70: An awkward moment, battling the Bloodthirsty Demon Tree.

"Sister Yaoer, what a coincidence!"

The smile on Wang Shiyan's face froze as she spoke awkwardly.

"Hmph, what are you doing coming out of your room in the middle of the night?"

An Yuyao's pale gold eyes stared at Wang Shiyan as she spoke through gritted teeth.

"Nothing, just out for a stroll!"

"You're lying!"

"You must be trying to sneak off to find Su Yun."

"Don't even think about it!"

An Yuyao huffily grabbed Wang Shiyan's hand and pulled her into her own room.

With Wang Shiyan around, she wouldn't be able to be alone with Su Yun tonight either.

After entering the room, the two women remained silent, deciding to keep an eye on each other to prevent the other from sneaking away... The next morning.

Outside the Poisonous Miasma Forest.

A group of people gathered there.

"The white mist has dispersed; we can set off!"

A burly Cultivator took the lead and charged, entering the forest at extreme speed.

"Go, we can't let them get ahead of us!"

Other Cultivators also used various movement techniques, scrambling to enter the forest.

"Let's head out too!"

Su Yun took the lead, walking ahead with red and purple spiritual light flashing beneath his feet.

To accommodate the others, he didn't use the Space Movement Technique, only using acceleration methods from his martial arts experience.

An Yuyao moved with light steps, a faint golden light appearing on her body as she followed.

Wang Shiyan radiated a crimson spiritual light; scorched marks remained wherever she passed.

The most mysterious was Mu Wanning; she didn't seem to make any movement, yet she continuously teleported forward.

The others also caught up, various colors of spiritual light appearing.

Su Yun and the others walked for nearly an hour.

They felt their vision growing darker and darker.

Even though it was early morning, the brightness in the forest was like twilight.

"Careful!"

Su Yun stopped in his tracks, and the others also stopped to observe their surroundings.

A pitch-black giant tree in front of them suddenly moved.

Immediately after, the ground began to vibrate.

The tree suddenly pulled out its branches that were deep underground, waving them continuously in the air.

A green light suddenly appeared in the air, shining toward Su Yun and the others.

"Quick, defend against this green light; it's a parasitic Spell!"

"This is a Blood-Devouring Demonic Tree!"

"It's a type of Yao Beast that loves devouring the flesh and blood of Cultivators, and it possesses considerable intelligence."

Wang Shiyan said from the side.

"Spiritual Charm Protection!"

Golden spiritual light flickered on An Yuyao's body, and then several ribbons of spiritual energy wrapped around her.

An illusory image of a blonde woman appeared behind her; the image looked exactly like her, only with a better figure.

The illusory blonde woman reached out a hand and drew a circle in mid-air.

In that instant, a Spiritual Energy Barrier filled with spiritual energy patterns enveloped everyone.

The green light hit the Spiritual Energy Barrier, producing only a hissing sound.

After the green light vanished, the Spiritual Energy Barrier remained intact.

Seeing that the Spell had not taken effect, the Blood-Devouring Demonic Tree immediately shook its body as if calling for something.

The surrounding trees all shed their disguises; they were all Blood-Devouring Demonic Trees at the Nascent Soul Second Layer Realm.

And the Blood-Devouring Demonic Tree from the beginning was at the Nascent Soul Third Layer Realm.

Su Yun counted a total of fifteen Blood-Devouring Demonic Trees.

"These Yao trees probably bully the weak and fear the strong; dozens of people in the Nascent Soul Realm passed by just now and weren't stopped."

"Su Yun, let's see who can take down the most Yao trees first."

Mu Wanning's originally calm expression changed, becoming somewhat fanatical, with lightning flickering in her eyes.

Seeing a battle, she couldn't help but be eager to try, wanting to compete with Su Yun.

"Alright!"

Su Yun also wanted to test his current strength.

These Yao trees were perfect to practice on.

"Void Lightning Heaven Breaker!"

Mu Wanning instantly vanished from her spot and abruptly appeared in front of the Nascent Soul Third Layer Blood-Devouring Demonic Tree.

With a wave of her delicate hand, several bolts of deep purple lightning appeared from the Void Realm and struck the Yao tree directly.

The Blood-Devouring Demonic Tree seemed to sense danger; it unexpectedly shed its outer bark instantly and then burrowed into the ground.

The lightning struck the bark without any resistance, blasting a large hole in the ground.

Unfortunately, the Yao tree had fled quickly and wasn't hit.

That Yao tree emerged from the ground between the other fourteen Yao trees, extending its branches, wanting to continue its attack.

"Quite the escape artist!"

Having missed her strike, Mu Wanning seemed a bit Life Qi; she returned to the group, deep purple spiritual light flashing on her body.

She seemed to be about to release a wide-range Spell.

Just then, the golden light radiating from Su Yun's hand caught her attention.

"Sword of the Sun!"

After a flash of golden light in Su Yun's hand, a golden sword appeared; everyone nearby could feel the sun's heat from the sword.

Immediately after, the red and purple spiritual energy within his body was also injected into it, and the golden sword turned into a Three-Colored Sword of red, purple, and gold.

"One move!"

As soon as Su Yun finished speaking, he disappeared from the spot, leaving only a faint spatial ripple.

The branches of the dozen or so Blood-Devouring Demonic Trees waved frantically, and thick green light surged toward everyone, accompanied by countless branches appearing through the air.

Those branches contained deep green spiritual light and were extremely fast, covered in sharp barbs.

Their power was at least equivalent to the full-strength strike of a nascent soul second layer Body Tempering Cultivator.

The green light brushed past the surrounding ordinary trees, which were instantly corroded and turned to ash.

At that moment, a Three-Colored Sword Light slashed directly at the incoming green light.

The green light was split in two, and the sword light continued its attack on the dozen or so Blood-Devouring Demonic Trees without slowing down.

The fifteen Blood-Devouring Demonic Trees combined all their branches into a giant palm dozens of zhang high, then slapped directly at the Three-Colored Sword Light.

Boom!

With a loud explosion, the Three-Colored Sword Light directly shattered the giant palm and slashed toward the Blood-Devouring Demonic Trees.

The Blood-Devouring Demonic Trees scrambled to shed their bark, but it was too late.

A flash of blinding spiritual light passed.

There were no Blood-Devouring Demonic Trees left in the vicinity, only bare ground and a sword mark dozens of zhang long.

Even though those Yao trees had burrowed underground, they were still crushed to pieces.

"This?"

Standing behind, cold sweat broke out on Lu Siqi's forehead.

This power?

You're telling me he's at the Golden Core?

Could it be that Su Yun hadn't used his full strength when he fought me before?

"Interesting, he's actually stronger than I am now!"

"You should know I'm already in the Nascent Soul Realm!"

"The last time I saw Su Yun, he didn't have this kind of speed; now he's actually much faster than me!"

"I'll count this as your win!"

Mu Wanning stared at Su Yun with an even more fervent gaze.

She had thought that after she increased her Realm, it would take some time for Su Yun to catch up.

Who would have thought that Su Yun, only at the Golden Core Fourth Layer Realm, would be much more powerful than her?

How great would it be to have a sparring session with Su Yun now!

"Su Yun, you're so amazing!"

"Yeah! Do you have time to teach me?"

Wang Shiyan looked at Su Yun with a charming gaze.

"Alright, let's keep moving!"

Su Yun ignored the shocked looks of the others and continued forward.

Everyone followed.

At this time, behind a giant rock not far away.

Yan Lie, leading four Extreme Flame Sect Disciples, crouched there and silently watched the entire process of Su Yun's attack.

"Senior Brother Yan Lie, let's forget it. This person is too powerful; settling scores with him is equivalent to seeking death."

A Extreme Flame Sect Disciple advised from the side.

Yan Lie had gone from being aggressive when he first started watching to having a calm expression now.

"Don't talk nonsense. When did I say I was going to settle scores with him? I just wanted to learn from others' fighting styles."

After saying that, he led several Junior Brothers on a slight detour before continuing forward.