Liu Yuxin stumbled to her feet, her hands gripping the hilt of her saber, her gaze fixed on the thick-wooded Daoist who had flown back.
"One day, I will defeat Wan Liuchuan with my own strength, and then personally kill Wan Lei.
But before that, I have to live, I have to become stronger, I need to be tougher. Nothing can break me. I am no longer a little girl who only cries."
Liu Yuxin gritted her teeth, her eyes fierce, and raised her long saber, re-cloaking herself in armor.
"Dou Jun!!!"
The thick-wooded Daoist glanced at Wan Lei, who had already flown far away, confirming he wouldn't suddenly return. He then shook his arm, enduring the intense pain, and looked back at Liu Yuxin.
Wan Lei's kick earlier had made him suffer. His left arm was completely broken and had healed rapidly thanks to his abundant life force. Otherwise, the upcoming battle would have been difficult.
"Damn it, I can't beat Wan Lei, and if I can't beat a stinking girl like you, I've really lived in vain!"
The thick-wooded Daoist snorted, flicking a pure green wood-attribute法则之力 towards Liu Yuxin.
"Ya!!!"
Liu Yuxin roared, cleaving the法则之力 with her saber. She leaped up and chopped down at the thick-wooded Daoist's head.
"Lin Bing!"
Three large trees suddenly sprouted from the ground before the thick-wooded Daoist, their trunks lashing out at Liu Yuxin.
Empowered by Dou Jun, Liu Yuxin's combat strength soared. She sliced through the oncoming tree trunks, then kicked off a tree, her saber cutting through branches and leaves to reach the thick-wooded Daoist's chest.
The thick-wooded Daoist was greatly alarmed and retreated, but it was too late. He could only condense a法则之力 on his chest to defend against Liu Yuxin's attack.
Boom!!!
After a deafening roar, the thick-wooded Daoist was sent flying backward, a large hole appearing in his chest.
"Damn it, Ye Wu Qing Yang!"
Suddenly, a circle of tall trees appeared around his body. The leaves on the trees flew up, like a swarm of flying knives, rapidly piercing towards Liu Yuxin.
The leaves instantly enveloped Liu Yuxin, and the individual leaves刺向 her.
Liu Yuxin's long saber danced around her body, creating an impenetrable defense, cutting down every leaf. The saber's aura formed a shield, and wherever it passed, not a single leaf remained intact.
However, beyond the blockade of vision, the large trees simultaneously extended branches, piercing through the cage of leaves and firmly binding Liu Yuxin.
"Hmph, let's see how arrogant you are now. A direct descendant prodigy of the Liu family, I've never tasted what that's like. I'll cripple you first and savor you slowly later."
A sinister smile played on the thick-wooded Daoist's lips, his eyes filled with lust. He looked at Liu Yuxin like she was a lamb to the slaughter.
"Sacrifice!"
The thick-wooded Daoist shouted, and the branches binding Liu Yuxin tightened their grip, beginning to extract her cultivation and life force.
"Damn it, I can't let this continue."
Liu Yuxin tried to chop the branches with her saber, but bound as she was, she couldn't.
"Xi Yan!"
Black, deathly still flames instantly enveloped Liu Yuxin's entire body. These flames burned all things, turning the branches that bound her into ash.
Immediately after, the flames erupted, and the leaves surrounding Liu Yuxin turned black at a visible rate, then turned to ash.
"You die!!!"
Liu Yuxin let out a desperate roar, her long saber, carrying demonic black flames, chopping down at the thick-wooded Daoist's head.
The thick-wooded Daoist was greatly alarmed and immediately raised his staff to block. Although his staff was also made of extremely rare divine wood, it was not the hundred-thousand-year-old Phoebe zhennan wood his master wielded. With a single strike, Liu Yuxin's saber split his staff in two.
The tips of the two broken staves still carried black flames, but the thick-wooded Daoist couldn't discard them. He had no choice but to grit his teeth and wield the broken staves to parry Liu Yuxin's attacks.
Liu Yuxin did not engage in a prolonged fight with him. She endured two blows, then kicked him in the chest.
The thick-wooded Daoist spat blood and was sent flying backward. Before he even hit the ground, Liu Yuxin gripped her saber hilt with both hands, the tip pointing downwards, and plunged it into his abdomen.
The thick-wooded Daoist fell heavily to the ground, only the hilt of the saber protruding from his belly. Liu Yuxin, protected by her black armor, rode on top of him, wildly punching his head.
"Die! You scoundrel!"
"For bullying me! For mocking me! Scoundrel!"
"I have to live. I want to live. It's that simple!"
"Die!!"
After pounding him for a full quarter of an hour, until the thick-wooded Daoist's head was smashed to pieces, Liu Yuxin finally stood up.
"Hoo..."
"Hoo..."
Her heavy breaths, accompanied by the moans and screams on the battlefield, reached her ears, making her mind reel again.
No one dared to approach her. They were all awed by her ferocity and power.
Liu Yuxin pulled out her saber, hunched over, and planted its tip on the ground. After a moment of catching her breath, she roared and charged back into the fray.
Wan Lei moved through the battlefield as if no one was there. No one could withstand even a single move from him. Wherever he passed, there were wails and corpses scattered everywhere.
The beasts controlled by the Ten Thousand Demon Array grew in number, and the Dengyan tribe gradually regained some of its lost ground. However, Fang Xiaoyu in the sky was falling into a disadvantage.
Wan Lei glanced up at the sky. Fang Xiaoyu was being pushed back steadily under the attack of the Phoebe zhennan wood master.
He gritted his teeth and turned his gaze back to the battlefield. The Dengyan tribe was still being suppressed, unable to lift their heads.
"This won't do. We can't let this continue."
Wan Lei's figure soared into the air, fully controlling the Ten Thousand Demon Array and summoning all the lightning beasts.
Hundreds of Yuan Shen realm lightning beasts descended like a tidal wave, rushing towards the enemy formation.
After summoning the lightning beasts, Wan Lei was finally free to move upwards.
By now, more than half of the enemy's Yuan Shen realm cultivators had been killed. With the lightning beasts present, the remaining ones could not cause much trouble.
The thousands of people in the tribe below, combined, were still no match for Fang Xiaoyu.
Wan Lei, surrounded by lightning, used his lightning遁 to appear behind the Phoebe zhennan wood master and swung his hammer towards his head.
The Phoebe zhennan wood master's expression was calm. Without a word, he turned and drew a foot-long ruler towards Wan Lei behind him.
The ruler whistled through the air. Before it even struck Wan Lei, the accompanying spiritual power storm almost forced Wan Lei to retreat.
Wan Lei gritted his teeth and did not retract his hammer. Before taking the full force of the ruler, he smashed his hammer onto the Phoebe zhennan wood master's head.
Boom!!!
Two loud explosions occurred simultaneously, and both Wan Lei and the Phoebe zhennan wood master were sent flying.