Fellow Daoist! That scoundrel has written a new book again.

How did this attract another wave of monsters?!

Zhu Wuyao felt that his life was about to end.

Her figure reappeared, landing steadily on a treetop not far away. She turned and ran down the mountain, shouting as she ran, "Down the mountain! Down the mountain!"

The mountain spirits can't leave Jiguanshan. Although the tree spirits can be uprooted and chased after us, they probably can't leave their homeland either. Even if they can't, at least there will be only one group left, and the three of us can work together to wipe them out.

Upon hearing her voice, Hua Yingting and Xu San'er also turned around and ran down the mountain.

A river blocked their path ahead, and the group each displayed their unique abilities.

Zhu Wuyao's teleportation distance wasn't long. He landed in the middle of the river and, without the slightest hesitation, swam across like a shuttle, reaching the other side in just a few breaths.

She was aware of her surroundings and suddenly turned around to chop down the vines that were flowing with the water.

Just as countless vines were extending from behind and about to reach him, a flower vine suddenly appeared, binding all the vines and resisting them, blocking him for three breaths.

It was Hua Yingting, who had crossed the river on a vine, who came to her aid.

Zhu Wuyao seized the opportunity and immediately turned back to shore.

Xu San'er was using an abacus to clear out the smaller monsters, while the largest mountain spirit was about to float down from the river.

Hua Ying stopped and said, "Retreat!"

The two quickly retreated, watching as Hua Yingting unleashed several fireballs of lightning that exploded on the river's surface.

The tree spirit forcibly built a bridge with vines. Just one step away, the vines were about to reach the other side, but the explosion of the lightning fireball destroyed many branches and vines. The roar came from the other side.

The three of them did not look back and fled down the mountain with all their might.

As they neared the bottom of the mountain, Hua Ying suddenly stopped, turned her head, looked up at the largest mountain spirit, and said:

"You two go down the mountain first. I'm going to try and kill it!"

With this thing gone, the remaining mountain spirits can't cause any more trouble, especially since it's only two or three teleports away from where we're going down the mountain.

If you are not up to the task, you can give up at any time.

Xu San'er saw Zhu Wuyao turn back to help, so he reluctantly stopped, stuffed an "Iron Armor Talisman" into her hand, and then, without stopping, shouted:

"I'll be waiting for you at the foot of the mountain!"

As they ran downhill, two flames ignited behind them, eliminating the two mountain spirits.

Zhu Wuyao swung his sword at the small mountain spirit, stopping Hua Ying's formation so that she could concentrate on confronting the mountain spirit king without being disturbed, while also keeping an eye on the distance to see if the tree spirit was chasing after them.

With the mountain spirit gone, the sound of the mountain trembling became clearer. Zhu Wuyao looked up at the shadows of the trees, his gaze becoming increasingly solemn and serious.

She turned to look at Hua Yingting and saw that the battle was in its later stages. She knew that if she could just hold off the enemy for a while, Hua Yingting would be able to kill her.

The Qi cultivation technique of the Sky-Gazing Technique has already been used once to replenish the depleted dantian, and it cannot be used again in this battle.

The tree spirit was right in front of her, leaving her no time to hesitate.

"I'm going down the mountain to lure the tree spirit away. You take care of yourself!"

Hua Yingting grunted in response. In the midst of the battle, she flicked out a wood-type healing spiritual energy, stopping the bleeding from the hideous wound on Zhu Wuyao's arm.

However, other wounds, large and small, did not have time to heal during the battle.

Zhu Wuyao took out the blue flower from her storage bag.

In less than fifteen minutes, it already showed signs of wilting?

Upon seeing the blue flower, the tree spirit could see nothing else and rumbled as it moved toward Zhu Wuyao.

The vines came crashing down, but she dodged them with a teleportation.

She put away the blue flower, picked up her sword again for protection, and ran quickly down the mountain, where she spotted Xu San'er in the distance.

Xu San'er stared wide-eyed at the tree spirit behind her. He exclaimed "Ouch!" and jumped around, pointing to the spot at his feet, indicating a trap.

Then he turned around and continued to flee.

Zhu Wuyao arrived at the spot he had just pointed to and leaped over it, but the tree spirit was not so lucky. It stepped into the trap and the next second, the sound of a fireball exploding came.

She didn't let the opportunity slip by.

While the tree spirit was unable to leave, I swung my bladeless sword at the vines that were spreading out of the trap. If one strike wasn't enough, I'd strike twice, using basic attacks to chip away at its health.

The fire has been extinguished.

The earth seemed to tremble even more violently; the tree spirit... seemed to have entered a berserk state.

Seeing that things were going badly, Zhu Wuyao immediately ran away.

Unexpectedly, gnarled tree roots suddenly rose up in front of her, as high as a city wall, blocking her path.

She swung her sword, unleashing a torrent of icy energy. The still-rising tree roots seemed to freeze for a moment, their surfaces covered in frost.

He rose and leaped, using his spiritual power to hover in the air before taking another step, about to scale the tree root wall.

But the frost at the tree spirit's roots vanished instantly, and vines lashed out in the air. Zhu Wuyao could only turn around to block them, only to fall back into the encirclement.

In just a few breaths, the surrounding vines would encircle and trap Zhu Wuyao, utterly killing him.

Just then, she saw a gap appear in the encirclement ahead.

The slender vines seemed ready to break at any moment, yet they were as resilient as spider silk and fishing line, able to provide Zhu Wuyao with an escape route.

Huaying Film Studio is shut down!

Feeling somewhat relieved, Zhu Wuyao was about to flee when she suddenly noticed a faint green glow emerging from the tree roots, which had been altered by the intruding vines.

The reason why the tree spirit did not use tree roots to surround it at the beginning, but only used tree vines to attack, is because its essence is likely to be exposed and cannot be revealed to people. For it, this is the most powerful attack and defense, but also the most dangerous weakness.

Zhu Wuyao was unaware of this matter, but that didn't stop her from feeling that this thing was unusual and that she could try cutting it!

The bladeless sword slashed fiercely into the gaps between the tree roots, making the green blossoms even more dazzling, as if they were bleeding green liquid.

She drew her bladeless sword and escaped through the gate of life.

Just as they stepped outside, Hua Yingting exclaimed with delight, "Its aura is waning; it can be killed!"

Hua Teng restrained them, while Zhu Wuyao swung his sword to attack, and the two worked together to defeat the enemy.

"roar--!"

The tree spirit roared to the sky, seemingly extremely unwilling and resentful, but its form gradually shrank. With the help of flower vines, cold power, and sword slashes, it finally took the size of an ordinary ancient tree.

Zhu Wuyao saw the green light flash, his eyes lit up, and he accurately stabbed it. With a turn of his sword, he completely shattered it.

The tree spirit withered like a dry, lifeless tree.

Countless years of cultivation have vanished today!

"call……"

Zhu Wuyao slammed her sword on the ground, exhausted and nearly depleted of her spiritual energy. Hua Yingting, standing next to her, was in slightly better condition, but only a little better.

After resting for a while, the two of them recovered.

"How did you end up attracting a tree spirit?"

Upon hearing this question, Zhu Wuyao thought for a moment. The two of them had just fought together to kill the enemy, so they shouldn't turn against each other over a spiritual flower.

Furthermore, the blue flower already showed signs of withering, and Hua Yingting, who is always knowledgeable about spiritual herbs, might be able to tell the reason.

"I swam along the river and found a few spiritual herbs and a few stones that could be used to refine weapons. After we settled down, the three of us divided them up."

"When I came ashore, I encountered this flower. I took it, which attracted my pursuit."

As he spoke, the blue spirit flower appeared in his hand.

“Blue Ling Grass!” Hua Yingting recognized it at a glance and said:

"This item is useless to me, but it's perfect for you. You might be able to directly reach the sixth level of Qi Refining by refining it into medicine."

"There's no time to go back to the city. After it's transplanted, it must be taken or used in medicine within an hour. Let's go to the mounts and meet up with Xu San'er. I know a pill formula and have the corresponding ingredients. We can start the furnace immediately."

Hua Yingting can refine most of the pills required for the Qi Refining stage.

"However, there's a fee for asking me to refine pills~"

There was still enough time, no rush. Zhu Wuyao was digging a grave with a pickaxe, intending to bury the tree spirit. He turned around and said:

"Sure, you can choose whatever you want from my share."

The tree spirit, whose spiritual power had been destroyed, was placed upright in the grave and buried properly.

Zhu Wuyao and Hua Yingting left satisfied, having collected spirit ore, spirit herbs, spirit flowers, mountain spirit essences, hazelnuts, wild fruits, and ginseng—

Not a single cloud was taken away.

Protecting the mountains and forests is everyone's responsibility!