The luminous stones scattered out, illuminating the entire dark space ahead.
Purple Tree was cleaved in two by Lin Bai's sword. The purple liquid flowing from its trunk corroded a patch of ground, while the surrounding vines drooped limply to the floor, the eyes at their tips closing in unison.
Lin Bai stabbed it several more times with his flying sword. Only after confirming that Purple Tree no longer had any life force did he cautiously approach it.
Lin Bai first noticed the purple sap flowing from Purple Tree's body. It seemed to be some kind of deadly poison, so he took out a jade bottle from his Storage Bag and collected a large amount of it.
If this stuff turns out to be useful, I might get quite a bit of money by selling it.
Lin Bai then carefully searched the ground, collecting everything that might be useful.
Using his flying sword to peel away the bark, Lin Bai saw a cluster of crystals radiating purple light inside the trunk.
The crystal was like glass, crystalline and transparent, without the slightest impurity. Within it emanated an extremely pure aura of wood-element power.
However, according to Lin Bai's judgment, this wood-element aura still did not meet the requirements for refining the Reverse Five Elements Sword Formation. Even so, it was a rare treasure, and Lin Bai put the crystal away as well.
After collecting the treasures from Purple Tree, Lin Bai finally put its entire body into his Storage Bag and brought it back to the Ascension Celestial Palace.
After cleaning up the battlefield, Lin Bai looked around. With the threat of Purple Tree gone, he could finally examine the surrounding space properly.
This underground world was not small. Apart from the space where Purple Tree had been, there was