50: Dragon fruit trees shrink

Lu Chen was frantically running deep underground, and the thirty-five Silver Armor Dao Soldiers were also recalled to his side. Meanwhile, the numerous Disciples of Doujian Peak beneath the dragon transformation fruit tree on the ground were squeezed by the astonishing power, making it difficult for them to even move, let alone run away.

They were shocked, angry, and panicked.

At this moment, a seemingly insignificant Disciple of Doujian Peak suddenly had a Refining Demon Pot, like a grain of rice, actively shoot up into the sky. It then rapidly expanded, and in an instant, three figures containing astonishing oppressive force flashed out from within.

"Remnants of the Twelve Phase Sect, we've been waiting for you for a long time!" One of the figures, an Old Man with graying hair and a sharp expression, spoke indifferently, raised his hand to grab a precious sword, and slashed down.

"Chirp!"

Sharp and overbearing sword energy surged up thousands of feet, easily tearing apart the large hand pressed down by the White Tiger masked person, and then struck upwards, fiercely slashing towards the White Tiger masked person in the clouds.

The other two figures didn't even look at the White Tiger masked person. With a flicker of their bodies, they had already disappeared into the horizon, leaving only indifferent words echoing between heaven and earth: "Remnants of the Twelve Phase Sect, since you've come, stay here!"

"Damn it, you were plotting against my Twelve Phase Sect!" The burly man wearing the White Tiger mask was shocked and angry, instantly reacting.

These Disciples of Doujian Peak were all bait thrown out by the Dongming Sect. And the departure of Elder Lu Zifu and Elder Zhang Kui of Doujian Peak was not because they were held back by the Demon Tiger suspected of becoming a Mountain Lord, the Giant Python about to transform into a flood dragon, and the Great Diamond Ape; it was purely to create an opportunity for the Twelve Phase Sect, to lure their people into action.

All of this was a trap set by the Dongming Sect, trying their luck.

If no one from the Twelve Phase Sect appeared, Doujian Peak would naturally finish killing the demonic creatures on Mangniu Mountain and return without incident, and the three Dongming Sect experts hidden in the Refining Demon Pot would not show their faces at all.

But if someone from the Twelve Phase Sect couldn't resist making a move, then, sorry, that's exactly who they were waiting for.

Unfortunately, this burly man wearing the White Tiger mask just happened to walk right into the Dongming Sect's trap.

"The Twelve Phase Sect at its Peak couldn't defeat my Dongming Sect. Now they are just stray dogs with broken spines, yet they still dare to seek trouble with my Dongming Sect. They are courting death." The Old Man with graying hair and a sharp expression spoke indifferently, holding a precious sword, ascending step by step, and in an instant, he was fighting with the burly man wearing the White Tiger mask.

Astonishing sword energy surged with vast magical power, shaking the long sky for thousands of miles, gradually fighting up to the vast sky, to the Starry Sky beyond the heavens, and finally completely disappearing above Mangniu Mountain.

Not long after, outside of Mangniu Mountain, astonishing magical power fluctuations erupted again. It was vaguely visible that the two Dongming Sect experts who had just emerged from the Refining Demon Pot were fighting with two other unknown existences, and they also fought towards the heavens.

For a time, the entire Mangniu Mountain returned to peace.

The burly man from the Twelve Phase Sect wearing the White Tiger mask came and went quickly, everything happened in an instant.

But the numerous Disciples of Doujian Peak guarding the dragon transformation fruit tree had all walked through the gates of hell; they were all sweating profusely, their faces pale.

"Those three, are they Elders from Mingjing Peak?" After a long while, a Disciple from Doujian Peak finally came back to his senses, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and asked.

He was referring to the three Dongming Sect experts who emerged from the Refining Demon Pot.

"Yes, they are the three Elders from Mingjing Peak: Gao, Shi, and Huang."

"Fortunately, the Sect's experts were prepared in advance, otherwise we would have all perished on this Mangniu Mountain today!"

The Disciples had lingering fears, but they didn't mention a word about the Sect's experts using them as bait to catch the big fish that was the Twelve Phase Sect. Those old monsters in the Sect were all cunning and often used people as bait. This was something they had long been accustomed to, and they would even be compensated with Merit Points afterward.

"I finally understand why Junior Brother Lu was always unwilling to show his face. It turns out this guy had already anticipated the danger, which is why he was hiding and refused to come out." Hou Liehu, who was like an iron tower, quietly approached Yun Zhi and whispered through voice transmission: "This kid is truly full of schemes!"

Yun Zhi glanced at the tall and strong Hou Liehu beside her and thought, 'He just has a strong sense of crisis, what does that have to do with schemes?' However, after a second thought, she realized that none of the other Disciples of Doujian Peak were as perceptive as Lu Chen, so she silently nodded: "Junior Brother Lu probably has a hundred schemes."

Lu Chen didn't know that Yun Zhi and Hou Liehu were slandering him behind his back, but he knew the danger was gone, so he silently brought his Dao Soldiers back under the dragon transformation fruit tree and began to 'absorb' the miraculous properties of the dragon transformation fruit tree.

Finally, after another two hours.

The disappeared Elder Lu Zifu and Elder Zhang Kui of Doujian Peak returned, each carrying a huge demonic head.

Elder Lu Zifu held the head of the Great Diamond Ape in his hand, while Elder Zhang Kui held a tiger head in his left hand and a snake head in his right, his body stained with demonic blood, looking full of fierce aura.

"All Disciples listen to my order, return to Doujian Peak on your own!" Elder Lu Zifu gave the command, and the Disciples of Doujian Peak roared in response, either riding their swords, or riding the wind, or stepping into the Void, and quickly dispersed completely.

Elder Lu Zifu nodded with satisfaction, then stepped through the Void, and in two or three steps, he had arrived before the dragon transformation fruit tree.

"Hmm? This dragon transformation fruit tree..." He frowned deeply, looking at the dragon transformation fruit tree before him, and fell into contemplation.

The dragon transformation fruit tree was still that dragon transformation fruit tree, still shaped like a large Azure Dragon rising into the air, as if spitting out a dragon pearl, and that dragon pearl was the 'dragon transformation fruit'.

But, the current dragon transformation fruit tree...

Seems to have withered?

Or seems to be malnourished?

Probably malnourished!

Overall, it looked like it had shrunk by a large circle, and also seemed to be withering and decaying, and even the dragon transformation fruit at the top of the tree seemed to have lost its luster and was no longer so miraculous!

But the strange thing was that this dragon transformation fruit tree was completely intact, and even the dragon transformation fruit was not missing a piece of skin!

But, why was this?

Who made this dragon transformation fruit tree like this?

Or is it that after the dragon transformation fruit produced by the dragon transformation fruit tree matures, it will wither on its own?

I haven't heard of such a thing!

Elder Lu Zifu fell into confusion, standing in the Void, contemplating for a long time. Finally, he thought for a moment, waved his hand, and uprooted the entire dragon transformation fruit tree, roots and all, and put it into the Refining Demon Pot.

When he returned to the Sect, he would send it to Danxia Peak for the fellow Disciples who refine pills to examine.

They were very skilled in cultivating spiritual medicines and strange trees like heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and they should be able to know what suffering this dragon transformation fruit tree had endured!

Deep underground back in the Dongming Sect, Lu Chen sat behind a Silver Armor Dao Soldier, full of regret: "The two Elders returned a bit too quickly, otherwise my Dao Soldiers could have 'eaten' more of the dragon transformation fruit tree!"

But it was still good, at least he got his share of the dragon transformation fruit tree...

Hmm! It's just that he might have taken a bit too much!

He definitely took more than his share... Well, maybe the Sect didn't plan to give him a share at all.

But it doesn't matter, he killed demons for the Sect and acted as bait for the Sect. Taking 'a little bit' of the useless dragon transformation fruit tree isn't too much, right?

Although he acted as bait by hiding deep underground, the guy wearing the White Tiger mask probably didn't even discover him!