Descends Upon the Battlefield

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had made far too grand a show of force—so grand that even she, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form, knew about it perfectly well.

A group of Titled Douluo had entered the Star Dou Great Forest to encircle and suppress a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?

Although she knew that Soul Beast was neither Da Ming nor Er Ming, she was still worried that something might happen to the two of them.

After all, the Soul Beasts all understood what humans were like.

What if, after hunting that tree, they went looking for trouble with Da Ming and Er Ming?

After all, no one could refuse a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.

It was precisely because she was worried about Da Ming and Er Ming's safety that she had come to the Star Dou Great Forest, even at the risk of deceiving Tang San.

As their big sister, she had to make sure her two little brothers were safe!

And she had to see them with her own eyes before she could rest easy.

When everyone heard Xiao Wu say this, they looked at one another. Though there were countless suspicious points, no one exposed her.

There was no other reason: Tang San was currently standing beside Xiao Wu with a resolute expression.

Clearly, Tang San believed her.

Even if only to give Tang San some face, they could not say much more.

And what if Xiao Wu was telling the truth?

Their academy had already lost Teacher Zhao Wuji. They could not afford to lose another Soul Sage.

Ning Yao, who had listened to everything from the side, found it rather curious.

Even so, he did not give it much thought.

He did not want to move, did not want to meddle, and did not want to get involved.

After listening for so long, although Xiao Wu had not said it outright, he could more or less guess why she had come based on her clumsy excuse.

After all, this lie was far too fake before him, the instigator who had acted against Flender.

How could there possibly be medicine in this world capable of curing Abundance?

"Still, I wonder whether that Titan Giant Ape is alive."

Following Xiao Wu's train of thought, Ning Yao recalled what he had done when he had first descended upon the Douluo Continent.

That Titan Giant Ape had suffered rather miserably.

It was impossible for it to die. The power of Abundance itself represented immortality.

But if that power could not be controlled, the consequences it brought would only be more terrifying than death.

Either it would lose its mind, or it would reach a state where it could neither live nor die.

He wondered what Xiao Wu would think when she saw the Titan Giant Ape's condition.

Ning Yao briefly sensed the surroundings and could still feel the power that had separated from him deep within the Star Dou Great Forest.

And it was still active.

The Titan Giant Ape was clearly still alive in the Core Zone.

It was just that...

After sensing it a little more closely, Ning Yao's lips curled upward slightly.

Sure enough, he still could not use too much force when applying his power to native creatures of these lower planes.

Let Xiao Wu see for herself what her dear little brother looked like now.

Shaking his head slightly, he was unwilling to continue wasting time.

With a flash, he vanished from where he stood.

They might have a chance to meet during this trip, but definitely not now.

For now, his target was the tree he had casually enlightened.

Just moments ago, he had sensed not only the bizarrely shaped Titan Giant Ape, but also the location of that Withered Wood.

And that Withered Wood seemed to be fighting.

Soon, after accelerating all the way, Ning Yao entered the Mixed Zone from the outskirts.

Following the direction of the sensation in his heart, he continued onward.

It seemed Withered Wood had listened to him quite well. He had told it not to move, and it truly had not shifted from its spot for so long.

Perhaps he should have ordered Withered Wood to plant itself in the Core Zone back then. Otherwise, there would not have been so much trouble.

Ning Yao regretted it somewhat. This time, he had brought trouble upon himself.

Before long, after flying some more distance, he could already sense waves of energy fluctuations coming from ahead.

"So it really is them."

Slowing down, Ning Yao looked ahead.

There stood a gigantic tree, hundreds of zhang tall.

A group of humans was attacking it.

There were Soul Douluo and Titled Douluo among them. They were precisely Ning Fengzhi's group, who had come to subdue it.

But the longer Ning Yao watched, the more he felt that he had come at the right time.

He had not underestimated these people after all.

They could not inflict the slightest real damage on Withered Wood.

Their soul skills and attacks landed upon Withered Wood. Although some powerful attacks could leave wounds on its body, those wounds would heal the very next second.

At first, relying on their dense barrage of soul skills, Ning Fengzhi and the others could still gain a slight upper hand.

But as time passed, they began to struggle.

"Ning Fengzhi! Damn it, didn't you say this was just an ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?!"

"Tell us, what the hell is this thing? Why can't it be killed at all?!"

After being sent flying several meters by a heavy lash from a branch, Dugu Bo coughed up a mouthful of blood. Unable to endure it any longer, he turned and pointed at Ning Fengzhi behind him, who held the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, roaring furiously.

Ning Fengzhi was equally embarrassed at this moment.

His brows were tightly furrowed, and he did not even have the time to respond to Dugu Bo's harsh questioning.

Forget Dugu Bo—even he wanted to curse.

What the hell was this thing?

It could not be killed. It simply could not be killed.

No matter who attacked, even wounds left by Chen Xin and Yu Yuanzhen's full-force strikes would be completely restored by this giant tree in less than a minute.

And every time a wound healed, they felt as though the tree had grown stronger.

This was absolutely not an ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Ning Fengzhi's mind had gone numb.

He had already imagined why Spirit Hall had remained so quiet, neither acting nor saying a word.

They must have known long ago that this was a massive trap!

They had thought they could end the battle easily, but after several rounds of relentless bombardment, Ning Fengzhi was already starting to feel drained.

Buffing so many people at once was simply too much for him, who was only a Soul Sage.

At this moment, his range of enhancement had narrowed from everyone present to the five Titled Douluo.

And now, he had even kicked out Dugu Bo, whose combat strength was the weakest.

This was also one of the reasons Dugu Bo was pointing at Ning Fengzhi and cursing.

Without Ning Fengzhi's enhancement, life had become even harder for him, already weak as he was.

Before the giant tree, he had practically reached the point where he could not take a single step forward.

Yet he could not leave now. After all, Prince Xue Xing had saved his life, and he had promised Xue Xing that he would come.

If he left now, aside from disgracing the Heaven Dou imperial family, he himself would only gain a reputation for being greedy for life and afraid of death in the Soul Master world.

But just as Dugu Bo prepared to wipe away the blood and rejoin the battlefield, his entire body was suddenly enveloped in a green radiance.

The same was true for everyone on the battlefield.

This included several Soul Douluo who had been beaten half to death and lay unconscious on the ground.

At first, the Titled Douluo thought it was another one of the giant tree's methods.

That was until they discovered that, aside from being impossible to dispel, the green light seemed to be continuously healing their wounds and restoring their depleted Soul Power.