"Absorb spiritual energy?" Shen Sangruo's brows furrowed suddenly.
"Yes...and it's very fast..." Su Xiyu's voice was already somewhat weak.
The rapid loss of spiritual energy left the three feeling somewhat exhausted.
She and Ye Huai were puzzled, but wasn't the Yin-Yang Tree Demon supposed to be non-aggressive?
It was able to evade the cleanup efforts of numerous sect elders, so it must be no ordinary creature.
The others had clearly thought of this as well, and their expressions were not pleasant.
The Yin-Yang Tree Demon is strange, so they can't leave now.
Without knowing its true nature, it's impossible to know what it will do to Su Xiyu and the other two next. Leaving them here might be dangerous.
Those branches bound them tightly, preventing them from even crushing the token to teleport out of the secret realm.
At this point, the nature of the matter has changed.
The Yin-Yang Tree Demon has gone from slowing them down to threatening their lives.
If a mid-stage Nascent Soul demon appears in the Xuan area, and another participating disciple dies as a result, it would be a major dereliction of duty for all the elders who cleaned the secret realm.
Outside the secret realm, Gu Ci Zhenjun and the others saw Su Xiyu and the other two's expressions through the projection and also noticed something was amiss.
But since they couldn't hear any sounds from inside the secret realm, they couldn't determine exactly what had happened.
Upon seeing this scene, the three Immortal Lords Changli and Changli immediately realized that the Yin-Yang Tree Demon that was entangled with them was problematic.
He forcibly suppressed the urge to find Gu Ci Zhenjun and the others to forcefully open the secret realm to rescue people, and decided to wait a little longer.
Shen Sangruo and Ye Huai are not trapped yet, so there may still be a chance for things to turn around.
Choose to believe them.
Almost everyone on Fengling Terrace unconsciously turned their gaze to Shen Sangruo and Ye Huai.
While dodging branches and roots, Shen Sanruo kept thinking about every detail from when they first entered this area until now.
Another black and white branch brushed past her eyes, with dark green lines winding through the black areas and pale green lines through the white areas.
It seems to grow this way on purpose, and it is not conspicuous in either area.
Oh, and the vines!
She remembered that the trees in that grove were covered with vines that swayed in the wind.
Even the roots hidden deep underground have vines growing on them.
These vines are definitely the problem.
Shen Sanruo's eyes flickered slightly, and she waved her feather fan in front of her, instantly enveloping the branches and roots in flames.
After a brief pause, it continued to twist.
This time she saw it very clearly: the vines curled up after touching the flames, and the time they curled up was the same time the branches and roots paused.
An idea then arose in my mind.
The Yin-Yang Tree Demon has developed sentience and cannot be immune to pain, but what if it is being manipulated by those vines?
Their attacks were all aimed at the Yin-Yang Tree, ignoring the tiny vines.
Once the vines recovered, they continued to manipulate their branches and roots to attack.
Those being chased would only think that the bark of the Yin-Yang Tree was too thick, and would then give up attacking, eventually being entangled by the combined branches and roots, and having their spiritual power drained until they died.
She looked up, her gaze sweeping over the intertwined branches and roots, a fleeting glance that carried a powerful sense of oppression.
He gave a cold laugh, "I'd like to see what kind of thing is putting on this act!"
She tilted her head slightly towards Ye Huai and transmitted a sentence into Ye Huai's consciousness.
Seeing Ye Huai nod, she suddenly accelerated by gathering spiritual power. The branches and roots didn't react in time, allowing Chen Sangruo to instantly distance herself from them.
Using the wind, she soared into the sky, looking down at the slender branches and roots below, which resembled countless venomous snakes intertwined and entwined.
Centered on the Yin-Yang Tree itself, it covers a distance of nearly a thousand meters, a sight that is truly awe-inspiring.
Chen Sangruo's eyes darkened. "Aren't you afraid of pain?"
The feather fan in his hand shimmered with a faint blue light.
She concentrated all her spiritual power into the feather fan, and in just a few breaths, she had already waved the fan several times.
The scorching flames descended from the sky, like a judgment from heaven.
Starting from her, the flames surged forward like layers of fire waves, leaving behind a boiling sea of fire.
In a very short time, Shen Sangruo's glazed fire covered a distance of over a thousand meters in front of her, enveloping all the Yin-Yang tree branches and roots.
This naturally includes the countless vines mentioned above.
Burning a small part of it can quickly ease its effects, but what if she burns it all dry?
Of all people to provoke, she had to provoke her, who is the natural enemy of wood-type demonic beasts. What's more, her Sunset Glazed Fire Technique is an area-of-effect attack.
Saying she's unlucky?
Those who are unlucky might have something else going on.
The extreme heat turned the surrounding area into a furnace burning with raging flames.
Flames shot straight into the sky.
With Chen Sangruo's prompting, Su Xiyu and the other two used their remaining spiritual energy to protect themselves, and with her deliberate avoidance, they were able to hold out for a while.
But the vines on the Yin-Yang tree could not escape this calamity.
The tiny vines twisted and writhed wildly in the sea of fire. If they hadn't been highly skilled, they would have been burned to ashes long ago under the blazing flames.
The sheer number of vines created a dense, burning pain that surged through the vines like a tidal wave.
It was in so much pain that tears were about to fall from its eyes, and it let out a sharp, piercing wail.
And they quickly gathered up the fragrant vines.
If we don't bring them back soon, they'll be ripe!
Without the support of the vines, the branches and roots immediately drooped weakly to the ground.
"Senior brothers and sisters!" Shen Sangruo shouted sharply.
The three trapped individuals, including Su Xiyu, quickly seized the opportunity to break free and rush out of the sea of fire.
"What exactly is that thing?" Song Weiyan asked, his face pale and his brows furrowed. He had almost been drained dry.
“It should be a dodder flower that has cultivated into a demon,” Shen Sangruo replied in a deep voice.
A type of spiritual plant that parasitizes other spiritual plants and grows by using those other spiritual plants as nutrients.
Unexpectedly, after becoming a demon, it even dared to absorb human spiritual power and flesh.
"It parasitized the Yin-Yang Tree, absorbing all the cultivation of the Yin-Yang Tree Demon and turning it into its puppet."
"And its cultivation level is no less than that of the original Yin-Yang Tree."
Otherwise, it would be impossible to manipulate such a large number of branches and roots.
However, they soon realized that the dodder flower demon's cultivation level was far higher than they had imagined.
The dodder flower demon retracted all its vines, no longer being burned, and its pain lessened. Realizing that its "prey" had escaped, it instantly became furious.
"You can't escape!" A strange, shrill voice rang in their ears.
Shen Sanruo and the others were all facing the direction of the Yin-Yang Tree when they heard a rustling sound behind them.
Looking back, countless tiny green vines stretched out from the green grass.
Those were the branches of the dodder flower fairy herself.
As far as the eye could see, the entire meadow was covered with twisted vines.
It turned out that the moment they stepped into this meadow, they had entered the territory of the dodder flower fairy!
I also understood why this grassland was formed.
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