Yuan Ming thought of this and activated his Divine Sense, attempting to communicate with Guoguo and Xi Ying.

However, no matter how he tried, Xi Ying did not respond at all, and even its body had its eyes tightly shut, showing no reaction, which inevitably made Yuan Ming somewhat anxious.

The Undead Tree Demon swept its gaze heavily towards the people inside the cave, but it could not find Yuan Ming hidden inside the Stealing Heaven Tripod. However, its gaze quickly fell upon Hua Zhi and the others.

"San Jue! How did you turn into this?" The voice of the Undead Tree Demon contained both surprise and anger.

The ground near Hua Zhi and the others cracked open again, and about a dozen black roots burst out, shooting straight towards Hua Zhi and the others.

"Quick, dodge!" Yuan Ming, unable to care about anything else, urgently transmitted his thoughts to Hua Zhi and the others while simultaneously grabbing the Thunder God Hammer and the God Bombarding Cone.

On hearing this, Hua Zhi, Queen Ming Kong, and the brawny man from the Water Ape Clan scattered and fled immediately.

However, the roots spread out and their speed also suddenly increased considerably.

Bang bang bang!

Tens of blinding bolts of thunder, compressed to the extreme, appeared above Hua Zhi and the others, striking the black roots. Nearly half of the black roots were blown away, but the remaining roots continued to stab downward.

Piercing screams erupted as Queen Ming Kong and the brawny man from the Water Ape Clan were impaled by several black roots.

Old Man Hei Zhu, Aunt Wan Hua, and Shi Yanshi did not flee and hid within the Yimu Formation, trying to resist with the help of the array.

However, the formation only held for a few moments before it was penetrated by the roots, and Aunt Wan Hua's abdomen was also pierced by a root.

The roots emitted strands of black light, and the bodies of Queen Ming Kong, the brawny man from the Water Ape Clan, and Aunt Wan Hua quickly shriveled up. Their Divine Soul Power was rapidly drained, their Nascent Souls began to wither, and their consciousness gradually faded.

The three were extremely terrified and desperately prayed to the Lord Nether Moon God.

Yuan Ming's expression was intensely solemn; he had previously promised to lead all believers out of the Three Immortals Island. If things continued this way, the three would perish here.

But the power of the Undead Tree Demon was too terrifying. Even if he showed himself, he was no match for it.

"There's no other way..."

Yuan Ming's expression suddenly became resolute; he waved his sleeve, and a thick white fog spread throughout the Stealing Heaven Tripod space, also obscuring his Divine Sense.

He activated the Space Array in the altar, opening a spatial passage to Queen Ming Kong and the others, employing the Six Jia Qimen.

The Nascent Souls, storage magic tools, and magic treasures within the three's Dantian vanished into thin air, and in the next moment, appeared inside the Stealing Heaven Tripod.

A stream of pure Spiritual Power shot forth, infusing into the three's Nascent Souls.

"Where is this?" The consciousness of Queen Ming Kong and the others cleared up, looking around in bewilderment.

"This place is my Divine Country; stay here, it is very safe," echoed Yuan Ming's grand voice around them.

On hearing this, Queen Ming Kong and the others breathed a sigh of relief and each stored their magic treasures and storage magic tools.

Since this was the Divine Country of Lord Nether Moon God, the three did not dare to roam or inspect the surroundings carelessly, just floating quietly there, each stabilizing their Nascent Souls.

Though they had lost their physical bodies, as long as the Nascent Souls survived, they could find a suitable body in the future to seize and be reborn, which was much better than perishing here or falling into the hands of the Undead Tree Demon to be refined into puppets.

The Undead Tree Demon sensed that the Nascent Souls of Queen Ming Kong and the others, as well as the storage magic tools, had suddenly disappeared, and uttered a light "eh."

Relying on the characteristics of the Undying Tree and the spatial treasures within Guanghan City, he could remotely capture the Nascent Souls of the Tree-man Puppets. Could it be that the enemy hiding in the dark could do the same?

The Undead Tree Demon's mind raced, and the majority of the black roots shot out, continuing to chase Hua Zhi and the others.

An Illusion flashed by, and the Lank Chessboard appeared behind Hua Zhi and others, the black and white chess pieces shrouded in black and white light blocking the majority of the incoming black roots.

The few roots that broke through suddenly halted when they touched the Lank Chessboard, and in a flash of black and white light, they transformed into black chess pieces.

However, the Undead Tree Demon did not care and drew nearly all the roots swarming towards the Lank Chessboard, hundreds of roots almost simultaneously surrounding it, mixed with plenty of tree trunks and vines, and dense black leaves shooting out, striking the Lank Chessboard.

The incoming attacks were too numerous. Although the Lank Chessboard struggled to resist, it could not transform all into chess pieces in time and was quickly wrapped up by black roots, like a large fish caught in a net, unable to move.

"The divine ability of the Lank Chessboard can also be broken like this!" Yuan Ming saw this scene, his eyes flashing with sudden realization.

In that moment, he raised the Thunder God Hammer and the God Bombarding Cone, unleashing massive bolts of lightning that intertwined and formed a blazing silver thunderstorm, fiercely striking the black roots.

The Green-clothed man and Jin Chao also acted swiftly, rescuing the Lank Chessboard, with several impressive green tornadoes and an extremely hot pillar of fire shooting forth simultaneously.

If the Lank Chessboard were truly broken, then under these circumstances, their defeat was not far off, and one could imagine what would happen then.

"A mere speck of light, daring to compete with the bright moon!" The Undead Tree Demon scoffed disdainfully, more black roots emerging, twining around the Lank Chessboard, with black mist once again spilling from the roots.

The silver thunderstorm, green tornadoes, and golden pillar of fire struck the black roots, instantly destroying a significant portion, but the remaining roots still tightly wrapped around the Lank Chessboard.

Not only that, the black mist penetrated the Lank Chessboard, which quickly shrank from the size of a palace back to its original size.

The chessboard turned black at a visible rate, the bright black and white spirit light dissipated completely.

"Not good, it's tainted!" Yuan Ming's brows furrowed deeply, he reopened the spatial channel, attempting to summon the Lank Chessboard into the Stealing Heaven Tripod.

However, the black roots contracted fiercely, taking the Lank Chessboard towards a huge black tree.

A tremendously powerful demonic force sealed off the area, the void too was confined, Six Jia Qimen couldn't invade it either.

"Lank, I will soon break the Three Immortals Restriction and leave this damned place. I am in dire need of a powerful spiritual treasure, and since you've come to me, I'll gladly accept it first! Don't worry, Hou Yi's Sun Shooting Bow will join you soon!" The Undying Tree Demon laughed heartily, utterly pleased with itself.

Yuan Ming's expression turned ugly, and he seriously began to consider retreating.

While continuing to attempt communication with Xi Ying, he scanned the Hou Yi's Sun Shooting Bow inside the soluble cave with his divine sense. The bow seemed unusually calm, as if it didn't care that the Lank Chessboard was seized.

Seeing this, Yuan Ming was taken aback.

Just then, the previously still Lank Chessboard suddenly trembled, emitting dazzling black and white light, enveloping the roots of the Undying Tree Demon in a two-toned light.

"Thinking of self-destructing? Think again!" The Undying Tree Demon's smile ceased abruptly, and it shouted gravely.

More black mist crazily surged from the roots, invading the inside of the Lank Chessboard, but the black and white light from the Lank Chessboard grew brighter, as if it was burning.

An earth-shattering wave of spiritual power erupted from inside the Lank Chessboard, the black mist could no longer stop it.

Green-clothed men, who were engaging the tree-man puppets, also changed their expressions dramatically and hurriedly withdrew.

"Do you really want to self-destruct? Have you lost your mind?" The tone of the Undying Tree Demon carried a hint of panic, and it dragged the Lank Chessboard, throwing it outside.

Yuan Ming narrowed his eyes and employed the Nightmare Divine Ability once more, enveloping the Undying Tree Demon with a wave of Divine Soul Power.

The black mist quickly absorbed his Divine Soul Power again, yet the Nightmare Technique still took effect, causing a momentary daze in the eyes of the Undying Tree Demon, and its actions paused briefly.

Bang!

The Lank Chessboard exploded, turning into a mass of black and white radiance, engulfing most of the Undying Tree Demon, with the whole underground cavern shaking violently, cracks appearing on the rock walls and debris falling in various sizes.

...

Meanwhile, within a clearing in Guanghan Palace, a humanoid shadow suddenly drilled out, revealing its true body.

It appeared as an elderly man in a black robe, with vine-like long beards hanging over his chest, eyes as deep as ancient wells yet carrying a cruel and cold light, it was a clone created by the Undying Tree.

No sooner had this Undying Tree Avatar appeared did it sweep its gaze around.

Ni Mu, who had been attacking the Great Array just moments ago, had now disappeared, nowhere to be found.

The Undying Tree Avatar was surrounded by black mist, its eyes gleaming with a bizarre light within the mist, seemingly casting a spell to probe something.

Suddenly, it raised its hand and slapped toward a nearby void.

In the void, the black mist condensed, suddenly forming a huge black palm imprint, striking down.

With a muffled 'bang', a sound suddenly came from the void.

Following that, a figure fell out of the void, it was Ni Mu.

His arms crossed in front of his chest, each wearing a golden arm protector shining with flickering light, after landing, he forcefully slid back several feet before stabilizing himself.

Ni Mu, seeing the black-robed elder could see through his Void Transformation Technique, felt the pain transmitting from his arms and noticed the cracks in the golden arm protectors, his eyebrows raised slightly.

"Who are you to dare sneak in here to steal treasures?" The black-robed elder sized Ni Mu up and down.

The Undying Tree Demon had placed surveillance measures all around Three Immortals Island, watching every person who landed on the island. However, he had never seen this person before.

At that moment, several streaks of blood light flew in from outside; it was Yuan Wuji leading the Tide-rider Alliance.

The black-robed elder frowned and retreated next to the white array inside the hall.

"Ni Mu, they say a day apart in the army changes a man. It's only been a few years, yet you not only became a Venerable of the Wuyue Sect but also advanced beyond the Late-stage Nascent Soul. Truly impressive," Yuan Wuji laughed heartily.

"You flatter me, Alliance Leader Yuan," Ni Mu replied with a bow.

"Ni Mu, what's going on? We have already restrained the Undying Tree Demon below, why haven't you succeeded yet?" The Blood Realm Venerable looked at Ni Mu, a hint of jealousy flashing in his eyes, and coldly said.

"This place is the treasure stash of the Undying Tree Demon, heavily guarded. How could it be easy? Be careful yourselves, this old thing is not simple," Ni Mu didn't get angry but merely smiled, looking towards the black-robed elder.

Everyone's gaze fell on the black-robed elder, sensing the aura of the Undying Tree, and their brows involuntarily knitted together.

"Let's go together, quick battle to a quick decision!" Yuan Wuji ordered with a shout.

As the words dropped, the armor on his chest lit up with dazzling blood light, turning into a streak of blood shadow that darted at high speed towards the avatar of the Undying Tree.

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