Among the group, Long Chong did not strike to kill the Tree-man Puppets and instead flew to one of them, which was his father, in front of the Golden Transformation Master.

At this moment, the Golden Transformation Master, like the other Tree-man Puppets, lay quietly on the ground with an expressionless face and no reaction, not even when his son approached.

"Father, your child has offended you."

Long Chong helped his father up, looking at that familiar face, he quickly took out several talismans and affixed them to his father's body, sealing him.

Inside the Stealing Heaven Tripod, after Yuan Ming had issued his orders, he began to absorb the Origin Power of the Undead Demon Tree with all his might.

Soon, Yuan Ming discovered that as the Origin Power from the upper half of the Undead Demon Tree's body rapidly drained away, its size also quickly shrank.

He was a bit surprised but then thought that this was a good thing.

When the upper half of the Undead Demon Tree's body had shrunk to the size of a normal tree, Yuan Ming once again made his move and directly took it into the Stealing Heaven Tripod.

Inside the soluble cave, everyone saw the upper half of the Undead Demon Tree's body being taken away into thin air, and at first, they were startled, but then they heaved a sigh of relief.

This time, the Undead Demon Tree had lost even half of its body; it surely wouldn't have any means to recover now, right?

Inside the Stealing Heaven Tripod, Yuan Ming did not relax. He knew that the Divine Soul of the Undead Demon Tree was still only trapped in the Nightmare Illusion Realm and had not been completely extinguished.

To completely eradicate the Undead Demon Tree and also for the enhancement of his own strength, Yuan Ming's body started to grow taller, and his skin became coarse and dry. In a short while, he transformed into a giant black tree, pressing the half-body of the Undead Demon Tree under its roots, attempting to devour and refine it.

At that moment, the Divine Soul of the Undead Demon Tree seemed to sense the imminence of destruction while still in its slumber. Its soul body trembled, struggling fiercely against the restraints, and the Nightmare Divine Ability together with the All Living Beings Dream Rune almost seemed unable to suppress it.

Yuan Ming was secretly shocked and, while operating the Nightmare Divine Ability, also used the Dream Butterfly Illusion Technique to minimize the Undead Demon Tree's sensory perception of the outside world.

But the next instant, something surprising happened to Yuan Ming. On the Undead Demon Tree, the All Living Beings Dream Runes suddenly rose up, actively absorbing the power from the Nightmare Divine Ability and the Dream Butterfly Illusion Technique.

In the runes, these two similar yet distinct powers merged and converged, eventually becoming one.

Yuan Ming sensed that at this moment, the power of his Nightmare Divine Ability had greatly increased, and he could even construct multiple layers of dreams to completely imprison the Divine Soul of the Undead Demon Tree.

The struggle of the Undying Tree Soul abruptly ceased, quieting down.

Without resistance, Yuan Ming's absorption and devouring of the Undead Demon Tree's body accelerated, and soon, he completely absorbed the upper half of the Undead Demon Tree's body.

The tremendous demonic power contained in half of the Undead Demon Tree was now nearly wholly poured into Yuan Ming's black Undying Tree inside him, significantly advancing his strength. His demonic power, which had just broken through to Level 4, soared once more, climbing to the peak of Level 4 before finally stabilizing.

Yuan Ming felt that at this moment, his inner Undying Tree was only half a step away from the fifth level.

At first, he was pleased, but then a look of puzzlement appeared on his face.

The Undead Demon Tree had already reached the Upper Fifth Level, and the demonic power contained in half of its body was extremely vast, even surpassing the two Level 5 demon beasts, the Green-clothed man and Jin Chao. Now that this power was entirely Yuan Ming's and half of the body had been refined, the strength returned was not enough to allow the Undying Tree within him to cross into Level 5.

Could it be that reaching Level 5 requires something else and not just the accumulation of strength?

Or is it that...

As Yuan Ming pondered, a chilling voice suddenly emitted from the lower half of the Undead Demon Tree's body within the soluble cave.

"Sigh, such waste. After cultivating for so long, to be beaten to death by a group of juniors and still dare to claim immortality, truly incapable of greatness."

Yuan Ming's expression changed and, with the Divine Sense enveloping the cave, he instantly found the source of the voice—it was the black magic mirror at the root of the Undead Demon Tree.

As that voice faded, a rich black light suddenly emanated from the black magic mirror.

The half Undying Tree, attracted by that black light, flew backward and directly landed on the black magic mirror. In the instant they touched, an unbelievable scene occurred.

The two unexpectedly merged into one.

The next instant, the half Undying Tree emitted an extremely strange and evil aura. The tall tree body gradually condensed and took shape, developing a head and limbs, transforming into a black-armored war general.

The war general's armor was like the bark of the Undying Tree, covered with tree-like patterns, but at the position of the chest, there emerged a black heart protector mirror, with wisps of black mist emerging from his body.

The sudden appearance of the black-armored general drew everyone's gaze, and upon a quick investigation, they all revealed a look of bewilderment.

The abruptly appearing black-armored general exuded an eerie and inscrutable aura, entirely different from the Undying Tree, yet its presence was just as formidable, evidently having reached the level of a Half-step Returning Void.

"This is Demonic Qi..." Yuan Ming frowned inside the Stealing Heaven Tripod, recognizing the origin of the black mist on the black-armored general.

"Haha..."

The Black Armored Demon General laughed wildly, with a thick black light shining from the black Heart Protector on his chest.

As the black light continued to emanate, a powerful force of attraction appeared once more, causing the broken limbs of the Undying Trees to rise uncontrollably and converge towards the black light.

At the same time, Tree-man Puppets controlled by the Undying Trees, including Wan Tianren and his group, had wooden expressions and offered no resistance, seemingly unaware that their bodies were moving uncontrollably closer to the Black Armored Demon General.

Before long, a blue-skinned female puppet, who was closer to the Black Armored Demon General, was forcibly pulled into his chest's black light. It was the late-stage Nascent Soul Tree-man Puppet that had previously attacked Hua Zhi and the others.

With the sound of "crack crack" of breaking, the blue-skinned woman's body was twisted by a strong force, bending in all directions, and finally compressed into a chunk that was swallowed up by the black light.

Not even half a remnant was left behind; she had been utterly devoured by the Black Armored Demon General.

After consuming the blue-skinned woman, the aura of the Black Armored Demon General instantly surged, his armor became sturdier and more substantial, and a Ghost Face Swallowing Shoulder even grew on the left side.

Seeing this scene, the green-clothed man and others couldn't help but change their expressions.

Silver Kong Tree Demon felt extremely terrified, panicking and instinctively wanting to escape from this place.

However, realizing that the force only affected the Undead Tree Puppets, he slightly relaxed.

"To become puppets of the Undying Tree is already a tragic fate, but to be devoured by this Black Armored Demon General, they might never find peace." The green-clothed man's brows furrowed slightly as he spoke slowly, seemingly recognizing the origin of the black mist surrounding the War General.

The Black Armored Demon General's gaze fell upon Wan Tianren and the other two. His eyes immediately revealed a greedy look, as if seeing delicious food. To him, these three were the best supplements, and he naturally couldn't miss this opportunity.

When his gaze fell on Wan Tianren, the attractive force intensified, and even though he was farther away, he moved towards the Black Armored Demon General at an even faster speed.

"We can't let him continue to recover," the Divine Bow suddenly spoke out loud.

As the voice fell, a golden light arrow had already condensed on the bow, shooting out towards the Black Armored Demon General.

Previously, in order to kill the Undying Tree, Hou Yi's Sun-shooting Bow had used a considerable amount of power. The arrow now fired wasn't a Golden Crow Divine Arrow, but a light arrow condensed from the Power of the Sun, naturally much weaker.

As the golden arrow flew, radiant with the Power of the Sun, right at the Black Armored Demon General, a figure suddenly flickered behind Wan Tianren, who was about to be pulled into the black light—it was Yuan Ming.

After perfecting the Ju Mang Spirit Technique, Yuan Ming was no longer bound by the Undying Tree, able to move freely.

The instant he appeared, Yuan Ming did not pause for even a moment. He reached out into the void to grab, and the Soul Destroying Sword materialized at once, its Curse Runes lighting up as he slashed at the Black Armored Demon General with his sword.

A majestic Black Sword Qi surged forth, spanning a few dozen feet in an instant, heading straight for the Black Armored Demon General's head.

The latter saw this and projected a black light from the black mirror on his chest, colliding with both the Soul Destroying Sword Energy and the golden arrow light, causing a violent explosion.

The Soul Destroying Sword Energy and the golden arrow light were both dispersed by the black light, turning into strands of aura containing Curse Power and golden light fragments, scattering about. The Black Armored Demon General's attraction to the puppets like Wan Tianren also experienced a brief pause.

Yuan Ming seemed to have timed this moment precisely, flashing past like lightning. With a "whoosh" he unfolded the Night Parade of Hundred Demons, within which the All Living Beings Dream Rune flickered, enveloping Wan Tianren with the light.

As a precaution, Yuan Ming first used an Illusion Technique to control him before absorbing Wan Tianren into the Night Parade of Hundred Demons.

Gu Xuanyang and Jia Sifang followed swiftly, also controlled by Yuan Ming's Illusion Technique and taken into the Night Parade of Hundred Demons.

Yuan Ming immediately rolled up the Night Parade of Hundred Demons to avoid any residual traction between the Black Armored Demon General and the three men, sending them into the Stealing Heaven Tripod Space.

Gu Xuanyang and the other two fell near the altar, landing haphazardly but still not awakening from the illusion.

Yuan Ming only glanced briefly before turning his attention back to the outside world.

Just then, an unexpected change occurred!

A sword light suddenly lit up on Gu Xuanyang's body, hovering autonomously, revealing itself to be Gu Xuanyang's replica of the Spiritual Treasure, the Exterminating Immortal Sword.

However, rather than exhibiting any intent to attack, the Flying Sword seemed to be drawn by an external force, heading straight for the Sword Trace Rift.

Yuan Ming's brows furrowed. As he anticipated the Sword would be torn apart by the dispersed aura in the rift, a surprising event unfolded.

The replica of the Exterminating Immortal Sword, upon reaching the Sword Trace Rift, not only remained intact but steadily hovered there, emitting a series of clear, ringing sword cries.

Accompanying those cries, the mist in the Sword Trace Rift suddenly roiled, and an astonishing Sword Qi seemed to burst from the very depths of the rift, becoming a dazzling white light that wrapped around the Exterminating Immortal Sword.

The Exterminating Immortal Sword let out a loud sword cry and released a shocking sword energy. The Stealing Heaven Tripod Space also trembled slightly, its power far exceeding its strength in Gu Xuanyang's hands by more than tenfold.

Although separated by the Stealing Heaven Tripod Space, Yuan Ming instinctively looked away to avoid the unbearable sharpness of that energy.

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