Devour

Chapter 273 The 7th Knife

The Hellworm Queen was cut into sausage slices, but some of its limbs were still alive. Realizing that its opponent was extremely powerful, it quietly burrowed underground to escape and became an ordinary intestinal worm.

"This guy is just like his counterparts in the upper levels. He bullies the weak and fears the strong. He runs away as soon as he finds something wrong. If the seventh knife is perfect, there will definitely be no one who escapes and survives... It doesn't matter if a few bugs escape. Anyway, hunting will yield the greatest results."

Cheng Bai recalled the Killing Blade and used the power of the Phoenix to move the large mass of minced meat through the air. He took out the Insect Mother's inner elixir and put it in his hand. Seven runes were shining on it.

Since practicing the deduction technique, Cheng Bai's ability to identify runes has greatly improved. He immediately recognized them as "Earth Escape", "Flame Poison", "Fire Arrow", "Regeneration", "Mind Rot", "Four Pole Shield", and "Earthquake". He was overjoyed: "I have the core elixir of the Black Blade Flying Armor."

Gou Yifan didn't expect to win so quickly, and asked in surprise: "Brother Bai, what kind of sword move is that?"

Cheng Bai pondered and said, "I haven't perfected this move yet. It can kill insects, but it will have many flaws if you encounter a real master... Let's call it 'Bright and Dark Illusion'."

Lu Xiaoxi praised: "Life and death, brightness and darkness, are all in the illusion. Good swordsmanship! What a good name!"

Gou Yifan was thinking: "Such a terrifying sword technique! But the emperor's son said he has a trick to break it, isn't it even more powerful?"

The insect mother was killed, and the surrounding hell poisonous insects were terrified and dared not approach the crowd anymore. They all retreated and avoided them. The Black Corpse Demon Abyss was completely silent, and even the insect stench was much lighter.

The black dragon slowly descended to the bottom of the Demon Abyss, put down his teammates, and transformed into a human form.

Cheng Bai concentrated his mind, spread the Phoenix power to search the surrounding roads, determined the direction and led the team to explore the mysteries.

The road deep underground twists and turns like an intricate maze, sometimes narrow, sometimes rugged, protecting the unfathomable treasure tightly.

The blazing magma rolls and flows like the blood of the earth, constantly cooling and solidifying into hard rock. The fiery red color between the cracks illuminates the surrounding roads, and traces of years of sedimentation are vaguely visible.

"The underground environment is harsh, it's hot and there's no sunlight, so it's impossible for ordinary plants to survive. Why does the Nine-Leaf Ganoderma grow here?" Lu Xiaoxi followed the team closely and expressed his doubts.

Before Cheng Bai came, he had looked up the answer through the inheritance cube: "An older friend told me that the Ganoderma Lucidum is a kind of elixir of life that grows near the roots of rotten precious medicines. Once an ancient and huge plant spirit died, it was nurtured by powerful life energy and the nine leaves have just matured! For example, the one in front..."

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed, and saw a huge, charred object before their eyes, but it was radiating light.

What is even more eye-catching is that some pink and tender fungi are poking out from the ground around it, shaped like nine cylinders with flat spherical caps, gathered into a cluster and standing upright towards the sky, showing tenacious vitality.

Lu Xiaoxi couldn't suppress the excitement in her eyes and said happily: "That is the Nine-Leafed Ganoderma Lucidum, which looks different from ordinary Ganoderma Lucidum. I didn't expect that there is still life surviving in the dark wind."

Cheng Bai speculated: "It is difficult for the underworld wind to blow into every corner of the Demon Abyss Labyrinth, and the roots of the tree that nurtured the Ganoderma lucidum are not ordinary. When it was alive, it may have possessed true immortal-level spiritual roots that could resist the power of the underworld wind."

Heilong walked forward and touched the charred tree roots covered with cracks, identifying them as follows: "It is most likely a Migu tree. Its spiritual root quality is comparable to that of the Nine-Leaf Earth Ganoderma Lucidum, but it is too rotten."

Cheng Bai leaned over and gently dug out the rhizome of the nine-leafed Ganoderma lucidum. The part buried underground was reddish-brown in color, condensed into a bloated tumor-like shape, and together they looked like nine forked crowns, exuding an ancient fragrance.

"The poisonous insects in Hell hate the smell of it and won't come in to eat it. It seems to be relatively safe nearby, so everyone can go ahead and dig and collect it."

Cheng Bai ordered everyone to take action. As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly had an idea: "There are no intestinal worms around the Nine-Leaf Ganoderma Lucidum, why did Leng Yi say that it was accompanied by poisonous insects?"

The bright color of the elixir was clearly visible, and the other four people ran towards their respective goals excitedly.

Lu Xiaoxi bent down and dug out a nine-leaf Ganoderma lucidum. She smelled the medicinal fragrance. The pain made her heart full of desire. She couldn't help but open her mouth and bite one of the pillars. The taste was delicious and the juice overflowed. It entered her stomach and turned into a warm current, nourishing her whole body. The injured part of her waist was itchy, and miraculously, organs slowly grew out, regenerated flesh and blood, and restored her body to a complete state.

"It's really effective. This elixir is precious and I can't eat it anymore." She put away the Ganoderma lucidum that had lost a leaf and turned to look for her next target.

Cheng Bai was nimble and quick. He circled around the roots of the Mi Gu tree and dug up four nine-leaf Ganoderma lucidum.

The Smoker and the Blackfly presented their findings: "Your Majesty, we have dug up six plants in total."

The entire spiritual medicine area is only a hundred meters in radius, and there are only a dozen plants to be found. Cheng Bai got most of them, and there are no more nine-leaf Ganoderma lucidum to be found around.

"I've only found three." Gou Yifan turned around and around, making sure there were no more. Looking at Cheng Bai putting them into his bag one after another, he couldn't help feeling jealous.

Lu Xiaoxi returned to the original place and reunited with the team. He said happily: "I only got three plants, which is pretty good. In previous years, candidates who took the examinations in the Black Corpse Demon Abyss might not be able to harvest even one plant."

Cheng Bai said confidently: "Look deeper underground, there must be more."

The crowd continued to explore and search, going further and further along the maze corridor.

Relying on the vast perception ability of the Phoenix Force, Cheng Bai used his spiritual sense to explore the road ahead and determine the direction, easily avoiding complicated forks and dead ends without worrying about getting lost.

After walking for a while, the lava stopped flowing, the surrounding temperature gradually dropped, and the air began to become cold.

"There is a living creature ahead!" Cheng Bai has a keen sense of perception. He is aware of the situation before he arrives in person, so he speaks out to warn.

Everyone was alert and quickened their pace. A wide underground space opened up in front of them, and there were indeed two powerful creatures present.

Two familiar figures, one tall and one slim, were sitting cross-legged beside a huge piece of rotten wood that was black but shiny.

Unlike the tree root remains seen before, this part exposed above the ground is a thousand meters long and shaped like the upper body of a human body, twisted into an indescribable weird arc, as if it had endured unimaginable pain and torture, and fell to the ground with its back facing the sky and was gradually buried by earth and rocks into its current state.

"Boss Cheng, nice to meet you again. We are really destined to meet." Zhai Xufei had already noticed someone approaching and greeted him calmly.

Cheng Bai bowed and said, "Master Zhai, Sister Bei, you two are living in seclusion and cultivating in seclusion. Aren't you worried about Ming Feng?"

Bei Tingjun said: "There are a few areas in the Nine-Layered Abyss that can be protected from the Nether Wind. The place where the ancient god king, the tree spirit of the Mi Valley, lies dead is one of them. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Nine-Leafed Ganoderma to grow."

Zhai Xufei said, "I know what you want, but unfortunately we are a step too late. We have eaten all the mature Ganoderma lucidum in this land, and it will take at least a thousand years for spiritual medicine to grow again."

Sensing the power of all things, Cheng Bai realized that the two of them were slightly stronger than yesterday. They must be trying their best to find precious medicines and spiritual roots in order to restore their previous life's cultivation.

Bei Tingjun rolled his eyes and laughed softly, "The name of the Black Corpse Demon Abyss comes from the corpse of the tree spirit in the maze valley. It has been broken into several parts since ancient times and distributed in various corners of the Demon Abyss maze. We only know this one part. If we can find other parts, there must be some remaining Nine-Leaf Ganoderma Lucidum."

Zhai Xufei nodded slightly and said, "It's still early, you might as well look for more before the dark wind blows up."

Cheng Bai had other plans, so he invited them, "Go to the lower level, where you'll have a chance to encounter more precious medicinal herbs and spiritual roots. Are you two interested in exploring and searching for treasures together?"

Beitingjun covered his mouth and giggled: "Let us join your team? What a wishful thinking!"

Cheng Bai strode forward, sat cross-legged between the two ancient gods, and said loudly: "What's wrong? You and I have met many times and helped each other, which shows that we are destined to be together. As a disciple of the Qiongqi Ancient Emperor, can't I invite you two?"

Hei Long and Yan Gui, who were following behind, sat down cross-legged and waited for Cheng Bai to persuade them.

Seeing this, Lu Xiaoxi and Gou Yifan followed suit and sat cross-legged beside them, not daring to say anything more for a while.

Zhai Xufei shook his head and said, "In Qiongqi Continent, we have to give some respect to the Ancient Emperor Qiongqi. The outside world is far away and even the Saints of the Emperor Star cannot control us. After all, you are a human, so it is inevitable that there is some estrangement between you and our demon race."

He glanced at Blackfly and Smoker, and said slowly, "Besides, becoming a pet means signing a contract and having no freedom. It's really hard for us to accept that."