Chapter 157: Human-Eating Blood Thorn Vine

As soon as one stepped out of the foggy forest, the surrounding scenery suddenly changed.

What entered the eye was a deep and quiet narrow path with no end in sight. The two sides of the path were covered with golden thorn bushes and the surroundings were very quiet, though there were still birds flying by in the sky.

“I wonder which one of the Three Danger Areas this is?” Mu Yi pressed his lips together tightly as he observed the surroundings, “I just feel a sense of oppressiveness.”

Ye Qing Han stepped forward, then with a thought, he released a Big-Eared Rabbit from his Spirit Beast Ring and threw it onto the narrow path.

The few people looked ahead fixedly, only to see the rabbit jumping into the golden thorn bush happily and its lifeforce didn’t disappear.

“Let’s go too.” Ye Qing Han said.

Lou Mu Yan narrowed her eyes and telepathically said to Mo Yan: “Can you tell if there’s anything?”

“I just feel that it’s weird here, but even after that rabbit went in, nothing happened, so it should be temporarily safe. Of course, you shouldn’t let your guard down.” Mo Yan replied.

“Mm, I also think there’s definitely a problem here. Oh well, we’ll ‘confront soldiers with generals and stem water with earth’1.”

Seeing Ye Qing Han and the others step onto the narrow path, Lou Mu Yan cautioned: “You should all activate an Elemental Energy shield and prepare defensive Magic Tools. It’s better to be careful.”

Upon listening to her, the others didn’t consider it much either and they all directly activated an Elemental Energy shield. They also didn’t advance quickly.

The narrow path was very deep and quiet, and after walking about a quarter of an hour, there still wasn’t any sight of the end.

The further they walked inside, more layers upon layers of tall and strong trees with luxuriant leaves enveloped the branches. The sunlight passed through the leaves but was mostly blocked, and the light grew dimmer and dimmer.

Lou Mu Yan’s Mental Energy was still dormant, and she couldn’t explore the situation ahead. So she told the three Spirit Pets in her Sea of Consciousness: “You three, pay attention to whether there are any abnormalities around us.”

“Little Owner, something’s not right here. I keep feeling a very faint aura of Demonic Beasts secretly overflowing. It should be deliberately hidden.” Bing Ji’s small eyes rolled around and around as he said cautiously.

Mo Yan naturally also found the aura, “The being who’s here isn’t kind. If it isn’t that it’s proficient in concealment methods, then this piece of golden thorn forest is in its area of control.”

Miao Miao got out of Lou Mu Yan’s sleeve and flicked its tongue irritably ahead, [HISS HISS!!]

Because it was still in its infancy, it wasn’t able to communicate through the Demonic Consciousness so it could only vaguely convey a kind of emotion for Lou Mu Yan to feel.

Lou Mu Yan stretched out her hand and gently stroked its forehead to soothe it, then said to the few people who were walking together: “Be prepared to fight.”

“Fight? There’s abnormalities?” Mu Yi stopped and looked at her in confusion.

He had been releasing his Mental Energy in caution, and he hadn’t found any Demonic Beasts or life forces around!

But before Lou Mu Yan could answer, the golden thorn bushes around the path appeared as if they had come alive and suddenly scurried about, turning into slender vines one by one and crept towards the feet of the several people.

“There are Human-Eating Blood Thorn Vines hidden in the golden thorn bushes, everyone be careful.” Ye Qing Han was a Spirit Beast Master after all, and at this time, also discovered the abnormality. Seeing thorny golden-yellow vines sneak out from the cover of the golden thorn bushes, he exclaimed.

Hearing what he said, the others took out their longswords and slashed towards the golden vines that were about to wind around their feet.

But after only cutting off a few sections of Blood Thorn Vines, more of them slithered out from the golden thorn bushes, wanting to wrap around their feet even faster.

“Hurry and use Fire Elemental Energy attacks.” Ye Qing Han reminded the several people while waving his longsword.

The Human-Eating Blood Thorn Vine was a plant that absorbed human blood and lifeforce. If it cultivated into a spirit, then it could also become a Demon Cultivator. In addition to Demonic Beasts, there were also Demonic Plants in this world.

Human-Eating Blood Thorn Vines couldn’t be killed. As long as its roots weren’t dead, it could birth countless twigs and vines to siege and kill living organisms—even a Sword Master’s fire attribute Elemental Energy couldn’t kill it.

Shi Feng and Mu Yi were both masters in playing with fire, and their Fire Elemental Energy could also be condensed. The two quickly formed a seal in front of their chests.

Suddenly, a giant axe condensed from Elemental Energy appeared in Shi Feng’s hand and he slashed down axe after axe towards the surrounding golden vines.

A fire snake slithered out from Mu Yi’s hand, opened its mouth, and bit towards the golden vines that came up to besiege him.

Ling Fei Yang was sitting in the wheelchair with deep, dark eyes, then formed a seal, and more than a dozen firebirds emerged from his hand, instantly spreading their wings, rushing towards the golden vines that were about to wrap around his feet.

Neither Ye Qing Han nor Yun Lan had the fire attribute Elemental Energy, so the two could only use their element sword auras to slay the vines without knowing what weariness was, making it so that the vines couldn’t get close.

Lou Mu Yan flipped over her slender jade-like hands and fire lotuses floated from her hand. As soon as it touched the golden vines on the ground, they would scatter automatically. The petals of the fire lotuses enveloped the vines and the golden vines instantly turned to ashes.

She watched Shi Feng and the other’s Elemental Energy Condensation and also couldn’t resist admiring that the talents of these three people were indeed excelling.

With this kind of Fire Elemental Energy Condensation and the further study of the Scorching Fire Technique she gave them, once the two effects overlapped, they would surely become an unexpected, invincible killer trump card.

Seeing Yun Lan and Ye Qing Han strenuously resisting waves of inexhaustible golden vines, the several people also divided their condensed Fire Elemental Energy to help them.

Soon, the Blood Thorn Vines that snuck out from the golden thorn bushes gradually diminished and there were piles of ashes in front of them.

[SQUEAK!!]

Right when Lou Mu Yan and the others gained the upper hand, a harsh shriek suddenly sounded from within the forest.

“It’s the Human-Eating Blood Thorn Vine King.” Mo Yan’s voice entered Lou Mu Yan’s ears telepathically.

Lou Mu Yan was startled for the moment. She didn’t expect that this place could birth such a Blood Vine King. A Human-Eating Blood Thorn Vine King was so rare it was difficult to meet even in tens of thousands of years.

As long as the Human-Eating Blood Thorn Vine King wasn’t eliminated, the golden vines would also never be destroyed. After killing a batch, it could immediately reproduce a new bunch of twigs. It was exceptionally difficult to deal with and if any average human Sword Masters or Demonic Beasts met it, they would undoubtedly die.

Then her eyes lit up—the principal of interdependence of fortune and misfortune was the same no matter what situation it was used in.

Although this Human-Eating Blood Thorn Vine was difficult to deal with, but it could grow a type of Blood Thorn Sac within it. The Blood Thorn Sac could not only be used to refine pills, but it could also be used to brew Spiritual Wine.

The Spiritual Wine brewed couldn’t only improve one’s cultivation base, but it could also improve the physique, increasing the toughness of the body. If she continued to drink it long-term, then her Body Refining Manual definitely would benefit from it a lot.

Moreover, the entire body of the Blood Thorn Vine was a treasure. Aside from the Blood Thorn Sac that could be used, the vine from the taproot could also be used to refine Magic Tools as it was extremely tough, and was a main material that numerous Smiths dreamt of.

Both the Blood Thorn’s sac and the Blood Thorn’s main vine was in short supply outside. As long as they appeared on the market, then they’d inevitably cause a frenzied scramble for it, and it could also be sold at high prices at auctions.

Lou Mu Yan’s eyes were filled with smiles, “Mo Yan. This time we’re going to make a fortune.”

“…” Mo Yan looked at the sky speechlessly. Did this woman become a money-grubber?

“…” Even Bing Ji couldn’t resist twitching his mouth. Wasn’t Little Owner’s focus a little wrong!

Only Miao Miao kept rubbing against Lou Mu Yan to show her support. In its heart, Owner was always right…

“Whether you make a fortune or not, I don’t know right now, but you’re definitely in danger.”

Mo Yan looked up and solemnly watched the twinkling golden lights ahead of them rolling towards them like waves in the sea. When the golden lights approached, one could tell that they were actually numerous Blood Thorn Vines with spikes protruding from them.