A moment later, he said uncertainly, "Maybe it was my blood."
"Blood?"
Old Ye reluctantly confessed, "Back then, I was defeated and fell off a cliff. After being unconscious for several days and nights, I suddenly found myself at the other end of the Eastern Continent."
"At the time, I was covered in blood and unconscious inside the array. I didn't do anything."
Lin Qi said, "A cultivator's essence blood contains dense spiritual energy. In that case, it does make sense."
But there was no way Lin Qi would bleed herself to activate the array.
While she was still considering how many Spirit Stones to use, Old Ye calmly raised his sword to cut his own wrist and asked coolly, "How much blood do you need?!"
As he spoke, the sharp blade sliced through his skin, and bright red blood gushed forth.
Lin Qi raised a hand to stop him. "Wait, we may not need blood."
The moment her words fell, the ground, which had been still all along, suddenly stirred. Amid faint tremors, something seemed about to burst from the earth.
Lin Qi's face filled with vigilance as she pulled Old Ye aside to evade.
They had barely moved when a bright crimson vine shot out from where they had been standing. It was covered in sharp barbs and brimming with ferocity. Once it broke through the ground, it relentlessly pursued Lin Qi and Old Ye, trying to strangle them.
Its body buried beneath the earth gradually surfaced, stretching endlessly, as though there were no end in sight.
The crimson vine split into two, two into four, four into eight... Its numbers multiplied, and its attacks grew fiercer, nearly overturning the entire ground.
Lin Qi asked Old Ye, "Did you encounter this thing when you came last time?! What