Chapter 2,230: Defensive Stance <<<
Chen Ping suddenly opened his mouth, and the dragon crystal entered Chen Ping's body. It then merged with the dragon crystal inside Chen Ping!
The dragon crystal within Chen Ping's body, which had dimmed previously, now flickered with brilliance once more!
"Boy, today I'm going to gut you and see how many treasures are inside you!"
The Great Protector saw that Chen Ping had actually swallowed the Dragon Crystal, and instantly roared with anger!
Chen Ping no longer cared about the Great Protector and asked Liu Rui, "How is the Spirit Communication Fruit?"
"Just one left..."
Liu Rui answered loudly!
"Hmph, even if all of you pick the Spirit Fruit, it'll still end up in my hands!"
The Great Guardian let out a cold snort, then charged straight at Chen Ping!
Chen Ping swallowed a dragon crystal, his internal spiritual energy recovered somewhat, but to resist this great Dharma Protector was almost impossible.
But if he retreats, then Liu Rui will be in danger, and all the Spirit Fruits will fall into the hands of this Dharma Protector!
The Great Protector coldly stared at Chen Ping, and suddenly an arm seemed to tear through space-time, directly grabbing towards Chen Ping!
It seems that the Great Protector doesn't want Chen Ping to die now, but wants to capture him alive!
Chen Ping roared to the heavens, though he felt the terrifying aura of the opponent, his eyes were bloodshot red. Immediately after, he punched that arm with all his might!
But Chen Ping's punch landed heavily on that arm, yet it didn't cause any damage at all!
On the contrary, he was himself pressed down by that terrifying aura and couldn't move at all. He even found it very difficult to raise his arm!
Seeing that the arm was already in front of Chen Ping, Chen Ping was about to be grabbed!
"Alright.........."
Liu Rui shouted at this moment, all the spiritual fruits were picked!
And just after Liu Rui's shout, the Spirit Tree began to tremble violently. A tremendous force instantly shattered the arm that had emerged from the void!
Immediately, the branches of the divine tree began to contract and wrap around. The dense canopy slowly enveloped itself, forming a ball that enclosed both Chen Ping and Liu Ruo within!

From afar, one could only see a green sphere wrapped in leaves perched atop the towering trunk of the mystical tree!
The Great Protector, along with Tong Youcai and Leng Yun, instantly felt a little dumbfounded upon seeing this situation!
I don't understand how this spirit tree suddenly became like this!
"Could it be that after all the Spirit Fruit were picked, the Spirit Tree transformed into this defensive posture?"
Leng Yun frowned slightly and said.
"Hmph, some branches and leaves wrapped together, I could crush it with one punch...."
The child, Tong Youcai, let out a cold snort and sprang to his feet.
Immediately, a terrifying force emanated from his fist before it slammed violently into the sphere!
Boom............
With a deafening explosion, Tong Youcai's body was instantly sent flying. The sphere wrapped in branches and leaves, however, remained completely unharmed!
Tong Youcai was dumbfounded, staring incredulously at the ball of leaves before him. His face flushed with embarrassment!
"I come..."
The Great Protector, having finished speaking, waved his hand. A colossal black palm emerged and pressed down upon the sphere!
Boom............
As soon as he touched the sphere, the black hand instantly dissipated!
Seeing this, all three people were dumbfounded!
At this moment, Chen Ping and Liu Rui, who were wrapped inside, were also listening to the things outside. Two loud blasts made Chen Ping realize that the three guys outside were trying to open the sphere!
But the ball remained completely unharmed, looking incredibly sturdy.
"We don't need to worry about them, let's focus on restoring our strength first."
I'll keep two of these Spirit Fruits for myself, and the rest I'm going to eat. We need to break through as soon as possible, we can't be stuck here forever!
After Chen Ping finished speaking, he picked up two Spirit Fruits and threw them into his storage ring.

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