Then, a muffled thud.
Suddenly, a tall, ugly, and ferocious monster appeared.
The monster barely resembled a human; its entire body was composed of dry, brown vines, with the tangled vines serving as its hair and the sharp thorns as its claws and teeth.
It is the spirit of the ancient vine!
Beneath the ancient vine spirit, something even more terrifying and exaggerated was the presence of a dozen or so thick old tree roots that were constantly swirling and rotating on the ground.
"You must be the spirit of the ancient vine!"
"Hand over the Earth Spirit Orb, and I'll leave you with a whole corpse!"
Li Yao said calmly.
"Hehehe..."
The only response Li Yao received was a huge vine that suddenly lashed out at him from the ancient vine spirit.
Li Yao's eyes widened, and two beams of golden light shot out from them, snapping the vine in two with a loud bang.
"ah!"
The ancient vine spirit let out a strange cry.
The next moment, countless ancient vines wrapped around it, countless branches and leaves fell like rain, and sand and stones rained down from the sky, obscuring the sun.
Driven by the ancient vine spirit, everything in the ancient vine forest swept towards Li Yao and Xiao Bai.
"You've got some skills!"
I really underestimated you!
Li Yao was slightly surprised.
Of course, the ancient vine spirit was able to launch such a fierce attack only with the spiritual power of the Earth Spirit Orb.
However, although Gu Tenglin's offensive was fierce, it was simply impossible for him to shake Li Yao!
As Li Yao activated his magic, a magnificent and enormous light screen suddenly appeared.
The light curtain blocked the swarming ancient vines, sand, and withered branches and leaves.
The next moment, he suddenly pushed forward, and the light screen swept towards the ancient vine spirit.
boom!
A deafening roar shook the heavens and the earth.
The light curtain shattered with a bang!
At the same time, a series of cracking sounds rang out, and cracks appeared on the vines on the ancient vine spirit's body.
The cracks quickly spread throughout the ancient vine spirit's entire body.
The next moment, there was a loud bang.
The ancient vine spirit's entire body exploded.
In an instant, the ancient vine spirit's towering body crashed down, raising a cloud of dust.
At that moment, a yellowish-brown bead appeared where the ancient vine spirit had fallen.
The bead is about the size of a chicken egg, and it emits an earthy yellow glow when directly exposed to sunlight.
"Husband, that bead should be the Earth Spirit Bead!"
Xiao Bai pointed excitedly at the yellowish-brown beads on the ground.
"That's right!"
Li Yao nodded, a smile on his face.
Instead of rushing to retrieve the bead, he said, "Friend, the Earth Spirit Bead is here. Why don't you quickly show yourself and take it?"
No sooner had the words left his mouth than a green figure flashed by.
A middle-aged man with thick eyebrows, big eyes, a full beard, and a fierce appearance appeared in front of Li Yao and Xiao Bai.
The middle-aged man asked with a puzzled look, "You already noticed me?"
"Not only did I discover you long ago, but I also know your identity!"
Li Yao said calmly.
"Oh, so who am I?"
The middle-aged man looked doubtful.
"Luo Rulie, the leader of the Thunderbolt Hall!"
Li Yao smiled slightly and softly uttered a few words.
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"How...how did you know who I am?"
Who exactly are you?
Luo Rulie was shocked, never expecting Li Yao to reveal his name and identity so readily.
He had absolutely no recollection of ever having met Li Yao.
"Don't you really want the Earth Spirit Orb?"
"The Earth Spirit Orb is right in front of you, why don't you take it?"
Li Yao ignored Luo Rulie's question, but pointed to the Earth Spirit Orb on the ground and said with a smile.
Suddenly, a familiar voice came from behind: "Senior Immortal, what are you doing here?"
Li Yao turned around and saw that it was Jing Tian, Tang Xuejian, Zi Xuan and their group.
"It's you?!"
Tang Xuejian recognized Li Yao at a glance; he was the one who had said she was quite pitiful a few nights ago.
Just as Li Yao turned around, a cunning look of joy flashed across Luo Rulie's face. With a flick of his right hand, a dart shot out.
call out!
The dart swelled in the air with the wind and suddenly burst open.
A huge, incredibly hot flame, propelled by a dart, blazed wildly.
The intensity of the flames and the high temperature were astonishing.
"Be careful, senior immortal."
Jing Tian's expression changed drastically, and he exclaimed in surprise.
However, the next moment, Luo Rulie's expression changed drastically.
He noticed that a cloud of black mist suddenly rose around Li Yao.
The dart, carrying raging flames, disappeared into the black mist, vanishing without a trace as if it had disappeared into the sea.
The next moment, Luo Rulie saw Jing Tian and the others not far away, and his eyes widened, his mouth agape, staring at the person behind him in disbelief.
One of the stunningly beautiful women, dressed in Miao attire, exclaimed in surprise, "Spatial ability!"
Luo Rulie felt a pang of doubt and immediately turned around to take a look.
Suddenly, the divine fire dart he had shot appeared behind him and was hurtling toward him.
He was so frightened that his face changed drastically, and he tried to dodge, but it was too late.
puff!
The divine fire dart struck Luo Rulie's arm instantly, and the raging flames engulfed him in a flash.
He quickly pulled out a package and threw it on himself.
A bluish powdery substance was sprinkled on the raging fire, and the fire immediately went out.
Although the fire was extinguished, his hair and beard were burned in patches, leaving him bald and in a very disheveled state.
Luo Rulie didn't care about anything else and immediately took off running.
"Husband, we're just letting him get away like this!"
Xiao Bai was very puzzled when he discovered that Li Yao had not killed Luo Rulie.
With Luo Rulie's cultivation level, he was no match for Li Yao and would never escape Li Yao's grasp.
However, Li Yao did not put Luo Rulie to death.
This puzzled Xiaobai greatly.
"There's no way around it, this guy can't die yet, it's part of the plot!"
"If he dies, who knows what unpredictable consequences might follow!"
Li Yao shrugged.
In the original game, Luo Rulie was invincible in the Ancient Vine Forest, no matter what you did, unless you used a cheat engine.
Logically speaking, even if Jing Tian and Tang Xuejian couldn't defeat Luo Rulie, Long Kui and Zi Xuan, with their cultivation levels, shouldn't be unable to defeat the young Luo Rulie.
Luo Rulie is practically a bug in the system!
An ordinary martial artist, through mutual exploitation with the Evil Sword Immortal, forcibly cultivates demonic arts, and even Zi Xuan, a descendant of Nuwa, cannot defeat him.
However, Luo Rulie was eventually sunk to the bottom of Icewind Lake by Hua Ying.
Li Yao is only returning to a point in the past; he doesn't want to change the plot too much.
As for why he killed the Ancient Vine Spirit, it was because even if he hadn't intervened, the Ancient Vine Spirit would have died anyway.
He killed the ancient vine spirit for another important purpose: to obtain the Earth Spirit Orb before Jing Tian could.
Then, he took ownership of the Earth Spirit Orb and exchanged it with Zixuan for the right to use the Water Spirit Orb once.
After Luo Rulie died, Li Yao picked up the attribute orb that Luo Rulie had dropped.