Chapter Fifty: The Great Array of the Wooden Element

  Yu Ze's words were just three characters, but the spiritual spring was pouring tea and heard this name, his hand shook, and the tea splashed out. Han Yang's smile on his face disappeared immediately, and his face turned icy. The two of them looked at each other for a moment, as if they were communicating something.

  Lingquan said in a low and gloomy tone:

  "Are you Yu Ze Cheng, Yu Ze Cheng of Shan Zhu City's Meng Hu Bang?"

  The words were laced with a hint of hatred, and the atmosphere changed instantly. Yu Ze suddenly became vigilant, wondering if this was his own enemy, and replied:

  "It's exactly below."

  Lingquan put down the teacup and burst out laughing:

  "So it's you after all? It turns out it was really you, indeed when heaven has a road you don't take it, hell..."

  Ling Quan was still young and had little combat experience, so he didn't say anything unnecessary. Yu Ze Cheng hadn't finished speaking when he stepped forward and struck with a single blow, this blow contained the Five Tigers Pouncing on Prey technique, and instantly a powerful energy burst out.

  Lingquan was still speaking there, not thinking that Yu Zecheng would take action and strike him in the chest. A protective film appeared on Lingquan's body, but it was instantly shattered by the energy beam. This blow caused Lingquan's body to burst with a "popping" sound, and his internal organs were all splattered out. He died on the spot.

  On the other side, Han Yang saw Yu Ze Cheng and immediately took action. He muttered incantations in his mouth, and instantly a giant wooden log appeared in his hand, about two feet thick and three feet long, flying towards Yu Ze Cheng.

  Yu Ze Cheng had just shattered his body with the Lingquan strike, when the giant tree trunk struck him. The protective jade symbol seized from Tan Er Lang took effect, and a thin membrane appeared on Yu Ze Cheng's body, blocking the impact of the giant tree trunk. However, the jade symbol also shattered into powder with a cracking sound under this blow.

  Yu Ze Cheng and Ling Quan's bodies both appeared with protective jade symbols. Suddenly, Han Yang and Yu Ze Cheng pointed at each other and shouted:

  "So it was you who did it."

  It turned out that Han Yang and others were the cultivators who supported Tan Er Lang from behind, while Yu Ze Cheng was the one who delivered himself to the door. Fortunately, Han Yang's Lingquan had insufficient combat experience and was taken down by Yu Ze Cheng first.

  Han Yang roared:

  "You little thief, I originally wanted to befriend you, but it turns out that you were the one who killed Tang Shidi, snatched his amulet, and also killed Lingquan. Give me my life back!"

  After finishing, Han Yang began to chant again, and Yu Ze turned into a fire talisman. Suddenly, a flame burst out, and Han Yang also released a giant wood crash at this time. The two collided in mid-air, and suddenly there was a loud "boom" explosion.

  Yu Ze Cheng launched another flame strike, but Han Yang was too quick to chant a spell. He stretched out his hand and took out a talisman, which transformed into a flame that countered Yu Ze Cheng's flame strike.

  The two confronted each other, and "Boom! Boom! Boom!" Six explosions occurred between them. Yu Ze Cheng had used up his fire talismans, but Han Yang was still drawing out seal charms, and the situation suddenly became critical.

  Yu Ze Cheng let out a loud roar, drew out the Jade Treasure Sword and charged towards Han Yang. Han Yang once again activated his talisman curse, this time summoning a giant tree to crash down, but Yu Ze Cheng lightly dodged it in an instant and rushed to a position ten steps away from Han Yang.

  Han Yang immediately recited an incantation, touched the ground with one finger, and four vines suddenly rose from the ground, tightly wrapping around Yu Ze. Then Han Yang continued to recite the incantation, seemingly preparing some sort of spell.

  Yu Ze Cheng struggled a few times, but couldn't break free. On the other side, Han Yang's curse was already taking shape and was about to be cast. Just as they were in extreme danger, Yu Ze Cheng took a deep breath, let out a loud roar, and released all his aura outside his body, creating an impact around him.

  The mighty energy was indeed overwhelming, and the vines on the ground were shattered by a single impact of the energy, splashing everywhere, with some rushing towards Hansong.

  At this time, the cold sun's magic took shape. This time it wasn't a giant tree, but a ball made of thorns, about the size of a human head. These thorns moved quickly, and at first glance, this magic was extremely deadly.

  He charged towards Yu Ze Cheng, and the thorny ball shot over. Yu Ze Cheng dodged to the side, but unexpectedly, the thorny ball could track him, turning in mid-air and continuing its pursuit of Yu Ze Cheng.

  Han Yang continued to chant in this skill, and the trees around the manor began to shake. Countless mist rose from the top of the trees and spread towards the manor.

  Yu Ze Cheng saw this scene and immediately stopped hiding, gathering all his energy on the Jade Sword. With a fierce strike, he slashed towards the Thorn Ball.

  The "thud" of the thorny ball shattered instantly under this slash, and on the other side, Han Yang, who was casting a spell, suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood with a "plop" sound, exclaiming in shock:

  "What kind of Taoist technique is this? So fierce and powerful? It can even chop through the thorny shrubs on the ground?"

  Yu Zhen then didn't have the time to explain and instead charged towards him, wanting to cut him down with his sword. Han Yang remained still, a cold smile on his face, saying:

  "It's too late, the Mountain Guardian Array has been activated, you're definitely going to die."

  Yu Zhen's sword swung empty, the cold sun disappeared in an instant, and the mist emitted by the surrounding trees also dispersed. The medicine fields were gone, and he found himself standing alone in a dense fog, with nothing around him, and no signs of anything else existing.

  Yu then formed a sharp jade sword with his energy and used it to protect his vital points. He extended his divine sense outward and opened his mouth to speak:

  "Why must fellow Taoists be so urgent and vengeful, when will the cycle of revenge end? Let's sit down and have a good talk instead, why resort to violence?"

  Yu Zhen himself felt ashamed of what he had said, but in fact he wanted to stimulate Han Yang and see where he was.

  This shameless remark instantly earned a loud scolding from Han Yang's wife:

  "You little thief, my Master Ling's life is definitely ruined by your hands. I originally wanted to befriend you and invited you here for tea, but you killed my Master Ling instead. I'm so furious with you, sorry to Master Ling, you little thief will be torn into pieces."

  Han Yang's voice echoed through the area, with echoes everywhere, and it was impossible to find where he was hiding.

  Yu Ze Cheng could only let out a long sigh, his mind stirred, the Wishing Son Scripture in his dantian flashed, and instantly Yu Ze Cheng's eyes turned blood red as he used his Qi Observation Technique to observe his surroundings.

  Under the observation of the weather-watching technique, the medicinal garden is visible in shape due to the spiritual energy of the spiritual grass. The trees far away emit infinite spiritual power, which forms nine heavenly swallows in the air and surrounds this manor, this is what is called the mountain-protecting grand array.

  Yu Ze Cheng was carefully searching, unfortunately he couldn't see Han Yang, who had already retreated into the shadows to manipulate the large array.

  Han Yang said:

  "You little thief, daring to try and break the Great Array of Yī Mù? You're just dreaming! Let me show you my skills and avenge my junior brother's death. First transformation of Yī Mù: Endless Falling Leaves Descend."

  His voice finished, the big array began to change, those Tianhong formed in the air started to tremble, disintegrate, and then some fragments fell off. These fragments transformed in mid-air and flew towards Yu Ze.

  These fragments fell in front of Yu Ze Cheng and turned into giant trees, each one zhang long and three chi thick, rushing towards him.

  Yu Ze quickly dodged to the side, avoiding the falling trees which were not very fast. With the support of his agility technique, Yu Ze dodged left and right, evading the giant trunks. Fortunately, these giant trunks fell to the ground, deformed from the impact, and quickly dissipated after being absorbed by the array. If they had remained on the ground, they would have formed an obstacle, and Yu Ze would not have been able to dodge them.

  But dispersing also has its drawbacks, these giant trees seem to be endless, one after another without end, Yu Ze Cheng hid from over a hundred roots, and finally, in a moment of carelessness, one giant root could not be avoided, Yu Ze Cheng stretched out his hand and released a burst of energy, shattering the giant tree.

  This fragment is nothing to worry about, but when a giant tree falls, it immediately changes and becomes two falling roots, which are even more difficult than before.

  Han Yang's voice came:

  "Get out of the way, you little thief, I'll exhaust you to death."

  Yu Ze Cheng took a deep breath, what to do? How to resolve this crisis? Yu Ze Cheng suddenly activated the Blood Concealment Technique, hiding his entire body's blood energy. This place had already formed an illusion due to the formation of the array, in other words, using one's naked eye, it was impossible to see the opponent, and he wouldn't be able to see himself either. So this falling wood could hit so accurately, it must be a genuine Yuan Qi Blood Energy class tracking his own aura, therefore Yu Ze Cheng activated the Blood Concealment Technique, hiding his own blood energy.

  As expected, Yu Ze Cheng's Blood Storage Technique was effective. The falling wood immediately lost its target and began to wildly strike about. Yu Ze Cheng smiled, thinking that his guess had been correct.

  This thought suddenly turned the Blood Storage Technique's scripture incantation into a seal character talisman in the sea of consciousness, entering his own dantian and resonating with the Wàngzì Língzì. For some reason, Yú Zé Chéng activated the Blood Storage Technique talisman again, adding another talismanic spell.

  A cold and anxious voice came through:

  "Little thief, where are you? Come out! Do you dare come out?"

  Yu Zhen then won't come out, will he? He secretly moves outward, walking halfway, when Han Yang shouts again:

  "You little thief, you think you can hide and I won't be able to find you? The third transformation of the Wooden Element will unleash a rolling poisonous vine to strangle and kill."

  As soon as the words were shouted, the formation suddenly changed, and the endless falling wood in the sky slowly disappeared. The ground in the entire formation's illusion began to shake, as if something was about to emerge from the ground. Gradually, countless vines rose from the ground, all of which had poisonous thorns. After breaking through the ground, their bodies grew larger, crawling and slithering on the ground. It seemed that soon the entire formation's illusion would be filled with these poisonous vines.

  This is a full-scale attack, it seems that the Blood Storage Technique is useless against this, as soon all places will be occupied and entwined by these poisonous vines. Yu's brow furrowed involuntarily, what to do? However, he didn't panic, carefully observing the poisonous vines, quickly taking out the Floating Record, inputting the shape of the poisonous vines, immediately a record appeared on the Floating Record.

  "Hemotoxic Blood Vine, belonging to the demonic vine species, stimulated by flesh and blood, has the characteristic of rapid growth, extremely toxic, good at strangling prey..."

  Yu then quickly flipped through and finally found the introduction of domesticated transplantation at the end:

  "This poisonous vine delights in flesh and blood; providing a large amount of flesh and blood can control and drive them. The controlling incantation is as follows: ……"

  Seeing this, Yu Zecheng was overjoyed. Although he didn't have much flesh and blood to spare, his blood energy should be more useful than this flesh and blood. Opportunities like this were rare, so he decided to give it a try.

  Yu Ze Cheng then used his hand to touch a vine, inputting his own blood energy. Originally, as soon as Yu Ze Cheng's hand touched the vine, the thorns on it would stab him, and at the same time, the vine would wildly entwine, wanting to wrap around Yu Ze Cheng. However, once Yu Ze Cheng released his blood energy, the vine immediately became docile, obediently following Yu Ze Cheng's control like a child.

  The rest is a slow transportation of nutrients, the nutrients extend from the vines, from one branch to another, but there are countless branches growing out of the ground, it's like a competition, who can last until the end.

  Yu Ze Cheng's blood was gradually being depleted, but at this moment, the Dan Tian's aura moved and transformed into blood energy to support Yu Ze Cheng.

  Yu Ze established a moment, took out the middle-grade spirit stone and the remaining Tongxin branch from the Qiankun bag, swallowed all the Tongxin branches, and then absorbed the spiritual power of the middle-grade spirit stone to supplement his blood energy and quickly control the newly born poisonous vines.

  In this way, he persisted in his control, and finally the entire space was filled with these poisonous vines, all of which were under Yu Ze Cheng's control.

  A hesitant voice came:

  "This is impossible, this can't be happening, this is impossible."

  Yu Ze Cheng let out a loud roar, the blood energy input changed frequency, and the Blood Vine suddenly surged, launching an attack on the illusory space of the large array. With a loud "boom", the large array shattered, and Yu Ze Cheng returned to his original medicine field. The houses and medicine fields were all visible, but the trees outside were still shrouded in mist. The Array Method's Blood Vine lost its power support and completely shattered and disappeared.