Chapter 3280: King of Ten Thousand Trees

“Duan Ling Tian, I have to admit you’re quite powerful. To comprehend the law of space to this level at your age, as a human, your talent is peerless.”

A gnarly face appeared on the tree trunk when Fan Qi’s voice rang in the air. If one looked closely enough, one would be able to see its resemblance to Fan Qi’s face.

Fan Qi continued to speak in his true form. “Regardless, you’re destined to be killed by me. I, Fan Qi, am the Pine Willow Divine Tree. With the strength from my true form and the profundities from the law of wind that I’ve comprehended, there’s only a handful of prodigious disciples below the stage of a Celestial Emperor who are capable of defeating me. In any case, there’s no way a human like you who isn’t a Celestial Emperor would be able to defeat me!”

Fan Qi’s voice was thunderously loud now that he had reverted to his true form. He spoke confidently as though he had no doubt at all that Duan Ling Tian would die.

…

“I didn’t expect Fan Qi’s true form to be the Pine Willow Divine Tree!” Huang Lu Nan’s eyes shone brightly at this moment. He could already see the scene where Fan Qi killed Duan Ling Tian in his mind.

Similarly, Lei Jun’s eyes lit up as well. When Duan Ling Tian had the upper hand earlier, he had felt slightly anxious. However, upon seeing Fan Qi’s true form, he was certain there would only be one outcome; the battle would end with Duan Ling Tian’s death!

‘Duan Ling Tian is as dead as a doornail!’ Lei Jun thought to himself as he looked at the white figure standing in the distance. The desire in his eyes as he looked at the white figure could not be concealed at all.

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On the other hand, Hu Mei, Wen Wan’er, and Hong Fei who were standing close to Huan’er were horrified. Their expressions that had just eased up changed for the worst again. Although they were aware that Fan Qi was a Celestial Tree, they had no idea what kind of Celestial Tree he was. How could they not be shocked when Fan Qi revealed himself to be a Pine Willow Divine Tree that was equivalent to a top-tier Celestial Beast? Fan Qi’s strength was definitely not inferior to that of a top-tier Celestial Beast in its human form.

“He’s a Pine Willow Divine Tree?”

“No wonder Fan Qi is so confident. His true form is the Pine Willow Divine Tree!” Hong Fei said bitterly as he shuddered slightly.

“Send a message to teacher. Who knows if he might have a way to solve this matter?”

Although the trio did not really think Xu Lang could do anything about this battle, Hu Mei and Wen Wan’er still could not help but send a brief message to Xu Lang, recounting what had happened. They, naturally, did not fail to mention the number of profundities from the law of space that Duan Ling Tian had comprehended to the mastery stage.

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“Apart from the Transportation Profundity that he has yet to use, he has comprehended all the profundities from the law of space to the mastery stage?”

Xu Lang, the Verdant Prairie Celestial Emperor, was in the midst of cultivating when he received the messages from his third and fourth prodigious disciple. His expression changed instantly when he heard about his newest disciple’s achievement. It was truly unexpected!

Swoosh!

Without any hesitation, Xu Lang left his cultivation place immediately and made his way to the Prodigy Arena.

…

It did not take long before Xu Lang arrived at the Prodigy Arena. In just a blink of an eye, he was already standing next to Hu Mei and the others.

Hong Fei said as soon as he saw Xu Lang, “Teacher, you came just in time! You have to stop the battle. If it goes on, Little Junior Brother will likely die here! With his innate talent and aptitude for cultivation, there’s no doubt he’ll become a titled Celestial Emperor in the Heavenly Pool Palace in the future. It’d be a waste if he dies here!”

“A life-or-death battle with no option to surrender?” Xu Lang frowned as soon as he learned that Duan Ling Tian and Fan Qi were fighting a life-or-death battle with no option to surrender. Generally, even titled Celestial Emperors could not interfere once this battle had started.

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Meanwhile, Han Yu Jin had already noticed Xu Lang’s presence. “Xu Lang is here?”

He did not hesitate and sent a message as well. However, it was not to his master, the Profound Heaven Celestial Emperor, since his master was away from the Heavenly Pool Palace at this moment. Instead, he sent a message to Gu Chang Jiang, the Martial Dragon Celestial Emperor.

Gu Chang Jiang was, in fact, Han Yu Jin’s junior uncle; Gu Chang Jiang was the Profound Heaven Celestial Emperor’s junior brother.

Following that, Han Yu Jin said to Xiao Cong Yi, “Invite your master here! Tell him I invited him over.”

Xiao Cong Yi, naturally, obeyed Han Yu Jin’s order.

It did not take long before Gu Chang Jiang and the Smoke Wave Celestial Emperor arrived one after another.

The Smoke Wave Celestial Emperor was a young man dressed in all black. His appearance was so ordinary that it would be difficult to pick him out from a sea of people.

As soon as Gu Chang Jiang arrived, his eyes found Xu Lang, and he loudly said, “Xu Lang, this is a life-or-death battle with no option to surrender. Surely, you’re not thinking of intervening, right?”

Since Gu Chang Jiang had spoken so loudly, his words, naturally, attracted many people’s attention.

“Did the Verdant Prairie Celestial Emperor really come to stop the battle?”

“I think he wants to save Duan Ling Tian…”

“I agree.”

However, many Heavenly Pool Palace disciples only looked at Xu Lang briefly before they returned their attention to Duan Ling Tian who was fighting Fan Qi in his true form. In their opinion, Xu Lang would not be able to stop the battle no matter what since Gu Chang Jian and the Smoke Wave Celestial Emperor were present.

Gu Chang Jiang looked at Duan Ling Tian before he shifted his gaze back to Xu Lang and said mockingly, “Xu Lang, you newest disciple is rather talented. It’s a pity you have to lose such a rare talent today.”

The Smoke Wave Celestial Emperor smiled faintly as he chimed in, “Xu Lang, you’re lucky to have such a talent under you. However, it’s really unlucky that he doesn’t have long to live.”

In fact, there was no enmity between the Smoke Wave Celestial Emperor and Xu Lang; he was not really familiar with Xu Lang, after all. However, he had a good relationship with the Profound Heaven Celestial Emperor. This was the only reason he came to the Prodigy Arena. Otherwise, he would not have been bothered.

Xu Lang’s expression soured as soon as he saw the two titled Celestial Emperors who were clearly here to stop him from intervening. He knew that with the duo around, it was even more impossible for him to stop the battle.

At this time, Hong Fei said grimly, “Why did the two of them come at this time?”

“I don’t even need to guess. It must be Han Yun Jin’s doing. He wants Fan Qi to kill Little Junior Brother, after all,” Hu Mei said in a low voice.

‘Brother Ling Tian…’ Huan’er looked at the slightly disheveled Duan Ling Tian who was constantly teleporting to avoid Fan Qi’s attacks. She knew he had yet to use the power of the Five Divine Elements. After all, he could not use the power from the Five Divine Elements lightly. If the existence of the Five Divine Elements was exposed, it would surely bring disaster to him.

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Up until now, none of Fan Qi’s fierce attacks had landed on Duan Ling Tian even though he had managed to cage Duan Ling Tian.

Duan Ling Tian kept teleporting, successfully avoiding all of Fan Qi’s attacks, causing them to fall into a stalemate.

With this, Fan Qi grew impatient and yelled, “Duan Ling Tian, all you know how to do is dodge! Is that all?!”

As soon as Fan Qi stopped speaking, Duan Ling Tian abruptly came to a stop and said indifferently, “Well, if you’re so eager to die, I won’t make you wait any longer…”

“You think you can kill me? Great, I really want to see how you’re going to kill me!” Fan Qi said with a scoff.

As soon as Fan Qi’s voice fell, Duan Ling Tian teleported to one of the thicker branches at the side. It seemed like he was really not going to avoid Fan Qi’s attacks anymore.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Fan Qi reacted and moved his branches around like a whip to strike Duan Ling Tian.

At this moment, a force brimming with vitality surged out of Duan Ling Tian’s Little World. As soon as it swept over Fan Qi, it seemed to have turned into an insatiable beast that kept devouring the energy from Fan Qi’s true form.

‘So what if the Pine Willow Divine Tree is on par with a top-tier Celestial Beast?’ Duan Ling Tian sneered inwardly. ‘Not even in his wildest dreams would he be able to imagine that I have the Divine Tree of Life in my Little World. The Divine Tree of Life is the uncontested King of Ten Thousand Trees. What’s a mere Pine Willow Divine Tree in comparison to the Divine Tree of Life?’

The force from the Divine Tree of Life in Duan Ling Tian’s Little World continued to rapidly devour the nutrients of the Pine Willow Divine Tree.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

As the Pine Willow Divine Tree continued to lose its nutrients, his strength, naturally, fell drastically. Soon enough, his attacks had lost their momentum. The branches fell limply to the ground, causing the ground to crack.

The cracks spread quickly on the ground, looking like spider webs.

“You… You…” At some point, Fan Qi had returned to his human form. His face was ashen, and he looked as though he was on the brink of collapse. He stared at Duan Ling Tian, terrified. Duan Ling Tian’s force that had swept over him earlier was horrifying; there was nothing he could do at all apart from helplessly watch as it devoured his nutrients. His nutrients were like blood essence to him in his true form. Once his true form was drained of nutrients, it was not a stretch to say that he was already half dead. At this moment, he could hardly even mobilize his Celestial Origin Energy.

In the end, Fan Qi asked in a tone that was a mixture of anger and fear, “You are… What was that?”

Swoosh!

Duan Ling Tian teleported to a spot behind Fan Qi as he replied through Voice Transmission, “The Divine Tree of Life.”

Fan Qi’s eyes widened to the point that they looked as though they were going to pop out of their sockets. Horror, shock, and disbelief appeared on his face. “H… H-how?! So t-that’s why I…”