Chapter 2824: Green Chestnut Fruit

A vast black swamp stretched for a million miles, its vegetation and land uniformly black. The ground was thick with black mud and puddles, and decaying trees of varying heights stood everywhere. The air was filled with a putrid smell.

From deep within the swamp, a deafening boom echoed, and a massive crimson mushroom cloud conspicuously soared into the sky.

A streak of light swiftly flew out of the swamp. As it faded, Wang Mofei's figure was revealed, looking tense, his eyes wide with terror.

A huge blood-red cloud followed closely behind. Upon closer inspection, the cloud was composed of hundreds of thousands of Flying Bloodthirsty Ants, led by a mid-grade sixth-tier queen.

Wang Mofei frowned deeply. With a flick of his right hand, a golden light flashed, and an unsteady golden folding fan appeared in his grasp. With a gentle wave, a surge of golden flames swept out. The golden flames abruptly coalesced, forming a colossal golden phoenix wreathed in golden fire, which then lunged towards the Flying Bloodthirsty Ants.

The Flying Bloodthirsty Ants naturally wouldn't meet the attack head-on. Just then, a man's thunderous roar, the Spirit Suppressing Roar, echoed through the sky.

Large numbers of Flying Bloodthirsty Ants lost consciousness and rapidly plummeted to the ground. The queen ant was also affected to some extent.

Seizing this opportunity, the golden phoenix crashed into the blood-red cloud.

After a thunderous roar, a wave of golden flames engulfed the blood-red cloud, incinerating vast numbers of low-tier Flying Bloodthirsty Ants.

Wang Mofei's escape light intensified, and he vanished into the sky in a few blinks.

***

A continuous stretch of rolling black mountains lay ahead, filled with miasma and sparse vegetation.

From deep within the mountains, an earth-shattering boom echoed, shaking the ground and mountains.

A several-hundred-zhang-tall azure tornado flew out from deep within the mountains at an incredibly high speed.

A somewhat grating hiss sounded, and the azure tornado halted, revealing Wang Xiangrong's figure.

He had already advanced to the mid-Void Refinement Stage. As a clone of Wang Changsheng, Wang Xiangrong possessed many treasures and was not weak in power. However, his eyes were filled with terror, as if he had encountered something terrifying.

A colossal yellow spider burst out from a gigantic valley. The yellow spider had an unusually small head and six brownish-yellow eyes.

It was a Six-Eyed Sand Spider, ranked eleventh on the Myriad Insect List and incredibly venomous.

Wang Xiangrong's face turned pale with shock. This Six-Eyed Sand Spider was a high-grade sixth-tier creature whose poisonous fire could corrode Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures, and it also possessed petrification abilities.

True Monarch Golden Spider of the Myriad Spirits Sect had raised a seventh-tier Six-Eyed Sand Spider that had slain Integration-stage foreign races, greatly increasing the notoriety of this venomous insect.

Wang Xiangrong took a deep breath and let out a loud roar—it was the Spirit Suppressing Roar.

Only core disciples of the Wang family could master this divine ability. Most clansmen could only cultivate the "Grand Void Forging Divine Art" to the fourth layer; beyond the fifth layer, it required soul jade crystals to set up formations for cultivation. Even merely mastering the Spirit Suppressing Roar gave Wang family disciples an extra advantage in combat.

The Six-Eyed Sand Spider's body trembled slightly upon hearing the sound. The sound of rushing wind intensified, and dense azure wind blades shot towards it.

The Six-Eyed Sand Spider let out a sharp hiss and sprayed a brownish-yellow spiritual light. The azure wind blades, upon touching the brownish-yellow spiritual light, rapidly petrified and then fell from the sky.

By this time, Wang Xiangrong had already activated his escape speed and fled.

The Six-Eyed Sand Spider did not pursue him and returned to its nest.

***

A steep, towering peak had its upper half shrouded in white mist, obscuring the view within. From the mountaintop, deafening roars echoed intermittently.

A deafening tiger roar sounded, and a dazzling crimson flame shot skyward, dispersing a large amount of white mist and revealing the faint outline of a vast estate.

Most of the estate had collapsed, though some buildings were still visible.

A colossal red tiger flew out from deep within the estate. It had a pair of azure fleshy wings on its back, its body was covered in wounds, and it had a fist-sized blood hole from which blood flowed ceaselessly.

Just as the red tiger flew out of the estate, space rippled, and a large, red-glowing hand appeared out of thin air. It slapped the red tiger, sending it rapidly plummeting to the ground, where it crashed through a wall, raising clouds of dust.

Four long blue rainbows descended from the sky, heading directly for the red tiger.

The red tiger let out an angry roar, and a reddish sound wave swept out, blocking the four blue rainbows.

A blue light flashed, revealing four blue-glowing flying swords with flickering light.

The four blue flying swords glowed brightly, and four sharp blue sword energies swept out like four towering tsunamis, surging and howling as they successively struck the red tiger's body.

The red tiger shrieked repeatedly, bleeding profusely, with its bones faintly visible.

The four blue flying swords spun rapidly, then suddenly merged into a single colossal azure greatsword, which shot directly towards the red tiger.

The red tiger, feeling the overwhelming aura of the colossal greatsword, naturally dared not meet it head-on. Just then, a woman's roar echoed through the heavens and earth.

The red tiger's body trembled slightly, and it became dizzy. By the time it regained consciousness, the colossal greatsword had already descended, cleaving it in half.

Wang Liangyan flew over, landed beside the red tiger, and collected its spirit.

Deep within the estate, Wang Lihe stood before an azure fruit tree about a zhang tall. The tree had round leaves, and dozens of light azure fruits hung from its branches, their surfaces covered in sharp azure thorns.

It was a Cyan Chestnut Fruit tree. Cyan Chestnut Fruits could strengthen vital energy and blood, useful even for Integration-stage cultivators.

"We owe it to Old Ancestor Qingshan's map this time," Wang Lihe said with a smile, carefully plucking the Cyan Chestnut Fruits and placing them into a jade box, "otherwise, we wouldn't have found this place."

The map Wang Qingshan had obtained was of this very secret realm; otherwise, they wouldn't have found this place so smoothly.

"It's a pity that the other spirit herbs were eaten by this Azure-Winged Blazing Tiger," Wang Liangyan said with regret, "and it consumed a good number of Cyan Chestnut Fruits too."

"So many years have passed without cultivators maintaining the formations, so it's normal for the restrictions to loosen," Wang Lihe said. "This is just one spirit herb garden; there are many more. We can take our time searching."

Wang Liangyan summoned a small tower shimmering with azure light, exuding astonishing spiritual energy. It was the Hundred Spirits Pagoda, a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure specifically for transplanting spirit herbs and fruit trees. The Hundred Spirits Pagoda then sprayed a stream of azure mist, enveloping the Cyan Chestnut Fruit tree. The tree slowly rose, was uprooted, and then drawn into the Hundred Spirits Pagoda by the azure mist, vanishing from sight.

The two of them left the area and hurried to the next spirit herb garden.

***

A vast, boundless azure grassland stretched out, where thousands of azure giant dogs lay frozen into ice sculptures. A pure white flood dragon circled unsteadily in the sky.

The white flood dragon opened its gaping maw and sprayed a stream of white mist, enveloping all the ice sculptures, which were then drawn into its mouth and disappeared.

A white light flashed, and the white flood dragon transformed into Wang Qingxiao's form, his expression indifferent.

There were many sixth-tier demonic beasts here, but ordinary ones were naturally no match for Wang Qingxiao.

He seemed to sense something and took out an azure-glowing magic disk from his bosom. The disk had an azure lotus pattern on its surface. He cast a spell, and the azure lotus began to rotate slightly.

Wang Qingxiao's face lit up with joy, realizing there were clansmen nearby.

He transformed into a streak of white escape light, piercing through the air and flying towards the sky.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Wang Qingxiao appeared above a dense black forest, and Wang Yingjie flew towards him.