Plants vs. Cultivation.

Chapter 235: The Swordsman Who Can Use Wood Release
As everyone was expecting, Gu Mo's swordsman incarnation transformed into a sword light and rushed towards the glowing jade treasure chest. Just when everyone thought that the jade treasure chest was within reach, a wooden wall appeared and blocked Gu Mo's incarnation.

Seeing this, Gu Mo's sword light turned, bypassed the wooden wall, and rushed towards the jade treasure chest from another direction.

But before Gu Mo could get close, another wooden wall rose up, followed by several wooden walls that directly covered the jade treasure chest.

"Great Sun Golden Crow Sword!"

Without any hesitation, Gu Mo's sword incarnation burst out with all his strength again. The blazing sword of the sun slashed towards the wooden wall, and wood chips flew everywhere.

But this sword failed to cut through the wooden wall. Compared with the previous vine net, this wooden wall had stronger defense.

"This, this test is too difficult!"

Seeing this, the true disciples who were originally full of expectations couldn't help but question that the wooden wall was definitely the body of the spiritual plant demon king.

It is simply impossible to break the body defense of a 4th-stage mid-stage spiritual plant demon king for a Jindan realm cultivator.

"Unless they advance to the Nascent Soul stage..."

When this thought popped up in everyone's mind, everyone's face changed. Why did the arrangement of this jade treasure chest seem so much like it was arranged in advance?

Now the Demon Sect's true disciple is making a breakthrough, so when he becomes a Nascent Soul, can he get the jade treasure chest here? With the Nascent Soul stage and the treasures in the jade treasure chest, wouldn't this Tianjiao be invincible in the battle?

"What a plan!"

In the outside world, the sect leaders of the righteous path also thought of this, but the two jade treasure chests were arranged by the Venerable Huashen, so even if they were dissatisfied, the sect leaders did not say much.

Otherwise, the leader of Taiqing Sect would definitely curse loudly.

"Each each other!"

The Demon Sect is naturally not willing to be outdone. So, doesn't the arrangement of the other jade treasure chest lean towards the righteous side? The atmosphere of the Demon Sect is extremely selfish. Facing a test that requires cooperation, they are obviously at a disadvantage.

Even if the geniuses of the Demon Sect eliminated all the geniuses of the righteous path, in the end, the geniuses of the Demon Sect would still fight each other for the jade treasure chest.

The conditions for opening this jade treasure chest are a bait to lure the geniuses of the Demon Sect to fight each other.

It can be said that this battle between the geniuses is full of calculations by both the righteous and evil sides. However, at present, the Demon Sect has the upper hand. After all, even if the righteous side wants to make calculations, they have to consider some face, while the Demon Sect does not need to do so. Face and other things are given by strength.

As long as you are strong enough, no one will blame you.

"Ugh!"

Gu Mo's incarnation stared at the wooden wall in front of him, and finally shook his head. With his strength as a sword cultivator incarnation, he could not break the wooden wall.

After all, his sword incarnation was only in the early stage of the Golden Core. With the powerful buffs of 12 sword pills, the Great Sun Sword Intent, and the Immortal Power in his body, he could barely defeat the early stage 4th level demon king.

But facing the mid-level 4th-stage spiritual plant demon king, the gap is really too big.

However, Gu Mo was not ready to give up, because he had the newly acquired secret method of disintegrating the demon in his hand. If he could master this secret method, then he would be able to raise the ultimate combat power of Gu Mo's sword incarnation to a higher level, and then there would be hope of breaking the wooden wall.

Just ...

Gu Mo looked into the distance, and then his gaze focused, because the heavenly tribulation in the distance disappeared, and was replaced by a powerful aura, which means that the true teachings of the Demon Sect have successfully broken through.

"Oops!"

The other true disciples of the righteous path also discovered the situation in the distance. Immediately, everyone's expressions became very ugly. Next, everyone was going to face a Nascent Soul Demon Lord at the true disciple level.

If it was an ordinary Nascent Soul Demon Lord, as true disciples of the top sects, everyone would still have the confidence to fight, but the other party was also a true disciple of the top sect who had broken through.

They are all top-level true disciples, and they know best that once they break through, their strength will definitely far exceed that of their peers.

As for activating the identity token and exiting now, no one had this idea. If they ran away without even fighting, it would be too cowardly.

At this moment, countless people are watching them. Anyone who tries to escape will definitely be criticized.

Regardless of whether they can win or not, it is absolutely necessary to fight to show their attitude. The true disciples of the righteous path all have a trump card to save their lives, so they are not afraid of the Nascent Soul Demon Lord.

The true disciples of the righteous path have a life-saving trump card, but Gu Mo's incarnation does not have it. Xuan Tianhen knows this best, so he is most worried at this moment.

Who was it that made the Demon Sect use its trump card in advance, and who was it that killed the two Demon Sect's true disciples? It was Lin Wu from the Dayan Sword Sect. So, even a fool would know who the first person the Demon Sect's true disciple who had successfully broken through would kill would be.

"Do you want the avatar to retreat?"

At this moment, Gu Mo also had this idea in his mind. The Demon Sect's true disciple had completed a breakthrough and would soon attack. If Gu Mo could be given some time and wait for him to comprehend the secret method of disintegrating the demon, there would still be hope of winning.

Although the secret method of disintegrating the devil is the top inheritance of the Demon Sect, it is not difficult to get started with the inheritance jade slips. The difficulty of this method lies in the huge price to be paid to obtain the power.

However, there is no time like that now. The rising Nascent Soul aura in the distance is approaching this side at an extremely fast speed.

"Try again."

Gu Mo's incarnation stared at the wooden wall. Actually, he had another way to break through the wooden wall, but it would be better if the incarnation performed this method. Gu Mo was not sure if the incarnation could do it.

But now that things have come to this, Gu Mo is ready to give it a try. Since the Spirit Plant Demon King is not prepared, there is still hope of success.

Thinking of this, Gu Mo quickly rushed towards the wooden wall.

"it's useless!"

Seeing Gu Mo's attack again, both the true disciples in the distance and the people outside shook their heads. They had all seen that the wooden wall condensed by the Spirit Plant Demon King could definitely not be broken by the Golden Core Realm.

Even the Spirit Plant Demon King did not think that the human in front of him could break its wooden wall. At this moment, the Spirit Plant Demon King was more concerned about the Nascent Soul aura in the distance, which was what it needed to be most vigilant about.

With the speed of Gu Mo's incarnation, he rushed to the wooden wall in a moment. Logically speaking, this should be the best distance for attack.

But Gu Mo's speed did not slow down, instead he crashed into the wooden wall.

"What is he going to do!"

Seeing this, everyone was stunned. A sword cultivator doesn't use a sword, but uses his body to charge?
However, the expected violent collision did not occur. Gu Mo's incarnation drilled directly into the wooden wall like a stone thrown into the water.

"It's Wood Release!" The master of Shennong Valley was the first to react.

"what?"

Upon hearing this, the leaders of Taiqing Sect, Yin Yang Sword Sect and even the other three Demon Sects were all stunned. What did they hear? A sword cultivator actually performed Wood Escape.

Is this reasonable?

"how could I know!"

The master of Shennong Valley spread his hands. He was also very curious at the moment. It was not that sword cultivators could not practice escape techniques. For example, the gold escape technique was the most suitable escape technique for sword cultivators.

But Wood Release is really not very suitable for sword practitioners. Since Lin Wu has the time to comprehend Wood Release, why doesn't he practice the more suitable Gold Release?
Amidst everyone's confusion, astonishment and puzzlement, the Spirit Plant Demon King suddenly let out an unwilling growl, and then the wooden wall dissipated, revealing Gu Mo's incarnation standing in front of the jade treasure chest.

Gu Mo's original body and his incarnation are of the same consciousness. The incarnation will naturally be able to perform the mysteries of Wood Release that the original body has comprehended. However, the power within the incarnation's body is not of the wood element, so his Wood Release is not as smooth as that of the original body.

But Wood Escape is a top-level magical escape technique after all. As long as it is grass or wood, it can definitely escape anything. In addition, the Spirit Plant Demon King is careless. If the Spirit Plant Demon King is not distracted, he can directly repel Gu Mo the moment he escapes.

After all, the wooden wall is also a part of the Spirit Plant Demon King's body. If an outsider escapes into his body, coupled with the huge gap in strength between the two sides, it is naturally easy to expel the outsider.

Unfortunately, the Spirit Plant Demon King's attention was on the newly born human Nascent Soul in the distance, giving Gu Mo an opportunity to take advantage.

Although Gu Mo had only mastered the basics of Wood Release and could not move after entering the wall, it was enough to pass through the wooden wall. He could enter from the outside and did not need to move, but could directly escape from the inside.

Because the wooden wall was almost next to the jade treasure chest, Gu Mo came directly to the jade treasure chest as soon as he escaped. According to the rules, as long as someone arrived in front of the jade treasure chest, the conditions for opening it were met.

At this time, the Spirit Plant Demon King could only stop. If he attacked again, it would be violating the rules. Obviously, the Spirit Plant Demon King did not want to try the consequences of violating the rules.

"This, this, this..."

As the wooden wall dissipated, revealing the figure of Gu Mo's incarnation, everyone was stunned. No one expected that things would develop like this.

At this moment, the leaders of the six major sects of good and evil faintly sensed a slight fluctuation of breath in the sky. There were people in the sky. Both the good and evil sides naturally knew this. They were two gods, and the cornerstone of maintaining the order of this battle of geniuses.

From the fluctuations in the aura just now, it was obvious that a Divine Transformation Venerable was very unhappy. As for who it was, everyone knew it.

In the sky.

"Demon Lord Wanxue, it looks like your plan has failed." A beautiful woman with fair skin, long dark green hair and a ring of thorns on her head, smiled as she looked across at a burly man who exuded a bloody aura.

“Venerable Qing, it seems like you were the one who put the things in the jade treasure chest.” The Ten Thousand Blood Demon Lord quickly calmed down his emotions and said nonchalantly.

Upon hearing this, the smile on Reverend Qing's face froze. She had seen through the other party's plan long ago, so she immediately counterattacked.

That was the treasure in the jade treasure chest, which was arranged by her. Then, Reverend Qing placed a treasure in it that did not improve combat power.

In this way, even if this treasure chest is obtained by the Demon Sect's true disciples, it will not be able to improve the combat power.

But who could have imagined that a monster would appear on their side, using the most incredible wood escape to pass through the wooden wall of the spiritual plant monster king and meet the conditions for opening the jade treasure chest.

At this moment, the Qing Zun suddenly felt a little regretful. If the jade treasure chest contained a powerful treasure, there would still be hope of winning this battle of geniuses. However...

"what is this?"

Gu Mo's incarnation opened the jade treasure chest, and inside was a spirit stone the size of a futon. It was the first time that Gu Mo had seen such a big spirit stone.

"It's a top-grade spirit stone, and it's still that big. There should be a spirit gathering array engraved inside. It's definitely a great treasure to assist in spiritual practice!" When Gu Mo took out the spirit stone that was the size of a cushion, the outside world instantly exploded.

Spirit stones are hard currency in the world of immortal cultivation and have monetary properties, but top-grade spirit stones are already at the treasure level. Compared to ordinary spirit stones that disappear after use, top-grade spirit stones have the effect of automatically absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and the effect is even better when used in conjunction with a spirit gathering array.

Moreover, the larger the top-grade spirit stone is, the stronger the effect of gathering spiritual energy will be. This top-grade spirit stone the size of a cushion, combined with a spirit gathering array, can at least create a spiritual vein environment comparable to that of a fourth-grade top-grade spirit stone.

Of course, this is limited to the size of the cushion, which is definitely enough for a monk to practice.

"The environment is a top-grade spiritual vein of level 4. If I work harder, I may be able to reach level 5. With a level 5 spiritual vein environment, I may be able to grow level 5 sunflowers." Gu Mo looked at the top-grade spiritual stone cushion in his hand, and his heart was a little excited.

The thing is good and very useful to Gu Mo, but for now, this spirit stone cushion has not improved Gu Mo's combat power at all.

"Hahaha, your cleverness backfired..."

Gu Mo's incarnation successfully opened the jade treasure chest. The three leaders of the Demon Sect all looked gloomy, but when they saw that the treasures in the jade treasure chest were not treasures that could enhance combat power, they were suddenly delighted.

However, before the Demon Sect leader could finish his mocking words, a cold snort suddenly sounded in his mind, and the three Demon Sect leaders immediately shut their mouths.

However, the three Demon Sect leaders already felt that they had won this battle of geniuses, but winning alone was obviously not enough to satisfy them.

Killing Lin Wu and then killing a few more disciples of the righteous path would be a real victory. Especially that Lin Wu, he must die, because he is too evil, and the Demon Sect will not be at peace if the Demon Sect is not eliminated.

"coming!"

The righteous disciple who had already left the area covered by the power of the Spirit Plant Demon King looked at the rolling blood cloud with a solemn expression.

The one who broke through to the Nascent Soul stage this time was a true disciple of the Blood Demon Sect.

"Lin Wu, come out and fight!"

A young man in black walked out of the blood cloud, his voice echoing in all directions. After his successful breakthrough, his heart was filled with strong confidence. In this battle of geniuses, he was invincible.

Even if it was the Spirit Plant Demon King, he was not afraid at all. Of course, the jade treasure chest guarded by the Spirit Plant Demon King was gone, so the young man in black naturally would not fight with the Spirit Plant Demon King for no reason.

His primary goal, of course, was to get rid of Lin Wu, and everything else had to be put aside.

"I can't even activate the identity token within the radiation range of the Spirit Plant Demon King." Gu Mo's incarnation walked out of the woods and got a jade treasure chest. This battle with the geniuses can actually be considered a success.

At that time, Gu Mo was thinking about whether he should just leave. The jade cushion was very useful to him, and it would be a pity if it was lost.

It's just that the identity token cannot be activated in the area where the power of the Spirit Plant Monster King radiates. I don't know whether it is affected by the power of the Spirit Plant Monster King or it is set up like this on purpose to prevent someone from using the Spirit Plant Monster King to exploit loopholes in the rules. Gu Mo feels that the latter is more likely.

"Well, let's try to see how strong this Nascent Soul who has been promoted from the Demon Sect's true disciple is?" Gu Mo said, staring at the figure in the rolling blood cloud.

(End of this chapter)