Inside the ancient cave, there were many shelves filled with books, the text of which no one could understand. Yan Rong thought, just because she couldn't understand them doesn't mean others couldn't. Whatever, she'd collect them all; they might be some incredible secret manual.
So with a wave of her hand, she collected everything on the shelves into her storage space. Not only the books she couldn't understand, but also other materials and bottles whose purpose she couldn't identify, she put them all into her storage space, leaving nothing for anyone else.
Others were naturally dissatisfied, but no one dared to say anything.
"Go inside and see what's inside. You two can't spread your divine sense here, so you two go first," Yan Rong ordered the two female disciples of the Sword God Palace.
Ahead lay a door leading to an unknown place. Fearing some dangerous restriction, Yan Rong let the others go first. The two female disciples hesitated for a moment before slowly walking forward. One of them released her spirit beast, a cute little fox with four tails.
The four-tailed fox hopped and skipped, running far away in an instant. Then it saw a huge spirit tree growing in front of it. The spirit tree was shrouded in a layer of transparent light, and the whole tree was glowing. It was very beautiful, and the tree was full of jewel-like fruits.
“There is a huge spirit tree ahead,” said the female disciple with her hair styled in a snake-like bun.
The fox cub's vision is linked to its owner's; what the fox cub sees, its owner sees too.
Yan Rong and the others excitedly flew forward and arrived at a vast place where a huge spirit tree grew. The spirit tree was shrouded in a layer of transparent light, but its spiritual power did not leak out. The fruits on the spirit tree were like colorful jewels, and their dazzling light was so bright that it almost blinded people.
"This is the Five-Colored Tree. It only bears fruit once every five million years, and the fruit is a great tonic even for immortal kings. My goodness, we have actually discovered such a sacred medicine. We are so lucky!" said a male disciple with a horse-like face.
Yan Rong was initially very excited. With these five-colored fruits, she was certain she could break through her bottleneck and become a Taiyi Golden Immortal. However, her excitement was quickly dampened by the icy water, as she saw the skeletons on the ground. Were these people all killed here because they wanted these five-colored fruits?
The scattered bones on the ground looked like they had been dead for a long time. Their remains were not intact, but scattered, suggesting that the bodies had been dismembered by someone.
How did these guys die?
It seems there are definitely traps around here.
Yan Rong saw the skeletons, and so did the others. Their initial excitement subsided, but none of them intended to give up so easily; after all, the allure of the Five-Colored Fruit was simply too great. Who could resist the Five-Colored Fruit, a tonic even for a Celestial King?
“Fellow disciples, there must be a dangerous restriction around this five-colored tree. We must break the restriction first. Junior Sister Han, you are skilled in restriction techniques, why don’t you try it first?” Yan Rong said to a young woman with blue hair.
"No, no, no, how can I compare to Senior Sister? I couldn't even handle the magic array outside the cave just now. Senior Sister, please take action!" Junior Sister Han shook her head and said.
She didn't want to be cannon fodder.
Yan Rong's eyes turned cold: "You know I broke the magic array outside the cave. I didn't do that job alone, did I? You think you can just go like that? Do you still want the Five-Colored Fruit?"
"That's right, Junior Sister Han, Senior Sister Yan Rong asked you to go, so why don't you give it a try!"
“Your restriction techniques are stronger than ours. If you don’t go, who will? We can’t let Senior Sister Yan Rong do it all by herself, can we?”
"Junior Sister Han, hurry up!"
Everyone wanted the five-colored fruit, but they all knew that the first one to go up would be in danger. "Better to sacrifice a fellow cultivator than to risk one's own life," they reasoned, and so after Yan Rong specifically named Junior Sister Han, everyone wanted her to go first.
At least it's not my bad luck.
Birds of a feather flock together; what kind of good people could gather around Yan Rong?
"You, you all..."
Han Shimei looked at the people around her, feeling indignant.
These guys were only interested in the five-colored fruit and didn't care about their own lives. Junior Sister Han wanted to leave, but everyone was guarding the exit, and their gazes towards her were filled with malice. Yan Rong's gaze in particular made her apprehensive. If she left now, would they beat her up and throw her over there?
At this moment, Junior Sister Han was in a dilemma. She had no choice but to take the lead.
She bit her lip, secretly resentful.
She stopped at the skeleton furthest from the Five-Colored Tree. Looking ahead, she waved her hand, and beads about the size of a thumb appeared before her, each radiating a purple light. Han Shimei formed a hand seal, and the purple beads, emitting a dazzling light, flew towards the Five-Colored Tree.
When the beads were still ten feet away from the five-colored tree, a blinding red light appeared in the air, and then many runes appeared in the void. Each of these runes was incredibly mysterious, and the purple beads exploded one by one after touching them.
Rumble—
A deafening roar echoed throughout the cave, and after a while, all the beads exploded. The explosions created a powerful shockwave, forcing Yan Rong and the others to activate their shields. Once everything calmed down, Junior Sister Han coughed up blood and retreated, the red runes in the air disappearing.
Yan Rong glanced at Junior Sister Han and told the others to go. One by one, they went up to break the restrictions, and finally, they managed to remove all the restrictions and reach the foot of the Five-Colored Tree. At this time, everyone except Yan Rong was seriously injured.
Yan Rong didn't care about the lives of others and went to pick the five-colored fruit. Just then, she heard a strange yet somewhat familiar laugh: "Hehe~"
Yan Rong was horrified by the sound. Her eyes widened in horror as she discovered that the colorful fruit she was about to pick had turned into a skull. The skull's dark eyes glowed red, and then it bit off her entire hand.
"Aaaaaaaahh ...
Yan Rong let out a shrill scream.
Everyone looked terrified.
The five-colored tree had changed its appearance. The ethereal light surrounding the tree had turned into pitch-black mist. There were no leaves on the tree, only a pitch-black trunk covered with red and black tentacles that looked like venomous snakes. The colorful, jewel-like fruits that used to hang there had all turned into skulls.
So many skulls! Their eyes glowed red, and they opened and closed their mouths with a piercing, terrifying sound, making everyone feel as if countless steel needles were piercing their brains. The ground had changed too; it was entirely covered in bones, and the surrounding walls had turned into horrifying walls of flesh.
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