Chapter 524

"Roar—"

A terrifying roar full of tyranny, greed, and seeming to have been awakened from endless years of slumber by vitality and spatial fluctuations, suddenly came from inside the newly stabilized light gate, from the depths of the ancient forest.

The pressure contained in the roar made Daoist Daoist Zhuqing and Ning Ning Zhixi's blood qi surge and their minds sway.

Immediately following, an incomparably thick tentacle, or rather a vine, covered in dark green scales and with sharp barbs at the end, like a poisonous dragon coming out of a cave, suddenly shot out from the light gate, carrying a fishy wind and a disgusting rotting aura, as fast as lightning, straight toward Daoist Daoist Zhuqing, who was closest to the light gate and was maintaining the dharma formula!

Wherever this tentacle passed, even the space rippled; it had clearly reached the Earth Altar Realm, the level of seeing the spirit and not being destroyed.

What was even more terrifying was that the surface of the tentacle seemed to be covered with a layer of thick, constantly dripping dark green liquid, emitting a strong corrosive and spiritual pollution aura.

Daoist Daoist Zhuqing's face changed drastically; most of her mind was on maintaining the stability of the entrance, and caught off guard, she was unable to make an effective response in time.

Before the tentacle arrived, the terrifying pressure and fishy wind had already made her breath stagnate.

At the critical moment—

Swish!

A sword light arrived later but reached first, as if appearing out of thin air, spanning between Daoist Daoist Zhuqing and the terrifying tentacle.

Chen Mu was still sitting on the rock, his fingers together like a sword, pointing into the air at the shooting tentacle.

A sword qi containing indestructible sharpness burst out from his fingertips, pointing precisely at the root of the barb at the very front of the tentacle.

Pfft!

Like a hot knife cutting into butter.

The sword qi was like a broken bamboo, instantly piercing through the seemingly indestructible dark green scales and thick liquid, penetrating the entire thick tentacle, and piercing out from the other end.

"Hiss—roar—"

A roar of even greater rage, mixed with pain, came from inside the light gate. The shooting tentacle suddenly stiffened, then hung down softly as if all its strength had been drained. At the front where it was pierced by the sword qi, a charred hole the size of a bowl appeared, the edges smooth, without bleeding, only tissue completely incinerated and carbonized by the supreme Yang sword qi.

The dark green liquid dripped onto the ground, corroding the rocks into deep pits, making a sizzling sound.

The tentacle seemed to be heavily injured, and also seemed to be extremely wary of Chen Mu's sword qi, quickly shrinking back into the light gate, disappearing into the thick green mist.

The roar coming from inside the light gate also gradually deepened and moved away, full of unwillingness and vigilance.

The entrance returned to calm, only the light gate was stably flickering.

Daoist Daoist Zhuqing was relieved, cast a grateful glance at Chen Mu, and then did not dare to be negligent, fully stabilizing the entrance.

Ning Ning Zhixi also breathed a sigh of relief and continued to maintain the resonance of the two keys.

Chen Mu withdrew his hand, his gaze calmly looking into the depths of the light gate; the existence that had just appeared did not make his expression change in the slightest.

In the secret realm, it was indeed extremely dangerous; that thing just now was probably just one of the guards on the periphery.

"The entrance is stabilized and can be maintained for about an hour."

Daoist Daoist Zhuqing's face was slightly pale, but her tone was firm, "We need to enter as soon as possible. Young Master Chen, thank you for just now..."

"It's nothing."

Chen Mu stood up, brushed the non-existent dust off his robe, and looked at the light gate emitting rich vitality and an ancient aura.

"Since the door is open, let's go in."

He took the first step, his figure swayed, and he had already passed through the light gate, disappearing into the misty green light and the scene of the ancient forest.

Ning Ning Zhixi and Daoist Daoist Zhuqing exchanged a glance, no longer hesitated, followed closely, and stepped into the East Forest Secret Realm.

The moment they stepped into the light gate, a slight dizziness of spatial displacement came, and then, their feet stepped on a piece of soft, thick land with a rich damp, rotten, and fresh grass and wood aura.

The scene unfolding before their eyes carried a kind of wild, ancient, and magnificent vitality.

A boundless primitive forest growing unimaginably huge trees.

The trees here, each one needed ten or even dozens of people to embrace, the trunks were straight like pillars supporting the sky, the bark was mottled, engraved with the vicissitudes of time and natural mysterious patterns.

The crowns were layered, intertwined into an airtight green dome at a very high place, only a very small number of tenacious and tiny heavenly light, like the mercy of a saint, passed through layers of obstacles, casting hazy pillars of light in the pale green spiritual mist permeating the forest, bringing a little light to this dark world.

In the air, the wood-attribute energy was so rich that it almost turned into substance, forming strands of pale green mist, surging into the body with breathing, bringing a feeling of comfort throughout the body and lively true Li Yuan.

The ground was a thick layer of humus that had accumulated for I don't know how many tens of thousands of years, stepping on it silently, and countless strange mosses, fungi, and ferns emitting micro-light grew on it, dotted like a galaxy on the ground.

However, beneath this rich vitality that made people feel relaxed and happy, there was a primitive, wild, and aggressive dangerous aura surging.

"Be careful, although the vitality here is prosperous, it has also bred countless powerful exotic beasts and demon plants. They coexist with this forest and are full of hostility toward outsiders."

Daoist Daoist Zhuqing said in a deep voice, the "A-Wood Spirit Core" in her hand emitted a soft green halo, dispelling the spiritual mist within a few zhang, illuminating the road ahead, and also faintly forming a layer of protection.

The light of the jade pointed steadily to the northeast, consistent with the direction of resonance produced by the "Summer" and "Winter" keys in Ning Ning Zhixi's arms and the stone tablet fragments.

Chen Mu nodded slightly, his spiritual sense had already spread out like mercury pouring onto the ground.

The spiritual sense of the Heavenly Palace Realm was also suppressed here, and both the range and precision had decreased, but it could still cover a radius of more than ten miles.

He "saw" the "Iron Thread Ghost Vine" lurking under the rotten leaves, with an aura comparable to the peak of the Innate Realm.

The "Phantom Demon Bat" perched between the branches of ancient trees, disguised as tree tumors, waiting for an opportunity to pounce and eat.

The "Rotten Heart Demon Konjac" hidden deep underground, setting up death traps with its root system.

Further away, in the depths of the forest, several powerful, obscure, and wild, violent life fluctuations were faintly coming, and the most powerful one, its pressure was so great that even Chen Mu was slightly focused.

Comparable to the early stage of the Heavenly Palace Realm!

Moreover, it was full of wild power integrated with this ancient forest.

"In the northeast direction, the wood spirit origin gathers, but there is also a powerful existence guarding it."

Chen Mu spoke, his voice calm, "Speed up to avoid unnecessary entanglement."

The three immediately did not hesitate, Daoist Daoist Zhuqing held the "A-Wood Spirit Core" to lead the way, Chen Mu and Ning Ning Zhixi protected the left and right, and sped toward the northeast.

Chen Mu slightly controlled his sword intent, spreading outward, and wherever he passed, most of the low-level exotic beasts and poisonous insects fled far away like avoiding snakes and scorpions.

Occasionally, an exotic beast at the Earth Altar Realm level would pounce out, but it couldn't stop Chen Mu's casual strike, and then...

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