The lignification was spreading from her legs, to her waist, to Lu Yun's neck.
She closed her eyes, raised her head slightly, and bathed in the sunshine, with a peaceful and perfect smile on her face, as if she wanted nothing more in this life.
The skin on the neck completely turned into the brown color of tree bark.
When he touched it, what he felt was the coldness of trees. The touch without warmth made Ji Hongxi feel cold from the bottom of his heart.
"Junior sister!"
He hugged Lu Yun and wanted to take her away, but Lu Yun's legs felt like they had roots and she remained unmoved.
The strength of the golden elixir level cannot move a young girl.
Bits of scarlet appeared in Ji Hongxi's dark eyes. The red color spread in his pupils, and the aura around Ji Hongxi also changed.
He frantically transported the spiritual energy in his body into Lu Yun's body, trying to stop the lignification.
But no.
Even if he drained himself, he couldn't stop the scene before him.
His little junior sister is going to turn into a tree.
Ji Hongxi was occupied by the pain and boundless regret in her mind, and the bloody light in her pupils became more intense.
No!
He would never allow it.
Roaring in his heart, Ji Hongxi gritted his teeth, and a faint black energy overflowed from his body. That was the devilish energy that Pei Geli said.
The black demonic energy was like a fish in water. It nestled against Ji Hongxi and snaked along his arm toward Lu Yun.
The moment the chaotic and filthy demonic energy touched Lu Yun's body, Wu Zhuo, who had been carrying Lu Yun behind him, was shocked.
On Lu Yun's wrist, the string of sandalwood beads shone brightly, and the cool air rushed into Ji Hongxi's mind, calming his urge to turn his junior sister into a demon.
"Junior sister."
Ji Hongxi's expression was a little ferocious. He stood there helplessly, realizing for the first time that he was so powerless.
Junior sister...
In Tianxiang's dream, the man's cry rang out again.
The voice that Lu Yun had heard since she was a child should have been wanton, unrestrained and arrogant.
But now there was panic and fear in this voice that was hard to ignore.
Senior brother is afraid, but what is he afraid of?
A small question woke Lu Yun from her deep sleep.
Her body was very heavy, as if she was carrying a huge mountain on her back, which made her want to bend over and lie on the ground.
Creak, creak!
The sound of rotting wood came from Lu Yun's body.
Wu Zhuo's shaking continued, and cracks appeared where Lu Yun's body had turned into tree bark.
Lu Yun suddenly opened her eyes, looked at the situation in front of her, and took a deep breath.
"Senior brother."
She forced a smile, mobilized the spiritual power in her body, and moved her right hand. She struggled to lift her rigid arm. If she didn't move, cracks would appear on the wooden arm.
If you want to bend a straight and stiff piece of wood, you can only break it.
Under Lu Yun's control, the arm that had turned into wood was lifted up and twisted into a painful arc.
As her movements continued, she could hear the bones breaking. If she continued like this, she might actually break an arm.
But she had to get Wu Zhuo.
The mountain that pressed her down and kept her awake was Wu Zhu.
Wu Zhuo can break through the current predicament, and the price is only the loss of an arm.
Lu Yun's eyes burst out with cruelty.
Enduring the severe pain, spiritual power surged through her arms, forcing her arms to be raised and bent back. Cold sweat appeared on her forehead, and the movements continued.
The fingers touched Wu Zhu slightly.
At this moment, Wu Zhuo buzzed, and the heavy sword intent hit Lu Yun's body.
Starting from the fingers, the lignification quickly retreated as if encountering some natural enemy, and the idea of taking root in the earth and wanting to sleep forever was gone.
But looking at the fine bloody lines on his right arm, he knew it was not an illusion.
After regaining her freedom, Lu Yun saw Ji Hongxi with a dark face, spiritual energy pouring into her body, and the injury on her arm recovering.
After surviving the catastrophe, Lu Yun smiled. Just as he was about to speak, his expression changed as he thought of something.
"Brother, we have to move faster, someone is chasing us."
She remembered the group of people she had seen when she turned into a tree. Her vision at that time was strange. There were obviously many trees covering her, but she could still see the group of people who were following them in the forest.
The key is that those people follow the route they travel.
"They are ancient barbarians."
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of breaking through the air sounded. Lu Yun slashed Wu Zhuo down and cut off a fast arrow.
The arrow split into two ends, without stopping, and flew left and right along Lu Yun.
One of the ends was nailed to the ground and buried three-thirds of the way into the soil.
The arrows are forged from white bones, exuding a sense of blood.
The arrows were engraved with strange runes, which were exactly the patterns on those people's arms.
"found it."
"It was them, the outsiders, who brought them back and offered sacrifices..."
After carefully distinguishing the fluent voice, the meaning behind it was terrifying.
Most of them were words that Lu Yun couldn't understand.
"Walk!"
The two sides were facing each other, and Lu Yun had no plans to start a war.
Ji Hongxi nodded and was about to leave.
But the moment they turned around, another arrow was aimed at them, and the feeling of being targeted was numb.
After a pause, Lu Yun continued to retreat facing them.
Apart from their clothing, these ancient barbarians look no different from normal people.
The same liquid was smeared on the exposed skin, dyeing the body brown, making it look more powerful.
"Catch them."
The person who spoke intermittently was the one who called the shots among this group of ancient barbarians. After speaking, Lu Yun saw those people dispersed and seemed to be surrounding them.
The shallow spiritual power fluctuations dispersed, and the smile on Ji Hongxi's face faded.
His spiritual sense swept through and found that these people's cultivation was not very good, but the blood evil aura on their bodies was too strong.
Like ferocious beasts fighting in the wilderness, dormant in the dark, ready to open their fangs at any time.
"Be careful, these people are not right."
They knew very little about the ancient barbarians, so it was best to be cautious.
Lu Yun knew that she could clearly see the hostility on these people's faces, so she thought it was too late to leave.
After the leading ancient barbarian spoke an obscure tribal language again, everyone moved.
The giant ax fell from above his head, and arrows in the distance were overwhelming.
Lu Yun swung her sword and Wu Zhuo protected herself airtight.
While fighting, she glanced around with her peripheral vision.
It's strange that the enemy has appeared, but the feeling of being spied on is still there.
The eyes were entangled on her body, with a little impatientness.
Lu Yun had a lot to think about. She thought about what she saw when she just turned into a big tree.
The entire mountain forest was connected together, and every tree was filled with eyes, silently watching her, an outsider.
so……
Looking at the big trees around him, Lu Yun had a guess.
She was not being watched, but by the plants.
But these "plants" seemed to have no match for the ancient barbarians in front of them.
Wuzhuo raised his head to block the axe, and Lu Yun kicked him. The man was sent flying backwards and hit the tree trunk.
The bark of the tree cracked, blood flowed down, and a few drops fell on the man's shoulder.
