Chapter 1177

The Purgatory Demon Tree was smart to target the Sea King first.

In a battle between Holy Kings, because the difference in power was not large, it was unlikely that a winner would be decided in a short amount of time.

But the Holy Lords and Holy Disciples were now being massacred. Every minute that passed, someone from the Five Tribes died.

The one in charge was the Sea King. As long as the Sea King was killed, the people on the battlefield below would have no instructions and their killing speed would be greatly reduced.

Under normal circumstances, it would be the right move to target the Sea Emperor first. But the Purgatory Demon Tree's mistake was to target the Sea King. Because killing the Sea King was not an easy task.

Seeing the three golden branches madly attacking him, the Sea King was not afraid. Instead, he was happy.

"Since I have nothing to do, I'll play with you!"

The corner of the Sea King's mouth rose and he reached out a hand.

In front of him, a complicated pattern was quickly constructed by the God Source. In an instant, it turned into a giant shield.

Following that, a second, a third … The veined patterns were quickly constructed, turning into layers of giant shields that blocked in front of him.

The Sea King was using the boundary technique that Mi Ke Ke was proficient in.

Although his method of creating boundaries was very different from Mi Ke Ke's, his speed was not any slower.

The three golden branches hit the giant shield, shattering it layer by layer. But the power of the three whip-like branches was also reduced.

When the giant shield was completely destroyed, a burst of fire suddenly appeared and engulfed the three branches.

That was the Explosion Boundary that the Sea King had set up. The previous layers of shields were not only to defend against attacks, but also to replenish the Explosion Boundary's energy.

As the fire rippled, the Purgatory Demon Tree let out an ear-piercing shriek and quickly pulled back the three branches.

Kou De glanced over and saw that the three branches that the Purgatory Demon Tree had used to attack the Sea King had all been broken and burnt black. Immediately, he looked at the Sea King with a hint of fear.

But the Sea King noticed that the Purgatory Demon Tree's burnt branches were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

With an angry roar, the Purgatory Demon Tree split off more than thirty branches and attacked the Sea King again.

"What a forgetful guy!"

The Ocean King shook his head helplessly. He waved his hands quickly in the void, and his ten fingers danced as if they were listening to music. In the void, mysterious patterns rapidly formed, several times faster than before. In the blink of an eye, over a hundred barriers had been set up.

Above the void, layers upon layers of defensive boundaries of various colors wrapped around his body, layer upon layer.

More than thirty golden branches lashed at the Sea Emperor from different angles like long golden whips, as if trying to find out where the defense was weaker.

Layer by layer, the barriers around the Ocean Emperor's body were peeled off and shattered by the golden branches.

However, the speed at which the Sea Emperor condensed the barrier was not much slower than the speed at which it broke. Almost every time a layer broke, another defensive barrier condensed and formed.

Half a quarter of an hour had passed, and the attack of the golden branches had not caused any substantial damage to Neptune.

At this time, the Purgatory Demon Tree seemed to realize how difficult it was to deal with the Sea King. It no longer whipped the Sea King's barrier. Instead, it used two of its branches to wrap around the Sea King's barrier like a cocoon.

Then, the Purgatory Demon Tree changed its target and attacked Lilliath, Hark, and the others below.

It had to be said that the Purgatory Demon Tree was indeed an intelligent creature. It knew that it could not do anything to Neptune, so it wrapped Neptune up, completely blocking his observation and deployment of the battlefield. Then, it shifted its target to Lilliath, who could cause large-scale chaos, and Hark, Phaser, and the others who had slaughtered the Holy Lords.

As long as Lilliath was taken care of, the Holy Disciples would stop fighting among themselves. Once Hark and Phaser were taken care of, the speed at which the Holy Lords were slaughtered would be greatly reduced. This was the Purgatory Demon Tree's new strategy.

However, it did not expect that the two branches that had wrapped around Neptune would suddenly explode, destroying the two branches into several pieces.

Neptune did not know why, but he appeared in another area not far away unscathed. His hands quickly drew mysterious patterns, and layers of barriers were added to Lilliath, Hark, Phaser, and the others.

The golden branches lashed at them, but only a few layers of barriers were destroyed. They did not cause any harm to them at all, and they did not even slow down the slaughter.

"Damn human shorty! If you're so good, don't play tricks like this. Fight me head-on! "The Purgatory Demon Tree could not help but roar.

"First of all, with your height, you're also a shorty in this forest. Besides, you're really short. I'm just young, and I can still grow taller.

"Second, your request is boring. You have the combat strength of a Holy Lord, and I'm just a Holy Lord. Do you think I'm stupid to fight you head-on? Besides, I'm good at using barriers for defense. Why should I give up what I'm good at? Why should I use my weakness to compete with yours? If you're so good, race me!

"Third, this is a battlefield, not a battle ring. As long as I win, I don't mind using any means. I originally thought that you were a Purgatory creature and knew the rules of the battlefield well. Now, it seems that I overestimated you.

"Fourth, although I've never been to Purgatory, I've done some research on it. Our pirate crew has been attacked by Purgatory creatures a few times. Although you came from the eleventh level of Purgatory, in my opinion, you're not even as good as some guys from the eighth level. I reckon that trash like you won't survive more than three days in the eleventh level of Purgatory. "

Neptune criticized the Purgatory Demon Tree one after another. Every sentence was extremely provocative, and it made the Purgatory Demon Tree furious.

Lilliath and the others were speechless when they heard this.

"Where did Neptune learn these provocative words from? Not bad!" Lilliath muttered. She did not expect Neptune to be more eloquent than she was.

"After bombarding the female castellan with 'Open the Door If You Can,' Neptune has been studying 'Language Provocation', 'A Hundred and Eight Thousand Disses', 'The Art of Language That Makes People Vomit Blood' for the next few days …" Huck said to Lilliath when he heard her muttering as he walked past her.

"Tsk tsk, I think I should take some time to read these books." Lilliath rubbed her chin thoughtfully after hearing this.

Hearing this, Huck glanced at Lilliath with a face full of fear. Then, he hurriedly left, afraid to stay by her side for another second.

On the other side, the Purgatory Demon Tree was so angry that it was about to explode. The face on the tree trunk was distorted, and it looked extremely ferocious.

A moment later, all seventy-two golden branches came out of their nests and swept toward Neptune like a wave.

"Hehe, I got tricked!" Neptune snickered in his heart.