The green orb in the hall was seized by Xiao Fei using spatial laws, enraging the Wood Immortal Lord, who sought to reclaim it.
With his roar, the entire hall began to transform. Sharp wooden spikes emerged from the four walls, which then slowly closed in, compressing towards the center.
At this moment, the entire tree hollow seemed to have become a gaping maw, with Xiao Fei trapped inside, about to be chewed and swallowed.
Having received a massive influx of origin energy from the green orb, Xiao Fei's cultivation and strength surged.
He reached for his storage ring, and a branch with a green fruit hanging from it immediately appeared in his hand.
He fully circulated his spatial laws, and the small world within the fruit rapidly expanded, engulfing Xiao Fei and the green orb.
After the small world expanded to absorb Xiao Fei and the green orb, it quickly contracted, finally shrinking into a speck of dust.
By this time, the entire hall and the tree hollow had completely sealed shut, much like a closed mouth.
Everything that had been in the hall was devoured, including the corpses on the ground and the Wood Immortal Lord.
Xiao Fei, inside the small world, discovered that the immortal artifact of his small world had been swallowed by the main body of this giant tree.
Outside the small world was darkness, but he could still sense a continuous force melting the small world, attempting to refine it into part of the tree trunk.
However, his small world was refined from a branch broken off from the Jianmu, possessing the inherent potential to become a world itself.
Refining his small world was no easy feat.
Taking advantage of the protection offered by the small world, Xiao Fei picked up the green orb he had snatched.
The situation had been too urgent earlier for him to examine the orb closely.
Now, he discovered the unusual nature of the green orb.
This object should be a living entity; he could sense a surging vitality from within.
However, this vitality was currently dormant and asleep.
He speculated that the Wood Immortal Lord had collected so much immortal power and origin energy to nurture this green orb.
Holding the orb in his hands, he examined it repeatedly but had no idea what it truly was.
The situation was critical, and he didn't have much time to investigate. He immediately circulated his cultivation technique, beginning to absorb the origin energy within.
He wondered how many people the Wood Immortal Lord had harmed to accumulate such a vast amount of origin energy here.
Xiao Fei severely condemned such atrocities in his heart and naturally intended to confiscate all this ill-gotten wealth.
A massive amount of origin energy surged into Xiao Fei's body, and his cultivation soared once more, quickly reaching the limit of a True Immortal.
Xiao Fei casually took out a bottle of ten-thousand-year immortal stone marrow fluid.
"Gulp, gulp..."
He downed the entire bottle in one go.
Soon, his realm broke through again, reaching the Heavenly Immortal realm.
But he did not stop there, allowing his cultivation to continue its rapid ascent, pushing directly to the peak of the Heavenly Immortal realm before halting his absorption of origin energy.
At this point, both of his clones had become powerful Heavenly Immortals.
Xiao Fei glanced into the green orb with his divine sense. A portion of the origin energy remained within; he decided not to absorb it for now, saving it for later.
There was still a trace of vitality within the orb, and perhaps this green orb would be useful in the future.
His divine soul had not yet been repaired, and reaching the peak of the Heavenly Immortal realm was his current limit; further progress was impossible for the time being.
After meditating in the small world for a while to stabilize his realm, he stood up.
A purple lightning bead, the size of a fist, appeared in his hand.
Reaching the peak Heavenly Immortal realm had significantly boosted his confidence.
The Wood Immortal Lord appeared to be an Immortal Lord realm expert, but from their previous encounter, Xiao Fei already knew that this Wood Immortal Lord was merely a title without substance.
The strength displayed by the Wood Immortal Lord at that time was not even considered strong among Heavenly Immortals.
He was fully confident in fighting him!
With a thought, Xiao Fei retracted his small world, and he himself appeared within the trunk of this giant tree.
Upon seeing him, the tree trunk immediately generated forces, attempting to entwine, devour, and refine him.
The tree's reaction to his presence proved that it had developed sentience.
Some flowers and trees, after growing for a long time, could develop sentience, cultivate on their own, and become powerful cultivators.
However, the cultivation path for flowers and trees was far more arduous than for humans, demons, or beasts, requiring great fortune.
Therefore, those flowers and trees that achieved immortality were extremely rare in the Immortal Realm.
At this moment, a purple lightning bead appeared in Xiao Fei's hand.
This bead was obtained from a Heavenly Demon Guard in the past. It was not exceptionally powerful, but its consumption was also immense. He had never used it before.
Just as he was about to make his move, the surrounding wood rapidly receded, transforming back into a grand hall.
In the hall, the Wood Immortal Lord stood, holding a wooden sword, glaring at him.
"Wood Immortal Lord! What is your relationship with this Qian Yuan Immortal Fruit Tree?"
The Wood Immortal Lord's ability to freely control the changes within the tree hollow and manipulate the tree trunk to attack him was sufficient proof of their close connection.
The Wood Immortal Lord did not respond to Xiao Fei but continued to control the four walls of the hall, causing countless wooden spikes to emerge, like dense fangs, lunging towards Xiao Fei.
"I suspect you have a symbiotic relationship with this Qian Yuan Immortal Fruit Tree.
Or perhaps you are a manifestation of the tree's sentience."
As Xiao Fei spoke, to verify his theory, he channeled a vast amount of immortal power into the purple lightning bead.
A bolt of purple lightning immediately erupted from within the bead.
"Boom!"
With a thunderous roar, all the wooden spikes in the hall turned to ash under this bolt of purple lightning.
The moment he unleashed this purple lightning, the Wood Immortal Lord opposite him convulsed for a long while.
As expected, the Wood Immortal Lord was intimately connected to the immortal tree.
Xiao Fei channeled more immortal power into the purple lightning.
Based on the previous strike, he had gauged that with his current strength, he could unleash four attacks with the purple lightning bead.
This strike, his target was directly at the Wood Immortal Lord.
After convulsing for a while, the Wood Immortal Lord's limbs were still trembling. Seeing Xiao Fei raise the purple lightning bead again, he quickly erected a wooden wall in front of himself.
Simultaneously, countless wooden spikes emerged once more from the hall's walls, piercing towards Xiao Fei.
"Boom!"
Another earth-shattering explosion occurred. The Wood Immortal Lord opposite him, along with the wooden wall he had erected, turned to dust.
At the same time, Xiao Fei's body was pierced by over a dozen wooden spikes, and the vital blood and immortal power within him were being uncontrollably siphoned away.
Xiao Fei casually severed the wooden spikes impaling him and stared blankly at the spot where the Wood Immortal Lord had vanished.
Did he die so easily?
Had he killed an Immortal Lord realm expert with a single strike, surpassing his own level?
As he pondered, a figure emerged from the wooden wall behind him.
With a white beard, white hair, and a kind and amiable face, it was the Wood Immortal Lord!
However, the moment the Wood Immortal Lord saw Xiao Fei, his face was filled with rage.