188: He betrayed his comrades in the face of battle, and was the first to kill a Mahayana disciple!

The Primeval Qilin's originally overwhelmingly powerful Qilin foot completely collapsed.

That kind of pain was like a red-hot iron poker being ruthlessly thrust into the wound and stirred a few times!

It only felt its right foot instantly lose all sensation, followed by a piercing pain that shot straight to its brain along the nerves, making its whole body twitch in agony.

"Boom!"

The massive Qilin body could no longer maintain its balance and fell heavily from mid-air, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"Damn human! This seat will tear you apart!"

The Primeval Qilin lay on the ground, its eyes blood-red, struggling frantically to get up. The vitality of the Great Ascension Stage was extremely resilient; even with one foot crippled, it still possessed terrifying combat power.

However, Lu Yuan did not press his advantage. Instead, he suddenly stopped and turned to look at the immortal essence ancient tree that had been watching the battle.

He flipped his palm, and three emerald-green leaves, exuding a rich Daoist charm, appeared in his hand.

It was indeed the Enlightenment Mother Tea!

"Buzz!"

The moment the leaves appeared, the immortal essence ancient tree, which had been trembling from the aftershocks of the battle, suddenly began to shake violently.

"Rustle, rustle!"

All the branches and leaves swayed frantically, making an urgent rustling sound.

A nearly tangible intent of greed was transmitted without reservation.

"Give... give it to me..."

That was a craving born of plant instinct! Although the immortal essence ancient tree had lived for countless ages, it had never seen the aura of such a high-Rank Innate Spiritual Root. It instinctively felt that as long as it swallowed these few leaves, it could break through its shackles and take a step further!

"Do you want it?"

Lu Yuan looked at the restless ancient tree, a devilishly seductive smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

He didn't give it directly but held the leaves to his nose and sniffed them gently, looking like he was enjoying it.

"This is Enlightenment Mother Tea, a heaven and earth Spiritual Root."

"Even a pig could become a saint on the spot after eating it."

"If you want it..."

Lu Yuan's eyes suddenly became cold and sharp, and his finger pointed abruptly at the Primeval Qilin struggling to get up.

"Then help me... kill it!"

"If you don't act, not only will I burn these leaves, but I will also uproot your main body and burn it as firewood!"

Coercion! Temptation!

"Boom!"

The immortal essence ancient tree instantly went berserk!

On one side was the supreme Opportunity for evolution; on the other was the threat of death.

This ancient tree, which had long since developed intelligence but had been exploited by the Primeval Qilin for countless years, made its choice in an instant.

"Roar—"

The Primeval Qilin had just barely stood up and was preparing to use its Qilin True Fire to burn Lu Yuan.

Suddenly.

"Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!"

Countless tree roots, as thick as Dragons and as tough as divine iron, burst out of the ground without warning.

They were no longer the bed that provided Spiritual Qi to the Qilin daily, but had transformed into deadly chains!

"Puchi! Puchi!"

Hundreds of roots, taking advantage of the moment when the Qilin was heavily injured and its protective spiritual light had collapsed, ruthlessly pierced into the wound on its injured right foot, even wrapping around its limbs and neck!

"Gulp! Gulp!"

The roots wriggled and began to frantically suck the Qilin's Essence Blood!

"What?!"

The Primeval Qilin widened its eyes in horror. It never expected that this slave, who it had taken from at will, would dare to backstab it at this moment!

"You dare betray me?!"

"I'll burn you to death!"

The Primeval Qilin roared, wanting to spit out its true fire.

But the immortal essence ancient tree was also ruthless. For those three leaves, it did not hesitate to burn its Origin. Countless branches turned into a cage, tightly strangling the Qilin's mouth and body, forcing it back to the ground!

"Well done!"

Lu Yuan laughed and tossed the three Enlightenment Tea Leaves toward the roots of the ancient tree.

The ancient tree sent out a strand of root, instantly whisking away the leaves. Its aura surged immediately, and the binding force became even more terrifying.

"Now, it's time to send you on your way."

Seizing the perfect Opportunity while the Qilin was completely bound, Lu Yuan leaped up and arrived directly above the Qilin's head.

He held the myriad things mother qi cauldron high, pouring all his blood Qi, mana, and Law power into the great cauldron without reservation.

"Die!"

Boom!

The mysterious yellow cauldron, carrying power sufficient to crush the world, smashed down ruthlessly onto the Primeval Qilin's massive head!

"Bang!!!"

A dull thud.

Red and white matter splattered.

Under the full force of the cauldron's strike, the Primeval Qilin's incredibly hard skull instantly shattered!

A generation of the Great Ascension Stage Primordial Royal Race perished completely without even letting out a final scream!

As the Primeval Qilin's mountain-like corpse collapsed with a crash and the dust settled, only desolation and blood remained.

Lu Yuan's expression was indifferent, as if he had only done something trivial.

He turned to look at the trembling immortal essence ancient tree, his gaze filled with an unquestionable authority.

Under Lu Yuan's signal, the immortal essence ancient tree did not dare to disobey in the slightest. Its countless roots, originally rooted in the earth, now acted like greedy tentacles, frantically piercing into the Primeval Qilin's corpse.

"Zizizi..."

The tooth-aching sound of sucking echoed in the silent basin, sounding exceptionally terrifying.

The Mahayana Middle Stage Divine Beast's vast Essence Blood, powerful Physical Body essence, and the Space Dao fruit of its lifelong cultivation flowed continuously into the ancient tree's body through the roots.

In just a few moments.

On the branches of the immortal essence ancient tree, where only green leaves had swayed before, a green fruit grew, expanded, and ripened at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The fruit was translucent silver-gray all over, with ripples of space undulating on its surface as if it contained layers of folded space, or like a miniature world evolving within it.

Heavenly Essence Fruit!

And it was a top-grade Heavenly Essence Fruit that carried the Primeval Qilin's Space Dao and the essence of its entire cultivation!

Even more amazing was that on the surface of this fruit, faint golden patterns were entwined, which were the manifestations of immortal Dao Law fragments unique to the Immortal Ancient Ruins being refined and integrated by the ancient tree.

"Good stuff."

Lu Yuan reached out, and the fruit containing the supreme Space Profound Truth fell into his hand, which he then stored in the eternal night demon ring.

This fruit was enough to make his eighth molt Law of Space undergo a transformation and master the Space Dao.

Having finished here, Lu Yuan did not stop. His figure flickered, turning into a streak of light as he sped toward the battlefield on the other side... At this time, the other battlefield had long since been torn apart, with the sun and moon losing their light.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The Void Realm was constantly torn like a rag, and Law storms raged in all directions.

Qin Shouzhuo and the Cloud Silkworm Immortal Butterfly were teaming up to suppress Wang Yusheng and Supreme Taixu.

The Transcendent Spiritual Treasure in Wang Yusheng's hand, the Scarlet Sun God Furnace, was now dim, its body entwined with countless crystal-clear yet incredibly tough threads—Cloud Silkworm Immortal Silk.