Chapter 1074: Ye Qing Shows His Might

The small sprout turned into a small seedling, the small seedling turned into a small tree, the small tree gradually thickened, and its branches and leaves grew lush.

A verdant tree grew on the withered wood of the Dao Spirit Tree.

The Sacred Mother Demon Flower was frantically absorbing the vital blood of the warriors when suddenly it trembled violently.

Its bright and vivid petals gradually began to dim.

The Void Profound experts were struggling with the demon vines when, suddenly, the demon vines receded like a tide.

The demon vines that had been pursuing the warriors also withdrew.

Everyone stared at this scene in utter astonishment, as if they had returned from hell to the mortal world.

In the blink of an eye, the small tree had grown into a large tree. Though it was not even one ten-thousandth the size of the Dao Spirit Tree, it was growing at a visible rate.

In contrast, the Sacred Mother Demon Vine seemed to be withering; not only had its color dimmed, but its huge petals were gradually shrinking.

The Sacred Mother Demon Vine appeared as if the small tree had sucked away all its nutrients.

"Boom!"

Jialan punched Ye Yuan out of the ground but did not pursue further.

He felt his power gradually fading away!

At this moment, Ye Yuan had already returned to human form, but his body was covered with injuries, looking extremely miserable.

Jialan, in his Demon God Nine Transformations state, was truly terrifyingly powerful.

But the expression on Jialan's face was even more frightening than Ye Yuan's injuries!

"You... what did you do to the Sacred Mother? Why... why is my power fading?" Jialan said in terror.

Ye Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "Heh, it seems that strange flower is in great pain! Don't ask me what I did, because I don't know either."

Jialan's face darkened, and he roared, "I'll kill you!"

Jialan suddenly punched out, attacking Ye Yuan.

Just then, the giant flower let out a piercing scream, stinging everyone's eardrums.

The scream made all the warriors uneasy, sending goosebumps all over their bodies.

The Sacred Mother Demon Flower visibly shrank until it became the size of a person. Then, it transformed into a beautiful woman.

The beautiful woman fell weakly beside the newly grown tree, unconscious.

The tree suddenly transformed into a young man—who else could it be but Ye Qing?

However, Ye Qing's current state greatly surprised even Ye Yuan.

In such a short time, Ye Qing had directly ascended to the peak of the ninth level!

What exactly had this guy done?

Just as Ye Yuan was astonished, Ye Qing had already gathered enough primal force and was about to deliver a fatal blow to the beautiful woman.

Jialan's expression changed drastically; he no longer cared about Ye Yuan and shot toward Ye Qing like lightning.

But it was too late!

"Boom!"

The spot where the beautiful woman stood was blasted into mud by Ye Qing.

Ye Qing, at the peak of the ninth level, was not to be underestimated in attack power.

Everything was over!

Jialan stood dumbfounded, staring at the rubble, but could no longer find any trace of the beautiful woman.

Everyone was stunned by the scene.

This great demon had been killed by a young man as soon as it emerged?

Ye Yuan looked at Ye Qing and said with a wry smile, "You brat, you really have some skill! What exactly did you do? Why did your strength skyrocket?"

Ye Qing smiled and said, "You all know that the Dao Spirit Fruit can allow a warrior to step into the divine realm, but do you know the origin of the Dao Spirit Tree?"

Ye Yuan was taken aback. He, who prided himself on knowing everything, was stumped this time.

The world only knew that the Dao Spirit Tree was a divine tree that bore a single Dao Spirit Fruit every 150,000 years.

But Ye Yuan had never heard of the origin of the Dao Spirit Tree. After all, even divine realm experts could hardly live that long.

Looking at Ye Qing's expression, Ye Yuan suddenly had a realization.

Dao Spirit Tree, Green Spirit Tree—just one character different. Could there be a connection between them?

Sure enough, Ye Qing said, "Once the Green Spirit Tree attains the Dao, it transforms into the Dao Spirit Tree! However, this transformation process takes an extremely long time, so very few people know about it."

Hearing this, Ye Yuan was also astonished.

He had thought the Dao Spirit Tree was a divine spiritual species, born a divine tree. He never expected it to evolve from the Green Spirit Tree.

"But this Dao Spirit Tree was clearly dead. How did you..." Ye Yuan asked curiously.

"This Dao Spirit Tree was probably used by ancient experts to assist the formation in suppressing the demon flower. But they didn't expect the demon flower to be so cunning, planting a demon seed on the Dao Spirit Tree and parasitizing the Green Spirit Tree. Over countless years, the life force of the Green Spirit Tree was drained by the demon flower. The Dao Spirit Tree and Dao Spirit Fruit we saw earlier were merely illusions created by the demon flower. Because it was parasitic on the Dao Spirit Tree, we couldn't tell the real from the fake through the formation."

Ye Qing's words made Ye Yuan sigh with emotion. A perfectly good divine tree had been lost just like that.

Ye Qing continued leisurely, "Though the Dao Spirit Tree is dead, its life force was incredibly abundant. Moreover, although the demon flower exhausted the Dao Spirit Tree, the countless years of suppression had also drained it greatly. I share the same origin as the Dao Spirit Tree, so by attaching myself to it, I cut off the demon flower's retreat and frantically extracted its life force. Caught off guard, it was severely weakened."

Ye Qing did not speak in a way that avoided Jialan. After hearing this, Jialan's face turned green.

He gnashed his teeth, but without the Sacred Mother Demon Flower, he was now isolated and helpless.

"Retreat!" Jialan gritted his teeth and said.

Just as he was about to move, he found himself surrounded by a large group of warriors.

These warriors were the survivors of the Sacred Mother Demon Flower's siege. Out of 100,000 warriors, only two to three thousand remained.

Their hatred for Jialan was beyond words.

"Run! Go ahead and run!"

"You insidious and cunning demons, didn't expect to get your comeuppance, did you?"

"Everyone, attack together! We must tear this guy apart!"

The warriors who survived were all experts among experts. Even if they weren't Divine King experts, their comprehension of artistic conception was very high.

Their strength was unquestionable.

If these two to three thousand warriors attacked together, it would certainly be enough to give Jialan a hard time.

But Ye Yuan frowned, still feeling that something was off.

Logically, the situation was settled, but why did his ominous premonition grow stronger?

Just then, a glint flashed in Ye Yuan's eyes—he caught a hint of a mocking smile on Jialan's lips!

Though it was only for an instant, it was absolutely unmistakable!

"Not good! Everyone, scatter! The Sacred Mother Demon Flower isn't dead! She lured everyone here to wipe us out in one fell swoop!" Ye Yuan shouted.

Hearing Ye Yuan's words, everyone's expressions changed drastically. They no longer doubted Ye Yuan's words and activated their movement techniques to the extreme, trying to escape this land.

Just then, black qi rose from the ground, instantly enveloping everyone.