Ever since boarding Dongfang Minghui's pirate ship, the Heaven-Piercing Stalk had endured the misery of being crammed into a narrow space day and night, along with a gaggle of little spirit plants pestering it with questions. Worse still, those days dragged on endlessly, with no end in sight.
Unless it found the Ghost-Face Tree Spirit that had plunged it into this disaster zone.
So the instant it caught the Ghost-Face Tree Spirit's scent, the Heaven-Piercing Stalk grew wildly excited and charged straight to the front.
"Heaven-Piercing Stalk, slow down! There's a death spirit master ahead." Dongfang Minghui was dragged along by the Heaven-Piercing Stalk. The closer they drew, the louder and shriller the bell at her waist rang, grating terribly on her nerves.
"Everyone, be careful."
"Mm."
Of the six of them, everyone except Dongfang Minghui and Haoran was a light-type spirit master. As they approached, they sensed a dense death aura spreading from afar. Their opponent's spiritual energy was abundant and his presence overwhelming. He was probably no ordinary dark-type spirit master.
"You're blocking my path."
"You old monster, do your parents know you're this ugly?"
"Senior Brother, don't waste words on him. He's probably stalling on purpose while he waits for reinforcements."
"You talk too much. I want to finish him off early and get back to marrying my wife."
An immensely powerful Light-Type Energy Barrier instantly covered a ten-meter radius, with Dongfang Minghui just inside it. At the same time, Little Light, who had eaten and drunk its fill inside the space, began making a fuss, seemingly sensing the equally powerful death aura outside.
The surrounding woods met the first wave of death aura and lost their vitality in an instant. Their rich green turned ashen white in a single breath. Trees withered and vegetation wilted, leaving