“Young master, what is that?” Cheng Qi was a little surprised when he realized that his Yin fire could not burn through it.

“Thousand-faced man-eating flower demon,” Li Tianyan frowned and spoke. “Judging from the tree roots that the flower demon poked out, I’m afraid it has already cultivated to the Core Formation level.”

Cheng Qi quickly put away the spiritual grass in his hand upon hearing about the Core Formation flower demon. “Young master, do you have any way to deal with this flower demon?”

“Yes, but you have to find its true form first.” The true form of the flower demon was its weakness and the only way to kill it. On the contrary, it had thousands of roots, and the endless regrow was the most difficult thing to deal with.

The true form of the flower demon was good at camouflage, and the pollen it sprayed could also cause hallucinations, making it difficult to distinguish even when it appeared in front of the cultivators. Its root system had spread all over the valley. If they accidentally got dragged into the ground while walking here, it would be dangerous.

“Young master, use the spiritual eyes.” After hearing what Li Tianyan said, Cheng Qi’s eyes suddenly lit up and reminded him.

“I forgot,” Li Tianyan couldn’t help laughing, he could use the spiritual eye magic weapon to fly deep into the valley to find the true form of the flower demon.

Then Li Tianyan lowered his upper body with his back to Cheng Qi and signaled to him, “Come up.”

Cheng Qi blinked and climbed onto his back with hands and feet. It had been a long time since Li Tianyan last carried him. After several years, Li Tianyan’s shoulders had become much broader.

Li Tianyan weighed the person on his back but felt that it was not safe enough, so he grew several vines from his body with wood spiritual energy, binding the two of them tightly together, and then continued to move forward in the valley.

Sure enough, he hadn’t gone far when another tree root emerged from the ground behind him. Li Tianyan jumped up, stepped on his spiritual sword, and flew to dodge, while releasing thunder and lightning to strike the tree root.

The flower demon seemed to be awakened by the previous movement. The tree roots that poked out this time were not as easy to deal with as before. Li Tianyan’s thunder and lightning chopped them down. In the blink of an eye, more tree roots emerged from the soil in a steady stream, with an attitude of not giving up until someone was caught.

Cheng Qi laid on Li Tianyan’s back, not daring to move his body. He only released flames, trying to help Li Tianyan deal with the tree roots that attacked them.

The purple flame split into two in front of his eyes, and continued to divide until it separated into a dozen strands, and then rushed toward one of the tree roots. A dozen balls of Nether Fire were attached to it, burning with tenacious moxibustion. This time, they persisted for several breaths before being extinguished.

Cheng Qi quickly ran the Nether Fire Burning Life Technique, while repeatedly releasing the flames, dividing them, and then attacking the roots of the tree. Each time, the flames divided more than the last time, and they lasted a little longer than the last time.

Seeing more and more tree roots emerging from the soil, Li Tianyan held a spiritual sword in his hand and slashed in all directions with the thunderous sword. All the tree roots that came were cut off by the sword energy and fell to the ground.

However, new roots quickly emerged from the cutoff area and continued to entangle the two of them. Li Tianyan waved the spiritual sword in his hand and chopped continuously, protecting himself and Cheng Qi behind him tightly.

The two of them were entangled with the flower demon. Cheng Qi’s Nether Fire Burning Life Technique was running faster and faster, and the breath of the flames was getting stronger and stronger.

Finally, the nether fire successfully invaded a section of the tree roots. As soon as the flames penetrated, they quickly spread to the roots. Thousands of tree roots, like the veins of the flower demon, were all under its control. The burning flames were quickly noticed by the flower demon, and it immediately cut off an arm to peel off the tree roots corroded by the nether fire.

Cheng Qi’s plan to let the nether fire devour the flower demon quietly was interrupted, but he did not feel discouraged and quickly recovered his spiritual power to prepare for a comeback.

The two of them competed with the flower demon’s roots for a day and a night. Cheng Qi’s nether fire could branch out hundreds at a time and invade three sections of tree roots simultaneously. The flower demon could only rely on cutting off parts of itself to stop the flames from spreading.

The true spiritual energy in Li Tianyan’s body was so rich that it seemed inexhaustible. He continued to use the thunder and lightning to chop, and the thunder and lightning on the sword gradually gave birth to a trace of true thunder. The roots of the trees he cut were all poisoned with the breath of thunder, and they were actually unable to regenerate and restore themselves.

The flower demon, unable to attack for a long time and suffering huge losses, suddenly stopped and retracted countless stumps back into the ground. No new roots emerged to attack the two of them.

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When he regained his composure, Li Tianyan discovered that Cheng Qi had reached the peak of the ninth level after battling with the flower demon, and his body was filled with spiritual power, showing signs of foundation building.

“Young master, where are you going?” Cheng Qi noticed that Li Tianyan suddenly turned around and walked back, put his arms around his shoulders, and asked.

“Leave the valley first and find a safe place for you to retreat,” Li Tianyan said without hesitation.

“But you haven’t got what you want yet.” Cheng Qi looked back reluctantly. They hadn’t found the spiritual object yet.

“We’ll come back after you build the foundation.” Li Tianyan quickly fled through the valley and went straight to the entrance.

Building a foundation was a very important matter for cultivator. Now that the opportunity had arrived, Cheng Qi could not delay it. Furthermore, they were only on the periphery now. The territory that truly belonged to the flower demon would not be reached until they entered the depths of the valley. With Cheng Qi still in the Qi Condensation stage, it would be extremely difficult to proceed.

Cheng Qi’s eyes became determined after hearing this, and his arms around Li Tianyan tightened. “I will definitely build the foundation as soon as possible.”

“You just need to calm down and do it carefully, don’t be impatient.” After Li Tianyan finished speaking, he opened the gap and led Cheng Qi out of the valley. He found a mountain with abundant spiritual energy near the valley, carved out a cave, and set up a spiritual gathering formation for Cheng Qi to retreat into.