Chapter 490 – Ancient Monster Tree

When Qin Yu had been examining his surroundings, he noticed that the blood flowing out from the corpse had strangely disappeared into the ground without spreading out at all. It was like a large invisible mouth was beneath the corpse, slurping up all the blood. Still, he never imagined the killer would be this giant tree.

A loud rumbling sounded out from behind him. The speed of this tree monster was astonishingly fast. Countless roots swung around, like the arms of malevolent ghosts.

“Stay…here…join…me…” The corpse’s mouth flapped open and close, the voice incomparably strange. With loud cracking noises, dozens of branches suddenly fell off from the tree and the sound of whistling arrows filled the air.

Qin Yu’s heart skipped a beat. He thrust his feet into the ground and came to a halting stop. He could hear piercing sounds ring out from above his head, causing his hair to flutter up. A thick and dense array of branches pierced deep into the earth in front of him, forming a mountain of wood that blocked his way.

The tree monster rapidly approached. The upper-half of the pierced through corpse suddenly revealed a strange smile as it opened its mouth and emitted an ear-piercing scream.

Qin Yu stiffened. At this moment, he felt as if countless iron needles had ruthlessly pierced into his mind, nailing his soul tightly in place.

At this time, the Cosmic Seacross Bell within his soul space began to ring. The sonic waves were like surging tides, crushing all the invading power.

Qin Yu’s movement was instantly restored. A trace of killing intent flashed in his eyes. However, he kept still, maintaining an appearance as if he was still being suppressed.

A ghastly cackle came from the corpse’s mouth. The branches of the tree monster wove into two large hands that grasped at Qin Yu.

Following that, only a bit of strength needed to be applied and he would end up just like the corpse before him.

But at this moment, a blinding silver white light erupted, ruthlessly crashing into the tree monster like a bolt of lightning falling from the skies. The corpse emitted a pained roar and countless blocking branches were cut apart. On top of the massive body of the tree monster, a long wound appeared with green goo wildly gushing out.

Qin Yu swiftly lifted his right hand and his index finger thrust into the tree monster’s wound. Then, he landed on the ground and howled away once more.

The corpse roared in anger. The wound on the tree monster’s surface began to regenerate at a speed visible to the n.a.k.e.d eye. Even the severed branches began to grow back.

Its six giant feet formed of roots continued to move forward, chasing after Qin Yu. But at this moment, its immense body staggered and it almost fell down in place. The corpse’s eyes widened and it stubbornly stared at Qin Yu. Its mouth moved as if it wanted to say something but all that came out was black blood.

Then, like a wax figure rapidly melting beneath an inferno, the upper half of the corpse dissolved into yellow and red goo. The massive body of the tree monster trembled. It tried to straighten itself, but its network of tree roots began to turn black and rot away at an incredible speed.

Bang –

The tree monster crashed into the ground.

Qin Yu stopped and turned around. He watched the tree monster on the ground fiercely struggle until its twitching movements gradually came to a stop. He furrowed his eyebrows, a dignified expression on his face.

Earlier, he had discovered that this tree monster possessed a mind-boggling self-healing ability. If he really wanted to directly face it and kill it, he would surely need to pay a great price.

Thus, he used the finger of his right hand. Because it had absorbed enough poison and transformed into a part of the Great Dao Body, its toxicity had become even more terrifying than before. Just a touch was able to poison this tree monster to death.

However, in Qin Yu’s understanding, there were no records of this tree monster in the information he received about the Demon Ascension Gate. Moreover, the dead cultivator left a shadow that hovered over his heart.

This opening of the Demon Ascension Gate seemed different from before!

After reminding himself to raise his guard, Qin Yu turned and quickly vanished from sight.

…

Two cultivators were slumped on the ground near a mountain stream. Their hearts had been pierced through by tree roots, but because one of them had a tyrannical cultivation, he had yet to die.

The cultivator lifted a trembling hand and took out the soulguard stone. Then, with his final strength, he crushed it.

Hum –

A black halo of light appeared around him, wrapping about his body. his darkened eyes began to shine a little, hope ri