Sword Shatters Stars

Chapter 182 One Tree, One Shape

The big mouth on the six-bodied, six-colored tree cried out again.

The green tree frantically flailed its vines, desperately trying to stop Lin Qiru and Lin Xiufeng from getting closer, shouting:

"do not come!"

Brown vines tightly and layered around a section of the tree trunk, protecting it, while the large-mouthed creature cried out in terror:

"Run! They're coming!"

Golden vines intertwined in an orderly fashion, forming a thick shield that blocked the base of the six trees that were connected together. A large mouth barked fiercely:
Do you think you can break through my defenses?

The blue tree's branches and leaves vibrated violently, producing a continuous tremor, while a soft sound emanated from its large mouth:
"Go to sleep, go to sleep, you're all so tired..."

Both Lin Qiru and Lin Xiufeng felt their eyelids suddenly close uncontrollably.

They were so frightened that they hurriedly opened their eyes, only to close them again uncontrollably.

This process repeats itself continuously.

The vines on the red tree, all covered in sharp thorns, lashed out at them with a whistling sound, while the tree's large trunk seemed to roar with high spirits:

"Hahaha! Let's see what you've got up your sleeves!"

The attacking vines nearly caused him to lose sight of them due to his uncontrollable, high-frequency eye closure.

Lin Qiru's white Heavenly Martial Blade flashed and slashed repeatedly, cutting through the sharp vines as she continued her charge.

As they drew closer, Lin Qiru rushed straight toward the thick wall of golden vines and wood intertwined at the base.

Suddenly, the thick wall in front of Lin Qiru turned into a bed!

Lin Xiufeng, lying there with nothing on him, was exaggeratingly winking and flirting with her.

Lin Qiru paused involuntarily, but reason immediately reminded her: what she was seeing was just an illusion!
Lin Qiru's pause did not disrupt their offensive rhythm.

The original purpose of attacking the roots was to attract the tree spirit's attention.

Lin Xiufeng thrust his black Heavenly Martial Sword forward suddenly, and the black orb of light on the sword, resembling a meteor chasing the moon, shot out and struck the trunk of the black tree with a 'whoosh'.

The location where it struck was teeming with intense celestial martial energy.

The sudden burst of black light immediately stabilized the Heavenly Martial Force within the tree, causing the highly concentrated Heavenly Martial Force to explode a second time inside the black tree.

It exploded in an instant!
The pulling force of the black light from Meteor Chasing the Moon instantly dragged Lin Xiufeng to the black tree, and the Heavenly Martial Sword, gleaming with black light, pierced straight into the tree trunk—

In that instant, the black tree in front of Lin Xiufeng disappeared.

Zhao Youyue, now completely naked, was pierced through by his sword!
'I expected this!' Lin Xiufeng was fully prepared and continued to pour Heavenly Martial Power into the Heavenly Martial Sword without any hesitation.

The black tree was continuously invaded by these heavenly martial forces. Every invading heavenly martial force precisely blocked the high concentration of heavenly martial forces mobilized by the black tree.

The continuous implosions blasted the sixty-meter-long trunk of the black tree into sections in a matter of moments, sending them flying and scattering in all directions.

"What an amazing Shattering Star Technique!" Lin Qiru exclaimed with delight.

Lin Xiufeng raised her hand to brush her hair aside, winked at Lin Qiru, and said smugly:
"Don't even look at who I am!"

Lin Qiru couldn't help but laugh, then suddenly remembered what she had seen in her hallucination and blushed slightly.

Lin Xiufeng laughed and said, "Really? You're so handsome you're blushing?"

"No, no—" Lin Qiru denied, but was too embarrassed to say that it was because of the scene in her hallucination.

The thorny vines stretched longer and longer, howling as they chased after Lin Xiufeng.

Mangrove roared furiously, "You killed my brother! How dare you kill my brother!"

Lin Xiufeng either dodged or swung his sword to cut them off, leaving him no time to chat.

He became the target, and thus would bear the combined attack of five trees.

Just then, Lin Qiru raised her hand and a ball of white light shot into the red tree.

Immediately afterwards, a burst of white light erupted!
The force of the meteor chasing the moon pulled Lin Qiru, instantly propelling her to the front of the mangrove tree.

As she ran along the tree trunk, the two Heavenly Martial Blades flashed and slashed repeatedly, causing the red tree trunk to fall to the ground section by section.

Lin Xiufeng felt the pressure suddenly disappear, and the Meteor Chasing the Moon technique he had gathered in his left hand shot out towards the blue tree.

The eruption of the meteor chasing the moon caused the high concentration of celestial martial energy that had been continuously condensing in one place on the blue tree trunk to suddenly become disordered.

When Lin Xiufeng was pulled over by the power of Meteor Chasing the Moon, he was surprised to see the blue tree demon's trunk explode!
In an instant, splinters and irregular pieces of wood splattered all around him. Lin Xiufeng couldn't dodge in time, and his face, neck, and exposed parts of his body were all pierced by splinters of wood of varying sizes.

The areas of their bodies protected by scales were completely blocked.

Lin Qiru rushed over and, seeing the pain on Lin Xiufei's face, quickly protected him and stepped back, then immediately pulled the piece of wood out for him.

"It hurts! It hurts, it hurts, it hurts—"

As the wooden piece was pulled out, Lin Xiufeng kept shouting.

Lin Qiru felt heartbroken seeing this, but she couldn't take his pain away, so she could only pluck a piece of the wound and gently blow on it.

She remembered Lin Xiufeng saying that when he fell as a child, his mother would blow on it.

Even if it doesn't hurt that much, he still wants his mother to blow on it.

Later, his father also indulged his need to be spoiled, blowing on the places where he bumped or fell.

Lin Xiufeng recovered immediately, and over time, the sense of ritual helped to form a conditioned reflex.

Blowing on it means the pain is relieved.

Even when it really hurts, you can feel a significant reduction in pain.

Lin Xiufeng watched Lin Qiru's reluctance as she pulled out the piece of wood, gently blowing on the wound, and felt the heartache in her eyes, and felt that it was the same as his parents'.

And he knew it was because of love.

Lin Qiru blew on it again. The area didn't hurt much before, but Lin Xiufei felt a little itchy and couldn't help but laugh.

Lin Qiru immediately wore an annoyed expression, her eyes full of reproach.

Lin Xiufeng quickly explained, "It doesn't hurt here, but it really hurts elsewhere!"

"Yes, yes, it really hurts!" Lin Qiru continued to pull out the piece of wood.

She looked at Lin Xiufeng's exaggerated feigned pain and thought it was too childish, but she still pretended to know that he was exaggerating or even faking it, and still reluctantly blew on it to coax him.

At this moment, the heartache in Lin Qiru's eyes was gone.

When she blew on the wound, it wasn't careful or gentle anymore, but rather casual and even perfunctory.

The emotion in Lin Qiru's eyes was just like the one Lin Xiufeng remembered his parents having known he was faking pain.

Lin Xiufeng continued to pretend until Lin Qiru pulled out the last piece of wood for him.

Lin Qiru continued to check for any small, hard-to-find splinters. At this moment, her gaze became serious and focused.

Lin Xiufeng felt it himself, pointed to a spot on his neck, and said:

Does it exist?

Lin Qiru noticed a small splinter stuck inside. She carefully used her fingernail to pinch the protruding end and pulled it out.

Is there anything else that's bothering you?

Lin Xiufeng carefully examined the area but found nothing unusual, then said:
"There should be no more."

Lin Qiru looked relieved and said, "I'll still go first!"

"That won't do! What if I prick you?"

Lin Xiufeng then comforted her, saying:

"The power of the blue tree is completely concentrated in one area, which is a special case. The other four trees will not be like this."

"Really?" Lin Qiru was still worried.

"Absolutely steamed!" Lin Xiufeng assured him earnestly, but in reality...

The green tree, just like the blue tree, exploded completely under his attack!

But Lin Xiufeng was prepared and controlled the explosive power of Meteor Chasing the Moon. He was not pulled over, but instead turned around in time and hugged Lin Qiru in his arms.

The wood shattered and flew everywhere, with only eight or nine pieces hitting Lin Xiufei. Of these, only two splinters pierced him, while the rest were blocked by his scale armor.

Lin Qiru said as she pulled it out, "You said it wouldn't explode! You lied to me!"

"I said steamed, the kind of steamed, I'm not lying to you," Lin Xiufeng said with a grin.

(End of this chapter)