"It's him!"
Hidden in the shadows after meeting up with Huo Ling'er and the others, Shi Hao, the Bi Fang Divine Bird, and the Heaven-Splitting Demon Butterfly recognized the one who had struck. It was Yang Jian, the First Generation suspected of coming from the Upper Realm.
"Come on, let's steal the Monkey Essence you found first. It's too dangerous here. We'll come back in a while and wait for our chance."
Shi Hao spoke.
In the distance, someone had successfully obtained a Silver Peach, further inflaming the Native Inhabitants' King-Sealing experts who had joined forces to seize the Silver Peach Trees.
Bloody light soared into the sky like a celestial maiden scattering flowers. A towering, blood-red ancient tree burst out of the earth. It had intended to sneak over underground, but the Array Patterns had blocked it, forcing it to reveal itself. Its earth-burrowing ability was too weak. Long spears that looked as though they had been forged from the finest Crimson-Blood Jade King blazed with crimson radiance. Hundreds upon thousands of glowing roots stabbed at the Divine Monkey King at once, while one or two roots wound toward the Silver Peach Trees like coiling dragons.
The Iron-Blood Ancient Tree was a descendant of plant-type fierce plants, born with intelligence. Its temper was as explosive as the monkey's, and it was fiercely combative and immensely powerful. Its entire body seemed like a treasure artifact. Its sharp roots, branches, and leaves all shone, bloody light surging into the heavens as countless blood-red and golden runes spilled out and branded the void. Born with the powers of metal, wood, and earth, it was a mighty being that even many primordial remnants were unwilling to provoke in battles within the same realm.
The Divine Monkey King was furious. The colorful bird beneath