Transcendent Dawn

Chapter 632: Chapter 0632: Key Point (Additional 8000, Seeking Monthly Tickets)

In Pan Shu’s imagination, Inspector Jiang Yufeng of the Demon Bureau should have just been trapped in the mist, unable to find a way out, or even already relied on his own strength and powerful Magic Artifacts to inflict significant damage on the ‘resentful soul’.

But now, what he saw completely contradicted his imagination!

The Seventh-grade Inspector could only struggle under the willow tree, looking like he could collapse at any moment.

Cluck Cluck!

Pan Shu’s teeth chattered, his calves shivering a little.

At this moment, he saw the mummy-like sculptures under the willow tree uniformly turn their heads and stare straight at him.

Most of them were locals, some were colleagues from the Demon Bureau. Their cheeks were thin, like skin-covered bones, as if all the remaining flesh and blood had been absorbed by the willow branches stuck in their bodies.

Under many gazes, his mask in his lower abdomen suddenly emerged, presenting a vicious mouth full of tusks. It took a big bite of the flesh.

“Ah!”

Pan Shu let out a painful scream, his forehead covered in cold sweat, almost collapsing to the ground: “This… is this some kind of attack? Was my Magic Artifact protecting me just now, or would I have died already?”

He looked to the side and saw that the remaining three inspectors were standing there with blank expressions.

Suddenly, their bodies withered, as if stripped of all flesh and blood by an invisible pipe, and they fell to the ground, dead.

“Danger!”

This was a dangerous situation that Xu Changqing also sensed. On his cheeks, arms, and neck, several eyes opened.

Through this extreme process of opening his eyes, he saw more spirituality flowing.

He saw a vague human figure in the middle of the willow tree.

As well as the willow branches spreading from his body—branches of void.

‘So, willow branches come in two forms: a physical form and a form that ordinary Dharma Eyes may not even be able to detect… Is that person the resentful soul?’

Xu Changqing whispered in his heart.

It was the attack of an invisible branch just then; apart from him and Pan Shu, everyone else was wiped out!

“Brother Pan!”

At this thought, Xu Changqing cried out: “It’s time to fight for our lives. Be careful of the invisible branches. You draw their attention, and I’ll go to assist Mr. Jiang.”

At this moment, only Jiang Yufeng could be the key to turning the situation around.

After all, while he looked extremely dishevelled, to his credit he was still holding on under the willow tree!

Shoo! Shoo!

As Xu Changqing was speaking, those invisible branches whipped down again.

“Okay, I’m all in.”

A touch of sternness appeared on Pan Shu’s face, as he began to chant in his mouth.

The next moment, he screamed as his entire left arm disappeared.

After receiving such a massive flesh ‘offering’, the mask within his body seemed satisfied, appearing on his face.

The center of the mask cracked open, revealing sharp fangs on either side, snapping at the void!

Crack!

A section of the illusory willow branch broke off, fell to the ground, and twitched spasmodically.

The other branches, as if stimulated, abandoned Xu Changqing and surged towards Pan Shu.

“Now’s the chance!”

Xu Changqing’s eyes lit up. He rushed forward, arriving under the shadow cast by the willow tree.

Crack! Crack!

Many of the mummified sculptures started moving, forming a human wall.

In mid-air, the real willow branches, like iron whips, rose high and were about to whip down.

“Don’t come over….”

Just then, a burst of blood-red brilliance erupted from Jiang Yufeng.

This brilliance was so dense that it gradually tended to turn dark red.

The mummy sculptures and willow branches enveloped within it were suddenly sluggish, as if they were filled with rust inside.

“I will restrain these people and branches for you, head over there… find the crucial problem of the willow tree!” Jiang Yufeng’s voice came intermittently: “The opportunity… only comes once.”n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

This Inspector from the Demon Bureau had not given up struggling altogether!

“Okay!”

Xu Changqing changed direction and rushed towards the tree trunk of the willow tree.

Boom!

At the same time, he felt a strong resistance transmitted from the air, as if he was in a deep-sea lake, surrounded by heavy water currents!

In response to this stimulus, more eyes opened on his body.

Inside his sea of consciousness, the ‘Weird Elixir’ he’d been meditating on was emitting a dark glow.

“Be careful, you can only maintain this state for at most ten breaths.”

In his heart, Su Lu coldly reminded, “And… it’s not a tree or a resentful soul but a person!”

“A person?!”

Xu Changqing looked over in surprise.

At this point, under the higher spiritual vision, he saw clearly the vague human figure within the willow tree!

It really was a person!

A giant Tree Person!

His body had turned into a tree trunk; his legs had turned into numerous roots. His arms spread and grew into willow tree branches, and his dense hair transformed into countless real and illusory willow branches!

“A renegade Cultivator?”

Xu Changqing didn’t have time to think too much. According to Su Lu’s guidance, he released the ‘Capture Demons and Arrest Ghosts Charm’!

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The summoned invisible object dramatically charged into the willow tree.

The massive willow tree began trembling; one by one dried up mummies mechanically turned their heads, some even made the sound of crushing bone due to twisting too forcefully.

In the sky, the willow branches were no longer dormant and regained a bit of mobility.

This meant that Jiang Yufeng was no longer able to restrain them!

“Not enough, it’s not enough!”

Xu Changqing threw another ‘Capture Demons and Arrest Ghosts Charm’, this was the last high-grade attack charm he had left!

The willow tree shook even more intensely.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he swiftly arrived at the main trunk of the willow tree. He lightly tapped his foot and climbed up from the bottom of the tree, heading towards the middle segment.

“Its spiritual core is basically the heart of a human!”

Su Lu said: “Only by completely releasing your Weird Elixir can you break through the defense of the willow tree’s bark, you only have one chance!”

Xu Changqing let out a roar, stretching out his right arm.

At this moment, one after another, dark green patterns appeared on his right hand, turning his palm into a ghoulish claw.

Thud!

The ghostly claw tore through the tree bark, digging into the tree trunk, and pulled out a crystal-clear heart, seemingly carved from jade.

On the surface of the Jade Heart, there were many meridians, connected to the interior of the willow tree.

“Die!”

Xu Changqing jumped down swiftly and tore off the numerous meridians.

“Ah!”

A soul-wrenching scream resounded. It made everyone dizzy.

The numerous eyes on Xu Changqing’s body blinked continuously. It seemed as if they had seen the Tree Person’s ghastly face and heard a phantom voice in his ears.

“After thirty years of seeking the Dao, all becomes empty in a day… I am not willing!”

The reverberating lament was filled with intense resentment and unwillingness.

Along with that voice, the massive willow tree quickly faded from green to a wilted yellow.

One by one, the dried-up mummies fell down, and the branches that existed between reality and illusion were also withering away rapidly.

“D…Dead?”

Pan Shu stared at the dying willow tree and the defiant Xu Changqing underneath it. His lips moved, but for a moment, he could not speak.