Survival for All: I can deconstruct projections and synthesize everything.

"Swish, swish, swish!"

Lin Xiao stopped and saw ten emerald green figures leap down from the bamboo and stand in front of him.

"These are the Green Bamboo Demons?" Lin Xiao glanced at the ten emerald green figures.

Their figures are close to the height of an average adult, and their torsos are made of straight green bamboo, with a warm green glow emanating from the bamboo joints.

Of the ten figures of the bamboo demons, one held a 3-meter-long bamboo spear, while the other nine held a bamboo sword in their right hand and a bamboo shield half the height of a person in their right.

Judging from his intuition, the power of that bamboo spear was about the same as his current third-tier mantis blade.

The bamboo sword and bamboo shield also possessed the power of the second tier.

Lin Xiao could only sense the power of these weapons; he had no idea what their specific effects were.

"Outsider! Leave the bamboo grove immediately!"

The bamboo demon holding a bamboo spear extended the spear, pointing the tip at Lin Xiao and speaking coldly.

Lin Xiao didn't want to cause too much trouble here. After all, this was the lair of the Green Bamboo Demon. If he encountered a fourth-tier demon, although Lin Xiao could hold off for a while, being entangled wouldn't be a good thing.

"I'm leaving now, I'm leaving now!" Lin Xiao said, and was about to use Instant Step to rush forward.

"Wait!" Before Lin Xiao could make a move, he was stopped by the bamboo demon from the third street.

"No exiting from the front! Go back the way you came!"

Lin Xiao stopped in his tracks upon hearing Cui Zhu Yao's words, his lips twitching as he looked at him speechlessly.

"I was clearly closer when I left from the front..."

"Hmph, don't try to be clever with my wording. If I let you go out from the front, wouldn't that just let you achieve your goal? What kind of departure would that be!"

Lin Xiao clicked his tongue at the bamboo demon's seemingly reasonable words: "Tsk tsk tsk, I didn't expect your bamboo demon clan to be so intelligent. However... I definitely have to get out from the front!"

"Hmph, then don't blame us for being impolite! Follow me and capture this invader!"

The bamboo demon wielding the spear gave a shout, and immediately the other nine bamboo demons surrounded Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao dared not be careless, after all, his opponent was someone who could predict the Instant Step to some extent.

Lin Xiao flipped his hand, and the blood-red mantis blade appeared in his hand, along with 31 layers of shield for himself.

"Hehe, let's not use the Hundred Transformations Ring yet, let's test its second-tier combat power first!"

Soon, the nine second-tier sword-wielding bamboo demons surrounded Lin Xiao and the third-tier bamboo demons.

Then the nine bamboo demons began to swirl around the two of them, and at the same time, green threads connected to the third-tier bamboo demon.

Lin Xiao sensed a strange, sharp aura emanating from among the nine bamboo demons.

It's like... a kind of formation?

Meanwhile, the aura of the third-tier bamboo demon in the middle also surged dramatically.

"You do have some skills, but your third-tier aura is far inferior to the third-tier boss I encountered during my safe period!"

Lin Xiao raised the blood-red mantis blade and blew a breath at the hilt. An invisible sound wave burst forth from it, instantly sweeping outwards.

Upon hearing this sound wave, the bamboo spirits felt a gentle caress on their souls, and their initial anger gradually subsided.

But soon, the third-tier bamboo demon suddenly came to his senses.

"Soul attack?" The bamboo demon twirled its spear and slammed the spearhead heavily on the ground. A violent sonic wave brought the nine second-tier bamboo demons back from their daze.

"Willow Flute? This is clearly a tactic of the Willow Maiden Clan, but you are clearly not a member of the Willow Maiden Clan!"

The third-tier Green Bamboo Demon thrust its spear straight forward, aiming for Lin Xiao's heart.

At the same time, the nine second-tier bamboo demons surrounding the two of them kept changing their footwork, as if they were coordinating with the bamboo spear's attack.

Lin Xiao raised the mantis blade in his hand and placed it against his chest to block the thrust of the bamboo spear.

However, with Lin Xiao's current second-tier strength, he still cannot withstand the power of a third-tier opponent.

After being blocked by the Green Bamboo Demon, Lin Xiao retreated frantically. However, Lin Xiao smiled, took a step, and disappeared in front of the third-tier Green Bamboo Demon.

The bamboo demons immediately stopped moving, especially the third-tier bamboo demon, who seemed to be sensing some kind of current in the surroundings.

"Got you!"

The third-tier Green Bamboo Demon let out a soft shout and thrust its Green Bamboo Spear toward a spot.

"Ding!"

Lin Xiao waved his hand to deflect the bamboo spear, and then disappeared from the spot again.

"Again? I've already noticed... huh?"

The bamboo demon suddenly exclaimed in confusion, "Huh? Why does it feel like the figure suddenly changed from one to three?"

"Was it too fast? No... no, there were definitely three figures!"

The third-tier Green Bamboo Demon's pupils contracted as he sensed attacks coming from both sides simultaneously.

He raised his spear and thrust it to the left, deflecting the attack from the left. Then, with a wave of his hand, a row of sturdy bamboo walls blocked the path of the attack from the right.

"And the third one?"

"Up there?" The bamboo demon looked up, but did not see any approaching attack.

"Bang!" Just as the Green Bamboo Demon was distracted, an attack came from the ground covered with bamboo leaves.

"Ding..." The attack struck the Green Bamboo Demon's hand holding the Green Bamboo Spear, knocking the spear out of his hand.

Then a red mantis blade was pressed against the Green Bamboo Demon's neck.

The Green Bamboo Demon looked at the blood-red mantis blade in Lin Xiao's hand and said calmly, "The Willow Wood Mask of the Willow Clan. I remember it can hide in wood-type environments, and it can't be detected by anyone below the fourth rank!"

"Invader, you win!" The Green Bamboo Demon looked at Lin Xiao coldly, showing no sign of wavering in her current situation.

But Lin Xiao smiled instead and put away the blood-red mantis blade in his hand.

"You didn't intend to kill me, so why would I kill you? It would only make things difficult for me."

The Green Bamboo Demon just wanted to capture Lin Xiao and then send him back to where he came from, that is, back to the place where Lin Xiao entered the Green Bamboo Forest.

"You may escape death, but you won't escape punishment. I'll take your bamboo spear with me!"

As Lin Xiao spoke, he picked up the bamboo spear that had fallen to the ground and put it into the system's inventory.

"So? Can I leave now? I'm not invading your place, I'm just passing through."

The third-tier bamboo demon gave Lin Xiao a deep look, then waved its hand, signaling the nine second-tier bamboo demons to make way for Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao whistled and used Instant Step to leave the bamboo forest.