Luo Feng perked up his ears and indeed heard a loud rumbling sound.
“It should be the soldiers of the Bolaness family jumping from the sky and crashing onto the ground,” Luo Feng speculated. At the same time, he quickly retracted his mental power, narrowing its range from 100 meters down to merely 30 meters. For powerful experts like high-level warriors, even having mental power sweep over them would trigger their senses.
Suddenly—
Luo Feng heard faint voices coming from the thick fog in the distance.
“Kartland, ahead are the nine willow-like spirit trees,” Li Yao’s voice came from afar, speaking fluent English.
“Plant spirits usually don’t have strong offensive abilities. Li Yao, how come you couldn’t handle them?” A cold and eerie voice responded.
As they spoke, four figures emerged from the fog.
Luo Feng narrowed his eyes, peering through the gaps in the grass…
The leading figure wore a black robe, looking mysterious and eerie.
Li Yao was beside him, speaking respectfully, clearly showing submission. Behind the black-robed man stood a muscular savage giant and a lean white man. Moreover, the savage and the lean man showed no sign of deference toward Li Yao, clearly not fearing him at all.
“It seems the leader among the four is the black-robed man,” Luo Feng mused inwardly.
The four figures gradually became clearer in the distance.
“Handle them? That willow king has a diameter of three meters. The willow spirit tree that once bore the ‘Thousand-Year Willow Heart’ was merely one meter in diameter. This willow king is far more formidable. Especially its numerous pale golden willow branches—each one is extremely tough. Once tightly bound by them, even I would be doomed!” Li Yao pointed toward the nine willow-like spirit trees in the distance. “There it is!”
The four people, including Li Yao, walked past Luo Feng at a distance of about 120 meters, heading toward the nine willows.
It was night, and the fog was thick.
Moreover, Luo Feng had only half of his head exposed, hidden in the grass. Even Li Yao, Kartland, and the others completely failed to notice Luo Feng’s presence.
“Just the four of them trying to deal with the willow king?” Luo Feng silently observed.
It would be extremely difficult for these four to cut down the willow king!
…
Li Yao and the other four stood about 50 meters away from the nine willows. One of the savage giants muttered, “Li, you’re saying all nine of these willows are plant spirits?”
“If you don’t believe me, come closer,” Li Yao sneered.
“Kartland,” Li Yao said seriously, “look, among the nine willows, the central and thickest one—the willow king—is the most powerful. Moreover, its pale golden willow branches can cover the surrounding willows. Therefore, even if I want to attack the other willows, it’s impossible.”
Kartland observed carefully, “Where are these pale golden branches?”
“Look, wrapped around the main trunk of the tree,” Li Yao pointed out.
“Oh,” Kartland also sensed that this willow king was no ordinary tree.
“The willow’s only offensive ability is to strangle people with its branches! Its trunk cannot move, and its roots, deeply embedded underground to absorb nutrients, are also incapable of attacking,” Li Yao explained. “This is the same method as that willow tree that once bore the Thousand-Year Willow Heart.”
Kartland nodded, “There are two ways to kill this willow king.”
“The first is to destroy all its roots.”
“The second is to cut down its main trunk.”
Li Yao, standing nearby, nodded as well, “Yes, but… those pale golden branches are two or three hundred meters long, capable of penetrating underground to protect the roots! And such a massive willow tree must have an extensive root system. Destroying its roots is far more difficult than cutting down its trunk.”
“Two or three hundred meters long?” Kartland slightly furrowed his brow.
Kartland remained silent for a moment.
Hua!
In an instant, the black robe on Kartland’s body retracted and vanished, revealing a black combat suit underneath. On the outer edge of the combat pants were a series of daggers—twelve black daggers in total! Moreover, on the back of the combat vest were several javelins!
Six javelins stood behind him like a shield made of javelins.
“Does he have the Black God Set?” Luo Feng, watching secretly from afar, was greatly shocked. Previously, the instant disappearance of Kartland’s black robe could only mean one thing… that the robe was transformed from the Black God Set. The Black God Set could change into various shapes according to the user’s will.
“His weapons are javelins and daggers?” Luo Feng slightly frowned.
…
At this moment, Kartland’s expression was cold. Those silver-gray javelins and black daggers sent chills down people’s spines. Even Li Yao nearby narrowed his eyes slightly.
“The willow king is mine!” Kartland’s voice was cold as he issued orders. “I will attack the willow king. Li Yao, Kaeta, and Ivan, you three will attack the other willows from the outside… Remember, your safety is the most important. When the willow king is completely restrained by me, you can then fully focus on cutting down the other willows.”
“Understood.” The savage giant licked his lips.
“Hmm.” Ivan nodded slightly.
“Alright.” Li Yao nodded.
Seeing this, Kartland gave a slight smile.
Chi chi~~
In an instant, a black membrane rapidly covered Kartland’s entire body, instantly covering every part of his skin, including his face! In other words, Kartland’s face was now entirely black, with his eyes, nose, and mouth sealed off! His face was smooth and featureless. It could be said that Kartland was now immune to any sharp attacks from beings below the level of a ‘Transcendent Warrior.’
“A mentalist doesn’t need eyes to fight,” Li Yao thought with admiration upon witnessing this scene.
“Alright, let’s begin!”
Kartland’s voice rang out.
Suo!
Like lightning, Kartland shot straight toward the willow king. His speed was so fast that in the blink of an eye, he was less than ten meters away from the willow king. The willow king finally became furious and launched an attack… A sky-darkening mass of willow branches wildly surrounded Kartland, and the pale golden ones quickly joined the battle.
Suo! Swoosh! Swoosh!
The three of them—Vulture Li Yao, Blood Shadow Ivan, and Giant Bear Kaeta—also instantly became blurred shadows, rushing from the outside to attack the same willow tree with a diameter of about 1.8 meters. Both Li Yao and Ivan had black glowing streams covering their bodies, clearly indicating that they both possessed the Black God Set. Because of the Black God Set… neither Li Yao nor Ivan used shields.
“Out of the four, three of them have the Black God Set?” Luo Feng, watching secretly from afar, was secretly shocked.
It wasn’t that the Black God Set was common on Earth, but those who dared to come here were top-tier warriors. After all, even Li Yao had been severely injured. If someone thought they couldn’t surpass Li Yao, would they dare to come? Around the world, there were only a few people with the Black God Set, and they were extremely rare. Each of them possessed astonishing strength.
“Is Kartland a mentalist?” Luo Feng’s eyes widened.
Watched as…
Kartland held a dagger in each hand, and in front of him floated no less than nine daggers!
“Chi chi~~”
With overwhelming force.
The flying daggers easily severed one willow branch after another. Soon, a large number of pale golden willow branches surrounded Kartland. Kartland, completely covered by the Black God Set, did not rely on his eyes to fight but instead used his mental power radiating out for a hundred meters to observe everything and engage in battle.
“These pale golden willow branches are no joke,” Luo Feng thought from a distance.
Indeed!
“Chi chi~~” The nine floating daggers struggled to sever the pale golden willow branches.
“Hmph!” A cold snort.
The two daggers held in Kartland’s hands moved at an astonishing speed, “Puh! Puh! Puh!” … In one breath, he severed dozens of pale golden willow branches and instantly broke free from the encirclement. This scene caught the attention of Vulture Li Yao, who was secretly watching, and Luo Feng from afar was completely stunned!
“These are pale golden willow branches, each one extremely tough. Back then, I severed one and immediately retreated underground,” Luo Feng was shocked.
He had fought before and knew how tough those pale golden willow branches were!
“Even Li Yao couldn’t sever dozens of them at once!”
“What is the power of his dual daggers?”
“True, the daggers he controls struggle greatly to cut through the pale golden willow branches, it’s very difficult. It seems his mental power isn’t much stronger than mine,” Luo Feng thought to himself. “However, the daggers he holds in his hands are far more powerful! This indicates that his physical strength is astonishing.”
The physical strength of high-level warriors, especially those at the peak, can reach forty or fifty thousand kilograms of brute force.
And with two to three times body amplification, a punch can reach a million kilograms.
What about five to six times amplification?
“His physical quality should be that of a high-level warrior, with very high body amplification. Then, combined with his mental power—” Luo Feng nodded inwardly. That’s how it is, combining physical strength and mental power to unleash such astonishing power!
In an instant, he broke through the encirclement and approached the willow king’s trunk.
“Break!” Kartland roared.
With a dagger in hand, he fiercely slashed horizontally across the willow king’s trunk. “Chi chi~~” The horizontal slash only managed to cut about six or seven centimeters deep before it could go no further. Green dew-like liquid slowly seeped from the wound on the trunk.
“Boom~~”
The willow king, which had previously sent out pale golden branches to attack others, finally became furious. Nearly ten thousand branches wildly flew in all directions, completely surrounding Kartland from all sides.
“Swoosh!”
Kartland suddenly surged outward, swinging both hands fiercely!
Whoosh! Whoosh!
His black arms grew rapidly, giving Kartland a pair of black arms about seven or eight meters long. With his left and right black hands, he each held a dagger and swung at the willow branches! It was as if he were pulling aside curtains, and those seven or eight meter-long black arms actually pushed aside the masses of willow branches to both sides.
Swoosh!
Kartland himself instantly darted out, and the pale golden willow branches immediately wrapped around the black arms. The black arms instantly became like noodles, escaping from the masses of pale golden willow branches in an instant.
“Good, the trunk is tough enough!”
Kartland stood about a hundred meters away from the willow king, circling around other willows. As he circled, a silver-gray javelin appeared in Kartland’s hand.
“Break!!!”
Kartland let out a low, fierce roar, his face twisted with rage. Holding the silver-gray javelin in one hand, his entire body instantly formed a bow shape, especially the muscles in his right shoulder bulging so much they stretched the black membrane. The tip of the silver-gray javelin had a series of spiral grooves. Then, in a flash of lightning during his run, he threw it!
Xiu!
A bolt of lightning!
A spinning bolt of lightning! The javelin indeed rotated as it flew!
A large number of pale golden willow branches flew out to block, but the javelin was too fast, probably far exceeding ten times the speed of sound. Only three willow branches barely managed to touch it before the streak of light fiercely pierced the main trunk of the willow king, “Weng~~” a sound like an electric drill piercing wood exploded outward.
Chi chi!
The entire javelin was embedded into the willow king’s trunk, and even the tip of the javelin slightly protruded from the other side of the willow king’s trunk.
“Kartland’s Illusion Demon Eye and the Illusion Demon Strike, truly two ultimate moves renowned around the world,” Li Yao thought with a shiver upon witnessing this scene. “Combining physical strength and mental power to create the Illusion Demon Strike… it’s simply unbelievable. This strike probably even has the power to rival attacks from beings beyond the warrior level!”
From afar, Luo Feng was even more stunned.
He had never imagined…
That there could be such a powerful existence among warriors. After all, just now Kartland’s single dagger strike had barely cut less than ten centimeters. And the willow king had a diameter of over three meters. Yet now, with a single javelin strike, Kartland had pierced right through the entire trunk of the willow king!
Monstrous! So terrifying!
“Boom boom~~” The entire willow king trembled violently, and its pale golden willow branches wildly danced, attacking Kartland.
“Attack the other willows,” Kartland roared.
“Yes.”
Vulture Li Yao, Giant Bear Kaeta, and Blood Shadow Ivan immediately surrounded another willow tree, now without the willow king’s help… this willow spirit tree with a diameter of only 1.8 meters could not possibly resist three powerful experts. In just a few seconds, with a loud crash, the massive willow tree collapsed.
“Take the Thousand-Year Willow Heart.” Li Yao, Kaeta, and Ivan simultaneously rushed to strike the trunk.
Boom~~~
Wood chips flew everywhere, and amidst them, a breathtaking green fragment soared into the air.
“It’s the Thousand-Year Willow Heart.” The three of them, Li Yao, Kaeta, and Ivan, were overjoyed.
…
Luo Feng also immediately spotted a flash of green. From the moment Li Yao and the other three stopped attacking the willow trunk and rushed toward that green flash, he could tell—it was the Thousand-Year Willow Heart! Not to mention, on the warrior-level forums, Luo Feng had seen photos and posts about the Thousand-Year Willow Heart.
“The Thousand-Year Willow Heart, capable of enhancing cell activity and physical strength, from a willow spirit tree with a diameter of 1.8 meters.”
Luo Feng’s eyes shone with unprecedented intensity.
“It’s mine!!!”
Xiu!
Invisible psychic energy instantly extended outward, its speed so swift it could be called teleportation. A strand of psychic energy instantly enveloped the thousand-year-old Willow Heart! As it wrapped around the treasure… Luo Feng’s psychic energy naturally invaded the area where Carter Lan’s psychic force was dispersed, alerting Carter Lan to his presence.
Whoosh!
Wrapped in psychic energy, it was instantly recalled! That streak of emerald light shot straight back toward Luo Feng.
“Psychic Master!” Cartland’s psychic energy field detected Luo Feng’s mental waves, and it took him an extremely brief moment to realize the presence of another psychic master.
And in that fleeting moment—
The green light was now only 80 meters away from Luo Feng.
“Come back.” Kartlan also attempted to pull it back using telekinesis.
“Bang!”
Two invisible waves of psychic energy clashed against each other.
Whoosh!
The emerald beam surged directly into the grassland where Luo Feng stood, while Luo Feng himself instantly burrowed into the earth with frantic speed.
“Millennium Willow Heart!” Li Yao, Kaita, and Ivan all rushed forward.
Cattleya also darted over.
The four mighty figures stood by the grassy field, gazing at this unremarkable hole in the ground.
“The thousand-year willow heart was snatched away.” Both Kaita and Ivan were furious.
“How can there be more people?” Cartan glared at Li Yao, “And a psychic master at that, with mental force likely approaching the level of a high-tier War God.”
“It’s Luo Feng, it’s Luo Feng,” Li Yao repeated urgently.
“Luo Feng, is he… the Luo Feng from the elite training camp?” Carterland inquired.
“Yes, yes, it’s him. I have a grudge against him. Actually, I came here this time to hunt him down. I just didn’t expect to discover so many plant spirits along the way,” Li Yao replied.
Cartland’s expression turned grim.
“Cartland, you’re a psychic master too. You should be able to catch him, right?”
“Go underground to capture a psychic master who’s almost at the level of a High Warlord?” Carterlan sneered at him. “Do you think psychic abilities are that easy to cultivate? All these years, I’ve trained my physical body to the peak of High Warlord, yet my psychic power has barely improved.”
In his youth, Cartland experienced a rapid advancement period as a psychic master. However, his progress halted when he reached the level of a “Primary Warlord-tier Psychic Master.”
After that, it will be up to him to cultivate on his own.
Alas…
The difficulty of cultivating psychic abilities is several times greater than that of physical training. Over the years, Carterlan’s physical prowess has reached the peak of high-level War God status, yet his psychic abilities remain only at the mid-level War God peak. However, the combination of psychic power and physical strength grants him terrifyingly formidable combat capabilities.
Achieved the title of the Phantom Demon!
“Capture a high-level Warlord-tier spiritual master underground? Even beings beyond the Warlord level wouldn’t dare boast such words,” Carterlan growled. “Now, Kaeta, patrol the perimeter and ensure that person doesn’t get close again. Li Yao and Ivan, you two come with me—we’ll swiftly deal with these Willow Tree Plant Spirits.”
“Yes.”
Several people nodded, and Li Yao had no choice but to grit his teeth and swallow his anger.
“Not good.” Kartlan’s expression darkened. “Luo Feng must have overheard our conversation just now. He definitely knows these are all plant spirits… He’ll surely report this to the Limit Dojo!”
“Extreme Martial Arts Hall?”
The expressions of everyone present changed drastically, and Kartlan even shot Li Yao an angry glance.
“Hurry! It’ll take the Extreme Martial Arts Hall at least three hours to get here. But for safety’s sake, everyone needs to gather the Spirit Plants quickly—we must leave within two hours,” Cartland barked. “No matter how much we collect, we have to be gone in two hours.”
“Yes.”
At this moment, Li Yao didn’t dare to say anything more—everyone was on edge.
……
Deep underground, Luo Feng burrowed through the earth at an astonishing speed, drilling ever deeper into the layers of rock!
“Thousand-Year Willow Heart!” Luo Feng held the Thousand-Year Willow Heart in his hand, his blood boiling with passion and his ambition soaring to the heavens.
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