Chapter 576: Samsara-Type Spirit Plant

Song Junxue must have communicated with it in advance, so as soon as it came out, it immediately stomped on the ground, and then a special wave spread in all directions.

This wave did not cause any damage to the surrounding army ants, but soon the Blue-Eyed Golden Rhinoceros called out to Song Junxue twice! Then Song Junxue immediately pointed to the right passage and said: "Go this way; this is the passage leading to the treasure!"

Everyone was overjoyed and immediately moved toward the direction she said, but because the passage wasn't too spacious, the Blue-Eyed Golden Rhinoceros was put away by Song Junxue again! Lin Zhangqing felt she must have held something back; a spirit beast like the Blue-Eyed Golden Rhinoceros couldn't have zero combat power.

Song Junxue put it away, besides wanting to protect it, she must also have intended to preserve her strength.

But seeing through it without saying it, he himself was doing the same, so he wouldn't talk about others!

However, after passing the first fork, their pressure immediately doubled! Because this time, they had to face army ants from both the front and back; fortunately, they exchanged positions with Li Yougen's group again! After all, they hadn't fully recovered, so they let Li Yougen and the others hold the line first to win some time for them to recover!

However, as they penetrated deeper and deeper, the pressure they bore also became greater and greater; after all, there were more and more Second-Tier army ants!

After penetrating another two hundred-plus zhang, they encountered a fork again, and after the Blue-Eyed Golden Rhinoceros pointed out the correct direction.

Their pressure doubled again, and both the front and back couldn't hold on anymore, and people began to get injured!

The stimulation of the bloody smell around them made all the army ants even more frantic; Lin Zhangqing's group had to split up! Supporting both the front and back with two people each, but the pressure was still very great, and everyone had to keep Spirit Recovery Pills in their mouths! They couldn't care about the accumulation of pill poison from taking too many pills in a short time!

In order to recover the magical power in their Dantians, everyone used all their means, and many people used up the good things they had kept at the bottom of their boxes! Lin Zhangqing even saw Song Junxue take out the Vermilion Fruit Wine he had gifted two days ago and take a direct gulp! Just like this, they withstood the huge pressure, and after passing five or six more forks, someone finally couldn't hold on!

The first death occurred; he was just a little slow in reacting and was ambushed by four or five Second-Tier army ants.

Falling into the pile of army ants, even his bones were gnawed clean in a very short time; it was too late to save him! After the first one, there were the second and third; although everyone tried their best to rescue, people kept falling one after another!

By the time they penetrated another three or four miles deeper, only six people remained in total: Lin Zhangqing, Song Junxue, Ye Chuji, and Li Yougen, plus two other cultivators.

But Ye Chuji and Li Yougen were already injured, and the magical power in their Dantians was also not much left!

Fortunately, after breaking through a fork, everyone finally arrived in front of a huge cave entrance!

However, after they saw the situation inside clearly, except for Lin Zhangqing, everyone's faces turned pale! This cave was very huge, about a mile in radius, and the height was about the same; in the very center of the entire cave, a huge spirit plant was growing!

The trunk was rugged and winding, a bit like an ordinary locust tree in the mortal world, but more burly and huge!

The height of the entire spirit plant was about two or three hundred zhang, but it grew lush with branches and leaves, covering half the sky of the entire cave.

And in different positions of this spirit plant, six fruits, each about a foot long and looking like short ivory, crystalline and transparent, had grown!

It was exactly the Fourth-Tier spirit object, the Wood Tooth Crystal, that Ouyang Zhongjing had shown them.

But now, no one had any interest in paying attention to them, because the area within one hundred zhang around this entire spirit plant was surrounded by a huge black ant nest!

Not only that, but on the ground of the cave, there was also a thick layer of First-Tier army ants, like a black wave constantly surging!

It was estimated that if one fell down, they would definitely not be able to get up! The most fatal thing wasn't these; now, throughout the entire cave space, there were at least three thousand Second-Tier army ants! This was the reason why others were in despair.

Earlier in the burrow passage, because the space was limited, the Second-Tier army ants didn't have much room to fly!

Instead, because their individuals were relatively large, they were consciously targeted and killed by everyone.

Although they also caused quite a few casualties to Lin Zhangqing and the others, they had managed to cope with it! But now the cave space ahead was so large, and the number of Second-Tier army ants was so great.

To let the six survivors destroy such a huge spirit plant under the noses of these Black Crystal Army Ants was simply impossible! Fortunately, at this moment, Song Junxue suddenly said: "Fellow Daoists, don't give up! We still have a chance.

These Black Crystal Army Ants gnaw clean anything that contains even a little bit of spiritual energy; why would they spare these six Wood Tooth Crystals alone!

I suspect it's because this is a special samsara-type spirit plant.

As long as it matures, once the fruit is picked, the entire spirit plant will instantly degenerate! Or rather, it will all turn into ashes, and in the root part, it will nurture a new spirit seed, and then after the spirit seed falls to the ground, it will begin the next samsara! Because of this, the army ants didn't touch these six Wood Tooth Crystals! We have exactly six people here; we only need everyone to go and pick one Wood Tooth Crystal each.

Then this spirit plant that suppresses the entire space will definitely instantly turn into ashes and bear a spirit seed, entering the next samsara!"

Hearing this, including Lin Zhangqing, everyone's spirits were lifted; this news was a sliver of fortune in the midst of misfortune for them!

Everyone only needed to take out all the means they had kept at the bottom of their boxes, rush over, and pick a Wood Tooth Crystal to have a sliver of survival!

And the current situation didn't allow them any hesitation, because they were currently stuck between the passage and the cave entrance.

They were desperately resisting the army ants from both the front and back, but except for Lin Zhangqing and Song Junxue, the state of the others was not good!

There simply wasn't that much time for them to consider so much.

After waiting for a little while, confirming that everyone had digested this news.

Song Junxue said quickly: "The two Wood Tooth Crystals farthest from here will be picked by me and Fellow Daoist Zhang!

As for the remaining four, you guys hurry up and discuss it, and distribute them well! We can't hold on for that long anymore!"

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 577 =====