Even as Qu Chao Ci spoke, the Demonic Daoist, whose body had been torn apart, actually dragged himself over to the fruit tree using nothing but his hands.
After a brief moment of surprise, Xu Taiping's expression abruptly hardened.
"Whether those are Blight Immortal Fruits or not, we can't let that Demonic Daoist get near them!"
With that, he leaped straight off the lotus leaf beneath his feet with a boom.
"Bang!"
But before he could land on the lotus leaf ahead, the flames on it knocked him flying back.
"Clang!"
At that moment, Qu Chao Ci drew her sword, fiercely slashing at the flames enveloping the enormous lotus leaf.
"Bang...!"
Amid the tremendous crash, her slash scattered the flames enveloping the lotus leaf, but they immediately returned to their original state.
"Boom!"
Bai Yue also smashed a heavy punch into them.
But just as with Qu Chao Ci and Xu Taiping, although his punch scattered the outer layer of flames, they ultimately returned to their original state again.
Bai Yue was even nearly burned by the flames roaring toward him.
The group flew back down onto their original lotus leaf.
Their expressions were all grave.
Qu Chao Ci frowned.
"To think these flames are actually a barrier!"
Seeing Xu Taiping and the others blocked outside the barrier, the Demonic Daoist suddenly threw back his hideous face and laughed wildly.
"Although the fruits on this tree can't let us break through to the Blight Immortal Realm, eating them will at least give us the full combat power of that Star Lord Blightbone!"
"When that happens! Killing you! Will be as easy as turning over my hand!"
As he spoke, he heaved with both hands, desperately dragging his ruined body toward the fruit tree before him.
As he crawled, he continued