Li Tianming had long known who was here.
They were also people from the Primeval Hengsha.
The leader was named Jiang Yuheng, and he was Jiang Yulian's younger brother.
He was in charge of a five-man squad roaming around the main force. He had discovered this golden Nine Lives Fruit, then notified his sister and brother-in-law.
When Li Tianming arrived, Jiang Yuheng was not idle. He had begun picking it first.
"A barrier?"
Li Tianming focused his gaze and saw a vast stretch of dense black vines ahead. Layer upon layer of vines flowed with black-gold divine patterns, forming several barriers. Within those barriers was a golden Nine Lives Fruit!
"A single fruit protected by barriers. What does that tell us?" Yinghuo chuckled.
"It means someone was tending it, waiting for it to ripen. And now it has ripened, but the ones tending it are gone?" Li Tianming's gaze was profound.
"Who would be tending it?" White Night popped out to ask.
"Most likely the natives of this Ancestral Realm—perhaps even the Yanhuang Divine Clan the Eightfold Gods speak of. But after the ruins opened, they seem to have hidden themselves." Li Tianming yearned to meet these people, yet there had been no news so far. Whether it was the little beast spheres, the Ancestral Realm Netherboat, or this Nine Lives Ancestral Tree, everything here exuded strangeness.
"Silver Dust, keep looking for traces of Ancestral Realm life. There must be living people here."
As Li Tianming spoke, he transformed into a streak of black lightning and slammed toward the golden Nine Lives Fruit.
Jiang Yuheng and his group were attacking the vine barriers!
That would inevitably cause booming sounds!
Thus, they could only keep their movements as quiet as possible, destroying the barriers while waiting for reinforcements to arrive.
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