The Unparalleled Sword Emperor
Chapter 525 - 524: Forbidden Zone Creatures!

Chapter 525: Chapter 524: Forbidden Zone Creatures!

"Intruders must pay with their life!"

Suddenly, from within a forest outside the temple, a robust vine swung abruptly from an ancient tree.

This vine, dense and full of power, thrashed like iron, stirring up the ground, churning the forces around it.

Crash!

The vine swung towards Lin Bai, landing a heavy blow.

It flung him from the sky and onto the ground, crashing heavily into the heart of the forest.

Splatter!

Lin Bai’s body smashed into the ground like a fallen star, forming a massive crater.

As blood gushed from his mouth, he fell unconscious.

His flying sword dropped next to him, losing its spirit as he lost consciousness — reduced to nothing more than an ordinary, discarded sword.

At that moment, a vine slithered from the thick undergrowth, wound around Lin Bai’s waist, and dragged him deeper into the forest.

The vine hauled Lin Bai into the Forbidden Zone Forest.

On their journey, they passed a headless knight.

The headless knight, clad in armor, held a long spear, and rode an undead warhorse.

As Lin Bai’s body was dragged past, the knight didn’t spare him a glance.

Soon after, the headless knight galloped away.

Then, Lin Bai was dragged past a desolate sword cultivator.

The cultivator emanated powerful energies of death and ruin, and his eyes glowed red with a monstrous glare.

In his hand, a dark and ominous sword radiated a cold, sharp light like a demon god’s fangs.

After glancing at Lin Bai, the desolate sword cultivator turned and walked away.

Finally, the vine — still dragging Lin Bai — arrived at the base of another aged tree.

The vine lifted Lin Bai’s body.

The ancient tree’s trunk gaped open into a massive mouth, into which the vine threw Lin Bai.

The tree closed its mouth and returned to its original state, obscuring the red glow above Lin Bai’s head.

The Forbidden Zone Forest regained its tranquility.

As if nothing had occurred.

No ancient tree, no headless knight, no desolate sword cultivator, and no Lin Bai...

...

Ten days later.

Long Yi and the effeminate man arrived at the outskirts of the Forbidden Zone Forest.

Long Yi said, "We’ve nearly searched the entire forest, but we haven’t found that bastard. He probably went into the temple."

The effeminate man looked at the forest in front of him and said, "The Forbidden Zone Forest is inhabited by the Forbidden Zone creatures. They’re extremely powerful. Their weapons are heavenly defying, so we shouldn’t provoke them carelessly."

Long Yi said, "Let’s keep searching."

Right away, Long Yi and the effeminate man continued their search.

"Hu Jiang!" Long Ye suddenly yelled out in surprise.

Startled, the effeminate man quickly flew over, asking, "What’s wrong?"

Long Yi pointed to a sword stuck in the ground in the forest ahead and asked, "Isn’t that the little guy’s flying sword?"

The effeminate man concentrated his gaze and found a sword thrust into the ground of the forest, silent and devoid of its former spirit and glow.

"Indeed it is."

The effeminate man and Long Yi were overjoyed.

As for Lin Bai’s flying sword, both the effeminate man and Long Yi had witnessed its true power.

Previously, Butterfly from the Ash Battle Team and Sun Yao had both been killed by this very sword, which was extremely powerful.

...

Lin Bai slowly regained consciousness.

"Where am I?"

Lin Bai attempted to inquire.

However, the moment he tried to open his mouth, he found that he was unable to move, as if he was paralyzed.

Lin Bai realized that his life force and energy were being absorbed by the ancient tree.

Lin Bai recalled getting knocked down by the vine as he tried to go into the temple on his flying sword.

He was severely injured at that time, and there was no way he could avoid the incoming vine.

After falling into the forest, Lin Bai fell unconscious.

"You actually considered me food?"

A surge of anger welled up in Lin Bai’s heart.

This ancient tree, once it achieved awareness, could absorb the vitality of warriors as nutrients.

All warriors who stepped inside the Forbidden Area were almost all killed by this tree. Afterward, it dragged them into its body. Once the warriors’ vitality and flesh were completely drained, it discarded their white bones.

"How absurd. Since I embarked on the path of Martial Arts, I’ve been absorbing the vitality of every creature Under Heaven to enhance my cultivation level."

"And now this tree, not knowing its place, dares to devour my vitality."

"Are you seeking your death by exposing your weak spot?"

"Let’s see then, whose power of devouring is stronger!"

"Devouring Sword Spirit!"

At this moment, Lin Bai was completely fused with the gigantic tree, his body being consumed and transformed into nourishment by the tree.

However, his Martial Soul was intertwined with his soul.

Even if the tree had a defiance of natural order means, it wouldn’t be able to devour Lin Bai’s Martial Soul.

Furthermore, could it stomach it?

Did it have the capability?

Could it handle devouring the Devouring Sword Spirit?

Impossible!

The Devouring Sword Spirit is the lord of all Devouring Powers! The fresh blood of all entities Under Heaven is nutrients for the Devouring Sword Spirit.

"Devour!"

As Lin Bai activated the Devouring Sword Spirit, a surge of devouring power burst forth from his body.

Instantly, the vitality that was slowly being consumed, was now drawn back and revitalised by Lin Bai’s Power of Devouring.

All of the blood energy returned to Lin Bai’s body.

The tree trembled violently.

"No! You, you, how could you recover when you should’ve been dead?"

At this time, an aged voice echoed in Lin Bai’s ears.

Even though Lin Bai didn’t know the cultivation level of this tree, the fact that the tree could speak proved that it was not weak.

"Hmm."

"Since you intend to devour me, I will devour you!"

"Devouring Sword Spirit, devour it!"

Lin Bai roared angrily, and the power of the Devouring Sword Spirit surged again.

Not only did it snatch back Lin Bai’s vitality, but it also swallowed the massive tree’s vitality.

Loads of vitality flowed into Lin Bai’s body, rapidly mending his injuries.

The large tree had been rooted into the Earth for who knows how long. The vitality in the tree was practically endless.

It didn’t merely mend Lin Bai’s injuries. The excess vitality also helped Lin Bai to enhance his cultivation level, clear his energy meridians, and get rid of impurities.

"How could your Martial Soul possibly absorb my vitality?"

"In my thousand plus years of living, I’ve never witnessed such a defiant existence!"

The large tree’s shocked screams echoed.

Amongst all the demon beasts, a tree monster has one of the most prolonged lifespans.

For a tree monster to attain awareness, it was extremely difficult and required a long period of growth.

Over a thousand years, this tree had merged completely with the Earth. The spiritual energy from the meridians beneath the Earth continuously flowed into the tree, boosting its cultivation level rapidly.

And now, as Lin Bai absorbed the vitality of this tree, he also devoured the spiritual energy of the meridians beneath the Earth via the tree as a medium.

The spiritual energy surged wildly within Lin Bai.

All the warriors within the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains felt the spiritual energy around them thin rapidly.

"What’s going on?"

"The spiritual energy in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains seems to have been vacuumed out in an instant."

"All this spiritual energy is flowing into the Forbidden Area."

Many warriors stared in horror at the Temple within the Forbidden Zone.

At this moment, at the Forbidden Zone Forest, the spiritual energy was so dense, it was congealing into a thick substance.

"Ha ha ha, my cultivation level is increasing."

"Devouring Sword Spirit, give it your all, break through the Half-step Divine Pill!"

Lin Bai exclaimed with delight.