Chapter 129: Man-Eating Flower

In the next second, Lin Yifan discovered the mist before him began to roll rapidly, finally wrapping around his palm to form a vortex that was quickly sucked into the Ten Thousand Waters Source.

The Ten Thousand Waters Source could indeed absorb mist!

Lin Yifan gazed excitedly at the vortex before him, a surge of excitement in his heart.

If he could really suck away the mist, even just temporarily, his safety when traveling at night would increase considerably.

As the mist rapidly dissipated, his field of view gradually became clear.

Originally he could only see within five meters, but now he could see over ten meters, even farther.

However, Lin Yifan also discovered that the range the Ten Thousand Waters Source could absorb was only this large.

Moreover, once he stopped absorbing mist, the surrounding mist would quickly fill the blank.

Therefore, even using the Ten Thousand Waters Source, it was impossible to completely absorb the mist.

Moreover, Lin Yifan faintly felt that the mist was not merely water vapor; it likely contained other substances.

Because even where the mist had been absorbed, although visibility was clearer than when mist was present, there was always a hazy feeling.

It was like the feeling of being nearsighted by about 200 degrees, but after obtaining the Eye of Appraisal, Lin Yifan's nearsightedness had been cured.

Then the only remaining possibility was that the mist contained another substance, which was the true key obstructing vision.

The effect existed, but it was not as good as imagined.

This made Lin Yifan slightly disappointed, but he ultimately was unwilling to give up this opportunity.

So he decided to take advantage of the Pathfinding Spirit's buff while it lasted and hurry out to search for the Qingling Fruit.

He placed the Radiant Stone in a small net pouch and hung it in front of his chest for illumination.

This was the method he came up with after his previous nighttime outing.

Holding the Radiant Stone in his hand was really cumbersome and would affect his combat ability.

Meanwhile, that drop of Ten Thousand Waters Source could only be held in the hand.

Thus Lin Yifan could only hold the Ten Thousand Waters Source in one hand and a machete in the other, then sprint quickly.

Before him appeared an arrowhead that only he could see.

This was the Pathfinding Spirit's buff activating.

Lin Yifan followed the arrowhead, quickly advancing toward the direction where the Qingling Fruit was located.

Because the mist was continuously absorbed by the Ten Thousand Waters Source, although visibility remained unclear, his travel speed was still much faster than expected.

Of course, it could also be due to the Swift Wind Boots' acceleration effect.

Following the arrowhead farther and farther, at first Lin Yifan could still recognize the direction, because the path he initially took was precisely the route toward the Water Pool.

That path was one he himself had opened, and he remembered the direction clearly.

But after passing the Water Pool District, the arrowhead continued moving forward; this was already completely unfamiliar territory.

Fortunately, this area no longer had low shrubs, only towering trees.

Earlier during the day, Lin Yifan had observed all the terrain visible within his line of sight.

This forest full of towering trees, he had also seen during the day.

Overall, he could still roughly discern direction; he kept walking forward for about an hour.

Lin Yifan finally saw that the arrowhead had stopped moving forward and remained stationary.

"It seems the Qingling Fruit has appeared here!"

Lin Yifan also slowed his steps, since he guessed Mao Mao had been injured while picking the Qingling Fruit, he naturally dared not be careless.

Mao Mao's feathers were remarkably tough, which he had personally witnessed; even they could suffer serious injury, showing that the creature guarding the Qingling Fruit was absolutely not to be provoked.

After proceeding cautiously for another half hour, Lin Yifan arrived at a dense forest.

Here the trees were tall and lush, the ground also grew many kinds of exotic plants and mushrooms of various colors.

Although Lin Yifan knew little about mushrooms, he also knew that the brighter the color, the stronger the toxicity.

Each mushroom here was extremely gorgeous, either deep purple or bright red, as if each bore the words "I am highly toxic".

Even if Lin Yifan were confident in his physique, he would not dare touch these mushrooms.

Besides mushrooms, there were also many unique plants, bearing flowers of various colors.

In particular, there was a purple flower as tall as two people, with huge leaves not to mention, and its bud was frighteningly large.

The flower's shape somewhat resembled lily of the valley, but its color was deep purple instead of white.

Moreover, the flower's size was astonishing; its diameter was at least one meter, so only the edge petals were visible, the interior could not be seen at all.

However, one could smell a strange odor emanating from inside the flower.

Lin Yifan carefully identified the smell; it was somewhat like the rotting stench of animal carcasses.

This made him instinctively wary of the large flower, so he simply detoured around it.

But just then, a sudden tearing sound came from his ear!

He instinctively rolled to the side; turning his head, he discovered that the large flower originally two meters away was now right before him.

And at this moment he finally saw clearly the interior condition of the flower!

Rows of purplish-black serrations, hidden inside the flower, were wriggling like living things!

And the rotten smell Lin Yifan had previously smelled was now finally traced to its source.

That was the black debris mixed in the gaps of the black serrations!

Although the black debris mixed in the serration gaps had rotted badly, Lin Yifan could still confirm it was rotten flesh!

Although he didn't know what animal the rotten flesh came from, it was enough to show that this strange flower was carnivorous!

Damn, this was actually a man-eating flower!

Moreover, this flower had just obviously attacked him; if not for his quick reflexes, he would likely have already been caught inside by the chrysanthemum.

Fortunately, the flower's root stalk length was limited, able to attack only creatures within two to three meters around it.

Lin Yifan cautiously retreated, retreating a full four or five meters, before finally letting out a sigh of relief.

However, being ambushed by a plant, he felt somewhat annoyed inside.

He then directly took out the 【Wind-Chasing Cloud-Breaking Bow】, nocked an arrow, preparing to kill this Man-Eating Flower!

However, at that moment, he suddenly noticed that there was also movement beneath his feet.

Looking down, he saw that at some point, a vine had already wrapped around his ankle.

And that vine was rapidly tightening, and the vine even had thorns that were now piercing into his ankle.

But strangely, Lin Yifan felt no pain at all!

No, it's not that he felt pain!

Damn, his whole leg was about to go numb!