Demon King-Level Plant!

"Fire oil's here!"

Some people rushed to the supplies depot on the city wall as fast as they could, each carrying two wooden buckets filled with fire oil!

Chen Fan and the others drove the demons together, then relentlessly doused them with fire oil. A few torches were thrown, and the demons were instantly engulfed in roaring flames.

Sizzle sizzle!

The demons made sizzling sounds, and then countless black willow branches burst out from their orifices, quickly deflating their bodies!

"Who dares ruin my plans?"

"Courting death!"

The black willow branches intertwined, eventually forming a weeping willow covered in black branches. An old face appeared on the willow's trunk. The willow tree, surrounded by flames, continued to stretch out, seemingly unaffected by the fire!

The old face that appeared on the black willow tree trunk wore a sinister smile. In the next second, it suddenly attacked, sending countless black willow branches in all directions, coiling towards Chen Fan and the others!

"Everyone, fall back! I'll handle this!"

Chen Fan shouted, brandishing the Meteorite Iron Blade. A terrifying blade aura swept across the scene. If he were a Divine Aperture Realm martial artist, with true energy born within him, this strike would undoubtedly carry a terrifying blade qi, condensing energy into a blade, unparalleled in its terror!

Unfortunately, he was only a Divine Treasury Realm martial artist, able to only mobilize the Blood Essence throughout his body, using Blood Essence to replace true energy, unleashing this strike reminiscent of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

This strike was resolute and unstoppable, aimed directly at the black willow tree in the flames. He cleaved through countless black willow branches, harder than steel, and struck the black willow tree!

Boom!

The Meteorite Iron Blade struck the black willow tree, sparks flying, leaving a deep gash on the dragon-like trunk, from which black liquid gurgled out!

Rustle rustle rustle!

All the black willow branches that had been extended were retracted, then formed into an enormous fist, which slammed down on Chen Fan!

Chen Fan raised his blade to block, the Meteorite Iron Blade colliding violently with the black giant fist. As a result, the black willow tree's roots intertwined, forming a large black foot that kicked Chen Fan away!

The black willow tree wanted to chase after Chen Fan, but it only moved a few inches forward before stopping!

Then, countless black willow branches extended from it, like sharp arrows, piercing towards Chen Fan as he flew backwards!

"Chen Fan, be careful!"

Lu Xuening performed a sword flourish, executing an unfathomably profound sword technique. For a moment, the sky was filled with sword shadows, constantly colliding with the black willow branches.

Chen Fan landed on the ground and quickly got up, pulling Lu Xuening back with him!

"It's slow! As long as we don't get close to it, the further away we are, the weaker its attacks will be!"

Chen Fan said.

"You have some insight, but it's not enough!"

The old face on the black willow tree trunk revealed a mocking expression. The black willow tree instantly disintegrated, then transformed into four giant balls of countless intertwined black branches, rising into the air and landing in front of the four gates of Ping An County!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

The four black giant balls took root upon landing, and then a black willow tree grew from each of the four city gates of Ping An County. The black willow tree branches stretched out continuously, covering the county in their direction.

"Retreat!"

"Retreat into the city!"

Chen Fan shouted loudly, and everyone retreated into the city as quickly as they could. Behind them, the black willow tree extended countless black branches, chasing after them like a black sea of trees!

Once everyone had escaped into the city, Chen Fan and Lu Xuening each pushed one of the huge city gates shut as quickly as possible. With a loud boom, the gates were closed, and Huang Chengyue immediately dropped three bolts!

Chen Fan and the others returned to the city gate tower and discovered that the entire Ping An County was surrounded by a black forest. These black branches were climbing up the city walls, and it probably wouldn't be long before they completely submerged the walls, then moved towards the inner city, until the entire Ping An County was enveloped in this black forest.

"It wants to slaughter the entire Ping An County!"

"What exactly is this black willow tree? It can teach three Divine Aperture Realm great demons, and it can also cover the entire Ping An County on its own!"

As Chen Fan spoke, he turned his gaze to Lu Xuening.

Lu Xuening was, after all, a martial artist from Dragon Abyss Prefecture and had seen more.

"This black willow tree is too strange. It's like the Ghost Willow in legends, but the Ghost Willow is best at devouring and controlling souls."

"It also has the characteristics of the Bloodthirsty Vine, which can devour blood. I just saw our brothers who died outside the city gate being sucked into dried corpses after being entangled by the willow branches, but the Bloodthirsty Vine is a vine plant, not a willow tree."

"In addition, it can control its vines to transform into various shapes, like the Cloud-Scraping Vine."

"Its branches and leaves are as hard as steel, and their hardness is comparable to the Cloud Iron Tree."

"And now it can cover the entire Ping An County with its branches and leaves. Such methods are unheard of and unseen. Generally, only the legendary top-tier demon vines can do this."

"It's like a chimera, possessing the methods of many plant-type demons, but without their weaknesses. This is too terrifying!"

"Right now, it's at most showing the level of the Divine Aperture Realm. If it grows to a higher level and develops its advantages to the extreme, then it will definitely become the top Demon King-Level Plant."

"Now it dares to cover the entire Ping An County, treating everyone in Ping An County as nourishment. If it grows to the level of a top-tier Demon King in the future, it will dare to treat all the people of the entire Dragon Abyss Prefecture or even Cloud Province as nourishment."

Lu Xuening said with a somewhat unsightly expression.

She really didn't know how such a terrifying demon could appear in a small Ping An County. Although this demon doesn't seem so terrifying now, its growth potential is too amazing.

Once it devours all the people of Ping An County, then its strength may experience a short period of explosive growth. If it continues to cause trouble at that time, the experts of Dragon Abyss Prefecture will definitely discover the tragedy in Ping An County and be able to realize the terror of this Black Willow.

But if it is very smart, after devouring the entire Ping An County, it will lie dormant, slowly digest, and hide in the dark to improve its strength. Then, when it appears next time, I am afraid that no one in the entire Dragon Abyss Prefecture will be able to restrain it!

And now, looking back at the demonic calamity that befell all of Ping An County, it's highly likely that the Ghost Willow was manipulating things from behind the scenes.

It not only cultivated three Divine Aperture Realm thugs, but also used demons to control the entirety of Ping An County, all in an attempt to silently devour the entire county.

Not only that, but even the demons of Black Mountain have had seeds planted within them. With a single thought, the Ghost Willow can transform all the demons of Black Mountain into its nourishment.

And a demon with this kind of cunning, after pulling off a stunt like this, will definitely flee far away, not only leaving Ping An County, but perhaps even leaving the sphere of influence of Dragon Abyss Prefecture, to secretly plot its next move in another location!

If that's really the case, then it's truly too dangerous.

"This doesn't seem to be its true form."

"Its true form should still be in Black Mountain."

"That Brocade Guard brother wasn't mistaken. There really is a sun-obscuring Black Willow at the summit of Black Mountain."

"Back then, many people thought he was just frightened by the demons in Black Mountain and saw things wrong."

"But now it seems he wasn't mistaken at all. More than twenty years ago, that Black Willow was already sitting atop Black Mountain."

Huang Chengyue said with a solemn expression.