Chapter 1254: Chapter 1259: Human Shield

Jiang Fan was secretly shocked.

Is this the power of a Great Cultivator at the stage of Heavenly Person Four Declines?

Just the aura it exudes carries an invincible might that could sweep away all obstacles!

Fortunately, the thousand-year-old ginkgo tree is not something to be trifled with.

The Pill Pearl in its eye, containing the origin of Venerate Wutong, emitted a verdant green light.

Wherever the light shone, it immediately calmed the storms.

On one side was a raging storm, on the other side, tranquility.

The two were clearly separated by the boundary of the green light.

In the next instant.

Venerable Lianjing vanished from sight, while at the same time, the roots of the thousand-year-old ginkgo tree turned into untraceable shadows.

Even Jiang Fan, who utilized the Wind Origin, found it difficult to sense the trajectory of their airflow.

But from the occasional burst of destructive light, it could be seen that the two were fiercely contesting.

Pow!

Boom!

The arcs of light splattering in all directions.

Even the mysterious demon liquid, which the five Demon Venerables couldn’t break through, was like a thin sheet in the face of the residual arcs of light.

Effortlessly pierced through, opening holes one after another.

The five Demon Venerables, stuck, turned pale, each one of them fearful.

If even one of those arcs hit them, aside from perhaps Wuyu Venerable and Red Dust Venerable surviving,

the other three Venerables would be doomed.

Jiang Fan also grew pale, hurriedly protecting Wutong Venerate’s remains, taking cover behind the ginkgo tree.

But, where can be safe in such a battle between Venerables of this level?

A remnant flash of light carved a long, dark crack in the void, shooting directly toward Jiang Fan.

It was too fast, giving Jiang Fan no time to react.

Pow!

Suddenly, a root flew over, blocking the remnant light.

The ginkgo tree was shielding them.

The root broke with a sound, spraying milky white sap.

Jiang Fan’s heart sank.

In the battle of the strong, how could one afford to be distracted?

Moreover, the ginkgo tree was already no match for Venerable Lianjing?

Swish!

Dull sounds came from the sky, several roots consecutively got chopped off.

Soon after, a tremendous crash echoed, the tree crown of the ginkgo tree was shaved down by half.

A large spray of tree sap splattered like rain.

The trunk trembled violently, the remaining few roots emerged, powerless to continue fighting.

"You dare to be distracted?"

Venerable Lianjing appeared, clad in a black long skirt.

Her fair right hand gripped a serrated, peculiar long sword, which emanated an astonishingly powerful spiritual pressure.

It was clearly a Top-grade Spirit Sword!

The ginkgo tree raised its last remaining root, enveloping Jiang Fan and Venerate Wutong’s body, its voice weak:

"Alas, I am but an ordinary tree. Had I any bit of Divine Tree potential, I wouldn’t have received my master’s legacy only to be defeated at your hands."

Venerable Lianjing didn’t deny it.

The ginkgo tree before her had inherited all the origin from a Heavenly Person Five Decays Supreme.

If it had fully absorbed it, it would have become a new generation Supreme within five hundred years.

She carried the saw-tooth sword to the ginkgo tree’s eye, said flatly:

"Surrender your origin yourself, and I will spare your life."

The ginkgo tree gave a bitter smile: "Taking away my origin would deprive me of my Spiritual Wisdom, turning me into the most ordinary of trees."

"No one in this world would be left to protect my master."

"In that case, better to kill me."

Venerable Lianjing hesitated for a full three breaths, then slowly raised the sword, saying:

"Very well!"

"I will grant your wish!"

She swung her sword downward, aiming for the ginkgo tree’s eye.

There lay the tree’s core; this strike meant inevitable death.

Seeing this, Jiang Fan gritted his teeth, initiated Mute Zen, and said:

"Use my body to block her strike!"

"Quick!"

The ginkgo tree was stunned; how could Jiang Fan, with his Five Apertures Nascent Soul, withstand such a blow?

He would likely be shattered into a mist of blood under the spiritual pressure.

Knowing this, why does Jiang Fan still make such a request?

Could it be there’s something on Jiang Fan that could withstand this attack?

No time to think, it decisively wrapped Jiang Fan with its roots, moved him with Instantaneous Movement to stand before itself.

As Venerable Lianjing’s sword was about to descend.

She shook her head slightly: "A futile resistance..."

A mere root, how could it withstand this sword?

Yet suddenly, she noticed Jiang Fan entwined in the root.

This made her hesitate, and it was too late to retract the sword.

The saw-tooth sword easily sliced through the root like cutting through tofu, striking Jiang Fan.

The imagined bloody scene of Jiang Fan cleaved in two did not appear.

Instead, the sword halted abruptly three inches from his body.

A faint thread of Rule Power emanated from within him, blocking the strike.

"A Sage’s Rule?" Venerable Lianjing was greatly shocked!

She never expected that this Nascent Soul Realm youth before her would be under the protection of a Sage!!

The ginkgo tree was also startled.

But it quickly reacted, seizing the pause from Venerable Lianjing’s failed attack, several roots piercing her body like sharp arrows.

"Hiss!" Venerable Lianjing gasped in pain, hurriedly severing them with her sword before her flesh was shredded by the roots.

Then she retreated to a distant spot.

From the four bloody holes, Divine Blood gushed out like a spring.

It also carried the Origin Power of Venerate Wutong, causing the wounds to expand.

This strike left her severely injured.

The ginkgo tree sighed lightly, raspingly chuckled: "Venerable Lianjing, now you cannot do anything to me."

Though both were in a bad state, the ginkgo tree still controlled the Forbidden Land.

If the fight continued, Venerable Lianjing wouldn’t get any advantage.

Venerable Lianjing turned pale, casting a somewhat resentful glance at Jiang Fan:

"Kid! You deceived me into thinking you were Venerate Wutong’s junior disciple, and I haven’t settled that with you."

"And now you’ve tricked me!"

"Outrageous!"

Jiang Fan felt the loss of that thread of rule within his body, heart aching.

The life-saving law, used just like that!

He glared angrily at Venerable Lianjing, saying: "But you deceived me as well!"

"Claiming you were lost in the Forbidden Land, it was clearly for Venerate Wutong’s relics!"

"We are both in it, no need to act virtuous!"

"You!" Venerable Lianjing clenched her silver teeth, glaring fiercely at Jiang Fan.

That little rascal!

Feeling her life force rapidly dwindling with the loss of Divine Blood, she turned to the ginkgo tree, saying:

"Give me all of Venerate Wutong’s Merit!"

"She guarded the Great Wilderness State with Five Declines of the Heavenly Human form, protecting countless beings throughout the millennia, accumulating considerable Merit."

"Give it to me, and I won’t trouble you further!"

The ginkgo tree sighed slightly: "So it was Merit you came for."

"I guess, someone important to you cannot break through to a Great Sage, so you want to seize someone else’s Merit, hoping for an opportunity to enter the Virtuous Realm?"

Venerable Lianjing covered her bleeding wound, said gravely: "That’s none of your concern."

"Give it to me, or next time, it won’t be me who comes."

"He won’t be as kind as I, willing to spare your life."

The ginkgo tree’s voice became hoarser, speaking with earnestness:

"I will not give my master’s Merit to anyone."

"I also advise the person you are with, if he cannot enter the Virtuous Realm, it means he is not accepted by others, unable to win their faith."

"As they say, virtue not matched to position must bring calamity."

"Forcing entry into the Sage Realm will end up as an Inferior Sage, suffering backlash."

"Not worth it!"

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