No One Supports My Lofty Aspirations, I Will Tread Through the Snow to the Mountain Peak!

"We're saved!"

"Captain Lu saved us!"

"Captain Lu is truly amazing!"

The crowd cheered as Lu Xuening destroyed the bizarre black sea of trees that was about to engulf them completely.

Only Lu Xuening's face paled considerably, her expression extremely grave.

That attack, though seemingly powerful, had taken a heavy toll on her. Moreover, she had only destroyed some of the black willow branches. As long as the Black Willow's main body remained alive, these branches would come back with a vengeance. She simply couldn't unleash attacks like that more than a few times with her current strength!

However, she had managed to preserve her usefulness and buy Chen Fan some time.

Seeing the shattered black willow branches once again sweeping toward them, even faster than before, Lu Xuening's face grew even more grim.

"Chen Fan, you can do it!"

Lu Xuening said silently in her heart.

Black Mountain.

Chen Fan continued to approach the massive Black Willow tree perched atop Black Mountain.

His eyes were filled with crimson light, and the Meteorite Iron Blade in his hand emitted a terrifying black-red Blade Intent, its power unmatched!

He pushed forward relentlessly, his stamina seemingly endless, approaching the Willow Lord at the summit of Black Mountain step by step!

As he finally stood on the summit, all the demons and monsters transformed from black willow branches turned back into black willow branches, reclaimed by the Willow Lord into its main body. The black roots that had spread throughout Black Mountain also began to retract!

"No one helps me reach for the skies, so I tread through the snow to the summit myself!"

"Willow Lord, are you ready to become a casualty beneath my blade?!"

Chen Fan, clad in black, stood alone with his blade before the massive Black Willow tree, his eyes gleaming as he asked in a deep voice.

"Insolent child, boasting shamelessly. How much strength do you have left?"

"A fool like you, who doesn't know the immensity of the heavens and the earth, is destined to die young. And I will be your end!"

The massive tree began to shake violently, its black roots transforming into two giant feet, its thick trunk into a body, and its dense branches and leaves into a head. A monster covered in black scales appeared before Chen Fan!

"You're a freaking monster Gundam!"

Chen Fan couldn't help but mutter as he looked at the behemoth, but his hands didn't slow down for a moment. He leaped into the air, unleashing the Heaven and Earth One-Blade Slash, and slashed fiercely at the Willow Lord, who was nine zhang tall.

This slash carried terrifying Bloodfiend True Qi, bone-corroding and heart-searing, boundless in its terror!

Although Chen Fan had only opened thirty-six acupoints, according to the nine levels of the Divine Aperture Realm, with one hundred and eight Divine Apertures for Grand Perfection and twelve acupoints opened for each level, he was only equivalent to the third level of the Divine Aperture Realm.

However, he had mastered the Grand Perfection Blade Intent and reached the limit he could achieve in the Divine Treasury Realm. His physical body was comparable to that of a young ferocious beast. With such a terrifying foundation, he possessed the ability to defy the odds and challenge those above his level, constantly elevating his combat power!

With a thought, the Willow Lord, which had nothing in its hands originally, used black willow branches to create a thick shield, blocking in front of it to take Chen Fan's slash head-on!

Boom!

A huge explosion rang out as Chen Fan's slash broke through the Willow Lord's shield, the terrifying Blade Intent directly cutting a deep gash into the Willow Lord's body.

Swish, swish, swish!

Countless black branches and leaves immediately sprouted from the Willow Lord's body, instantly healing the wound. Then, it conjured a wooden spear out of thin air and thrust it fiercely at Chen Fan!

Chen Fan raised his hand and unleashed another slash, directly cutting the giant spear in half!

The next second.

The Willow Lord conjured eight giant arms, each holding a spear, and attacked Chen Fan from all directions!

Boom!

Chen Fan couldn't fight four hands with two fists, let alone the eight hands conjured by the Willow Lord. He was directly sent flying!

"That's all you've got. Die!"

The Willow Lord said in a buzzing voice, seeing Chen Fan at a disadvantage.

"Damn it!"

"This guy has too many tricks up its sleeve. My attacks aren't lethal to it at all!"

"Unaffected by water and fire, unafraid of blades, capable of countless transformations, with severed limbs that can regenerate. How did it evolve like this?"

Chen Fan was truly puzzled. Even top-tier demon kings had weaknesses. Flying creatures generally had weaker physical strength, while terrestrial beasts were either too slow, had weak attacks, or were intellectually challenged. Plants and trees that became demons were generally afraid of fire and had difficulty moving their main bodies.

But the Willow Lord before him looked like a black willow tree, which should belong to the plant-type demons. However, it didn't resemble a plant-type demon at all. Its huge feet, transformed from black roots, moved with great momentum. Apart from being slightly weaker in attack, it was practically invulnerable!

"I'll take a gamble!"

"Its roots and branches are ever-changing, but the trunk that makes up its body hasn't changed much, and it's covered with thick, scale-like bark. This shows that it cares about and values its trunk, and doesn't want it to be harmed."

"If I can break through its thick, scale-like bark and damage its trunk, perhaps I can break the stalemate. Otherwise, I'll be exhausted by it sooner or later."

Chen Fan thought to himself as he blocked the Willow Lord's endless attacks.

He pushed the Blood Fiend Art to its limit, his body emitting a terrifying blood mist, and the Bloodfiend True Qi within him burst forth from his dantian, surging through his eight extraordinary meridians into the Meteorite Iron Blade!

Heaven and Earth One-Blade Slash + Bloodfiend True Qi + Blade Intent + Blade Qi!

As the Bloodfiend True Qi was poured in, the Meteorite Iron Blade glowed with a black-red luster. The blade itself creaked under the strain of this terrifying power, and cracks began to spread across its surface!

"Chop!"

Chen Fan integrated all his methods into this one blade, then swept it fiercely towards the Willow Lord. The terrifying Blade Intent radiated an eerie crimson light, shattering countless black willow branches in its path. The terrifying blade directly struck the Willow Lord's trunk.

Its bark armor shattered with a sound like colliding metal. The Meteorite Iron Blade struck the Willow Lord's trunk with full force, cutting through more than half of its body.

"Explode!"

Chen Fan roared, and the Meteorite Iron Blade, embedded in the Willow Lord's trunk, shattered violently. Terrifying energy spread in all directions, blasting the Willow Lord's trunk into pieces!

Chen Fan saw a black, teardrop-shaped crystal buried within the Willow Lord's trunk, radiating terrifying energy. This energy flowed to the Willow Lord's roots and branches, causing them to grow continuously. Now, this energy was also rapidly repairing the Willow Lord's trunk!

However, Chen Fan clearly wasn't going to give it another chance. He threw away the Meteorite Iron Blade, which was now just a hilt, and threw a punch, blasting away the Willow Lord's fragmented trunk, then slammed it hard into the strange teardrop-shaped crystal!

"No!"

The Willow Lord roared at the sight, an astonishing expression flashing across its aged face.

Crack!

Chen Fan's punch sent the teardrop-shaped crystal flying from the Willow Lord's body. His fist was strong enough to shatter gold and split stone, but it didn't shatter the strange teardrop-shaped crystal. Instead, the crystal vibrated, causing his fist to crack and bleed profusely!

However, from the moment the teardrop-shaped crystal was dislodged, the Willow Lord's remains began to tremble violently, finally turning into a pile of black powder. A gust of wind blew, and it completely disappeared into the wind.

[Killed Willow Tree Demon, stole 0 years of its remaining lifespan!]