"Daonan, don't rush over!" Zhang Taoying suddenly shouted, "Be careful around the oak tree!"
Dao Nan heard Zhang Taoying's call but did not stop; instead, he continued forward.
"Be careful of what?" he asked as he walked.
Chen Jing stared around the oak tree, but saw nothing; there was only mist, mist, and more mist.
He Lili suddenly yawned: "So sleepy..."
Li Si chanted a spell in a low voice.
"Someone stop him! Don't let him get close to the oak tree. There are unseen things there, and it's dangerous!" Zhang Taoying, standing at the back of the crowd, said.
"You know there's danger..." Chen Jing muttered to himself as he wore the Heavenly Heart.
The rational approach would be to let Dao Nan test out what the dangers are first, and then make a decision based on the situation.
Then Chen Jing saw Li Ai rush forward alone.
Chen Jing followed instinctively, this action preceding his initial thought.
The moment Chen Jing stepped out wearing the Heavenly Heart amulet, he realized that this so-called rational decision was an influence bestowed by the Heavenly Heart, and that the real decision he needed to make was to save Dao Nan.
He is the one who lures monsters; the one who lures monsters must protect his comrades.
This is a conflict between the divine self influenced by the will of Heaven and the true self!
“That spirit feels very powerful, but we can handle it!” Zhang Taoying said.
"She's hiding in the mist, not relying on invisibility magic." Li Si, who was moving forward to complete a spell, asked urgently, "Where is she?"
Zhang Taoying opened her mouth, then suddenly burst into laughter for no apparent reason: "Haha, hahaha..."
An eerie laugh lingered in the mist.
Zhang Taoying quickly covered her mouth and pointed in a direction.
"She, haha, in Daonan, haha, ahead, wait, hahahaha, she moved..."
Even without Zhang Taoying's reminder, Chen Jing saw the figure swaying in the mist. She was surrounded by mist, and her rapid movements caused the mist to move as well.
A trickle of blood flowed from Zhang Taoying's right eye: "She is... Chen Jing, in front of you, swinging her sword!"
"Isn't the fog still quite far away...?" Chen Jing thought, but the calm and rationality bestowed upon him by Tianxin made him immediately swing his sword after hearing the words.
Then, Chen Jing felt the reaction force of the sword blade striking something.
Boom!
A burst of sparks exploded in the air, outlining the shape of the monster.
The demoness had no beauty whatsoever; she resembled an old woman in her seventies or eighties. Her entire body was modeled after several withered trees, and her eyes shone with the color of maple leaves, yet seemed to be burning. Her hair was like dried maple leaves strung together, and from her wooden mouth, swirling mists identical to the surrounding fog were spewing out.
He Lili covered her forehead and also cast a spell; blood quickly seeped from the corner of her mouth. But the Maple Leaf Banshee seemed unaffected, retreating to create distance.
Li Ai had already circled behind her, his hands transforming into sharp claws as he stabbed at the Maple Leaf Banshee.
But it only left white marks on her wooden body.
But this bought Chen Jing enough time. Chen Jing unleashed a series of Heavenly Heart strikes, his sword swings so fast they seemed to leave afterimages.
Boom!
Sparks exploded again on the maple leaf banshee.
"That's terrible... Both the illusion and the sword itself hit." Chen Jing thought to himself.
The maple leaf banshee let out a painful howl, exhaling even more mist.
Her withered arm reached out to the towering tree beside her, as if her claws were touching the oak bark.
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