No sooner had Zhao Meixian finished speaking than countless vines shot in from all directions, stabbing toward Yang Lie.
The trees disguised by the Treants all sprang into action, vines bursting from their bodies and stabbing toward Yang Lie's group of three.
"Leave it to me!!"
A glint of excitement flashed through Shangguan Xuanhai's eyes. He unleashed the Mountain Severing Saber Technique and slashed at the tree vines.
The Mountain Severing Saber Technique was broad and forceful, its power incomparably fierce. Shangguan Xuanhai easily severed many vines, then appeared before a Treant and brought his saber down upon its trunk.
The Treant, its trunk a full meter thick, was cleaved in two by Shangguan Xuanhai's strike. Great quantities of green blood gushed from the wound as its remaining roots tore free from the earth and fled swiftly.
A Treant's core was its tree heart, located near its roots. Unless the tree heart was accurately destroyed, it would not die.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
Dense swarms of bizarre mosquitoes, each about the size of a finger, with sharp mouthparts and blood-red bodies, suddenly flew out from grass two meters tall and lunged straight at Shangguan Xuanhai.
Zhao Meixian shouted sharply, "Those are Bloodthirsty Mosquitoes! Their bodies are frail, but their mouthparts contain strange power and can pierce the skin of someone at the silver skin-refining level! Ordinary insect repellent does not affect them. Shangguan Xuanhai, you must keep your true qi circulating to protect your body at all times!"
Martial artists could circulate true qi to protect their bodies, raising their defenses to another level. Even powerful martial artists who had not cultivated External Training Martial Arts could possess terrifying defensive power through their formidable true qi.
"Got it!! Damn it! Those mosquitoes are trying to crawl into my nose and mouth!"