any carelessness.
"Judging by the cultivation aura, this tree demon should be about the sa as that woman. However... there’s this strange, disturbing aura on this tree demon, an aura that’s very terrifying." The Heavenly Dao Pearl hesitated: "My mory is not complete, I can’t fully explain it. But this chaotic power is extrely astonishing, if it erupts, in my current state, this remaining energy might not hold."
The words of the Heavenly Dao Pearl also made Li Chen hesitate.
He didn’t know what choice to make.
At this mont, he was clear that if he were restrained by that woman, he probably wouldn’t think about breaking free, not even resisting.
If such a powerful cultivator restrained him, he’d have no chance at all.
However, if he broke free, the next mont he would likely face the Tree Demon Ghost Mother.
It must be said, the appearance of the Tree Demon Ghost Mother was truly terrifying.
Li Chen thought he would rather be stabbed to death by a sword or hacked to death by a knife, than be bitten to death by one of the heads on that Tree Demon Ghost Mother.
That would be worse than killing him.
At this mont, another voice sounded.
"Should be no problem."
"Hmm?" Li Chen realized that the speaker was actually the normally silent Five Elents Boots.
This guy, since arriving at the Moonlight Forest, had been silently absorbing his Spirit Vein, but at this mont, it finally spoke.
"The Heavenly Dao Pearl is not complete, the Yin-Yang Mirror is also missing a piece, but I am complete," said the Five Elents Boots.
Without waiting for Li Chen to speak, the Five Elents Boots continued: "The chaotic aura on the Tree Demon Ghost Mother is the result of absorbing the souls of other creatures. The current Tree Demon Ghost Mother has not yet fully fused these souls. Once it truly fuses, it will not be in this ghostly form."
After a pause, the Five Elents Boots spoke in a strange tone: "I rember in ancient tis, there was a mighty existence whose body was a tree, evolved from a Tree Demon Ghost Mother. However, at that grade, it was no longer a Tree Demon Ghost Mother, but had a new na ’Ginseng Fruit Tree’."
Hearing this, Li Chen gasped.
Ginseng Fruit Tree? Seems familiar? Isn’t it from Journey to the West?
How could the progenitor of the Ginseng Fruit Tree be such a thing?
Even though Li Chen knew that matters of the Heaven Realm differed from the legends he knew, he still couldn’t help but be shocked.
"When all the heads on its body are refined into the tree’s body, and the leaves turn from jet black to dark green, it will no longer be a Tree Demon Ghost Mother," the Five Elents Boots said, "For now, it’s at most an incomplete monster."
Even an incomplete monster is this terrifying, how terrifying would it be if it were complete?
Li Chen dared not continue imagining.
"So I say, it can’t possibly use that kind of power. Because those are its yet unfused Soul Forces, even if it wanted to, it couldn’t use them. Currently, the strength of the Tree Demon Ghost Mother is about the sa as that woman. Even if a bit stronger, it’s limited. Is it necessary to be so frightened of such a thing?" The voice of the Five Elents Boots carried a touch of disdain.
"Can you take him down?" Li Chen asked.
The Five Elents Boots fell silent.
It accidentally went too far with its boasting.
Take it down?
If it were in its pri, fully energized, perhaps even the best at escaping, like the Five Elents Boots, could stomp the Tree Demon Ghost Mother to death. But now... forget it.
"Speaking of which, you’ve just about drained that Spirit Vein, can you show so action now?" The Five Elents Boots fell silent, but Li Chen wasn’t planning to let it off.
He was truly in a hurry now; a terrifying Tree Demon Ghost Mother was watching him in front, yet the woman behind him was acting inexplicably, unexpectedly standing still, letting him stand here staring at the Tree Demon Ghost Mother.
The current situation was maintaining a delicate balance, and Li Chen knew that once he disrupted this balance, no matter which way it developed, he’d have no good outco.
"Barely capable of teleporting half a ti, but the distance shouldn’t be too far, a thousand ters should be okay," the Five Elents Boots, aware of Li Chen’s critical situation, hesitated for a mont and then revealed its condition.
"A kiloter?" Li Chen exclaid angrily, "My spatial movent covers several hundred ters, a kiloter is just a sneeze for those two, what use are you to ?"
"I can infuse energy into the Five Elents Boots," the Heavenly Dao Pearl interjected at this mont.
"No!" Li Chen firmly shook his head, "You’re my last resort, if things really go wrong, I can’t possibly withstand a blow from either of those two with my current strength."
Seeing Li Chen had made up his mind, the Heavenly Pearl said no more.
"I can also provide so energy, though not much," the Two-Yi Yin Yang Mirror spoke up, albeit reluctance was evident in its voice.
"I’m aware of its situation," the Five Elents Boots continued, "This broken mirror doesn’t have much energy either, at most, it can only double the distance to two kiloters."
"Two kiloters, still not enough." Li Chen’s expression turned grim.
He had tried before.
Previously, after ten consecutive spatial movents, he had far exceeded two kiloters, yet it wasn’t long before that woman caught up with him. In his current situation, a two-kiloter movent wasn’t nearly enough.
"Perhaps...I can help too." Just as Li Chen was having a heated discussion in his mind with the supre treasures, a sowhat childish voice suddenly sounded.
Upon hearing this voice, Li Chen was montarily stunned.
"Is that...Red Moon?"
"Master, it’s ." Red Moon’s voice was a bit shy, as if it was not quite used to interacting this way.
Li Chen slapped his forehead; right, weapons of spiritual instrunt level possess intelligence. Since its upgrade last ti, Red Moon had beco a heavenly artifact, how could it not speak?
He’d actually forgotten about this.
"How much energy can you provide?" Li Chen asked.
"I’ve sensed the condition of the boots. If its residual energy allows for a kiloter of movent...I should be able to enhance it by another thousand kiloters," Red Moon’s sowhat bashful voice resonated.
"Alright, another thousand kiloters, better than nothing..." Li Chen started to say, suddenly stopping mid-sentence.
"Red Moon, how much did you just say?"
"A thousand kiloters." Hearing Li Chen’s question, Red Moon replied without hesitation.
The Five Elents Boots spoke then, its voice filled with deep aning, "Kid, this blade of yours, isn’t simple. Though it’s still very immature, it hides an incredibly powerful force. I increasingly feel that you’ve hit the jackpot."
Li Chen was speechless.
Originally, he was on the brink of despair and ready to make a last gamble, but this ti Red Moon gave him such an unexpected surprise.
A thousand kiloters!!
If it were outside, a thousand kiloters wouldn’t be far at all, just a short while really.
But here in the Fragnted Enchanted Forest! If he could escape a thousand kiloters, by the ti that woman catches up, he would’ve long found another hiding spot.
Moreover, if he got away, would the Tree Demon Ghost Mother let her escape so easily?
If that were the case, why was she so wary before?
Thinking of this, Li Chen suddenly felt an urge to laugh up at the sky.
anwhile, Li Chen’s True Yuan began to rumble and vibrate.
"Woman, get away!!"
The Five Elents Rule swirled around Li Chen, forming a formidable power that instantly shattered the heavily weakened Restraining Power around him.
"Boy, have you got a death wish?!" the woman’s angry voice ca through.
She hadn’t acted because she was waiting to see the Tree Demon Ghost Mother’s reaction, but the Restraining Power that held Li Chen in place wasn’t just for catching him, it was to signal the Tree Demon Ghost Mother that this was her prey. She didn’t expect this brat would be so reckless and break through her Restraining Power.
"Ah!!!"
"Roar!!"
"Quack quack!!"
Strange sounds emanated from the direction of the Tree Demon Ghost Mother; these chaotic and insane noises naturally ca from the heads on the Tree Demon Ghost Mother. Various different howls intertwined, creating an unsettling rhythm with a peculiar cadence.
"This is bad." Hearing these sounds, the woman’s heart sank.
"Five Elents Boots, let’s go!" Upon hearing these bizarre noises, Li Chen felt his scalp tingle and hurriedly shouted in his mind.
As the light from the Five Elents Boots shimred on Li Chen’s legs, a tree root suddenly burst from the ground as if trying to impale Li Chen.
The scent of death caused Li Chen’s pupils to contract sharply.
"Heavenly Dao Pearl, block it!"
A thin glow appeared on Li Chen’s body, and in the next mont, the tree root whipped against the light shield.
It barely held for a breath before the light shield shattered forcefully.
However, that mont was enough for Li Chen!
The Five-Colored Escape Light flickered beneath Li Chen’s feet, and under the watchful eyes of the Tree Demon Ghost Mother and the woman, Li Chen vanished abruptly into thin air.
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