Chapter 228: Guardian, Hidden Sword Cultivator (1/2)

Boom! Boom! Boom!

In the huge and twisting Nine Nether Tree Realm, two figures were quickly moving and jumping. Behind them, a gray pill chased relentlessly.

In the beginning, the disciples of the Scripture Storage Valley wanted to sacrifice themselves to help Jiang Li, but they quickly noticed that not only were most of them unable to help, they would even hold Jiang Li back.

This made them, who were clearly older and had higher cultivation levels, feel very upset.

After paying a considerable price of some casualties, they finally obeyed the order and left the tree world. Elder Lin Fengying, who was the only one at the Golden Core realm, stayed behind to help Jiang Li endure the pressure.

The two of them had the same spiritual root attributes and were controlling Wood-Yin spiritual qi. Although they had not practiced together, their cooperation was not bad.

Elder Lin's artifact was also a coffin. 18 zombies could be released from it to assist in the battle. Jiang Li used the Nine Nether Wood to control the battlefield and would order large Wood Demons to be cannon fodder from time to time.

However, even so, it was still abnormally difficult to stop the pill's assault.

As the Sect Master of the Hundred Tempering Mountain, Situ Fengzhu was really too powerful. Even though he was fighting another top-notch cultivator and had only separated a small portion of his strength and mind to transform into a clone that had barely reached the Nascent Soul realm to attack, it still forced the two of them to flee in a sorry state without any ability to counterattack.

”Jiang Li, how long can you persist?”

Elder Lin looked at Jiang Li who was gradually showing signs of exhaustion and was extremely worried.

Such a large-scale creation spell technique definitely consumed an immeasurable amount of energy.

Not to mention letting a Foundation Establishment cultivator maintain such a spell technique, even as a Golden Core cultivator, he would not be able to use it without several times of his maximum spiritual qi capacity.

Even if Jiang Li was a genius blessed by the heavens, he was still at the Foundation Establishment realm. How did he last this long?

”It's fine. I can still hold on.”

Jiang Li shook his head, and then he pointed out. The enormous black trees twisted like swimming snakes and coiled around the pill.

However, the huge tree that was as thick as a pillar was still easily pierced by the pill.

Every single giant tree could only slightly slow down the other party's speed. However, if not for the obstruction of the Nine Nether Tree Realm, Jiang Li and the elder might have already had their heads blown apart by the pill.

It was only in the Nine Nether Wood Realm that he could barely maintain it with the help of these living trees.

However, with every breath, seven or eight huge trees would break. In order to summon this tree world, Jiang Li had already exhausted 80% of his spiritual qi. Now, he still had to continuously expend a large amount of spiritual qi to maintain the scale of the tree world. The amount of spiritual qi flowing out every second was also an astronomical figure.

This gave him no chance to recover at all. It had been a long time since he had fallen into the state of lacking spiritual qi.

Boom!

Another huge tree was broken. This time, Situ Fengzhu learned his lesson. He aimed at the tree trunk below Jiang Li's hiding place.

When Jiang Li used Wood Escape to run again, he would definitely descend and use the tree root network to move.

However, this time, he was predicted by the other party and directly blasted out of the wood, spitting blood in a sorry state.

After penetrating the huge tree, the pill did not lose momentum as it shot towards Jiang Li again. This time, he learned his lesson and no longer attacked Jiang Li's body that was enveloped by the Dragon Imprisoning Lock. Instead, he charged straight at Jiang Li's head. It seemed like he wanted to blow up the head directly.

With a thought, a black light flashed between Jiang Li's brows. The Immortal Slaying Flying Sword instantly shot out at the pill.

The flying sword's speed was very fast. Its straight line speed even surpassed the flying speed of this pill, but the other party's operation was more agile.

With just a displacement, he moved half an inch to the side and easily dodged the extremely sharp Immortal Slaying Flying Sword!

As Jiang Li flew back, he pressed his fingers to his forehead. His will was mobilized at full force, controlling the Immortal Slaying Flying Sword to erupt with all its speed. It directly transformed into a flying black sword shadow that wanted to cut the pill into pieces.

However, his reaction speed under the enhancement of his Golden Core Dao Heart was still greatly suppressed.

The transformation of Golden Core to Nascent Soul, and Nascent Soul to Essence Soul was truly a complete transformation. The difference between them was absolutely not as simple as the quantity and quality of spiritual qi.

Jiang Li was no longer on the same level as the other party.

Every time the pill moved a few inches, it could easily dodge the Immortal Slaying Flying Sword. Even if it erupted with its maximum speed, it was still unable to injure the pill at all.

In the end, the pill even collided with the flying sword, sending it flying far away with a clang.

Jiang Li recalled the flying sword with heartache. Fortunately, when he was refining the flying sword, the materials he used were all top-grade among top-grade materials. The quality of the flying sword was also extraordinary. This collision only resulted in a slight spiritual qi shock and did not cause any more damage.

When he put away the flying sword, Jiang Li barely stabilized his aura before taking out the small Yin Burial Coffin from his pocket and holding it in his hand.

It was his first time using the Nine Nether Tree Realm, yet he had to face such an enemy. It was indeed a little difficult for him.

The Immortal Slaying Flying Sword could hurt the other party but it could not hit. The Dragon Imprisoning Lock could defend but not withstand the impact.

He already had the Yin Burial Coffin in his hand. If he could find an opportunity to put the pill into the coffin, then perhaps he would have a chance of winning. However, from the reaction speed of the alchemy pill earlier, Jiang Li really doubted the possibility of this plan.

However, other than that, he did not have many other methods.

Buzz, the pill transformed into a straight line and flew over. The moment the pill flew over, a palm caught it in the air.

”Tsk, tsk, tsk. What am I seeing? Situ Fengzhu, you old bastard, you're actually bullying a junior here. You're really getting worse and worse.”

Jiang Li's tensed muscles instantly relaxed. He had already swung out half of the coffin in his hand just now. Who knew if he would be able to hit this pill in the end?

”Thank you for your help, Senior. I can't thank you enough.”

After recovering from his shock, Jiang Li hurriedly cupped his hands and thanked the person.

The person who saved him was an old man who looked a little slovenly. He was casually wrapped in a piece of beast skin, and his white hair was scattered behind him. In his hand was a whip, and in his other hand was the pill.

Below him, there was actually a huge black-furred boar being ridden on.

”Big Belly, eat this.”

That elder reached out and threw the pill into the wild boar's mouth. The spirit pill that contained the power of Situ Fengzhu was chewed and swallowed into its stomach.

”You're Jiang Li? Not bad, not bad. However, you shouldn't call me senior.”

The old man sized Jiang Li up twice and seemed to be extremely satisfied. Jiang Li was extremely familiar with this gaze.

At this moment, Elder Lin rushed over and proved Jiang Li's guess.

”Junior Lin Fengying greets Lord Guardian!”

Those who could be called guardians by the Golden Core elders were the twelve founders of the Scripture Storage Valley.

When he entered the sect, Elder Weng had said that seven of the twelve founders were still alive to protect the sect. It seemed that this was one of them.

”Disciple Jiang Li greets Martial Ancestor. Thank you for your help, Martial Ancestor!”

Elder Lin had joined them midway, so it was reasonable for him to address the other party as Lord Guardian.

However, Jiang Li was a righteous disciple of the Scripture Storage Valley, so he should naturally address him as Martial Ancestor.

”Yes, very good. As Wushe said, you're an impressive youngster.”