Chapter 405 311: Return

"Is this the full extent of your power?"

"Honestly, for an Innate Grandmaster to be able to unleash the power of the Divine Sea Realm is quite impressive."

"But in my eyes, it's far from enough."

In the collapsed crater, Wooden Snake gazed at Han Yuan, seeming somewhat disappointed.

Han Yuan stared at him in horror.

He hadn't expected that his strongest saber strike couldn't even harm the man in the slightest.

"Since you're so obstinate, I'll send you on your way."

Wooden Snake threw the Wooden Staff in his hand.

WHOOSH!

The Wooden Staff spun wildly as it shot toward Han Yuan.

"Die!"

Han Yuan fully activated his Five Emperors Great Demon Divine Skill. The Heaven-Defying Saber erupted with terrifying Evil Qi as he viciously slashed down!

BANG!

He was sent flying backward, crashing into the earthen wall of the crater.

The Wooden Staff spun once in mid-air before returning to Wooden Snake's hand.

CLANG!

At that moment, a heaven-shaking Sword Qi suddenly descended!

An old man in a gray robe, wielding a chilling longsword, descended like an immortal from beyond the heavens, thrusting his sword toward Wooden Snake.

"The second-ranked on the Great Li Sword Dao List, the Ling Yun Sword, Xie Zhang."

Wooden Snake recognized the old man and spoke with a smile.

But then, something very puzzling happened.

Facing Xie Zhang's strike, Wooden Snake made no move at all, simply letting the sword come at him.

PFFT!

The longsword precisely pierced the center of Wooden Snake's brow.

The figure instantly turned into a piece of wood.

At the same time, the bizarre gray tree that had been fiercely battling Tong Fengyang suddenly seemed to lose all life. It withered rapidly, and in less than a breath's time, it transformed into a dry, old tree, devoid of any vitality.

"Trying to run? Not so easy!"

Xie Zhang snorted coldly and vanished on the spot.

BAM!!

Han Yuan burst out of the crater he had been slammed into.

He was a terrifying sight. Blood oozed from all over his body, and in some places, ghastly white bone was exposed.

"Are you all right?" Tong Fengyang's figure flashed, and he appeared inside the crater.

"I'm fine..." Han Yuan shook his head.

"That's good." Tong Fengyang breathed a sigh of relief.

If Han Yuan had died here, he wouldn't have known how to explain it to the Great Demon Palace.

"Director Tong, have you ever heard of an organization called the Immortal Sect?" Han Yuan asked.

"To be honest, this is the first I've heard of it."

"They must be the ones causing all this trouble in Shunping County Town."

Tong Fengyang said in a low voice.

"Even you don't know... Interesting..."

Han Yuan actually managed a smile.

But Tong Fengyang could feel an extremely repressed, crazed viciousness hidden within that smile.

Han Yuan also realized he was about to lose control of his emotions.

The Five Emperors Great Demon Divine Power he cultivated was an extremely radical Cultivation Technique in itself.

Having suffered such a huge loss at the hands of Wooden Snake, his heart was now filled with all sorts of extreme, violent emotions.

Han Yuan took a deep breath, suppressing all of these extreme, violent emotions.

'Getting angry now would just be a display of powerless rage.'

Noticing the change in Han Yuan's aura, Tong Fengyang finally relaxed a little.

"Did you invite that elder over?"

Han Yuan asked.

"Yes. When the incident in Shunping County Town occurred, I requested aid from the Celestial Net Department in the Capital. I didn't expect Elder Xie to be the one to come."

Tong Fengyang nodded.

"I hope Wooden Snake doesn't die at the hands of that Elder Xie."

Hearing this, Han Yuan couldn't help but say.

"Why?"

Tong Fengyang looked puzzled.

"Because he must die by my hand."

Han Yuan's gaze was icy.

Tong Fengyang became thoughtful.

He didn't think Han Yuan was just making empty boasts to save face after his recent defeat.

As a fellow Martial Artist, he could understand Han Yuan's feelings.

The Martial Dao is just like that—a continuous series of duels against the strong.

Even defeat doesn't matter.

As long as one's heart for the Martial Dao isn't broken, it can instead become a driving force for progress.

At this moment, the Orange Cat also hopped out from a corner.

While Han Yuan and Wooden Snake were fighting, it had naturally hidden itself off to the side.

After all, even if it chose to transform, its strength was only comparable to an Innate Grandmaster. Joining the fray would have just meant causing trouble for Han Yuan.

"What happened to that strange gray tree?"

Han Yuan hadn't noticed what was happening over there and asked in a low voice.

"It suddenly withered and died."

"I was in a hurry to come down and check on you, so I didn't get a close look at what happened."

Tong Fengyang shook his head.

"Then let's go take a look."

Han Yuan leaped up, leaving the crater in a single bound.

When Han Yuan arrived in front of the withered gray tree, his brows furrowed slightly.

He felt that the withered gray tree looked more like it had had all its life force devoured.

"It seems Wooden Snake might have been using the gray tree to cultivate something."

Han Yuan said in a low voice.

"What do you mean?" Tong Fengyang was taken aback.

"Wooden Snake used the lives of everyone in Shunping County Town as a sacrifice to the gray tree."

"And the gray tree, using so much blood and qi, might have gestated something."

"And that thing is also the reason the gray tree suddenly withered."

Han Yuan analyzed calmly.

After hearing Han Yuan's analysis, Tong Fengyang's expression grew even more rigid.

The population of Shunping County Town was nearly a million.

Just how terrifying could something gestated from so many lives be?

And why would Wooden Snake want to gestate such a thing?

The more Tong Fengyang thought about it, the more terrified he became.

The two of them waited on the spot for a long time, but Xie Zhang still did not return.

"It seems Elder Xie is hunting down Wooden Snake... We should return to Changming Province City first."

Tong Fengyang said.

He was now a little worried about the situation in Changming Province City.

Because the defenses of Changming Province City were currently very thin.