Chapter 982: Chapter 979: Undying Tree
Li Chen, Little Demon Immortal, Xin Qingxue, and Lian Hongshang cautiously walked forward for an hour and finally saw the woodcutter.
He was a white-bearded old man, less than five feet tall, yet very sturdy.
His clothes were tattered, and he held an axe at least three sizes larger than himself, chopping down a towering tree that needed a hundred people to encircle and whose top was unseen through the clouds.
With each swing of his axe, the towering tree bore a new axe mark.
But when he lifted the axe, the mark disappeared without a trace as if it had never been struck. This cycle repeated itself without exception.
Seeing such an incredible scene, the myth imdiately surfaced in Lian Hongshang’s mind.
Wuo Gang chopping the laurel!
Legend has it that Wuo Gang’s wife had an affair with Boling, the grandson of Emperor Yan. Enraged, Wuo Gang killed Boling, incurring the wrath of the Sun God Emperor Yan and was banished to the moon to chop down the Undying Tree.
But the laurel tree would heal whenever it was cut; each branch severed by Wuo Gang’s axe would grow back. After all this ti, he still hadn’t felled the laurel tree.
Coincidentally, the tree the white-bearded old man was chopping was indeed the laurel tree.
Was this rely a coincidence, or…
Unable to contain her curiosity, Little Demon Immortal asked, “Uncle, who are you, and why are you chopping this laurel tree at night?”
However, the white-bearded old man acted as if he neither saw her nor heard her words and continued chopping the laurel tree.
Seeing this, Little Demon Immortal felt sowhat annoyed.
“Old man, I’m talking to you, are you deaf?”
The white-bearded old man remained indifferent, persistently chopping the tree.
Little Demon Immortal beca completely furious, suddenly drawing her Spirit Sword and preparing to attack the old man who ignored her.
Yet, as she raised her Spirit Sword, she hesitated montarily and instead slashed at the laurel tree.
“Crack!”
The laurel tree instantly split open a crevice, with what seed like blood gurgling out, terrifying to behold.
Soon after, the crevice began to heal, as good as new.
Then, it was as if Little Demon Immortal beca bewitched. Like the white-bearded old man, she repeatedly swung her sword, chopping the tree over and over.
Witnessing this, everyone was shocked.
“Little Demon Immortal, Little Demon Immortal!”
Lian Hongshang called out Little Demon Immortal’s na, attempting to awaken her, but to no avail.
She wanted to rush forward to pull Little Demon Immortal back but was grabbed by Li Chen.
“Hongshang, don’t go over there!”
Lian Hongshang, confused, looked back at Li Chen and asked, “Chen, what’s going on with Little Demon Immortal?”
Li Chen pondered briefly and replied, “She’s been cursed!”
“Cursed?”
Lian Hongshang and Xin Qingxue exclaid simultaneously.
Li Chen nodded and replied, “Yes, a curse from the Undying Bloodline. Never expected to encounter it here!”
“Hongshang, Qingxue, you two stay here. No matter what you see or hear, don’t move, understand?”
Hearing Li Chen’s instructions, although unsure, Lian Hongshang and Xin Qingxue nodded solemnly.
After arranging for the two, Li Chen shot two gleams from his pupils, beginning to see through the laurel giant tree.
Soon after, he unleashed his Divine Sense, launching tentative attacks on the laurel giant tree at different frequencies.
In the past, many humans, the Demon Clan, and even the Barbarians and Demon Beasts had also been cursed by this laurel tree, their bodies and Divine Souls becoming nourishnt, completely devoured by it.
If Little Demon Immortal wasn’t quickly freed from this curse, she too would beco nourishnt for this Undying Tree, like those unfortunates before her.
With this thought, Li Chen intensified his ntal attacks.
Soon, he broke through the defenses of the Undying Laurel and entered its inner space.
The place was quite similar to the Jietian Divine Tree, a small world in itself.
The surroundings were empty, apart from a pile of skeletal remains at his feet, like Shura Hell.
“Co out!”
Li Chen shouted sharply, holding the Seven-star Dragon Abyss.
Swish!
A milky white entity floated over, ghost-like, and then morphed into a human figure.
It was the white-bearded old man chopping the laurel earlier.
The white-bearded old man looked at Li Chen with hollow eyes, emitting an eerie, ghostly laugh.
“Heh heh, heh heh. I didn’t expect soone to see through my True Body. Quite interesting!”
Li Chen, unwilling to show weakness, confronted the white-bearded old man and said sternly, “Release my friend, or I’ll not only uncover your True Body but also destroy it!”
The white-bearded old man sneered nonchalantly, “I possess an Undying Body. Not even the Demon Emperor can destroy my True Body. You, a re Golden Core cultivator, think you can destroy it? What a joke. Aren’t you afraid of biting your own tongue with such bluster?”
“In that case, watch closely!”
As Li Chen finished speaking, flas ignited in his pupils.
“Whoosh, whoosh…”
The flas spewed forth, quickly turning the entire tree cavity into a sea of fire.
This laurel was an Undying Tree, normally immune to blades and axes.
But fire and water are intangible forces. Though they can’t kill it, they can cause it considerable pain.
“Damned, damned, stop burning! I am an Undying Body; you can’t burn to death. You’re wasting your effort, so why bother?”
The white-bearded old man howled in agony from the flas.
Yet Li Chen showed no intention of letting him off, continuing the fiery assault.
“Heh, just a tree spirit with Healing Divine Skills, claiming to have an Undying Body, what a joke!”
Hearing the human before him expose his secret so bluntly, the tree spirit beca visibly flustered.
The so-called Healing Divine Skills only allowed for instant wound healing, not true immortality.
And these skills were only effective against cuts from blades and axes.
As for intangible forces like water and fire, they posed quite a threat indeed.
“I’ll ask you one last ti, will you release her or not?”
The tree demon surrendered, pleading repeatedly, “Stop burning, I’ll release her, I’ll release her, isn’t that enough? Just extinguish the fire, and I’ll set her free!”
Li Chen sneered dismissively and shouted sharply, “Hmph, stop the nonsense and release her quickly. Otherwise, I’ll burn you to ashes right now and let you savor the overwhelming destruction of body and soul!”
Terrified, the tree demon genuinely feared Li Chen would burn him alive, hurriedly lifting the curse on Little Demon Immortal…
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