"Who dares hurt my husband!" A shrill, frenzied cry rang out across the mountain range from the dense forest in the distance. Lu Xiaotian and the others fled toward the distance without even looking back.
The strange woman had just cried out several times, and from farther away, a faint answering cry sounded.
"Oh no, that tree demon is summoning its kin!" Their expressions changed all at once. Suddenly, it seemed as if the entire forest in the distance had come alive. Some tree demons, rooted in the ground, charged toward them in the form of towering trees, closing in from all sides. Others took human or half-human, half-demon forms and darted through the dense forest.
"Brother Tiance, help me!" Their whereabouts had already been exposed, so He Wenlou had no time to worry about anything else. He roared and once again brought out the Red Bull Glazed Gold Vase. The vase tipped over, and amid the bellowing of bulls, a vast amount of Bull Spirit Golden Flame turned the surrounding area into a sea of fire.
Shu Tiance brought out his wind-blowing conch. Taking advantage of the moment, he blew into its flared opening and sent the sea of fire surging forward at great speed.
Screams erupted at once. The numerous tree demons charging toward them had not expected the sea of fire to advance so quickly. Caught off guard, many of them were engulfed in the flames.
Fire overcame metal, but it was just as effective against most tree demons. He Wenlou's spirit fire was immensely powerful, even surpassing Lu Xiaotian's Brahma Flame. The tree demons screamed again and again as they burned.
Lu Xiaotian brought out his Blood Astral Battle Armor and took the opportunity to dart into the sea of fire. Using the Blood Astral Escape,