As his words fell, Huang Lao Jiu's hand seals flickered. The mottled, ancient Wine Gourd at his waist swelled against the wind, its mouth spewing jade-colored wine mist. Within that mist came the thunderous roar of primordial giant trees growing.
A towering tree rose from the chaotic fog, its trunk more than a hundred zhang high. Its bark was covered in dragon-scale-like crystals that gave off a dark metallic sheen, as if the entire tree had been cast from bronze.
"Crack, crack, crack—"
Vines lashed out from the tree itself. They looked as supple as swimming serpents, yet they were in fact sharper and tougher than flying swords!
"Clang, clang, clang!"
Chen Sanshi swung his magical treasures, batting away the vines striking from every direction. The deafening sound of metal being hammered rang out, sending dazzling sparks bursting through the air.
Sky Burning Flames!
The crimson blaze inside him erupted once more, but it failed to burn the vines to ashes. It merely scorched them red-hot, as though magical artifacts were being tempered in a furnace.
Magical treasure, Crimson Wutong Bronze Wood!
The tree Huang Lao Jiu had deployed was a special magical treasure refined from a Golden Core tree demon. It contained bronze gold essence, so although it was a Wood Attribute treasure, it also possessed the characteristics of metal and did not fear flames.
Having lost the advantage of the Five Elements' restraint, how could Chen Sanshi, relying on the mana of an Early Golden Core cultivator, possibly prevail head-on against a Late Golden Core cultivator? He quickly fell into a disadvantage in the contest of strength, plummeting from the sky and crashing heavily into Jinyu Peak's main hall. His Glazed Golden Body smashed a massive hole through the entire structure.
He knelt on one knee atop the