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#624 - Chapter 622: I am dispensable

The Treants, the alien race with whom humans have the least contact and who live farthest from Qingyun City, do not possess the ability to devour each other as Qi Jing had guessed.

Their growth is entirely determined by the environment of the land and time.

Generally speaking, growing two meters a year is their normal rate.

Therefore, those giant trees exceeding a thousand meters are, without exception, "Mutant Trees" that were transported to other worlds during the initial [Star Devour].

And, barring any unforeseen circumstances, a Treant's lifespan is at least eight thousand years!

Even though they are widely distributed, move slowly, and a large number died during the initial territorial occupation, there are still quite a few Mutant Trees that can reach Qi Jing's route!

Some possess extreme speed, some have unparalleled firing rates, some can fly, and some can detonate trees.

But the most crucial one is a Treant that can teleport!

At this moment, it is frantically consuming Source Power to teleport those huge tree stumps that are being fired at Qi Jing.

"Tree, continue."

"Tree, move forward."

"Tree, fire."

These few trees are like a precise squad; one is responsible for firing branches, one for enlarging the branches, one for accelerating the branches, one for carrying them to keep up with the pace of the Carefree Sword, and the teleporting one is responsible for firing the synthesized tree stumps at Qi Jing.

Of course, due to their large size and constant pursuit of Qi Jing, they were quickly discovered by him.

"What the...?"

Qi Jing frowned as he looked at this squad of thousand-meter-tall giant trees below.

How was he supposed to kill them? Although he wouldn't be hit thanks to his Observation Haki, constantly being bothered like this was not ideal.

He didn't want to keep playing a dodging game.

It had been ten minutes since he last checked the cameras; what if they were broken!

Qi Jing took out a pile of incendiary shells from his space and tentatively threw them down.

However, these shells posed no threat to these giant trees, each at least a thousand meters tall. Most were dodged, and the rest were pierced by branches in the air, never reaching their main bodies.

Qi Jing then swung several Yuan Qi Slashes downward.

But as a form of energy attack, with his current attack power, by the time they reached the ground, they would have dissipated to the strength of a mosquito bite, only good for a laugh.

Damn it, Yuan Qi Slash is still too weak. Are there any longer-range skills recommended!

Just as Qi Jing was considering whether to take out the nuclear bomb he had been saving, the hairs on his body suddenly stood on end.

Spider Sense!

Immediately afterward, a huge wooden stake instantly appeared five meters below him.

What the...!

"Flash!"

With a flash, Qi Jing on the Carefree Sword instantly disappeared from his original location and appeared three hundred meters ahead.

So, these wooden stakes were being teleported up like this?

How sudden.

Thankfully, he had Spider Sense and Observation Haki, and thankfully he was piloting the Carefree Sword.

That's right, if the Carefree Sword only had the advantage of speed, how could a shy person like Qi Jing have asked Xiao Fifteen to borrow it?

It can also tear through space and instantly flash!

Moreover, as a Natal Magic Treasure, it also has multiple advantages such as splitting, hardness, self-destruction, and assisting cultivation.

If the mental power or divine sense required to control it weren't so high, Qi Jing would have thrown its clones down long ago to blow up those Treants that kept firing tree stumps.

However, it was still better to use a nuclear bomb directly.

Even if it exploded in the air, it could still kill them.

While Qi Jing was still thinking about whether to use a hydrogen bomb or a nuclear bomb, another wooden stake generated three meters above him.

Flash!

Damn it, he had to blow them up quickly.

That tree that could teleport was about to pinpoint his exact height. The next wooden stake might directly appear on his face!

He took out a nuclear bomb, preparing to throw it down.

But when he looked down, he found that the Treant squad below had disappeared.

At the same time, the tree stumps that were constantly attacking him from above and below also vanished at this moment.

Where are the trees?

"Little Qi, put this thing away. It looks kind of scary."

"Uh... ah!"

Who!

Suddenly, someone spoke from behind him, scaring Qi Jing's heart to stop for a moment.

He turned around and found an unexpected person standing behind him.

Grandpa Hong Wei.

"Grandpa Hong, why are you here?"

Did you know that suddenly appearing behind someone can scare people to death?

Hong Wei, with a kind face, arched his eyebrows, narrowed his eyes, and said with a smile:

"To prevent those ignorant guys from attacking you."

With that, he took out a large saber from his pocket, the same style as Teacher Cen Xi and Uncle-Master Hong Xiaole, the kind that was taller than a person.

"Attack me? I can dodge it."

"You can't dodge it."

Hong Wei looked at the somewhat confident Qi Jing and said bluntly:

"The big guys among those Treants haven't come out yet. You can't dodge them."

Treants were long-lived fellows. Even if their abilities hadn't reached Level 5, their control over their abilities was definitely superior to most humans.

The speed-type Treant from before could keep up with the pace of the Carefree Sword while carrying the other few trees. The space-type Treant could judge his position in a short time by launching tree stumps without seeing Qi Jing. All of this illustrated that their proficiency in abilities had reached the extreme.

The Golden and Silver Old Ravens were also like this; their centuries of cultivation had made their attack power extremely powerful.

If the limitations of abilities weren't truly limiting, they wouldn't have died so easily at the hands of Qi Jing's team.

This was not the Immortal Cultivation World. No matter how strong the attack power was, the defense and speed would not increase.

Unless they possessed an ability like Hong Wei's, which increased in all aspects.

And the Treants were widely distributed. Even if they had spies, they couldn't detect how many strong individuals were hidden among them.

That's why Hong Wei came directly to protect Qi Jing.

"Put on those Return Talismans and the Regression Ring, and be ready to die and return at any time."

"Uh, okay."

Qi Jing pretended to stuff another Return Talisman into his pocket.

Grandpa Hong, has anyone ever told you that you're not very good at talking?

My self-esteem!

"Grandpa Hong, didn't you say that I had to seduce Xing Long to avoid the curses of those alien races? If I go back through the Return Talisman, won't something happen to you?"

Hong Wei smiled and patted Qi Jing on the shoulder:

"Don't worry, if you go back, this sword will continue to fly towards you. I didn't interfere with it and the bait hanging on it. The cursed one is still you, not me."

Qi Jing asked suspiciously:

"Won't the route be off?"

"It doesn't matter if it's off. It just means a few fewer alien races will be crushed to death. I can kill the rest alone without being affected by the curse."

"Oh."

Qi Jing silently put away the nuclear bomb.

So, I'm just a dispensable character.

Brother Xiao, you lied to me!

Didn't you say that I was the most crucial link in the entire plan?!