Chapter 1629: Chapter 701: Lord Lin, Your Teammates Are Not Worthy of You!

The group hurriedly left the courtyard.

A man at the front was walking quickly, and just as he stepped through the moon gate to leave the courtyard, his head suddenly twisted backwards with a crack, turning a full one hundred eighty degrees.

“Holy shit!”

“FUKC!”

“What’s going on?”

The group was startled, all freezing in place, too afraid to move forward.

“Didn’t we clear it?”

The Grey Mother cried out in panic, “Why was he still killed?”

No one answered her, because in the next second, everyone’s necks were wrapped by the Tree Ghosts, starting to suffocate.

Brother Overcoat and Classmate Zhou glanced at Lin Baici, realizing he wasn’t moving. They didn’t wait any longer and immediately ran back.

There was nothing else to do; the feeling of nearly being choked to death was too unbearable, too terrifying.

They believed that being close to the Old Locust Tree would be safe.

Lin Baici looked at the Old Locust Tree and swiftly took out the Ghostly Oil Lamp.

He had been careless!

Because fulfilling the clearance condition depended on the Old Locust Tree’s moods, Lin Baici hadn’t thought about slaying the invisible Tree Ghosts and thus had not taken out the oil lamp.

Who could’ve thought there’d be another twist?

Once the oil lamp was lit, Lin Baici immediately saw that everyone’s backs were clung to by tiny Tree Ghosts. They had six legs and bodies made of plant fibers, with a total of four arms as soft as grapevines.

At this moment, the vine-like arms were wrapped around everyone’s necks.

In the entire courtyard, dozens of Tree Ghosts were wandering.

Lin Baici reached for his neck to grab at the vines, but caught nothing.

Lin Baici began to wield the Fire Axe.

San Miyairi turned back, staring at the Old Locust Tree.

She also realized what was happening, swiftly taking out a long lantern in a Dongying style with a black sacrificial character, resembling those used during summer festivals.

San Miyairi lit the lantern and immediately saw those Tree Ghosts.

“Wow, quite the beautiful Taboo Thing; using it, you can see and dispel the evil ghosts.”

Remarked Eater God.

San Miyairi placed the lantern in front of her, and the Tree Ghost strangling her neck immediately released her and fled far away.

Lin Baici’s actions were more straightforward; after taking out the Fire Axe, he swung it with one hand, chopping at Grey Mother’s back.

Swoosh!

The Tree Ghost’s arm was cut, screaming in agony and baring its fangs at Lin Baici.

Lin Baici swung again, chopping at the Tree Ghost’s head.

Swoosh!

The Tree Ghost’s head was split open.

These creatures were not very strong in combat; their nastiness lay in being invisible, and most weapons were ineffective against them.

Lin Baici’s Fire Axe, named Ghostbusters, was a Taboo Thing specifically for combating evil spirits.

Other Tree Ghosts, seeing this, were not scared; instead, they swarmed towards Lin Baici, baring their teeth, intent on killing him.

Lin Baici, worried that attacking the Tree Ghosts would provoke them into a rage, hadn’t initially rescued his own people. Now, seeing that it was fine, he quickly went to slash at the Tree Ghosts behind Hua Yue Yu and Gu Qingqiu.

As for Xia Hongyao, she was physically strong and could hold on a little longer.

“This isn’t working; we must’ve missed something!”

San Miyairi watched the Tree Ghosts rushing towards Lin Baici, pondered for a moment, then quickly dashed towards the Old Locust Tree.

“What’s wrong? What’s going on?”

Brother Overcoat asked impatiently.

“What did you see?”

Holkina was anxious, but she soon understood because Walker, after putting on a pair of vintage sunglasses, also saw those Tree Ghosts.

He quickly removed the silver cross from his neck, held it tightly, and stabbed it into the Tree Ghost’s arm.

Sizzle!

When the cross pierced the Tree Ghost’s bark, it immediately crumbled like stone weathered for a millennium, disintegrating into gravel and scattering into the air.

San Miyairi picked up two tree branches, tossing one to Xia Hongyao, then inserted the other into the lantern, lighting it.

She wasn’t sure if it would work, but various attempts certainly couldn’t hurt.

Gu Qingqiu also thought these branches might be related, so she quickly ran towards the Old Locust Tree. Seeing the branch thrown by San Miyairi, she promptly caught it and began waving it.

Once San Miyairi lit the branch, the Tree Ghosts near her immediately screamed as if seeing something terrifying and began to retreat, distancing themselves from her.

“Pick up branches!”

Lin Baici and San Miyairi shouted in unison.

Swoosh!

Lin Baici teleported, appearing beside the Old Locust Tree and was about to pick up a branch when San Miyairi handed one to him.

“Lord Lin!”

“Thank you!”

Lin Baici didn’t stand on ceremony; as soon as he took the branch, the Tree Ghosts lunging at him immediately halted, seemingly frightened of these flames.

Safe!

Lin Baici reflects.

No wonder the Old Locust Tree would drop branches; turns out, igniting this thing and holding it allows one to leave this courtyard alive.

When everyone finally had their branches lit, they saw the short, sinister Tree Ghost.

“Are these the ones that twisted Lu Changming’s neck?”

Grey mother was scared, yet relieved, that she survived once again.

“That boss suffered such a loss!”

Classmate Zhou lamented.

Had he stayed behind a little, he wouldn’t have died.

In God’s ruins, one shouldn’t be at the front or at the back, but hidden amidst the crowd.

Classmate Zhou reconsidered and planned to do that in the future, realizing everyone thought the same.

They all gathered around Lin Baici.

After all, those who survived until now were somewhat clever.

“Hey, you, out!”

Walker called out.

Brother Overcoat kept his head down, pretending not to hear.

“Playing dumb, are you?”

Walker prepared to throw Brother Overcoat out.

“Why am I always the one getting hurt?”

Brother Overcoat, on the verge of tears, said: “Can’t it be someone else?”

“Because you’re almost turning into Dead Flesh Man!”

Walker bluntly stated: “At life’s last moments, making a sacrifice for everyone is such a glorious act!”

‘Sacrifice your mom!’

Brother Overcoat cursed inwardly, wishing to kill Walker. He knew asking Lin Baici was useless, so he bravely walked out.

“Lord Lin, together?”

Brother Overcoat pleaded, eyeing the Tree Ghosts. If these monsters attacked, he wanted to run to Lin Baici, but it was troublesome as Lin Baici remained unmoved.

“Lord Lin?”

Brother Overcoat panicked, fearing another mortal danger?

Lin Baici was deciding; since he knew the Tree Ghosts caused death and could now see them, couldn’t he burn the Old Locust Tree?

Do it!

Lin Baici lit the Pine Wood Torch, teleported beside the Old Locust Tree, and began setting its branches and leaves on fire.

“Ah!”

The Old Locust Tree let out a chilling scream of terror.

The Tree Ghosts screamed too, sprinting wildly toward Lin Baici, launching an attack.

“Little Linzi!”

Xia Hongyao wanted to help.

“Don’t worry about me, you guys get out first!”

Lin Baici wielded the Ghostly Oil Lamp in one hand and the Fire Axe in the other, swinging wildly.

These Tree Ghosts were a threat to ordinary people, but not enough to kill Lin Baici.

Sangong Airi began helping, throwing out a Jade Talisman.

The Jade Talisman exploded with a bang, summoning a large white fox with three tails.

One by one, the fox swallowed the Tree Ghosts alive.

Crack! Crack!

The Old Locust Tree burned, its bark splitting with piercing screams, like giving birth as Tree Ghosts emerged, roaring at Lin Baici’s group.

Normally, burning wouldn’t kill the Old Locust Tree, and it continuously produced more Tree Ghosts to surround and kill enemies with sheer numbers.

But Lin Baici’s Pine Wood Torch was too powerful; anything ignited by it burned to ashes quickly, essentially countering the Old Locust Tree.

Thirty seconds later, the Old Locust Tree was completely enveloped in flames, like a giant torch.

A cloud of black smoke rose, spreading!

“Do you think it’ll drop a Meteorite or God’s bones?”

Sangong Airi approached Lin Baici, lowering her voice: “Lord Lin, your teammates don’t match your caliber!”

Such an exceptional man should team up with me.

…

In the cellar of Wolong Villa, Master Zhang soaked in a large wine jar.

Suddenly, he lost the sensation of the Old Locust Tree within his consciousness.

“Have those two-legged creatures already passed the Tree Ghost courtyard?”

Master Zhang was surprised.

That was too fast!

Moreover, the most troubling part was those two-legged creatures were very close to the cellar.

If their direction was correct, they could reach here in fifteen minutes.

But shouldn’t they be unable to find their way here?