Pfft!
A fist-sized hole instantly appeared in the dark brown, wrinkled trunk of the ancient tree.
Dark green sap gushed out!
The ancient tree, more than ten zhang tall and so thick it took several people to encircle, suddenly shuddered. The thousands upon thousands of vine branches sprouting from its body began whipping about wildly as though in a fit.
They lashed against one another with crackling bangs!
An abstract, twisted face surfaced on the trunk, its pitch-black mouth stretched wide open.
As if it were letting out a soundless cry: "It hurts~"
Metal overcame wood.
Wang Chen's Gengjin Finger was rather ineffective against incorporeal Evil Spirits like Night Roaming Souls and Lantern Puppets.
It was far less formidable than the Fire Crow Technique.
But Tree Granny was different.
Its true body was an ancient tree several centuries old. After undergoing Demon Transformation, its shell had been occupied by Evil Spirits.
Nearly all of its power and essence were concentrated within its wooden body.
Thus, Wang Chen's master-level Gengjin Finger dealt Tree Granny tremendous damage.
A great quantity of tree sap—the equivalent of blood—was rapidly draining away.
Moreover, the fierce Gengjin energy continued to wreak havoc inside its body.
How could it not be in pain? How could it not be enraged?
Yet alongside its pain and fury, Tree Granny also felt profound fear!
The ancient tree Demon Cultivator had cultivated for centuries. Its true body was as hard as metal and iron; ordinary Magic Tools could hardly damage it in the slightest, and it feared neither the cleaving nor hacking of blades, swords, and axes.
Yet Wang Chen had pierced straight through it with a single strike. The sharpness of his spell made Granny tremble in fright!
This Black-tier Evil Spirit made its decision without hesitation, violently shaking its