Chapter 831: Killing an Immortal (II)

A trickle of golden blood dripped out of the big tree’s severed leaves. The coconut tree froze with incomprehension for a split second. It’d been too long! So long that it’d almost forgotten how to fight. It’d been so long that it couldn’t believe anyone below Apex would dare raise a hand against it. Even back in New Martial, no cultivator weaker than Apex would dare attack an Immortal.

It snapped back to its senses as the massive face on its trunk contorted with fury. “Li Hao!”

This was a madman! He courted death!

Countless leaves hovered into view and formed a massive hand that sought to swat this gnat to death.

Does he think that I’m weakened with the destruction of my replica, that it’s an opportunity to kill me?! That was just a replica, not the primary body!

Power enclosed the vicinity and the Hus on the outskirts grew excited. The plant spirit was about to make a move! Li Hao was dead meat!

The skies darkened one more, presenting a sight gloomier than before! A gigantic mouth yawned over the premises, devouring heaven and earth like a black hole.

“ROAR!” Panther was in the form of the big golden dog. Mammoth in shape, it swallowed the enormous hand. On the ground, Li Hao erupted with formidable sword intent.

He struck with the force of peak six elements! The supernatural characters were part of Stellaris—there was only one sword beneath the heavens and it stabbed at its target!

Boom!

The skies shattered and earth fractured. Panther swallowed the branches that Li Hao cut off, but they seemed to be alive and turned into individual trees that darted into its stomach!

“The descendant of the Monster Spirit Envoy?” A cold look entered the tree’s eyes.

So that animal has a special background to it, but so what?

The broken branches were still deadly to the dog. A mere five or four element Arcanus dog with some bloodline power of the Monster Spirit Envoy could devour the world, yet could it digest what it ate?

Do you think you’re the Monster Spirit Envoy? You’re going to be dead before long!

Countless little trees darted into Panther’s stomach, drumming a loud disturbance in the black dog’s cavernous stomach!

The big tree ignored it—the little bastard Li Hao was on its mind. Its branches trembled as Panther roared and wretched, regurgitating almost two dozen figures.

A beam of golden light shot at the big tree.

BOOM!

Deputy Zhou punched outward, creating a fissure in the ground as his blood qi soared to the skies. He was more ferocious than before!

“You deserve death!” The big tree fully flew into a rage. No wonder Li Hao had dared go on the attack! He’d collected a bunch of Arcanus!

You’re trying to kill me with Arcanus??

Countless branches manifested and shot through the void. An avenue of light appeared as well, like an eternal road. Countless minor trees shot out from it.

The group didn’t panic as they knew what it was. The coconut tree’s replica had deployed it before—an attack of core origin. As they expected, a small tree appeared in each of their minds. They were ready and immediately let loose with their supernatural characters.

Rumble!!

Blood flowed from their orifices as Deputy Zhou and Chen Zhongtian vomited blood. They suffered from a stronger attack than the rest and various origin weapons materialized over Chen Zhongtian to block the offensive. The man was shocked by the ferocity they faced.

The big tree was really strong, so much stronger than its replica! If it wasn’t for a plethora of origin weapons protecting his meridians, he wouldn’t be able to withstand this blow. Was this the capabilities of an Immortal? If he’d run into it himself as a peak six element and bore the targeted focus of the tree’s attacks, it would take only one blow before he died.

Chen Zhongtian could scarcely believe it! Was the gap between them that great?

It was then that a little tree materialized. A shadow flickered into view and hurtled at the core origin dao.

“How dare you!” The big tree was grappling with surprise that the humans had only been injured and not died. Alarm seized it and it shouted with indignation.

BOOM!

An incredible uproar echoed as core origin strength swept through the area. The projection of the imperial palace solidified and the little tree directed it in a ramming charge at the avenue of core origin!

The projection immediately suppressed the surroundings!

The coconut tree abruptly lifted its roots from where it’d been firmly planted and turned into a humanoid tree. Its four limbs were clearly distinct and its face solidified. The path of light in the void vanished!

A haggard old man looked coldly at the little tree. “A projection of the imperial palace? So you are a guard of the abandoned palace of Silver Moon Territory?

“I see!” the big tree suddenly laughed. “I wondered how Li Hao was bold enough to attack me, so it’s because of you! You’re just an Apex and this isn’t even your primary body. Do you think this shadow of the imperial palace can suppress my core origin dao?”

Although it was very weak, its opponent was neither here with its primary body and was very inexperienced. Its core origin power wasn’t that dense either. Did this little replica want to kill it with these pathetic abilities?

Silver Moon martial masters stood in all directions, everyone on high alert. The coconut tree was too strong! The little tree had stepped forward and utilized its projection, but wasn’t able to overcome their opponent. In fact, the big tree seemed rather enjoying it!

“Interesting, how interesting,” laughed the coconut tree. “This is wonderful, you have a plant spirit replica with you! Devouring you will be more nutritious than devouring one hundred million mysterious power stones!”

Indeed, Li Hao’s trump cards were a joke to the big tree. This little replica would be its to eat!

A series of ghastly wails sounded nearby. The big tree tilted its head just in time to see Li Hao retract his sword. The young man hadn’t joined his people in attacking the coconut tree earlier because he’d been busy killing all of the Hu powerhouses nearby. They were now all dead!

These people had been watching the show, and some tried to get away in the confusion. Well, they weren’t going anywhere!

“Li Hao!” snapped the coconut tree. That animal had exterminated all of the Hus! The tree had use for those humans! They could collect treasures for it after it killed Li Hao’s group! But it laughed when a new thought entered its mind. Would it still need the Hus after devouring the little replica and then the people in front of him?

It was no longer furious and summoned a grand avenue in the void between them again. It seemed to lead to the boundless void, but the little tree said coolly via mental ripples, “Core origin dao has long vanished. This is but your lingering core origin strength. Who are you trying to scare with this show?”

BOOM!

The imperial palace projection appeared once more and came down on all sides. They were no longer in the ancient age. In those days, an Immortal spontaneously increased their battle strength multiple times over when they deployed their core origin dao. That was truly frightening. But now, the big tree was only making use of its lingering strength.

BAM!

The imperial palace projection crashed into core origin dao once more. The coconut tree watched coldly as the little tree rapidly backed away and the projection started crumbling.

I am not something you can have designs on, no matter how weak I am! I am an Immortal!

“Kill!” Li Hao grunted and charged with an upraised sword. The others brought out their trump cards as well.

Chen Zhongtian shouted angrily and manifested a long blade over his body. It broke through the void, stunning even Deputy Zhou and the others with the blow. It showed signs of smashing the void to pieces!

Light erupted from the long blade, dominating heaven and earth.

“The weapon of a Saint?” The coconut tree regarded it with hostility. It could tell that this had once been the personal weapon of a Saint. Although the wielder’s identity eluded it for the moment, it knew that its modern wielder was too weak. The blow had been made through the weapon’s instincts and might threaten an Apex, but delivered a negligible effect to the coconut tree.

Multiple branches transformed into fists and hovered threateningly at the group. One punch formed in front of everyone!

BOOM!

Deputy Zhou’s domineering golden body shattered from the punch. Water of Life streamed out from a variety of openings to nourish his body, but blood continued to flow freely from his injuries.

𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Hong Yitang howled with concentration and brought down Earthturner Sword over the entire scene. His ‘sword’ character fractured with a loud bang and his defenses were pierced through! Hong Yitang spat out a mouthful of blood and color drained from his face. The rest of the group’s attacks quickly arrived, but they could not seize back the momentum!

He Yong and everyone else swiftly flew backward with blood spraying from their wounds.

“Broken Will!” roared Hou Xiaochen, as did Sky Sword and a few others with their own methods. The earth and skies fissured, but the massive punch broke through a spear, the Sky Sword technique, and even the five element Yao Si’s attacks.

Bam!

It took only a split second, but every single powerhouse on the scene was firmly defeated. The coconut tree was too strong! Deputy Zhou had been sent flying and Chen Zhongtian’s long blade only inflicted an imperceptible crack on the tree trunk.

The group was flabbergasted. This was so much stronger than the replica, could they really kill it?

The little tree had been erupting with the imperial palace projection to suppress their target’s core origin. Therefore, the coconut tree wasn’t utilizing its core origin dao at all. It was simply relying on its physical body to crush everyone.

The coconut tree turned to Li Hao again. The young man was strong enough to shatter the image of its fist with one stroke. But... what did that count for?

“Is this the source of your confidence?” laughed the coconut tree. “You will never know how strong the Immortal level is!”

So what if you’ve constrained my core origin?

The little tree didn’t have strength left for anything after that. None of these people could measure up to it even if it didn’t utilize core origin.

Scanning the Arcanus powerhouses prone on the ground, the coconut tree walked toward Li Hao. “So naive!” It shook its head.

Li Hao watched with a frosty expression. The big tree really was too strong! He admitted to that. It was stronger than its replica even without utilizing core origin dao. That was greatly beyond their expectations.

But... are you sure that victory is in the bag?