Chapter 747: Chapter 741: Pagoda Suppresses the Tree Demon

Qin Feng was slightly surprised to see such a strange technique used by the Mushroom Man.

But that was all it was—just a little surprise!

As a cultivator, and furthermore, a true inheritor of the top-tiered Beast Taming Sect, Qin Feng might not have lived as long as the Hellhound that dwelt in the Undead Realm, but his horizons and knowledge were far broader. Naturally, he wouldn’t be frightened by the Mushroom Man’s spells.

After all, similar techniques were not uncommon in the cultivation world. Although there weren’t any parasitic spores quite like these, there were many things in the cultivation world that could parasitize a host.

Especially the Poison Insects of the Five Poisons Sect, not only could they parasitize but also lie dormant for centuries, erupting to harm others at any moment following the will of the sect’s cultivators!

The Ghost Controlling Sect also had spells to seal the souls of wronged spirits within the bodies of living beings, using the life force and blood of the beings as nourishment for the growth of the spirits.

Then there were cultivators who practiced Wood Attribute Cultivation Techniques, some of whom possessed secret techniques for implanting various plant seeds into an opponent’s body, forcefully drawing on their vitality. Among these methods, the cultivation of the Heavenly Connecting Lotus was particularly cruel!

Even beyond these common techniques, there were skills like Planting Fire Skill, Sword Planting Secret Technique, and others, which were even more troublesome than the Mushroom Man’s parasitic spores!

Thus, Qin Feng could calmly battle against the Mushroom Man, withstanding this relatively more difficult opponent for other Spiritual Beasts.

After all, he had plenty of tricks up his sleeve and ways to prevent spores from parasitizing his body. Additionally, the Mushroom Man was a Middle Rank Divine Being, whereas other Spiritual Beasts typically fell short of that level, making them more vulnerable against such formidable foes.

Nonetheless, Qin Feng, together with his Spiritual Beasts, held out against the assault of eight Plant Gods, an achievement that garnered the attention of all immortals.

This especially caused envy among cultivators from smaller sects.

If they too possessed the ability to control Spiritual Beasts like him, it would greatly increase their sect’s power!

In fact, all the immortals from many smaller sects combined might not have more than the number of Demon Immortals under Qin Feng’s command.

However, such things could not be envied into existence. Aside from the Beast Taming Sect and a few other sects skilled in beast taming, monks from other sects could subdue Demon Beasts but would typically only manage one.

It wasn’t a lack of ability to tame more but rather the absence of suitable Cultivation Techniques for controlling Spiritual Beasts, the means to nurture them, or the willingness to invest so many resources in them.

Qin Feng’s outer body fluctuated obscurely a few times before he erected several layers of spatial defense, ensuring that even if the Mushroom Man scattered spores all around, they’d have to penetrate those spatial barriers to reach him.

In truth, the Mushroom Man’s strength was noteworthy; its spores could indeed penetrate the spatial barriers, which somewhat surprised Qin Feng.

However, his mastery was not limited to just Space Divine Power.

With a cold snort, he suddenly radiated a brilliant, Infinite Light!

This gentle-looking light was unbelievably pure, so pure it couldn’t coexist with the slightest external force.

Therefore, when the parasitic spores entered the radius covered by the Light Power, the Void burst into Holy Flames and incinerated the spores to nothingness.

These parasitic spores, being exceedingly tiny, though possessing the eerie power to parasitize and drain vitality within living bodies, could not hold too much force and were quickly purified by the Holy Flame.

Seeing its most commonly used technique rendered ineffective, the Mushroom Man, despite being startled, retained no fear. Being a Middle Rank God, even without the parasitic spores, it still possessed remarkable Divine Power and tried to suppress Qin Feng with a more powerful force.

It didn’t anticipate that not only did Qin Feng have various powerful techniques, but his possession of formidable divine devices was also impressive.

Knowing the potency of the Mushroom Man’s parasitic spores, Qin Feng naturally didn’t engage in close combat. He refrained from using his Physical Body Power and instead unleashed the Karma Fire Red Lotus.

He controlled the Red Lotus Karma Fire to threaten the Mushroom Man, and once he had pushed it far away from himself, he moved his hands as if blooming lotuses and initiated the Red Lotus Sword Technique.

In an instant, the Karma Fire Red Lotus transformed into three hundred and sixty petals, spinning with sharp Sword Energy and slicing towards the Mushroom Man!

After an initial exchange and observing other immortals battle the Plant Gods, Qin Feng had gained some understanding of their techniques.

With this knowledge, he deployed the Karma Fire Red Lotus, planning to rely on the sharpness of the Red Lotus Immortal Sword Technique to slay his foe.

In simple terms, he was exploiting the fact that the Mushroom Man lacked defensive divine devices.

The Karma Fire Red Lotus, embodying both the power of Golden Fire and Fire Attribute, was particularly effective against the Wood Element forces.

Moreover, the Mushroom Man had a special constitution. In terms of defense, it was far inferior to divine spirits that had turned from ancient trees because its body contained too many parasitic spores, making it soft. Any hit from the Red Lotus Sword Technique would leave a deep wound!

The Red Lotus Sword Energy was incredibly sharp. Although the Mushroom Man cast umbrella-like Defensive Magic, it couldn’t withstand the slices of the Red Lotus Sword Energy.

Moreover, once hurt by the Sword Energy, it wasn’t only wounded by it but also burned by the Red Lotus Karma Fire.

The Karmic Fire was not only eerie but also very tenacious, striking fear into the creature. Not only were countless spores within its body incinerated, but its Divine Soul was also invaded by the Karmic Fire.

Frightened, the Mushroom Man screamed and turned to flee.

But by this time, Qin Feng would not give it the chance to escape. Countless petals spun like wind, fell like rain, and in no time at all, the Mushroom Man, with no will to fight, was dismembered on the spot.

Even so, the Mushroom Man hadn’t perished completely.

After all, it was a Middle Rank Divine Being. Even with a frail Physical Body, it had extraordinary means of survival.

It forcibly severed the portion of its Divine Soul tainted by the Karmic Fire. Then, it purposely ignited its Divine Power, causing its body to explode and scatter parasitic spores all around, while its soul took refuge in a tiny spore, drifting away with the force of the blast.

As long as it found something to parasitize, it could regrow a body and restore most of its strength in a short period.

Even if it couldn’t parasitize another living creature, it still had the ability to root in the earth and regrow!

This was why its physical body was so weak, and yet able to grow step by step to its current state without being killed by opponents!

But today’s opponent was unlike any before, and Qin Feng had guessed the Mushroom Man’s intention the moment he saw it voluntarily explode its body into a cloud of spores that scattered in all directions.

He let out a light snort from his nose, his hand movements changed the spell, and an invisible space barrier was erected on the spot. Then the Red Lotus Karma Fire suddenly burst forth, engulfing all the parasitic spores in flames.

Even though these parasitic spores had the ability to penetrate the space barrier and leak out, it would take time, while the spread of the Red Lotus Karma Fire moved according to Qin Feng’s will, something the parasitic spores could not compare with!

Therefore, shortly thereafter, not only were the spores that could harbor the Mushroom Man’s soul burned to nothing by the Karmic Fire, but its soul was also thoroughly entangled by the fire.

The power of the Red Lotus Karma Fire was tremendous: not only could it purify impurities and burn away divine souls, it had various other eerie abilities. How could the Mushroom Man, a spirit of a Medium World with little experience, withstand it? In no time at all, its soul was utterly consumed by the fire!

This scene shocked the nearby immortals from the Ghost Controlling Sect while also causing them some heartache.

They regretted seeing the soul of a Middle Rank God dissipate into nothingness. Otherwise, if it had fallen into their hands, perhaps they could have cultivated it into a formidable Ghost Item, especially since it had the ability to parasitize – a method difficult to defend against in many occasions.

Qin Feng didn’t delay, his gaze swept over, and he set his attack target on the vine that was battling the Swallowing Sky Toad.

It was unclear what species this vine was; not only was it blood-red and thick like a giant python, but worryingly, at the tip of the vine were several fruits resembling hammers. Each time it struck the Swallowing Sky Toad’s space barrier, it made it crackle and sound as if shattering glass!

Even the Swallowing Sky Toad had difficulty gaining the upper hand.

Qin Feng formed the Sword technique with his hand, and in an instant, the petals of the Red Lotus Karma Fire assembled into a broad Flying Sword, slashing at the vine from the sky.

Despite the vine’s formidable strength, it was no match for Qin Feng, and with the Swallowing Sky Toad recovering its efficacy, streaks of pitch-black Space Blades shot out, overwhelming the vine. In no time at all, they had jointly cut it into sections, which the Swallowing Sky Toad swallowed whole, using it as nourishment for its advancement!

Afterward, Qin Feng did not engage other opponents, nor did he help his Sect mates alleviate their pressure; instead, he led the Swallowing Sky Toad to slaughter the opponents of his Spiritual Beasts.

Assisting others in taking down one or two Plant Gods wouldn’t make much of a difference; rather, it was more effective to solve the problems of his own Spiritual Beasts first and then focus on attacking other Plant Gods, making it easier to expand the victory.

This strategy was certainly effective. In a short time, Qin Feng and his Spiritual Beasts had slain two or three Plant Gods in succession, and as more and more Spiritual Beasts were freed, their speed of resolving opponents increased rapidly.

However, such efficient slaughter also caught the attention of some powerful beings among the Plant Gods.

Very soon, an Upper Divine Spirit in the form of a willow tree sought out Qin Feng.

It aimed to suppress Qin Feng in one fell swoop; otherwise, if Qin Feng were allowed to continue his slaughter, it would undoubtedly lead to even greater losses.

More importantly, it was not alone; with a call, several other Plant Gods flew over, blocking Qin Feng’s Spiritual Beasts, giving the Willow God a chance to fight Qin Feng one-on-one.

They thought that with the strength of the Willow God, an Upper Divine Spirit, it would easily suppress Qin Feng, even though the willow had not been promoted to an Upper Divine Spirit for long.

After all, in terms of hierarchy alone, a True Immortal was on a par with a Lower God Spirit and two major Realms below an Upper Divine Spirit, such a vast difference meant that the willow should be able to win easily.

But these plant gods had overlooked one fatal issue: Qin Feng hailed from a Great World.

Countless worlds spanned the Endless Void, but only the three thousand Great Worlds stood at the pinnacle!

The beings from Great Worlds were undoubtedly far stronger than those from medium and small worlds, not just in terms of the upper limit of their Cultivation Realm but also in the accumulated strength within the same realm, as well as various horizons, insights, battle techniques, and so forth.

And as the top genius of the Biluo Cultivation Realm, Qin Feng not only had a profound accumulation of power and a plethora of battle methods, but he also possessed powerful treasures to assist him. How could he be challenged by a mere tree demon that had just stepped into the upper divine spirit rank!

However, this willow tree did possess some exceptional techniques, which were somewhat similar to those used by the Mushroom Man Qin Feng had previously slain.

It shook its branches, sending countless willow catkins dancing in the air; astonishingly, the seeds within the catkins also possessed parasitic powers.

Though this technique was bizarre, it was more suited for dealing with divine spirits much weaker than itself or could cause the death of many enemies in the midst of a massive battle. Yet, to use it against Qin Feng was far from enough, especially since he had just recently dealt with a similar method!

“You’ve exhausted your tricks; if that’s all you have, then go to your death!”

Qin Feng let out a cold laugh. The Red Lotus Karma Fire transformed into a lotus platform floating beneath his feet. Its petals spread karmic flames far and wide, burning all approaching catkins to ashes.

These plant gods clearly rarely fought with external beings and lacked the ability to counteract Flame Magic. Perhaps their catkin and spore parasitism could overcome many opponents in this world, but to cultivators, such tactics were unimpressive!

They had seldom even witnessed Flame Magic, let alone contend with cultivators’ Magical Treasures.

Standing upon the Red Lotus Karma Fire and with the Four Symbols Pagoda hanging above his head, Qin Feng executed various sword techniques with his hands. He not only blocked every attack from the great willow tree but also launched a counteroffensive.

The upper divine spirit’s willow tree body was resilient; ordinary Divine Skills could hardly damage its essence. Even if some branches were broken, it could quickly regrow them.

However, once Qin Feng had figured out the willow tree’s techniques, he bellowed and the Four Symbols Pagoda expanded with the wind into a towering pagoda three thousand zhang high, casting an immense presence as it dropped down, directly enveloping the willow tree within.

Although the willow tree fought back furiously, trying to break free from the pagoda’s Binding and the surrounding space’s Imprisonment, the pagoda itself was of a very high rank and had even begun to develop traces of Dao foundation. It was only a step away from becoming an Immortal Immortal Device.

Furthermore, Gongsun Cuo, Mountain Master of the Spring and Autumn Academy, had tempered the pagoda with endless Vast Energy, allowing Qin Feng to refine it more easily. In his hands, the pagoda’s power far surpassed that of the Demon Immortal he had faced before!

Even Elder Long Qian had not dared to directly withstand it before, fearing entrapment within the pagoda. This willow tree, although of a higher realm, was ignorant of the pagoda’s properties and was soon shrouded within, struggling to escape.

After capturing the willow tree, Qin Feng pointed a finger, and the pagoda’s gate shut. The forces of earth, water, fire, and wind from the Four Symbols raged wildly, disorienting the willow tree in an instant, leaving it battered, not knowing its whereabouts.

However, instead of using the Four Elements’ Origin Power to utterly refine the willow tree, Qin Feng waited until it was severely wounded and unable to fight back. Only then did he withdraw the Four Symbols Tower and sent the willow tree into the Demon Refining Pot.

He intended to integrate the willow tree with the Life Tree. Although he somewhat disdained the willow’s other abilities, the pervasive parasitic power of the willow catkins could still be highly effective on a large battlefield.

Nevertheless, since the willow’s strength was formidable, severely injuring it not only made the integration process easier but also saved a lot of resources during integration. Otherwise, the sheer volume of resources needed to merge with an existence at the upper divine level would have certainly pained Qin Feng!

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