This place must have originally been a continuous forest.

The dodder flower demon started from the Yin-Yang tree and continued to expand outwards, using its weak, thin threads to climb other trees and absorb their life force and spiritual energy.

Over time, the surrounding trees became its nutrients, and thus this meadow was formed.

The group was startled. This grassland was so vast, just how many trees had that dodder flower demon absorbed the power of?

They were almost in the center of the dodder flower fairy's territory, surrounded by layers of thick, wall-like vines. Could they possibly escape?

At this moment, Su Xiyu and the others' expressions had become somewhat solemn.

Shen Sanruo remained calm and said in a low voice, "Senior brothers and sisters, don't worry, just do it."

Her voice was as light as the wind, yet it subtly conveyed a firmness, possessing a captivating charm that inspired conviction.

Hearing her say that, Song Weiyan, Bai Ruoan, and Su Xiyu calmed down.

They trusted her completely, so they did whatever she said.

Having had their spiritual energy drained for so long by the dodder flower demon, they had long harbored resentment.

The moment Chen Sangri finished speaking, they headed towards the vines.

"So you want to drain us dry, huh?!"

Song Weiyan made hand seals, Bai Ruoan made talismans, and Su Xiyu carried the alchemy furnace, looking fierce and ready to vent all the anger in her heart.

The three of them attacked the vine wall in front of them at the same time.

Unlike the branches of the Yin-Yang Tree, the tendrils of the dodder flower are small and fragile; a single blow will send fragments of the tendrils flying everywhere.

The dodder flower spirit is weak and survives only by parasitizing other spiritual plants.

Its strength is not high.

Seeing this, Shen Sangruo smiled slightly, held a feather fan, and joined the battle.

She was responsible for continuously unleashing the Sunset Fire Sea to prevent the dodder flower demon from manipulating the Yin-Yang Tree's branches to extend again.

However, even if the dodder vines are fragile, after hundreds of years of dormancy and cultivation, the number of its vines has reached a terrifying level.

As soon as Su Xiyu and her companions smashed one section, another wall of vines immediately rushed up.

Having just had so much spiritual energy drained, the group quickly began to feel the strain.

"My vines are spread over a radius of several kilometers; you can't possibly clear them all, nor can you escape!" The dodder flower demon's eerie voice carried a hint of wickedness. "Hehehe!"

It cautiously evaded the elders' joint efforts to eliminate it so many times, and lay dormant in this secret realm for hundreds of years before finding a suitable host and devouring the Yin-Yang Tree Demon.

By simply waiting for the right opportunity and absorbing the spiritual power and flesh of a few cultivators, one can gain the strength to break through the secret realm.

Now that it has been exposed, it will do everything in its power to devour these people completely!

Amidst the dodder flower demon's rampant laughter, a slightly cold voice rang out.

"Yeah?"

The dodder flower demon felt the voice was very close, and when it saw Ye Huaimeng appear in front of its true form, it was instantly terrified.

The sea of ​​fire that Shen Sangruo unleashed earlier had attracted all of the dodder flower demon's attention, and then Su Xiyu and the others escaped and launched a counterattack, keeping its attention constantly on its heels.

Ye Huai heard the voice that Chen Sangruo had sent him and took the opportunity to sneak up next to the Yin-Yang Tree.

They found the dodder flower demon's true form, which was attached to the Yin-Yang tree, and stabbed it with their sword!

The dodder flower demon's true form was firmly fixed to the trunk of the Yin-Yang Tree, as if Youyou had used her claws to hold it down tightly.

The dodder flower is extremely fragile, and once it is pierced like this, it basically loses its ability to resist.

Those sprawling vines lost their vitality in an instant.

An old demon with a cultivation level of mid-Nascent Soul or above was actually successfully surrounded and killed by five people whose cultivation levels were all at the Golden Core stage!

Shen Sanruo and the others managed to escape and quickly arrived.

The dodder flower fairy's true form is not large; it is a ball formed by vines intertwining, and it is still twisting and struggling.

"So you want to drain us dry?" Song Weiyan kicked the ball.

Bai Ruoan and Su Xiyu both revealed sinister smiles as they proceeded to thoroughly ravage the ball.

"Do you think this vine could be used to make talismans?"

"I think it's more appropriate to just throw it into the alchemy furnace and refine it directly."

The dodder flower demon had been lying low for hundreds of years, and when it finally made its move, it encountered these five evil spirits.

Has it been too long since it ventured out? Has the world outside the secret realm developed to this extent? Several Golden Core cultivators were able to capture it?

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, they had no choice but to beg for mercy.

"Everyone! Let's talk this over, let's talk this over!" The dodder flower fairy's voice sounded like that of a child.

"I know you've come to participate in the competition, and you need rare and precious materials, right?"

"I have many! They're inside the trunk of that Yin-Yang tree. Look for the first branch; isn't there a tree hole there?"

The group was surprised by this unexpected gain.

As Shen Sangruo took to the air, she indeed discovered a tree hole, just as the dodder flower fairy had said.

However, there seemed to be something like a restriction on the tree hole, which prevented her from using her divine sense to explore it or taking out anything from it.

"Only I can open that tree hole. All the things I've plundered in the Xuan and Di regions over the years are there. If you spare my life, they're all yours."

The dodder flower fairy kept chattering.

Shen Sanruo raised an eyebrow. "This bargaining chip is indeed quite good."

"Right? This way you're guaranteed to win the competition, so why not?" the dodder flower fairy chuckled.

However, she then changed the subject, "But who said they wanted to make a deal with you?"

"Your life is in our hands. We could easily kill you and forcibly take the treasure from the tree hole. You have no right to negotiate with us." She said slowly, giving the dodder flower fairy a smile.

This laugh was terrifying in the eyes of the dodder flower demon.

"Then what do you want? What good will it do you to kill me?" the dodder flower demon raised her voice.

"Isn't eliminating harm for the people a good thing? You just tried to use us as nourishment to drain us dry," Shen Sangruo said calmly.

The dodder flower demon was in a panic. Could it be that its centuries-long plan would end in failure before it even got off the ground?

A ball was twisting and turning anxiously.

Seeing that her threat had worked, she changed her tune, saying, "If you want us to spare your life, we can."

"Come with us."

"Huh?" the dodder flower fairy asked in confusion.

“You’ve been exposed. Staying in the secret realm won’t save you from being eliminated. Those elders aren’t as easy to talk to as I am,” Shen Sangruo said with a smile.

The dodder flower fairy thought to herself, "Where do you look like someone who's easy to talk to?"

"If you come with us, we can take you out of the secret realm. Isn't that what you've always wanted?"