This was a large tree, several people wide, with dense branches and leaves. It was surrounded by thorny vines and other plants. From the outside, the entire tree looked no different from the surrounding trees, and there were no signs that anyone had visited here. Clearly, that Evil Spirit Master was very skilled at handling and concealing traces.
If Yun Chuan hadn't clearly sensed the distinct light of life within the center of this large tree, like a candle in the dark, through his Plant Domain, he would never have thought that someone was hiding inside such an inconspicuous tree.
Silently, Yun Chuan's figure instantly teleported here through his Domain, his entire aura merging with the surrounding flowers, plants, and trees. As a result, the Evil Spirit Master hiding within the tree body at this moment remained completely unaware of his arrival.
Upon arriving, Yun Chuan looked at the areas covered by thorns around him, his brows furrowing as he activated his Domain. Immediately, the previously chaotic thorny vines and various plants around him seemed to come alive, beginning to writhe and slowly move aside silently… eventually clearing an open space.
At the center, only that one large tree remained.
At this moment, the life aura within the tree body suddenly fluctuated violently. Evidently, the Evil Spirit Master had been startled awake and realized he was exposed.
"Boom!!!"
The entire tree exploded with a thunderous roar. A dark, foul, blood-red light, carrying a sickening stench of blood, shot towards Yun Chuan like lightning!
In a flash, Yun Chuan reacted extremely quickly. With a thought, he instantly vanished from his original spot, using the power of his Domain!
"Boom!"
The blood-red light landed on the ground with a thud, missing its target. It created a large pit in the ground, while also splattering a black-red liquid outwards onto the surrounding plants.
"Sizzle! Sizzle!"
Any plant splashed by the black-red liquid immediately began to emit smoke, indicating that this liquid was extremely corrosive.
Yun Chuan, hidden in the shadows, finally saw the true face of this Evil Spirit Master, and a word came to his mind: Vampire!
This Evil Spirit Master looked to be around twenty years old, with a pale complexion and handsome features. Due to his Spirit possession, he also exhibited characteristics of his Spirit. His ears became pointed, two fangs grew from his mouth, a pair of blood-red Blood Bats wings sprouted from his back, and his hands bore sharp claws… he was completely a typical vampire.
His two yellow, two purple, and three black spirit rings configuration indicated that he was a Level 70 Spirit Saint!
"I have to say, among Evil Spirit Masters, you can definitely be considered a remarkably talented existence…" Yun Chuan's voice came from all directions, echoing in the Evil Spirit Master's ears, making his face extremely grim, as he couldn't sense Yun Chuan's location at all.
"…You only need to absorb blood for your spirit power to rapidly increase. Tsk tsk, if I let you escape today, who knows how many people will fall victim to your poisonous hands in the future!" Yun Chuan's voice seemed to carry some emotion.
"Today, you will stay here!"
As soon as he finished speaking,
"Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!!!"
The surrounding plants instantly erupted into chaos.
Thick vines burst out of the ground, lunging at the Evil Spirit Master like pythons. What was even more outrageous was that these vines were covered in sharp thorns. If one were to be entangled by them… just thinking about it made one realize how miserable it would be.
"Seventh Spirit Ability: Blood Bats True Form!"
The Evil Spirit Master, whose name was unknown, roared, and then his seventh spirit ring glowed! A terrifying wave of air erupted, shaking off the wrapping vines, and then he shot into the sky, transforming into a giant blood-red Blood Bats in a flash of light!
The giant Blood Bats flapped its wings, emitting a blood-red light all over its body, and in an instant, it soared a hundred meters into the sky, leaving a long trail of blood-colored tail flame!
"Trying to run? Do you think I can't do anything to you just because you fly into the sky?" Yun Chuan's voice came from all directions.
The next moment,
All the trees on the entire barren mountain began to stir.
All the trees twisted and swayed, changing their forms, as if a multitude of demons were dancing.
The gigantic blood-red Blood Bats that had flown high into the sky originally thought it could escape, but to its surprise, the next moment it felt whooshing sounds attacking it.
Through the Blood Bats' unique ultrasonic sensing, the Evil Spirit Master discovered that those whooshing sounds were actually one leaf after another. However, these leaves were not ordinary leaves; they were a meter in diameter with serrated edges. Clearly, if one were to be grazed by this thing, it would be no different from being cut by a knife.
The gigantic blood-red Blood Bats suddenly rolled sideways, narrowly dodging those knife-like leaves. But after dodging this wave, another wave of knife-leaves quickly came from another direction!
Through the ultrasound, the gigantic blood-red Blood Bats narrowly dodged again, but before it could even catch its breath, two more waves of knife-leaves came from two other directions!
The gigantic blood-red Blood Bats, which the Evil Spirit Master had transformed into, could only frantically dodge in mid-air, having no chance to fly higher or further away.
Yun Chuan's figure appeared at the top of a tree, standing lightly on a single leaf, as if he had no weight at all. He swayed gently with the soft breeze, looking extraordinarily graceful and unrestrained~
"You're quite good at dodging. That's right, a bat, after all. Poor eyesight, relying on ultrasonic feedback for obstacles, naturally has an advantage in dodging obstacles." He stood with his hands behind his back, quietly on a branch at the top of the tree, coldly watching the giant blood-red Blood Bats above him frantically dodging.
Through experiments over the years, he had gained a completely new understanding of using his Domain against enemies. Especially against flying enemies, his approach was no longer to control plants to bloom, bear fruit, and launch seeds, because doing so was too slow and wasted too much energy.
So now he directly controlled the plant leaves to mutate, turning them into something similar to throwing knives. As for how to launch these knife-leaves, that was even simpler. He just needed to control the trees to whip around, and the knife-leaves would be thrown out. Simple and crude! But it was very practical, as could be seen from the miserable state of the giant blood-red Blood Bats flying in mid-air right now.
At this moment, the giant blood-red Blood Bats, intent on escaping as quickly as possible, also realized that it couldn't just keep dodging, otherwise it would eventually be trapped and die here.
"Screech!"
The giant blood-red Blood Bats suddenly let out a sharp, piercing shriek!
Immediately after, it no longer dodged the incoming knife-leaves. Its entire body began to glow with a blood-red light, and it charged straight forward to meet them.
"Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!"
Leaves as sharp as throwing knives cut through the air.
The giant blood-red Blood Bats met them head-on, colliding with these knife-leaves!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!!!"
These knife-leaves, modified by Yun Chuan, were stronger than ordinary steel in both hardness and sharpness. Coupled with the strong inertia from their high-speed flight, they directly embedded themselves into the giant blood-red Blood Bats upon impact. More than half of the knife-leaves pierced into the Blood Bats' body, causing it to let out a painful wail.
"Screech!"
However, very quickly, these knife-leaves embedded in its body rapidly corroded under the blood-red light emanating from the giant blood-red Blood Bats, and its wounds also healed quickly, instantly appearing as if it had never been injured.
Seizing this opportunity, the giant blood-red Blood Bats violently flapped its wings and rapidly flew forward!
Next, the giant blood-red Blood Bats no longer dodged the incoming knife-leaves at all, letting them hit it, only focusing on charging forward. Its entire body quickly became covered in wounds from the knife-leaves, but in an instant, it rapidly recovered in the blood-red light glowing all over its body!
"Oh, its recovery ability is actually so strong?" Yun Chuan was a little surprised to see this, but he quickly realized that this rapid recovery definitely came at a cost. Otherwise, this Evil Spirit Master would have used it much earlier; why would he have been surrounded for so long before?