Fantasy: Immortality Begins with Absorbing Demons

Chapter 181 Tree Canopy

As the footsteps drew closer, everyone's attention began to focus on the courtyard gate.

The people who entered the courtyard were none other than Chen Ping and his two companions. Under Tao Wu's intentional or unintentional guidance, they fled back to their original spot in a panic.

'Thunderclap Palm - Shatters Rocks and Splits the Earth!'

Boom!

Taking advantage of Da Mao's distraction, Han Yi's fists, clad in spiked gloves, suddenly slammed out, striking Da Mao squarely in the chest.

However, this punch, with a force of no less than a thousand pounds and a fierce gust of wind, powerful enough to split mountains and shatter the earth, only made Da Mao stagger and take several steps back.

Whoosh! Bai Sanren brandished his Wuchou Sword, twisted his waist, swung the sword around, and slashed horizontally at Tao Gu's waist.

No matter how high your lightness skill or how strange your movement technique, you can't jump up if you're cut in two!

"Oh dear, what a wicked old man! He's so wicked, he has absolutely no sense of romance!"

However, Tao Gu rolled forward in mid-air and lightly leaped over the Wuchou Sword. She chuckled and even had the leisure to tease others at this moment.

Just as Bai Sanren was about to give chase, Han Yi grabbed him.

It turned out that as Chen Ping and the others ran into the courtyard, they met up with Han Yi and the others. Tao Wu, who was following behind them, also stopped.

Unbeknownst to them, Han Yi and his group of martial artists had been surrounded by a group of villagers brought by Tao Wu. The martial artists in the center stood back to back, forming a circular defensive formation.

As night fell, the darkness deepened, and the moonlight had vanished. The only visible light was a bonfire in the middle of the courtyard, which flickered and cast eerie shadows of Tao Wu's monster family on the wall.

The scene fell silent for a moment, with only the breathing of the martial artists and the crackling of the flames.

Huff, huff, huff...

"Distinguished guests, why don't you stay in your rooms and rest quietly, instead of attacking and injuring my precious grandson?"

"Are you complaining that this old man's hospitality is inadequate? I even cut off my daughter's flesh and fed it to you all!"

Tao Wu suddenly spoke, his voice laced with malice.

"What? The meat patties we're eating are actually...?"

"Chen Ping, weren't you trying to take food from me while we were eating? Ugh~~"

He didn't speak until he dropped a bombshell. Chen Ping, Sun Yunsheng, Jia Hao, and the others, who had run away early, were hearing about this for the first time. They immediately bent over, clutching their stomachs, and began to vomit. "Damn it, Chen Ping, you bunch of cowards, how dare you even come back..."

Huang Long couldn't help but curse.

"Shut up!"

Huang An glared fiercely at Huang Long. He was equally furious at Chen Ping and the other two for fleeing, but with a formidable enemy at hand, they needed to unite against them. Survival was paramount before anything else could be considered…

"Hehe, the host's hospitality is certainly excellent, but we can't keep stopping the guest from leaving forever..."

Bai Sanren took the lead and stepped forward, holding a sword in one hand and stroking his beard with the other.

The scene fell silent once again…

After a long while, Tao Gu suddenly burst into unrestrained laughter: "We're waiting for Tao Momo, what are you waiting for?"

Tao Wu and the others also grinned sinisterly, though their faces were covered by withered tree bark, making their expressions impossible to discern. "What?"

The martial artists present were shocked upon hearing this and all looked around.

During their conversation, Chen Ping and the others quietly shared information about their escape route with Han Yi and his group, providing them with a considerable amount of data.

The information mentioned most often about being trapped in a maze of ghosts and the strange changes in the old peach tree in the middle of the village, which was called Peach Mommy!

Everyone looked up and saw an old peach tree that blocked out the sky, growing taller and stronger at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The enormous canopy first covered the entire gate, then spread throughout the courtyard, and continued to expand outwards!

Aerial roots, like vines, hung down from the tree canopy, shrouded in a thin gray mist that spread around the yard.

On the tree canopy, countless wishing plaques, symbolizing prayers, good fortune, and blessings, sway continuously as the canopy grows, like countless blood-red eyes radiating malice!

Finally, the tree canopy stopped growing and expanding...

The enormous canopy of the tree is like a large, black bowl turned upside down, completely covering the entire courtyard!

Comical yet bizarre, grotesque yet terrifying!

All sorts of emotions, like a heavy mountain, weighed down on everyone, and were hard to describe!

This pressure was not only in their hearts but also in their bodies. As the gray mist spread, the martial artists present all noticed that the cold aura between their brows was becoming stronger, their hands and feet were icy cold, and their bodies were becoming increasingly stiff and weak.

"what!!!"

"Anyone who stands in my way will die!!!"

Among the martial artists, one shouted and turned to rush towards the nearest courtyard wall. He swung his iron rod, preparing to smash it at the villagers who had undergone the strange transformation.

The dramatic, thrilling, and terrifying events that had occurred throughout the night had pushed Jia Hao to his limit. He was now like a taut spring, ready to bounce back at the slightest provocation!

Now, he finally couldn't take the pressure anymore, his mind collapsed, and all he wanted to do was escape!

Strangely, the villagers closest to him seemed not to see him at all and did not launch any attack on him!

He had prepared for battle, ready to die, but surprisingly, he was not hindered and successfully rushed to the courtyard wall.

"Get out of the way!"

With all his might, Jia Hao used the iron rod to forcefully pry open the air roots, then leaped forward, trying to pass through the thin layer of gray mist and jump onto the courtyard wall.

boom!

"what!!!"

Huang An cried out in pain and fell to the ground with a wail. The moment his body came into contact with the gray mist, he felt as if he had crashed into a deep, evil ancient castle. There was no echo at all, and then an even greater force of recoil surged from within!

What appeared to be a thin layer of smoke, easily dissipated, suddenly transformed into an insurmountable, impenetrable barrier! "Hahahaha, you ate my daughter's flesh, and you think you can leave so easily!"

Tao Wu swung his cane, which he was using as a cover for his ears, and laughed strangely.

Tao Gu and the others with him laughed heartily. Their gazes as they looked at Han Yi and his group of martial artists were like those of a butcher staring at lambs waiting to be slaughtered on a chopping board, full of appetite.

This scene can be described as a place where evil reigns supreme and demons run rampant!

Wow!

Suddenly, another aerial root drooped down from the middle of the tree crown and landed in front of Han Yi and the others!

Sonorous!

The warriors immediately became alert and drew their weapons.

However, after a while, the aerial root remained dangling, without any movement. Only, at its lower end, something about the size of a human figure seemed to be hanging, swaying in the wind…

Shaking, shaking...

Finally, the thing hanging from the aerial root was facing everyone!

By the dim light of the campfire…

That's a person!

A person hanging from the tree canopy!