Chapter 68: Host, this move is pretty wild!
Several jet-black vines covered with sharp, venomous barbs suddenly broke through the mud beneath her feet, like lurking venomous snakes, and coiled around her ankles with lightning speed!
The sap oozing from the vines was obviously corrosive, and at the same time, a thicker, nauseating toxic mist gushed out from the broken part of the vines!
"Depend on!"
Fang Li cursed under her breath, reacting extremely quickly!
Spiritual energy erupted beneath his feet, and he leaped backward, narrowly avoiding the first entanglement of the vines! At the same time, he activated his spiritual energy shield without hesitation, a layer of pale golden light enveloping his entire body! The Tranquil Heart Pendant he wore on his chest also emitted a soft white light, dispelling the poisonous mist that was trying to erode his mind!
While in mid-air, she moved both hands simultaneously, and the talisman between her fingertips was instantly activated!
"Fireball Talisman! Go!"
"Golden Blade Talisman! Slash!"
Whoosh! Click!
Several blazing fireballs hurled at the pursuing demonic vines, the exploding flames causing the vines to visibly flinch and emit a burnt smell!
Several pale golden, sharp blades of energy slashed at the vines, but only left shallow white marks, far less effective than fire! These demonic vines had extremely high physical defense, but were clearly afraid of fire!
"A swamp death gift right from the start?! What kind of luck is this?! System! Navigation! Where's my lifeline?! If I stay any longer, I'll turn into a dried-up poisonous corpse!"
Fang Li frantically dodged the demonic vines that kept emerging from all directions while frantically calling out in her mind.
[Host! Fireball Talisman! Golden Blade Talisman! Don't hold back! Unleash a barrage! Simultaneously charge towards that black boulder protruding from the water at your three o'clock position! There's an abnormal spiritual energy reaction beneath it; there might be a shallow hole!]
Outside the Taixu Secret Realm, on the flying boats of various sects, each elder had a huge water mirror floating in front of them.
The water mirror was smooth as waves, and hundreds and thousands of images of different sizes were divided on it, clearly showing the different scenes encountered by the disciples of various sects in the secret realm.
Master Qingxuan pressed his face almost against the water mirror, his fingers flying across the images as he anxiously searched for his disciple.
"Where? Where? Where is my precious disciple?! Please don't let her end up in some forbidden land..." When he finally located the miasma swamp and saw Fang Li being surrounded by countless demonic vines and desperately dodging, he was so anxious he almost jumped up. "Oh dear! How did she end up in this godforsaken place! Disciple! Watch out to the left! Fire! Use fire!" He couldn't help but shout at the water mirror, even though he knew the person inside couldn't hear him.
Hua Qianmei leaned lazily against the soft couch, gazing at the water mirror image belonging to Fang Li. A playful smile curved her red lips: "Oh, the little darling of the Tianyan Sect isn't having much luck. She got separated as soon as she entered and even fell into the Bone-Eating Swamp. Sect Master Meng, it seems your sect's promising prodigy isn't so lucky. I'm afraid he'll perish in this swamp. How pitiful!" Her tone was flippant, tinged with schadenfreude.
Upon hearing this, Fang Zhengyan's brows furrowed immediately, his face showing displeasure. He snorted coldly in Hua Qianmei's direction, "Elder Hua! Watch your words! We are all righteous colleagues. Our disciples' training in the secret realm is inherently fraught with danger. How can you utter such vicious curses? It is utterly unbecoming and contrary to the teachings of the sages!" After reprimanding Hua Qianmei, he turned his gaze to Qingxuan Zhenren, his tone carrying its usual admonishing tone, "Peak Master Qingxuan, it is not that I am being presumptuous, but your disciple's actions are far too reckless and impulsive! Knowing the dangers of the secret realm, why did he not carefully travel in groups? Now he has fallen into such a perilous place alone, putting himself in danger. Is this not a breach of etiquette and a disregard for the teachings of his teachers?"
Master Qingxuan, who was already anxious and worried about his disciple's safety, was enraged by the two of them singing in unison.
He slammed his hand on the table in front of him, pointing at Fang Zhengyan and shouting angrily, "Fang Zhengyan! You old fogey! Stop spouting hindsight! Teleportation in secret realms depends entirely on chance, it's random, how can it be controlled by human power? My disciple is blessed with good fortune, and good people are always protected by heaven, he will surely turn misfortune into good fortune! But you, as the elder in charge of etiquette in the academy, you didn't speak up to rebuke that vixen when she uttered those vile words, and now you're lecturing me for failing to teach my disciples? I think you've been reading too many books, your brain has become dulled! You can't distinguish right from wrong!" After scolding Fang Zhengyan, he glared fiercely at Hua Qianmei, showing no mercy, "Vixen! Put away your venomous heart! If my disciple suffers even the slightest harm, I will never forgive you!"
The atmosphere instantly became tense.
When Hua Qianmei was directly called a "wicked woman," her charming smile froze instantly, and a cold glint flashed in her eyes, but she quickly returned to normal, only her smile faded a bit.
Fang Zhengyan's face turned ashen instantly when he was called "old-fashioned" and "pedantic." His beard trembled with rage, and he turned away with a flick of his sleeve, letting out a heavy, cold snort: "Hmph! Vulgar! Incomprehensible!"
Seeing the situation spiraling out of control, Meng Tianzheng spoke in a deep voice, calm yet authoritative, reaching the ears of every elder: "Everyone, the trials in the secret realm depend on individual fate and destiny. Each disciple has their own destiny, and we should simply observe from the outside. Junior Brother Qingxuan, concern leads to confusion; please remain calm. Elder Fang, Elder Hua, please also be careful with your words and actions, and prioritize harmony."
Meanwhile, Fang Li was locked in a fierce battle in the swamp.
Without hesitation, she flung out fireball talismans one after another, temporarily repelling the pursuing demonic vines. Then, she turned and stumbled headlong towards the direction indicated by the system! With spiritual energy flowing into her legs, she could only barely use the Flowing Cloud Step in the mud, greatly reducing her speed.
"This won't do!" Fang Li gritted her teeth and threw out two more Explosive Flame Talismans, blasting back the approaching demonic vines, but more vines immediately filled the gaps!
The fire-type talismans in the storage bag were decreasing at a visible rate, and his face turned slightly pale due to the depletion of spiritual energy and the invasion of poisonous gas.
The thin spiritual energy shield around his body was flickering unpredictably under the continuous erosion of the poisonous miasma and the frenzied lashing of the demonic vines.
"My spiritual energy is almost depleted! The shield is about to give way! System! We're doomed!" Fang Li screamed inwardly!
At this critical moment, the dormant chaotic foundation deep within her dantian seemed to sense the threat of the violent and chaotic spiritual energy from the outside world, and spontaneously began to slowly operate!
A strange suction force emanated from her body, attempting to pull and devour the deadly miasma and the dense wood-type demonic power emanating from the demonic vines!
The process was extremely painful! Those mottled, chaotic, and corrosive foreign spiritual energies forcibly surged into the meridians, like countless fine needles piercing wildly, or as if trying to tear the meridians apart!
Fang Li let out a muffled groan, her face instantly turning pale, cold sweat pouring down her forehead. She felt as if her body was being torn apart and contaminated from the inside out!
[Host! Your Dao Foundation is automatically detoxifying... no, it's automatically absorbing toxins?! This is too wild!] The system was also shocked.
Chaotic spiritual power is indeed domineering. It cannot immediately convert these spiritual powers of different attributes into its own use. The efficiency is very low and the process is extremely painful. Although it cannot be completely converted and absorbed, it greatly reduces the external pressure!
The pressure on the shield suddenly eased!
Now!
A ruthless glint flashed in Fang Li's eyes. She endured the throbbing pain in her meridians and activated all the remaining fire-type talismans and Exploding Flame Talismans in her storage bag at once, smashing them fiercely against the swarming demonic vines in front of her!
Rumble, rumble, rumble—!!!
A series of deafening explosions rang out! The scorching flames instantly engulfed a large area of the demonic vines, clearing a short path!
Seizing this fleeting opportunity, Fang Li poured the last bit of spiritual energy into her legs. No longer caring about her appearance, she scrambled and crawled towards the crevice at the bottom of the black boulder, squeezing in with both hands and feet!
Once inside the crevice, most of the sounds of attack and hissing from the outside world were blocked out.
Fang Li collapsed onto the rough rock, panting heavily, her body covered in mud and looking utterly disheveled.
His meridians were still throbbing with pain, and his spiritual energy was almost completely depleted.
"Is this Chaos Dao Foundation... some kind of all-purpose garbage processor? It dares to swallow any kind of rubbish spiritual power? It almost made me burst and I was in so much pain!" Fang Li was still scared and couldn't help but complain in her heart.
"Tongzi, quickly scan the cave. Is it safe? What if there are snakes or centipedes or anything like that..."
[Host, you almost died just now! The Chaos Dao Foundation is truly amazing! But this kind of gameplay is too thrilling, please don't do it like this next time! (Electronic voice, still shaken) Inside the cave... the spiritual energy field is very stable, no living creatures react... However, there seems to be something deep inside? The spiritual energy reaction is extremely weak, almost imperceptible...]
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