Chapter 4079 He's actually still alive

The slovenly Taoist priest found nothing in the small wooden house, and then beckoned me to continue climbing up the swaying log.

Although the swaying tree was tall, the slovenly Taoist priest and I had already climbed most of it and were not far from the top. Next, we sped up and continued to climb upwards. During this continuous ascent, I also observed the leaves of the trees around us.

It's really a bit strange. The leaves on the lower part of the leaves growing on this swaying tree are quite tender, almost like they've just sprouted, but the leaves on the upper part of the tree look more mature. However, they still look a bit different from the leaf that the prince gave us.

The Kingdom of Piercing Chest in the Fire Domain looks similar to our outside world, but upon closer inspection, there are still many differences.

We climbed a little further, and I looked up. Before, the branches and leaves were lush and dense, but now we could see the sky. This meant that the slovenly Taoist priest and I were about to reach the top. We still couldn't see where the red branch in the center of the swaying tree was.

At this moment, I told the slovenly Taoist to slow down and whispered to him, "Luo Laoliu, we should be at the end soon. Be careful, there are definitely more experts lying in ambush around here."

"What's there to be afraid of? I just ate Liuwei Dihuang... no, I just ate the pill refined from the fruit of the Demon Cage Grass. I'm at my most powerful right now. Whoever blocks my way, I'll take them down!" The slovenly Taoist looked confident.

That's true. The slovenly Taoist priest is at his strongest right now. This pill can last for at least three or four hours. I feel like I might not even be able to beat him right now.

As we were talking, we climbed another seven or eight meters. Then I looked up and saw a splash of red in my field of vision.

My eyes lit up, and I patted the slovenly Taoist priest on the shoulder: "Luo Laoliu, look, isn't that the very middle piece of wood on the 'Zhaoyaomu' tree?"

The slovenly Taoist priest looked up and nodded excitedly. He took a deep breath and said, "Damn it, after being in this godforsaken place for so long, we've finally found this thing. You can cut it down and take it with you in a bit."

"I'm going to chop down the 'Swish Tree,' what are you going to do?" I turned around and glanced at the slovenly Taoist priest.

"Of course I'm doing this for the benefit of my brothers! I'm taking all these leaves from the 'Flaming Tree'!" The slovenly Taoist priest rubbed his hands excitedly.

I glanced in the direction of the red heartwood. Actually, there weren't many leaves around, and compared to the two leaves the prince gave us, they didn't seem quite ripe.

It's definitely much better than what we see below.

Although it's not fully mature, I estimate the effect might be slightly less, but it shouldn't affect its use.

We squatted down next to the tree branch and carefully observed our surroundings, only to find that no one was around.

Goodness, such a valuable piece of wood, and they only assigned a master to guard it? It seems a bit unrealistic to me.

Never mind, the heartwood of the Zhaoyao wood is right in front of us anyway, let's take it first.

Immediately, I moved swiftly and arrived next to the heartwood of the tree. The central piece of wood was straight and long, entirely blood red, and had no branches or leaves growing on it.

Once they obtain this item, Li Chao can regain his true form.

Looking at the red wood, I was a little excited. I immediately drew my Shengxie Sword and slashed at the red wood.

At this critical moment, two hidden weapons suddenly shot towards my vital points, fast and urgent.

Even though I was prepared and used the sound to pinpoint the location, I swept my magic sword horizontally to slash at the hidden weapon coming towards me. However, I only managed to block one of the hidden weapons, while the other one pierced straight into my heart.

It felt like a hammer had struck my heart; the pain made me groan, and I was thrown into the air before falling downwards.

Honestly, if it weren't for the golden armor Grandpa Zhang gave me, I would have died countless times already.

With the force of that hidden weapon, my body would have been pierced through if I hadn't been protected by the golden armor.

Despite the sharp pain in my chest, I managed to grab a tree branch during my rapid descent, which helped me regain my balance.

The disheveled Taoist priest also let out a muffled groan and fell down from above after me. He fell right in my direction, and I reached out and grabbed his arm to help him steady himself.

"Ouch, that hurts so much... Which scoundrel was hiding in the shadows and launching a sneak attack!" The slovenly Taoist priest clutched his heart, wincing in pain.

It was only then that I remembered that the slovenly Taoist priest had tricked those businessmen from the Guanxiong Kingdom with a lighter, and obtained a set of dragon armor from them. Otherwise, the slovenly Taoist priest would already be dead.

Having regained our footing, we looked up again, but still couldn't find the person who had suddenly attacked us.

"Did you see clearly who attacked us?" I asked the disheveled Taoist priest.

"No, I was picking leaves when I felt a hidden weapon coming at me. But I don't think it was just one person. The weapon was aimed at you from a different direction than it was aimed at me," the disheveled Taoist said seriously.

"Let's go, let's go up and take a look!" I called to the disheveled Taoist priest and continued to carefully climb up.

At this point, the slovenly Taoist priest and I had no way out. The magic array below had already been activated, and I guessed that experts from the Piercing Chest Kingdom were already breaking it down below.

Maybe the prince is down there waiting to deal with us.

Therefore, this time we are going all in; we must get our hands on the heartwood of that swaying tree.

Before long, the slovenly Taoist priest and I climbed back to the vicinity of the red heartwood of the swaying tree and looked around, but still didn't see anyone.

"Sneaking around like that, launching a sneak attack! If you've got the guts, come out and fight me for three hundred rounds!" the slovenly Taoist priest shouted at the top of his lungs.

"You're incredibly lucky to have survived." A gloomy voice came from somewhere.

“They must be wearing armor, otherwise they would be dead already,” another person said.

The two people's voices were ethereal and seemed to come from nowhere; I couldn't find them anywhere.

"Luo Laoliu, keep an eye on things for me. I'm going to get that red tree heart again. Can you help me see where that hidden weapon came from?" As I spoke, I picked up the Shengxie Sword and slowly made my way towards the red tree heart once more.