Xue Kong pressed his right hand hard on the tree monster's head, and the secret technique of extracting the monster's blood from the Demon Blood Treasure Book rushed into the tree monster's body, causing the life blood in its body to boil violently, condense into a ball, and try to leave the body.

"Jingdan boy, how dare you be so presumptuous!" The tree demon roared angrily in a voice that could not be distinguished between male and female. This time, Xue Kong heard fear in its voice.

Just as the tree demon was about to resist, the body-refining corpse punched it with all the energy and blood in its body.

The queen's corpse puppet opened its mouth and spit out a magic weapon. The dragon-slaying scissors shone brightly and flashed through the air. Large pieces of vines were cut off, unable to withstand its power.

Moreover, the two hundred thousand souls attacked from all directions, making the tree monster unable to resist for a while.

This battle was more terrifying than any battle Xue Kong had ever experienced.

The strength of this tree demon seemed to be in the middle stage of Jindan, but in fact, it made Xue Kong feel as if he had no place to use his strength. No matter how many times the vine was cut, it would heal quickly and continue to attack.

If it weren't for the secret techniques recorded in the Demon Blood Treasure Record, he would probably have no way to deal with this tree demon.

"Is this the battle between Jindan cultivators? What an amazing fight. Just watching it makes me terrified. If I fight with either side, I will not be their opponent." Ma Debao was shocked and a look of horror appeared on his face.

His mouth was dry and he didn't know what to do for a moment. He just stared at the battle.

"Fellow Daoist Fa Ming, it seems you've been deceived by your master. There's no treasure beneath that thousand-year-old tree. There's only this Jindan monster. If it weren't for Senior Xue San, we'd all be dead here!"

Yunjuan's voice was cold, and a trace of fear emerged in her heart.

With the strength of the three of them, how could they be a match for the Jindan tree demon? Fortunately, Xue Kong was here today, otherwise, a hundred years of cultivation would be wasted in an instant.

Fa Ming was a little embarrassed: "I was not thoughtful enough and caused trouble for you two fellow Taoists."

"However, I still believe that Master would not lie to me. Since there is a Jindan tree demon under this thousand-year-old tree, the story of the great senior's enlightenment must be true. As for the thing that the great senior left behind, I think it must be this tree demon."

"Or it may be hidden in the body of this tree monster." Fa Ming still didn't believe that he was deceived by his master and still believed that there was a treasure.

This time even Ma Debao no longer believed him and cast a suspicious look at him.

Another place.

The bald monk looked at Xue Kong and the tree demon who were fighting fiercely, his heart pounding, and his face pale as he said, "What's going on? I remember all the Jindan monks in Jingwu Country, but I have no impression of this person!"

"And this tree demon is not even under investigation!"

"That lord made a mistake. It seems there are still many things in Jingwu Country that are beyond our knowledge!"

"What should we do now?" someone asked nervously.

The bald monk thought for a moment and said, "That master once said that if we want to destroy Jingwu Kingdom, we must first kill all of their Jindan cultivators. As for the lower-level cultivators, we can enslave them."

"Seeing this scene today is our chance to make a great contribution."

"Although we cannot kill them with our own strength, we can notify a few seniors to come and wipe them out. We will also have accomplished a great feat."

"Use secret methods to inform the seniors." The cultivators from the Purple Moon Nation immediately made up their minds and did not leave, but stayed here to monitor.

Xue Kong activated all his cultivation skills and placed his right hand on the tree monster's head. With his spiritual sense, he immediately sensed that a few drops of blood essence containing a terrifying aura were moving out of the tree monster's body bit by bit.

A quarter of an hour later, the tree demon's body was riddled with holes and was blown to pieces by the body-refining corpse and the queen's corpse puppet. Although the vines on its body were still struggling to resist, it was in vain.

Until three drops of green blood flew out from the top of the tree demon's head, the tree demon let out a roar, and its breath suddenly weakened.

Life essence blood is different from ordinary essence blood. It is almost a microcosm of the tree demon's entire body cultivation. Its loss will cause the tree demon's cultivation to drop sharply and its strength to be greatly reduced.

Xue Kong grabbed the three drops of blood essence, a smile spreading across his lips: "Rich demon blood, with this, I can try to practice the body refining method in the Demon Blood Treasure Record and achieve a refined body!"

"Okay!" Xue Kong laughed.

Seeing that the tree demon was extremely weak, he immediately took a look at it and used various methods to kill the tree demon on the spot.

The tree demon might have been very powerful in the past, but now, it was just a weak monster with only the strength of Jindan, and could not withstand Xue Kong's repeated attacks.

The tree transformed by [Spring Leaves in Full Bloom] extended countless branches, piercing into the tree monster's body and madly absorbing its vitality. The huge vitality exceeded that of any Jindan cultivator Xue Kong had ever seen.

The emerald green leaves on the tree's crown shine brightly, and the crown becomes thicker and larger, like a big green umbrella, covering the entire trunk.

"Absorbing the vitality of this tree monster is equivalent to absorbing the vitality of several Jindan cultivators. What level of cultivation did it reach in its prime?" Xue Kong was also a little surprised. It seemed that what Fa Ming said was not false.

This tree demon is obviously not something that a third-level cultivation country can possess.

The great power of enlightenment may really exist.

Is this tree demon the thing left behind by that powerful person?

Xue Kong couldn't help but have this doubt in his mind, but then he thought, it seems unnecessary to leave such a monster under the thousand-year-old tree. Once it escapes, it will bring disaster to the world.

Xue Kong didn't think any powerful person would have such a bad taste.

"Perhaps, there is something else inside the body of this tree demon." Just as Xue Kong was about to go forward to find out what was going on, a black light suddenly flew out from the dead body of the tree demon.

The light appeared silently, and even Xue Kong didn't notice it before.

It wasn't until he saw the black light that he was suddenly startled.

However, the black light did not go straight to Xue Kong, but unexpectedly flew towards the tree behind him, landed on one of the green leaves, and sank into it.

Xue Kong pondered for a moment, then slowly walked forward and took a look at the tree.

I saw a thumb-sized black insect lying on its back on one of the broad leaves on the thick tree crown. It was slapping its soft belly and opening and closing its mouth as if it was chewing something.

"It's delicious, delicious." The black insect suddenly spoke in human language, which scared Xue Kong.

"You human, you're peeking at me."

The black bug had opened its eyes at some point, squinting at Xue Kong and saying calmly, "Your spell is quite interesting. It makes me feel comfortable. The vitality on this leaf is delicious."

"What kind of monster are you?" Xue Kong asked.

"Monster?" The black bug turned over, its short legs standing on the green leaves. It actually stood up straight, hands on its hips, with a proud look on its face. "Remember this, my name is the Crystal-Eroding King Bug."

"Crystal-Eroding King Worm? Never heard of it." Xue Kong replied.

The Crystal-Eroding King Worm wasn't angry at all. He opened his mouth and bit the air, chewing as he spoke, "There are only a handful of humans who know me. It's normal that you don't recognize me. Just know that I'm attracted to you and am willing to stay on your tree."

"That's enough."

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