For a time, silence filled the air. The heavy atmosphere was an omen for a coming storm.
Xiao Hong’s expression relaxed and she wore a pleasant face. She asked, “Junior Sister Ye, could you let me take a look at the jade slip? The spies we sent to the wood tribe included those from my clan. Perhaps they have some information for my clan.”
The white-robed woman pursed her lips and then sweetly smiled, “I’m afraid I can’t. I’ll be open and say that the spies had people from my Ye Clan as well. Why don’t I take a look at it first and then tell you about it?”
Xiao Hong’s expression vastly changed and her smile froze. Her gaze became sullen.
Long Dong calmly said, “Since you already have it, we shouldn’t stay here for much longer. Let’s hurry away and talk about it when we leave the forest.”
“I agree.” The white-robed woman said.
Xiao Hong’s lip stirred but she raised no objections.
Han Li naturally agreed as well. The young woman smiled and her bright eyes flickered around. Just as she was about to put away the jade slip, a silver streak shot out of the ancient tree behind her. It quickly and silently streaked towards the center of her back.
Although the white-robed woman was faced around, she snorted and her body stirred. Her body grew vague and she disappeared.
A moment later, she appeared over thirty meters away, but there was a silver streak that shot then shot up from the ground.
This time, the young woman’s expression faintly changed.
Her shoulder suddenly blurred and she shot ten meters to the side as if there were a spring underneath her, allowing her to avoid the attack.
But at that moment, the sound of tearing air blew past her.
A near indistinct line of transparent line shot out of a sprace nearby her. The target wasn’t the young woman, but the jade slip in her hand.
Alarmed, the young woman suddenly pulled back her hand, but she was too late.
Bang! The jade slip immediately ruptured, turning into countless shards. In the young woman’s fury, her face warped and she grabbed ahold of the transparent line and fiercely pulled it towards her.
Clang. She dragged out a huge transparent beetle out from the void.
This insect was a meter-long and resembled a huge silkworm, but there were a pair of cicada wings on its back. It fluttered for its life to break free. The end of it that spouted out the thread seemed to be its mouth.
At that moment, the young woman pulled, keeping the insect there.
In the instant the jade slip was destroyed, Han Li and the others were blank in surprise.
At nearly the same time, the remaining ancient trees lit up in green light. Soon after, the ancient tree’s hollow images were dissolved to be replaced with several green silhouettes. It appeared as if they were born from the trees.
A towering silhouette swept their gaze past Han Li and spoke human words in a harsh tone, “Hehe, I didn’t expect that it was hidden there. If you weren’t guiding us, we wouldn’t have found it. Our clan won’t have to worry about later consequences.”
Han Li glanced at the figure’s appearance and his eyes narrowed.
The person resembled a human, but their skin was green and their eyes were purple. Other than that, they appeared human. Two of the slender figures resembled women.
These silhouettes were wood tribe beings.
What was most astonishing to Han Li was the orange belt they wore at their waist around their long robes.
The belt of the towering being was yellow orange with a silver stripe.
According to what he knew of their grades, Han Li felt his heart plummet.
“A silver tier! You’re a silver tier tree spirit!” When they recognized the towering figure’s belt, the young woman’s expression turned unsightly.
“I am the lower silver tier spirit master Mu Rui. Since you’ve arrived here, there is no need to leave. Allow my clan to welcome you!” The towering figure spoke expressionlessly and waved his hand.
The other orange belted tree beings crouched down and placed their hands against the ground.
A layer of green light suddenly shot out from the hill in every direction at inconceivable speeds.
Han Li and the white-robed woman immediately took off from the ground without another thought.
A huge rumbling sound shook the air and the illusion restriction Han Li placed down was effortlessly destroyed.
Once the illusion was dispersed, the hill’s surroundings were made clear.
Wherever the green light passed, green trees would turn into towering furred beasts. They had a variety of weapons on hand. Their fur had many differing colors as well. There were even monstrous winds that blew into the sky.
Upon closer inspection, there were several thousands of beasts that densely surrounded the hill.
Long Dong and Xiao Hong’s face turned bloodlessly pale.
Han Li wryly smiled. Only the white-robed woman sullenly glared at Mu Rui. It was unknown what she was thinking.
Mu Rui wore a stiff expression, but he spoke with a derisive tone, “These are the Tree Ape Beasts that our tribe spent a thousand years researching. If you looked through that jade slip, you should’ve had information about them, but now...”
“Attack!”
An unfamiliar voice suddenly sounded. Before Han Li and the others realized what was happening, the white-robed young woman suddenly opened her mouth and released a crimson blood light. Suddenly, it turned into several threads and directly shot towards the wood spirits excluding the silver-tier wood spirit.
Chapter 1377: Appearance of Six Arms
In the wood spirit’s fright, green light flashed from their bodies as they summoned wood armor, shields, or green mist to block the crimson threads.
But the crimson threads pierced through their defenses as if they were passing through air and burrowed into their bodies.
The wood spirits glowed crimson and were then captured in a crimson net, rendered incapable of moving.
At that same moment, the sword Qi that Han Li used to chop the ancient tree had turned into two faintly golden blurs, chopping towards the silver-tier wood spirit, Mu Rui.
Mu Rui coldly snorted and pointed at them.
Two silver lights flashed as they streaked forward to meet the golden blurs.
Muffled clangs sounded and the golden blurs ruptured in countless golden specks. The specks then covered Mu Rui.
Then as the ground roared, a spell formation made of golden talisman characters suddenly lit up around Mu Rui. Its radiant glow covered the high-grade wood spirits in balls of light.
The purple light in Mu Rui’s eyes withdrew. He closed his hands together and balls of silver light appeared from his palms. Afterwards, countless silver streaks erupted.
A rumbling explosion sounded. Silver light and golden talisman characters intertwined. The golden talisman characters possessed some sort of odd ability that allowed them to block the strikes of the silver-tier wood spirit. Only a small portion of the talisman characters was dispersed.
Mu Rui felt furious at the sight of his attacks being ineffective.
Without another thought, silver light appeared from his hands and condensed balls of silver light that were even more dazzling than the last.
But at that moment, all of the wood spirits, Mu Rui included, were completely enveloped by the golden light. Although Han Li and Long Dong were astonished, they weren’t about to continue a battle to the death. They each used their own life-saving measures to immediately fly away.
Xiao Hong clutched her hands in an incantation gesture and her body sank towards the ground, instantly turning into a beautiful phoenix wrapped in black flames. She charged at the army of wood apes and turned their bodies and weapons to ash as she brushed past them.
In the blink of an eye, the phoenix traveled over three hundred meters.
Long Dong’s expression turned harsh and he swallowed a rainbow medicine pill. Soon after, he chanted an incantation and summoned a set of winged armor on his body.
A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality (Chapter 1201-Chapter 1400)
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- A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality (Chapter 1-Chapter 200)
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- A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality (Chapter 401-Chapter 600)
- A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality (Chapter 601-Chapter 800)
- A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality (Chapter 801-Chapter 1000)
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