118: Chapter 118 The Dragon-Slaying Technique Shows Its Power! Has this tree become a spirit? Let's saw it down and make furniture!

"Roar!!!"

Accompanied by a Dragon roar that seemed to come from ancient times, the seven star dragon abyss sword in Su Yang's hand instantly flew out of his grasp.

The sword body expanded violently in mid-air, transforming into a ten-zhang long golden Dragon phantom. Its scales and claws flew, carrying a heaven-destroying and earth-shattering sharp Sword Qi, as it crashed head-on into those two giant mechanical wooden figures!

"Crack!"

There was no suspense whatsoever.

The two seemingly indestructible giant wooden polearms were as fragile as toothpicks in front of the golden Dragon Sword Qi, instantly shattering into countless pieces.

Immediately after, the golden Dragon, its momentum unabated, pierced directly through the chests of the two wooden figures!

Rumble—

The two five-meter-tall mechanical wooden figures collapsed with a roar, turning into a pile of broken wood blocks and scattered gears.

"Retrieve!"

Su Yang beckoned with one hand, and the seven star dragon abyss sword transformed back into a three-foot green blade, flying obediently back into his hand. The sword body was still vibrating slightly, seemingly asking for credit from its master.

"Good sword technique! Good sword!"

Su Yang flicked the sword body with satisfaction.

This was the power of the [Mount Shu Sword Control Technique]. Even if it was just the first layer, combined with this semi-Immortal Artifact level treasured sword, it was enough to sweep through those of the same rank.

"Wow! Boss is so handsome!"

Chu Ling acted as a cheerleader from behind, holding the unfinished Yin Sha Fruit in her hand.

"However..."

Su Yang walked over to the pile of wooden ruins and picked up a broken piece of wood to examine it.

The wood was as hard as iron, with fine grains, and emitted a faint, lingering fragrance.

"This is... a Millennium Ironwood Heart?"

Su Yang's eyes lit up.

"What a waste! Truly a waste!"

"Such good Materials, and they were used to make security guards for the door?"

"This is too wasteful!"

He waved his hand.

"System, recycle! Recycle it all!"

"Taking this wood back will be perfect for building that Simmons bed frame Chu Ling has been longing for, and the rest can be used to build a pavilion for Dahei!"

"Ding! Recycled [Millennium Ironwood Remains] x 2 tons! Stored in the System warehouse."

After cleaning up the spoils, Su Yang finally looked at the white root-entangled gate that had lost its guards.

"Let's go, let's go see the true face of that landlord."

Su Yang slashed the gate open with his sword.

...

Passing through the gate, everyone felt their vision suddenly widen, as if they had entered another world.

This was the core area of the underground karst cave, and the space was so large that it could practically fit a small city.

And right in the center stood a breathtaking giant tree!

It was simply too huge.

The trunk was as thick as a skyscraper, plunging straight into the magma layer deep underground, while extending upwards to break through the dome, not knowing where it extended to.

The bark was an ancient bronze color, covered in ravines of time, and within each ravine flowed a jade-green halo—that was life energy concentrated to the extreme.

Countless thick aerial roots hung down from the canopy like green waterfalls, plunging into the spiritual soil of the ground.

And in the very center of the trunk, a soccer ball-sized green pearl was embedded.

It was like a beating heart; with every flicker, it would spread a visible green ripple in all directions.

"wood spirit pearl!"

Su Yang's breathing instantly became rapid.

That's it!

One of the Five Elements spirit pearls, containing the purest wood-type Law in heaven and earth!

As long as he obtained it, his spiritual fields could evolve into a true "Blessed Land of Longevity," and it could even allow the Black Demon Flower to mutate again!

"Is this the Ancient Earth Core Tree?"

Mary tilted her head back, looking at this giant tree that blotted out the sky, feeling as small as an ant.

"Such strong vitality! If I drank its sap, could I become immortal?"

"You're overthinking it."

Su Yang shook his head.

"For a demon plant of this level, the sap inside has long since turned into highly toxic wood evil, and if you dared to take a sip, even if you were a prince, you would instantly turn into a tree."

"Humans... leave... here..."

Just then.

An old, dull voice, as if two pieces of rotten wood were rubbing against each other, suddenly echoed throughout the entire space.

Following that.

On the trunk of the giant tree, the originally chaotic patterns began to twist and reorganize, finally revealing a huge human face!

It was the face of an old man, with eyebrows and a beard made of drooping vines, and eyes that were two bottomless tree hollows, with green ghost fire burning inside.

"The Ancient Earth Core Tree... has become sentient?!"

Chu Ling was startled and subconsciously hid behind Su Yang.

"All things have spirits; having lived for tens of thousands of years, even a rock would have become sentient."

Su Yang, however, was not surprised; instead, he examined the tree face with great interest.

"Hey, that... Old Man Tree?"

"Since you can talk, that makes things easier."

Su Yang pointed at the wood spirit pearl on the trunk.

"I've taken a liking to this pearl of yours; name your price."

"Or..."

Su Yang pointed to the Spiritual Plant and Spirit Medicine covering the ground.

"Your place here is not bad; I'd like to develop it into my back garden. If you don't mind, we can sign a contract. I'll hire you as my steward; room and board included, plus social insurance and housing fund."

"How... dare you!"

The tree face was clearly enraged by Su Yang's "shamelessness."

"I am... the Master of the Earth Core... having guarded this place for... thirty thousand years!"

"Greedy... humans... die!"

Rumble!

The entire underground space began to shake violently.

Countless thick tree roots broke through the ground, like thousands of giant pythons, bringing with them a whistling wind as they whipped towards Su Yang and the others, covering the sky and earth!

"You refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit."

Su Yang sighed, his eyes instantly becoming sharp.

"Since we can't reach an agreement, then we'll just have to... demolish it!"

"Attack!"

"Yes!"

The three women responded simultaneously. Chu Ling was the first to rush out; although she was petite, she had the greatest strength.

"Ha!"

She grabbed a bucket-thick tree root that was whipping over, coordinated her waist and legs, and gave it a fierce twist!

Crack!

The tree root was twisted off directly, and green sap sprayed wildly.

"So brittle! Just like sugarcane!"

Mary turned into a blood shadow, weaving through the dense roots, and every time she swung the dinner knife in her hand, she took out a patch of vines.

Su Qingcheng's red silk turned into a red barrier, blocking all the small vines that attempted to sneak attack.

"Roar!!!"

The Ancient Earth Core Tree let out an angry roar. It didn't expect these few "little bugs" to be so difficult to deal with.

"Cage of... Ten Thousand Woods!"

Countless roots intertwined in mid-air, forming a huge green cage, wanting to trap everyone inside to death.

At the same time, thick green toxic mist began to spray inside the cage!

"Playing with poison?"

Su Yang stood in the center of the cage, watching the approaching toxic mist, and smiled disdainfully.

"Playing with poison in front of me, you're still a bit too inexperienced."

Taking advantage of the Ancient Earth Core Tree's shock, Su Yang moved.

"Sword Control Technique · Human and Sword as One!"

Clang!

He merged his entire being with the seven star dragon abyss sword, transforming into a hundred-zhang long golden sword rainbow, tearing through the root cage directly and shooting straight into the sky!

The target—that wood spirit pearl!

"No! That is my Origin!"

The Ancient Earth Core Tree screamed in terror, and countless branches frantically tried to stop Su Yang.

But in front of the peerlessly sharp Sword Qi, these branches were like paper, breaking one after another.

"Borrow it for two days, I'll return it when I'm done playing!"

Su Yang instantly rushed to the center of the trunk.

"Yang Five Thunders · Palm Thunder!"

Boom!

He slapped the trunk with his left hand, and the violent thunder power instantly paralyzed the surrounding nervous System.

His right hand reached out and grabbed the wood spirit pearl that was emitting a warm aura.

"Get... down!"

"Roar!!!"

Accompanied by the Ancient Earth Core Tree's extremely shrill scream, Su Yang forcibly pried the wood spirit pearl out of the trunk!

Having lost the support of the spirit pearl, the Ancient Earth Core Tree's massive body instantly withered, and its originally emerald-green light became dim and lusterless.

"Done!"

Su Yang held the spirit pearl, feeling the vast wood-type Law inside, and was in a great mood.

"Old Man Tree, thanks for the gift."

"Seeing as you contributed the treasure, I won't uproot you."

"However..."

Su Yang looked at the massive trunk.

"This bark looks pretty good; I'll peel some off to make talisman paper."

"These branches are also not bad; I'll chop a few to make furniture."

"And these leaves... Yuqing said she wanted to drink herbal tea; it's perfect to pick some to take back and brew."

Ancient Earth Core Tree: "..."

It just wanted to cry now.

Is this a Cultivator? This is basically a bandit entering a village!

Not even sparing the leaves?!

Are you a devil?!