It suppressed its urge to attack immediately, instead choosing to first sternly drive away the uninvited guest, testing its strength—was it all bark and no bite, or truly invincible?
Upon hearing this, Li Qingshan said no more.
The figure then faded and blurred in the starry sky like ripples on water, about to disappear.
He was only passing by to observe the alien landscape, and seeing his master's displeasure, he naturally left.
However, just as Li Qingshan's figure was about to completely disappear into the Void and his aura was almost completely concealed...
Fellow Daoist, please wait.
The suppressed greed in the eyes of the Ancestral Tree Saint finally burst forth, transforming into a fierce glint of light! It had seized upon the moment when the opponent relaxed their guard and was about to flee, believing this to be the perfect opportunity for a surprise attack!
A thunderous roar, imbued with a spiritual impact, suddenly exploded out. At the same time, its immense saintly aura spread out like countless tentacles, violently stirring the Void and attempting to interrupt Li Qingshan's escape technique!
Ripples violently spread across the starry sky, forcibly disturbing the spatial structure.
Li Qingshan's figure, which was about to disappear, paused slightly and became clear again.
He stood still, his gaze turning icy as he looked at the Ancestral Tree Saint: "I have already left, what else is there?" His voice was calm, yet he could clearly sense the undisguised malice and scheming in the other's locked aura.
Seeing that the interruption was successful, the Ancestral Tree Saint's face became even more ferocious, its jaws agape revealing fangs as sharp as jade daggers, and its eyes no longer concealing their malice. "Spying into the Saint Realm and offending the Primordial God, do you think this is a place you can come and go as you please? What kind of place is my Primordial God Star! Considering this is your first offense, if you are willing to obediently come with me to the Ancestral Land and sincerely kowtow and offer sacrifices to the Primordial God Mother, perhaps I can redeem your sin of blasphemy and spare a bit of your true spirit!" Its massive arm rose, carrying an undeniable sense of oppression, pointing directly at Li Qingshan.
Li Qingshan's gaze became completely calm, as deep and still as an ancient, icy pool, without the slightest ripple.
"Is that so?" His tone was so flat it betrayed no emotion, he merely raised his eyes slightly. "And if I don't want to?"
"Unwilling?" The Ancestral Tree Saint let out a low, cruel laugh. The emerald-green holy power around him erupted like a boiling ocean, stirring up the surrounding starry sky for tens of thousands of miles, staining it with an eerie green light. "Then I will personally capture you, refine you into a living sacrifice, and offer you to the Primordial God Mother!"
Before the words were even finished, it had already launched its attack! There was no longer any secrecy or concealment; it was a naked and blatant assault!
A giant hand covered with thick, dragon-scale-like tree bark instantly expanded, transforming into a Shrouding the Heavens, emerald-green claw shadow. It tore through the vacuum, accompanied by a sharp, piercing whistle and a dense, corrosive force of vegetation, as it slashed down towards Li Qingshan!
Before the claws even arrived, the sealing and devouring power contained within had already enveloped the area, intending to imprison the space and cut off all of Li Qingshan's escape routes!
This attack, long prepared, was ruthless and decisive, determined to achieve victory in one fell swoop. At the same time, its massive body expanded again in the starry sky, and countless thick jade roots frantically absorbed energy from the Void and the planet below, transforming into two giant wooden pythons spanning tens of thousands of miles. Their bark was cracked, spewing out a thick, dark green sap with strong corrosive and sealing power, which enveloped Li Qingshan before the pythons. Wherever it passed, even the starlight was dyed green and solidified.
Li Qingshan's eyes turned cold. "A frog at the bottom of a well, how can it know the vastness of the Milky Way?"
He intended to settle the matter peacefully, but the other party harbored malicious intentions and launched a preemptive attack.
Facing the overwhelming giant claws and the two giant pythons that were strangling at him, Li Qingshan remained calm. He slightly bent his five fingers, forming an ancient and heavy fist, and then turned his palm over and pressed down forcefully.
The Seven Seals of Yuanshi!! Heaven-Overturning!
As the fist imprints flipped and turned, the intangible yet overwhelming true meaning of "subversion" suddenly descended! The light and darkness of the entire starry sky seemed to be disrupted by an invisible giant hand, the vital energy flowed backward, and the laws were out of place!
As the fist imprinted down, chaotic energy cascaded down like a waterfall, causing the space to groan under its strain, and spiderweb-like black cracks instantly spread for thousands of miles.
The starry background was distorted, the halos of the stars were torn into broken vortices, and the light and dark were disordered, as if the world were upside down.
The initial torrent of dark green venom was as if it had crashed into an invisible wall of inversion. Not only did its forward momentum come to an abrupt halt, but under the all-overturning influence of the Heaven-Overturning Seal, it was violently reversed and instead pounced towards the giant wooden python that was biting from behind!
The torrent of venom surged back, and at the moment of its collision with the giant python, fragments of dark green law splashed like a torrential rain. Each drop of venom that fell eroded the Void, carving out hissing black holes. The lingering corrosive Daoist aura lingered for a long time, turning the surrounding tens of thousands of miles into a desolate wasteland.
When the giant python exploded, the immense wood-elemental energy went out of control and transformed into billions of emerald green light arrows that pierced through the starry sky and shattered the meteorites floating along the way.
The true power of Li Qingshan's punch only erupted at this moment!
With a single punch, the chaotic energy boiled and surged, evolving into a terrifying scene of stars collapsing and the universe being reshaped! Like Yin-Yang millstone, it ground and intersected wildly, emitting a deep, ancient thunderous sound.
Boom! Crack!
The first giant python's body, formed from pure wood-elemental sacred laws and vast life force, instantly dimmed and collapsed when it came into contact with the destructive scene evolved from the chaotic energy. The wooden structure, which was stronger than divine metal, emitted a mournful cry from within, unable to bear the burden. Then, as if squeezed from all directions by an invisible force, it cracked inch by inch, and then exploded with a bang!
The second giant python also met the same fate, collapsing tragically under the combined impact of the swirling venom and the power of the Heaven-Overturning Seal, transforming into countless fragments of lifeless wood-elemental energy and laws.
The aftershocks of the Heaven-Overturning Fist had not yet subsided, Yin-Yang millstone, evolved from chaotic energy, seemed slow but was actually swift, already enveloping the massive jade-green body of the ancient tree-man saint!
"No!!!" The ancient tree saint's eyes were filled with utter horror as he sensed that terrifying Dao aura.
It roared wildly, and its emerald green sacred energy surged out like thousands of vines, weaving in front of it to form a giant shield engraved with ancient tree patterns, attempting to block the attack.
Thump!!!
The fist finally landed, pressing down on the giant shield.
A deep, muffled roar that sent shivers down one's spine.
The giant shield, which contained most of its Saint Dao Laws, flickered rapidly on its surface, and the tree patterns quickly dimmed and blurred. Then, a clear fist-shaped indentation appeared in the center of the shield, and spiderweb-like cracks spread around the indentation.
Cracks instantly spread across the entire giant shield.
The next moment, the giant shield shattered silently.
The shockwave from the shattering of the giant shield spread out in a ring, with three thousand emerald ripples sweeping across the starry sky, clearing away dust clouds wherever they touched.
The Heaven-Overturning Fist Imprint, containing the chaotic power of stars collapsing and the universe being reshaped, was unimpeded and firmly imprinted on the chest of the Ancient Tree Saint!
"Ugh!!!"
The ancient tree-man saint let out a short, distorted scream.
The jade chest, which was harder than divine gold, caved in and collapsed from the center point the instant it was struck by the Heaven-Overturning Fist Imprint.
A clear outline of a fist imprint was etched on it, and from the center of the fist imprint, countless fine black cracks spread wildly outward, instantly covering the entire torso.
Wherever the crack passed, the jade-like luster instantly vanished, and the hard wooden structure emitted a continuous series of crisp "crack" sounds, as if it were being crushed from the inside by a force of billions of tons, turning into dust inch by inch.
The wood-element Saint Dao Laws chains that were originally operating in an orderly manner and interwoven into a net within its body were broken, twisted, and then completely collapsed under the impact of the true meaning contained in the Heaven-Overturning Seal.
The massive body trembled violently, each tremor accompanied by the silent annihilation of large sections of the body, turning into the finest ashes that drifted away.
The light of the primordial spirit flickered and dimmed wildly like a candle in the wind, then rapidly contracted and dimmed, finally extinguishing completely with a "poof," leaving no trace of the soul escaping.
The entire process took less than a second.
The majestic jade body, along with its inner primordial spirit, was completely shattered by the domineering and incomparable destructive power of the Heaven -Heaven-Overturning Seal.
Only a slowly spreading, grayish-white dust cloud remained, covering thousands of miles, with occasional fragments of laws that had not been completely annihilated flickering within it before returning to Eternal silence.
When Li Qingshan withdrew his hand, the residual shockwaves were smoothed out by the invisible Daoist aura wherever his sleeves brushed past, leaving only a slowly rotating patch of destructive stardust, like a grayish-white scab covering a scar on the starry sky.
He never hesitates to kill those who harbor malicious intent and attempt to kill him.
However, this was just the beginning.
"Buzz!!!"
Below Primordial God Star, the pale green aura suddenly boiled and expanded violently!
A terrifying aura, far larger, more solid, and more majestic than before, was like a slumbering primordial beast awakening completely. Its boundless holy might transformed into tangible green ripples, instantly sweeping across the starry sky and silently turning countless floating tiny meteorites into dust.
The entire planet seemed to tremble, and the forests on its surface shook wildly, emitting a tsunami-like wail.
Three streaks of light tore through the starry atmosphere, instantly traversing a vast distance and appearing in front of Li Qingshan. The green light dissipated, revealing three Dao Body.
In the center stands an ancient tree-man, hundreds of feet tall, clad in naturally formed golden wooden armor engraved with intricate patterns of plants and trees. His face is as aged as the bark of an ancient tree, his eyes as deep as a thousand-year-old cold pool, and his body is enveloped in a rich, tangible green holy light that is both vibrant with life and imbued with a chilling, iron-blooded intent!
Judging from his aura, he had already stepped into the Saint Eighth Heaven realm, and was a veteran Saint of the Ancient Tree Clan with profound accumulation.
To his left was a male elf, with a handsome, almost otherworldly appearance, pointed ears, and blue eyes. He wore light armor woven from glowing vines and held a longbow that was as green Ruyu, with a bowstring made of light. His aura was at the Saint Third Heaven.
On the right is a female elf, with stunning beauty and a cool demeanor, holding a wooden scepter entwined with tender buds and flowers, her aura also at the Saint Third Heaven.
The three Saint arrived together, their divine might pressing down on the starry sky as if it had frozen.
The ancient tree Saint's gaze swept over the lingering gray-white dust cloud in the distance, then landed on Li Qingshan. A hint of solemnity and anger flashed in his eyes, but more than anything, a complex emotion lingered.
It spoke slowly, its voice ancient and deep, carrying the weighty rhythm of an ancient tree's rings. "Human cultivator, I am Mu Kui, guardian of the Ancestral Tree Sacred Hall. These two are sages of the Elven race, Feng Ling and Qing Luo. Your cultivation is profound, and Mu Ling's previous offense was quite offensive. However, the Primordial God Star has never welcomed outsiders. I request that you leave now, and perhaps we can let bygones be bygones."
Behind it, the male elven saint Feng Ling gripped the light string tightly with his knuckles, his brows slightly furrowed; the female saint Qing Luo also tightened her grip on her scepter.
Their eyes met, both solemn. The way the man had instantly killed a Saint of the same level in the blink of an eye, and the unfathomable aura of the man before them, both filled them with apprehension.
Making a deadly enemy of such a person without good reason is certainly not wise.
Li Qingshan remained calm. He had no intention of lingering, and upon hearing this, he said, "I was just passing through and had no intention of stopping. It was your side that provoked me first and then attacked me. In that case, I will leave."
However, the moment he finished speaking, something unexpected happened!
The vast Primordial God Star below suddenly erupted with a verdant radiance a hundred times stronger than before!
The collective consciousness field that enveloped the entire star was as if it had been completely ignited, boiling and roaring with unprecedented intensity!
A chilling, greedy, and terrifying will, imbued with the most primal desire to devour, like a primordial beast breaking free of its shackles, materialized into a dark green tide that surged from the depths of the stars, instantly engulfing the three Saint in the cosmos!
"Well,!"
The three saints, Mu Kui, Feng Ling, and Qing Luo, trembled violently at the same time, their faces showing pain and struggle, and veins bulging on their foreheads, as if they were fighting against some invisible force.
However, that will originates from the very source of the stars, the source of their race's life and power, and has almost absolute control over them.
The struggle lasted only a moment before their eyes quickly became unfocused and frozen, then ignited with a hollow yet fanatical flame.
The holy power around him boiled and overflowed uncontrollably, resonating wildly with the surging planetary will below. His aura rose steadily, but he lost his original harmony and autonomy, becoming chaotic and violent.
"No, Primordial God, this must not be!" Mu Kui's aged face twitched violently, the lines on his bark-like cheeks twisted, and he let out intermittent growls, as if making a final resistance.
"Dedicate, for the Primordial God, devour, evolve," Feng Ling and Qing Luo's lips parted, uttering low, overlapping words of slurring. The voices seemed not to belong to them, but to some ancient, hungrier being, proclaiming through their throats.
Li Qingshan's eyes narrowed. He clearly sensed that the planet below seemed to have awakened a massive, hungry will, a " Primordial God."
This will, which gathers the spirituality of billions of plants and living beings on the entire planet, has already given birth to self-awareness and has reached the level of Saint King, or even possibly the Heavenly King level of the Saint King Ninth Heaven!
It craves to devour the essence of powerful beings to nourish itself and propel the leap in the level of life.
Li Qingshan, with his dragon-like qi and Saint and flawless Dao Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo, is undoubtedly the most tempting "tonic"!
"The will of Primordial God Impact cannot be defied," Mu Kui finally roared, the last glimmer of clarity in his eyes being consumed by fanaticism.
It clasped its hands together, and a colossal tree appeared behind it, its branches like dragons and its roots piercing the Void. The majestic wood-elemental holy law transformed into countless emerald chains, sealing off all directions. At the same time, the giant tree swung its branches, tearing apart the starry sky, and swept towards Li Qingshan!