Chapter 42: Violent Girl

No sooner had he finished speaking, Xu Xiaoshou saw the young girl fling out her tightly clasped hands, and a shower of dark particles instantly covered his face.

What was that?

Spiritual energy burst forth within Xu Xiaoshou, instantly repelling the black particles. Only then did he realize what they were.

Seeds?Fighting with seeds? How bizarre!

Perplexed for a moment, he looked down to see the seeds scattered all over the ground...No, wait!

Innate... Wood attribute?He looked at Mu Zixi, as if the towering ancient tree that had launched the giant watermelon into the waiting area reappeared in his mind.

Seeds, ancient trees...Xu Xiaoshou's pupils constricted. Could it be...?

“Yes!”Mu Zixi seemed to know what he was thinking. She narrowed her eyes, smiled faintly, and clapped her hands.

“Little trees, rise!”Charge! Charge! Charge!

In the blink of an eye, dozens of ancient trees shot skyward, forcefully smashing Xu Xiaoshou straight through the arena barrier.

“Thwack!”Blood splattered in the air.

Xu Xiaoshou felt a sudden chill from his lower body. The terrifying impact force of the ancient trees nearly shattered his spine, almost killing him on the spot.

I knew it...Xu Xiaoshou groaned in pain in mid-air. Who would've thought this would happen at the very beginning?

Others fight with flashing blades and clashing swords, but this young girl uses seeds!

“Innate-level ancient trees, with an impact force... this terrifying?!”

Forcibly regaining control of his body in mid-air, Xu Xiaoshou hastily summoned the Black Sword, intending to escape.

Unexpectedly, a thick vine shot up, wrapped around his body, and violently pulled him down.

What the heck?!Xu Xiaoshou was practically going insane. This was the fatal flaw of close combat; getting comboed right from the start?

Before he could even react, he felt his vision go black, and he couldn't see anything.

What happened?Xu Xiaoshou was utterly bewildered.

Those involved are often confused, while observers see clearly.The audience's attention was completely different from his, entirely drawn to the ancient trees.

As Xu Xiaoshou was launched into the air, the large formation of ancient trees below immediately shifted, leaving the center completely clear.

Then, a thick vine shot out from one of the ancient trees and directly dragged Xu Xiaoshou into the tree formation.

Everything proceeded according to plan.

Mu Zixi clenched her small hand and swung it fiercely.

With a thunderous crash, the trunks of all the ancient trees slammed together, merging into one massive form, with only the canopies swaying gracefully.

The air fell silent...Everyone's eyelids twitched, as if they could clearly hear the sound of Xu Xiaoshou's bones being crushed.

“This young girl is a bit too brutal, isn't she?!”“Oh my goodness, she looks like an angel when she smiles, but she shows no mercy when she fights...”“Tsk tsk, who would have thought, Junior Sister Mu, that you would be like this... No, you're the Wood Demon!”

After the ancient trees were forcibly merged together, they formed a single colossal ancient tree, wide enough for a dozen people to embrace. No one could see Xu Xiaoshou anymore; it felt as if he had become nourishment for the tree.

“Hehe.”Mu Zixi seemed even happier, finding such a thick tree adorable to look at.

She suddenly turned and ran, reaching the edge of the barrier.

What was she going to do?Everyone wondered, their minds filled with questions. Even Xiao Qixiu's pupils constricted, sensing something amiss.

“Oh-ho!”The young girl, with an angelic smile, clapped her small hands and sweetly shouted, “Explode!”

The air fell silent for another second.Boom!

A massive mushroom cloud rose into the sky. The ancient tree exploded with a roar, instantly blowing a huge crater in the arena. Even Xiao Qixiu, caught off guard, was blasted out of the barrier by the shockwave.

He quickly activated his spiritual energy for protection, stabilized himself, and floated in the air.

“Hiss~”Looking back at the arena, the middle-aged man, along with the audience, gasped sharply.

The ancient tree that had enveloped Xu Xiaoshou turned into dust upon explosion, scattering outwards.

But as soon as the dust landed, it immediately took root and germinated into a massive number of new seeds.

“This, this, this... this damn near leaves no one alive!”“My heavens, is it that violent? Even if Xu Xiaoshou survives, can he withstand the next attack?”

On the arena, Mu Zixi, who had just completed her explosive art, frowned slightly.

She knew that her single attack might not be enough to defeat an innate physique, so she had already increased its power. Even the final explosion made her fear being caught in it herself.

Yet, she could still detect his life force through a tree seed secretly parasitic on Xu Xiaoshou.He wasn't dead yet!

“Is this Xu Xiaoshou like a cockroach...?”Mu Zixi was secretly troubled. Through the parasitic seed, she clearly sensed a surging and inexhaustible vitality within Xu Xiaoshou.

“Hmm, perhaps I can try that move?”

The mushroom cloud finally dissipated. It was fortunate that Mu Zixi truly dared not get close, and Xu Xiaoshou, relying on "Endless Life," recovered a great deal in a short time.

Even so, he was covered in blood, and many of his bones were shattered.

This explosion was definitely more intense than Liu Zhen's attack at the time. It was fortunate that it wasn't an internal explosion, otherwise Xu Xiaoshou probably wouldn't have been able to get up.

“Too strong, innate power...”

First there was Zhao Qingteng's ice sword, and now Mu Zixi's ancient trees. Xu Xiaoshou truly envied this innate elemental power; it was simply too formidable!

If he could also possess such power, how could he be limited to only close combat?

He didn't have many long-range attacks, but even so, Xu Xiaoshou still didn't rush forward immediately. Instead, he stood his ground.

Both sides seemed to be in a stalemate, and the audience grew anxious.

“Is Xu Xiaoshou foolish? Why isn't he attacking? Is he waiting for the ancient trees to sprout?”

Indeed, on the surface, both seemed to be still. However, the scattered seeds from the explosion landed on the ground, and in the blink of an eye, covered the entire arena.

It could be said that, at this moment, all geographical advantage was held by Mu Zixi.

Wood Barrier!

“Xu Xiaoshou, take this!”Mu Zixi didn't want to wait that long. She clapped her hands again, the tree seeds burst open, and ancient trees surged forth.

Charge! Charge! Charge!

Ancient trees erupted from all directions. This time, there weren't just a dozen or so; a rough estimate showed their number easily exceeded a hundred.

And they were still increasing!

The audience no longer dared to watch. With this wave of explosions, even with his innate physique, Xu Xiaoshou would surely lose limbs or suffer severe injuries.

If things went wrong, his head could even be blown off.

“Hmm...”“What’s that?”“Xu Xiaoshou pulled out a scabbard?”

Everyone looked on with curiosity.

As the ancient trees surged upwards, Xu Xiaoshou seemed to grow several pairs of eyes, darting and shifting among them, as agile as a monkey.

In a narrow gap, after ensuring there were no ancient tree seeds on the ground, he surprisingly pulled out a scabbard.

“Be careful.”

His opponent had warned him with each attack, and Xu Xiaoshou naturally reciprocated the courtesy.

As his words fell, the seeds on the ground and the already formed ancient trees all began to tremble, as if they were out of control.

Xu Xiaoshou closed his eyes. At this moment, he seemed to return to last night.

The courtyard, how deep it lies, layer upon layer; where does the profound sword intent wander?

Mu Zixi's eyes widened. She surprisingly couldn't discern where this pervasive sword intent was truly coming from.

Was it Xu Xiaoshou's sword?The seeds on the ground?Or...?Her own self?

Mu Zixi found her thought absurd, but strangely, she could clearly feel sword intent rising from her own head.

Could it be that I'm actually Xu Xiaoshou's sword?

The young girl shook her head, shaking the ridiculous thought out of her mind with her twin ponytails.