When Gui Mochou turned his head to see that Xiang Shaoyun was the newcomer, the eyes behind his mask lit up with an indescribable splendor. He roared, “Xiang Shaoyun!”
Alas, he wasn’t given any time to think as he could immediately feel an immense pressure crushing down at him, as though a mountain was collapsing on him, causing him to feel extremely unwell.
Xiang Shaoyun took his second step, sending numerous lightning tendrils downward. The immense power of the step made Gui Mochou feel as if someone had stepped right on his heart. His aura dropped, and he immediately retreated, not giving Xiang Shaoyun a chance to harm him.
However, Xiang Shaoyun’s speed was way too astonishing. It was as though he could cross the world with a single step. With a flicker, he reappeared in the air above Gui Mochou.
Rumble! Rumble!
The lightning power below his foot reached an unparalleled level, and the pressure his step exuded had reached a level that was completely unbearable for Gui Mochou.
Body Substitution Technique!
Suddenly, a puppet appeared before Gui Mochou and took on Xiang Shaoyun’s stomp on his behalf.
Bang!
The pressure of Xiang Shaoyun’s step directly crushed the puppet to smithereens. Gui Mochou took the chance to slip away, transforming into numerous afterimages.
Xiang Shaoyun wanted to give chase, but the blood devil vine interrupted him as a large amount of poisonous gas surrounded him. He was forced to dodge to the side, and he could only watch as Gui Mochou fled.
From far away, Gui Mochou sneered inwardly, Xiang Shaoyun, you will become my substitute puppet soon as well. Just you wait. Haha!
Xiang Shaoyun was naturally unaware of Gui Mochou’s plan. He said to Han Chenfei, “You won’t be able to take on the blood devil vine alone. Let me help you with it.”
“Sure. With the size of this blood devil vine, it definitely has a lot of roots. We can share it equally,” Han Chenfei gladly agreed.
Xiang Shaoyun nodded and didn’t say anything else. He started heading toward the base of the blood devil vine.
The base was filled with vines and poisonous gas. An Emperor would directly be strangled or poisoned to death the moment they entered. It was incredibly hard to actually approach the blood devil vine’s roots.
Xiang Shaoyun shrouded his body with flame and burned the poisonous gas into nothingness, leaving him to focus on all the vines.
Even with the Overlord Skyslaying Saber, he wouldn’t be able to harm them. He had to use the Radiant Saint Sword if he wished to do something. Without any hesitation, he drew the Radiant Saint Sword and used it to easily sever the vines before keeping the vines into his astral cosmos sea.
As for Han Chenfei, she blocked the poisonous gas with the ice armor she had formed with her absolute frost energy. She also wielded a high-tier sovereign sword capable of severing the vines, but she wasn’t able to cut them as effortlessly as Xiang Shaoyun.
She wasn’t nimble enough to travel in the midst of so many vines. Many times, she found herself nearly trapped.
If I can’t even overcome something like this, how can I hope to stand side by side with the others? Break, all of you! thought Han Chenfei as a stubborn look covered her face. The energy she was releasing intensified, greatly decreasing the temperature of her surroundings. Snowflakes started falling around her as ice crystals started rippling out of her sword. In her current form, she could freeze everything in her path with a single slash.
The vines were completely frozen, allowing her to continue traveling downward.
Xiang Shaoyun was the first to reach the blood devil vine’s base. He found that the roots were wrapped around a massive blood cocoon. It looked like a heart, with half of it buried in the soil. Around him was a thick concentration of poisonous gas and vines. If it wasn’t for his powerful vision that could see through the dense poisonous gas, he wouldn’t have been able to notice the blood cocoon or identify the blood devil vine’s life source so quickly.
“Devil vine’s blood heart!” Xiang Shaoyun exclaimed in alarm. He had not imagined that something like this had actually grown here. A blood heart was something that would only grow through the nourishment of a massive amount of blood materials. Furthermore, it would take more than 10,000 years for a single blood heart to form.
Since this blood devil vine actually had a blood heart, it had definitely reached the level of a top-tier sovereign medicine.
If he could refine and absorb this blood heart, he would be able to greatly improve his bloodline power and gain a large amount of energy, pushing him to a higher realm of cultivation. The blood heart would be especially helpful for a peak Emperor. With the help of a blood heart, one would be able to easily form a soul foundation.
“The five jade cases are not the only great treasures beyond the secret door. This blood heart is one of them!” muttered Xiang Shaoyun as excitement covered his eyes.
He then raised his Radiant Saint Sword and charged toward the blood heart. The poisonous gas around it was too dense and strong. Xiang Shaoyun was only able to withstand the poison after using the profundity of flame, but doing so for an extended period of time would exhaust too much of his energy.
Moreover, the vines were coming at him relentlessly, whipping him again and again. If it wasn’t for the protection his saint armor provided, he would have been whipped to death.
Xiang Shaoyun swung his saint sword repeatedly without even attempting to apply any sort of technique to his swings. In any case, wherever his sword reached, vines would be cut. Not a single vine could survive the saint sword in his hand.
Han Chenfei was following behind him, and she was having a hard time penetrating deeper. She was barely hanging on at the outer perimeter, but she had also been able to get several tiny pieces of roots from the devil vine. At the very least, she had at least gained something from this.
She wouldn’t be able to keep resisting the poisonous gas and the countless vines around her. When Xiang Shaoyun was no longer visible, she exclaimed in astonishment, “Without me realizing it, he has actually grown to such a level. It is only a matter of time before he takes the number one spot on the Dragon Phoenix List.”
Han Chenfei had always been a proud and arrogant individual. Few people could earn her respect. Even someone as outstanding as Huang Tianji was nothing to her. In her opinion, he had only reached such height with the help of his father. On the other hand, Xiang Shaoyun came from the grassroots and rose from nothing. His rise was much more captivating compared to the other freaks.
Without realizing it, an odd feeling surfaced in her heart. It distracted her momentarily, nearly causing her to be killed by the vines. She quickly retreated in panic.
Some other disciples were also trying to target the blood devil vine. They hadn’t bothered earlier because they had all been attracted to the treasures. Now that they had gotten some time to think, they had naturally shifted their focus to the two plants that were treasures in their own right.
If they could kill the two plants, they would be able to reap great harvests. After all, even the severed vines and branches would grant them points. The more valuable parts of the two plants were also extremely useful for cultivators. It was clear how much one could earn from slaying them.
Near the immortal dead tree, a green figure was swiftly moving amid the branches, and it seemed like that person was about to be the one to harvest the most valuable part of the immortal dead tree.
