Chapter 674: Crossing the Sea by Deceiving the Heavens

How could Hu Yan have imagined that the great formation the Tiger Clan had spent ten years setting up would become an obstacle to himself?

Speaking of it, it truly felt like being caught in one's own web.

The Wood Spirit Trapping Dragon Formation was a trapping formation; its killing power was not great, but with someone presiding over it, breaking free in a short time was extremely difficult.

Ye Yuan was surrounded by a group of sixth-order experts; how could he not be cautious? He was not in the habit of entrusting his fate to others.

Early on, when he entered the formation, he had secretly taken control of the Wood Spirit Trapping Dragon Formation, but he had simply not activated it.

Thus, even if Hu Yan had not appeared, Ye Yuan would have had ample confidence to escape.

It was naturally not easy for this formation to kill Peng Tian, but under Ye Yuan's control, it was also very difficult for Peng Tian to escape.

But at this moment, Hu Yan's attention was not on Ye Yuan but on the young man in blue robes behind him, his expression indescribably ugly.

"Unexpectedly, the Green Spirit Tree has given birth to a spirit!" Hu Yan said, word by word.

The old friend Ye Yuan spoke of was naturally this young man in blue.

And this young man in blue was none other than the incarnation of the Green Spirit Tree!

Even Hu Yan had not expected that the Green Spirit Tree had already cultivated a spirit and could take human form!

This turn of events was something he had never anticipated.

Having cultivated a spirit meant that the Green Spirit Tree's intelligence was no less than that of a human.

He was originally a divine spiritual wood, with strength far surpassing those of the same rank; now, with intelligence equal to humans, he was even harder to deal with.

The young man in blue looked at Hu Yan with unfriendly eyes. Back then, his strength was not as great as now; he was even slightly inferior to Hu Yan.

If not for his powerful Invisible Soul Poison, he would probably have been captured by Hu Yan long ago.

Even so, the Green Spirit Tree had only recovered after cultivating on this spiritual vein for a long time.

This grudge between them was deeply entrenched.

"You stinking tiger, today we'll settle this account properly!" the Green Spirit Tree said unceremoniously.

Hu Yan's expression was somewhat grim; he was very wary of the Green Spirit Tree. Seeing his hostile demeanor now, it was clear that today would not end peacefully.

"This... Green Spirit Tree, it's all a misunderstanding between us! Although I almost caught you back then, I also nearly perished, didn't I? You should know, you are a divine spiritual wood, and you have a tremendous effect on our妖族's breakthrough to the seventh order, so I'm not the only one coveting you. That Peng Tian is the same, and isn't he also like that? Don't be fooled by this kid!"

As Hu Yan explained, he tried to divert the blame, pointing the finger at Ye Yuan.

He knew that this situation must have involved Ye Yuan's machinations. But when it came to eloquence, he was confident he was no slouch.

Moreover, although the Green Spirit Tree had given birth to a spirit, it must not have been long; at most, it had the mentality of a human teenager, easy to deceive.

If Ye Yuan could trick the Green Spirit Tree, so could he.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, the Green Spirit Tree turned to look at Ye Yuan and asked, "Ye Yuan, did you hear that? He says you're deceiving me."

Seeing an opportunity, Hu Yan immediately added fuel to the fire: "Yes, he must be deceiving you! He is a human, and humans are more cunning and fickle than us妖族! Moreover, compared to me, he has the strength to threaten you! He is now using you to deal with me, and then he will deal with you! Do you think a human can resist the temptation of the Green Spirit Tree? His ultimate goal is still you!"

Green Spirit Tree looked at Ye Yuan and asked, “Ye Yuan, you said you’re using me!”

Huoyan had assumed Ye Yuan would flatly deny it, and had already prepared a barrage of sharp words to slander him.

Unexpectedly, Ye Yuan just gave a bright smile and admitted it without hesitation: “Haha, that’s not wrong. I really can’t beat him, so I have to rely on you.”

Huoyan was stunned; all his pent-up words suddenly had no place to go, nearly giving him internal injuries from the frustration.

But Huoyan quickly caught on and said excitedly, “You hear that? He admitted it himself! Humans—none of them are any good!”

Green Spirit Tree ignored Huoyan, looking at Ye Yuan and saying, “Ye Yuan, tell me, how can there be such a stupid tiger?”

Ye Yuan laughed. “Some fellows always like to think themselves clever. But you should understand—when death is at hand, they have to thrash about a bit.”

Green Spirit Tree nodded, as if in full agreement with Ye Yuan, and said, “Well, I really can’t understand it. He’s stupid himself, yet thinks everyone else is as stupid as he is.”

Huoyan had been excited a moment ago, but as he listened, he began to sense something was off.

These two were simply making fun of him!

So all his talk had gone in one ear and out the other as far as Green Spirit Tree was concerned?

But why?

Huoyan was certain that Green Spirit Tree was meeting Ye Yuan for the first time. Why did he trust Ye Yuan so much, believing that Ye Yuan wouldn’t harm him?

“Alright, enough nonsense. Now I can send you on your way!” Green Spirit Tree said indifferently.

Huoyan still refused to give up and shouted at Green Spirit Tree, “This kid clearly has ill intentions. Why do you trust him so much?”

Green Spirit Tree rolled his eyes and said to him, “I’ve already signed a soul contract with Ye Yuan. Don’t waste your breath.”

Huoyan’s pupils contracted at these words, revealing an expression of disbelief. He had been lurking nearby the whole time, taking in all of Ye Yuan’s actions.

But Ye Yuan had actually completed a soul contract with Green Spirit Tree right under his nose—how was that possible?

Of course, Huoyan didn’t know that the moment Ye Yuan laid eyes on Green Spirit Tree, he realized it had already given birth to a spirit.

Since a spirit had been born, Ye Yuan naturally wouldn’t use extreme measures to subdue Green Spirit Tree.

Moreover, after entering the state of mind as firm as a rock, Ye Yuan had detected two very powerful auras lurking nearby.

If he really had subdued Green Spirit Tree, wouldn’t that be asking for trouble?

So Ye Yuan immediately used a soul secret technique to begin communicating with Green Spirit Tree.

Ye Yuan analyzed the current situation for Green Spirit Tree and promised that if Green Spirit Tree would guard Yue Mengli for ten years, he would surely help it break through to the ninth rank!

Such a weighty promise—only Ye Yuan dared to make it.

But Ye Yuan wasn’t boasting. He had seen countless ninth-rank spiritual beings and was very familiar with Green Spirit Tree; helping it break through to the ninth rank was not at all impossible.

To demonstrate his strength, Ye Yuan inserted a sealing needle into Green Spirit Tree’s main body.

However, the function of the sealing needle was not to imprison Green Spirit Tree’s wood-element power, but to stimulate its potential, allowing it to absorb the wood-element power from this spirit vein more quickly!

The cessation of wood-element power was merely Green Spirit Tree’s deliberate act.

Ye Yuan and Green Spirit Tree had joined forces to fool everyone here!