Chapter 273: Chapter 273: Lu Chen’s Cunning Plan!

Seeing Lu Chen approaching with his spear, a flash of murderous intent crossed through the eyes of the Xuanji Sect Master.

She had considered freeing up her hands to kill Lu Chen first.

But in an instant, she also thought that if she got distracted, it would surely allow the tree demon to gain the upper hand!

No way!

She didn’t have the time to ponder Lu Chen’s ulterior motives.

But it couldn’t be denied that teaming up with Lu Chen could help her share some of the pressure!

"After the tree demon is killed... subduing Lu Chen can wait! He’s just at the Foundation Establishment Stage, what kind of storm can he stir up?"

The Xuanji Sect Master thought to herself, and she also continuously reminded herself not to give Lu Chen any opportunities!

In that moment, she went over the situation in her mind and couldn’t think of any tricks that Lu Chen could still have up his sleeve.

That black Jiaolong...

It was already severely injured and unconscious, no help to him!

As for the long spear in Lu Chen’s hands, she could see that it was merely in the initial form of a Magic Artifact and did not possess any of the spirit of a Magic Artifact!

Little did she know that this long spear had been forged and refined by Lu Chen a thousand times over. Unlike other Magic Artifacts that could command spells, it had become possessed by a formation spirit and thus a spear spirit, far surpassing ordinary Magic Artifacts.

This was a Spiritual Artifact!

And Lu Chen, he didn’t need any spells. With just the Heavenly Inquiry Spear technique, he could slay powerful foes!

"Lu Chen, you brat, you’re strong and tough; help me block those ancient trees!"

The tree demon, bearing the Wood Attribute, had been here for countless years. Even if the ancient trees here weren’t contaminated with its Demon Qi, they could still somewhat be used by it!

The tree demon in itself was no match for the Xuanji Sect Master.

But it could continuously control the surrounding ancient trees to break off and smash towards the Xuanji Sect Master, forcing her to be fully on guard.

Lu Chen’s appearance indeed could relieve a lot of pressure for her!

Hearing the command, Lu Chen was secretly delighted; just as the Xuanji Sect Master was wary of him, he was also guarding against her.

Keeping their distance suited him just fine!

The tree demon, unable to contain its rage, shouted, "Thief, return my treasure!"

"Nonsense," retorted Lu Chen, not admitting to anything, and cursed without mercy, "What treasure? I was just passing by, and you tried to attack me! Tree demon, you harmed my beast companion, I’m only teaming up with the elder to kill you!"

While speaking, Lu Chen executed the Spear Strikes Like a Dragon move, directly blasting an ancient tree that was smashing towards the Xuanji Sect Master into smithereens!

If I can’t hurt the tree demon, can’t I harm these ordinary ancient trees?

The Xuanji Sect Master was actually observing Lu Chen’s reactions at this moment. Seeing no signs of deceit in his demeanor and realizing from his spear technique that he was indeed giving his all, she started to believe him a little more.

"Is he really avenging his beast companion?"

However, the Xuanji Sect Master wasn’t fully convinced.

After all, the place where Lu Chen had appeared was indeed a bit too mysterious.

Just buried under the ground, separated before and after by the black Jiaolong.

It was hard for the Xuanji Sect Master to fully believe their previous actions.

"Keep watching, let’s use this kid first!"

The Xuanji Sect Master refocused her attention, concentrating on confronting the tree demon. After all, even if she wanted to make a move against Lu Chen at that moment, it wouldn’t be easy, and she might be controlled by the tree demon instead!

After refocusing and having Lu Chen share the burden, the Xuanji Sect Master found it much easier to respond, forcing the tree demon into a continuous retreat and allowing Lu Chen to handle it with ease.

But this was not what Lu Chen wanted to see!

He knew better than the Xuanji Sect Master.

The moment the tree demon died would be the time for him to be contained!

But at the moment...

He had no way of making a sneak attack on the Xuanji Sect Master.

And moreover.

Even if he killed the Xuanji Sect Master here and took the tree demon’s Breath Soil, would the tree demon just let it go?

Such a demon beast could not be trusted at all!

Having no choice, Lu Chen decided to withdraw some of his Spiritual Power.

An ancient tree swept towards Lu Chen!

This time, Lu Chen didn’t use his spear to chop it down but instead condensed Spiritual Power around his body to withstand the strike from the ancient tree!

Pfft—

When hit, Lu Chen bit his tongue and spat out a mouthful of fresh blood!

"Lu Chen?"

The Xuanji Sect Master was taken aback. Wasn’t Lu Chen handling it with ease? She subconsciously swept her Spiritual Sense over to him.

The tree demon had not expected this stroke of luck, and seeing the Xuanji Sect Master’s momentary distraction, it rejoiced and suddenly exerted its power, commanding dozens of ancient trees to press towards the Xuanji Sect Master from all directions!

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