Integrating Realm Creature

The white snow faced away from the wind and snow, calmly gazing at the three people, "Students from the starry sky, your battle skills are not bad."

"Who exactly are you? You can't be a native; natives could never crush the three of us. We are all elites from various academies," that person said in disbelief.

Bai Xue's eyes were bright, more crystalline than diamonds, "Please mark the northeast in blue. I don't want this area to be disturbed."

The student painfully closed their eyes and resignedly activated their personal terminal. In a short while, on the network, the northeastern region turned blue.

Lu Yin and Granny set off that very night. They rested for a while a hundred kilometers north of Jinling, then continued heading north.

At this moment, they had arrived at Wei County, Shandong.

"Huh, the northeast has turned blue," Granny exclaimed.

Lu Yin was surprised. Had Bai Xue been defeated?

Before Lu Yin could think further, an incomparably huge tree appeared between heaven and earth ahead. It looked like a willow tree, with branches stretching over a thousand meters. Countless branches covered the sky, engulfing the entire Wei County, even extending to the surrounding roads and villages.

Lu Yin and Granny stopped immediately, instinctively probing their combat power.

"Four thousand two hundred and ninety," the two exclaimed in unison. This was Integrating Realm combat power. The mutated giant tree before them was an Integrating Realm creature.

"Go around it," Lu Yin decided instantly, wanting to avoid it.

Suddenly, several branches stretched out from the river below, lashing at Lu Yin and Granny. Lu Yin pushed Granny away and dodged himself. The branches lashed towards the high altitude, tearing through the air with a loud sound.

Granny felt lingering fear. If Lu Yin hadn't pushed her away just now, she would have taken the attack from an Integrating Realm creature.

"Go around, bypass it!" Lu Yin shouted.

As he spoke, countless branches attacked from all directions. Although the two were still a considerable distance from the mutated giant tree, they were still within its attack range.

It was difficult to bypass the giant tree now. If they took the area attacked by the giant tree as a radius, it would take them at least ten seconds to go around, and that was a conservative estimate. The giant tree would not let them pass smoothly, especially Granny. It would be difficult for her to bypass it with her speed.

Lu Yin moved through the air. Seeing Granny struggling to keep up, he struck out with a palm, the Void Splitting Palm deflecting the branches. He rapidly rushed to Granny's side, grabbed her, and charged directly towards the mutated giant tree.

"Are you crazy?" Granny exclaimed in shock. As she watched the giant tree ahead get closer and closer, countless branches like giant pythons soared into the sky. She could vaguely see piles of white bones on the ground, which was extremely terrifying.

Lu Yin said in a deep voice, "Look behind you."

Granny looked back, her face turning ashen. Their escape route had been blocked by a wall formed by endless green branches, leaving them with no retreat.

"It's over, an Integrating Realm creature. We're dead," Granny said mournfully.

Lu Yin's gaze swept coldly around. One branch after another lashed out. Lu Yin skillfully dodged, occasionally using the branches' momentum to advance a great distance. At this moment, he was less than three thousand meters from the main body of the mutated giant tree. The closer he got, the more he could feel the immense size and terror of this giant tree. Its energy distorted the void and blotted out the sun.

Lu Yin was fortunate that he wasn't facing an intelligent creature. Although this mutated giant tree was powerful, its attacks were purely instinctual. This allowed him to keep Granny safe for now, but he wouldn't be able to hold on for long.

Granny took out more than ten Flame Crystals from her Void Ring and threw them down. Flames ignited from the ground.

Lu Yin was speechless, "You still want to burn it?"

Granny said bitterly, "Let's try. Maybe it's afraid of fire."

There was nothing wrong with that statement; plants being afraid of fire was only natural. However, looking at the giant tree that blotted out the sky before them, setting it ablaze would require at least a volcanic eruption. The Flame Crystal mines outside Jinling City wouldn't be enough.

Lu Yin didn't have time to argue with Granny. His gaze sharpened. Was that... a person?

Beneath the mutated giant tree, a black dot darted left and right, then grew larger. Like Lu Yin and Granny, it was a person.

That person was even closer to the giant tree than they were, constantly retreating and dodging the attacks from the branches.

"So strong," Granny exclaimed. She didn't think she could withstand the branches' attacks. If it weren't for Lu Yin, she would already be dead. But the person in the distance was clearly at ease, looking very relaxed.

The moment Lu Yin saw the person clearly, his gaze turned cold. It was that silver-haired man.

Under the moonlight, his Full Power Heavenly Star Palm was neutralized by a beautiful Butterfly knife. Lu Yin would never forget this scene. He could heavily injure Teres in the Gaze Realm with the Heavenly Star Palm. After reaching the Probe Realm and unleashing his Full Power Heavenly Star Palm, it was actually neutralized. Moreover, he hadn't attacked voluntarily at that time; it was the opponent's killing intent that forced him to go all out. At that moment, he was completely passive, unable to even gauge the opponent's strength.

"Yo, classmate, we meet again," the silver-haired man's eyes lit up when he saw Lu Yin, and he greeted him with a smile.

Granny was confused. Did they know each other?

Lu Yin dodged a branch strike and said calmly, "What a coincidence."

The silver-haired man lightly dodged a branch, "It's no coincidence. I've been trapped for some time. If you were heading north, there was a high chance you'd run into me. Fate, huh?"

"You knew we were heading north?" Lu Yin raised an eyebrow, puzzled.

The silver-haired man said matter-of-factly, "Of course. I also know your destination, it must be the Capital City, right?"

Lu Yin narrowed his eyes, guessing who this person was, perhaps one of the strongest from an academy as Ye Ge had mentioned.

"Be careful!" Granny exclaimed. Dozens of branches lashed out from all directions towards the silver-haired man. The silver-haired man smiled kindly at Granny, and a beautiful Butterfly knife inexplicably appeared in his right hand. He flicked it in a dazzling display, charging towards the branches. With a light whoosh, the branches were pierced. The silver-haired man emerged unscathed. He looked back at Granny with a smile, then provocatively at Lu Yin.

Lu Yin held Granny tightly. Under Granny's terrified gaze, he raised his palm and struck the attacking branches. Stars appeared with his palm. Under that single palm strike, the branches exploded. Lu Yin emerged equally unscathed.

"I didn't sleep well last night. I used three parts of my strength," Lu Yin said calmly.

The silver-haired man curled his lips, "I used two parts of my strength."

"I misremembered, I used one part of my strength," Lu Yin retorted without backing down.

The silver-haired man snorted, "I used half a part of my strength."

Granny was speechless. Were these two competing? At this critical juncture?

For some reason, facing the silver-haired man, Lu Yin felt an indescribable sense of crisis, as if that Butterfly knife were hanging over his head, ready to fall at any moment. He unconsciously wanted to make this person wary. Only by keeping him guessing would he not act rashly.

Countless branches appeared again from all directions, sealing off the space.

Lu Yin said lightly to the silver-haired man, "Let's team up and attack its main body. Otherwise, this will never end."

The silver-haired man nodded, "I was too tired from playing the last few days. Otherwise, I could have dealt with it myself."

Lu Yin said lightly, "If I weren't in a hurry to get somewhere, I'd want to test my palm strength on it."

The silver-haired man's lips curved up. He stomped on a whipping branch and charged towards the giant tree's main body.

Lu Yin threw Granny towards the ground flames, "Be careful yourself," he said before also charging towards the giant tree's main body.

Neither of them was far from the giant tree's main body, arriving in the blink of an eye.

Integrating Realm surpasses Probe Realm and is an important step in cultivation. Reaching Integrating Realm proves one has initially become powerful and touched the limits of the human body. Cultivators at this stage will remain for a long time until they break through the limits of the human body to enter the next realm.

Ordinary student elites are in Probe Realm, with few reaching Integrating Realm. Students who can fight creatures in Integrating Realm while in Probe Realm are even rarer. Although the giant tree is not an intelligent being, it is too enormous, and its energy is vast. Defeating it is more difficult than defeating an ordinary creature in Integrating Realm.

The silver-haired man's butterfly knife flashed with white light, turning into a meteor and charging towards the giant tree.

Lu Yin unleashed Heavenly Star Palm with full power. Faintly, the prototype of another star began to appear. This was the second star. Once formed, its power would surge again.

The two attacked the giant tree's main body almost simultaneously. The butterfly knife and Heavenly Star Palm struck the same spot. The giant tree's sturdy surface gradually cracked, and then with a bang, the two pierced through the giant tree, flying out hundreds of meters before hovering in mid-air and looking back.

The massive mutated giant tree slowly fell, countless branches crashing down, crushing the ground and covering the rivers.

Lu Yin and the silver-haired man simultaneously turned to look at each other. In the instant of their attack, they both felt the other's power, and this time it was clearer than before.

This person has become stronger, the thought appeared in both their minds simultaneously.

On the other side, Granny was the most shocked. Mutated plants were difficult to dodge and even harder to kill due to their strong defense. Although she hadn't fought Willow, she was certain that Willow would have no ability to harm this giant tree. Yet, those two could do it. They were comparable to, or even surpassed, the strongest in the academy.