Heart-Eroding Nether Luo Vine, True Void

As soon as Lu Yang finished speaking, footsteps sounded outside the cave abode.

The footsteps were neither hurried nor slow, one after another, echoing in the dark and narrow cave abode corridor, growing ever closer.

Soon, a figure emerged from the end of the corridor.

He was a tall, thin middle-aged man with long, black hair that was not tied up but casually draped over his shoulders, which made his fairly good-looking face look a bit disheveled.

Each of their facial features is individually attractive, and together they are the kind of people who grow to appreciate their appearance more and more over time.

However, at this moment, the expression on his face was blank, his eyes were deep and dark, and there was no light flowing in his pupils, as empty as two dry wells.

It was Yuan Xian.

Lu Yang slowly sized up the other person, Yuan Xian's empty eyes also looked at him.

The moment Yuan Xian saw Lu Yang, he paused and fell silent.

Then, a very faint ripple appeared on his wooden face, a barely perceptible glimmer of light appeared in his empty eyes, and his lips moved as if he were talking to himself. "... Early-stage Foundation Establishment."

Lu Yang chuckled lightly, his expression relaxed, and said, "Yes, senior, what brings you here?"

Yuan Xian seemed not to hear Lu Yang's words, still muttering something to himself, his eyes fixed on Lu Yang without blinking.

Gradually, his skin seemed to come alive and have its own will, and it began to slowly wriggle, as if something was moving and undulating beneath his skin.

Immediately afterwards, his eyeballs slowly protruded from their sockets, held in place by two dark brown wooden tentacles that slowly reached towards Lu Yang.

The wooden tendrils were covered with fine textures and had a dark luster, resembling some kind of ancient tree root or the tentacles of some living creature.

They peeked out from Yuan Xian's eye sockets, stretching longer and longer, until they finally stopped not far in front of Lu Yang, as if scrutinizing him up close.

Lu Yang never expected this guy to turn out like this; he even looks like a monster from a horror movie.

You should know that Yuan Xian was originally True Lord in the Nascent Soul Realm!

Just by entering that alternate dimension and being affected by that Void Evil Entity, he actually turned out like this?

Just as Lu Yang was pondering, Yuan Xian's muttering grew louder and louder, his tone changing from blank to increasingly urgent, as if driven by something. "Early-stage Foundation Establishment... Early-stage Foundation Establishment... Grab him... Grab him!"

Before he could finish speaking, a sudden change occurred around Lu Yang.

Ripples spread across the surrounding space, like stones being thrown into a calm lake.

Tree roots emerged from the void, densely packed, numbering at least a hundred. Each root was inscribed with eerie Runes and emitted an extremely strange fluctuation of Spiritual Qi.

Cold, distorted, and inexplicably unsettling.

These roots moved at an astonishing speed, tearing through the air with a sharp whistling sound as they all pierced towards Lu Yang.

Lu Yang's true cultivation level was only at the Early-stage Foundation Establishment, so he had no time to dodge such speed.

However, just as the roots were about to touch his body, they all stopped, as if blocked in mid-air by an invisible barrier.

On Lu Yang's screen, the total number of Spirit Stones suddenly decreased by more than one million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

The [Heft of Money] was triggered; the attack just now was clearly beyond Lu Yang's current strength to withstand.

A cold glint flashed in Lu Yang's eyes, but he wasn't too surprised.

He originally wanted to see how Yuan Xian would react when he realized that his strength was not at the peak of the Spirit Transformation Perfection.

After all, Yuan Xian was sent by that Void Evil Entity, so we can see how it reacts.

It now appears the reaction was much stronger than he had anticipated!

He even suspected that the tentacles protruding from this space were personally made by that Void Evil Entity!

This Void Evil Entity is quite interested in him?

Without saying a word, Lu Yang immediately used the [Power of Money].

This time, it only cost two hundred million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, and the familiar warm current once again flowed into my limbs and bones.

His cultivation level rose steadily, soaring from the Early-stage Foundation Establishment to the peak of the Spirit Transformation Perfection stage in the blink of an eye.

The Principle the Great Dao manifested as a magnificent, colorful mist, swirling and swirling around him.

Platinum, silver, deep blue, black and white... all sorts of brilliance intertwined, enveloping him.

A terrifying pressure emanated from Lu Yang and spread in all directions, causing the entire cave abode to tremble slightly, and fine stone dust to fall from the stone walls.

Lu Yang raised his eyes and glanced at Yuan Xian.

Dozens of jet-black sword marks suddenly appeared around Yuan Xian's body, their Sword Intent as sharp as frost.

Almost the instant the sword marks appeared, they contracted inward, like an invisible strangulation cage, shredding Yuan Xian and the wooden tendrils protruding from his eye sockets into a bloody mist.

Blood mist filled the air, yet something remained within it.

Broken tree roots emerged from the blood mist.

These roots look thin and long, but they are surprisingly tough.

Even with his Spirit Transformation Perfection cultivation, Lu Yang could only sever the Heavenly Trace Sword Canon, Heaven Grade Supreme Quality technique, but he couldn't completely crush it.

One can only imagine how terrifying the owner of these roots must be.

Even more bizarrely, the severed roots seemed to possess an independent life.

At each break, there was a slight wriggling, like a worm struggling and twisting in the air.

The space in front of them gradually rippled, and the broken roots struggled to merge into the void and escape this place.

"Want to leave?"

Lu Yang narrowed his eyes slightly, formed hand seals, and his Spiritual Qi surged around him, with the Sword Dao Principle and the Metal Dao Principle operating simultaneously.

The next moment, in the area where the blood mist was dissipating, countless incredibly sharp golden lines intertwined and emerged.

The fine lines, as thin as hair, emitted a light powerful enough to cleave space, sketching out dense patterns at an astonishing speed, layer upon layer like a spider web.

As the patterns became more numerous and denser, they eventually coalesced into an extremely dazzling golden ball of light.

The Golden Radiance Sword Canon, the Golden Palace Heaven-Slaying.

From within the golden light, a shrill scream suddenly rang out.

The roots, which had originally retained their shape, were finally ground to dust and their life force was extinguished under the repeated strangulation of the golden threads.

As the golden light slowly dissipated, the spatial cracks remaining in the air gradually healed.

The torn edges of the void were covered with dense black marks, like cracks on porcelain, and it took a long time for the void to completely return to calm.

The remaining roots that were originally aimed at Lu Yang had already retreated into the void the moment Lu Yang unleashed his cultivation, retreating even faster than they had come, and no one knew where they had escaped to.

The cave abode fell silent again. Only the occasional tumble of loose stones that had been shaken off the stone walls made a soft sound.

Lu Yang glanced at the void, then used the search function again, asking, "[With my current Spirit Stones, can I use the Power of Money to kill that Void Evil Entity?]"

Since this thing attacked him and seemed to have the intention of controlling and influencing him, Lu Yang was naturally not the kind of person who would take a beating without fighting back. Naturally, he wanted to kill that thing directly to avoid being constantly targeted.

However, he couldn't possibly recklessly rush into the alternate dimension surrounding Mystic Yellow Valley. What if that Void Evil Entity was extremely powerful? Wouldn't he just be delivering himself to their doorstep if he went in?

So he decided to inquire about the situation first.

Soon, information appeared on the panel.

[Void Evil Entity: Heart-Eroding Nether Luo Vine, currently at the peak of the Spirit Transformation Perfection stage, approaching the Void Refinement Realm. It is difficult to kill with the host's current strength. However, the void structure within this alternate dimension is unstable and connects to the True Void. One can use the Power of Money to gain a higher cultivation level, making it possible to kill. Potential Hidden Danger: The void within this alternate dimension is unstable; prolonged combat could easily attract danger from the True Void, requiring a swift victory.]

Upon seeing this information, Lu Yang seemed to be deep in thought.

That Void Evil Entity had actually reached the peak of the Spirit Transformation Perfection stage, and was even close to the Void Refinement Realm.

Moreover, according to the information retrieved from the panel, the alternate space created by the Heart-Eroding Nether Luo Vine seems to be somewhat different from the Canglan Realm, allowing for breakthroughs to higher levels.

However, there are also certain risks. The Canglan Realm should be a relatively stable plane in terms of spatial structure. This alien space, because it was created temporarily, has an unstable spatial structure and is prone to connecting with the so-called [True Void].

Judging from the panel information, there should be quite a few dangers in [True Void].

If he really intends to attack the Heart-Eroding Nether Luo Vine, he must kill it as soon as possible, otherwise the battle might attract some dangerous things.

Lu Yang had no idea what dangers lay within the [True Void].

You probably won't be able to find it using the search function, since it doesn't belong to the Canglan Realm.

The reason why the Heart-Eroding Nether Luo Vine in this alternate dimension could find information might be because this alternate dimension itself is located above Mystic Yellow Valley, belonging to a subordinate plane attached to the Canglan Realm?

Having gathered all the information, Lu Yang made a decision without hesitation.

After entering that alternate dimension, he immediately burned all the Spirit Stones on his body to raise his cultivation level to a higher level.

Then, after killing the Heart-Eroding Nether Luo Vine, leave!

Swift action, decisive results, no lingering problems!