Qian Renxue nodded. This Wood Spirit's backbone was incomparable to the Soul Beasts outside.
She had once tried to sign slave contracts with several Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest.
In the end, the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts self-destructed rather than agree.
It seemed that having intelligence wasn't always a good thing; it made them more susceptible to becoming slaves.
Now she needed to find the Wood Spirit Leader, and this Wood Spirit in front of her could lead them there.
So, she said,
"Let's go. Take us to your Clan Leader."
The Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, Wood Spirit, nodded helplessly, then proceeded along a path, with Qian Renxue and her group following behind.
Later, a Soul Master suggested whether they could stand on Wood Spirit's body so they wouldn't have to walk.
Qian Renxue thought about it and felt it was a good idea, so she adopted it.
Qian Renxue and her group sat on Wood Spirit's branches, heading forward.
Five hours passed, and they finally reached the Wood Spirit gathering place. There were hundreds of Wood Spirit here, each no less than thirty meters tall.
The largest one was eighty meters tall, looking incredibly terrifying because of its height.
The Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, Wood Spirit, pointed at the tallest Wood Spirit and said,
"That's our Clan Leader. If you're looking for him, you can get off my body now."
Qian Renxue had already sensed the other party's soul power aura; it was an 80,000-Year Soul Beast, equivalent to a human Titled Douluo around level 95. Its strength must be terrifying.
No wonder it could hold the position of Clan Leader.
However, she wasn't afraid at all. She looked directly at the Wood Spirit Clan Leader, and then a terrifying aura, representing the energy of a Titled Douluo, instantly surged forth.
This aura instantly caused a commotion among the Wood Spirit.
Then the Wood Spirit began to roar.
One of the Wood Spirit shouted loudly,
"It's the aura of invaders! Kill the invaders!"
Another Wood Spirit also cried out,
"Invaders have actually come to our gathering place! Kill them!"
The third Wood Spirit stared straight at Qian Renxue and sneered,
"The Tree God's command was indeed correct. Invaders, kill!"
Qian Renxue's face showed a look of confusion. Was the Tree God in these Wood Spirit's mouths the 100,000-Year Soul Beast she was looking for?
It should be. The existence of a 100,000-Year Soul Beast in this secret realm was already confirmed information.
As for the Tree God, perhaps she could find it.
But for now, she still had other things to do.
At this moment, the Wood Spirit Leader slowly walked over. Its eighty-meter height looked very intimidating.
It came before Qian Renxue and asked,
"Outsider, your strength is very powerful. Where do you come from?"
Qian Renxue was momentarily stunned. She had expected this Wood Spirit Leader to attack her directly like the other Wood Spirit.
She didn't expect it to first ask where she came from.
As for that, she was unwilling to say.
"Where I come from isn't important, but what I can tell you is: either submit to me, or die."
The Wood Spirit Leader was taken aback, then burst into laughter and shouted,
"Outsider, how arrogant! Hundreds of years ago, someone also told me that, but they have already become nutrients for my growth. Do you want to become my nutrients too?"
Qian Renxue's lips curled into a cold smile. Nutrients? It wasn't clear yet who would be whose nutrients. The ones encountered before should have been people from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
People from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect weren't good at combat, so losing to an 80,000-Year Soul Beast was normal.
But she possessed the Angel Spirit, the strongest offensive Spirit. Would she be afraid of a Soul Beast?
Then, she said to the Wood Spirit,
"If you want to fight, then fight. Why are you dawdling?"
The Wood Spirit Leader frowned, clearly not expecting this intruder to be so unyielding.
It shouted, and the surrounding Wood Spirit suddenly grew many sharp thorns on their bodies, like armor, and then charged towards Qian Renxue.
Clearly, this was a control-type Spirit Ability.
Qian Renxue flew high into the air, holy light surging around her. A giant golden angel appeared behind her.
Looking at the strengthened Wood Spirit charging over, the angel held a long sword and swung it powerfully.
These strengthened Wood Spirit, rushing forward, were like paper, instantly cut into pieces and scattered across the ground.
The Wood Spirit Leader's face changed drastically. It clearly felt that Qian Renxue was difficult to deal with, so it began to pray to the sky, as if performing some kind of ritual.
The ritual didn't take long for the Wood Spirit to complete.
Then, giant, long vines emerged from the ground, binding the Holy Light Angel behind Qian Renxue.
The Wood Spirit Leader roared,
"Myriad Manifestations of the Forest."
A large number of trees, plants, flowers, and grass all came alive and rushed towards the Holy Light Angel.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the Holy Light Angel was covered in green.
Even Qian Renxue was covered within it.
Below were Chrysanthemum Douluo, Poison Douluo, Li Jiaqi, and two Spirit Hall disciples wearing Elephant Armored Academy uniforms.
One of the disciples said in surprise,
"Two sirs, will our Young Miss be alright?"
The other disciple also said,
"This Wood Spirit Leader looks really formidable!"
Chrysanthemum Douluo's lips curved into a smile, then he said,
"What are you afraid of? Haven't you noticed? The Young Miss hasn't even used a single Spirit Ability yet, she's just released her Martial Soul True Body. I'm certain that this Wood Spirit Leader absolutely cannot defeat our Young Miss."
Suddenly, the binding trees, branches, and vines began to tremble violently, and a golden light, piercing the sky, instantly shot out.
This light instantly shattered the vines, and Qian Renxue appeared in the air, completely unharmed. As for the Holy Light Angel behind her, it was also completely unharmed.
Qian Renxue's lips curved into a smile.
With such methods, to think they could trap her was wishful thinking.
Under these circumstances, she immediately released a Spirit Ability.
"Sixth Spirit Ability, Holy Light Illumination."
The angel behind her raised the golden greatsword in its hand high and directly slashed towards the Wood Spirit Leader.
A terrifying golden light directly rushed towards the Wood Spirit Leader.
The Wood Spirit Leader's face changed dramatically, clearly startled by this terrifying energy. It then hurriedly released a barrier.
A large amount of vegetation gathered in front of it, forming a huge barrier.
After the golden light and the barrier collided, there were sounds of "crack, crack," followed by a "bang." The barrier directly exploded, and then the golden light struck the Wood Spirit Leader's body.
The Wood Spirit Leader watched in shock as its body was pierced by the golden light and destroyed.
Qian Renxue didn't expect that this Wood Spirit Leader, who spoke so arrogantly, would have such little actual combat power.
Perhaps it was due to being suppressed by Zhuge Lan before, she had become a bit unconfident. This time, it was like regaining some confidence, and this feeling was truly good.
Looking at the burning Wood Spirit Leader, she frowned slightly, wondering if it had died from just that one blow.
But thinking that it was an 80,000-Year Soul Beast, even if its strength was poor, it wouldn't be killed by just one of her Soul abilities.