The tree demon sent out a divine thought, intimidating Ling Yun and his group, and even used a light barrier to block their retreat.
Upon hearing this, Ling Yun narrowed his eyes slightly, turned to look at the lush tree spirit, and thought:
"You brought this on yourself. You can't bear the consequences of offending me."
I was going to do my thing and you could do yours, but you had to be so reckless just before your ascension!
Then, Ling Yun said to A Bao:
"Since they won't let us leave, then we won't leave. Let's take out the flesh of those great demons and roast it!"
"Okay, bro!"
The group began to take out the flesh and blood of the great demon they had obtained from the Nine Heavens Fox Secret Realm and roast it.
After sending out a divine thought, the tree spirit fell silent.
At this moment, tens of millions of cultivators sat cross-legged in the valley.
They closed their eyes and began to comprehend the Tao.
At the same time, a faint green glow fell from the leaves, scattering over all the cultivators.
For a moment, the entire valley was silent, except for the sounds of Ling Yun and his group barbecuing.
About half an hour later, a strange change occurred!
Almost simultaneously, all the cultivators' hair turned white, and their skin quickly became dry.
Their blood, essence, and cultivation essence flew out of their bodies and drifted toward the tree in a visible form.
Those cultivators with lower cultivation levels perish almost instantly.
The high-level cultivators showed expressions of fear. They struggled to open their eyes and looked at Ling Yun's location, their lips moving as if conveying some message.
Some powerful cultivators at the Integration Realm used their Blood Explosion ability to forcibly increase their cultivation in an attempt to escape this place.
However, it had no effect whatsoever.
Fifteen minutes later,
Tens of millions of cultivators were all turned into dried corpses. A gust of wind quietly flew by, and the dried corpses turned into ashes upon encountering the wind.
Hiss~
Seeing this, A Bao and the others all gasped, their eyes filled with deep fear, unaware that the barbecue in their hands had fallen.
"This...this is too brutal! Tens of millions of cultivators have perished in such a short time, including some powerful cultivators at the Integration Realm!"
"Is it really possible to go to any lengths to achieve ascension?"
"I need to eat some grilled meat to calm my nerves, oh no! My grilled meat fell on the floor!"
"..."
boom!
boom!
boom!
Having absorbed the blood, essence, and cultivation of tens of millions of cultivators, the tree demon began to unleash a terrifying aura.
The aura was so powerful that everything around it was reduced to ashes.
"Haha... Ten thousand years have passed, and I can finally ascend to heaven!"
"I've arrived in the Upper Realm!"
boom!
A thunderclap suddenly resounded in the sky, followed by the appearance of a large spatial rift.
A portal to another dimension emerged from within.
The tree spirit can ascend to the upper realm as long as it steps into the spatial gate within a quarter of an hour.
"I actually witnessed a powerful being ascend to immortality!"
"I've never seen anything like this before! Ascending to the upper realm during the Mahayana stage used to be just a legend. I never thought I'd ever witness it in my lifetime!"
"Look, a rainbow is emanating from the great rift, auspicious omens are descending from the sky, the ascension is quite grand indeed~"
"..."
Everyone enjoyed the barbecue and watched with great interest.
At this moment, the tree spirit shrunk its enormous body, revealing itself to be an old man with a leaf-shaped head and a green beard.
His body began to slowly ascend, his eyes scanning the surroundings, his gaze passing through thousands of mountains and rivers, as if he lingered on the Golden Cloud Continent.
Finally, his gaze fell on Ling Yun and his group, and his eyes changed from joy to hatred.
"Hmph! You almost ruined my grand plan to ascend to immortality before, but luckily those fools were too greedy! Hehe... There's no such thing as a free lunch where they'll encounter the Enlightenment Tree."
Even with the Tree of Enlightenment, without comprehension, one cannot break through to the next level. Greed is the devil! Haha…”
After speaking, he looked down at Ling Yun and his group, and said coldly:
"You can be proud of yourselves for dying at the hands of a Mahayana stage expert. Remember not to meddle in other people's business in your next life!"
Heh... if you have a next life!
After saying that, the tree demon unleashed a beam of green light, then stopped looking at Ling Yun and the others, and rushed towards the spatial gate.
The green light he unleashed could turn Ling Yun and the others into withered trees, leaving them standing in the same spot forever, their souls sealed, making reincarnation impossible!
Half of the tree spirit's body entered the spatial gate, where it saw the magnificent mountains and rivers of the upper realm and felt the incredibly dense spiritual energy. It couldn't help but burst into laughter:
"Haha...haha...I'm coming to the Upper Realm!"
At this moment, the tree spirit was filled with ambition, dreaming of establishing a sect in the great world, becoming an unparalleled emperor, a true immortal, an immortal king, an immortal emperor...
The next moment!
"Hmm? No~"
The tree spirit let out a roar of resentment, and its body was slowly pulled down by a force beyond its control.
It was pulled very slowly, as if letting the tree spirit experience the feeling of a cooked duck flying away.
As the scenery of the great world receded further and further away, the tree demon unleashed all its cultivation to resist that power.
However, it was all in vain.
The tree spirit's body completely exited the portal.
Click!
The portal closed, and the great rift in the void also shut down.
"Ah~ Ah~ Ah~"
No~
The tree spirit's furious roar, filled with resentment, shook the mountains and rivers.
He suddenly looked at Ling Yun, his heart filled with murderous intent.
"It's all because of you!"
The next moment!
With a loud bang!
The tree spirit was slammed to the ground by a powerful force and knelt down uncontrollably.
That slam woke him up. It could prevent him from flying up and block his magic. Ling Yun and his group were definitely not simple.
"Fellow Daoist, that's not right. You ruined my plans and then hindered my ascension. That's immoral!"
The tree demon lacked confidence but was also self-righteous.
Then he began to complain:
"I've cultivated for a full 100,000 years! Do you know how I've spent those 100,000 years?"
You've destroyed 100,000 years of achievements in an instant! Don't you have any conscience?!
The tree spirit looked heartbroken, as if it had suffered a great injustice.
Ah Bao couldn't stand it anymore and angrily said:
"You feel wronged, that your 100,000 years of hard work have gone to waste, but what about those tens of millions of cultivators? They lost their lives because of your selfish desires. Even if they were greedy, their greed was brought about by you."
To ascend to immortality, you engaged in bloody massacres, extracting the essence of innocent cultivators. And you still have the nerve to complain? Your skin is thicker than tree bark!
The tree spirit's sophistry was laced with sarcasm:
"Young man, you are too young. The world of cultivators is inherently plunder and ruthless. The further you go in cultivation, the more difficult it becomes. Without using some conventional methods, how can you succeed?"
It's right that you're young and have a sense of morality and righteousness. But when you're stuck at a certain realm for tens of thousands of years, you'll realize how naive your sense of morality is.
The world of cultivators is all about who is more ruthless, more merciless, and more…
Snap!
After Ling Yun finished the last bite of meat, he slapped the tree demon back to its original form.
"I don't need you to call me 'brother'!"
"Ruthless, huh? Plundering, huh? Then let me show you!"
As he spoke, he summoned the Wood Spirit Witch, Little Green.
"Meow~"
Little Green affectionately licked Ling Yun's face, then opened its mouth and inhaled at the tree demon.
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