Millennium Willow Heart

Luo Feng perked up his ears, and sure enough, he heard a rumbling sound. "It must be the sound of the Polenas family members jumping from mid-air and hitting the ground," Luo Feng speculated, simultaneously retracting his mental power from a 100-meter range to just 30 meters. For powerhouses like High-level Wargods, they would sense mental power sweeping over them. Suddenly— Luo Feng heard faint whispers drifting from the distant thick fog. "Katelan, ahead are nine plant-type spirits of the willow tree variety." Li Yao's voice came from the distant fog, speaking fluent English. "Plant-type spirits generally aren't strong in attack. Li Yao, why can't you deal with them?" A chilling voice responded. As he spoke, four figures emerged from the thick fog. Luo Feng squinted, peering through the gaps in the tall grass... The leader, clad in a black robe, appeared eerie. Li Yao walked beside him, conversing, his attitude clearly subservient! Behind the black-robed figure stood a burly, savage man and a lean white man. It was evident that neither the savage man nor the lean man showed any deference to Li Yao, clearly unafraid of him. "It seems the black-robed man is the leader among these four," Luo Feng mused. The four figures in the distance gradually became clearer. "Deal with them? That Willow King is three meters in diameter. The plant-type spirit that birthed the 'Millennium Willow Heart' was only one meter in diameter. This Willow King is far more formidable. Especially its pale golden willow branches, each incredibly tough. Once heavily entangled, even I would surely die!" Li Yao pointed towards the nine plant-type spirits of the willow tree variety in the distance. "They're right there!" Li Yao and the other three walked past Luo Feng, about 120 meters away, heading towards the nine willow trees. Because it was night, and the fog was dense. Coupled with Luo Feng only peeking out half his head from the grass, even Li Yao, Katelan, and the other two didn't notice his presence. "Just the four of them against the Willow King?" Luo Feng watched silently. It seemed unrealistic for these four to cut down the Willow King! ... Li Yao and the other three stood about 50 meters from the nine willow trees. One of the savage men spoke in a low voice, "Li, are you saying all nine of these willow trees are plant-type spirits?" "If you don't believe me, you can get closer," Li Yao scoffed. "Katelan," Li Yao said solemnly, "Look, among those nine willow trees... the central one, the thickest Willow King, is the most powerful. Its pale golden willow branches can cover all the other surrounding willow trees, so I can't attack the others." Katelan observed carefully: "Pale golden willow branches, where?" "See, they're wrapped around the entire main trunk," Li Yao pointed out. "Oh." Katelan also sensed that this Willow King was extraordinary. "This willow tree only has one attack method: strangling people with its branches! Its main trunk cannot move, and its roots are deeply embedded in the ground, absorbing nutrients, so they can't be attacked either," Li Yao explained. "It's the same method as the willow tree that birthed the Millennium Willow Heart back then." Katelan nodded: "There are two ways to kill this Willow King." "First, destroy all its roots." "Second, cut down its main trunk." Li Yao, standing nearby, also nodded: "True, but... its pale golden willow branches are two to three hundred meters long, enough to penetrate deep underground and protect its roots! And such a massive willow tree must have an incredibly developed root system. Destroying its roots would be much harder than cutting down its main trunk." "Two to three hundred meters long?" Katelan frowned slightly. Katelan pondered for a moment. Whoosh! Katelan's black robe instantly retracted and vanished, revealing a black combat suit underneath. The combat trousers were adorned with twelve daggers, and his combat vest had six javelins strapped to his back, forming a shield-like array. "He has a Black God Suit?" Luo Feng, secretly watching from afar, was astonished. The instant retraction and disappearance of Katelan's black robe could only mean one thing... the black robe was a transformation of a Black God Suit, which can change into various forms at will. "His weapons are javelins and daggers?" Luo Feng frowned slightly. ... Katelan's expression was icy, and the silver-gray javelins and black daggers sent shivers down one's spine. Li Yao, beside him, narrowed his eyes slightly. "The Willow King is mine!" Katelan's voice was cold as he commanded, "Later, I will attack the Willow King, while Li Yao, Kaita, and Ivan, you three will attack the other willow trees from the periphery... Remember, your safety is paramount. Once the Willow King is fully occupied by me, then you can exert full force to cut down the other willow trees." "Understood." The savage man licked his lips. "Mm." Ivan nodded slightly. "Alright." Li Yao nodded. Katelan smiled faintly at their response. Sizzle, sizzle~~ He was instantly covered in a black membrane, which rapidly enveloped his entire body, including his face! This meant Katelan's face was completely black, his eyes, nose, and mouth sealed! Smooth and seamless. One could say Katelan was now impervious to any sharp attacks from anything below a 'being beyond Wargod-level'. "A mental-power user can fight without eyes," Li Yao thought, witnessing this scene. "Alright, let's begin!" Katelan's voice rang out. Whoosh! Katelan moved like lightning, charging directly towards the Willow King. His speed was so incredible that in the blink of an eye, he was less than ten meters from the Willow King. The Willow King finally retaliated in fury... a deluge of willow branches wildly assailed Katelan, and the pale golden willow branches swiftly joined the fray. Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Vulture Li Yao, Blood Shadow Ivan, and Grizzly Kaita also transformed into blurs, attacking from the periphery. The three of them, working together, assailed a single willow tree with a diameter of about 1.8 meters. Both Li Yao and Ivan were covered in black flowing light, indicating they possessed Black God Suits. Because they had Black God Suits... neither Li Yao nor Ivan used shields. "Four people, and three of them have Black God Suits?" Luo Feng, secretly watching from afar, was secretly shocked. It wasn't that Black God Suits were common on Earth, but rather that those who dared to come here were all elite Wargods. One must remember that even Li Yao was severely injured; if they didn't believe they could match Li Yao, would they dare to come? The number of people with Black God Suits worldwide was extremely small. Each one possessed astonishing strength. "Is that Katelan a mental-power user?" Luo Feng's eyes widened. He saw... Katelan held a dagger in each hand, while nine more daggers floated before him! Sizzle, sizzle~~ Like a force of nature. The flying daggers easily severed willow branches. Soon, a mass of pale golden willow branches enveloped Katelan. Covered entirely by the Black God Suit, Katelan didn't fight with his eyes, but by observing everything with his mental power, which spread out for a full hundred meters. "Those pale golden willow branches are not to be trifled with," Luo Feng thought to himself. Indeed! Sizzle, sizzle~~ The nine floating daggers struggled immensely to cut through the pale golden willow branches. "Hmph!" A cold snort. The two daggers in Katelan's hands, however, moved with astonishing speed, thump! thump! thump!... severing dozens of pale golden willow branches in quick succession, instantly breaking through the encirclement. This scene secretly shocked Vulture Li Yao, who was also observing, and Luo Feng, watching from afar, was utterly stunned! "Those are pale golden willow branches, each incredibly tough. I retreated and burrowed underground immediately after cutting just one," Luo Feng exclaimed in shock. Only by fighting them did he truly understand the toughness of those pale golden willow branches! "Even Li Yao couldn't cut dozens of them at once!" "How powerful are the daggers in his hands?" "Right, the daggers he controls struggle to cut the pale golden willow branches, it's very difficult. It seems his mental power isn't much stronger than mine," Luo Feng mused. "However, the daggers he holds in his hands are far more powerful! This indicates his physical explosive strength is astonishing." The physical quality of a High-level Wargod, for some peak High-level Wargods, can reach a brute force of 400,000 to 500,000 kilograms. And with a two to three times power burst, a single punch can reach a million kilograms. What about five to six times? "His physical quality should be that of a High-level Wargod, and his power burst is also very high. Then, combined with mental power—" Luo Feng nodded to himself. That's it, only by combining physical strength and mental power can such astonishing power be unleashed! Breaking through the encirclement, he instantly approached the Willow King's main trunk. "Open!" Katelan roared. He fiercely slashed his dagger horizontally across the Willow King's main trunk. Sizzle, sizzle~~ The cut only went about six or seven centimeters deep before it could cut no further. Green, dewy liquid slowly seeped from the wound on the trunk. Boom~~ The Willow King, which had been distributing its pale golden willow branches to attack others, finally erupted in fury. Nearly ten thousand willow branches wildly flailed, completely encircling Katelan from all directions. Whoosh! Katelan suddenly rushed outwards, simultaneously swinging both hands! Whoosh! Whoosh! His black arms rapidly extended, giving Katelan a pair of black arms seven to eight meters long. With his black hands, each gripping a dagger, he swung at the willow branches! As if parting a curtain, his seven to eight-meter-long black arms actually swept aside large numbers of willow branches to both sides. Whoosh! Katelan himself instantly darted out. The pale golden willow branches immediately wrapped around the black arms, but the black arms, like noodles, instantly escaped from the mass of pale golden willow branches. "Good, the main trunk is tough enough!" Katelan stood about a hundred meters from the Willow King, having circled around the other willow trees. As he circled, a silver-gray javelin appeared in his hand. "Break!!!" Katelan let out a low roar, his face contorted. Holding the silver-gray javelin with one hand, his entire body formed a bow shape, especially the muscles in his right shoulder bulging so much they strained the black membrane. The tip of the silver-gray javelin had concentric screw threads. Then, while running, he flung it like lightning! Whoosh! A flash of lightning! A spinning flash of lightning! The javelin was indeed spinning as it flew! Numerous pale golden willow branches flailed, attempting to block it, but the javelin's speed was incredibly fast, probably far exceeding ten times the speed of sound. Only three willow branches barely touched it, and then this streak of light fiercely pierced the Willow King's main trunk. Buzz~~ A sound like an electric drill boring through wood exploded. Sizzle, sizzle! The entire javelin completely embedded itself within the Willow King's main trunk, with its tip even slightly protruding from the other side of the trunk. "Katelan's Phantom Demon Eye and Phantom Demon Strike truly live up to their global renown as two ultimate techniques." Li Yao trembled inwardly at the sight. "The Phantom Demon Strike, created by combining physical strength and mental power... is simply incredible. This single blow might even possess the power of an attack from a being beyond Wargod-level!" Luo Feng, watching from afar, gasped in shock. He had never imagined... That there could be such a powerful existence among Wargods. One must remember that Katelan's dagger earlier had only cut less than ten centimeters deep. The entire Willow King was over three meters in diameter, yet now Katelan's javelin had pierced straight through its entire trunk! Monstrous! Too terrifying! Rumble, rumble~~ The entire Willow King vibrated wildly, and its pale golden willow branches flailed furiously, attacking Katelan. "Attack the other willow trees," Katelan roared. "Yes." Vulture Li Yao, Grizzly Kaita, and Blood Shadow Ivan immediately converged on a nearby willow tree. Without the Willow King's assistance... how could a plant-type spirit willow tree, only 1.8 meters in diameter, withstand three powerhouses? In just a few seconds, with a boom, the massive willow tree crashed down. "Retrieve the Millennium Willow Heart." Li Yao, Kaita, and Ivan simultaneously and swiftly struck the trunk. Boom~~~ Splintered wood flew, and amidst it, a breathtaking green light soared into the air. "It's the Millennium Willow Heart!" Li Yao and the other two rejoiced. ... Luo Feng also spotted a flash of green. From the way Li Yao and the other two stopped attacking the willow trunk and rushed towards that green light, he could tell—it was the Millennium Willow Heart! Moreover, Luo Feng had seen photos of the Millennium Willow Heart on the Wargod-level forum. "A Millennium Willow Heart that can enhance cell vitality and improve physical quality, from a plant-type spirit willow tree with a diameter of 1.8 meters." Luo Feng's eyes gleamed with unprecedented intensity. "That's mine!!!" Whoosh! Invisible mental power instantly extended, its speed akin to teleportation. A surge of mental power instantly enveloped the Millennium Willow Heart! As it enveloped it... Luo Feng's mental power naturally intruded into Katelan's mental power diffusion area, and Katelan detected it. Whoosh! The mental power, along with its prize, instantly retracted! The green light flew towards Luo Feng. "A mental-power user!" Katelan's mental power diffusion area detected Luo Feng's mental power, and there was a very brief moment before he reacted and realized there was another mental-power user. And in that instant— The green light was only 80 meters from Luo Feng. "Come back." Katelan also tried to pull it back with his mental power. Thump! Two invisible mental powers collided. Whoosh! The green light surged directly into the grassy area where Luo Feng was, while Luo Feng himself burrowed frantically into the ground at maximum speed. "Millennium Willow Heart!" Li Yao, Kaita, and Ivan all rushed over. Katelan also darted over. The four powerhouses stood by the grassy patch, staring at the inconspicuous hole in the ground. "The Millennium Willow Heart was stolen!" Kaita and Ivan were furious. "How could there be someone else?" Katelan glared at Li Yao. "And a mental-power user at that, whose mental power is probably close to High-level Wargod." "It's Luo Feng, it's Luo Feng," Li Yao quickly said. "Luo Feng, is he... the Luo Feng from the Elite Training Camp?" Katelan asked. "Yes, yes, it's him. He has a grudge against me. Actually, I came here to hunt him down, but I didn't expect to find so many plant-type spirits," Li Yao replied. Katelan's face turned grim. "Katelan, you're also a mental-power user, you should be able to catch him, right?" "Catch a mental-power user who's almost High-level Wargod underground?" Katelan scoffed, giving him a cold look. "Do you think mental power is easy to cultivate? Over all these years, my physical quality has reached peak High-level Wargod, but my mental power has progressed very slowly." When Katelan was young, mental-power users had a rapid growth period. Katelan's mental power had stopped progressing after reaching 'Elementary Wargod-level mental-power user'. After that, he had to cultivate it himself. Unfortunately... The difficulty of cultivating mental power is several times that of cultivating physical quality. Over all these years, Katelan's physical quality had reached peak High-level Wargod, but his mental power was only at peak Intermediate Wargod level! However, the combination of mental power and physical strength gave him incredibly terrifying power. Earning him the title of Phantom Demon! "Go underground to catch a mental-power user who has reached High-level Wargod? Even a being beyond Wargod-level wouldn't dare boast such a thing," Katelan growled. "Now, Kaita, patrol the surroundings and absolutely do not allow that person to get close again. Li Yao and Ivan, you two will quickly deal with these other plant-type spirit willow trees with me." "Yes." The others nodded. Li Yao could only grit his teeth and swallow his anger. "Not good." Katelan's expression changed. "Luo Feng must have heard what we said just now. He should know these are all plant-type spirits... He will definitely inform the Extreme Martial Arts Dojo!" "Extreme Martial Arts Dojo?" The faces of everyone present changed drastically. Katelan shot Li Yao an annoyed glance. "Quick, it will take at least three hours for the Extreme Martial Arts Dojo to arrive, but for safety, everyone quickly gather the plant-type spirits. We must leave within two hours." Katelan barked, "No matter how many we collect, we must leave within two hours." "Yes." At this point, Li Yao didn't dare say much more; everyone was anxious. ... Underground, Luo Feng burrowed through the rock layer at astonishing speed, continuing to dig deeper! "Millennium Willow Heart!" Luo Feng held the Millennium Willow Heart, his blood boiling, his ambition soaring.