The trees here were towering and robust, each one over a hundred meters tall. No two were alike, and they twisted into bizarre shapes.
The moment Gong Qi entered this space, she sensed a familiar aura.
She frowned. "Demon Qi!"
It was the unique scent of Demon Qi from the ancient era.
Gong San's expression was not much better. "The threat this space poses to me is no weaker than the last one."
In the previous space, a sweep of spiritual sense had found not a single living creature between heaven and earth.
This space was the exact opposite.
A casual sweep of spiritual sense revealed countless active auras.
They were either immortal plants or demon beasts... and all of them were exceedingly powerful.
Gong San cautioned, "Here... we must tread carefully at every step."
The moment she finished speaking, the startled cries of birds and beasts came from afar.
Both Gong Qi and Gong San looked over curiously.
Neither moved. They simply waited for the sounds to draw closer.
Before long, they saw a gaunt female cultivator riding a massive black beast resembling a black rhinoceros, racing through the rainforest.
Under the torrential rain, the ground was covered in black mud.
The black rhinoceros's enormous body charged forward recklessly, flinging mud and water several zhang into the air in every direction.
It splashed onto the trees at the side.
The originally lush green trees began to change color, dense Demon Qi churning across their surfaces.
The Demon Qi spread from a tiny point, shrouding the entire tree in the blink of an eye.
By the time the black rhinoceros carried the cultivator before the two of them, all the surrounding trees had become demonic plants wrapped in black.
The transformation made Gong Qi and Gong San even more vigilant,