Creation of the Universe

Chapter 157: Divine Forest

When Shen Zhan saw Li Feng's true face with his own eyes, he was shocked.

Because the person standing in front of him was not a living person at all, but rather a wooden figure.

Li Feng's face was covered with wood textures, and his facial features were angular, making him look like a work carved by a clumsy carpenter. No matter how you looked at it, his lines were not as soft, comfortable and natural as a real person.

"Although I expected this, I'm still quite surprised. Now let me take a look at the source of your power. I believe I'm almost there."

This Li Feng is not a living person, but a wooden man made in Li Feng's image. He has no life, no emotions, and no mercy.

Shen Zhan watched Li Feng completely take off his black cloak, and two sharp spikes slowly grew out of his palms. These were his weapons.

Shen Zhan inevitably felt unfamiliar with fighting with such a strange thing. He first tried to deal with it with the Qingming sword intent. The figures of the two gradually turned into afterimages, and a fierce battle began between them.

After the fight, Shen Zhan discovered that Li Feng had no cultivation, but was just a body carrying evil spirits. However, the lack of cultivation did not mean that he had no strength. In fact, his strength was much greater than Shen Zhan's. The two could maintain a balance for a while because Shen Zhan was rich in combat experience and skills, while his opponent was just fighting in a very dull manner.

Thinking, this is the biggest difference between Shen Zhan and Li Feng.

"Oh!"

The spike in Li Feng's palm could turn into a hidden weapon at any time and shoot towards Shen Zhan. The latter concentrated all his attention, swung his sword back to block it, and split the spike in two.

"Because you're just made of wood, as soon as you show up, everyone will see through you. That's why Li Wangxuan didn't arrange for you to pick up the bride. Otherwise, you would be completely exposed."

"But since you're just a heartless piece of wood, why did you marry the second daughter of the Chu family? Is it just to take advantage of the Chu family's reputation and status in the East China Sea to maximize your profits?"

Mu Ren would not answer these questions for him, and Shen Zhan felt that his guess was almost correct.

The Liuyun Sword in his hand was extremely sharp when chopping wood. At this time, the two sword beams accurately hit the wooden man's arms, breaking his two hands cleanly and neatly.

However, before Shen Zhan could take advantage of the victory, the wooden man Li Feng's arms grew out again at an extremely fast speed, exactly the same as the original ones, without any influence at all.

Shen Zhan was stunned for a moment, then he understood that as long as the evil energy in the body of the wooden man Li Feng did not dissipate, he would always have this regenerative ability and could never be completely eliminated.

"I see."

Seeing that ordinary methods did not work, Shen Zhan immediately came up with a better idea.

He just raised his hand, and a blue flame rose into the air and flew straight towards the wooden man Li Feng. They were a swarm of tens of thousands of blue flame blood-winged insects. This was also the first time that Shen Zhan released such a large number of them in one breath.

"This evil energy must be very delicious to you, so don't hesitate to devour it."

The blue flame blood-winged insect is extremely sensitive to spiritual energy by nature, and the evil energy on the wooden man Li Feng is itself transformed from spiritual energy. As for why good spiritual energy would turn into evil energy, there are many reasons, and Shen Zhan is not clear about it.

When such a large group of insects rushed towards you, no matter what kind of sword moves or domineering means you used, they seemed powerless in front of them.

The wooden man Li Feng was instantly surrounded by layers of insects. Finally, he was like a big wooden stake. All the strength in his body was sucked away. He finally fell down with a loud bang and could no longer move.

Shen Zhan took back the Blue Flame Bloodwings that had feasted on their food, looked at the wooden figure Li Feng and said, "I'm sorry to have ruined your big day."

After getting rid of the wooden man Li Feng, Shen Zhan immediately rushed to the main hall of the temple, where Li Guan's cold body was lying, and Chu Rumeng was hiding in the corner.

"who!"

The nervous Chu Rumeng fell into tension again.

It wasn't until Shen Zhan explained his identity and purpose to her that she relaxed and said, "Thank you very much. I think you sent this little guy to save me, too, right?"

Shen Zhan said, "Its name is Xiaoguo. It's a very powerful spirit beast. With it around, you don't have to be afraid of anything."

Chu Rumeng continued to look at Shen Zhan from head to toe, wondering, "My father never mentioned that I had a friend like you. If I had known you were so capable, our Chu family wouldn't have to kowtow to a gang of evil bandits."

"Your father endured humiliation and took the overall situation into consideration. He has done the best within his ability. Few people are as responsible and willing to make sacrifices as he is. I hope you don't blame him."

Chu Rumeng nodded. "I know that Dad was forced into a desperate situation, otherwise he wouldn't have sent me into this dangerous situation. In fact, he is the one who is most sad and heartbroken."

Shen Zhan admired this girl very much. She was sensible and considerate of others.

"What should we do next? Can you get me out of here?"

Chu Rumeng asked Shen Zhan cautiously.

"Not yet, because I still need to continue investigating. This place is very strange, and I suspect the root cause is underground."

"Is that so? Well, I'm not in a hurry. Anyway, with you and Xiaoguo here, I'm not that scared anymore."

Chu Rumeng said this firmly, but it sounded more like she was encouraging herself.

Shen Zhan then noticed that there were no deities or statues placed in the main hall of the temple. Instead, where the main deity should have been worshipped, there was a large tree with a thick trunk surrounded by railings. It took almost a dozen people holding hands to surround it.

This tree caught Shen Zhan's attention. After he approached it, he put his hand on the rough trunk. Suddenly, the same evil spirit as before began to drill into Shen Zhan's body wantonly.

Fortunately, Shen Zhan withdrew his hand in time, but although the evil spirit did not have time to invade, it still began to become restless as if it had smelled some delicious delicacy.

The entire main hall shook for a moment, and then it intensified and became an earth-shaking earthquake. Seeing this, Chu Rumeng hurried to Shen Zhan's side, fearing that something extremely frightening would happen next.

"Could this be a sacred tree?"

Shen Zhan muttered to himself, his expression and even his gaze focused on the big tree in front of him.

The shaking around continued, and a lot of dust fell from the beams in the main hall. The tiles on the roof also made a "rustling" sound as they slid down. If I continued to stay here, I would probably be crushed underneath when the temple collapsed.

But Shen Zhan remained indifferent. He suddenly swung his Liuyun Sword towards the bottom of the tree trunk, and found that there was a huge space hidden right below...