Chapter 33: Chapter 33 Siege on the Centennial Tree Demon
Translator: 549690339
“Spirit Light Barrier!”
Steward Zhou Jiaqian formed seals with both hands, using his spiritual power to condense a bowl-shaped barrier in front of him, acting like a heavy stone wall.
A dozen or so vines pierced the surface of the barrier, emitting a “tingling and clanging” explosion.
But the Tree Demon wasn’t foolish, it maneuvered its vines around the barrier, continuing to stab towards everyone present.
“Challenging us all on your own, how audacious!”
Seeing this, Ye Feng reached out and easily grabbed several vines that were heading toward Misty Sect disciples.
“Earthsplitter Slash!”
At that moment, Deputy Commander Zhou Jiacai leaped up, holding the Spiritual Blade Longsword with both hands. His arm muscles bulged as he swung down with all his might.
A five-meter-long blade aura hit the ground, successfully cutting off the Centennial Tree Demon’s vines.
However, the Tree Demon was not injured and, provoked by everyone’s interference, its body swelled to five meters high, with both hands transforming into massive wooden hammers, smashing down on the crowd.
“Quick, dodge!”
Everyone hastily retreated.
“The Tree Demon should be afraid of fire, use fire attacks!”
Mo Ying spoke rationally and then, she cast the spell “Glittering Sword Qi,” controlling the sword to cut down.
“Fiery Cloud Palm!”
Shi Lei, Huo Yunjie, and Li Jiaojiao acted simultaneously, exerting their full force to unleash this spell, creating a blaze of fiery flames.
“Falling Petals in Profusion!”
Jia Yulan formed seals with her hands, and countless petals, sharp as blades, also flew towards the Centennial Tree Demon.
The others joined in the attack as well.
Two Qi Refinement ninth level, a few Qi Refinement seventh level, plus the Guard Squad members like Wang Dachui who arrived upon hearing the news, dozens of spells were released at the same time.
Even though the Centennial Tree Demon was strong, it was still blasted away by everyone’s spells, its body cracked open, crashing through the brick wall of the Zhou Family Courtyard and landing on the street.
Ye Feng and the others pursued, only to find the Centennial Tree Demon lying in the rubble, motionless, most likely dead.
The crowd looked around.
On the street, many injured people lay scattered, some were members of the Black Armored Guard, others were passersby.
Just now, it was they who had mounted the first line of defense, but alas, they had been heavily injured, and some had even fallen.
“Strange, how could this Tree Demon bypass our Whitefloat City’s defenses and appear here?”
Ouyang Hao wore an expression of worry and confusion.
Whitefloat City was a One-Star city with strict security. If someone could so easily breach the defenses, then this place was no longer safe.
“Look over here!”
Long Tianxing waved to the others and pointed to a pit beside the street, “I’ve found residual spiritual energy patterns here that are very close to the aura of the Tree Demon.”
The rest quickly activated their Spirit Eyes. Observing the newly dug pit, they indeed saw faint traces of spiritual energy, which must have been left just recently.
“Worthy of the Blue Spirit Eyes, your observation is meticulous,” Ye Feng said, looking at Long Tianxing with an appreciative gaze.
He walked over, pointing at the roadside trees on both sides of the street, “Steward Zhou, these trees surrounding us wouldn’t happen to all have been transplanted from outside the city, would they?”
Zhou Jiaqian was taken aback.
How would he know such trivial matters?
“I remember now! These trees were only planted here this morning. I heard they were going to plant more trees on both sides of the road to beautify the streets,” the Old Madam Zhou recalled, “I got up early this morning, and while taking a walk with the maid, I happened to see a group of strangers planting trees. I asked them casually and only now do I remember.”
Hearing this, everyone’s expression changed.
“Could it be a coincidence?”
Zhou Jiaqian muttered.
Ye Feng looked around, deep in thought.
“The Centennial Tree Demon was dug up and then transported here, and it did not awaken until now without being discovered by anyone during the process—I’m afraid there’s something fishy going on.”
“The Tree Demon arrived in town this morning, at that time, no one knew that our Misty Sect would come to the Zhou Family.”
“So, if this is not a coincidence, it must be a conspiracy against the Zhou Family.”
“Our Misty Sect seems to have been caught up in it by accident.”
Thinking of this, Ye Feng secretly worried for the Zhou Family.
He felt that this was most likely a scheme. As for who was behind it, that remained unknown.
Crack!
Suddenly, the Centennial Tree Demon that had fallen to the ground made a sound of wood breaking—it actually stood up again. A large amount of wood fell from its surface, revealing a half-human height of grey demonic fog that churned incessantly.
“It’s the soul body of the Tree Demon.”
“Be careful not to let it possess you!”
The Zhou Family Brothers each made a statement, unleashing their strongest auras, ready to block the soul body of the Tree Demon.
Thud!
The Tree Demon’s soul body ignited with a strange flame, and suddenly, the people on the entire street felt as if they were being watched by a fearsome beast, their scalps tingling instantly.
This was the Tree Demon’s soul body selecting its possession target!
In the next moment, the Tree Demon’s soul body moved.
It flew straight toward the Little White Fox in Li Jiaojiao’s arms, attempting to possess it.
“Don’t let the Tree Demon’s soul body touch you; otherwise, your own soul will also be injured,” Zhou Jiaqian loudly reminded.
“Ah!”
The Little White Fox, targeted by the Tree Demon’s soul body, exploded with fur on the spot and huddled trembling in Li Jiaojiao’s arms.
“Dare to mess with the Mountain Guardian Spirit Beast of our Misty Sect, are you looking for a beating?”
Ye Feng’s figure dashed forward, stood in front, and with a push of his hand, he summoned the Spirit Origin Clock, which expanded to two meters in height. With a “clang,” he trapped the soul body of the Tree Demon inside.
Because of the special sealing function of the Spirit Origin Clock, the Tree Demon’s soul body quickly fell asleep, turning into a special flame that hovered beside the contracted form of Brother Flathead.
Ye Feng beckoned, retrieving the Spirit Origin Clock.
“What kind of Spiritual Artifact is this? It can even capture the soul body of a Centennial Tree Demon,” Zhou Jiaqian said with a shocked face.
“This is our Misty Sect’s sect-guarding Spiritual Artifact; its power is decent,” Ye Feng said.
Hearing this, Zhou Jiaqian scratched his head.
He had heard before that the Misty Sect was very poor. Now it seemed that all those were rumors. How could a very poor sect possess such a special Spiritual Artifact?
However, Zhou Jiaqian didn’t think too much about it and clasped his hands toward Ye Feng, saying, “Thanks to Sect Master Ye for taking action just now. Otherwise, once the Tree Demon’s soul body possessed someone or escaped, our Zhou Family would surely be severely punished by the Deputy City Lord.”
“No need to be polite.”
Ye Feng looked up at the bright moon in the sky, then around, and felt there were no other Tree Demons, so he said, “It’s also getting late; we should return to the sect.”
“Alright.”
Zhou Jiaqian nodded his head.
With the attack from the Centennial Tree Demon tonight, he and Zhou Jiacai had many matters to deal with, such as reporting the situation to the Deputy City Lord and investigating those who planted the trees; they could no longer afford to continue entertaining the guests.
“Farewell!”
Ye Feng led the Misty Sect disciples away, soon departing through the East City Gate.
An hour later.
Ye Feng lay on the roof of the Sect Leader’s Great Hall, basking in the cool night air, his hands under his head, ready to sleep.
“Ding, detected that the Sect Prestige Value has exceeded 100, side mission activated.” The System’s notification suddenly rang in Ye Feng’s mind, startling him.
“Damn it! Is this Dog System trying to scare me to death?”
Ye Feng rolled his eyes, but then he saw several lines of faint blue text appear in his line of sight.
[Side Mission: Raise the Sect Prestige Value to 1000]
[Mission Deadline: One Month]
[Mission Reward: The Sect receives a slight Fate Blessing, all living beings’ cultivation speed increases by one-third, breakthrough difficulties decrease by one-third; Small Gift Pack × 1]