BOOM!

Amidst the dazzling silver radiance, strands of golden light pierced through like Golden Divine Swords.

Ye Wushuang’s body was enveloped within a golden giant, standing tall like a Heaven-Opening Giant holding up the sky.

A golden storm spread through the Primordial Forest.

Everyone looked up, feeling utterly insignificant in comparison.

"What a move!"

Feng Yang, who was effortlessly handling a Feather Race member at the Spiritual Spring Third Layer, turned his head to stare and exclaimed in amazement.

"Perish!"

With that single word, the golden giant formed a fist and struck. Like a golden star crashing through the void, its golden light overwhelmed the silver, illuminating heaven and earth.

The incoming arrow shafts of light collided with the golden fist and shattered.

"Impossible!"

Yuh Yuzhen’s face fell in shock. His arrow, which could light up the sky, had been so easily neutralized. Ye Wushuang’s methods had taken him by surprise.

The terrifying power radiating from that golden fist also filled him with dread.

"Run!"

Yuh Yuzhen was completely intimidated and didn’t dare to fight back. He turned to flee, shouting just once to his companions before abandoning them and escaping alone.

"Thinking of escaping? It’s too late!"

Ye Wushuang gave a cold smile. The golden giant strode forward, stomped its foot, and sent a massive fist smashing toward Yuh Yuzhen’s back.

Yuh Yuzhen was even more horrified. Spreading his silver wings, he shot into the firmament, dodging the attack.

"Ye Wushuang, I truly regret not killing you back then," Yuh Yuzhen roared, filled with humiliation. He recalled how back in the Earth Palace, Ye Wushuang had been incomparably weak, someone he could have killed at will.

If Dii Qingxue and the others hadn’t intervened, Ye Wushuang would have died by his hand long ago. He would never have suffered such a humiliation today, being forced to flee from a mere Spiritual Spring Second Layer cultivator.

"You’re still stuck in the past, blind to the fact that people grow and things change. In the end, you’re just a shortsighted, stagnant piece of trash!"

Ye Wushuang mocked him coldly. Empowered by the Giant Spirit True Body, he sent the golden fist smashing forward again.

’Just trash?’

In Ye Wushuang’s eyes, he, Yuh Yuzhen, was just trash. What a humiliation.

Seething with hatred, Yuh Yuzhen drew his silver bow. A golden beam of light collided with the golden fist, and both attacks annihilated each other.

"I will repay the shame of this day."

Yuh Yuzhen’s gaze turned cold. He looked down at Ye Rou, who was fighting a Feather Race Disciple, drew his bow, and unleashed a rapid-fire volley of several arrows, a continuous stream of killing intent.

It was a sudden sneak attack. No one had expected Yuh Yuzhen to launch a surprise strike in the middle of a battle.

"You’re shameless!"

Dii Qingxue’s eyes narrowed. Her Crescent Saber shot out, cleaving through everything.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Wherever it passed, the arrow shafts of light shattered. The saber’s flashing light struck Yuh Yuzhen fiercely.

PUFF!

Even though Yuh Yuzhen defended himself, his body was sent flying, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"The First Fairy is truly extraordinary. Let’s go!"

Scrambling back to his feet, Yuh Yuzhen shouted and fled. The surviving members of the Feather Race followed close behind, disappearing into the woods.

Ye Wushuang had intended to give chase, but seeing the boundless energy falling toward Ye Rou, he immediately gave up the idea. With a sharp sweep of the golden hand, he completely dissipated the energy shockwave.

Ye Rou’s beautiful eyes were filled with killing intent as she stared into the distance.

If Dii Qingxue hadn’t acted in time, that string of attacks would have been enough to take her life.

"I’ll make him pay for that strike."

Ye Wushuang retracted the Giant Spirit True Body and strode over to Ye Rou’s side.

"If they hadn’t launched that sneak attack, we would have wiped them all out," Meng Fanx said, also furious.

"Let’s collect the Hearts of a Thousand Demons first," Ye Wushuang said coolly, turning his head.

Dii Qingxue and Feng Yang walked up. "It didn’t take long for their little alliance to fall apart like this," Dii Qingxue remarked.

Ye Wushuang sneered. "Their hearts weren’t aligned, and they all had their own agendas. It’s not surprising that their temporary alliance would collapse the moment their interests diverged."

"But, then again, if they’ve split up and the Feather Race showed up here, the others are probably not far from us either."

Ye Wushuang seemed lost in thought.

Feng Yang suggested, "The Feather Race has already gone inside. We should go too."

"Let’s go."

Looking at the group, who had finished collecting the Hearts of a Thousand Demons, Ye Wushuang called out.

Then, his gaze fixed on the spot where the Feather Race had vanished, and his eyes turned frigid. ’If the Feather Race has gone in, they can forget about ever coming out.’

The group continued forward. The Thousand Demon Trees kept their distance, not daring to move, terrified of suffering another disaster and being incinerated by the True Sun Flame.

Behind them, groups of people were also catching up.

Wasn’t their destination also the place where the Wood Essence was emerging?

"There are a few Feather Race corpses here."

Ao Wuchang and his group went forward, instantly recognizing the bodies sprawled on the ground.

"Looks like Yuh Yuzhen and his people ran into trouble. I wonder if he’s dead," Tu Qianqian said sinisterly.

"Serves them right!"

Many people watched with cold smiles, reveling in their misfortune.

Dream Returner seemed to have an idea and shouted to the members of Yunhuang Hall, "They can’t have gotten far. Let’s follow them."

With that, the people from Yunhuang Hall followed behind Mengg Yiren.

The teams behind them exchanged glances, each with their own schemes, and followed as well.

Within the Primordial Forest, Ye Wushuang’s group moved like shadows, leaving no trace.

They sprinted all the way, facing obstruction from countless Thousand Demon Trees, but with the power of the True Sun Flame, they managed to tear a path right through.

Every member of the group was all smiles.

Along the way, they had encountered many Thousand Demon Trees and taken quite a few of their Hearts of a Thousand Demons. For everyone, this was a considerable amount of Cultivation Resources.

The figures of the two teams landed on a hill, gazing into the distance.

That spot was the location marked on the map, where the Wood Essence was hidden.

However, what shocked them all was a Heaven-Reaching Ancient Tree standing in the central area, towering over everything else.

As they had traveled, Ye Wushuang had already realized that the smallest of the ancient trees in this Primordial Forest were at least a hundred feet tall, with the larger ones reaching several hundred feet, standing like pillars holding up the sky.

But compared to that Heaven-Reaching Ancient Tree, they were like ants before an elephant.

Even from such a great distance, the Heaven-Reaching Ancient Tree was clearly visible before them, at least several thousand feet tall, piercing through the heavens.

This was the first time any of them had seen such a massive Ancient Tree!

WHOOSH!

Suddenly, the figure of the Dragon Cat appeared on Ye Wushuang’s shoulder, staring into the distance.

Ye Wushuang turned his head to look.

"Gaga, Lord Cat was about to suffocate in there! I’m just coming out for some fresh air."

The Dragon Cat grinned and stretched theatrically.

"Squeak squeak!"

As if it sensed something, the Treasure-Seeking Rat on Ye Rou started chittering.

Ye Rou glanced at the Treasure-Seeking Rat, then turned to look.

The Dragon Cat was waving its paws and grinning widely, its rows of pearly white teeth sending a chill through the Treasure-Seeking Rat.

"Hey, little mouse, come into Lord Cat’s embrace. Lord Cat will give you Spirit Medicine to eat."

The Dragon Cat’s shifty eyes darted around as it took out a stalk of Treasure Medicine and waved it enticingly.

SWOOSH!

The Treasure-Seeking Rat immediately shrank back.

Everyone looked at the Dragon Cat on Ye Wushuang’s shoulder, their lips twitching. They were all too familiar with this swindling cat. Back in the Earth Palace, it had scammed many people out of their Treasure Medicine—a memory they wouldn’t forget even in death.

"What did you find?"

Ye Wushuang asked bluntly. Without some amazing treasure in sight, this creature would never willingly leave the Chaos Space.

As for its claim of "coming out for fresh air"—only a ghost would believe that.