Overlord of the Wilderness

When the verdant little person saw Zhaang Ye flying over, the green light in its eyes flared as it shrieked, “Detestable human! How dare you come after me? You’re dead! Go!”

The verdant little person was an entity transformed from the Wood Origin, one of the world’s aberrations. In Ancient Times, an extremely brutal war had erupted between aberrations and humans, creating immense hatred between the two races. All aberrations of the world possessed an instinctual aversion to humans, wishing they could eradicate them completely.

The Water Spirit and Gold Spirit were easily subdued by Zhaang Ye because they had not yet matured, their strength incomparable to Zhaang Ye and the Fire Spirit. This verdant little person, however, had undergone Cultivation in the Sword Monarch Ruins for ten thousand years. It had already matured and possessed formidable combat prowess. Thus, the moment the verdant little person saw Zhaang Ye, it immediately moved to strike a fatal blow, intending to blast him to smithereens.

Following the verdant little person’s cry, the Wooden Thorns and Ye Dao in the air grew even denser. The tightly packed Wooden Thorns and Ye Dao looked like an impenetrable wall!

SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH!

The Wooden Thorns flew over in a dense swarm. Each thorn contained immense power and a terrifying poison, capable of easily piercing the body of a True Dao Fourth Layer expert.

SHING SHING SHING SHING SHING!

In the gaps between the Wooden Thorns, the emerald Ye Dao were like fangs hidden in the darkness. Each Ye Dao was incomparably sharp, able to easily slit the throat of a True Dao Fourth Layer expert.

At this moment, Zhaang Ye was a full ten li away from the verdant little person. He had just flown over a hundred zhang when the extremely dense attacks reached him.

BUZZ! BUZZ! BUZZ!

Strange ripples spread through the void.

Facing the verdant little person’s assault, Zhaang Ye no longer dared to hold back. He unleashed his Wind Realm to its fullest extent and flew at high speed straight into the dense barrage of Wooden Thorns and Ye Dao.

At this moment, Zhaang Ye displayed his incredibly formidable Computation Power and Spiritual Sense. The sky-filling swarm of Wooden Thorns and Ye Dao was perfectly reflected in his mind. His brain spun furiously, calculating the flight trajectories of the thorns and blades, charting a safe path through the seemingly impenetrable storm.

SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH!

Zhaang Ye followed the calculated route, weaving through the dense barrage of Wooden Thorns and Ye Dao. For every zhang he flew, dozens of thorns and blades shot past him. Though he seemed to be in mortal danger at every moment, he miraculously survived. Not a single one of the densely packed Wooden Thorns and Ye Dao could harm him!

Seeing Zhaang Ye’s performance, a look of astonishment finally appeared on the verdant little person’s cold, wooden face. Zhaang Ye’s raw power might not have been strong enough, but his Body Technique had reached a terrifying level. Even with its own formidable strength, the verdant little person was stunned by Zhaang Ye’s exquisitely divine Body Technique!

In the blink of an eye, Zhaang Ye had flown over three hundred zhang, closing the distance to the verdant little person to eight li.

A glint in his eye, Zhaang Ye continued to fly forward.

‘The verdant little person’s combat power is incredible,’ he thought. ‘To capture it, I must use my strongest Ultimate Technique—Cloud-Breaking Slash—and attack together with the Fire Spirit and Gold Spirit. Only then will I have a chance of success.’

Zhaang Ye planned to get within six li of the verdant little person, then execute Cloud-Breaking Slash twice in succession. With that blinding speed, he would cross the six-li gap, attack alongside the Gold Spirit and Fire Spirit, and capture it.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Witnessing Zhaang Ye’s divinely exquisite Body Technique, the verdant little person pressed its small hands into the void. A series of dull rumbles echoed from underground. The next moment, hundreds of massive roots, like venomous dragons, burst from the earth and coiled toward Zhaang Ye!

Each root was as thick as a man’s embrace and contained the colossal force of millions of jin. With these roots obstructing him, Zhaang Ye was immediately beset by dangers, and his situation grew even more perilous!

RIP! RIP! RIP! RIP! RIP!

Zhaang Ye had just flown another hundred zhang when his clothes were sliced open by five Ye Dao. The incredibly sharp blades flew past, grazing his skin, nearly severing his blood vessels.

The Fire Spirit, Gold Spirit, and Water Spirit were all hidden within the light of Zhaang Ye’s saber, watching him nervously. Their souls were marked with his Spiritual Brand; if Zhaang Ye died, they too would be obliterated.

The Fire Spirit, the most powerful of them, did not dare to make a sound, afraid it would distract Zhaang Ye. Its entire body blazed with roaring flames as it stared intently at him, ready to strike immediately if he couldn’t handle the situation.

Zhaang Ye’s expression was calm; no matter how dire the situation, it could not faze him. Amidst the storm of attacks, he flew another one hundred and fifty zhang. Only seven li remained between him and the verdant little person!

The closer he got, the more terrifying the attacks Zhaang Ye faced became.

Ahead of Zhaang Ye, every inch of the void was filled with terrifying Wooden Thorns, Ye Dao, and roots. For every chi he flew, Zhaang Ye had to deal with hundreds of fierce attacks. Under this torrential assault, the slightest misstep would result in tens of thousands of Wooden Thorns and Ye Dao dicing him into mincemeat!

‘Under such a dense assault, I can no longer calculate the flight paths of the Wooden Thorns, Ye Dao, and roots!’ Zhaang Ye realized.

‘There’s nowhere to dodge, nowhere to evade!’

‘I’ll risk it!’

Zhaang Ye’s eyes flashed. He simply stopped dodging. The Broken Wave Saber in his hand unleashed a tangible Sword Gang, slashing forward.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The fierce Sword Gang shot forward with a deafening roar, instantly shattering the dense swarm of Wooden Thorns, Ye Dao, and roots. A short tunnel appeared before Zhaang Ye.

The moment this tunnel appeared, it was immediately submerged again by the dense barrage of Wooden Thorns, Ye Dao, and roots. But Zhaang Ye’s Body Technique was so fast that in the instant before the tunnel was flooded, he had already flown several dozen zhang.

“HA HA HA HA HA!” As Zhaang Ye unleashed his Sword Gang and flew desperately onward, a long laugh echoed from the distance, so powerful it caused the wood-elemental qi to tremble ceaselessly.

The Fire Spirit couldn’t help but cry out, “Master, the Flower King is only a thousand li away!”

A thousand li was an immense distance for an ordinary person. But for a True Dao Expert like the Flower King, a thousand li was nothing at all—a distance he could cross in just over a dozen blinks of an eye!

In other words, Zhaang Ye was running out of time. If he couldn’t capture the verdant little person within a dozen or so blinks, he would lose his chance forever!

A ruthless look appeared in Zhaang Ye’s eyes. The Broken Wave Saber in his hand roared as he slashed, clearing a sixty-zhang-long tunnel. His figure then transformed into a beam of light and shot straight into it!

SWOOSH!

Zhaang Ye flew at extreme speed, crossing the sixty-odd zhang in an instant. At the same time, the dense swarm of Wooden Thorns, Ye Dao, and roots flew at him again, pressing in like one wall after another!

If Zhaang Ye had enough time, he could have slowly cleared away these Wooden Thorns, Ye Dao, and roots, but with the Flower King’s imminent arrival, he had no time to deal with them one by one!

“ROAR!”

Zhaang Ye let out a huge roar and charged straight into the dense mass of Wooden Thorns, Ye Dao, and roots. While flying at high speed, he executed a series of unbelievable dodges, flashing through the void over three hundred times. He evaded the vast majority of the attacks, but a few Ye Dao still managed to graze his body.

Zhaang Ye’s physical body was tough, but the Ye Dao still carved several deep wounds into him. The potent poison on the blades instantly entered his system!

The verdant little person stared coldly at Zhaang Ye as if looking at a dead man.

Once the poison contained within the Ye Dao entered the Meridians, it would spread rapidly. Even a great expert at the True Dao Seventh Layer would have their combat power severely reduced if they were afflicted by this poison!

Just as the verdant little person thought Zhaang Ye was a dead man, he finally arrived at the six-li mark. A tangible aura crossed the six-li expanse and locked onto the little person.

The verdant little person sensed immense danger. Its expression shifted slightly, and just as it was about to intensify its attack, it was horrified to discover that Zhaang Ye had suddenly vanished!

‘Not good!’

Horrified, the verdant little person emitted layers of green light from its body.

SHIIIIING—

The verdant little person had just released its green light when a faint saber gleam suddenly appeared out of the void and plunged into it!

Cloud-Breaking Slash!

By the time the verdant little person released its green light, Zhaang Ye’s Cloud-Breaking Slash had already crossed the six-li distance and struck its protective barrier. Although the verdant little person’s protective green light was powerful, Zhaang Ye’s Cloud-Breaking Slash was even more so. In a state of man and saber fused as one, he shattered dozens of layers of the green light in the blink of an eye!

“Yaaah!”

The verdant little person let out a terrified cry. It could manipulate wood-elemental qi for powerful, long-range attacks, but its close-quarters combat ability was relatively weak. This incredibly ferocious slash from Zhaang Ye terrified it so much that it screamed repeatedly.

The verdant little person had undergone Cultivation for a long time. In its terror, the green light it emitted grew even more vigorous. The verdant brilliance began to rapidly condense into trees and long vines.

If the green light successfully condensed into trees and vines, its Defense Power would increase dramatically. Even a move as powerful as Zhaang Ye’s Cloud-Breaking Slash would be unable to penetrate them.

Seeing the green light begin to solidify, the verdant little person instantly calmed down. A look of assured victory appeared in its eyes.

BOOM! BOOM!

At this moment, the Gold Spirit and Fire Spirit, who had been hiding in the light of Zhaang Ye’s saber, struck simultaneously. The Fire Spirit shot out a fist-sized fireball that bombarded the green light. The Gold Spirit, meanwhile, transformed into a long, coldly gleaming saber and stabbed viciously into the light. A mad surge of Gold Essence Qi suppressed all the surrounding wood-elemental qi.

The Gold Spirit was an entity transformed from the Gold Origin, and the Gold Essence Qi it released was the perfect counter to wood-elemental qi. The Fire Spirit’s fireball also faintly suppressed the wood-elemental qi. With both spirits attacking at once, the green light the verdant little person had worked so hard to conjure instantly collapsed.

“Scree!”

The verdant little person let out a terrified shriek and tried to flee. But under the Gold Spirit’s influence, the area within a hundred zhang was filled with dense Gold Essence Qi, suppressing all the wood-elemental qi. The verdant little person was affected, its speed drastically reduced. It had barely flown a few dozen zhang when a large hand appeared above its head.

SWOOSH!

Zhaang Ye snatched the verdant little person in one go, his figure transforming into a streak of azure light as he flew into the distance.