Xu Shouguang looked at the old locust tree and saw that the trunk of the old locust tree was thick and winding, covered with cracks and moss over time, giving it a decayed and ancient feeling. The branches were twisted and intertwined, like a group of tentacles with teeth and claws, casting a jagged shadow under the firelight. There seemed to be deep carvings on the bark, like deep wrinkles on an old man's forehead. There is a large dark tree hole in the middle of the trunk, and there are two small tree holes not far above. Countless vines hang down from the trees, like the uncut goatee on the old man's chin, constantly swinging back and forth. This looks like the face of an old man!
"Bold maniac, how dare you run wild in my grass forest!" A low and hoarse voice came from the hole in the big tree. The branches and leaves at the top of the old locust tree trembled wildly, and two faint groups were faintly visible in the two tree holes around the eyes. green light.
As soon as the old locust tree finished speaking, he immediately swung his branches and hit Chao Qiandai. At this moment, Chao Qiandai was grabbing Xu Shouguang's shoulders. The weight of the two of them made Chao Qiandai lose his former flexibility. One of them dodged without haste and was hit by a branch of the old locust tree, causing him to fall straight to the ground.
Chao Qiandai's flying with Xu Shouguang consumed a lot of spiritual energy, but when he was hit by an old locust tree, his spiritual energy had bottomed out and he returned to his human form in the air. Xu Shouguang quickly adjusted his posture, stretched out his hands to hold Chao Qiandai in his arms, and found the right footing. After a breath, Xu Shouguang landed firmly on the ground with Chao Qiandai in his arms.
Seeing that Chao Qiandai was injured, Xu Shouguang was very angry. He gently put Chao Qiandai down and took a step forward to protect her behind him.
"You should rest for a moment, and leave this old locust tree to me..."
Chao Qiandai originally wanted to help, but he was injured after all, and his body couldn't help but tremble with the slightest exertion, so he had to tell Xu Shouguang to be careful.
"Boy, who are you? What are you doing here?" The old locust tree looked down at the tiny Xu Shouguang in front of him.
"I am your grandfather Xu Shouguang. You old man, did you catch a herb gatherer? If you know the truth, let him go as soon as possible. Otherwise, don't blame grandpa, I am merciless!" Xu Shouguang was already angry, but when he saw the old locust tree I asked without thinking of answering properly.
"Crazy!" The old locust tree was very angry with the boy in front of him. He roared angrily and threw a branch as thick as a bucket at Xu Shouguang. Seeing the attack from this branch, Xu Shouguang advanced instead of retreating. He stepped forward with an arrow, avoiding the attack and getting closer to the old locust tree.
Xu Shouguang, who was approaching the old locust tree, raised his Tang Dao to chop it down. At this time, he suddenly heard a sound coming from under his feet. Xu Shouguang quickly looked down, and sure enough, he saw a thick tree root rushing out from the fallen leaves and soil, curling towards Xu Shouguang's ankle.
If this is controlled, I don't know what will happen next... Xu Shouguang had to prioritize his feet. He turned the Tang knife sharply and slashed downwards, cutting off the roots of the tree, and then continued with the Tang knife. It was sent downwards, and the blade penetrated directly into the soil, firmly nailing another tree root that was about to break out into the soil.
Seeing that the restraint of the tree roots was not effective, the old locust tree swayed slightly and threw all the vines on its face towards Xu Shouguang. The vines intertwined into a network in the air and covered Xu Shouguang's head. Xu Shouguang did not dare to delay. He had experienced the power of this big net. He quickly drew out his Tang Dao and rolled backwards to avoid the big net made of vines.
The big net failed to catch Xu Shouguang, and they dispersed and turned into vines again, returning to the face of the old locust tree. Xu Shouguang took out two flying needles from his wishful bag, aimed at the two eyes of the old locust tree, and shot them. The old locust tree naturally moves slowly, but the vines on its face are not slow at all. Seeing the flying needles coming, the vines quickly weave into a wall, blocking the eyes of the old locust tree, and the flying needles shoot in with two bangs. There was no trace in the vine wall, and then the vines slowly crawled away as if nothing happened.
"It seems that flying needles really have no effect on this old locust tree..." Xu Shouguang kept thinking in his mind.
At this time, the old locust tree's attack came again, and the old locust tree held up a slap made of branches and slapped Xu Shouguang again. Xu Shouguang did not go forward this time. His previous experience told him that the road was not easy to walk. Xu Shouguang rolled to the side to avoid the slap. The slap hit the ground, and the huge impact shook the area nearby. Xu Shouguang was affected by the shake, and he was arching his body, trying to maintain his balance.
Suddenly, the palm formed by the branches of the old locust tree suddenly turned and swept towards Xu Shouguang who had not had time to stand still. Xu Shouguang saw that he could not escape, so he had no choice but to jump on the spot and step on the palm of the old locust tree with his feet. , flying forward together with the slap. At this moment, a huge shadow gradually covered Xu Shouguang, and the old locust tree was seen holding up another palm made of branches to slap Xu Shouguang. Obviously, the old locust tree wanted to swat Xu Shouguang to death in the palm of its hand like a mosquito.
There was a loud snapping sound, and the two palms came together. The huge airflow stirred up when the palms merged blew the fallen leaves on the nearby ground high, and then they fell downwards one after another. The closer flames suddenly flew toward As soon as the outside one tilted its body, the slightly smaller one was immediately destroyed. In the distance, Chao Qiandai cried when he saw Xu Shouguang being folded into his palms.
The old locust tree slowly opened its two palms and looked into the palms with its pair of green-lighted tree holes eyes. There was nothing... It turned the two palms over and over again, but there was still nothing. No... While the old locust tree was wondering, a figure suddenly jumped out from the canopy on its side and stabbed its left eye with the Tang knife. This figure was none other than Xu Shouguang!
It turned out that just at the critical moment, Xu Shouguang used the Immortal Step, and followed the momentum to roll to the edge of the palm. When the two palms were closed, he slipped out from below, and then used the cover of the fallen leaves in the sky to climb up to the old locust tree. The blind spot in his sight kept climbing up the branches, and then he jumped out while the old locust tree was distracted.
The old locust tree had no time to react, Xu Shouguang's Tang knife plunged directly into the green light of its left eye. The green light was extinguished instantly. The old locust tree screamed and quickly raised its palm to slap it in the face. After Xu Shouguang succeeded, he was not greedy for the sword. He drew out the Tang Dao directly, kicked his legs on the old locust tree's face, and used his strength to jump out of the old locust tree's attack range.
Seeing Xu Shouguang jumping out again, Chao Qiandai immediately broke down in tears and smiled. She wiped away her tears and whispered: "I knew you were okay!"
Looking at the old locust tree, a huge slap slapped on the face, breaking many vines. The old locust tree stared at Xu Shouguang with its remaining eye. It didn't expect that the young man in front of it would be so difficult to deal with. It seemed that it had to use a trick. I saw the huge body of the old locust tree trembling slightly, and the branches on the crown of the tree swayed together with the trunk, making a rustling sound. The ground also shook, and the fallen leaves on the ground kept rolling. The soil surged upwards, and thick tree roots were pulled out from the ground. They were intertwined and intertwined tightly, turning into two legs of the old locust tree! At this time, the old locust tree was already standing in front of Xu Shouguang.
Xu Shouguang looked up at the old locust tree in front of him that seemed to have grown taller. He did not expect that the old locust tree would even pull out its spiritual roots and compete with him. At this time, the old locust tree took a step forward and came to Xu Shouguang in just one step. It raised its other foot and stepped on Xu Shouguang. Xu Shouguang did not dare to stay where he was and quickly jumped out to the side. Avoided this kick.
The old locust tree's foot was so powerful and heavy that it did not hit Xu Shouguang, but stepped deeply into the soil. The huge force shook the ground around him. Xu Shouguang finally managed to stand firm, but he felt a tightness around his ankle. Looking down, he saw a tree root emerging from the ground and wrapping around his ankle.
Only then did Xu Shouguang realize that when the old locust tree stepped on the ground, the roots took this opportunity to disperse again, burrowed into the soil, and then emerged and entangled themselves when he wasn't paying attention.
Just as he was thinking this, Xu Shouguang felt the rustling above his head get louder. He looked up and saw the old locust tree slapping him hard with his palm raised. Xu Shouguang quickly waved the Tang knife in his hand to cut off the tree roots on his feet, but at this time, the huge slap made of branches had already hit his eyes, and he had no time to escape...
Just as Xu Shouguang closed his eyes and waited for death, he felt a strong wind blowing past his face, but the slap of the old locust tree did not fall. Xu Shouguang felt strange. He opened his eyes and looked around. Suddenly he heard a noise near his feet. When he lowered his head, he saw that it was a chubby hedgehog slowly crawling past his feet. It turns out that the reason why the old locust tree was holding back was to wait for the hedgehog to pass by.
The hedgehog seemed to be unaware of the danger at hand, and still crawled forward slowly. Xu Shouguang saw that he was anxious, so he directly held it in his palm and carried it out, and then gently placed it on the ground. Afterwards, Xu Shouguang raised his Tang Dao and shouted to the old locust tree: "Come again!"
Seeing that the hedgehog was safe, the old locust tree stopped worrying and slapped Xu Shouguang. But Xu Shouguang, who had no restraints on his feet, was as nimble as a monkey, and ducked in a short stature. Then, Xu Shouguang turned around and slashed the back of the old locust tree's hand with a knife. After a sudden crashing sound, a bunch of broken branches scattered. land.
This small injury was nothing to the old locust tree. It put its two hands together to form a huge fist, and smashed it down at Xu Shouguang below. The wind filled the fist formed by the branches, and it couldn't help but It made a strange cry, and outside the fist, you could see many leaves being picked up by the wind of the fist and smashed down immediately behind the fist. Xu Shouguang jumped back several times and finally jumped out of the scope of the fist wind.
"Every attack of this old locust tree can cause the surrounding ground to vibrate. It is very passive in that range..." Facing such a powerful enemy, cutting with a knife at close range is not enough, and the flying needle has no effect. Xu Shouguang analyzed quickly, trying to find a way to defeat the enemy.
At this time, the old locust tree stepped over again. With the last experience in mind, Xu Shouguang ran directly to the rear in large strides. He did not dare to stay near the big feet of the old locust tree. When the old locust tree saw Xu Shouguang running away, he simply took another step to chase him. After all, long legs have the advantage of long legs. One step of the old locust tree is worth ten steps of Xu Shouguang. After these two steps, the old locust tree catches up with Xu Shouguang again. The old locust tree raised its big paw and stepped down on Xu Shouguang.
Xu Shouguang did not choose to escape this time. He took two quick steps and jumped forward. He turned around in the air and faced the old locust tree. He thrust the Tang knife in his hand to the ground and thrust a still burning flame towards the old locust tree. The old locust tree hurriedly stretched out its hand to block, and the flame touched the arm made of branches, and quickly ignited the arm. Looking at the arms wrapped in flames, the old locust tree hurriedly slapped its arms on the ground to extinguish the flames.
But Xu Shouguang was not idle at this time. He found several burning places one after another and raised the flames to the crown of the old locust tree. This made the old locust tree very anxious. It flapped back and forth on the crown of the tree with both hands. It took a lot of effort to knock all the flames down to the ground. But at this time, the old locust tree His hands were already surrounded by flames.
The flames soon followed the arms and burned all over the old locust tree. The old locust tree beat desperately, but it was of no avail. The flames continued to spread all over the old locust tree. At this time, Xu Shouguang, who was not far away, slightly bent his legs forward and backward. He placed the Tang Dao on his waist, concentrated his true energy in the palm of his hand, and then flowed from the palm to the blade. The blade slowly turned from white to blue. . Then Xu Shouguang took a big step forward, turned sideways and slashed forward with the Tang knife in his hand. Suddenly, an air blade wrapped in water flew towards the old locust tree.
The air blade passed through the old locust tree, and the blazing flames were extinguished instantly. Some burnt branches fell to the ground with a crash. The old locust tree used its remaining eye to look at Xu Shouguang in front of him in disbelief. This The young man who had just saved himself with a powerful air blade.
It turns out that the name of Yuguri Yuta's Tang sword is Juanxi, and pouring the true energy into it can stimulate the effect of water flow. Xu Shouguang has been rushing during the day these days, and at night he has repeatedly pondered and studied the moves Yuguri Yuta used before.
"This is to repay your mercy just now!" Xu Shouguang shouted to the old locust tree.
"No more fighting..." The old locust tree sat down on the ground, and its legs turned into tree roots again and dug into the soil.
"Oh, it's okay not to fight, but you have to return the person to me..." Xu Shouguang put the Tang Dao back into his Ruyi bag, ran two steps forward, and came to the old locust tree.
"The herb collector?"
"Exactly!" Xu Shouguang nodded.
"Then you're late..."
"What! Were you eaten?" Xu Shouguang took out the Tang Dao again and held it in his hand.
"No, he is still alive now, but he has been sent to Black Wind Mountain."
"Black Wind Mountain?"
"Yes, thirty miles to the north of here is the Black Wind Mountain. There is a Xiaofeng Cave in the Black Wind Mountain. There is a big demon in the cave, named Feng Shijun. This Feng Shijun has strong magic power and a fierce and cruel temperament. Other monsters nearby Immortals are afraid of it. Recently I heard that this envoy was going to hold a reception banquet in the cave to entertain distinguished guests, so he ordered us to pay tribute to it with wine and meat. I can't fight it, and I can't bear to give it my disciples and grandchildren in the grass forest. , happened to meet a herb collector, so I tied him up and sent him over..."
"You..." Xu Shouguang clenched his fist and held it in the air for a long time before finally hitting his leg. Later, Xu Shouguang asked: "When will the reception banquet be held?"
"Just tomorrow!"
