416: The decision of the tree spirit clan

"Outside Cultivators are truly vulnerable!"

"Is that all?"

"How boring!"

The Extreme Frost Tree Demon said with some disdain as he looked at the forest that had been razed to the ground.

Then, he looked at the other tree demons and said directly,

"Contact the three Elders immediately and report the situation here."

"Yes!"

Several other tree demons at the Body Dao Integration Realm immediately took out transmission branches and began to send messages.

However, their transmission branches only lit up slightly before dimming; clearly, the transmission had failed.

"It seems we can't contact the three Elders right now!"

"What? Could something have happened to the Elders?"

"Hurry and contact the clansmen guarding the other nodes!"

The Extreme Frost Tree Demon had a bad premonition and continued.

"We can't get through; more than half of the clansmen at the nodes have lost contact!"

"What?"

"How could this happen?"

The Extreme Frost Tree Demon's expression turned ugly as he spoke.

"Let's go, return quickly and report to the Clan Chief. Let the Clan Chief decide."

"Only the Clan Chief can control the Ancient Restriction and check the situation within the entire Mysterious Fruit Forest."

"Then we will know what's going on!"

Knowing the seriousness of the matter, the group of tree demons did not dare to delay. They manipulated the surrounding Ancient Restriction and, after several teleports, arrived at a certain area deep within the Mysterious Fruit Forest.

This place looked like an ordinary forest.

However, as the leading Xuan Shuang Tree Demon took out an emerald-green branch,

The emerald-green branch emitted a faint spiritual light.

The surrounding scene instantly rippled like water, undergoing a massive change and transforming into a grotto-heaven that looked like a paradise on earth.

Rich Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was released, and inside were various Immortal Caves composed of different vines and spiritual wood.

The deepest Immortal Cave was the largest, tens of thousands of feet in size. Thick emerald-green branches surrounded the cave's perimeter, and precious spiritual plants were everywhere.

After announcing their arrival, the group of tree demons came to the outside of the deepest Immortal Cave.

Upon receiving permission, they entered directly.

Soon, they arrived in a vast hall.

In the center of the hall was a massive throne made of various types of spiritual wood.

An old man in green robes sat on the throne with his eyes closed, resting, seemingly in a state of cultivation.

Behind him, the phantom of an ancient emerald-green tree appeared, manifesting endless branches that surrounded the Void Realm, appearing to be breathing in and out during cultivation.

Emerald-green Law spiritual light flickered all around, and waves of heart-palpitating aura were released.

"Clan Chief, this is bad!"

"Something has happened!"

"The Elders..."

"What is so urgent?"

The Qing Xuan Tree Demon spoke in a flat tone.

"It seems something has happened to all three Elders!"

"What?"

The Qing Xuan Tree Demon's previously nonchalant expression vanished instantly.

He suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the group of tree demons.

"What exactly is going on?"

"Is what you're saying true?"

"Clan Chief, it's absolutely true!"

"We can no longer contact the three Elders!"

The Xuan Shuang Tree Demon reported in a respectful tone.

"What? I'll activate the Ancient Restriction now to check the situation!"

The ancient tree phantom behind the Qing Xuan Tree Demon manifested endless branches that rooted into the Void Realm, connecting to the Ancient Restriction.

In an instant, projections of various locations within the entire Mysterious Fruit Forest appeared above the hall.

His powerful Divine Sense began to probe the situation inside the Mysterious Fruit Forest through the Ancient Restriction.

He searched several times.

He found no trace of the three Elders: Extreme Frost, Profound Thunder, and Azure Wood.

Instead, he discovered a large group of outside Cultivators heading toward the Tree Demon Clan's Ancestral Land through several Ancient Restrictions.

"The three Elders have truly disappeared!"

"Didn't I just have them stretch their legs and eliminate most of the outside Cultivators?"

"How could this be!"

The Qing Xuan Tree Demon said with an ugly expression.

After thousands of years of research, the Tree Demon Clan had finally gained control over most of the authority of the Ancient Restriction covering the Mysterious Fruit Forest recently.

So, facing the outside Cultivators who had repeatedly entered the Mysterious Fruit Forest to explore over the millennia, they could no longer endure it and decided to teach them a lesson.

But to be cautious, he allocated part of the Ancient Restriction's control authority to the three Elders and over a dozen clansmen at the Integration Stage, Tenth Layer Realm, letting them use the Ancient Restriction to eliminate most of the outside explorers.

He intended to let a small remaining portion of the outside Cultivators leave safely.

In this way, they could vent their anger without exposing the existence of the Tree Demon Clan.

After all, they were controlling the Ancient Restriction from the shadows, and the Realms of those outside explorers weren't high, so they couldn't possibly discover the Tree Demon Clan.

Even if most of the outside explorers died within the Ancient Restriction of the Mysterious Fruit Forest,

The powerhouses outside would only think that the power of the Ancient Restriction in the Mysterious Fruit Forest had unexpectedly increased; they wouldn't suspect that another faction was hidden within.

Perhaps in the future, once the outside Cultivators knew the dangers of the Mysterious Fruit Forest, they would stop sending people to explore it.

But what he didn't expect was that such a simple task would have a lapse, and all three Elders were killed by outside Cultivators?

"Are you joking?"

"Isn't the highest Realm among the incoming outside Cultivators only the Body Dao Integration Realm?"

"Clan Chief, the most critical thing now is that the existence of our Tree Demon Clan has been exposed."

"Besides the disappearance of the three Elders, many clansmen guarding the nodes have been killed by outside Cultivators!"

"The outside Cultivators likely know that our Tree Demon Clan is controlling these Ancient Restrictions."

"So, what should we do now?"

The Xuan Shuang Tree Demon continued.

"What should we do?"

"Since we're exposed, there's no need for so many scruples."

"These outside Cultivators have now killed so many of our clansmen."

"Added to the fact that they've taken so many Heaven And Earth Treasures from our Mysterious Fruit Forest over the past thousands of years."

"Do they really think our Tree Demon Clan is easy to bully?"

"Naturally, we will kill them directly and make them stay in the Mysterious Fruit Forest forever!"

The Qing Xuan Tree Demon flew into a rage, suddenly slapping the armrest of his throne, causing the hall to shake several times.

At the same time, he was secretly relieved.

Fortunately, he had already used the Ancient Restriction to seal the entire Mysterious Fruit Forest, so news of the Tree Demon Clan shouldn't have leaked out.

He had originally thought to let a group of outside Cultivators go, but now it seemed not a single one could be allowed to leave!

"Gather all clansmen and come with me to wipe out these outside Cultivators!"

Immediately, the Qing Xuan Tree Demon began chanting. Several voice transmissions instantly reached the ears of the remaining Enlightenment Realm Elder and the various tree demons at the Integration Stage, Tenth Layer Realm in the Ancestral Land.

The outside Cultivators who came in this time were unusual, actually being able to kill three Elders of their clan, so he had to lead the team personally to ensure everything went smoothly.

Before long, the group of tree demons sprang into action, leaving the Ancestral Land and using the Ancient Restriction to teleport to a certain location...