Thorn Tumor and the eighteen Thorn Tumor Bugs had become synonymous with death on the battlefield. Countless people had died beneath their spikes. After so many experts from Death Hill had pursued and surrounded them, it had still taken the combined efforts of Xiang Siyu and Li Guo to track them down.
Thorn Tumor was difficult to deal with. Ni before him and Hua Yan had been difficult opponents too, but there were few powerful Green Immortals like them. This was the Nine Heavens Universe's home ground, and every one of them would eventually be dealt with. The remaining problem was the vast number of bugs. They had brought tremendous suffering to the Nine Heavens Universe, because far too many ordinary cultivators—and even mortals—had died at their hands. Though cultivators protected the mortal cities, the collateral damage still claimed many lives.
Smoke and bloodshed filled the land.
Across the vast Nine Heavens, blood could be seen everywhere. Above the starry sky, Lu Yin continued to wear away at Chang's Eternal Life Substance. Chang roared furiously, demanding a contest of strength, but how could Lu Yin agree to one in these circumstances? Even if he possessed Eternal Life Substance too, this wasn't how to use it.
There was no point in wasting it like this.
Chang glared at Lu Yin. "Human, do you know what will happen when your Mother Tree is toppled?"
Lu Yin frowned. "You can try and find out."
Chang halted, Eternal Life Substance clinging to his body. His powerful aura pressed down over the heavens, swallowing clouds and wind. Then, to Lu Yin's shock, pale white streams of air emerged from beneath Chang's scales, surrounding him like a veil of clouds.
It looked utterly sacred.
"Life Qi," Lu Yin said in a low voice.
Master Cao had