civilwarnovels Chapter 592 - 553: The Old Tree Spirit
Chapter 592 - 553: The Old Tree Spirit
When the bald man saw that Zhao Rong had uncovered the greatest secret they were hiding, he asked in horror, "Who on earth are you? How could you be formidable enough to discover our secret?"
"I’m just an ordinary person..." Zhao Rong said with a smile. As he spoke, he charged forward and knocked all the men in black to the ground. He then confiscated their axes, tossing them into a nearby open space.
At the same time, Zhao Rong pulled a rope from the Magic Ring and tossed it to the three women hiding under the table. "Miss Lili, Yu Lan, and Xue Lianmei," he said, "quickly tie up these men I’ve knocked down. Then, go rescue the assistant on stage. I’m going to focus on this bald man. He’s no ordinary human; he has a tremendous amount of energy inside him."
When the three women heard that the bald man possessed a powerful energy, their curiosity was piqued. "Brother Zhao Rong," they asked, "with that big head and thick neck of his, he looks like either a cook or some rich tycoon. Is he really not an ordinary person?"
Zhao Rong slowly approached the bald man and said, exposing his facade, "Baldy, stop putting on airs. Hurry up and show your true form before I kill you and give everyone a nasty surprise."
When the assistant on stage heard Zhao Rong say the bald man was hiding his true form, he asked curiously, "Brother Zhao Rong, are you saying this bald man isn’t human? Is he a ghost, a demon, a shapeshifter, a dinosaur, a magical beast, or an alien?"
Before the assistant could finish, the three women rushed onto the stage, rescued him, and tossed him a leaf. "Assistant," they said, "could you talk a little less and use this leaf to cover your private parts first? It’s so small that leaving it exposed is just embarrassing."
Only then did the assistant realize with embarrassment that he was completely naked. He quickly picked up the leaf the three women had tossed him, covered his privates, and said with a sheepish laugh, "My apologies. So sorry you had to see that..."
Just then, the bald man suddenly revealed his true form. When the assistant and the three women saw what he had become, they recoiled in terror. With cold sweat beading on their foreheads, they stammered, "I can’t believe it... The bald guy is actually a Xenomorph!"
Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, the assistant thought of the Hollywood blockbuster *Alien* and quickly advised Zhao Rong, "Brother Zhao Rong, to deal with a creature like that, you’d better use a rocket launcher! Blast it to smithereens! Otherwise, we have no other way to beat it!"
Yu Lan offered her own suggestion, saying, "Brother Zhao Rong, I think you should use a strong acid against that kind of alien creature! Concentrated sulfuric acid would be best. Just spray it all over him. No matter how strong it is, it should corrode and die."
"Brother Zhao Rong," Xue Lianmei added, sharing her own opinion, "even though the bald man has shown his true face, I think it’s just a facade. You need to see the essence beyond the appearance. He definitely has another side that you need to uncover and expose completely."
Before Xue Lianmei had even finished speaking, Zhao Rong rushed forward with the Dharma Sword and lopped off the Xenomorph’s head. Then, in a flash, he peeled off its outer shell and said with a laugh, "Tree Spirit Granny, stop the act. You’re not some alien creature; you’re a tree spirit."
When the assistant and the three women saw how fast Zhao Rong’s swordsmanship was—dissecting the Xenomorph in the blink of an eye to reveal a Tree Spirit Granny—they were utterly stunned with disbelief.
The assistant exclaimed, "Brother Zhao Rong, we had no idea your swordsmanship had gotten so good! That moment you struck with your sword was as fast as lightning, too quick for the eye to follow! Your swordsmanship is improving by the day! If you entered a world swordsmanship tournament now, you’d definitely take first place and wipe the floor with all the other masters!"
Miss Lili felt a tremendous sense of security and said confidently, "Brother Zhao Rong, with you and the Dharma Sword here, we won’t be afraid no matter what terrifying monsters appear."
Yu Lan gave him a thumbs up. "Brother Zhao Rong, your swordsmanship is simply divine! It’s on par with the Seven Swords of Mount Tianshan!"
Xue Lianmei smiled at Zhao Rong and said with feeling, "Brother Zhao Rong, your perception is incredible. You get things with the slightest hint. I was just speaking off the cuff earlier, but I never expected you to actually uncover the bald man’s true nature, revealing the Tree Spirit Granny inside the Xenomorph."
When Zhao Rong heard that Xue Lianmei had just been speaking casually, he said awkwardly, "Xue Lianmei, so you were just spitballing? I thought you’d used some kind of tech gadget to discover his hidden form. Well, I guess even a blind cat finds a dead mouse sometimes. Good thing I managed to expose his true nature."
When the bald man—now revealed as the Tree Spirit Granny—realized Zhao Rong had dissected his Xenomorph disguise, he roared, "Damn it! I’ve been hanging around this dance hall for ages, and this is the first time anyone has ever discovered that I’m not an alien, but a Tree Spirit Granny!"
As he spoke, the Tree Spirit Granny stretched out four limbs that looked like giant tree roots and lunged for Zhao Rong. "Even without the terrifying power of a Xenomorph," he snarled, "now that I’m a Tree Spirit Granny, I can still kill you all with ease!"
When Zhao Rong saw countless tree roots shooting toward him, trying to strangle him, he swung the Dharma Sword wildly and laughed. "Trying to kill me with these rotten roots? What a naive thought! Watch as my Dharma Sword chops them all off at the base! Then you won’t be able to absorb water from the ground, and you’ll wither and die!"
However, to Zhao Rong’s surprise, when his Dharma Sword struck the roots, he discovered they were incredibly tough—even stronger than steel cables. Even the Dharma Sword could not sever these unbelievably resilient roots.