With three supreme masters, they were invincible upon descending the mountain.

Faced with Ye Yaocheng's threat, the giant plant let out a piercing shriek.

That was the roar of a dying beast.

boom!!!

Countless vines shot in from all directions, blocking out the sky and the sun. Each one was as thick as a thigh, covered with barbs, and gleamed eerily in the darkness.

They were like giant spears, stabbing fiercely with a crazy momentum that wanted to tear Ye Yaocheng apart!

Ye Yaocheng didn't dodge; he didn't even move.

It simply hovered quietly in the air, watching the vines get closer and closer.

He was no longer the Ye Yaocheng of the past. With his master's guidance, he looked at the terrifying vines with only calm in his eyes.

Then, a golden light flashed, revealing an indestructible golden body!

"Clang clang clang clang!!!"

The vines struck the golden light, producing a loud, metallic clang!

Sparks flew, and the barbs snapped off!

However, the golden light remained completely still.

Seeing that the attack was useless, the vines coiled around Ye Yaocheng like pythons, tightly binding his limbs and waist, the binding becoming tighter and tighter.

They wanted to use this to eliminate Ye Yaocheng.

If it were an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator, they would have been crushed into mincemeat by now in the face of such an attack.

But Ye Yaocheng only glanced down at it, his eyes as calm as if he were looking at withered branches and fallen leaves.

"If this is all you have up your sleeve, then you may die," he said calmly.

As soon as he finished speaking, the Northern Darkness Divine Art within his body began to operate wildly, and his eight extraordinary meridians shimmered with dazzling multicolored divine light.

Under the influence of the five-colored divine light, a terrifying suction force erupted from every pore of Ye Yaocheng's body!

The vines that had been wrapped around him were visibly withering!

The once emerald green skin quickly turned yellow, shriveled, and cracked!

Life is being ruthlessly drained!

"Squeak! Roar!!"

The giant plant let out a piercing scream!

It tried to retract the vines, but the suction was too strong. The vines seemed to be welded to Ye Yaocheng's body and couldn't be pulled back at all!

Life is still slipping away!

The giant plant panicked, and its remaining vines lashed out wildly, finally slashing fiercely at the vines that were stuck in its grip!

Click!Click!

The vine broke, and the suction finally stopped.

However, the giant plant has lost a third of its vines and much of its vitality. Compared to before, the giant plant is now much smaller in size.

Dark green sap oozed from the broken end, emitting a foul odor; it was the most primal life essence of the giant plant.

"You think that's all?"

Ye Yaocheng shook off the withered vines on his body, looked up at the giant plant's trunk, and said coldly, "You enjoyed sucking other people's bounty just now, now I'll repay you double."

With a stomp of his foot, he transformed into a golden light, shooting straight towards the central trunk!

"Only by destroying you, the source, can Sister Shiyu and Mingyue wake up!"

Ye Yaocheng's voice echoed in the darkness.

The giant plant panicked completely, frantically waving its remaining vines to block the attack as if it were a madman.

But it was no use. Ye Yaocheng was like a golden knife; wherever he went, the vines broke and withered.

He was getting closer and closer to the main trunk.

ten meters.

five meters.

three meters.

The giant plant let out a desperate shriek.

It wanted to explain: I'm not the mastermind! I'm just a doorman! The real boss is down below!

But it can't speak; it can only frantically pound the ground with its vines and express its fear with shrieks.

Unfortunately, Ye Yaocheng couldn't understand it, or rather, he didn't want to listen at all.

In his eyes, this giant plant was the culprit.

It creates illusions, it devours life.

Therefore, it must die.

A burst of golden light erupted as Ye Yaocheng slammed his fist into the main trunk!

boom!!!

The trunk, which is hundreds of meters thick, trembled violently, and spiderweb-like cracks appeared on its surface!

The dark green liquid gushed out like a fountain!

The giant plant let out a final, mournful cry, and then all its vines drooped softly.

The vitality on the main trunk quickly dissipated.

It died without ever revealing the truth.

The deepest part of the secret realm.

Huijiang sat cross-legged, watching the scene unfold on the screen with a satisfied expression. The screen showed Ye Yaocheng killing the giant plant with a single punch.

"donor."

Huijiang's mouth was bleeding, but her smile remained: "This time, how will you deal with it?"

He turned his head and looked at the huge black shadow bound by chains in the darkness.

The shadowy figure didn't speak, but stared intently at Ye Yaocheng in the water mirror.

To be precise, it was the faint but tenacious light of belief emanating from Ye Yaocheng.

"Very good, excellent!"

The shadowy figure finally spoke, his voice low and filled with a rage suppressed for millennia: "I thought that once that old bastard was gone, no one in this world could stop me."

He looked up and roared into the void: "Lu Zu—!"

"Was all of this part of your plan?!"

The chains trembled violently, rattling loudly!

It looks like it could collapse at any moment!

The dark shadow roared for a long time, and the entire secret realm trembled.

The Buddha light emanating from Huijiang's body grew weaker and weaker, but he still gritted his teeth and persevered.

Finally, the shadowy figure, having vented its anger to the point of exhaustion, stopped.

He looked down at Ye Yaocheng in the water mirror, a cold and cruel smile appearing in his eyes.

"The only pity is that this boy is too weak."

"Trying to stop me?"

He shook his head, his tone dismissive: "Not qualified."

After saying that, he looked at Huijiang and said mockingly, "Little monk, do you really think you can hold me captive for so long with your abilities?"

Huijiang's expression changed, and he increased the force of his attack.

The shadowy figure simply watched all this calmly: "I was just playing along with you before because I wanted to absorb more negative emotions."

The dark figure grinned, revealing gleaming white teeth: "Now, it's about time."

He took a deep breath, and dark purple patterns began to appear on his body!

Like blood vessels, it undulates under the skin!

With each line that lit up, his aura surged by one point!

"boom!!!"

On his right hand, the first chain finally gave way under the pressure and snapped!

"Hahaha!!!"

The dark figure laughed maniacally, his voice shaking the entire space: "Freedom!"

"I finally feel the taste of freedom!"

Huijiang's face turned deathly pale as he frantically channeled his Buddhist power, trying to reinforce the seal.

But it was too late.

"it's useless."

The shadowy figure looked at him with a mocking gaze: "You think closing two entrances will stop those idiots from getting in?"

He raised his hand and waved it, and a crack appeared in the air.

On the other side of the crack lies the ground of the secret realm.

The once bright sky was now occupied by a huge black face.

The face opened its mouth and transformed into rolling black clouds, surging into the crack like a flood!

These are exactly the negative emotions we felt earlier.

Despair, hatred, resentment, anger...

The energy formed by all emotions poured wildly into the shadowy figure!

"See that?"

The shadowy figure spread its arms wide, absorbing everything it could: "Human malice is endless."

He groaned in pleasure: "And what you see is just the tip of the iceberg."

Dark clouds continued to pour in.

The shadowy figure's body grew increasingly solid and larger.

The second chain snapped!

The third one broke!

On the ground, as the dark clouds were sucked away.

The secret realm has also revealed its true face.

Desolate and lifeless.

As far as the eye can see, all that can be seen is gray-black land.

Only a few scattered weeds swayed in the wind.

The sky turned from bright to gray, like a faded canvas, enveloping the world.

Wang Shiyu slowly opened her eyes, her gaze gradually clearing from its vacant state.

She propped herself up and sat up, feeling as if her whole body was falling apart.

"Huh? Why is it dark?"

"I'm so tired."

She instinctively called out, "Little brother, help your sister up, she's exhausted!"

However, there was no response.

Wang Shiyu frowned.

Is my little brother throwing a tantrum?

That shouldn't be the case.

She forced herself to sit up and looked around.

Then he froze.

The scene before us can be described as desolate and empty.

There was nothing there except for that bottomless pit on the ground.

Wang Shiyu's heart sank suddenly.

She struggled to her feet, staggered to the edge of the pit, and looked down.

Below lies endless darkness, like the maw of a giant beast, capable of devouring everything.

At that moment, some images suddenly flashed through her mind.

Ye Yaocheng's anxious face.

He shook her shoulders.

He looked angrily into the abyss.

Then, he jumped.

"You brat..."

Wang Shiyu covered her mouth, tears streaming uncontrollably down her face: "How could you be so foolish..."

"It's not worth it for me..."

She was crying so hard she was shaking all over.

But soon, the crying stopped.

Wang Shiyu wiped away her tears, her eyes hardening.

She looked into the abyss and took a deep breath.

She whispered, "Little brother, I admit, I'm weak."

"But for you, I'm willing to give everything."

She took a step forward and leaped off.

……

The deepest part of the abyss.

The shadowy figure had absorbed all the dark clouds.

Four of the nine chains were broken.

The remaining five were also trembling violently and covered in cracks.

He cracked his wrists and neck.

Then, he looked at Huijiang, who was covered in blood and almost fainted.

The shadowy figure smiled mockingly: "Master, how do you plan to break this situation?"

"Or rather, what else do you have to refute me?"

Huijiang opened her eyes.

He watched the shadow grow larger and larger.

Then she looked at the figure falling from above in the water mirror.

And Ye Yaocheng, who was still beside the giant plant's corpse, completely unaware of what was happening.

He closed his eyes, put his hands together, and chanted a Buddhist mantra.

"Amitabha!"