Everyone was startled when they saw Yang Zhen turn around and rush forward.
The Shameless Cat on Yang Zhen's shoulder squeaked and jumped onto Hua Youyue's shoulder as Yang Zhen turned around to roll up his sleeves. "Kid, are you crazy? Do you know how evil Blood Illusion Bronze is... Damn it!"
Buzz--!
A terrifying shockwave swept over them, enveloping everyone in the blink of an eye, including the Shameless Cat. Everyone was visibly shaken, their eyes becoming vacant.
A struggle flashed in Hua Youyue's eyes as she stared intently at Yang Zhen. A look of pain crossed her eyes, and she suddenly slammed her hand on her chest, spitting out a mouthful of blood. Regaining her senses for a moment, she looked at Yang Zhen, who was still charging forward, a hint of surprise in her eyes. She murmured to herself, " Yang Zhen, be... careful!"
After she finished speaking, Hua Youyue's face turned pale, and she stood there in a daze.
Mo Xueling and the others looked blank, walking slowly towards the ancient bronze tree like walking corpses, just like Liu Zongqi and the others.
The aura emanating from the ancient bronze tree continued to spread outwards, and everyone around seemed to have lost their minds. However, the Flirtatious Chicken on Hua Youyue's shoulder looked up at the ancient bronze tree and suddenly burst into flames, engulfing Hua Youyue and the Shameless Cat.
Hua Youyue took a deep breath, her expression gradually clearing, and glanced at Flirtatious Chicken with surprise.
"Huh?"
The Shameless Cat had been rolling its eyes, recovered and looked at the Flirtatious Chicken with Celestial Person, laughing loudly, "Well done, Flirtatious Chicken! I didn't expect you to be so secretive. This fire is interesting. What kind of fire?"
A hint of struggle flickered across the arrogant Flirtatious Chicken's face. Ignoring the Shameless Cat, she said to Hua Youyue, "Let's go!"
Hua Youyue's expression hardened as she sensed the golden flames surrounding her body. She exclaimed in surprise, " Golden Crow Fire! You... you are Golden Crow?"
Snap!
The Flirtatious Chicken rolled its eyes and fell off Hua Youyue. The Shameless Cat grabbed its tail and yelled, "Damn it, don't faint! You're such a pain in the ass! How come you're even less reliable than that Shameless Yang?"
The Shameless Cat Flirtatious Chicken, being dangled in the hands of the mean cat, glared at the Shameless Cat and tried to raise its head to tidy its feathers, which the Shameless Cat had ruffled, but failed.
boom--!
Suddenly, a tremendous power erupted from Yang Zhen, who had been charging forward. Hua Youyue, her face pale, hurriedly cried out, " Yang Zhen, don't use your True Essence!"
Yang Zhen waved his hand, then leaped into the air, creating a huge crater with a loud bang, and hurtled towards the ancient bronze tree like a cannonball.
"What kind of strength is that!" The Shameless Cat stared in disbelief, then its eyes rolled back, drool dripping onto the Flirtatious Chicken, muttering to itself, "Roast chicken, delicious roast chicken."
Seeing the Shameless Cat grab the Flirtatious Chicken and stuff it into its mouth, Hua Youyue grunted, quickly snatched the Flirtatious Chicken away, threw it aside, sat cross-legged, and her aura instantly condensed into a ball. In the blink of an eye, all her aura vanished, as if she were dead.
Yang Zhen was engulfed in flames, and the Golden Lotus Heavenly Fire crackled and roared, dispelling the surrounding red mist. However, the Golden Lotus Heavenly Fire was being consumed too quickly, and it disappeared with a pop as soon as it landed on the ancient bronze tree.
"Oh shit!"
Seeing the Golden Lotus Heavenly Fire disappear, Yang Zhen hurriedly composed himself, muttering to himself, "Amitabha, this Sage of Saunter is without desire... without desire... without desire..."
puff--!
Liu Zongqi leaped forward like a moth drawn to a flame, a satisfied smile on his face, and landed on a branch of the ancient bronze tree. He was immediately caught by the sharp, long bronze branch, and a stream of blood flowed from the wound onto the branch, emitting a strange, shimmering light, before flowing into the trunk.
Yang Zhen's face turned pale, and he cursed, "Damn it, another one's been posted!"
Buzz--!
Another terrifying shockwave emanated from the ancient bronze tree, and Yang Zhen was the first to be hit. He staggered from the impact, unable to even remain a monk. His face turned pale, and just as he was about to roll his eyes, a loud bang suddenly erupted from within his Divine Sense space, and the entire world exploded. Streams of shimmering green light surged out from Yang Zhen's body.
The sapling awoke once more, and a surge of boundless vitality coursed through Yang Zhen Yang Zhen's body, even causing green energy to rise from the top of his head.
Yang Zhen's face lit up with joy, then he asked in a sly, mischievous way, "You've turned into Super Saiyan?"
Strangely enough, under this overwhelming force of life, Yang Zhen, who had been completely blinded, suddenly regained his senses, and his perception of the bronze ancient tree was now entirely different.
Black shadows clung to the ancient bronze tree, almost invisible unless you looked closely.
These illusory figures are the ghostly things that emit mournful cries. Once someone is hanging from a tree, these dark figures rush towards that person at lightning speed and suck them dry in the blink of an eye.
Terrifying!
Upon seeing Yang Zhen charging towards them, the illusory figures emitted piercing sounds and rushed towards Yang Zhen.
Yang Zhen laughed heartily, "It's good that we can see these things."
Buzz--!
Yang Zhen's Golden Lotus Heavenly Fire erupted with terrifying energy waves once again. Streams of Golden Lotus Heavenly Fire were transformed into Gen Metal True Rune by Yang Zhen and suppressed in front of him. As expected, those phantoms stopped advancing and merely wandered back and forth, staring intently at Yang Zhen.
"What the hell is this, trying to play tricks on me Sage of Saunter?"
Both the Shameless Cat and Mo Xueling said that the strangeness of the bronze tree lies in its ability to cause hallucinations, and those who experienced hallucinations, including Mo Xueling, were probably affected by that invisible wave of energy.
Upon seeing these phantoms, Yang Zhen suddenly realized that it wasn't the bronze that caused the hallucinations; these phantoms were the real culprit.
"That makes things much easier!"
Yang Zhen's loud shout startled the dark figures, making them tremble.
With a deafening roar, terrifying waves of fire erupted from Yang Zhen's body, transforming into enormous Gen Metal True Rune with the aid of boundless vitality, rushing towards the illusory figures.
The phantom is of the yin element, formed from Evil Qi, and attached to this special bronze, which is why the ancient bronze tree turned into the Blood Illusion Bronze.
Both the Golden Lotus Heavenly Fire and the Gen Metal True Rune are powerful entities, and they have an extremely strong suppressive effect on such things.
Upon seeing the Golden Lotus Heavenly Fire forming the Gen Metal True Rune rushing towards them, the evil creatures were immediately terrified and screamed repeatedly, fleeing towards the top of the ancient bronze tree.
"Damn it, don't you dare run away!"
Yang Zhen chased after him relentlessly and climbed up in a flash.
On the ancient bronze tree, Liu Zongqi swayed and woke up. When he found himself hanging on the bronze tree, he let out a strange cry and struggled violently. He was then hurriedly rescued by his fellow disciples who had also woken up.
Even so, Liu Zongqi, whose heart had been pierced, could not survive and died soon after.
After the aura dissipated, Hua Youyue, Mo Xueling, and the others regained consciousness one after another. They looked at each other in surprise, and then all looked towards the ancient bronze tree.
"Don't run! Go ahead and try!"
"Hooray, caught one! Damn, someone so ugly trying to scare people, isn't that a bit too much?"
"Huh? There's another one here!"
Seeing Yang Zhen leaping and bounding after some dark figures, actually managing to chase those unsettling shadows all over the place, everyone stared wide-eyed in disbelief.
" Golden Lotus Heavenly Fire, Gen Metal True Rune, heavens, that's... that's the life force of the Ageless Tree?" Mo Xueling's eyes widened suddenly, staring at Yang Zhen in shock. "No wonder he wasn't affected by the Blood Illusion Bronze, this... he actually has the Ageless Tree on him?"
" The Ageless Tree?" The Shameless Cat cried out, its eyes glazed over as it stared intently at Yang Zhen. "Damn it, is that life force emanating from the Ageless Tree? No wonder I always felt it was so familiar!"
At this moment, a mournful wail, like that of Nine Netherworlds demon from the deepest hell, suddenly came from the ancient bronze tree. Immediately afterward, the entire Ageless Tree began to shake, and an enormous phantom appeared before everyone. Black energy waves swayed like a vast ocean, and a pair of scarlet eyes stared intently at Yang Zhen.
" Yang Zhen, be careful!" Hua Youyue's expression changed drastically. She leaped up, and a burst of lightning suddenly erupted from the long sword in her hand as she rushed towards Yang Zhen.
"Holy crap, what the hell is this?" The Shameless Cat's eyes widened in horror as it stared at the enormous, overwhelming phantom before it.
"Evil... Evil Shadow Black Taotie!" Mo Xueling murmured to herself, her face filled with despair.