Chapter 2700 - 2699: Ku Zhen’s True Face

Little Fei saw the steel needles rushing in, immediately dashed over, using his own body to shield Ling Feng. The steel needles struck Little Fei’s hard shell and fell to the ground without even leaving a trace.

Ling Feng put Ling Yao behind him. If there came a situation that even Little Fei couldn’t withstand, Ling Feng would use his own body to shield Ling Yao from those attacks.

Ling Yao looked at Ling Feng’s tall back. Even someone as cold as an iceberg like Ling Yao couldn’t help but smile softly.

On the other side, Song Ruozhao looked coldly at those steel needles. To the outside observer, these steel needles seemed extremely fast, but in Song Ruozhao’s black and white pupils, they appeared to crawl as slowly as a tortoise.

The Long Qin Sword behind Song Ruozhao roared violently. A large amount of sword light flew out, forming a sword array in front of Song Ruozhao to block any potential incoming attacks.

Simultaneously, the sword light leaped and precisely sliced all those steel needles in half, and vertically at that!

"Some of these steel needles aren’t tangible, they’re mere illusions and shadows!" Song Ruozhao said.

Ling Feng also secretly glanced at the direction from which those steel needles were shot and watched Song Ruozhao cutting the needles. Indeed, some steel needles passed through the sword light and vanished.

The Blade of the Apocalypse in Ling Feng’s ring instantly flew out, bouncing off a large number of steel needles in the air, heading straight for the avatars launching the steel needles.

Upon seeing the attack coming, the avatars immediately put away their steel needle magic artifacts and instead pulled out a blue round shield from their bosom.

The gemstone at the center of the blue round shield emitted a brilliant blue light, and the glow of many gemstones combined to form an invincible protective shield.

"Ultimate defense - the Indestructible Shield." Ku Zhen’s voice rang out again.

The Blade of the Apocalypse kept hacking at the blue shield, but this magic artifact’s durability was unimaginably strong; even the Blade of the Apocalypse couldn’t break it.

Kai Tian and the God Slayer Saber also flew out of the ring, assisting the Blade of the Apocalypse in striking the blue shield. Despite using the utmost of eighteen hacking techniques, the blue shield showed no signs of damage.

Ling Feng activated his divine sense to scan the blue shield, only to find that the shield wasn’t intact; it was using an illusion to hide its cracks.

Ling Feng immediately relayed his discovery to the three divine weapons, which attacked the deepest part of the crack upon receiving the command.

After a few strikes, the blue shield disintegrated, and most of the avatars behind it disappeared, turning into dust along with the fake magic artifacts in their hands.

After the three divine weapons slaughtered most of the avatars, Ling Feng promptly called them back and didn’t continue the attack.

The hidden oil lamp also stopped generating avatars. Song Ruozhao leaped up from the ground, a gigantic sword qi that spanned the heavens and earth crushing all the avatars in front of him.

Indeed, none of the avatars were real. Song Ruozhao stood in the void and shouted, "There’s no need to hide anymore. I know why you led us here. I can tell you it’s all in vain, don’t waste your efforts."

Having also discerned the clues through his divine sense, Ling Feng smiled and said, "You could have continued to escape, but why did you choose to block us here instead? Even a normal person would see the clues, right?"

Jin Gang appeared in front of Ling Feng, swinging a massive fist at the towering tree that had been "spectating."

The giant tree, about to be attacked, immediately retracted its trunk, blocking Jin Gang’s fist.

Subsequently, the giant tree uprooted itself from the soil, a human face appearing on the trunk, while the roots on the ground burst through the earth, surrounding Ling Feng and the others.

Ling Feng watched as the tree roots attempted to form a cage to trap him. The three divine weapons flew out immediately, cutting them into pieces.

The tree roots fallen to the ground crawled towards the trunk as if they were alive, then entered through the face’s mouth.

"Haha, what does it matter if you found me? Didn’t I still lead you to this place? You think my proudest creations are those Time Artifacts..."

"No, I think those things are pretty lame. The avatars are a bit fun, but the rest are trash. If you’re considering giving me that oil lamp, I won’t let you die painfully." Ling Feng mocked.

Ku Zhen’s face twisted grotesquely, roaring, "Say what you will, my proudest work is fusing human and demon bodies, allowing powerless humans to gain immense strength,"

"Do you know how many humans and monsters I experimented on before successfully transforming myself? You foolish people can’t even imagine!"

"Even that City Lord was just someone I manipulated, thinking I was making money for him. Hahaha, money is nothing! Once I possess invincible power, the entire Nine Provinces will be mine, and I’ll have whatever I want,"

"I will make those who looked down on me grovel at my feet!"

Ku Zhen laughed maniacally.

Ling Feng and Song Ruozhao glanced at each other, both shaking their heads.

"This guy’s gone mad, there’s no communicating with him, let’s just quickly kill him." Ling Feng sighed.

"Your suggestion is acceptable, but my suggestion is to let him experience the pain he inflicted on those tormented children, how can we let him die so easily?" Song Ruozhao smiled.

"You’re harsh, that works too, just make sure that oil lamp ends up with me!" Ling Feng nodded.

"I’m not interested in those magic artifacts, take them if you wish."

Song Ruozhao, surrounded by countless sword lights, flew towards the giant tree. He then extended two fingers in the air, controlling the sword qi to sweep the space around the tree.

Though the tree’s body was a demon, it was no match against Song Ruozhao’s sword qi, quickly being sliced into splinters, with copious sap flowing from the trunk like the tree’s blood.

Song Ruozhao didn’t intend to kill Ku Zhen directly, so he restrained himself. Otherwise, unleashing all his sword qi would have reduced the tree’s body to pieces.

Ling Feng turned to Ling Yao behind him, "You stay here, I’ll see if there’s a chance to get that oil lamp, or it’ll be shattered by Song Ruozhao."

Ling Yao nodded.

Ling Feng further instructed, "Jin Gang, protect Yaoyao here, and stay wary of other tricks from the tree demon."

"Yes!"

Ling Feng stood on Little Fei’s back, flying above the tree’s body, activating his divine sense to locate the oil lamp.

Ku Zhen’s face on the trunk showed no pain, seeming to enjoy Song Ruozhao’s sword play, even as its body was cut to pieces.

Ling Feng found Ku Zhen’s reaction puzzling and had not yet found the location of the avatar oil lamp.

Just as Ling Feng was hesitating, Ku Zhen’s face suddenly changed to that of a tree spirit, as numerous roots wrapped around it, Ku Zhen’s face appearing on distant roots.

The ground roots regrew, with Ku Zhen’s face encircling Song Ruozhao and Ling Feng.

"What a formidable sword technique, it really hurts," Ku Zhen chuckled as he spoke, his face now covered in black markings, his tone turning eerie.

"No wonder you’re the Song Ruozhao who single-handedly stirred a war between humans and demons! I imagine your swordsmanship has improved with these years of sealing?"

"Back then, I advised those old fools to fully seal your primordial spirit and body, better yet, sink one into the Nine Nether,"

"Those ossified old men wouldn’t listen, insisting on making you atone before heaven and letting your flesh guard the mountain gate, how foolish,"

"Not only didn’t they fully seal you, but they also let you refine your sword techniques for three thousand years!"

"Ku Zhen" with each word, sent a shock through Ling Feng’s spirit, and Song Ruozhao’s face grew darker.

"How do you know so much about the past? You’re not Ku Zhen, who exactly are you?" Song Ruozhao shouted.

Ling Feng also immediately activated his divine sense but saw only a dense blackness on Ku Zhen’s face, revealing no information.

"I am Ku Zhen!" The face patterned with black lines said with a chuckle, "And at the same time, I am..."

The face’s features shifted, suddenly transforming into an elderly visage.

"Chao Yue?!" Ling Feng exclaimed.