Mystic Response True Lord (Bonus Chapter Sponsored by "Mu u")

Shen Hui manipulated the sword lights as he asked casually,

"Brother Xu, since you demonic cultivators do not cultivate true qi, what methods do you usually use when fighting?"

Xu Ye had his hands behind his back, leisurely watching the two sword lights wheel through the hall. At this, he turned and said,

"What methods could there be? Demonic cultivators are, when all is said and done, just a pack of brutes. The ordinary ones punch with their fists and kick with their feet, relying on their tough, tempered flesh to clash head-on with those cultivators."

He paused, then added,

"But powerful demonic cultivators can drive their blood qi and fleshly bodies. Regrowing severed limbs, turning blood into spears, even devouring demons and killing ghosts—none of that is particularly rare."

Shen Hui nodded thoughtfully.

He pointed at the surging green vines before them, rolling like a tide, and said,

"Then if you encountered something like this, how would you usually deal with it?"

Xu Ye scratched his head and thought earnestly for a moment.

"Pull it out of the ground?"

Shen Hui froze for a moment.

"And then?"

Xu Ye hesitated even more, rubbing his fingers together as he said,

"Then... then stomp on it a couple of times?"

Seeing his earnest yet troubled expression, Shen Hui more or less understood.

Most demonic cultivators' methods had been created to deal with cultivators.

Against creatures of flesh and blood, their fists and blood qi were indeed effective. With a mere gesture, they could tear them to pieces and devour them whole.

But these green vines before them were a plant spirit born of heaven and earth, without soul or spirit, blood or flesh. Its roots burrowed into the soil, spreading through the entire city.

If you struck it with your fists,