Yan Chixia saw the strange man, and his expression changed slightly:
"Millennial Tree Demon!"
"Yan Chixia."
The Millennial Tree Demon was none other than the Tree Demon Matriarch. She let out a long, strange laugh, her voice sounding both male and female. It was extremely grating and shrill.
After hearing it a few more times, ordinary people would be unable to stop themselves from feeling dizzy.
"Are you still going to protect that impoverished scholar behind you today?"
"What are you trying to do?"
Yan Chixia drew his sword and said warily:
"You damned old hag, if you dare kill someone right in front of me, I absolutely won't let you off!"
"Heh heh, hahaha..."
The Tree Demon Matriarch first chuckled softly, then threw back her head and laughed loudly:
"Yan Chixia, you stinking Taoist with your ox nose, your temper and disposition are still exactly the same as they were years ago! I'll make this clear today. Ning Caichen and that young man behind you must both be handed over. Otherwise, I'll eat you along with them!"
"You want to eat me too?!"
Yan Chixia laughed furiously:
"I'm only afraid you don't have the ability!"
"If this had been before, perhaps I really wouldn't have been able to do anything to you. But now I have helpers!"
The Tree Demon Matriarch pointed left and right:
"Do you see them? They're all peerless experts who have come from beyond the realm! Every one of them has received guidance from Black Mountain! Their cultivation is unfathomably deep. With these eight helping me, do you think you still have any chance of winning?!"
Yan Chixia's eyes gleamed as he looked over. He was startled by what he saw.
That was because every one of the eight possessed an aura as deep as