Ancient Devouring Technique

Chapter 886: Strike first to gain the upper hand

"Be careful!" The saints were shocked.

When this poisonous vine was lying on the mountain wall, it was still as smooth as a giant dragon. But when it swept in front of everyone, it was already covered with countless dark green thorns about ten feet long, emitting a faint light, which made people shudder.

Not to mention being hit by this poisonous ivy, even if it touches you, there will probably be a few more holes on your body, and it won't be as simple as just being stabbed. Poisonous ivy, you know without thinking that the real scary thing about it is its 'poison'.

If one is stung by these poisonous stingers and the venom enters the body, even if one has a physical body in the holy realm, he or she will be in great danger.

This is still the holy realm of martial arts. If a saint of spiritual power is swept away, he will die immediately.

The attack of this poisonous vine was extremely sudden, and there was no sign of it before. However, all those present were powerful saints, and they were always cautious and alert. So when it came, everyone had already reacted. Many people subconsciously dodged or resisted. Only a few people, including Ye Xuan, did not make any moves after their expressions changed slightly.

Because they know that they don’t need to do it themselves…

"Hmph!" Zeng Zhilong, who was at the front, snorted lightly, and a sense of pressure suddenly penetrated his body. He raised his right hand and waved it seemingly casually. A white light flashed in front of him, and a ten-foot-long light blade whizzed out. It seemed to be of mediocre power, but when the light blade hit the poisonous vine that was rolled over, the poisonous vine, which was as tough as a holy vine, was directly cut in half.

The fallen piece of poison ivy twisted slightly on the ground twice, then calmed down and became motionless.

"Huh..." Many saints subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief and secretly rejoiced. At the same time, they looked at Zeng Zhilong with eyes full of awe. The poisonous vine just now was probably at the second level of the Saint Realm, but it was so vulnerable in front of Zeng Zhilong. He was worthy of being a Great Saint.

“Hoohoohoohoohoohoo!!”

However, before everyone could completely relax, they heard dense sounds of breaking through the air coming from both sides, and vine shadows attacked from different heights and angles, with terrifying momentum and overwhelming.

Apparently the noise just now alarmed the poisonous vines, causing them to attack.

Many people's faces changed drastically, and they subconsciously looked at Zeng Zhilong, while Zeng Zhilong frowned slightly. Although the poisonous vines at the entrance were not very strong and he could handle them alone, he did not want to waste time and energy in such a place, so after thinking for a while, he said coldly: "Speed ​​up and pass through!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned into a phantom and flew out. The other three fellow disciples in the Saint Realm behind him reacted the fastest and flew out right after him, leaving the others hundreds of feet behind in an instant.

Everyone was shocked. Zeng Zhilong meant to ignore the poisonous vines and rush forward. His actions also showed that he would not care about the rest of the people, which meant that they could only deal with the attacking poisonous vines on their own.

"Walk!!"

The saints who reacted quickly immediately gritted their teeth, spread their bodies and flew away. The few who reacted a little slower wanted to catch up, but were blocked by the fastest poisonous vines. In desperation, they each used their own methods to break through the obstruction. For a while, there was constant light and roar at the entrance to the back valley.

Ye Xuan was one of the few people who reacted the fastest. Even Huo Miao was led by him using his holy power. He rushed past the poisonous vines on both sides that blocked his way. His divine sense swept behind him, watching those saints dealing with the poisonous vines. His eyes flickered slightly, and he quickly cut off a chasing poisonous vine.

At the same time, he activated the Ancient Devouring Art, and a dark devouring vortex appeared in the Danhai. A stream of pure wood power was drawn out from the broken poison vine, and instantly sank into Ye Xuan's body, being devoured and refined by the devouring vortex.

Ye Xuan was shocked and a strange light flashed in his eyes. Sure enough, the vitality essence of these poisonous vines could also be devoured by himself.

Although the wood power just now only made him feel a slight increase in holy power, it was still rare.

You must know that Ye Xuan has now advanced to the holy realm of martial arts. Ordinary devouring has no effect on his advancement in martial arts. Only by devouring such holy realm beings can he help improve his own cultivation.

Thanks to the baptism of the Dao Soul, Ye Xuan's cultivation is now very stable. As long as he absorbs enough energy, he can advance.

Ye Xuan acted very covertly. Although Huo Miao saw a stream of wood energy rushing into Ye Xuan's body, he didn't think much about it.

Just one, if there were too many, he might guess.

It is a bit troublesome to bring Huo Miao along, but these old men are nice to him, so Ye Xuan has no choice but to bring him along.

After a while, everyone passed the thousand-foot-long section of the entrance without any danger. The terrain in front suddenly opened up, and the mountain walls on both sides could not even be seen clearly. They were at least tens of thousands of feet wide, and it seemed to be even wider ahead.

Coming here, we have basically escaped the threat of poison ivy temporarily. In the following exploration, as long as we don't get close to the mountain walls on both sides, we will generally not be attacked by poison ivy. Of course, it is not absolute. There are some places in the valley where poison ivy is hidden, even underground. If you encounter it, you can only blame your bad luck.

After getting rid of the poisonous vines, Ye Xuan and the others stopped to adjust themselves. However, when they looked up, they found that Zeng Zhilong and other people from the Baihua Sect in the front had disappeared. It seemed that they had no interest in continuing to travel with the group. They left without even saying hello, and no one knew which direction they were going.

No one was too surprised by this. After all, the other party had a great saint-level strongman, so it was not surprising that he looked down on people like them. They also didn't think that they could always cling to Zeng Zhilong's thigh. Besides, if that were the case, although their own safety would be guaranteed, it also meant that they would not get any benefits.

"Everyone, we will say goodbye now!" After a short pause, a saint from the Gongkui Sect took the lead in bowing to the others. After a simple sentence, he flew forward with another companion.

Immediately afterwards, Pei Shenhuan of the Man Gui Sect also winked at his companions beside him, and then without even saying hello, he flew in a direction different from the Gong Kui Sect, and soon disappeared in the distance.

The two saints of Xianshui Sect looked at each other, and then one of them said to Ye Xuan and Huo Miao: "Brother Huo, we are going to explore this direction, what are your plans?"

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed to the front left, asking Ye Xuan and the others if they were willing to go with him, but he did not take the initiative to ask.

Ye Xuan smiled and raised his hand, pointing to the right, saying, "Our planned route is in that direction, so I won't drag you down."

The saint smiled faintly, clasped his fists and said, "Then we will say goodbye. I wish you both good luck."

Ye Xuan clasped his fists and said, "I am borrowing my friend's good words and wish you good luck."

……

After watching the two people from Xianshui Sect leave, Huo Miao beside Ye Xuan couldn't help but asked in confusion: "Sixth brother, why don't you walk with them for a distance first?"

In fact, the Xuanyun Sect had more than one exploration route planned. One of them happened to be the same as the Xianshui Sect's, but Ye Xuan pointed out another one. Huo Miao had refrained from pointing it out before, but he asked about it now.

Ye Xuan said indifferently: "It's not necessary. If we encounter an enemy ambush on the way, it would be bad if we get into trouble."

Huo Miao was stunned. He was thinking that it would be helpful to have two helpers in case of an ambush, but Ye Xuan was thinking that he would implicate others. He suddenly felt that his ideological realm seemed a little low and he couldn't help feeling ashamed.

However, Huo Miao was also very clear that he was here to be a 'follower'. Since his sixth brother had decided this, he naturally would not have any objection. He looked in the direction Ye Xuan had pointed just now and asked, "So how do we go next? Should we go in that direction?"

Ye Xuan turned around and looked towards the entrance, and said thoughtfully: "Third brother, when do you think the people from the Yinsha Sect will arrive?"

"Hmm?" Huo Miao was slightly stunned, then he also looked towards the valley entrance and frowned, "This... I'm afraid it's hard to say, what? Do you want to..."

Ye Xuan raised the corner of his mouth slightly, smiled faintly, and said: "How about we just set up an ambush here, and then kill them directly when they come?"

(Today's update ends here. I'll say it again, it will be updated on the 11th!! I'm saving up drafts for the next two days!!)
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