Chapter 1 They Are Both Real

Everyone turned their heads and saw Hong Ji-ge and Tianxia Guihuo returning from the bushes. The latter calmly warned everyone!

Who are those beside them? Another case of the Monkey King Imposter?

Zhai Cai, Zhang Yuanqing, Zhao Chenghuang, and Sun Miaomiao all jumped back to create distance, assuming a defensive posture!

Only Guan Ya remained still, her tone unchanged, “Don’t panic—these two are the real ones!”

She then looked sharply at Tianxia Guihuo and Hong Ji-ge not far away. “They are the fakes. I’ve been watching them. Hong Ji-ge and Tianxia Guihuo have never left my sight. On the contrary, those two seem to have come out of the bushes!”

Tianxia Guihuo did not squat down, but stood guard. If fake versions of himself and Hong Ji-ge appeared, he would have warned everyone immediately, rather than waiting for the imposters to be in contact with his teammates for more than half a minute, until Hong Ji-ge’s butt had finished vomiting before warning everyone…

Zhang Yuanqing reacted and changed his posture, assuming a defensive stance towards the arriving Tianxia Guihuo and Hong Ji-ge!

Zhai Cai was a second faster than him, shouting, “They are two wooden puppets. Fire Master, burn them!”

Hong Ji-ge clenched his palm, and a crimson fireball condensed in his hand. The fireball became more and more concentrated. He rushed a few steps and threw the fireball with all his might!

Then, he clenched his palm!

The high-temperature fireball suddenly exploded, turning into a rain of fire that covered the two imposters, as well as the area within a few meters around them.

Giving the imposters no room to dodge!

"Puff, puff, puff." The fire dots pierced through the two imposters, and the terrifying high temperature burned them into two charred, smoking wooden charcoal figures!

"That’s it?" Hong Ji-ge put his hands on his hips triumphantly. "I thought they were so powerful, but they turned out to be two pieces of wood that can’t withstand a beating!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the ground in the manor "rumbled" and trembled. The lawn and flowerbeds cracked, revealing black, moist soil. Thick tree roots popped out of the cracks and danced wildly into the sky. At the same time, on both sides of the cobblestone path leading to the gate, delicate saplings emerged from the soil, quickly growing into two shapely tree people with exquisite and beautiful features, as if they were works of art carefully carved by God.

Their hair was lush green leaves! The two tree people spoke, the one on the left with a cold and beautiful voice, the one on the right with a clear and crisp voice: "Intruding into the main courtyard, stealing the master's spirit plants, you are seeking death, seeking death."

"Bad guys, disturbing my sister and me from sleeping." After saying that, the wildly dancing tree roots bent together, aimed at the crowd at the entrance of the villa, and shot down like javelins!

Hong Ji-ge and Tianxia Guihuo stepped forward. One condensed two large fireballs with a diameter of three meters and smashed them towards the two tree people. The other condensed a Chiyan (scarlet flame) centrifugal force and slashed out a huge flame blade five or six meters long towards the sky!

After months of cultivation, Tianxia Guihuo's Chiyan Lihuo (scarlet flame separation fire) blade had already reached a high level. The scorching high temperature made Zhang Yuanqing and others feel a burning sensation on their faces, and their eyelashes, eyebrows, and sideburns curled up, emitting the unique smell of burnt hair!

"Boom!"

The flame blade struck the incoming roots, failing to destroy them and instead dissipating into clusters of flowing flames that fell everywhere!

At the same time, Guan Ya also took out a bronze sword and slashed out sword energy in succession!

The sword energy of the Five Elements, where metal overcomes wood, was more effective against the roots than the flame blade, but the result was the same. The sword energy, which should have been able to cut through metal and break jade, only produced dense sparks and failed to destroy them.

A loud "boom" came from a distance. The fireballs hit the two wooden sculptures, but a light green brilliance blocked them, and the Saint’s attack had no effect.

Zhai Cai, who had already taken out his knight’s sword, stood with his sword and said in a deep voice, "Get behind me."

A brass-colored light lit up, constructing a virtual wall in front of everyone.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

The roots, like spears, crashed into the virtual wall, making dull and powerful impact sounds!

The wall of protection trembled violently, but Zhai Cai remained motionless, his tall back giving people a great sense of security. While maintaining the wall of protection, he said in a deep voice, "The rules of this battle: plants are prohibited from having self-awareness."

The roots that were attacking the wall of protection suddenly seemed to convulse, changing from firm to limp, like a man after ejaculation. Although they did not completely lose their activity, the attack no longer posed a threat.

"Level 7 Wood Demon," Zhai Cai tested the enemy's level. He removed the wall of protection and jumped over the soft roots that wriggled like octopus tentacles, rushing towards the two tree people!

He concentrated his strength into his legs. With a bang, the ground cracked, and the knight transformed into a stream of light that was difficult to discern with the naked eye, startlingly moving towards the wooden sculpture of the woman on the left!

The stream of light brushed past the wooden sculpture of the woman and then turned again, crashing into the wooden sculpture of the woman on the right!

In everyone's eyes, the brass-colored stream of light drew a fleeting "V" shape, with the two wooden sculptures of women at the two ends of the "V."

Crack. Crack.

The two wooden sculptures broke in two at the same time, and the roots in the yard completely lost their activity and stopped moving!

"Solved."

Zhai Cai turned his wrist, twirling his sword in a beautiful flourish! He strode back, but after only a few steps, his body suddenly stiffened, and he clutched his heart with a look of pain. A layer of cyan-black luster appeared on his face, and his lips turned dark purple.

The knight’s legs weakened, and he knelt down, panting heavily, his eyes bloodshot, and the veins on his forehead bulging!

The sudden change stunned everyone. New roots emerged from the ground, condensing into two wooden sculpture beauties identical to the previous ones, but their aura was much weaker!

Cold and crisp voices echoed in the flowerbeds: "Idiot~~idiot, killing both of us at the same time will trigger a spell curse. The curse left by the master is enough to kill a Dominator! Sister, drag him down to be flower fertilizer!"

"You are the idiot. I’ve told you many times, it’s poison, not a curse!" While the two wooden sculptures were talking, roots emerged from the soil, turning into spears that pierced towards Zhai Cai's heart!

Seeing this, Zhang Yuanqing opened his item bar and summoned the Zijin (purple-gold) shield. The spears made of roots instantly broke when they struck the spinning round shield.

The Zijin shield ricocheted back and stuck in the ground!

"Get inside the house first!" Zhang Yuanqing roared, rushing towards Zhai Cai, picking up the round shield, and assuming a defensive posture.

More and more roots broke through the ground, dancing wildly into the air like a hail of gunfire!

At this critical moment, Zhang Yuanqing ignored the hail of spears. He used a shield bash to knock Zhai Cai unconscious, and with a flick of his toes, he kicked him back under the eaves!

Letting the spears stab into him, at the same moment, a stream of light gold water covered his whole body, condensing into a suit of armor!

"Ding, ding, ding, ding," dense and crisp collision sounds rang out from behind him.

Sun Miaomiao and the others lifted the unconscious Zhai Cai and hurriedly fled into the house!

The wood demon, whose aura was much weaker but still possessed Dominator-level power, was famous for its strong endurance, but my set only allows me to be a real man for three seconds, and I’m most afraid of prolonged battles.

Zhang Yuanqing weighed his options and gave up the idea of fighting. He bent his legs and bounced, turning into a purple light and darting into the house!

Apart from not being able to last, he was even more afraid of suffering a curse like Zhai Cai!

Even a knight known for his strong physique and endurance had fallen under the curse, let alone him, a level six.