Chapter 265 - 292: Demon Beasts Screech, Rebirth Buddha Venerable! A White-Robed Figure, A Sword

The mountains shook, and dust rose everywhere. In that instant, one peak after another was stripped completely bare.

That colossal Wood Demon, a thousand zhang tall and formed from countless interwoven vines, let out a deafening roar.

Neither male nor female.

Rage!

At this moment, it was consumed by a wild rage.

All this time, it had been ceaselessly absorbing the power of the trees and woods that covered the mountains.

And now, this bald donkey before its eyes had destroyed so many of the trees with a single palm strike. How could it not be furious?

On top of that, the Black Stone Demon had been captured without a sound, fanning the flames of its fury even higher.

"What a monstrous creature!"

Elder Hui De was visibly shaken.

The Elder Demon had gathered nearly all the essence of the surrounding forests, and its aura was now rapidly intensifying!

Almost instantaneously, Elder Hui De’s guard was raised to its absolute peak. His wide monastic robes billowed out as his entire body erupted with Buddha’s Light.

"Subdue!"

BOOM!

But before he could even execute the Demon Subduing Seal, thousands of vines interwove into gigantic hands. Imbued with an immeasurable amount of Heaven and Earth Essence Qi, they slammed down violently!

"DIE!!"

A hundred arms erupted in unison as innumerable vines danced across the night sky, blotting out the heavens.

Against the vast, dark night, what a terrifying sight it was.

"I..."

The Fox Daoist couldn’t even utter a single word before he was sent flying. Caught in the explosion of Buddha’s Light that was shattered by a single slap, he was instantly flung a thousand zhang away, crashing heavily among the mountains.

Even with his powerful constitution, the impact nearly knocked him unconscious.

But he had no time for further thought and immediately looked up.

He saw, in mid-air, a crimson Incense Burner suddenly materialize amidst flashes of golden light. It swelled to a colossal size as it rose, colliding thunderously with the descending giant palm.

A deafening RUMBLE echoed as the two collided.

Caught in the rolling shockwave, Elder Hui De was sent hurtling into the forest below, leaving a hundred-zhang-long trail of displaced air in his wake.

He had been brutally swatted out of the sky and slammed straight into the ground. The residual force, undiminished, carved a long trench through the forest, nearly burying him deep beneath the earth.

「The next moment.」

Countless great hands woven from vines and roots began to pummel the ground like a torrential storm.

A literal, earth-shattering storm!

The Fox Daoist retreated frantically for several thousand zhang, watching from afar as the colossal Wood Demon flattened and pulverized entire mountain peaks!

As it hammered the very earth, which echoed with a deep THUD THUD, the Fox Daoist’s Heart Spirit wavered, and he was filled with utter horror.

At the same time, he couldn’t help but feel a sense of relief.

’If I hadn’t listened to the Wood Demon and chosen to cooperate back then,’ he thought, ’just a few of those blows would have been enough to pound me to death in these barren mountains.’

The several monks from Celestial Origin Temple were all deathly pale. They stared, completely dumbfounded, at the cataclysmic scene unfolding before them.

’This... Is the Wood Demon’s power really this terrifying?’

’Even Elder Hui De is no match for it at all!’

It wasn’t just the monks of the Wansheng Institute. Chu An and Chen Tianhua, who were observing the scene through various means from the City Mansion Gui Dao Mansion and the Daoist Temple outside the city, were also shocked.

They knew, of course, that the Black Stone Demon was connected to the Netherworld, and they understood it must have a powerful backer.

Rumor had it that some great figure from the Netherworld had dispatched it to the Desolate Province.

But neither of them had expected the Great Demon behind the Black Stone Demon to be this powerful.

That Elder Hui De was no ordinary person. He was a descendant of the Rebirth Buddha Venerable and had mastered the Demon Subduing Seal, one of the Nine Great Hand Seals. His Cultivation had already reached the Void Realm more than a decade ago.

Even in the Wansheng Institute, he was considered a master.

And yet now, he had been smashed into the ground this easily?

"This Wood Demon..."

In the Gui Dao Mansion, the expression of Qingming Daoist Chen Tianhua darkened.

This was not a good development for him. If the Wansheng Institute were to be defeated, how could they possibly save face and establish a foothold in the Prefecture City, let alone the entire Desolate Province?

Even with the full support of Taixu True Master, there would be no way to persuade the Lord of the State.

If this mission ended in failure, it would be a disaster.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Chu An, in contrast, was utterly delighted.

This situation was, of course, extremely advantageous for him.

’If this Elder Hui De is beaten to death here,’ he thought, ’then the Wansheng Institute’s plans will be finished before they even begin.’

If they can’t even handle the threat of a minor Fierce Demon, how could the Wansheng Institute possibly have the audacity to propose the idea of sharing the region’s Incense with the Lord of the State?

The two Daoists by his side, one tall and one short, naturally understood this as well, and their faces were filled with unconcealed glee.

RUMBLE!

RUMBLE!

The thunderous roars, like a raging gale and a torrential downpour, stirred the very forces of heaven and earth.

The distant Mountain God Temple was violently shattered into dust by the spreading tyrannical shockwaves.

Chen Teng stood beside the wreckage in a sorry state, eyes wide as he stared at the distant, impossibly large monster that was frantically pummeling the ground.

He was so frightened his legs grew weak, and his heart pounded like a drum.

"N-Not good!"

Shaking with fear, Chen Teng suddenly had a realization.

The shrill, miserable cries of all sorts of Demon Beasts rose and fell throughout the mountains. Countless beasts and Demon Beasts, startled by the commotion, were fleeing in a mad panic.

And he was right in the thick of it!

He wanted to turn and run, but he quickly recalled the Immortal’s words.

’N-No... I can’t. I still haven’t gotten the life-saving herb for my little sister!’

’That Immortal, the one who slew the Demon Ghost, told me to go north in the morning. That must mean there’s a rare Spiritual Medicine there!’