The interior of the Fluorescent Forest was even more fantastical than it appeared from the outside.
The branches of the giant trees were not woody, but more like some kind of semi-transparent crystal with flowing light sealed within. Complex silver patterns grew naturally across the bark, flickering like breaths. What hung from the branches were not vines, but wisps of pale golden energy condensed into threadlike tufts, swaying gently in the wind and exuding a pure aura of life.
The ground was carpeted in thick, soft dark-golden moss that made no sound beneath his feet. Strange mushrooms and small crystal clusters grew sporadically among the moss. Most emitted gentle energy fluctuations, but some were vividly colored and grotesquely shaped, faintly radiating danger.
The sweet fragrance in the air was even richer here, carrying a slightly intoxicating quality. If an ordinary person stayed too long, they would likely become lost in it, unconsciously assimilated by the environment, and eventually turned into nutrients for this land.
A faint current of Chaos True Essence circulated over Neji's body, blocking the overly dense life energy and potential hallucinogenic factors. His Divine Eye was fully activated, observing everything around him.
The forest was not silent.
He saw a palm-sized creature shaped like a squirrel but covered entirely in pale golden scales dart across a drooping energy filament like lightning. It snatched a drop of golden dew condensed on it in its mouth, then vanished behind a cluster of glowing shrubs.
A low sound came from the distance, like giant trees grinding against one another. Looking through his Divine Eye, Neji found a gigantic plant resembling a Venus flytrap slowly closing its petal-like leaves lined with sharp teeth. Between those leaves, fluorescent lizard-like creatures could faintly be seen struggling.
Farther within, enormous shadows resembling centipedes magnified