Wizards in the world of cultivation

Chapter 150 Demonized worm
Over the years, Su You has devoted a lot of manpower to the Tongtian Vine project.

However, the mortality rate has always been relatively high.

Compared to the peaceful Yun'an Realm, the Tongtian Vine World is teeming with savage beasts and diverse races, unlike the traditional world.

All living beings in this world live on the leaves of the Sky-Piercing Vine. The space is severely layered, and without great strength, it is difficult to travel between the upper and lower levels of the Sky-Piercing Vine.

The strongest of the people Su You sent out were only at the Nascent Soul stage. If they were to rely on their own strength to climb, they could only climb up to five hundred more leaves at most.

Within the vast Heavenly Vine, it is merely a tiny, insignificant area.

Su You had issued a mission long ago regarding the seeds of the Heavenly Vine, instructing them to search for them while gathering intelligence.

However, we haven't found it all these years; we've only found some related information and possible ways to obtain it.

After leaving the Great Wilderness Academy, Su You headed towards the branch of the Heavenly Vine.

After years of exploration, Su You has figured out the pattern of this branch vine. It opens once a year, and after the spiritual energy is transferred, the passage will slowly close. It can only exist for ten days.

There were still two weeks before the space passage opened, so there was no rush and they arrived here early to wait.

Near the branches of the Sky-Piercing Vine, after clearing the entire Great Wilderness Secret Realm, he used an array to protect it, preventing any wild beasts that might accidentally escape from the spatial passage from harming the creatures here.

After all, he had already transformed the Great Wilderness World into a place suitable for mortals to live in.

With its suitable environment and fertile land, the number of ordinary people living here is rapidly increasing, and the number of talents provided to the academy each year is constantly increasing.

However, after Su You conducted initial development in the Tongtian Vine World, he established a small camp on the leaves of the trees at the entrance of the passage and set up an array to prevent wild beasts from intruding and causing damage to the Great Wilderness World.

Half a month later, the spatial passage slowly opened. Su You did not rush to enter. At this time, when spiritual energy was being transferred, the inside was the most violent. Even with his current fourth-level physical body, he might not be able to withstand this violent power.

A day later, the spiritual energy transfer ended, and Su You slowly entered the spatial passage, quickly arriving at the Tongtian Vine World.

Su You did not meet with the cultivators in the camp and left quietly.

We hurried along the lush green road.

In the world of the Heavenly Vine, flying on the vines is not prohibited, but once you leave the vines' range, you cannot fly.

Su You's first exploration, which involved conducting a free-fall experiment, was also for this reason.

If flying were possible, passage between the branches and the main vine would be much easier, and traveling up and down would also be much easier, as there would be far fewer dangers when traveling outside the Heavenly Vine.

After walking more than 500 miles down the branch, Su You finally found the first point where the branch and the main branch connected.

In other words, the danger of the branches is relatively small; otherwise, it wouldn't be so easy to go down more than 500 miles into the distance.

Most of the creatures living on this branch are third-tier savage beasts, with only a few fourth-tier savage beasts.

As for why there are so many fourth-tier savage beasts on the branches of the Great Wilderness Secret Realm, it is mainly due to the accumulation over a long period of time. Those savage beasts are close to the bottom of the branches, and they can enjoy great benefits every time spiritual energy is transferred. Over time, some savage beasts can eventually advance to the fourth tier.

A thin vine connects the branch vine to the main vine.

Of course, this "small" is relative to the branches and vines. This vine is at least eight meters in diameter, and most large beasts can pass through it smoothly, let alone a small one like him.

After passing the node and stepping onto the trunk of the main vine, Su You could clearly sense that the spiritual energy here was much denser.

No wonder, most of the savage beasts, or various races, prefer to stay on the main vine.

The area around the branching vines is indeed quite barren, with only a small portion having a spiritual energy concentration that reaches the fourth level.

However, the other side is also safe, so Su You built energy pools in several areas there to continuously draw and absorb spiritual energy.

This is equivalent to absorbing the spiritual energy from multiple third- or fourth-order spiritual veins, and the accumulated amount is not small.

Recalling the information he had seen, Su You first climbed thirty floors up the map, and then arrived at a place with lush foliage.

There is a huge city here, which is very prosperous, and all kinds of creatures can be seen gathered there.

Su You came here mainly to quickly access the higher levels of the vines.

Although one cannot fly in the outer reaches of the Tongtian Vine World and there are no teleportation arrays, there is still a unique ability for people to travel between them.

Near the outer area close to the Heavenly Vine, at the Green Ivy Ladder, I spent 200,000 spirit stones to buy a ticket to go up to the 523rd floor.

This is a means of transportation between the upper and lower worlds. It is controlled by the companion species of the Heavenly Vine, which uses the small, unimportant vines on the Heavenly Vine to throw cultivators who want to travel to the upper level.

Therefore, in the world of the Heavenly Vine, one essential spell for most living beings is the spell to prevent dizziness and vomiting, which can be used when traveling.

Upon reaching the vines, Su You waited expressionlessly.

Although the way of traveling here is quite unique, he had already confirmed this information through the intelligence passed down by his subordinates, so he had nothing to fear.

Soon it was his turn. He was a small, green-clad little green sprite with a pair of delicate wings on his back.

These little green ivy sprites are the most common species in the world of the Sky-reaching Vine. Some say they are a species that grows alongside the Sky-reaching Vine and are blessed by it, so they are born with the ability to control the vines. Moreover, if someone kills a little green ivy sprite, they will become very unlucky.

In addition, their inherently desireless nature is what enables them to master the powerful system that allows the Heavenly Vine to traverse.

After checking the tickets, he gently waved his hands, and the vines beside him tied him up, quickly stretched out, and swung him around!
This was the first time Su You had experienced what it felt like to tumble in the air. If it weren't for his strong physique, he probably would have experienced physical discomfort as well.

After tumbling in the air for about ten minutes, a vine suddenly appeared above and caught him very gently.

Sure enough, in just a short while, Su You arrived at the place he wanted to go.

This is the most common method of travel in the world of the Heavenly Vine. Although it's a bit bizarre, it's also the best and safest way to connect the upper and lower worlds. According to the intelligence, Su You's location is on the 197,215th floor of the Heavenly Vine, which is only considered a middle area in the long Heavenly Vine.

Su You came here because one of his intelligence agents was here, and this was also the place where the agent could obtain the seeds of the Heavenly Vine.

After arriving at this level of the city, he gave the appropriate signal as agreed, and soon someone came to greet him.

"Greetings, Sect Leader!" Zhao Yu said respectfully.

His soul was still bound by the Book of Souls, and with the sect's generous rewards over the years, he had also advanced to the Nascent Soul realm by leveraging the sect's resources. As a result, he became even more loyal to the sect.

"Tell me about the situation here. The information you sent didn't provide any details on how to obtain the Heavenly Vine Seeds," Su You said calmly, nodding.

"Sect Leader, we are currently in the middle of the Tongtian Vine level, and it is the very center. It is a very important place. The vines here are very thick, resulting in a great many leaves," Zhao Yu said as they walked.

"Originally, this wouldn't have mattered, but tens of millions of years ago, the vine world underwent a tremendous change. Every so often, endless demonic vine insects would emerge, constantly gnawing at the vines and causing enormous damage to the Sky-Reaching Vine. Therefore, with the support of the Green Vine Clan, all the clans joined hands to resist the demonic vine insects. This layer is a very crucial point, and an insect plague occurs every ten years."

"As for the seeds of the Heavenly Vine, I also inquired with many forces. The information I finally obtained was that they could only be obtained from the Green Vine Clan. The best way to obtain treasures from the Green Vine Clan was to participate in resisting the demonic calamity of the demonized worms. After the war, you could exchange your merits for various treasures from the Green Vine Clan."

The Green Vine Clan controls the entire passageway to the Heavenly Vine. With their vast accumulated wealth, no one dares to lay a hand on them. The only way to obtain treasures from them is to participate in the Demonic Calamity and gain enough merit to exchange for treasures.

Zhao Yu also participated in several demonic calamities, but the process was too dangerous and the gains were minimal, so he dared not participate again.

Of course, he still reported the specific details of the demonic calamity in detail. He couldn't decide what the sect leader should do, and he just hoped that he wouldn't have to participate in the demonic calamity.

"How long until the demonic calamity?" Su You asked after thinking for a moment.

"There are still three years until the next demonic calamity."

"For the next three years, you will continue to stay in the city to gather information. Also, help me prepare the identity badge," Su You continued to instruct.

The identity badge is a tool used to collect and record how many demonic worms have been killed, and it requires a certain level of strength to obtain.

After all, with the demonic calamity raging, those with too little strength simply cannot participate; at most, they can form a legion formation to withstand it.

Only fourth-tier Nascent Soul experts can move freely to hunt and can initially ensure their safety.

For the next three years, Su You stayed peacefully in this layered immortal city.

This layered area was reshaped through communication with the powerful members of the Green Ivy Clan. All the leaves here are connected to each other, and their strength has also increased considerably.

This is also the reason why the battle can proceed smoothly.

Otherwise, if you keep hitting it and you end up breaking through the leaves, the demonized twig insects will easily escape. Once they escape, they will be difficult to eliminate, especially since they have an extremely strong ability to reproduce.

As the ten-year period draws ever closer, most beings with low cultivation levels have already left this level, but many powerful beings are also arriving.

Of course, they weren't simply acting out of kindness. Part of their motivation was to protect the Sky-Reaching Vine so that their own living environment wouldn't be restricted, and another part was for the rewards from the Green Ivy Clan.

After all, this is a very high-risk activity, and without sufficient strength, it is easy to lose one's life.

Even with such a large number of people, it's not always possible to withstand a demonic riot of this magnitude every time, as has been seen throughout the long history of demonic riots.

The current immortal city has been completely breached dozens of times, and it has been rebuilt on the ruins of the past.

Su You was even more excited about the demonic calamity that others feared.

As the saying goes, be greedy when others are fearful.

Not to mention that he has the ability to be almost immortal, so it doesn't matter if he dies. He has already designated the heirs to his estate, who are students within the academy who are completely under his control. If he dies, his merits will be given to them to exchange for, so as not to be wasted.

boom! boom! boom!
The entire vine suddenly began to tremble violently, as if something was crawling inside its body.

In fact, this was true. In a short while, a black void slowly appeared in the center of the main vine, and countless demonic vines were driven out.

These demonic worms appear in unknown places, then burrow into the body of the Heavenly Vine and wreak havoc on it.

Fortunately, the Heavenly Vine itself possesses powerful spatial abilities, enabling it to transfer these demonized worms to different areas for segmented destruction.

"All cultivators, prepare! Launch the spells!" Under the command of the Green Vine Clan, the first round of spells was launched.

Countless frantically charging crickets were ignited and turned to ashes by countless spells.

The first batch of crickets was completely eradicated.

Next, in the third and fourth waves, many cultivators were nearly exhausted of their magical power before gradually ceasing such long-range attacks.

Next comes the individual and group combat phases.

Teams formed battle formations, frantically hunting down the mutated worms, including the warlock legion that Su You had previously assembled, as well as the warlock legion sent by the academy.

He sent all of these subordinates over at once.

Such large-scale wars are very rare, and although the academic warlock legions have also experienced the baptism of battle, they are far less experienced in dealing with such large-scale wars and need to come here for training.

The deaths of these warlock legions are not important; what matters is whether we can find the best talent among them.

Su You also strolled into the battlefield with ease, his feet moving like the wind, his hands transforming into countless phantoms, landing on one demonic worm after another.

He is not using witchcraft or magic for the time being. In the early stages of the battle, he can only fight with his bare hands. Moreover, Su You has little experience in physical martial arts combat, so this is a good opportunity for him to hone his skills.

(End of this chapter)