I Can Travel between Two Worlds-Chapter 196 - 129: Passing the Assessment, Harvesting Great Rewards

Chapter 196: Chapter 129: Passing the Assessment, Harvesting Great Rewards

Wan Xu was still desperately unleashing Sword Qi in the hawthorn thicket.

Trying his best to cut down the vines entangling Li Zhenqian.

But his Protective True Essence had already been wrapped tightly by more hawthorn vines, almost on the verge of being crushed.

"If this continues, I’m afraid Wan Xun and Li Zhenqian will end up the same way..."

"Facing this Hawthorn Demon with five thousand years of cultivation... there’s not much difference between mid-Foundation Establishment and Perfection..."

Lin Chen frowned tightly.

An ordinary Hawthorn Demon is just a small shrub, hardly a threat.

But this vast area of Hawthorn Demons probably all stems from a single shrub...

To take down this Hawthorn Demon, it is necessary to eradicate it and destroy its roots...

But by that time, Li Zhenqian might have already become nourishment for the Hawthorn Demon.

With this in mind, Lin Chen no longer held back.

He took out the Demon-slaying Blade and stepped forward dozens of yards, standing shoulder to shoulder with Wan Xun.

"Taoist Friend Wan, don’t panic... let me handle this!"

With that, Lin Chen grabbed Wan Xun and threw him dozens of yards away, out of the Hawthorn Demon’s range.

"Taoist Friend Xu!" Wan Xun steadied himself, watching Lin Chen being engulfed by the hawthorn vines, feeling a jolt of panic.

"Don’t worry, I’ve got this!" 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Lin Chen shouted.

His Protective True Essence suddenly burst forth, pushing the surrounding hawthorn vines aside.

He continued forward with the Demon-slaying Blade in hand, the Protective True Essence adhering to the blade.

The numerous hawthorn vines had almost mummified Li Zhenqian.

Yet Lin Chen remained unfazed, raising and dropping his blade.

The hawthorn vines, five thousand years old, impervious to metal and fire.

Ordinary weapons were useless, even Top Grade Magical Artifacts struggled to cut through.

But under the Demon-slaying Blade, they were sliced like tofu.

"Great blade!"

Lin Chen felt more adept with each use, filled with joy.

At this moment, aided by Candle Dragon’s power, his stamina rapidly declined.

But his physical abilities nearly doubled.

Lin Chen rushed to Li Zhenqian’s side, and the blade began to spin.

Swish, swish, swish!

The flashing blade cleaved through the dense hawthorn vines, scattering them everywhere.

The unconscious Li Zhenqian was then exposed.

Seeing more vines surging to envelop Li Zhenqian again.

Lin Chen sneered, "Mere Demon Plant, trying to defy the heavens?"

He grabbed Li Zhenqian, tossed him dozens of yards away.

"Taoist Friend Wan, catch him!" Lin Chen shouted.

Wan Xun hurriedly stepped forward, catching Li Zhenqian, and gently laid him down.

He placed a hand under Li Zhenqian’s nose, relieved to find him still breathing, albeit deeply poisoned.

Looking up towards the Hawthorn Demon thicket where Lin Chen was, Wan Xun widened his eyes, exclaiming, "Brother Xu!"

The mass of hawthorn vines surged like waves, rising yards high.

The surrounding yards seemed to transform into a brown-green vine ocean.

Within the tide, Lin Chen was swiftly swallowed, his figure lost to view.

Wan Xun, anxious, rushed forward to assist.

But the Hawthorn Demon group withdrew rapidly into the desert soil like tentacles.

In mere breaths, the hawthorn ocean vanished into the desert floor, leaving only barren sand.

Along with the Hawthorn Demons, Lin Chen too disappeared...

"Brother Xu!"

Wan Xun gazed at the emptiness before him, in utter disbelief.

"Brother Xu sacrificed himself to save Junior Brother Li... yet we were but fleeting acquaintances..."

Wan Xun shouted a few more times, but without Lin Chen’s response, becoming more disheartened.

"Even one as strong as Brother Xu, against such a Great Demon... survival seems unlikely..."

Wan Xun was filled with despair, yet fearing the Hawthorn Demons’ return, he quickly escaped the oasis with Li Zhenqian.

He knew, with his power, he was no match for the Hawthorn Demon.

After fleeing the oasis, Wan Xun hid outside and watched for several two-hour periods.

Seeing Lin Chen not emerge, he grew more desolate, yet was forced to leave, heading towards the desert north.

...

Meanwhile, deep beneath the oasis.

A brown light flickered around Lin Chen, allowing him to travel as easily through the sand-covered grounds.

All around was an expanse of intertwined hawthorn vines.

Like tentacles, they wriggled madly underground...

"Ha, if we’re above ground, I’d have little to do with you..."

"But down here, you’ve walked right into my trap!"

Lin Chen snorted coldly, using the Earth Escape Technique to swiftly maneuver underground.

His Divine Sense spread out like a tide, clearly sensing the Hawthorn Demon’s roots and vines.

Moments later...

"Finally found it... the root of the Hawthorn Demon!"

Lin Chen was delighted, quickly dashing toward the Hawthorn Demon’s root.

This immense Hawthorn Demon, its vines were endless, growing swiftly.

To eradicate it, one must destroy the root, severely damaging it from the source...

In a few strides, Lin Chen approached the Hawthorn Demon’s root.

The Hawthorn Demon seemed to sense the threat, wildly driving its vines towards Lin Chen.

But deep underground, hindered by the soil, the vines were less agile than on the surface.

Lin Chen wielded the Demon-slaying Blade, raising and striking the blade down!

A root as thick as an arm, covered in fuzz, was severed by him.

The Hawthorn Demon’s root was akin to its brain, heart!

With the root in hand, the once frenetic vines underground lost control, buried in soil, devoid of life force.

"Tsk, a five-thousand-year-old Hawthorn Demon! This root... such strong life force!"

Lin Chen murmured, storing the root in his Nanobag.

"As long as the Hawthorn Demon root lives, it can continuously grow and propagate... if tamed, using it in battle, it might possess Core Formation Stage strength!"