Monster Jungle Beyond the Space-time Rift

[Before dawn on the fifth day, underground vault of the county bank]

Hum.

The quiet underground vault still echoed with the aftershocks of mysterious energy. Shattered stones rustled down from the damaged ceiling, striking the remains of the Rotvine Giant Serpent.

Chen Kong slumped amid a pile of rubble, his hands braced against the rocks behind him, sharp stone chips digging painfully into his palms.

His chest heaved violently, and every breath tugged at the dull ache in his ribs.

The crushing pressure that had nearly ground his bones to pieces when the giant serpent coiled around him had not fully faded. The sour, rotten taste of vine juice still lingered in his throat, leaving even his saliva bitter.

But compared with those superficial injuries, he was more curious about the mysterious energy fluctuation that had suddenly appeared.

He looked toward the distance. The once-arrogant monstrous serpent had now turned into withered gray-green vines that filled the air. Fragments smeared with corrosive juice fell to the ground, quickly dried out, and crumbled into powder at the slightest pinch.

"So... what exactly happened just now?"

Chen Kong raised a hand to wipe the dust from his face, then used his right hand to wipe away the dried blood at the corner of his mouth as he spoke with lingering fear.

Whenever he recalled that torrent of energy that had pierced through the sinkhole, his heart still pounded beyond his control.

That power had been too strong. So strong that even its aftershock had nearly scattered all the star energy in his body.

What concerned him even more was that within that violent energy, he had clearly caught a familiar "vector aura," identical to the fluctuations when Tiandao controlled star energy.

At the same time, when that torrent of energy struck the