The battle turned in favor of the enemy from the very beginning.

First, Zhang Taoying, who was in charge of scouting the Maple Leaf Banshee, fell unconscious after issuing a "be careful" warning. Just as the team was preparing to attack the enemy in the fog, a rustling sound came from the ground.

As Dao Nan prepared to charge forward and swing his sword, vines inexplicably sprouted from beneath his feet, spreading upwards and wrapping around his calves, making it difficult for him to move.

He looked down at his feet and saw that the barren land had been overgrown with weeds, shrubs, and vines, which intertwined and bound everyone on the land.

In front of him, the dilapidated gate of the Taoist temple was open, and thick fog was billowing out.

Zhang Taoying lay on the ground, her slender body wrapped tightly in layers of the same vines. She turned her face to the side, her brows furrowed, as if she were having a nightmare.

Li Aidan, who reacted the fastest, was not entangled by the vines on the ground, but the ropes formed by the suddenly growing grass blades also formed in front of her, hindering her progress and entangled her steps.

She simply transformed her hands into wolf-like claws, lay down on the ground in a running posture, and let out a beast-like roar.

Huang Yuanlong and Jasmine were out of Dao Nan's sight, and Dao Nan didn't have time to pay attention to them.

Dao Nan is now a Blood Realm cultivator. After consuming the Blood Realm Elixir, he also gained access to several martial arts techniques. In addition, he has fully mastered the martial arts manuals he obtained from the experts after reaching the Blood Realm.

His current combat strength is incomparable to that of when he first came here.

Back then, he was just a well-trained ordinary person, but now he is a Blood Realm cultivator who has mastered several martial arts!

Dao Nan's feet were on fire, along with his shoes, socks, and the vines wrapped around them.

This was the first martial art he learned, and also the one he mastered most skillfully and applied most flexibly. He obtained this martial art from the broken elixir that originally belonged to Melorian. He later learned from an expert that it was called the Karmic Fire Sword.

Evil deeds harm the body like fire; this is the fire of karma.

But for Dao Nan, this was not a bad deed, but the flame he had always pursued and sought.

It was his ideal, his pursuit, the result of countless days and nights of arduous training, and the fiery passion that came from his resolute compromise with reality.

Hiss.

The vines, scorched by the flames, lost their resilience, allowing Dao Nan to easily escape them.

However, the burning of karmic fire on a sword blade is completely different from burning on shoes and socks. The former is still insulated by the sword hilt, while the latter will actually burn on one's own body.

Dao Nan stopped the effects of the Karmic Fire Sword before the flames reached him, a level of control he couldn't achieve before reaching the Blood Realm.

Stopping the Blazing Fire Sword would indeed prevent the flames from backfiring on him, but the vines spreading from the ground resembled countless green snakes, still densely crawling towards Dao Nan.

Dao Nan smiled smugly, his steps never faltering. He seemed to be flying as he ran across the outstretched vines and weeds at the same speed as on flat ground, without any decrease in speed.

This is the martial art "Wind-Walking Stance" that he learned from an expert, also known as Grass-Flying!

Experts said he was too stupid, not as smart as Chen Jing. Chen Jing learned several martial arts a day, while Dao Nan only learned one. After learning it, he couldn't use it immediately and could only practice it repeatedly.

Dao Nan was not discouraged after hearing this; instead, he felt a surge of fighting spirit and determination.

He practiced continuously, but it wasn't until Dao Nan swallowed the Blood Realm Elixir that he truly mastered this martial art.

Windwalking Stance is a footwork-based martial art that allows one to move swiftly across mud, rubble, and even straw. It is said that the advanced version, when mastered to its highest level, allows one to walk on water as if on flat ground, and even to actually fly!

Dao Nan quickly leaped over the vines and rushed towards the even thicker fog in front of the Taoist temple gate.

Flames erupted from his longsword, rising from the hilt upwards. The flames, far from being extinguished by the high-speed flight, burned ever brighter, mirroring Dao Nan's inner fighting spirit.

He plunged headlong into the mist, but did not see the maple leaf banshee.

Where are the people?

Daonan was surprised inwardly.

There wasn't a single person in that fog, so how could he wield his sword?

"There's no one in the fog!"

In a flash of thought, Dao Nan shouted out the information he had received to his teammates outside the fog.

"I heard you, why are you shouting like that..."

Huang Yuanlong thought to himself that he did not reveal his true level, but instead used his subordinates to test the opponent's strength.

His position was relatively safe, in the middle to the back of the group. This was a strategy he had been accustomed to for a long time, and even though he had secretly broken through to the Qi Realm, he had not changed this habit immediately.

He stood with his eyes closed amidst the vines and weeds, the branches climbing up his shoes and securing them, but Huang Yuanlong paid them no heed.

"The surrounding noise is so loud, I didn't hear any suspicious footsteps in the fog..."

"I didn't hear any incantations either..."

"Um!"

He seemed to hear a strange friction sound, like tree roots dragging on the ground...

He drew his pistol with lightning speed, aimed it in that direction, and opened his eyes at the same time.

Bang!

Huang Yuanlong looked in the direction he was shooting, his gaze hardening.

He shot at the giant oak tree.

Wait, that's a friction sound...

Huang Yuanlong raised his gaze and saw a thick fog, denser and stickier than normal, swirling around a large branch of the oak tree.

He stretched out his hand and quickly drew a magic seal with one hand. At the same time, the branches of the huge oak tree suddenly moved!

Those branches, as if detached from their basic plant attributes, became sticks used to strike people, one by one lashing out at those around them.

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