Chapter 1091: Chapter 1077: Leng Kang’s Abnormality
“If I’m not mistaken, these characters should be a type of Ancient Spiritual Rune Characters, right? They infuse the forces of heaven and earth into the text. However, this writing method has long been lost!” Shuili Dan King said, pointing at the plaque.
Upon hearing this, Kui Otu from the third floor of the Stars Tower gave a thumbs up to Shuili Dan King, “The Pill King is truly learned!”
“I’m nothing compared to you, Fox Star. I merely managed to recognize the writing style, but you can identify it at a glance—such a difference!” Shuili Dan King replied with a smile.
Their conversation caused Leng Kang, Yuh Changkong, Yang Ben, Ye Zhen, and the others to have expressions of excitement.
Even the plaque is written in Ancient Spiritual Rune Characters, indicating that this Huichun Blessed Land is undoubtedly an Ancient Relic Mansion.
“It seems everyone’s eager already; let’s enter!” Shuili Dan King smiled as he stored the fallen plaque into his storage ring, “This plaque, I’ll take it, as I’ve been studying Ancient Spiritual Rune Characters for a long time.”
Saying that, Shuili Dan King pushed the air with his hands, causing the two large doors to open slowly with an unpleasant creaking sound.
The moment the doors opened wide, countless vibrant green lights shot out from inside, enveloping everyone and providing an indescribable comfort.
No longer surrounded by seawater, one breath of the air here seemed to enhance the functions of one’s internal organs, bringing much ease to the body.
At the same instant, Shuili Dan King looked overjoyed beyond measure, “The fragrance of medicine; it’s filled with the aroma of medicine here! Ginseng of at least ten thousand years old, the scent of eighteen-segment rhizome, eighteen-segment rhizome scent…”
With each sniff, Shuili Dan King could name a different herb, each name referring to a spiritual medicine of astonishingly long age.
While exclaiming, Shuili Dan King strode rapidly into the Spirit Palace.
Despite being extremely delighted, Shuili Dan King remained very cautious, and the Sea-Breaking Great Saint signaled Ye Zhen to be cautious as well.
Huichun Blessed Land seemed unending at a glance, with the sky above filled with faint green spiritual power.
The entire Huichun Blessed Land was meticulously arranged, with a straight main road at the entrance flanked by towering giant trees, some requiring over a dozen people to encircle them.
On either side of the tree-lined path were delicate medicinal gardens. Possibly due to years of neglect, the gardens were almost overgrown with spiritual medicine, and any randomly selected spiritual herb would be thousands of years old.
Each spiritual herb excited Shuili Dan King. Yang Ben wanted to pick one, but was stopped by the beaming Shuili Dan King,
“Please, everyone, refrain from picking at this moment. If harvested properly, these spiritual herbs can regenerate. Consider it me owing each of you a favor; once the exploration concludes, we can divide these spiritual herbs. Anyone willing to sell them to me will receive a high offer from me!”
“No rush, let’s continue deeper inside. Since this place is called Huichun Blessed Land, the treasures it holds surely aren’t just limited to spiritual herbs,” Ou Tu remarked with a smile.
Reminded by Ou Tu, everyone continued to explore further along this avenue.
Suddenly, Ye Zhen’s expression turned strange. With a swoosh, protective battle armor formed from Earth Vein Heavenly Fire encompassed his entire body.
“What’s wrong?” The others’ attention abruptly shifted to Ye Zhen.
“Do any of you feel like you’re being watched? I keep feeling like multiple eyes are observing me, as if a hundred pairs of eyes are on us,” Ye Zhen exclaimed in surprise.
“Being watched? Are you paranoid?” Yang Ben sneered after using Divine Sense Perception, “This place is deserted, who could be watching us?
Still, it’s normal for you to be frightened given your lower cultivation…”
“He’s not wrong; I also have a feeling of being watched, though not as intensely as Ye Zhen described!”
The Alliance Leader Jie Tianhe glanced around, his expression suddenly becoming highly alert.
Just that one sentence caused Yang Ben’s old face to flush bright red.
He had just mocked Ye Zhen, but didn’t expect Jie Tianhe to affirm the matter, whose judgment was beyond question.
Yet, Yang Ben remained somewhat unconvinced, “Alliance Leader Jie, being watched, this isn’t quite…”
“Watch out!”
“Demons!”
“Tree Demons!”
In that instant, the startled cries of Shuili Dan King and Ou Tu suddenly echoed, along with a piercing sound breaking the silence of the entire Huichun Blessed Land.
The towering trees, which could not be hugged around by over a dozen people and stretched endlessly into the horizon, suddenly seemed to come alive, with countless branches extending like long whips, lashing out at everyone.
In the blink of an eye, the thousands of giant trees lining the passageway seemed to awaken, unleashing all sorts of bizarre and ferocious attacks upon the group.
Some, running towards them like humans, made it seem as if a small mountain was moving, their thick branches turning into lethal weapons.
More terrifyingly, countless roots shot out from the ground like octopus tentacles, wrapping around everyone unexpectedly, firmly pinning them in place.
If they couldn’t break free, the sweeping branches might crush them into mince in an instant.
However, it was during this moment that the difference in combat power among everyone became apparent.
Jie Tianhe stomped his foot, causing the entwining roots to shatter inch by inch. Jet-black spiritual power surged from Hei Tian, turning the roots coiled around him into inky black sludge.
At Ou Tu’s end, blades of light flashed repeatedly, severing the roots, while sharp as knife water spiritual power surged from the Sea-Breaking Great Saint’s body, instantly cutting through the entwining roots.
The most relaxed ones were Ye Zhen, Shuili Dan King, and Yang Ben. Spiritual power surged from their bodies, and the roots instantly turned to ash.
In contrast, the Green Robe Dragon King and Leng Kang were more at a disadvantage. Amid furious roars, they barely managed to break free from the roots that emerged from the ground.
At the same moment, Shuili Dan King cried out in distress, “Be careful of the spiritual medicine, everyone, be careful not to destroy the spiritual medicine…”
Unfortunately, the tree demons swarming in couldn’t hear Shuili Dan King’s warning.
In a flash, the battle began!
The fight had just started when the Green Robe Dragon King, Yuh Changkong, was the first to encounter danger, trapped by thousands of branches. If not for Jie Tianhe’s rescue, he would have been pierced through the heart by a giant log.
Soon, everyone realized the terror of these tree demons before them!
They couldn’t be killed!
Of course, it’s not that they truly couldn’t be killed, but it was impossible to find the bodies of these tree demons. The branches that surged across, cut one wave and immediately another wave emerged.
The roots on the ground were the same. Burn one wave, and new ones would immediately grow.
In the Sword Heart Enlightenment state, Ye Zhen could clearly perceive that the emerald green radiance was swiftly seeping underground. Supported by this emerald glow, a thousand tree demons could instantly launch a larger-scale attack, recovering immediately even with some damage.
The most deadly part was that in the distance, green light flickered, and more tree demons were rapidly converging here.
“This won’t do, with this way of fighting, we’ll all exhaust our spiritual power and die here!” Tower Chief Kui Otu of the Stars Tower shouted.
“I can’t hold on anymore, I’m going to escape from here!”
Facing imminent danger repeatedly, Green Robe Dragon King Yuh Changkong flickered and dashed into the tree demons, his figure shimmering a few times before disappearing into the distance.
Seeing this, everyone paused slightly before reacting, all exclaiming in surprise and employing their body skill to run towards the distant parts of this Huichun Blessed Land.
Shuili Dan King, however, was frustrated, stamping his foot in frustration.
In fact, it wasn’t that Green Robe Dragon King Yuh Changkong couldn’t hold on anymore but wanted to split up for treasure hunting.
There must be treasures inside this Huichun Blessed Land, but with everyone gathering together, it was impossible to have much gain, so a pretext was made to leave first.
Following the Green Robe Dragon King’s departure, others, fearing they would fall behind, also relied on body skill to rush into the distance.
The attacks of these tree demons, though terrifying, could be breached as long as one wasn’t encircled. With body skill, one could charge through.
“Fourth brother, hurry inside to find treasures. These tree demons fear fire. With your fire spiritual power for protection, it should be easier for you.” The Sea-Breaking Great Saint’s voice echoed in Ye Zhen’s mind.
Almost simultaneously, Shuili Dan King also sighed, “Forget it, everyone, seek treasures on your own. If anyone obtains spiritual medicine, please sell it to this old man!”
A layer of fiercely burning Earth Vein Heavenly Fire rose around Ye Zhen. In a flash, he transformed into a stream of light, dashing towards the distance.
Along the way, any tree demons daring to block him let out cries of agony.
This way of charging straight through allowed Ye Zhen to move a bit faster than others. Soon, he escaped the rampant tree demon avenue and rushed into the rear complex of buildings.
Suddenly, in the distance, a flash of water-blue light disappeared in an instant as it rushed into the far side of the architecture.
Ye Zhen’s gaze shifted slightly.
Among the nine people who entered, there were three who cultivated water spiritual power: the Sea-Breaking Great Saint, Jie Tianhe, and Leng Kang.
However, Jie Tianhe’s spiritual power was unique, imbued with Black Dragon Water Spirit Power, the Sea-Breaking Great Saint’s water spiritual power carried a hint of black, only Leng Kang cultivated the purest water spiritual power.
In other words, the person ahead was Leng Kang.
With a thought, Ye Zhen pursued him.
Leng Kang had nearly killed him before, and surely Ye Zhen couldn’t help but have thoughts of payback now.
In the next moment, Ye Zhen’s Divine Soul Power attached to the omnipresent water spiritual power in the air, extending swiftly over an area of fifty to sixty miles.
Not only did he discover and lock onto Leng Kang, who was flying ahead, but he also had a clear view of the buildings around.
The strange thing was that Leng Kang appeared extremely excited, as if he had a clear goal. Many grand-looking palace structures were ignored as he swiftly went deeper, twisting and turning.
“Could this kid know something?”
This discovery struck Ye Zhen as odd, prompting him to forego exploring other palaces and instead focus intently on Leng Kang.
Only because Ye Zhen could silently attach his Divine Soul Power to the water spiritual power did he manage to keep sight of the winding and elusive Leng Kang within the palace complex.
After roughly half a quarter-hour of pursuit, circling around hundreds of palaces, Leng Kang abruptly halted in front of a large hall.
When using Divine Sense to roughly make out the name on the plaque of that hall, Ye Zhen’s expression shifted dramatically; indeed, there was something off about Leng Kang! (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian () to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on .)