Chapter 683: Solo Battle with the Tree Ancestor
Ding Huan directly called for reinforcements, simultaneously summoning his long sword and slashing towards the tree root.
However, this slash was a feint. After the slash, he followed up with a punch towards the green stone.
Bang! A surge of immense power came forth.
The long sword in Ding Huan's hand was forcefully separated from his Dao Thought.
A terrifying aura attacked from the void, and Ding Huan could not sense the precise source of this threat at the moment.
This guy is really powerful.
How could he not have recovered yet? The strength displayed by the Tree Ancestor now definitely surpasses the Divine King; it's a Combined God Strong Person.
Although Ding Huan was very clear that the best option for him now was to retreat quickly, he too had experienced numerous life-and-death situations.
At this moment, Ding Huan understood better than anyone that if he retreated, he would definitely have to account for his presence here today.
Not only would he have to account for himself, but even Pu Zhijian and Mo Changcan, whom he called for support, would inevitably have to account for themselves here.
Even if it costs him half of his life, he must break the formation.
Therefore, not only did Ding Huan not retreat, but he accelerated.
Bang!
With Ding Huan's increased speed, his fist solidly smashed onto the green stone.
The green stone shattered into pieces.
Poof!
A tree root directly pierced through Ding Huan's chest, followed by dozens of tree roots and vines madly sweeping over, tying Ding Huan tightly.
Ding Huan's originally stagnant Divine Will suddenly relaxed, and then this space became the same as the outside, no longer having that sticky and obstructive feeling.
Indeed, the green stone was the Array Core of the Big Array.
Now the Big Array was broken by Ding Huan, but he felt no joy at all.
For the first time fighting, he was restrained as soon as he made a move.
The tree root piercing through his chest was desperately absorbing his Essence Blood.
Moreover, the tree roots and vines binding his body kept tightening, seemingly about to cut him directly into fragments.
Fortunately, his physical body was very strong, and his defense was extraordinary. Many barbed tendrils extended from the vines surrounding his body,
These barbed tendrils also tried to absorb his Essence Blood, but were blocked outside by him.
What relieved Ding Huan was the tree root's subtle Daoist Rhythm, which was also desperately revolving its Daoist Rhythm.
Clearly, the tree root was not in a good condition either.
His Genetic Slaughter Law and Poison Dao Law took effect.
At this moment, the tree root could only keep him bound, without the ability to attack him.
He must not allow the tree root any chance to strike.
Like a madman, Ding Huan arranged the Bone Devouring poison and Poison Dao poison while also unabashedly deploying the Slaughter Law targeting Divine Clan cultivator genes.
One Poison Dao Law after another was swept away by the tree root; even the Genetic Slaughter Law was constantly stripped away by the tree root.
The tree root completely believed in Ding Huan when he introduced himself as Wu Danzi, after all, Ding Huan's aura of Dao Principle all indicated he was a Divine Clan cultivator.
Therefore, to quickly restore strength, the tree root was unscrupulous in the operation of the Great Dao and the absorption of Divine Spirit Qi.
This led to the tree root being deeply poisoned now, and deeply harmed by the Genetic Destruction Law.
The situation became a stalemate for a moment.
Ding Huan's Yellow Flower Killing shot out one after another.
Finally, on the eleventh strike of the Yellow Flower Killing, he stopped the tree root from absorbing the Essence Blood within his body.
Although the tree root could not spare any actions now, it admired Ding Huan's strong Divine Will.
That kind of Yellow Flower Killing Divine Skill, not to mention consecutively performing eleven times.
In such a situation for Ding Huan, being able to perform three times would already indicate strong Divine Will.
This further strengthened the tree root's resolve to eliminate Ding Huan.
Once such a powerful individual grows, what role would there be for him, Tree Ancestor?
Ding Huan's body was enveloped by Void Flames, shocking him with the slow speed at which the Void Flames burned through the tree roots.
These were definitely not ordinary tree roots.
Looking at the situation, it would take at least an hour for the Void Flames to burn away all the tree roots binding his body.
An hour, by then the tree root might strike again.
What puzzled him was why Pu Zhijian and Mo Changcan had not arrived yet.
The Big Array in this space had been broken by him; these two guys should be coming quickly without any hindrance.
Ding Huan's speed in deploying poison and Genetic Law was very fast, and the old tree root was similarly quick in stripping away Poison Dao Law and Genetic Slaughter Law.
Seeing the Poison Dao Law's constraint on the tree root becoming less and the Genetic Slaughter Law being repelled outside by the tree root.
Ding Huan was impatient.
This must not go on.
If this continues, he would soon become nourishment for the tree root.
The Sea of Consciousness opened, and as Ding Huan's Divine Will swept over, a giant drum appeared in the void.
Opening the Sea of Consciousness is dangerous, but Ding Huan believed the old tree root now had no chance to attack his Sea of Consciousness.
The giant drum turned into thousands of measures as soon as it appeared, and Ding Huan's Divine Will turned into a drum mallet and struck the giant drum.
Dong!
The first drum sound rang like tearing silk.
One murderous aura after another exploded with the giant drum as the center.
The space originally contending for vitality suddenly erupted with murderous aura, like millions of soldiers sweeping over, turning this space into a vast battlefield instantly.
Dong dong dong!
Three successive drum sounds roared.
The overwhelming murderous aura gathered in the interstice of time, then turned into a murderous river and bombarded the tree root frantically stripping away Poison Dao Law and Genetic Law.
Dong dong dong dong!
The drumbeat became more and more intense.
As the drumbeat continued unabated, the murderous aura in the river of murder gathered by the drumbeat continued to rise…
The killing aura on both sides of the river of slaughter surged wildly into the river, continuously strengthening it.
Flags flutter amidst the twin rivers, war drums shake the mountains to the brink of collapse!
Under the suffocating drumbeat, despair spread.
The speed at which the tree roots stripped away the Poison Dao Law finally slowed down, and once again strands of Divine Clan Gene Slaughter Principle wrapped around the tree roots.
"Crack!" Ding Huan finally tore through the first tree root vine restraining his body.
Ding Huan was overjoyed, as once he broke free of the first vine, the rest would be easier.
Even Ding Huan didn't expect the tree roots to be even more ruthless than him.
Just after he escaped the first restraining vine, dozens more swept over, binding him even tighter this time.
Because the tree roots were distracted with him, the Poison Dao Law and Gene Slaughter Principle penetrated further into its Daoist Rhythm.
Ding Huan was well aware of the horrifying nature of the Deep Tao poison.
If such poison infiltrated the Great Dao, it would be nearly impossible to strip away.
Previously, while the tree roots were corroded by the Deep Tao poison, they hadn't fused with the Great Dao.
Under the attack of the Dusk Drum, the tree roots couldn't even maintain the balance of stripping the Poison Dao Law and Gene Slaughter Principle.
Now they dared to risk attacking him, utterly reckless.
Sure enough, in the next moment, the river of slaughter brought by the Dusk Drum was like a sharp blade, almost splitting the tree roots from the middle.
The Deep Tao poison completely fused into the Daoist Rhythm of the tree roots.
Fight to the death, Mr. Huan does not fear.
Ding Huan's Sea of Consciousness Dao Universe spun wildly, star rivers flowed under the starry sky, Divine Will turned into millions of drum mallets smashing down.
Bang bang bang bang bang!
The relentless drumbeat completely filled this space.
The river of slaughter became violent, cutting off tree root vines one by one, even tearing the middle-grade Dark Attribute Divine Spirit Vein into fragments.
This was still not enough, as Ding Huan, amidst the swirling Divine Will, unleashed dozens of Heavenly Thunder strikes.
Boom boom boom!
The tree roots, already cut by the Dusk Drum's sound of slaughter, appeared even more wilted under these Thunder Arcs.
Ding Huan could clearly sense the Deep Tao poison had completely merged into the enemy's Great Dao.
Old tree roots, you're finished.
Ding Huan felt deeply satisfied.
"Ding Huan, we're coming..."
From afar, Mo Changcan's voice finally echoed.
Ding Huan breathed a sigh of relief.
These two fellows arrived just at the moment he was gaining the upper hand, very timely indeed.
The tree roots sensed growing danger, its Dao Rhythm suddenly became increasingly violent.
A terrifying Daoist Rhythm aura permeated the space.
Ding Huan thought to himself, this old bastard isn't planning to self-destruct, is he?
Just as Ding Huan thought of this.
"Boom!"
A sound like space shattering filled the entire area, the giant drum suspended in the void was also blasted away by this terrifying explosion, quickly shrinking before falling to the ground.
Ding Huan felt as though his internal organs were being torn apart, death's aura enveloping him.
He too, like the Dusk Drum, was smashed away.
Life was being frantically stripped away at this moment.
"Poof!" A blood arrow spurted from Ding Huan.
Bang! Ding Huan's entire body collided with a huge pillar, then fell down.
Ding Huan sighed with relief, constantly absorbing life force from the Life and Death Mirror to heal.
Fortunately, he was a Body Refining Practitioner, with an exceptionally strong physique.
Otherwise, this blow might have turned his bones to dust.
Mo Changcan and Pu Zhijian, who had just rushed over from afar, were also blasted away by the violent self-destruction, thankfully still distant, or they'd be more injured than Ding Huan.
Ding Huan activated the Nirvana Technique and managed to stand up after a while.
His clothes were reduced to nothing by the terrifying explosion, so he changed into a new set and sat down to heal.
Pu Zhijian and Mo Changcan also took a while to heal before coming over again.
"Ding Huan, are you alright?" Mo Changcan cautiously asked.
Ding Huan spat out a mouthful of foul blood: "Not dead yet."
"That's good, what about the Tree Ancestor?"
Mo Changcan knew that as long as Ding Huan wasn't dead, everything was fine.
When it comes to healing, Ding Huan is much better than him.
Pu Zhijian's gaze shifted from Ding Huan to the distant explosion site, and after a while, he said dumbfoundedly, "Mr. Ding, could the Tree Ancestor have self-destructed?"
Ding Huan had recovered quite a bit, stood up, and sighed, "You guessed right, it did self-destruct."
"Lucky for this old tree root, the bastard laid out a trapping array, keeping us two outside, otherwise we'd have come over long ago."
Mo Changcan cursed bitterly.
Ding Huan sighed, "You might be disappointed, that tree root did not die, it escaped.."
He was sure the tree root had escaped, as the place was connected to the void, likely providing a retreat prepared by the tree root, with a long-planned escape route.
But even if the tree root escaped, it probably couldn't make much of a stir.
The main body was destroyed by him, which was fatal for the Tree Ancestor.
More fatally, the root had been implanted with Bone Devouring Poison, Deep Tao poison, and Genetic Destruction Law by him.
However strong the tree root was, it wouldn't emerge for a million years.
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