Nine nightglow stones hovered beside Lin Bai, illuminating the surrounding darkness.
Standing on his flying sword and circulating his spiritual power to protect himself, Lin Bai cautiously headed deep into the dense forest.
In the forest that blotted out the sky and sun, darkness and miasma swirled.
Sharp spikes grew from the thick branches of plant after plant, radiating terrifying toxins.
Unfamiliar, bizarre cries came from deep within the forest, making one's heart tremble.
As he sped along, Lin Bai would occasionally see this forest "squirming."
Lin Bai felt as though this forest were alive. Whenever he approached, he sensed that they were vigilantly watching his every move.
"Heh heh heh..."
A pained moan came from the dense forest ahead.
Lin Bai tossed a nightglow stone over and saw a Black-Robed Man at the peak of the Dao God Realm, bound by several vines and dragged inch by inch into the weeds.
The vines coiled around his body and writhed incessantly, like venomous snakes clamping tightly around his flesh.
At the final moment before he abandoned his resistance, he saw Lin Bai's nightglow stone.
A fierce will to live flared in his desperate eyes.
"Save me... Save me..."
Hearing his cries for help, Lin Bai looked at him calmly, showing no intention of lending a hand.
Since one had entered a perilous place, one had to possess a heart prepared to die at any moment.
The reason Lin Bai had stopped to watch was that he wanted to see the forest's methods—how it killed people.
Although Lin Bai did not know why this Black-Robed Man had ended up in such a sorry state, seeing him entangled in several vines and dragged away gave him a general understanding of the forest's mysteries.
It truly was dangerous.
This little interlude soon passed,