To Hand
Xu Huo had already seen the artifact's location on the instruments carried by the three Golden-eyed Players. But the unusual environment and the vast scaled vines obscured his senses, weakening both his Spiritual World and his spatial perception. At a distance of more than five thousand meters, he could no longer pinpoint the artifact. This place was one enormous energy field. Beneath the hurricane, even the slightest probing could easily be assimilated.
Yan Jiayu patted his shoulder and pointed questioningly toward the underground river beside them.
Xu Huo nodded, signaling for her to wait nearby while he went underwater to take a look.
Yan Jiayu gave him an "all good" gesture.
Xu Huo soon reached the underwater passage. After avoiding the vines spreading beneath the water, he felt his way toward the main plant. The underground channel was rugged and difficult to navigate, and some stretches were extremely narrow. He couldn't make his way through easily, and he didn't dare cause too much of a disturbance, so he could only inch along.
It took him more than ten minutes to find a gap near the main plant. The underground river flowed through it, reaching the plant.
The distance wasn't great, so Xu Huo easily detected a nearby energy cluster. But when he touched it with his mental power, it felt as though a heavy hammer had suddenly struck his head. The intense pain forced him to shut down his Spiritual World...
Realizing it might be an artifact similar to Angel's Eyes, made from a whole piece of Origin Stone, he stopped probing and instead used Space Power to cut it free from the main plant's scales.
The artifact hadn't grown on the main plant. It was wrapped in some slimy underwater vegetation and hung from one of its