"Um?"
Yang Shen stopped 500 meters away, frowning as he looked at the tree with human skin.
His eyesight was so sharp that even at a distance of 500 meters, he could still see the bark of an old tree and even the veins on its leaves.
The crisscrossing patterns, seemingly chaotic yet perfectly natural, appear to contain some kind of pattern.
Of course, these are all secondary. What Yang Shen cares about most is that the aura of the human skin ghost tree is still surging.
A suffocating aura quickly spread out, and the infected people nearby, who would normally pounce on any living creature without hesitation, instinctively trembled and collapsed upon sensing that aura.
After hesitating for a moment, Yang Shen continued to walk forward, only to find that the aura of the human-skin ghost tree became more and more terrifying as he got closer.
When Yang Shen stopped, the aura of the Human Skin Ghost Tree ceased its explosive growth.
"Threatening me?"
Yang Shen raised an eyebrow, thinking of roosters fighting.
When roosters fight, their feathers bristle. If an enemy gets close, their feathers will suddenly fluff up, making them look a size bigger.
"Are you afraid of me?"
Yang Shen continued walking forward. When he got within four hundred meters, the aura of the Human Skin Ghost Tree had surged so much that it affected him, making him feel oppressed.
"How could it make me sense danger? Is it just my imagination or is it really that powerful?"
Yang Shen frowned. Although he hadn't inquired about it, he knew that the Human Skin Ghost Tree had mutated a long time ago.
Over such a long period of time, the power of the Human Skin Ghost Tree may have truly reached an astonishing level.
But how will you know if it's true or false if you don't try?
What if the human-skinned ghost tree is just bluffing?
If someone is truly powerful enough, would they need to release their aura to intimidate their enemies?
With a thought, Yang Shen transformed the pseudo-Five Elements Beads into the size of a fist and held them in his hand, raising his right hand and stretching it backward.
The next moment, he suddenly threw the fake Five Elements Beads out.
"Whoosh—"
The fake Five Elements Bead swelled rapidly in the face of the wind, transforming into a bead with a diameter of two meters. It crushed the air along its path, creating a visible shockwave as it hurtled towards the human-skin ghost tree in the center of the small square four hundred meters away.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
At the same time, the human-skin ghost tree also moved. More than a dozen branches suddenly extended and grew longer, with a speed as fast as lightning, and intercepted the huge sphere halfway through.
With a series of clanging sounds, a visible shockwave rippled outwards, causing more than a dozen branches of the Human Skin Ghost Tree to bend rapidly and then break.
The two-meter-diameter sphere slowed down considerably, but continued forward, smashing through the extending branches as it continued to crash into the human-skin ghost tree.
"It seems he's not invincible after all!" Yang Shen sneered inwardly.
However, his expression changed the next moment.
Then, the human-skin ghost tree extended more than a dozen branches, five of which, like before, blocked the giant ball and slowed its speed.
The remaining branches quickly wrapped around the top of the sphere.
Soon, the two-meter diameter sphere slowed down completely, and it was now two hundred meters away from the human-skin ghost tree.
These two hundred meters, however, are like a celestial abode.
Yang Shen wanted to recall the pseudo-Five Elements Beads, but the branches of the Human Skin Ghost Tree tightly bound the giant sphere, pulling it towards the small square.
Furthermore, the branches that were wrapped around the giant sphere were covered with dense, sharp thorns, trying to pierce the sphere and seemingly devour the pseudo-Five Elements Beads.
The result was a shower of sparks; the hard, iron-like spikes snapped off one by one, and the smooth surface of the fake Five Elements Beads was left without even a scratch.
"Trying to steal my treasure?"
Yang Shen sneered, and with a wave of his hand, the two-meter-diameter sphere rapidly shrank and flew out from the dense gaps in the branches.
The branches hurriedly continued to twine around it, but the sphere, which was originally two meters in diameter, had shrunk to the size of a thumb and could not be wrapped around at all.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
Suddenly, more than a dozen branches shot towards Yang Shen with lightning speed, piercing through a distance of four hundred meters.
"You're trying to stop me from taking back the treasure?"
Yang Shen raised an eyebrow and suddenly threw a punch, unleashing tremendous force with terrifying agility, hitting a branch with at least ten tons of power.
"when!"
With a loud bang, Yang Shen felt as if he had punched a diamond, and his fist was in excruciating pain.
However, the terrifying punch still broke the branch.
But there are still many more branches left.
"Swish..."
Yang Shen moved with the agility of a snake, quickly dodging the attack.
The branches continued to entangle him, and Yang Shen hurriedly retreated.
They retreated as far as 500 meters before finally retracting the branches.
At this moment, the pseudo-Five Elements Bead, which had shrunk to the size of a thumb, finally flew back and landed in Yang Shen's hand.
"This is a bit troublesome!"
Yang Shen frowned slightly.
However, it would be wishful thinking to think that this would stop him from killing the Human Skin Demon Tree.
Based on previous contact, it seems that the branches of the Human Skin Ghost Tree can only extend for 500 meters and cannot extend any further. This is a breakthrough point.
"If it's a simple head-on fight, I'm definitely no match for him!"
Yang Shen was well aware of this; he had just struggled to handle a single branch.
The branches of the human-skin ghost tree are densely packed, and even if they break off, they seem to grow back quickly.
In a direct confrontation, there is almost no hope whatsoever.
"If the fake Five Elements Beads were upgraded again, I could definitely defeat it easily."
Yang Shen looked at the upgrade data of the pseudo-Five Elements Beads:
LV4:
The next upgrade requires 100,000 experience points, but right now I only have a little over 1,000, which is still far from 100,000.
I currently have over a hundred people under my control, but I still need to accumulate 100,000 experience points...
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