Chapter 55: Shadow of the Dark Night, Demon Suppression Seal!
The demon race scouts from the Heavenly Demon Palace were said to be omnipresent. He had originally thought that old fellow would send someone from an affiliated family of the Nine Heavens Holy Land to enter the holy land openly and aboveboard.
He didn't expect that this time, a Demon Race puppet was being used. This type of puppet was the most difficult to deal with, capable of illusory transformations and being formless!
However, for Lin Xuan, who had inherited Emperor Bei Ming's legacy and possessed the Demon Suppression Tower, suppressing this Demon Race puppet was a piece of cake.
Immediately.
Lin Xuan's divine sense extended and connected with the Little Tree Guardian.
"The enemy is here, in the Purple Bamboo Forest three kilometers to your southeast. Don't deliberately look in that direction; continue your patrol and don't let him see any flaws. Later, listen for my command, use Earth Dive to move over, and bind that fellow with tree vines. After that, just leave the rest to me!"
Lin Xuan said to the Little Tree Guardian via divine sense.
"Understood!"
The Little Tree Guardian seemed to be patrolling on the surface, but its human-like body was already accumulating power.
At this time.
Located outside the Purple Bamboo Forest, Qin An indeed had no intention of making a move on Lin Xuan first. His main purpose this time was to pass on the information about Lin Xuan.
The newly promoted Saint Son Lin Xuan of the Nine Heavens Holy Land had actually inherited Emperor Bei Ming's legacy. No wonder he was able to eliminate all the demon race scouts planted within the Nine Heavens Holy Land.
"With a figure like this as the Saint Son of the Nine Heavens Holy Land, if they want to plant more scouts within the Nine Heavens Holy Land in the future, it would be completely unrealistic."
At this moment, in the deep eyes of Zhao Ming, whom Qin An was possessing, a flash of cold killing intent passed.
After observing for a short while, he prepared to flee. He would first get out of the Nine Heavens Holy Land and then pass on this piece of information.
And at this moment, Lin Xuan, who had already slowly approached within a hundred meters of Qin An from a void crevice, had already seen that this fellow intended to escape.
"Act now!"
Lin Xuan said to the Little Tree Guardian several miles away.
As soon as the words fell.
The Little Tree Guardian instantly submerged into the ground beneath its feet. In less than two breaths, it was beneath Qin An's feet.
"Tree Guardian Barrier!"
The Little Tree Guardian's soft, squirming voice drifted faintly past his ears.
Rumble, rumble, rumble...
At the same time, an extremely powerful life force surged from the ground around Qin An.
Immediately after, beneath the Purple Bamboo Forest in a hundred-meter radius around Qin An, tree vines as thick as an adult's arm, like a pack of crazed pythons, swiftly pounced on Qin An in the center.
Qin An controlled the possessed Zhao Ming and was about to ride the wind to fly away, but the towering bamboo forest around him blocked the sky above. Although it only blocked him for an instant, this brief delay was enough for the extremely tough, python-like tree vines to wrap around his body.
Crack, crack!
At the same time.
Zhao Ming's limbs twisted completely in a visual distortion, and the sound of bones snapping abruptly rang out, echoing from the silent Purple Bamboo Forest.
"It's a trap!"
After Qin An felt the bones of the body he was controlling being completely shattered, a look of solemnity could not help but flash in his eyes.
"Hmph, if this is all you have, wanting to confine me is simply a fool's dream!"
The possessed Zhao Ming, now being frantically wrapped by the python-like tree vines, actually had a cruel smile appear on the corner of his mouth.
Shua!
Immediately.
With a thought from Qin An, the Demonic Mist formed by his main body surged out from Zhao Ming's limbs and bones.
From the outside, looking with the naked eye.
From the body of Zhao Ming, who was wrapped in layers of tree vines, a thick black mist emerged.
After flying out from the gaps between the tree vines, the black mist condensed into a small, black humanoid figure.
"The people of the Nine Heavens Holy Land are truly careless. Did they really think a mere Spirit Void Realm tree demon could bind me!"
Qin An mocked in his heart.
Immediately after, Qin An suddenly flew out from outside the Purple Bamboo Forest.
When the afterimage he had transformed into was several hundred meters away from the Purple Bamboo Forest, Lin Xuan, in the void crevice, began to frantically inject his own spiritual energy into the Demon Suppression Tower.
Like water from a bursting dam, Lin Xuan's spiritual energy instantly plummeted by half.
"Demon Suppression Tower!"
Lin Xuan let out a low roar.
Rumble!
In the outside world, Qin An, who had just escaped the Purple Bamboo Forest, suddenly felt a powerful pressure descend from above, like Mount Tai pressing down. This caused his own demonic energy circulation to stagnate. His escape speed slowed to that of a turtle's as he froze in place.
"What is this extremely strong restraining power!"
Qin An's eyes widened in shock.
At the same time, he could clearly feel the scene around him suddenly darken.
Immediately after, Qin An looked up in astonishment. What met his eyes was a black iron tower like a giant peak, and the oppressive power was emanating from this very tower.
"This is..."
When Qin An's gaze fell upon the flowing demonic patterns at the base of the tower, his mind and spirit rumbled as if struck by a giant hammer.
"This is the unfinished Demon Suppression Tower refined by Emperor Bei Ming!"
This thought instantly surged into Qin An's mind.
"When Emperor Bei Ming was originally ambushed and killed by the demon race, it was also while he was refining this Demon Suppression Tower. However, he only completed the tower's main body. The magical artifact for each of the nine stories was not finished, but even so, its suppressive power against the demon race is extremely strong!"
"If not for the fact that the three demon race great powers who ambushed Emperor Bei Ming were all holding the palace-protecting treasures of the Heavenly Demon Palace and the Asura Palace, and that all three were of the top-tier royal bloodline, they would have been fundamentally unable to kill Emperor Bei Ming!"
Countless thoughts flashed through Qin An's mind, but he ultimately returned to reality.
"Break for me!"
Qin An, who was originally just a cluster of thick demonic mist, instantly transformed into a giant skeleton with a massive frame.
Its ten-zhang-tall body had white bones like jade. At the joints, some extremely tough black tendons had even grown, allowing its movements to be more fluid and natural.
However, besides the black tendons, ferocious barbs also grew at the joints, adding a touch of savagery to its overall appearance.
Crack, crack, crack!
On its majestic skull, two ox horns had grown. It raised its arms, as thick as water buckets, over its head, seemingly intending to use its physical body to directly resist the Demon Suppression Tower.
"This Demon Race puppet is truly naive beyond belief!"
In the void crevice, Lin Xuan watched Qin An struggling desperately beneath the Demon Suppression Tower and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
After the base of the Demon Suppression Tower made contact with Qin An's bony arm, his entire arm began to shatter inch by inch in the next moment. It transformed into a dense demonic mist and was devoured by the Demon Suppression Tower.
Qin An let out a roar with all his strength. Although the roar was full of power, he still could not change his fate of being suppressed.
Rumble!
The Demon Suppression Tower, like a majestic mountain range, caused the entire Green Bamboo Peak to tremble as it landed. Its might was extremely terrifying!
At the same time, Qin An's aura beneath the tower gradually dissipated...
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