Qin Xiao pointed at the specially made rock platform on the ground and said, "Ilya, Yoyo, both of you keep an eye on things. If this pig's head isn't dead after it explodes, cut it into pieces and control it."

Although Qin Xiao didn't quite believe that they wouldn't die after all, he still gave them instructions to avoid any chaos later.

Yoyo and Ilya were on high alert. Qin Xiao raised his wooden hand high, and the wood grew even taller before crashing down with the force of an apocalypse.

Boom~

A terrifying tremor and a loud bang startled Ye Qingya, who was rescuing Slovic. Then, a wave of sound and dust surged in, engulfing the two of them.

Ilya controlled the airflow, and Yoyo grew bigger and swung her tail, instantly clearing away the dust in the air.

The rock had vanished from its original spot; the powerful brick's flight was truly remarkable.

Qin Xiao's wooden hand also broke off at the forearm, presenting a broken and torn appearance.

On the ground, the wooden hand and ice blocks that Qin Xiao had smashed lay scattered around the large pit.

After observing for a while, these pig-headed men seemed to have stopped moving.

Qin Xiao was a little worried and said to Bai Ling, who had just arrived, "Ling'er, burn the foxfire."

"Yes, Master."

Bai Ling stood on Ilya's back, conjuring several balls of foxfire and spraying them at the pig-headed men.

Soon, the foxfire melted the solid ice, since the ice wouldn't have held up without Youyou's help.

Then something disgusting and surprising happened: these pig-headed figures actually twisted wildly as they were burned by foxfire, and tentacles sprouted from their flesh, trying to close up.

"Holy crap, is this guy really that hard to kill?"

"They are all bishops of the Church of the Lost Spirits. They have received the blessing of evil gods and possess some strange abilities. They are very difficult to deal with."

A somewhat weak voice came from above. Qin Xiao turned his head and looked down at Slovic, who was being supported by Ye Qingya, but he did not respond to the voice.

"Mayor, could you please set a fire too? Your Crimson Foxfire is hotter."

Ye Qingya raised her free hand, aimed it at a pig-headed figure in the pit, and released the Crimson Lotus Foxfire, a burst of red flames mixed with wisps of gold.

The ice melted instantly, and then the pig's head and human flesh inside were burned and crackled, but it was visibly charred from the edges.

Once the change began, the pig-headed man quickly lost his resistance and was burned faster and faster.

Five minutes later, the seven or eight pig-headed figures were burned to ashes, turning into clumps of black powder.

"Finally killed it. This thing is just bizarre, its vitality is terrifying."

Qin Xiao sighed, then turned to look at Ye Qingya, "Mayor, could you please take her a little further away? I still have a bishop inside me; I'll get him out."

Ye Qingya opened her eyes wide, not quite hearing clearly.

"You mean, inside your body?"

Qin Xiao's face darkened. "Abari ate some of my wood inside this wooden doll's body, and then turned into wood and merged into this wooden doll's body. I can't catch him, and he's lost and hasn't found me either."

Ye Qingya frowned, barely managing to understand Qin Xiao's words. This situation was indeed quite strange. She pushed Slovic aside with her.

Ilya and the others, with serious expressions, positioned themselves in several directions to ensure that the enemy's escape routes were blocked.

Qin Xiao took a deep breath and deactivated the symbiotic skill.

Suddenly, Qin Xiao appeared on the spot and then flew away from the spot, while a large piece of wood appeared on the ground before it could react.

Flames, lightning, and ice—three colors of light instantly covered the piece of wood.

Ten seconds later, Ilya, Bai Ling, and Youyou all stopped attacking, and Qin Xiao stood behind Ilya watching the show.

Although the life-flowing cycle won't kill him instantly, the Jianmu wood is no longer effective; his hero has been banned, so he can only watch the show.

The wooden blocks didn't disappear; although most of them were gone, some remained. This pile of wood transformed into a bear-headed man, half the size of the original.

Qin Xiao raised an eyebrow. "Turn up the firepower, darlings."

It felt pretty good not having to do anything myself, and Qin Xiao even had the mood to make a joke, because it seemed that Abari couldn't cause any trouble.

But things quickly turned out differently.

The little wooden bear, Abari, left its original position in sequence, transformed into a long log in mid-air, and passed directly through Bai Ling and Youyou's blockade.

That was quite unexpected.

Surprisingly, the wooden bear did not run away. Instead, it picked up the corpses of several Gold-rank cultists on the ground, manifesting their heads as it frantically devoured them.

As Abari ate the wooden blocks below, his body swelled up as if inflated.

Qin Xiao was amazed; this thing really did grow back as much as it ate, without any loss whatsoever.

As Abari dodged the attacks and devoured four corpses, the rest were burned by Ghost's flames.

The wooden bear Abari has transformed into a figure over five meters tall, standing in the forest like a miniature wooden man.

It was only at this moment that Qin Xiao heard the other party speak for the first time.

"Outsiders, blasphemers, I, Abari, the newborn of the Crimson Kingdom, am about to grant you death! Give your lives to please my God!"

The sound was muffled, mixed with an unpleasant creaking or grinding noise.

"Holy crap, does this thing think it's invincible?"

Does assimilating a piece of wood make you so arrogant?

While wood is indeed very strong, without the supplementation of Jianmu wood, your creation is at best a counterfeit.

Qin Xiao didn't believe that the wood was as strong as Jianmu. If the thing bestowed by the bird god was this powerful, then he would be playing around with it in the future.

Without further ado, Abari launched an attack on Qin Xiao and his group.

Qin Xiao immediately retreated behind the beast tamers and secretly summoned the roots of the Jianmu tree to launch a sneak attack.

Before Abari could even reach her, Qin Xiao's roots bound her tightly in front of Ilya, who was positioned in front of him.

The opponent struggled for a moment. Although the roots were broken, Abari was at a loss as the roots became more and more entangled and surrounded him layer by layer.

Why is this type of wood different from the previous one? It can't be integrated into the wood.

He opened his mouth, wanting to swallow, but Qin Xiao had already anticipated this move and immediately controlled the roots of the Jianmu tree to tie his head up vertically, directly binding his mouth shut.

Moreover, to prevent it from deforming and escaping, the roots of the Jianmu tree directly form a cage.

Just as Qin Xiao was looking at his work with satisfaction, Ilya looked at him with a strange expression.

"Master, how are we supposed to kill him if you trap him like this? Are we just going to let him starve to death?"

Qin Xiao was stunned. Right, how do you kill this thing?

Piercing attacks are ineffective, and other attacks require a long time to deplete the opponent's wood. Now that the roots are binding them, there's no way to attack.

But once you let go, the other party will have to come out again, and this time, having suffered a loss, they might just run away.

Qin Xiao was at a loss, experiencing for the first time what it felt like to have an enemy facing him, like a dog trying to bite a hedgehog and not knowing where to start.

Just then, the Jianmu tree rippled slightly in the demon realm space, emitting a faint thought.

Given that Jianmu has no personality, Qin Xiao's general understanding is that...

"Master, Master, I can digest him, he smells so good..."