Chapter Fifteen: The Power of Dragon Mark!

  "Glib tongue!" The thousand-year-old tree demon snorted, "Soon I'll cut off your dog's tongue." As it spoke, several vines shot towards Tang Lin.

  Tang Lin's body retreated, his palm touched, and he pulled out three crimson talismans like blood. He pinched one of them and slapped it towards the sharp and slender rattan vine.

  The talisman slaps and beats on the vines, stimulated by the demonic power on the vines, and immediately ignites. This talisman, in addition to being activated by flames, can also be directly impacted with a demon's body to activate it, just like a sensing talisman that senses when a demon is too close and automatically burns to protect its master's safety.

  Boom!

  The talisman burst open, burning into a fierce and intense flame, containing a strong destructive aura, which immediately burned the slender vines to wither and turn black, finally turning to ash.

  But the flames did not weaken, like a ferocious beast emerging from hell, opening its huge mouth to devour along the vines, the fire spread to the front of the thousand-year-old tree demon's body, burning the dry bark into twists, making a "sizzling" sound.

  "Damn it!" The millennium tree demon's body quickly retreated, countless roots squirming in the soil like twisting earth snakes.

  Tang Lin was taken aback, "This tree demon's moving speed, how can it be so fast?"

  The movement speed of the spirits of grass and trees has always been extremely slow, and many hundred-year-old tree demons, although possessing spiritual intelligence, are still unable to move.

  The tree demon in front of him was simply "as agile as a flying bird".

  A flame sphere formed by the fire talisman exploded in front of the tree demon, burning a piece of dry bark to charred blackness. The flames turned into sparks that scattered in the wind.

  The tree demon's leaves and vines shook violently, roaring in anger: "Damn humans!" A faint green glow emanated from the charred bark on its body, quickly restoring it to its original state. Its massive body swooped down towards Tang Lin with a loud whoosh.

  Tang Lin was shocked and quickly retreated backwards with his war knife in hand. If he were to engage in a fierce battle, he feared that even a single cultivator at the Qi Realm would be unable to gain the upper hand.

  "Generally, a thousand-year-old demon will swallow the essence of the sun and moon, condensing its own demon core. The demon core is equivalent to the heart, and once it has a demon core, various demonic techniques can be easily manipulated. To defeat this tree demon, we must find its demon core!"

  Tang Lin dodged the vines' attack, thinking quickly about a countermeasure. "The demon pill is the weak point, it must be hidden in the most secret place, probably at the root of this tree demon or in the heart of the tree. However, if it's very cunning, hiding the demon pill in the leaves isn't impossible either."

  "Let's try and see where it is hidden." Tang Lin made up his mind, turned around and swung the war knife at the tree vines, then quickly took out one of the six fire talismans he was carrying and rubbed it on the blade.

  Boom!

  The black war knife immediately burst into flames, turning into a flame war knife. The use of this talisman is extremely versatile, and attaching it to an object is just one of them.

  Tang Lin raised his Flame Battle Knife and swiftly approached the Tree Demon.

  Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

  Several vines came rushing over.

  Tang Lin's war knife flew quickly to meet the attack, and although there was no technique, relying on his eyesight and hearing, he could still clearly distinguish the direction of the vines' attack and swiftly parried.

  The flames attached to the blade touched the vines, immediately making a "sizzling" sound. These vines withered quickly and the spreading fire approached the main body of the tree demon.

  Tang Lin cut through the vines and arrived in front of the tree demon's trunk, his battle knife slashing towards the two split-open eyes on the tree body.

  Whoosh! Whoosh!

  Tendrils burst forth from all around.

  Tang Lin's body flashed, quickly cutting the vines into pieces, his body turned to attack the lower road, chopping towards the tree roots.

  "Looking for death!" The tree demon let out a cold hum, and the ground suddenly burst forth with over a dozen thick tree roots, plump and sturdy. Each root whipped towards him, causing his war knife to shake violently.

  The flames on the blade quickly diminished, and Tang Lin immediately picked up another fire talisman, wiped it on the blade, and swung it at the tree root.

  The roots of the trees were cut by war knives, opening up a gap, and flames like venomous snakes drilled in, burning the roots, with emerald green pus flowing out from inside.

  The tree demon let out a pained voice from its mouth and roared: "I must kill you!"

  Tang Lin furrowed his brow, from these tree roots, he couldn't feel any aura of the demon dan, nor could he see that the tree demon was paying attention to it, otherwise it wouldn't have used this place where the demon dan was hidden to attack him.

  "Could it be Yezi?" Tang Lin looked up at the treetop.

  The lush leaves were sparse and fluttering like hair, Tang Lin's body quickly kicked the tree demon's body, agile as a monkey, came to the tree demon's body, the war knife swung past, the surging flames roared and rolled towards the leaves, immediately a large piece of leaves were burned.

  "Bastard!" The tree demon roared, its eyes flashing with a terrifying and eerie glow. "You're attacking the roots one moment, then switching to the leaves - are you looking for my demon's elixir?"

  Tang Lin was shocked in his heart, and his body floated down, quickly retreating backwards.

  The tree demon looked at Tang Lin's cautious appearance, coldly smiled and said: "I'll let you see where my demon pill is hidden, see if you can guess it." As he spoke, his body suddenly rose from the ground, with the roots of the tree entwined together, complex and intricate. Each root continued to rise, lifting the entire large tree's body up.

  Under these tree roots, suddenly crawled out a figure, unexpectedly it was a human being.

  Tang Lin's body shook, and he stared at the scene in disbelief. The tree roots were pouring into the tops of these people's heads, as if sucking out their nutrients. These people's bodies were expressionless, with black eye sockets, like corpses, emitting a rotten stench all over.

  "Red Carp Gang!" Tang Lin's eyes narrowed, and he found that several of these people had clothes with a red carp embroidered on them.

  "Last time, a warrior brought people to hunt and kill me, but I almost counter-killed them!" The tree demon's leaves trembled with laughter: "Today, you absolutely won't be so lucky. My demonic elixir is in the bodies of these people, come find it if you can!" As it spoke, the dozens of people inserted into the roots beneath it suddenly took off running, carrying the massive body of the tree demon and rapidly closing in on Tang Lin.

  "It turned out that it was moving so fast because of this." Tang Lin's heart secretly shocked, looking at the tree demon with a cold gaze. Since he was young, he had heard about the cruelty of monsters, but he didn't expect to see it today, and it was even more brutal than what he had heard!

  Although furious in his heart, Tang Lin did not act impulsively. His body quickly retreated backwards as he carefully looked at these dozens of people. Suddenly, his gaze swept across them and discovered a handsome young man among them. His skin was full and plump, unlike the other corpses with dry, wrinkled skin.

  "Now!" Tang Lin's eyes flashed, and with a swift motion, he ignited the fire talisman, drew his sword, and charged at the young man, his Flame War Sword slashing down.

  "Huh?" The tree demon exclaimed in surprise, "So quickly discovered by you, I see, it's like that, haha......" This tree demon seemed to realize itself, the handsome young man was different from others, the tree trunk trembled and emitted a huge laugh.

  Tang Lin's Flame Battle Knife chopped towards the young man.

  The young man suddenly opened his mouth, and a segment of tree roots shot out from his mouth, meeting the flames of the war knife. At the same time, a green light flashed on top of the young man's head, as if a pale green bead was floating up along the tree roots on his head.

  Tang Lin let out a loud roar and immediately summoned his strength, swinging his battle knife in a slashing motion.

  If this demon pill is allowed to enter the body of the tree demon, it will be extremely difficult to find again.

  "Hmph!" The tree demon let out a cold snort, its massive body suddenly pressing down.

  Tang Lin was shocked in his heart, he was fighting with the tree root at this moment, so the giant body of the tree demon was naturally above his head. At this moment, a huge gust of wind blew down, blowing his hair flying, and the vines wrapped around his body like a touch, pressing him into the soil.

  Everything around turned pitch black.

  Tang Lin felt his body being entwined by seven or eight vines, tightly constricted. Suddenly, his body lightened and was suspended in mid-air by the vines. The flames on the war knife in his hand had weakened slightly, illuminating the surroundings. He found himself under the tree demon, surrounded by vines, while a glossy green elixir floated on a piece of bark in front of him.

  When he saw this elixir, Tang Lin's eyes lit up.

  "Want it to be?" The tree demon's voice came from above, full of mockery.

  Tang Lin looked up and saw a huge human face on the tree bark above, filled with eerie aura. The face had a contemptuous smile and said: "You lowly humans, still not giving up at this point? I love watching you struggle in despair. Don't worry, I won't kill you immediately. I'll let you taste the flavor of your body being roasted by flames."

  Tang Lin's heart slowly sank.

  "My demon pill is right in front of you, but unfortunately, you can't get it." The tree demon let out a mocking laugh, full of sarcasm.

  Tang Lin struggled with all his might, but the vines on his body only grew tighter. The fine thorns on these vines pierced into his skin.

  Tang Lin felt as if all the blood in his body had been sucked out, and was flowing out in large quantities.

  "Not good!" Tang Lin's heart was shocked.

  "Struggle on." The tree demon let out a sharp laugh.

  Tang Lin clenched his fists and lowered his head, suddenly saying: "You must have killed a lot of people, right?"

  "The tree demon sneered and said: 'Could it be that you still want revenge?'"

  "Not bad." As Tang Lin's voice fell, a golden line suddenly appeared on his right arm, as if the meridians that had sunk into his skin suddenly emerged, emitting intense fluctuations of energy.

  "Shatter!" Tang Lin roared loudly.

  Boom!

  The vines binding his body snapped instantly.

  The powerful dragon pattern in his right hand is ten times stronger than his physical strength, comparable to the power of a Qi Realm Warrior!

  Breaking free from the vines, Tang Lin swiftly swung his battle knife towards a flash of red light, shooting it at that demonic pellet.