"Hehe, it seems that you actually know of our existence."
At the entrance of the great hall, the black-robed leader lifted his head, revealing a pale young face. He looked at Mu Chen and the rest, before sweeping his gaze across the interior of the great hall. With a faint smile, he said, "It should be the Wanhuang Lingyuan team that told you?"
"So it was you guys who did it in secret."
Mu Chen's eyebrows slightly furrowed as he asked, "Where did you guys come from?"
"Oh, we're a team from the Wood Spirit Academy. Hehe, the Wood Spirit Academy isn't as famous as your Five Great Academies." The pale young man chuckled as he replied.
"Wood Spirit Academy?" Mu Chen's eyebrows furrowed. He had indeed never heard of this academy.
"What's your relationship with the Wood Spirit Clan?
Tang Mei 'er said that you guys seem to be able to control the Demonic Tree, which is rather similar to some of the Wood Spirit Clan's methods. "
Luo Li walked to Mu Chen's side, a frosty look in her beautiful eyes as she stared at the mysterious team before her.
Upon hearing these words, the pale young man looked at Luo Li in astonishment, before he smiled and said, "I never imagined that there would be someone so knowledgeable here. You even know about the methods of our Wood Spirit Clan. Looks like you're not as simple as you seem."
Mu Chen chuckled and said, "I wonder if you guys have suddenly come here to change your target to deal with us?"
The pale young man smiled faintly. His gaze flickered as he glanced at the Celestial Spiritual Tree behind Mu Chen, before shifting his gaze to the green wood statue that Mu Chen and Luo Li had dealt with. With a grin, he said, "We don't want to fight with you guys.
However, we're rather interested in this Celestial Spiritual Tree. Since you've taken the Celestial Spiritual Fruit, why don't you hand the Celestial Spiritual Tree over to us?
How about we end things peacefully? "
Mu Chen's black pupils stared at him as he slowly shook his head, a faint smile on his face as he replied, "Sorry, I refuse."
This Celestial Spiritual Tree was something they had found, and he had no intention of handing it over.
"Is that so?
What a pity. "
The pale-faced young man sighed softly. In the next moment …
A dark and cold glint surged out from his eyes, "Looks like I can only kill all of you first."
Swoosh!
Almost at the instant his voice fell, his figure had already shot out explosively.
With a slap, boundless emerald-green Spiritual Energy whistled out, transforming into a palm print that looked like a withered tree as it fiercely patted towards Mu Chen.
At the same time.
His four companions behind him also attacked in an instant.
The tree spears that were tainted with poison left behind afterimages as they enveloped Luo Li, Xu Huang and the rest with lightning speed.
This group of people attacked fiercely, showing no mercy at all.
Mu Chen had long been wary of this group. Hence, when he saw the young man attack, a sneer flashed across his eyes as his five fingers clenched into a fist.
He instantly activated his Thunder God Body, and black lightning surged forth.
His fist directly collided with the young man's withered wood-like palm.
Bang!
Violent Spiritual Energy shockwaves swept out, causing cracks to appear on the ground within the large hall.
As the palm wind swept out, the young man's figure spun, dispelling the incoming force. With a clench of his hand, a long black spear appeared within it. With a jerk of his arm, the spear pierced out like a venomous snake, leaving behind afterimages as it headed straight for the fatal spots on Mu Chen's body. At the tip of the spear, a black liquid trembled, clearly tainted with poison.
"Hmph."
Mu Chen coldly snorted as the Devouring Dragon Demonic Spear appeared in a flash. As a baleful aura spread out, it transformed into spear afterimages that hid the skies and covered the earth as they swept out.
Ding ding!
The spear and spear collided at lightning speed. Every time they made contact, an extremely berserk Spiritual Energy fluctuation would erupt, causing the surrounding air to be compressed to the point of exploding. Layers of air waves piled up, causing the cracks on the ground to become even more concentrated.
"Swish!"
After another heavy spear and spear strike, a glint flashed across the young man's eyes. With a shake of his sleeve, a black light shot out, transforming into a vine that directly wrapped around the Divine Spiritual Tree trunk behind Mu Chen.
A cold glint flashed across Mu Chen's eyes. With a cold glint, the long spear wrapped around the vine. With a gust of wind, it shattered the vine, while the young man's body was sent flying towards the right along with the gust of wind. However, the instant he was sent flying, a mocking smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.
Bang!
The long spear in his hand tapped the ground, as his body landed in front of the greenwood statue. With a vicious slap of his palm, the statue's head was smashed apart.
Upon seeing this, Mu Chen was slightly taken aback.
After the young man smashed apart the statue's head, a green light appeared and was grabbed by his hand. Looking over, Mu Chen saw that it was an ancient dark green leaf. The leaf was covered with cryptic patterns, while a peculiar undulation spread out from it.
"Hehe, although the Divine Spiritual Tree is extremely valuable, I can temporarily leave it here. However, don't worry, you won't be able to protect it. In the end, it will still fall into my hands."
He grabbed the leaf like symbol in his hand. However, before he could retreat, Mu Chen's figure had already dashed forward, a palm heavily slamming towards the young man's chest.
The young man retaliated with a punch, blocking Mu Chen's palm wind. However, just as the palm wind was sent out, his pupils shrank. That was because Mu Chen's other hand had curled two fingers, tearing through space at an astonishing speed, and was pointing towards the leaf like symbol in his other hand.
Although Mu Chen did not know what exactly it was, since it could not be in his hands, it would be safer to destroy it.
"Humph!"
With a cold snort, he clenched his hand and protected the ancient leaf like symbol. However, Mu Chen's finger wind had already landed on the young man's palm. With a plop sound, a bloody mark appeared. The force wind directly penetrated his palm, and struck the leaf like symbol at the center of his palm.
As it was affected, the leaf like symbol flickered for a moment, seemingly becoming much dimmer.
The young man's figure rapidly retreated. In mid-air, the expression in his eyes when he looked at Mu Chen was exceptionally cold. Soon after, he coldly shouted: "Go!"
As he shouted, the other four figures swiftly retreated. With a shake of their sleeves, countless black shadows blotted out the sky and covered the earth as they enveloped Mu Chen and the rest.
Thud thud!
Those poisonous spears viciously shot towards the ground like a torrential rain, slightly hindering the figures of Mu Chen and the rest. Soon after, the few figures disappeared like phantoms.
Mu Chen gazed at the spot where they had disappeared, his eyebrows slightly furrowed.
Luo Li also landed beside Mu Chen. She glanced at the green wood statue whose head had been smashed and said: "Their target is not the Celestial Spiritual Tree."
Mu Chen nodded his head. He picked up the head of the statue that had been smashed, and muttered: "That leaf like symbol from before is likely the core that controls this kind of green wood statue. However, why did they spend so much effort to snatch this thing?"
Luo Li and the rest also shook their heads, evidently unable to comprehend this matter.
"They seem to be somewhat familiar with this place." Xu Huang furrowed his eyebrows. The actions of this group were rather purposeful. Furthermore, from their first words upon meeting, they seemed to know what was in this great hall.
"These ruins are mostly related to trees, and the Wood Spirit Clan also have similar methods. Perhaps, there is some connection between the two." Mu Chen said.
"What do we do now?
Although I don't know what they want with that leaf like symbol, I have a feeling that it is not a good thing for us. "Zhao Qingshan asked.
"That symbol was struck by me earlier, and should have been damaged. No matter what they want to do, it should still be affected a little."
Mu Chen gazed at the mess in the great hall, his eyebrows tightly furrowed. This mysterious group was rather powerful. If they were to truly engage in an all out fight, with the lineup of their group, besides him and Luo Li, the Xu Huang trio would likely have to pay a huge price. However, they did not seem to have any intentions of fighting head-on, and swiftly retreated after retrieving the item.
"Pack up and prepare to head towards the main hall to meet up with Tang Mei'er and the rest."
Mu Chen decisively said. Turning around, he directly dug out the Celestial Spiritual Tree along with a large piece of the ground, before throwing it into his Sumeru Bracelet. Turning around, he shot out of the great hall. Behind him, Luo Li and the rest also slightly tidied themselves up, before rapidly catching up.
After exiting the side hall, Mu Chen did not linger any longer, and swiftly shot along the gigantic corridor. After nearly ten minutes, he finally reached the end of the corridor. At the end of the corridor was an extremely vast and spacious great hall. The great hall was constructed from giant green wood, sparkling with a faint green light. At this moment, the great hall's doors had already been destroyed, and one could faintly see human figures within. In fact, there were even extremely boundless Spiritual Energy fluctuations radiating from within.
Evidently, an astonishing battle had already broken out in the main hall.
Furthermore, a familiar and lovable shout rang out from within. That was Tang Mei'er's voice.
They had already started fighting against Xia Hou!
(Fourth chapter.
Six chapters are still missing.
Let's continue writing. However, it's obviously going to be very late. I don't recommend everyone to wait, and it's best to read it tomorrow.
It's almost the New Year, let's do it!
(To be continued...)