"Why is there no movement?!" The pressure of the approaching storm was really unbearable. One of the young warriors was so nervous that he tried to cheer himself up.
"Don't talk!"
The Long Blade Martial School elder next to him glared at him.
Without making a sound, the greenish-red vines drilled out of the ground, instantly tearing apart the elder's protective true energy and piercing into his body. The surface of the arm-thick vines would sway from time to time, as if large masses of flesh and blood were being sent into the elder's body.
"Ah!"
Seeing himself turn into a bag of bones, the elder could no longer stay calm. He opened his mouth and let out a blood-curdling scream.
In the next second, the battle formation was completely messed up.
"There's a vine coming out of the ground!"
"Damn it! It's under my body!"
"Help! Help me!"
Screams and screams spread out one after another in this area. Despair flooded everyone's mind like a flood. Many of them felt that their hands and feet were numb, and they couldn't even breathe.
The Long Blade Martial School's leader was called Li Yuan. He clenched his fists, took a deep breath, and shouted coldly, "Split into groups of ten, spread out, and form a small battle formation. If you see a vine, chop it down as hard as you can. If you kill one, you'll have a higher chance of survival."
Within this short period of time, more than thirty people had died, and one-third of them were killed by their own people. If this situation continued, everyone would collapse.
In front of despair and fear, Li Yuan's words were not very effective. Except for a small number of people who followed his orders, most of the people had already fallen into a state of madness. Whenever they saw something approaching them, they would swing their blades at it with bloodshot eyes.
The weakness of human beings was clearly shown at this moment.
"I can't take it anymore! I want to leave! I want to leave this damn place!"
"If this goes on, we'll all die!"
As more and more people died, some of the younger warriors finally collapsed. They desperately separated themselves from the crowd and ran as far as they could. If there was one, there would be a second. It was like a virus that spread like wildfire, and no one could stop it.
"Ah!" "Ah!"
These people didn't even manage to run far before they were sucked dry by the vines. Their protective Zhen Qi was as fragile as a piece of tofu, easily broken by a single poke.
"Leader, if this goes on, we'll all die! We'd better run! It's better to let as many as we can escape than to be wiped out. " All of the elders of the Long Blade Martial School were Clasping Yuan Realm martial artists, and their protective Zhen Qi was exceptionally strong. However, the attacks of the vines were way too frequent and weird, and they always targeted the areas where the protective Zhen Qi was the weakest. By now, two to three elders had already died, and the other elders couldn't help but yell out.
Li Yuan was a peak-level Late Clasping Yuan Realm martial artist. With the help of his protective Zhen Qi, he had managed to cut a lot of vines. However, at that moment, even though he wanted to, he did not have the strength to do so. There were more and more vines coming at him. Every time he cut one, more would attack him.
His face was gloomy and pale. His voice contained true energy transmitted outwards. "Everyone, retreat. Don't panic."
Just as he finished speaking, an elder said in a trembling voice, "Sect Master, we can't escape. There are vines everywhere outside. We've been surrounded."
'Damn it! Is the Long Blade Martial School going to perish here today?' Li Yuan and the other elders couldn't help but think pessimistically.
"They're attacking! Oh my god!"
Countless greenish-red vines moved like snakes, covering the sky and covering the earth. Everywhere they passed, cultivators fell to the ground, their bodies sucked dry until only skin and bones remained.
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh …
For the first time in his life, Li Yuan felt so powerless. Right now, he only had one thought in his mind, which was to kill, kill as many vines as possible. With him as the center, sharp blade Qi spread out, shredding the greenish-red vines one after another.
Ye Chen didn't care about the situation of the Long Blade Martial School anymore, because he had also been discovered by tens of vines. These vines didn't have eyes or noses, only a mouth. However, they seemed to have very sharp senses, easily discovering the weak spots of Ye Chen's protective Zhen Qi.
Ji Hao unsheathed his Dragon Spring Sword and cut three vines in half, sending a greenish-red juice splashing everywhere.
"Fortunately, I've cultivated the Great Mystery Art to the ninth level, and the quality and quantity of my Zhen Qi has already surpassed the Zhen Qi cultivated with a low-rank Earth Realm martial art. Besides, I'm wearing a low-rank light armor, which can increase my defensive power by more than ten percent. With these two factors added together, my defensive power is almost equal to that of a peak-level Mid Clasping Yuan Realm martial artist." While moving swiftly, Ye Chen cut the vines one after another, feeling a bit lucky.
Soon, tens of vines were cut off one after another, but none of them could hurt Ye Chen.
However, Ye Chen's eyebrows were knitted even more tightly.
Probably because the vines had sensed that Ye Chen was a huge threat, countless vines had gathered over from all directions, gradually surrounding Ye Chen, leaving no space for him to escape.
Ye Chen's expression didn't change. As long as he was protected by the sword intent, all kinds of negative emotions wouldn't be able to affect him, only making him calmer.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
When launching sneak attacks, the vines wouldn't make even the slightest sound. However, when launching a frontal attack, the vines' attacking speed had been raised to a whole new level, and they darted towards Ye Chen as fast as lightning.
"Swirling Clouds!"
The Dragon Spring Sword released an arc-shaped stream of sword Qi, which rose straight up, twisting the airflow and forming a light blue tornado, shrouding Ye Chen.
Puff … puff … puff …
All the vines that were attacking Ye Chen were shredded into pieces by the tornado, and from time to time, a thick stream of sword Qi darted out and cut off large amounts of vines.
Pop!
The tornado was suddenly penetrated, and a dark-red vine darted towards Ye Chen.
'This tornado is mixed with Zhen Qi, and can even cut steel into pieces when rotating at a high speed. However, this dark-red vine was able to penetrate through it, which means it's much harder than ordinary cyan and red vines. This seems to be bad.' As this thought flashed across his mind, Ye Chen swung his sword towards the dark-red vine. With the help of his sword intent, the dark-red vine wasn't indestructible, and was easily cut into pieces.
However, in the next moment, Ye Chen discovered that new ends of the dark-red vine were growing out from the broken ends of the vine, and the sharp fangs were densely covered in a spiral shape.
"I can't stay here for long!"
After cutting off the dark-red vine once again, Ye Chen activated his Great Mystery Zhen Qi with all of his power and infused it into the tornado, moving deeper into the jungle.
The dark-red vine followed closely behind, while the other cyan and red vines crazily blocked the tornado, trying to stop Ye Chen from moving forward.
Ye Chen sneered, and controlled the tornado to attack.
Under the attack of the tornado, the vines were torn apart one after another, and the ground was covered with layers and layers of cyan and red vines.
Ye Chen walked deeper and deeper into the jungle, and it seemed like there was no end to it.
With the help of the pellet that could instantly replenish his Zhen Qi, Ye Chen was not in a hurry. He waited until the tornado weakened, and then performed the Swirling Wind and Broken Clouds again, moving forward.
…
"Damn it! What the hell is this?!"
Qin Hao was completely surrounded by the greenish-red vines. Although his body-protecting Zhen Qi could temporarily save his life, his Zhen Qi was being consumed at an extremely fast speed. In just half an hour, he had already swallowed three Zhen Qi recovery pills.
Shoo!
A dark-red vine that was as thick as a calf shot towards him.
Crack!
The vine was shattered by the Vacuum Giant Palm, but soon, it recovered completely.
"No, I have to get out of here. This jungle is way too dangerous. The consumption of Zhen Qi is not proportional to the recovery speed. I will die here sooner or later."
Qin Hao was extremely annoyed. He had just escaped from the Wind Wolf, and now he was surrounded by cyan and red vines. Ever since he had entered the Hundred Thousand Mountain Range, nothing had gone smoothly. Fortunately, he was not too far away from the jungle, so he should be able to get out of here.
The Vacuum Giant Palm burst out, and Qin Hao opened up a bloody path, rushing back the way he had come.
Right at that moment, a big tree not far away from him was suddenly smashed in the middle, and a huge figure appeared in front of him. If it was not the Wind Wolf, what else could it be?
A man and a beast were facing each other, but they did not notice that there was a purple gas spreading down from the sky. This gas was like a living creature, twisting and wriggling, and its color was extremely bright.
Shoo! A huge hole appeared on Qin Hao's protective Zhen Qi, and the flesh and blood on that part were quickly corroded into ashes. The Wind Wolf in front of him was not any better. The purple gas was obviously the Bone Corroding Miasma above the jungle. When the big tree was smashed, the extremely heavy Bone Corroding Miasma sank down and spread out.
"I don't want to die like this!"
Qin Hao opened his mouth and roared out. Soon, his body was corroded into ashes.
The Wind Wolf was extremely powerful, and it was surprisingly not killed by the Bone Corroding Miasma. Howling, it rushed back the way it came from. However, soon, its body became shorter, and was corroded into ashes bit by bit. There was not even a trace of it left. It was even more horrifying than the vines in the jungle.
The purple gas did not sink too much, and after it had spread to a certain area, it stopped expanding. Furthermore, the huge trees nearby were slowly absorbing the purple gas, and then releasing it out from the top of the trees, merging into the air above the jungle. A special balance had been formed between the two.
…
In the middle of the jungle, Ye Chen raised his head and saw a mountain that was over a thousand meters high. The front part of the mountain was protruding like a nose, and the two sides of the mountain were weirdly extending upwards, looking like the horns of a goat.
"Goat Head Mountain! It is indeed here! "
The vines were still chasing after Ye Chen. No one knew how long they were, or how many there were. Ye Chen kept killing the vines while rushing towards the nose of the mountain.
When he got closer, Ye Chen found out that it was a huge cave. It was opened like a goat's mouth, and it was pitch black inside.
"Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Let's go in first."
Dispersing the tornado, Ye Chen's body flashed and disappeared into the mouth of the goat. The vines behind him followed him in like a tide.
With his powerful soul power, Ye Chen could see the darkness as nothing. He smoothly went into the deep part of the cave, avoiding all the obstacles around him.
"There are stairs here. It seems like it was indeed made by someone."
On the left side, Ye Chen found a secret staircase, which was curved and extended upwards. At first glance, it seemed to be a bit narrow and crowded. Ye Chen put a zhen Qi replenishing pellet into his mouth, and pushed up his zhen Qi layer with all of his strength, jumping up.
Right then, the vines behind him seemed to be hesitating. They wanted to chase after Ye Chen, but they were also hesitating.
Shoo! Shoo!
Shoo! After a long while, countless vines gradually retracted, and stopped chasing after Ye Chen.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
