A Great Crisis, Only Death Awaits

The Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree, about ten feet in size, swayed in the wind on the red earth. A beast shadow, far larger than any of the previous Fire Crystal Demonic Ape, stood guard to its side, its gaze fixed menacingly on the unfamiliar visitors in mid-air.

"Fire Crystal Ape King, this is the territory of my Dao Sect. Please leave immediately."

With strong reinforcements at his side, Yuan Fang acted quite tough.

However, considering that the Fire Crystal Ape King might go berserk and destroy the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree, they did not take immediate action but instead negotiated first.

"Dao Sect? I don't care about any damn Dao Sect or Divine Sect. Anyone who dares to steal my chance to evolve this time, don't blame me for turning my back on them."

A cunning glint flashed in the tall, beast-like figure's eyes as it raised its claws in an attack posture, intending to scare away the people from the Dao Sect.

"Insolence, Fire Crystal Ape King, you..."

Just as Senior Sister Yuan Fang was about to reprimand her, she was stopped by a figure beside her.

"Heh, how amusing. A beast at the Peak Seven Yuan Nirvana Stage dares to insult my Dao Sect. I only ask one question: Retreat or die?"

A handsome young man standing with his hands behind his back made his debut.

"Human, who are you? I have already said that once those five Immortal Yuan Ancient Fruit ripen, I can..."

A look of seriousness flashed across the Fire Crystal Ape King's beast face. Its terrifying beastly senses told it that the human before it was extremely dangerous and should get away quickly.

"Then we will not retreat."

Lin Dong didn't even look, and casually threw a punch.

Eight Extremities Fist!

This punch seemed effortless, without any fluctuation of Origin Energy, but as soon as it landed, an indescribable, fierce fist force burst forth, causing a large area of space to violently distort and tremble, and Origin Energy to rapidly flee this area.

Eight Extremities Fist High-grade Spirit Martial Arts, the signature martial art of the ancient Super Sect Eight Extremes Sect.

A Life and Death- or-death crisis instantly enveloped this world!

"Roar!!!"

The Fire Crystal Ape King, its fur suddenly bristling, let out a shrill howl. It only had time to cross its arms across its chest before its massive body was instantly blasted apart by the fierce and explosive force of the punch, and blood rained down across the sky.

"You think you can negotiate with me? You're not worthy!"

Lin Dong glanced indifferently at the pile of minced meat, his arm falling to his sides automatically.

The Fire Crystal Ape King, Peak Seven Yuan Nirvana Stage, possessed terrifying physical strength typical of beasts, enough to rival Human Race Eight Yuan Nirvana Stage. However, he was unexpectedly killed by Lin Dong with a single punch.

Senior Sister Yuan Fang and the other Dao Sect disciples finally understood why the sect praised the Desolate Hall Chief as having "extraordinary combat power."

"We cannot take the entire Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree away, as that would easily expose our location. The safest approach is to extract its seeds and bring them back to the sect to cultivate them anew."

The young girl twisted her body and appeared beside the ancient black tree, reaching out to grab it.

"Don't move it. For a wild Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree to grow to this size, it must be at least several decades old. It would be a real waste to take out the seeds and cultivate it again directly."

A long, slender hand appeared out of nowhere and grabbed the delicate, fair hand that was as white and translucent as mutton fat jade.

"... You... you let go!"

The girl, her pretty face flushed as Lin Dong held her slender hand, instinctively pulling away from his warm, large hand. She turned away and awkwardly smoothed the strands of hair that fell across her forehead.

"Then what other methods do you have? The Cosmic Bag can only store inanimate objects. Powerful Spirit Treasures that can form its own space must be at least a first-level Pure Yuan Treasure. Where are we going to find a Pure Yuan Treasure now?"

"Isn't that it?"

Without much thought, the handsome young man clenched his fist, and a black scroll radiating intense energy appeared in his hand.

"Could this be the Western Extremes Sect's Sect-Protecting Treasure — the Heaven Sealing Array Map?!"

Senior Sister Yuan Fang reacted very quickly, and soon matched it with the Pure Yuan Treasure in her memory. Lin Dong's glorious achievements had already spread Dao Sect.

"Oh right, I forgot, you stole a Pure Yuan Treasure from the Super Sect in the Western Xuan Region in the Ancient Dimension, which happened to be a spatial Spirit Treasure."

The girl in white stared blankly at the black scroll, drooling.

"Hey, I can't give you this Heaven Sealing Array Map. I have a very important use for it."

Lin Dong, feeling both amused and exasperated, reached out and waved his hand in front of the girl's eyes.

"Give it to me, and I swear I'll never ignore you again for the rest of my life."

The girl seemed oblivious, smiling as she looked at Lin Dong and spoke.

Please, please don't pay any attention to me anymore!

Lin Dong solemnly cupped his hands, turned around, and used the power of the array to lift the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree and store it within the array.

"Tch, you stingy little thing, I hate you so much~"

Ying Huanhuan pouted and muttered something under her breath, but her pretty face showed no disappointment.

The girl wasn't the greedy type; she simply enjoyed the process of bickering with the boy she liked. Of course, she wouldn't be foolish enough to admit it.

My mother once said that in matters of the heart, whoever takes the initiative first loses, so she's definitely not going to make the first move, hmph ╭(╯^╰)╮

"Buzz!"

From the slowly unfurling black scroll, a Ghostly glow suddenly shot out, enveloping the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree, which was about ten feet long. When the Ghostly glow dissipated, the black ancient tree also disappeared, leaving only a huge crater in place.

"Phew~ We finally took away the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree. Since the Heaven Sealing Array Map can completely conceal the aura of the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree, to avoid any unforeseen complications, why don't the four of us return to the sect ahead of time? After all, the sect is still five days' journey from the Blood Rock Land."

Seeing the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree being put away, the Dao Sect disciples all breathed a sigh of relief, and Jiang Kun made this suggestion.

"It's late, we have guests arriving, let's prepare to welcome them."

Just as Lin Dong was about to speak, he raised an eyebrow and suddenly looked up.

"A major force from Blood Rock Land, the Demonic Seal Collective, is forcibly breaking into our Dao Sect's territory. The outer disciples can no longer stop them, and they are rushing towards us at high speed."

At the same time, Senior Sister Yuan Fang's expression suddenly changed, and she tightly gripped a jade pendant-shaped Spirit Treasure hanging from her waist, which had just suddenly burst out with a red light.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

A violent whooshing sound arose as dozens of figures with sharp auras rapidly streaked across the sky, followed by a large number of the Dao Sect disciples in pursuit.

The Demonic Seal Collective is a group of rogue cultivators based in the Chaos Land Blood Rock Land.

The Great Leader is Yao Ling, a former disciple of the Yuan Sect and a powerful expert at the Nine Yuan Nirvana Stage. He once served as a steward of the Yuan Sect, but was expelled from the Yuan Sect for committing a serious mistake and ranked fourth on the Sect Wanted List.

The Second Leader, Thunder Blade Su Lei, is an expert at the Eight Yuan Nirvana Stage. He is skilled in swordsmanship and ranks seventh on the Sect Wanted List.

In addition, the Demonic Seal Collective has Four Core Generals, all of whom are experts at the Seven Yuan Nirvana Stage and have earned a fearsome reputation in the Blood Rock Land.

"The Demonic Seal Collective? Why are they here? Has news of the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree been leaked? This is troublesome. The sect's support may not arrive for another five days."

Jiang Kun and his companion's expressions changed simultaneously, clearly indicating that they had also heard of the strength of this group of thugs.

"Fight back, you are the only one who will die."

Lin Dong remained calm and directly stepped into the air to meet the attack.

"Yes, it's the only way. Let's go, follow Chief Seat Lin Dong, we'll fight to the death!!"

Senior Sister Yuan Fang gritted her teeth and led the Dao Sect disciples behind her to follow.