While Bai He and Xiao Chen fled through the dense forest in disarray, Yan Qingcheng and Land stood atop a cliff before a mist-shrouded waterfall, watching several enormous treants race past in the distance. Yan Qingcheng frowned slightly.
The blond, handsome Land also showed a look of surprise.
"There are actually treants on Dragon Island! They can only be born from ancient trees that have lived for tens of thousands of years. They are the crystallization of nature. Yarold is from the Forest Clan. If he has a way to subdue a treant, his strength will likely increase greatly. He may even surpass us."
With a grave expression, Land flew into the sky, intending to see who was being chased by the treants. Suddenly, someone caught his attention.
"Huh? Why is it him? Isn't that the kid you took away back then? Why is he there, and being hunted by treants?"
Watching Bai He flee frantically beneath the treants' pursuit, Land could not help asking.
"Bai He?"
Upon hearing news of Bai He, Yan Qingcheng hurriedly spread her Undying Sky Wings and flew into the sky.
Looking toward the treants from afar, it really was Bai He! Yan Qingcheng's heart trembled, and she instinctively prepared to fly over and save him, only to forcefully suppress the impulse in her heart.
Bai He knew how to use the Undying Sky Wings. She knew that.
Against the treants chasing him, Bai He could easily escape as long as he spread his Undying Sky Wings. Yet he had remained patient and refrained from using them until now, so he must have had some plan in mind.
Afraid of disrupting Bai He's plans, Yan Qingcheng decided to watch a little longer.
Bai He wasn't too far from here. As soon as I realize he is in danger, I'll rush over immediately.
Yan Qingcheng convinced herself of this.
Because she did not know that Bai He's Undying Sky Wings had developed a problem, Yan Qingcheng decided to observe for now. Yet this happened to suit Bai He perfectly, because after they had parted, he still had not figured out how to face Yan Qingcheng again.
As they watched this unfold, Yarold and Keao, who had previously fought Bai He and the others, were also observing everything from a mountain range not far away.
The sight of the cyan treants filled Yarold with excitement, and even his voice began to tremble.
"Th-this is actually a treant transformed from a ten-thousand-year-old ancient tree, and there are three of them at once!"
Yet in the face of Yarold's excitement, Keao's heart was like stagnant water. He said nothing.
He was already crippled!
After his excitement faded, Yarold felt deeply distressed as he looked at his friend's ashen face.
"If we can subdue a treant, I'll help you do that thing and aid you in taking revenge!"
As though he had made up his mind, Yarold gently patted Keao's shoulder and comforted him.
Only then did a trace of movement flicker in Keao's dead, ashen eyes.
Bai He had already entered the Hidden Dragon Transformation state, but facing three such enormous creatures, he could not help feeling a headache.
If only the Undying Sky Wings were still usable!
Bai He could not help sighing inwardly.
By now, they had crossed more than a dozen mountain ranges in succession and alarmed countless ferocious birds and beasts, yet the three cyan treants still clung to them like shadows. They simply could not shake them off. Worse still, Bai He suddenly realized that they had been surrounded!
Boom!
A gigantic cyan foot descended from the sky. After crushing vast swaths of branches and leaves, it stomped down at him with tremendous force. Bai He circulated the dragon essence within him and leaped into the air, swiftly dodging aside. The huge foot struck the ground without losing momentum, instantly cracking the earth with fissures as the surrounding trees shuddered violently.
As Bai He rose to the treetops, a massive arm swept toward him. The arm, glowing with green radiance, was dazzling beyond compare. It was the power of nature circulating within the treant!
The cyan arm seemed forged from steel. With a rumbling crash, it swept through a row of towering ancient trees. Countless broken trunks fell to the ground, nearly burying Bai He.
On the other side, Xiao Chen's situation was equally difficult.
Zhao Lin'er was directing the other two treants to surround and attack Xiao Chen. Four gigantic hands and feet swept and stomped wildly toward him. Xiao Chen's body seemed to be burning as dazzling radiance bloomed from within him. Like leaping divine flames, he left trails of afterimages through the forest while rapidly evading the giant treants.
The cultivators secretly watching were all stunned. Treants truly were terrifying, and they were inwardly shocked.
"Xiao Chen, let's see how you escape this time!"
The Royal Heavenly Maiden, Zhao Lin'er, stood on a treant's shoulder. Watching Xiao Chen's bedraggled state, a faint smile bloomed on her exquisite face, making the flowers in the forest seem to pale in comparison.
Bang!
Amid a burst of flying dust, Bai He panted as he leaped onto another tree.
After fighting Keao with all his strength earlier, he had already been injured, and his Undying Sky Wings had nearly shattered. Though his injuries were not serious, he had fled nonstop until now, and both his body and mind were beginning to feel exhausted.
The green arm shone brilliantly as it danced through the air, sweeping away every obstacle before it. After dodging several stomps from the huge feet in succession, Bai He finally slipped up and was caught in a treant's hand.
Moo!
The treant clenched Bai He in its hand and stared at him with a pair of enormous cyan eyes. Then it let out a deep roar, sounding rather pleased.
Creak...
The cyan treant's wooden palm tightened around Bai He. He felt as though his bones were making deep creaking sounds beneath the overwhelming force.
Ah!
In agony, Bai He pushed the dragon essence within his body beyond its limits. A layer of brilliant silver-white flame surged over his body. An inexplicable scorching heat suddenly rose from his abdomen, and Bai He immediately spat out a mass of dark crimson flames.
The deep crimson flames instantly began burning upon landing on the treant's body. The treant was immediately startled and flung Bai He away, then began slapping at the flames burning over its body. But it was completely useless.
The flames only grew fiercer, and the cyan treant could not help letting out a miserable scream.
Upon hearing the scream of the cyan treant pursuing Bai He, the two treants attacking Xiao Chen could not help turning their heads to look.
After seeing the dark crimson flames blazing across its body, the two treants immediately abandoned Xiao Chen and hurried over to help extinguish the fire. Zhao Lin'er could not stop them.
Bai He landed on the ground. Seeing the treants' attention diverted, he hurriedly fled with Xiao Chen.
Looking at the dark crimson flames burning on the cyan treant's body, the other two treants did not dare touch them. They merely uprooted a giant tree and began beating at the flames, but it did nothing. Instead, after they used their green power of nature, the dark crimson flames burned even more fiercely. The two treants immediately realized they could not solve this problem.
The two treants discussed it briefly. One turned and rushed toward Treant Valley to seek help, while the other let out an angry roar and charged toward Bai He and Xiao Chen.
Not good!
Seeing the treant's fierce approach, Bai He and Xiao Chen's expressions changed, and they ran even faster.
Suddenly, a ceaselessly rushing river appeared ahead. Bai He was overjoyed and hurriedly grabbed Xiao Chen, sprinting desperately toward it.
"Stop them! Stop them quickly!"
Zhao Lin'er shouted anxiously from behind.
But it was already too late. Bai He pulled Xiao Chen into the river, and under the divine ability Overturning Rivers and Seas, white waves surged violently. The two shot away in an instant, vanishing from Zhao Lin'er's sight in the blink of an eye.
"Damn it!"
Zhao Lin'er clenched her silver teeth.
Things always turned out differently from what people expected. Zhao Lin'er felt incomparably frustrated. Victory had clearly been within reach, yet it had still fallen short at the very end.
She wanted to continue pursuing them along the river, but after seeing the surrounding terrain, she did not dare let the treants advance any farther.
For without realizing it, they had reached the edge of the tyrannosaurus's territory. It was a violent dragon overlord. Let alone ordinary treants, even the treant ancestor from the valley would likely be torn apart by the tyrannosaurus in an instant.
Looking at the river before her, Zhao Lin'er could only helplessly direct the treant before her to scoop up the river water and carry it to the treant engulfed in dark crimson flames, hoping it could extinguish the fire burning over its body.
Meanwhile, after seeing that Bai He was safe and sound, Yan Qingcheng finally let out a breath of relief.
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