Chapter 65: I Don't Take Threats!
Lin Xuan muttered softly. Immediately afterward, dark, cursed runes suddenly surfaced from beneath his skin like living things. Then, a second pair of cold, scarlet eyes abruptly opened!
Almost at the same instant the four eyes opened, the endless, all-consuming attack of thorns had already arrived!
However, this time Lin Xuan neither dodged nor blocked. Instead, he raised one hand, making the gesture to activate Cleave: Dismantle, and then began to walk.
One step, two steps, three steps—
He actually walked straight toward the Thorn Demon's main body, unhurriedly, directly facing the destructive thorn storm!
However, an even stranger sight was about to appear.
When those sharp and powerful thorns, capable of piercing stone walls, were still nearly half a meter away from Lin Xuan's body, they seemed to hit an invisible wall of death!
"Chichichichichi!!!"
A continuous, grating sound of cutting instantly rang out!
All the thorns that reached within half a meter of Lin Xuan, regardless of thickness, were instantly and neatly severed and shredded by invisible Cleaves!
The half-meter radius around Lin Xuan seemed to have become a forbidden zone of life.
It was a Death Domain formed by countless, high-speed, layered activations of Cleave: Dismantle!
Just like that, amidst the sky full of shattered thorn fragments and splashing sap, he walked forward step by step, as if strolling in his own backyard.
No matter how violent and fierce the outside attack was, it could not harm him in the slightest, nor could it even lift the corner of his clothing.
"Not enough—still not enough—"
Lin Xuan muttered to himself, his tone slightly agitated.
As his mind stirred, his Soul Power output suddenly increased!
The next moment, the range of the invisible "Severing Domain" suddenly expanded!
Half a meter—one meter—one meter—one meter!
An absolute Death Domain with a radius of one meter!
All thorns that entered this range were instantly ground into the finest powder, not even having time to fully extend!
The Thorn Demon's main body trembled.
It panicked!
It realized that this human, who somehow managed to trespass here, had the ability to kill it!
But it was too late to react now. If the Thorn Demon wanted to break through this terrifying cutting Domain, it had to mobilize the thickest and toughest main trunk thorns from the periphery!
But most of those main trunk thorns were currently 2.5 kilometers away—too far to reach!
By the time it forcibly recalled some main trunk thorns for reinforcement, this terrifying human would likely have already reached its front and torn its fragile main body to shreds!
The next moment, a neutral voice filled with shock and rage sounded in Lin Xuan's mind.
"Human! Stop! Retreat immediately! Otherwise, I will use all my power to kill your four companions!"
It thought the lives of those four people would be enough to threaten this human.
It was wrong.
Terribly wrong.
Upon hearing this threat, the smile on Lin Xuan's face not only didn't diminish but grew even more intense!
"Threatening me?"
"Heh heh, sorry—"
"I DON'T TAKE THREATS!!!"
"Boom!!!"
The range of the Severing Domain expanded violently once more!
A radius of 1.5 meters! Two meters!
The edge of the expanding Severing Domain, like the sharpest cutting wheel, slammed fiercely into the thick, newly grown thorns that were desperately surging toward the Thorn Demon's main body,
attempting to build a final defense line, as well as its own body, which couldn't dodge in time!
"Puchi—!!!"
Like a hot knife cutting into solidified grease.
The emerald green, crystal-like thorny body was instantly and forcefully shaved away in a large chunk the moment it contacted the Severing Domain!
A large amount of viscous, dark green sap, emitting a rich, fresh herbal fragrance, sprayed wildly from the wound like a fountain!
This was the fatal weakness of plant-type Soul Beasts: extremely poor mobility of the main body!
Furthermore, the Thorn Demon was currently in a fully deployed battle state, with most of its power dispersed across a five-kilometer radius of thorns.
Want to escape?
Unless it hardened its heart, sacrificed its limbs to survive, instantly abandoning over ninety percent of its thorny body and a vast amount of life force, there might be a slight chance for its main body to burrow deep underground and flee.
But Lin Xuan wouldn't give it that chance.
Lin Xuan took another heavy step!
As he advanced, the Severing Domain, like a maggot clinging to bone, relentlessly pressed against the Thorn Demon's main body!
More thorny limbs were shredded, more dark green sap spewed out, and the emerald humanoid form visibly withered and became mutilated. "N-No—!!!"
A desperate shriek exploded in Lin Xuan's mind.
Lin Xuan paid no heed, his blood-red eyes holding only cold and zealous killing intent.
At this point, he was nearly face-to-face with the ruined thorny main body.
"The farce is over."
He said softly, simultaneously taking the final step.
2.5 kilometers away, inside the flame barrier.
Han Ruoruo, Wu Ming, Ma Xiaotao, and Chu Qingtian were already on the verge of exhaustion.
Just a short while ago, the surrounding thorn attacks suddenly became even more frenzied and reckless! They had launched a devastating general offensive!
The golden light of the Shaking Gold Rope dimmed, showing multiple cracks. Wu Ming's Golden Crow True Fire range was compressed to the extreme, and her face was as pale as paper.
Ma Xiaotao's Phoenix Flame flickered erratically, and her aura was weak. Chu Qingtian couldn't even stand steadily, having sustained several wounds deep enough to see bone, relying entirely on Han Ruoruo, who was distracted trying to pull and save him with the Shaking Gold Rope.
Blood spilled from Han Ruoruo's lips, her Soul Power long overdrawn; she was holding on purely by sheer willpower.
She didn't know what was happening with Lin Xuan, she only knew that she had to hold on and had to keep the attention of these thorns!
Even if it was just for one more second!
But reality was cruel.
The flame barrier was precarious, and the impact of the thorns was like an endless tide.
"I... I can't hold on anymore—" Chu Qingtian knelt on the ground, his vision starting to blur.
Wu Ming spat out a mouthful of blood, and the Golden Crow Phantom almost dispersed.
Ma Xiaotao stood stubbornly, but her flame grew weaker and weaker, her eyes filled with unwillingness.
Han Ruoruo looked at the defense that was about to completely shatter, her heart turning cold.
Perhaps they couldn't even last another minute—
Despair, like the deepest night, enveloped everyone.
However, right at this final moment.
"Hualala—"
The frenzy of whipping, stabbing, and Binding thorns suddenly paused!
Immediately afterward, under the disbelieving gaze of the four, these terrifying plants, which moments ago had been raging fiercely and fighting relentlessly, suddenly seemed to have all their life force drained away. They became limp and weak, collapsing and drooping to the ground.
One moment it was a destructive purgatory, the next it was a silent graveyard.
The speed and intensity of the reversal left the four people, whose minds were nearly blank, completely unable to comprehend the situation for a moment. They just stood there dumbfounded, looking at the incredible scene around them.
"Pfft—"
The last trace of Soul Power maintaining the flame barrier dissipated, and the wall of fire went out.
The cold night wind rushed in, carrying the strong scent of herbal ashes and blood.
After an unknown amount of time passed, footsteps echoed in the darkness.
A figure stepped over the corpses of thorns scattered everywhere, slowly emerging from the profound darkness of the north.
The moonlight shone down again, illuminating his blood-stained clothes, slightly messy black hair, and his weary eyes.
But what was most eye-catching was the humanoid creature he casually carried in his right hand, whose surface glowed with a faint emerald luster. Lin Xuan walked in front of the four people who were sitting paralyzed on the ground, their faces blank with shock, stopped, and casually tossed the Thorn Demon—which looked like a dead dog—at Han Ruoruo's feet.
This dying 90,000-year Soul Beast trembled once, and then stopped moving completely.
He raised his eyes, glanced over the group, and spoke in a calm tone, breaking the atmosphere of deadly silence, "It's handled."
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