Chapter 169: Mountain Training 8
Zhang Linger was eager to try it out, so she placed her precious lightning-inducing talisman between her fingers and began to chant a spell.
"The Mysterious Sect of Heaven and Earth... the magnificent power of Heaven, guided by talismans."
"Boom—boom—"
The power of thunder and lightning began to accumulate in the air. Just by listening to the frightening muffled thunder, the tree demon's uneasiness continued to grow.
This thunderbolt not only made it feel uneasy, but also frightened the old man and the young boy who dared not enter the depths of the forest.
"Grandpa, then, then, who was the thunder targeting? Could it be that the bad guy ate those people and started to overcome the tribulation—"
The little girl's voice trembled a little, and as she finished speaking, the vines wrapped around the tree began to rustle.
"Don't be afraid, Xiao Man. This thunder doesn't look like a thundercloud that will bring about a tribulation. He has killed countless lives, so the heavens will only make his tribulation more severe, wishing to kill him. This one hasn't reached that level yet."
However, this thunder is indeed a bit strange, but I won’t tell her about it.
The old man's steady voice rang out in the air, and a huge, thousand-year-old tree bent its branches and gently stroked the trembling vines wrapped around its trunk.
"Uh-huh."
A tender little girl's voice sounded, her tone much calmer than before.
On the other side, the tree demon had no time to dodge and was hit instantly.
"ah--"
The miserable and tragic sound resounded throughout the forest, startling a group of birds and making them fly out of the forest in panic. All the plants that lost his control retreated to their original positions.
The tree demon that was struck by lightning began to have a raging blue flame burning on his body. The fire not only burned his body, but also burned his soul.
"ah--"
As he cried out in pain, a huge banyan tree suddenly appeared in his place. It looked like it would take three or four adults holding hands to hug it.
The man's painful groans and moans could still be heard from the tree. Zhang Ling'er was dumbfounded by what she saw.
"Idol, what's going on?"
Seeing Qing Yanrou and the others coming over, she asked in confusion.
"Heavenly Dao used your hand to directly destroy his spirit with the pure power of heavenly thunder. Now only his body remains."
Qing Yanrou didn't expect that Tiandao would do this. She directly used Xuanmen's hand to beat the tree monster back to its original form.
"Ah, what do you mean?"
Not only did Zhang Ling'er not understand, but everyone else also looked at her in confusion.
Wang Xing was finally able to move without the tree demon restraining him, but he was in sore pain all over.
He struggled to get up from the ground and limped towards Qing Yanrou and the others, intending to thank them.
But before he could reach them, he heard her cold voice speaking calmly.
"This tree demon has dozens of human lives on his body, as well as countless other spirits that he devoured upon becoming a spirit. He knows it's impossible for him to cultivate into the righteous path after killing so many lives, and he only wishes to live as long as the heavens and the earth."
"The Way of Heaven is the law that maintains this world. His actions have violated the law, but the Way of Heaven cannot directly send down thunder to punish him. It can only silently wait for him to experience the tribulation and then increase the intensity of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Thunder."
"If he had waited until the tree demon had gone through the tribulation, perhaps he could have found some rare treasures to help him survive the thunder tribulation. But unfortunately, he was unlucky. Before he could fully prepare, the Heavenly Dao, through your hand, directly turned him back to his original form."
Only after Qing Yanrou's cold voice fell did they react.
It turns out that the way of heaven is so cunning!
"Boom—"
Suddenly there was a loud thunder, which scared everyone, but it was just this one thunder, and there was no other movement.
"What about this tree demon now?"
Yuan Mu leaned forward slightly to look at the towering banyan tree in front of him and asked curiously.
"Now it's just an ordinary thousand-year-old banyan tree."
"Master, is the monster really gone?"
Wang Xing's voice suddenly appeared behind everyone. Hearing his anxious tone, Yuan Mu said unhappily:
"What our Taoist Master Qing says is always true. If you don't believe it, you can go and see for yourself."
He was still a little uncomfortable with Wang Xing's attitude towards him during the day.
Wang Xing could naturally hear it, and he quickly bowed sincerely to him and said:
"I'm not questioning the Master's words, I just can't believe it. Brother, I'm sorry for what I did this afternoon. I shouldn't have treated you that way. I apologize here. I'm sorry."
Yuan Mu was stunned by his behavior. After a long while, he came to his senses and waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay."
Then he turned around with a hot face.
“Wang Xing——”
“Wang Xing——”
“Wang Xing——”
Suddenly, three excited and surprised voices came from the front left, followed by the bright light of a flashlight waving continuously.
"I'm here, ouch—"
When he heard the voices of Qian Dayuan and the others, he burst into laughter with joy, but accidentally twisted his foot. Then he remembered that his ankle was still red and swollen!
And he couldn't think about it. As long as he thought about him, his ankles would itch unbearably. He groaned in pain, then squatted down and rubbed his ankles with both hands.
He still remembered that he couldn't scratch directly with his hands, so he used rubbing to relieve the itch.
"What's wrong with you?"
Yuan Mu and the others squatted down and asked while staring at his swollen ankle.
"Oh, yes, there is a monster in this forest. My foot was injured by that monster."
Wang Xing said this in a restrained voice while enduring the burning pain and unbearable itching in his ankle.
"And youkai, let us help you take a look at your feet."
The only one here who knew medicine was Qing Yanrou. She squatted down, took his hand with a slight frown, and examined his ankle.
Just then, Qian Dayuan and the other two also walked up to them.
They just saw with their own eyes that a man suddenly appeared in front of Shang Qi and the others. A bolt of lightning seemed to have consciousness and only struck that man, without causing any harm to the people and trees around him.
Then they heard the man's painful screams again, and they watched as the man turned into a towering tree on the spot.
They were so scared that they wanted to go back to the cave they had been in before, but they remembered the unidentified object that had been chasing them before, which made them a little scared.
It happened that at this moment they saw Wang Xing suddenly appear and bow to those people. They excitedly called out to him and ran over there.
"Your foot is invaded by toxins."
"That must be the monster's poison. I didn't provoke it, it just wrapped itself around me. I thought it was just an ordinary vine, so I cut it off. Master, is there any way to save my foot?"
Wang Xing's voice was panicked and anxious, with a hint of tears in it.
"If you want your feet to be intact, you may need to meet that vine monster."
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