I, Superman, the Supreme Commander

The trees in the sky have twisted roots, and their rhizomes are crisscrossed and connected into one.

Among them, there is a thousand-year-old locust tree with a crown of hundreds of feet that requires dozens of people to hug. It is particularly eye-catching.

The trunk of the locust tree had facial features that looked like a human face, and it let out a shrill wail.

It seems to be the real body of the tree demon.

The human form transformed by the tree demon was rolling on the ground with heart-wrenching screams, crying and begging for mercy.

"Please spare my life, Immortal! Please spare my life, Immortal!"

The tree demon was really scared.

The tremendous power that Zhang Hong displayed at this moment was simply beyond the control of an ordinary cultivator.

Even its main body was uprooted by the opponent, so it was easy for the opponent to kill it.

It immediately believed that Zhang Hong was a true immortal who had descended to the earth, so in order to survive, it immediately surrendered.

Yan Chixia and the other two were also shocked by Zhang Hong's generosity.

With just a wave of his hand, he can pull millions of trees up to the sky. This kind of magical power is no less than moving mountains and filling the sea.

Trees with exposed roots were floating all over the sky. This shocking scene was the first time in the lives of the three people, and they were all greatly shocked.

[Humph! If it weren't for the fact that you still have some use, I would have turned you into ashes right now.]

Zhang Hong's cold voice rang in everyone's ears.

The trees floating in the sky then landed together and were reinserted into the earth.

The cracked earth closed again, and the mountains around Lanruo Temple returned to their lush and green appearance.

If there were no traces of soil renovation on the ground, Yan Chixia and the others would have thought that what they had just experienced was an illusion.

The tree demon knelt on the ground, kowtowed respectfully and said: "Thank you for not killing me, Immortal. I am willing to be your slave and obey your orders."

"Get up, I am Zhang Hong, my Taoist name is Savior Heavenly Lord, you can just call me Heavenly Lord."

"Yes, Tianzun."

The tree demon hung its head and stood properly, not daring to overstep the mark in the slightest.

Zhang Hong took a look at the tree demon's ugly face and weird attire.

She said dissatisfiedly: "You are too ugly. Since you call yourself the tree demon, you should show yourself as a woman and transform yourself again!"

"Yes Yes!"

The tree demon quickly used its magic power to change its appearance.

Her body shook and she turned into a middle-aged woman in her thirties or forties.

She is not beautiful, but she has regular features, like an ordinary country girl.

The voice she spoke also became a soft female voice, no longer the ambiguous one before.

"Do you have a name?"

"Reporting to the Heavenly Lord, I haven't been given a name yet. They all call me grandma."

"In that case, I will give you a name. Since your body is a locust tree and you were born in Lanruo Temple, you will be called Lan Huairuo."

"Thank you, God, for the name!"

The tree demon Lan Huairuo bowed and saluted according to women's etiquette.

Yan Chixia and others watched silently from the side, not daring to say much.

After the display of divine power just now, Yan Chixia and others were already extremely in awe of Zhang Hong, and naturally did not dare to object to his decision.

After taming the tree demon, Zhang Hong asked it to arrange the ghosts under its command to collect and bury the bodies of those killed by it.

Afterwards, the group came to the small house in the middle of the lake where the tree demon lived and prepared hot tea. The tree demons and ghosts stood respectfully beside them. Zhang Hong sat down and asked Yan Chixia and others for detailed information about the situation in this world.

It turns out that this world is a world where humans, demons, ghosts and monsters live together.

The imperial court that ruled the world was called the Ming Dynasty, which was roughly the same as the Ming Dynasty in Earth history.

However, the geography is very different from that of Earth. The Ming Dynasty has a total of nine states, and outside the nine states are eight wastelands, and outside the eight wastelands are four seas. As for what is outside the four seas, no one knows what is going on.

Today, the emperor of the human dynasty is incompetent, treacherous ministers are in power, the government is corrupt, natural disasters and man-made disasters continue to occur everywhere, and all kinds of demons and monsters are causing chaos in various places. There are already some shadows of the end of the world.

What happened in Lanruo Temple in Guobei County is just a microcosm of the human world.

Such demons causing chaos and harming people can be seen everywhere in the world.

Although there are many sects of cultivators in the world, such as Kunlun, Maoshan, and Laoshan in Taoism... the Big Buddha Temple, White Horse Temple, Lingyin Temple, and Jinshan Temple in Buddhism... there are many righteous cultivators in each sect, like Yan Chixia, who walk around the world to subdue demons and eliminate monsters.

But compared with the endless stream of demons and monsters, the number of human cultivators is really too scarce, and cultivators with powerful magic like Yan Chixia are even rarer.

It seems that this world is particularly fond of demons, and all kinds of strange demons and monsters are easily born.

From the tree demon, Zhang Hong also learned some secrets of the demon world.

Demons also have their own forces.

It is similar to an underground kingdom hidden in the dark. Monsters have their own monster kings, and ghosts have their own ghost kings.

In addition to the "individual households" such as tree demons, there are also many demon clans that have been passed down for thousands of years. For example, the fox demon clan, the weasel demon clan, the flower demon clan...

Among the ghosts, the Black Mountain Old Demon has the most powerful force.

It is a spirit that has emerged from a thousand-year-old black mountain in the underworld. It is born with extraordinary aura and boundless magical powers, and is both a demon and a ghost.

The City of the Dead, which now occupies the underworld, has become a powerful warlord in the underworld. It is said that even the King of Hell cannot do anything about it.

"Why did the gods of heaven and hell allow the Black Mountain Old Demon to wreak havoc in the underworld?"

Zhang Hong asked the question that puzzled him the most.

Hearing Zhang Hong's question, the tree demon and Yan Chixia looked confused.

"Tianzun, don't you know more about the affairs of the gods than we do?"

Yan Chixia asked curiously.

Zhang Hong coughed lightly and explained calmly, "The place where I practice is not within the Three Realms, and I have no contact with the gods and Buddhas in the upper realms. If you know the situation, you might as well tell me."

The tree demon Lan Huairuo took the initiative to say: "Master Tianzun, as far as I know, thousands of years ago, gods and immortals often came to the human world. But for some reason, one day the gods and Buddhas disappeared and no longer appeared."

"I learned from Lord Black Mountain...Old Demon Black Mountain that the Five Ghost Emperors, the Ten Kings of Hell, the Black and White Impermanence and other Yin Gods in the underworld have all disappeared!"

Zhang Hong frowned.

"When did this start?"

"I don't know. I have never seen a fairy since I became a spirit when I was little."

The tree demon took a thousand years to become a spirit, so that must have been at least a thousand years ago.

Yan Chixia also twisted his beard, pondered for a moment, and continued: "I have traveled all over the world in the past few years and have seen many demons and monsters, as well as cultivators from various sects, but I have never seen immortals or Buddhas appear..."

"I have met a few city gods and land gods. Lord Tianzun, these city gods and land gods belong to the underworld, and are conferred by heaven and earth. Perhaps I can ask them about the inside story."

"Okay. Then I'll leave this matter to you, Yan Chixia."

"Start the investigation from Guobei County. If you encounter danger, you can call out my name and I will naturally protect you." Zhang Hong said.

"Yes!"

Yan Chixia didn't waste any time. He picked up his sword and left immediately. He walked like a dragon and a tiger and disappeared from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Hong said to Ning Caichen: "Ning Caichen, I have something for you to do."