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Chapter 316: Experience in battle, the monster's background

But the current situation does not allow Jiang Ningshuang to think too much, the battle has already begun!

Without saying a word, everyone started fighting.

"Your branches are your cage!"

Xie Yu and Lin Hongwen simultaneously used their words to bring about magic, which had a certain suppressing effect on the old woman's dancing branches.

It works, but not much.

The two have limited strength and are unable to bring out the true power of their words, but a battle of this level is a valuable training opportunity for them.

Normally, if they encountered a master who was half a step away from achieving greatness, they probably wouldn't even have a chance to fight back.

But now Lu Zhan has restrained the locust tree monster, preventing it from exerting its full strength, allowing Xie Yu and others to fight the locust tree monster with all their strength but not be killed by it, which is a thrilling situation. This is undoubtedly beneficial to them.

Jiang Ningshuang's phoenix tail flute sounded faintly, and the Purple Qi Repairing Heaven Art transformed into a gorgeous purple stone, healing the injuries of Xie Yu and his two fellow apprentice brothers.

She could see that Lu Zhan was creating an opportunity for them to gain experience, so she naturally couldn't let it go.

Even Xiaobai picked a relatively weak branch to fight with, and every time he was injured, he would be quickly healed by Jiang Ningshuang's Purple Qi Repairing Heaven Technique.

Before he could finish his words, Lin Hongwen screamed as a branch pierced his left rib.

According to Lu Zhan's strength, it would be a piece of cake to kill this tree demon, but in order to create an opportunity for them to gain experience, Lu Zhan actually entangled with the locust tree demon, wasting not only his true energy but also his strength.

"Rumble--"

But when she saw Lu Zhan summoning his spirit to practice micro-manipulation, the old woman realized that the situation had changed. It seemed that she was not at ease, but Lu Zhan was deliberately hiding his abilities!

Lin Hongwen was a little embarrassed. He just thought that Jiang Ningshuang cared about him and was very happy in his heart. He didn't expect that Jiang Ningshuang was just simply reminding him.

"Within a radius of ten feet, a sea of ​​fire is blazing!"

Thinking of this, Lu Zhan summoned his two souls, separated his two divine thoughts into two to control the battle with the old woman Shuchazi, and practiced the micro-control of the divine thoughts. As long as you are willing to practice, you will always be able to master micro-control.

This extreme operation made beads of sweat appear on Jiang Ningshuang's forehead. She had never faced such a high-end situation before. She needed to perform the Purple Qi Bu Tian Jue while quickly replenishing her true Qi. There could not be any delay in the process. She also had to use the Purple Qi Bu Tian Jue to defend herself to avoid being affected by the tree monster.

Soon the branch broke Xie Yu's illusion and pulled off one of his shoulders.

The old woman's limbs and back all turned into branches, with only the middle part maintaining her human body. She was frightened by the thunder, but still did not dare to be distracted.

Xie Yu made a hand gesture with one hand, creating an illusion of a sea of ​​fire, trapping the branches of the locust tree monster inside.

"..."

If he could do more than one thing at a time like the old woman controlling the branches, his soul's combat capability would more than double.

Jiang Ningshuang blew the phoenix-tail flute, and the sound of the flute condensed into two twin flowers sparkling with rosy clouds. The flowers fell on Xie Yu's broken arm. Xie Yu's broken arm slowly recovered, and soon a new arm grew out.

"Be careful!" Jiang Ningshuang saw that he was distracted and couldn't help but shout.

Fortunately, Jiang Ningshuang became more and more courageous as the battle went on. Although she was a little exhausted at this time, she still held up the Purple Qi Bu Tian Jue and continued to heal everyone.

Confucian cultivators do not focus on attacking, and all their attack methods are very moderate, but it is still simple to create an illusion to attack, and using illusions to fight is what Confucian cultivators are best at.

As long as you can't die, there's nothing to be afraid of!

……

"Ok?"

Jiang Ningshuang restored her true Qi to the limit, and at the same time used purple Qi to draw out the yang energy absorbed by the fox demon and replenish it for Lin Hongwen.

Jiang Ningshuang was furious: "The branch is behind you, can't you feel it? You are still distracted at this time, you are a student of Luyun Academy!"

"Lu Zhan is really nice, no wonder Chun Yan is so devoted to him!" Xie Yu realized Lu Zhan's thoughts and admired him greatly in his heart.

Compared to Xie Yu, Lin Hongwen was in a more embarrassed state. Because he lacked yang energy, he felt a little weak when casting spells, resulting in insufficient power of the magic.

"Hmm? So magical? Thank you, Fairy Jiang!"

These branches are actually the old woman's clones. She uses different divine thoughts to control them. The branches seem to come alive, and each one is hideous and terrifying.

Xie Yu’s confidence increased greatly, and he immediately took up the challenge again.

The locust tree spirit was very skilled in controlling the branches. Even though there were more than thirty branches at this time, she was still able to control them with ease.

Jiang Ningshuang was panting, and her pretty face became even more charming.

"All things generate purple energy, and the energy replenishes the sky!"

But Lu Zhan's behavior made the old woman angry and ashamed.

This friendship must be appreciated!

It’s a pity that the Confucian cultivator lacks fierce means of attack, otherwise this experience would be even more valuable.

Lin Hongwen just thought that Junior Sister Jiang was worried about him, and he became more and more eager to fight. He smiled brightly: "Junior Sister Jiang, don't worry, I will be small-ah!"

In fact, it is not Lin Hongwen's fault. Lin Hongwen has never experienced this level of battle. He does not know that a moment of distraction can make the difference between life and death.

……

Xie Yu was overjoyed when he saw the arm he had grown. The flexibility of this arm was even greater than his own. The Purple Qi Patching the Sky was indeed worthy of its reputation!

Thunder suddenly sounded in the sky, and ferocious lightning flashed across the night sky, shocking everyone as if it was going to split the heaven and earth apart.

Lin Hongwen sensed the return of his yang energy and immediately looked back. When he saw Jiang Ningshuang healing his wounds not far away, his eyes were filled with complex emotions and he couldn't help but think of the good times when he pursued Junior Sister Jiang.

Lin Hongwen was no longer distracted and devoted himself to the battle.

The old woman was originally eager to fight, but soon she felt something was wrong. At first she was proud of her ease and she was confident that she could strangle Lu Zhan and others.

"..."

This wave of operations made Lu Zhan very envious. Lu Zhan now had more souls, but unfortunately his divine consciousness could not do two things at once, which affected the fighting power of his souls to a certain extent.

Or... Lu Zhan was deliberately using her to practice, so he didn't get serious. If he really got serious, she might not be Lu Zhan's opponent!

After all, if she was really at ease, according to her realm of half a step to creation, she would have been able to kill her opponent overwhelmingly long ago, instead of being suppressed by Lu Zhan like now no matter how strong she was.

"court death!"

“The earth cracks and the sky collapses!”

The old woman was furious. She was the mountain goddess, even if she was a fake, she still had some dignity. She was actually used as a training sandbag, and a training sandbag for a group of people. This was intolerable. She directly used her magic to let these little brats see how powerful she was.

The old woman tree emitted black mist. Wherever the black mist went, cracks appeared in the ground. Countless tree roots came out from the cracks and formed a cage around them like a rotten wood, trapping several people inside!

"Wing Fire Dragon Wing!"

Without saying a word, Lu Zhan directly fought back with his Winged Fire Dragon Wings. A huge phantom of dragon wings condensed behind him. As the dragon wings flapped, flames shot up into the sky.

This was the divine fire that had been blessed by the breath of the golden dragon and the essence of divine fire. Coupled with the Bifang fire bloodline contained in the Winged Fire Dragon itself, it instantly burned the tree roots into pieces and broke the cage.

"How is it possible? You can actually burn my tree roots!"

The old woman was furious and mobilized her true energy like crazy. This time, eerie fire appeared in the black fog, and the sound of prayers came from the fire.

This was the evil fire that the old woman cultivated using incense. Unfortunately, this evil fire was swallowed up the moment it touched Lu Zhan's flame.

Incense can certainly help monsters practice, but the amount of incense that monsters can absorb is limited, and there is an upper limit. This is also the reason why the Demon Suppression Bureau does not strictly control the "wild gods". It is naturally good for them to do things for the people. If they become bad, because of this upper limit, the monsters cannot cause any big waves.

"Rumble--"

The old woman's legs drilled into the ground and seemed to merge with the surrounding ground. The ground sank rapidly, and her roots continued to spread deep into the earth. She actually wanted to run away.

The old woman is not stupid. This time she has met a tough guy, so she better runs away!

"Brothers, stop practicing. It's time to end it!"

Seeing that she wanted to run, Lu Zhan naturally did not allow her to escape. He waved his hand and summoned the Plum Blossom Spear, which was fiercely nailed into the ground, attracting the divine thunder of heaven and earth and blocking the surroundings with thunder.

The Winged Fire Dragon soared into the sky. Lu Zhan gathered the divine fire generated by the dragon wings in his hands, formed it into a flaming spear, and smashed it towards the old woman.

"what……"

A scream was heard, and a towering tree was seen screaming in the divine fire. It was soon refined to ashes. A black branch rose in the divine fire and was taken by Lu Zhan.

This branch is the essence of the locust tree monster. Now, after being struck by lightning and burned by divine fire, it has become a treasure for refining weapons.

"It actually has a burnt smell." Lu Zhan put the things away and planned to use them if needed and sell them if not.

The few people had no objection to Lu Zhan's behavior. They all saw who contributed more in this battle. Moreover, they had to thank Lu Zhan for giving them the opportunity to gain experience. Otherwise, where could they find such good practical training?

Xie Yu came over ready to fight, and said with great enthusiasm: "Brother Lu, this battle was so exciting. I feel like I have made some breakthroughs. I will come again next time something like this happens!"

For practitioners, actual combat is the fastest way to grow. Unfortunately, not all practitioners have the opportunity to experience this kind of cross-level and safe actual combat training.

Lin Hongwen glanced at the two monsters next to him and asked, "What should we do with these two?"

"Please spare my life, Immortal! I have no choice but to do so!"

The two demons, Huangli and Taohong, crawled on the ground and begged for mercy.

When Lu Zhan released the aura of the divine beast just now, Taohong, who was already poisoned, was almost shocked to death by the aura of the divine beast. Then, watching the tree monster being killed, Taohong was extremely afraid.

"You had no choice?" Jiang Ningshuang sneered: "When you forcibly extracted Lin Hongwen's Yang Qi just now, we saw it clearly. Not only did you extract the Yang Qi, but you also killed people and dug out their hearts. You deserve to die!"

Tao Hong burst into tears: "We were all forced by the tree demon! If we don't listen to the tree demon, we won't be able to stay in Bianjing City. I am a local demon in Bianjing, and I really don't want to leave my hometown!"

"But that tree demon is not only extremely powerful, but also has someone in the imperial court behind her. It's hard for us to get along with either the human or demon worlds, so we are forced to go along with her!"

"Otherwise, even if we have ten courages, we dare not absorb the Yang Qi and take out our hearts in Bianjing!"

There was no other way at this point. Taohong cried and told these young people her past, hoping to arouse their sympathy.

Huangli didn't bother to argue with Taohong. She was frightened by the scene of the tree demon's death, and now she just wanted to live.

Lu Zhan was attracted by Tao Hong's words: "You said the tree demon has someone in the court? Do you know who it is?"

"We don't know who he is, but we collect hearts for that person. He wants to use the hearts to prolong his life, so he asked us to take out our hearts. We are not stupid. We didn't dare to absorb too much yang energy before, for fear of being discovered. If we weren't forced to do so, who would dare to take out our hearts?" Huang Li said crying.

Everyone was silent, and glanced at each other subconsciously.

It seems that the situation is just as Lu Zhan expected. The evildoer took the risk to take action at this time because he really has a backer.

Secondly, this matter concerns the imperial court...

Xie Yu had prepared himself mentally when he came, and now he said, "Whether this matter is true or not, since we have intervened, we must investigate it thoroughly, otherwise that person will use his power to harm others. Junior Brother Lin, what do you think?"

Although Xie Yu was a disciple of the great scholar Zhu Xi, he was not a direct disciple after all. When it came to matters concerning the court, he still had to call on Lin Hongwen to be reliable.

Lin Hongwen is the dean's direct disciple.

Lin Hongwen glanced at the fox demon and said, "The demon has harmed many people. I don't know whether what he said is true or not, but since it concerns the people, we should continue to investigate. However, we can't keep these two demons. Brother Lu should deal with them as soon as possible."

"..."

When these words came out, Taohong and Huangli were stunned: "We have already surrendered, and you still want to kill us?"

"Who told you that I won't kill you if you surrender?" Lu Zhan understood that Lin Hongwen was angry. Anyone would feel uncomfortable if they were kissed by a monster for no reason.

What's more, no matter whether these two monsters were forced by people or not, they have harmed a lot of people and cannot be kept.

"Wait a minute--" Tao Hong suddenly shouted, "I know how to cultivate the celestial fox. After practicing, the fox demon will grow into a nine-tailed fox, becoming a true nine-tailed celestial fox, infinitely close to the ancient bloodline... If you spare my life, I will pass this method on to that little fox! From now on, I am willing to work like a cow or a horse, and I will do whatever you ask me to do!"

Whatever you want to do? Jiang Ningshuang said coldly: "The fox demon has harmed countless people. Even if there is a way to cultivate it, it cannot be forgiven!"

Xiaobai poked his head out from behind Lu Zhan, staring with big eyes: "If Baibai doesn't learn the bad guy's magic, the bad guy deserves to die."

"..."

Taohong was so angry that her eyes rolled back, thinking that this stupid fox was as dumb as a pig and had no idea how precious the Heavenly Fox Dharma was!

Lu Zhan was interested in the Sky Fox Technique, but he was not a fox. Since Xiaobai didn't want it, he didn't want to set a bad example for the child, so he punished the evil and promoted the good on the spot.

Taohong didn't have the chance to speak again. Lu Zhan put his hands on the heads of the two monsters and killed them.

A washbasin-sized oriole and a three-tailed gray fox.

Lu Zhan threw the demon corpse into the spirit ring, looked at Xie Yu and Lin Hongwen and said, "This matter should not be made public, but I will investigate it secretly."

Just now he was indeed unable to tell the truth from the false in the words of the two monsters, but now all the monsters have been killed by him. Lu Zhan can read the monsters' memories, so he can naturally tell the truth from the false.

"Understood!" Xie Yu nodded: "If there is anything you need us to do, please feel free to contact us."