Extracting the Barren Attribute, Writing a Cultivation Method, Endless Vitality

"Run!"

At the young man's shout, everyone instinctively had the same thought.

If they did not run now, they would die here!

The vines surged forth like an army of thousands, densely packed. Countless outstretched tendrils hid beneath their lush green leaves, darting ahead like demonic claws. Every vine carried boundless strength and ferocity!

Wherever they passed, rocks shattered and dust flew!

Ancient trees were wrapped in vines, their branches torn to pieces. Cliffs were sliced in half by the vines, while the massive vines devoured all life like merciless monsters.

The spikes extending from the vines gleamed like sharp blades and let out piercing shrieks. Before this green tsunami, everyone was like ordinary people facing a natural disaster, utterly powerless to resist. The gap between them was simply too vast!

They instinctively prepared to flee.

"No, we can't run!"

"Yiyi hasn't come out of her breakthrough state yet! If we run, she'll die here! We have to protect her!"

The 81-year-old Beautiful Young Woman roared into the gale.

The young man's expression darkened as he looked at Lin Yiyi.

Just as she had said, the girl was still at the critical stage of her breakthrough. Whenever a cultivator swung the Divine Axe for Star Ascension, their body underwent a reconstruction unseen by others.

Lin Yiyi was clearly in the midst of that reconstruction!

"Use your spirit qi to protect her! I'll try to sever these vines!"

The young man gave the order decisively.

Everyone surrounded Lin Yiyi and began channeling the spirit qi within their bodies outward.

Streams of spirit qi surged from the Pioneers' bodies.

They gathered and intertwined in the air, gradually forming a transparent barrier.

The surface of the barrier rippled faintly like a clear lake, waves spreading across it as spirit qi poured in.

Bang!

As the greenery slammed against it, the barrier trembled slightly. Every impact sent faint ripples spreading across its surface.

Everyone struggled to continuously channel their spirit qi, maintaining the barrier.

Meanwhile, the towering, life-devouring greenery battered the barrier again and again.

Smack!

Smack! Smack! Smack!!!

"Hold on! Wait until Yiyi comes out!"

Everyone gritted their teeth, constantly draining the spirit qi from their bodies to keep the barrier operating.

But they had clearly underestimated the vines' destructive power. The vines kept smashing against the barrier without pause, producing sharp explosive sounds. Under the assault of this enormous mutation of heaven and earth, the thin barrier looked increasingly fragile, on the verge of shattering.

With a thud.

One of them suddenly dropped to his knees. Trembling, he said, "My spirit qi is about to run dry. I can't hold on anymore..."

He was only Divine Axe First Star, his realm too low. The spirit qi stored within his body could not support such reckless expenditure.

Seeing this, the young man gritted his teeth and looked toward Lin Yiyi.

She remained seated cross-legged in place, her eyes shut tight, completely unaware of what was happening outside.

"Yiyi, wake up!"

"Wake up already, Yiyi! If this keeps up, we'll all die!"

"Yiyi, can you hear us? Hurry and come out!"

"Damn it, she can't hear us at all. This won't work."

Someone cursed under their breath, their expression already exceedingly grim.

They had gathered because of Spirit Qi Recovery. In the future era of Spirit Qi Recovery, they represented a single whole.

If possible, they did not want to abandon any teammate.

But what could they do now?

If they did not abandon Lin Yiyi, were they all supposed to be buried here alongside her?!

"I really can't hold on..."

Romanced and Scammed Out of 50 Cents had gone pale. The spirit qi flowing from her body grew scarcer and scarcer, about to be extinguished completely.

The others were no better off, each of their faces white as paper.

"Let's escape on our own."

"If this keeps up, none of us will be able to run..."

"Alright..."

The young man's face was taut as he was just about to speak.

At that moment,

At the critical instant!

A blazing streak of fire grazed past his hair, and the blade carved a bloody mark across his face.

A saber appeared above his head.

Raging flames burned across its blade, as though it intended to scorch the entire world to ashes. Even the lingering Barren aura on the vines was forced back by this supremely blazing Yang Attribute, bowing before it!

The man casually swept them a glance before lightly swinging his saber down.

An incomparably dazzling radiance bloomed from the blade, like a brilliant sun that could not be looked at directly!

Everyone instinctively covered their eyes, forced back by that blinding light!

The next second,

A thin line appeared on the vines.

The incomparably tough vines, as hard as boulders, were sliced cleanly apart by that strike as smoothly as tofu!

The members of the Martial Arts Squad froze.

What exactly was that Burning Heaven slash...?

Before they could react, an even more terrifying sight unfolded.

After that slash struck, the vines shattered and fell like chunks of stone.

Yet the remaining vines seemed to sense an irresistible pressure and rapidly recoiled backward!

The vines... had actually retreated on their own after being cut by that strike?!

This...!!

The retreating vines reflected in the Martial Arts Squad members' pupils seemed almost absurd, like a vicious beast that feared nothing and no one, only to obediently lower its head and retreat after encountering an absolutely powerful being.

Absurd!

Too absurd!

Everyone stared blankly at the scene, as well as the person who had suddenly appeared...

He stood against the light at the edge of the cliff, the tip of his saber lowered slightly. Sunlight shone upon him, making his back resemble a god standing atop the peak, awe-inspiring and fearsome.

A Pioneer...?

The young man subconsciously touched his stinging cheek. His fingers were still stained with scorching heat.

An ultimate Yang Attribute.

Only such a powerful High-level Attribute could possibly force back the Barren Power.

The young man considered himself highly gifted. Whenever others called him a genius, he modestly denied it, but in his heart, only that monstrous genius who had not come today could surpass his talent. Even Lin Yiyi could only be considered his equal.

But now...

His confidence had been utterly crushed by that single strike.

If there were beings like this among the Pioneers, then what were mildly talented people like them? A few scattered stars meant to accentuate the Bright Moon?

The massive impact of those vines had required the combined spirit qi of all of them just to barely hold back. Yet with a single slash, that man had not only severed the vines, but even forced the most terrifying Barren Power upon them to flee in panic!

That kind of strength... was simply on an entirely crushing level.

Unaware of the young man's collapse.

Romanced and Scammed Out of 50 Cents stared wide-eyed at the saber-wielding figure who had descended from the sky, murmuring softly.

"A peerless hero descending on seven-colored auspicious clouds... it probably wouldn't be much different from this, right?"

So cool!

This was the kind of material she could not even dream of!

Before that slash fell, she had thought she was about to die young!

Everyone stared at Fang Yi's back, each harboring different thoughts.

Shock, fear, envy... all surged in their eyes.

Fang Yi did not hear her cringe-inducing muttering.

At that moment, the system's voice sounded steadily in his ears.

Detected an ultimate Wood Attribute. Automatic writing in progress...

Writing successful!

Endless Vitality: Instantly absorbs all surrounding life force and vitality to rapidly restore one's injuries.

Cultivation Method successfully written.

Hearing the description of this Cultivation Method, Fang Yi's eyes lit up.

What a powerful Wood Attribute Cultivation Method!

This was practically a divine skill.

Even if he became exhausted in battle, he could absorb the surrounding vitality to replenish his injuries. It was even more terrifying than healing.

As long as there was life force around him, he could keep absorbing it and replenishing himself. Wouldn't that make him a perpetual motion machine?

Of course...

Fang Yi was only thinking casually. With his current strength, this Cultivation Method was not yet capable of making him a perpetual motion machine. Even if it could, he could not possibly drain Tai City dry.

Still, as his realm rose, spirit qi grew abundant, and all things revived.

The effects this Cultivation Method could unleash would absolutely be terrifying beyond imagination.

Extracting attribute...

Attribute extracted: Barren

Barren Attribute: Instantly releases a Barren aura that corrodes all surrounding life force.

No wonder this vine could only grow in such treacherous terrain.

If it grew elsewhere, it would probably forcibly drain all life force within dozens of miles. This Barren Attribute was simply too domineering, forcefully plundering the life force of others.

Deprivation, death.

This new material panel would be quite suitable for making some sneaky weapons. What should he implant it into when the time came...

Fang Yi fell into thought.

Suddenly.

"Thank you for saving us, little brother!"

A mature beauty looked at Fang Yi, brilliant light gleaming in her eyes.

The 81-year-old Beautiful Young Woman had always kept men at a distance.

But Fang Yi's Blazing Tang Saber just now had descended like a divine weapon from heaven. Saying that he had saved them from a sea of flames would not have been an exaggeration.

Hearing her voice, everyone finally snapped out of their daze.

"Thank you, thank you. If not for you just now, we'd really have been done for."

"That slash was so cool! Now I have material for tonight's dreams."

"Little brother, what's your WeChat? I'll transfer you money—my payment for saving my life!"

Several people gathered around him, chattering their thanks.

Fang Yi hurriedly waved his hands. "No need."

He had only been able to come here and obtain Endless Vitality and the Barren Attribute by riding on their information. All things considered, he had made an enormous profit.

A person could not be too Tang San. He could not take everything for himself.

He declined their goodwill, said nothing more, then turned and left with a carefree air.

Ten minutes after he left.

Lin Yiyi woke up.

Looking at the devastation around her, she revealed a startled expression.

"What happened?"

"You're awake. Too late, though—you missed the hero's entrance."

Romanced and Scammed Out of 50 Cents held her heart with a lovestruck expression.

Lin Yiyi ignored her and directly questioned the dispirited young man beside her.

Although the young man's Dao heart had shattered, he still retained his reason. He told her everything: how her breakthrough had drawn out the vines, how they had been in danger, and how a young man had saved them at the critical moment. Lin Yiyi was left stunned as she listened.

"My breakthrough caused such a huge commotion, and I had no idea at all?"

She lowered her head and looked at the traces on the ground.

The ground was covered in charred marks. The earth had cracked, rocks had shattered, and scorching heat seeped out. The once-lush vegetation had turned to ash, releasing the bitter scent of being burned, which spread beneath the veil of smoke and dust.

The dying embers still danced across the ground, flickering with faint red light and crackling softly.

The lingering warmth of the Yang Attribute remained there. Merely approaching it felt scorching, as though one had entered a furnace.

It was hard to imagine how brilliant that slash had been.

"That was simply a monster."

The young man's voice was numb, and it was obvious that he had suffered a severe blow.

"The vines that none of us could cut through, he forced them back with a single slash."

"Look, those vines have now retreated far into the sky and are hiding there. They don't dare come near us at all!"

This... was that man's deterrence.

Although he had already left, the vines remained docile as chickens, completely lacking the wild, rampaging appearance they had shown before.