Nine Nether Demon Vine

"Could it be because of the Nine-Transformation Godfiend Body?"

Su Fang thought.

"It seems this Nine-Transformation Godfiend Body can influence a person's emotions and mind."

"I wonder if using it for too long will change one's temperament?"

Su Fang felt somewhat worried.

At the same time, he decided to use the power of the Nine-Transformation Godfiend Body as little as possible in the future.

After making his decision, Su Fang stopped dwelling on it and began inspecting his spoils.

He went to the Steel Armored Beetle's head and began pounding away at it.

It took quite a while before he finally smashed open the Steel Armored Beetle's head.

"Man, that was really hard work. If only I had a weapon."

Su Fang thought.

He suddenly recalled the Demon Ape he had encountered before, along with the huge black saber in its hand.

That saber was clearly a divine weapon. If he had something like that, dealing with this Steel Armored Beetle would not have been nearly so difficult.

As he thought, Su Fang found that grayish-black [Nether Crystal] and immediately dug it out.

But at that moment, a sound came from behind Su Fang.

When he turned around, he saw an iron-pot-sized fist smashing toward his head.

"Holy shit!" Su Fang was shocked.

In an instant, he activated the power of the Nine-Transformation Godfiend Body, raising both hands to shield his head as he prepared to take the sudden blow head-on.

Pfft!

A mouthful of blood sprayed out.

Then Su Fang was sent flying hundreds of meters.

When he got up and looked back, he saw a black-skinned Demon Ape carrying a huge black saber on its back, glaring at him with unfriendly eyes.

"Holy shit! It's you, you damn monkey!"

"Didn't I just have my eye on your huge black saber? Why did you come knocking on my door?"

Su Fang complained gloomily.

He got to his feet and fled deeper into the Dark Forest.

Su Fang had personally witnessed the Demon Ape's terrifying strength.

Even without counting that huge black saber, it was not an opponent Su Fang could face head-on right now.

If it used the saber as well, even four Su Fangs would not be enough for it to chop apart.

Therefore, Su Fang's first reaction was to run.

After all, as long as the green hills remained, there would be no shortage of firewood. Once his Body Refining cultivation broke through, it would not be too late to settle the score with this Demon Ape.

With that thought, Su Fang turned into a streak of light and sped away.

Meanwhile, when the Demon Ape saw that its strike had failed to kill Su Fang, it froze briefly.

However, the Demon Ape did not care much. Seeing Su Fang flee, it leisurely followed behind him with great interest.

As though it were toying with its prey.

Thus, one man and one ape chased and fled, weaving continuously through the forest.

Gradually, the scenery around Su Fang grew darker and more sinister. Without realizing it, he seemed to have entered some forbidden place.

The Demon Ape chasing behind him had, at some unknown point, already stopped pursuing him.

"Hmm? What's going on?"

Sensing that something was wrong, Su Fang stopped.

He began carefully observing his surroundings.

A hazy mist shrouded this stretch of forest, making it incomparably silent—abnormally silent. Although Su Fang could not see anything obviously wrong, he felt that this place was far from as simple as it appeared.

"Something's wrong!"

Su Fang became vigilant.

Still, he gathered his courage and walked forward.

He walked for quite some time.

Then Su Fang suddenly discovered a large number of corpses.

Every bone in those corpses had been shattered. Only skin as thin as lantern paper remained, hanging over their bones.

It was as if something had sucked every last drop of flesh and blood from them.

The sight made Su Fang's scalp tingle.

The monster was unknown. He had no idea how strong it was or whether he could handle it. Everything was uncertain.

Thus, Su Fang began to think of retreating.

However, just as he prepared to slowly back away, he suddenly spotted dark gray crystals gleaming through the gaps between the corpses.

"Damn, they're [Nether Crystals], and there are so many of them!"

Su Fang was astonished.

"What should I do? Should I pick them up or not?"

Su Fang hesitated inwardly.

Reason told him that taking even a few more steps forward would be extremely dangerous.

But with so many [Nether Crystals] laid out before him, how could he not be tempted?

Su Fang struggled on the spot for quite a while.

In the end, he gritted his teeth and decided to take the risk.

"The bold starve themselves full, while the timid starve to death. How can there be gains without risks?"

Su Fang made up his mind.

Then he cautiously approached the pile of corpses.

Step by step, Su Fang slowly drew closer to the corpses...

Then, with the utmost care, he began picking up the scattered [Nether Crystals] on the ground.

Haha, I've struck it rich!

In this short while, he had already picked up more than ten extremely high-quality [Nether Crystals].

If he had slowly killed monsters and gathered these [Nether Crystals] himself, who knew how long it would have taken?

As he thought about it, Su Fang unknowingly moved closer to the center of the corpse pile.

"Another five [Nether Crystals]!" Su Fang was overjoyed.

But at that moment, countless vines suddenly shot out from beneath the ground.

In the blink of an eye, they coiled around Su Fang's waist.

"Holy shit!" Su Fang was horrified.

He immediately unleashed the full power of the Nine-Transformation Godfiend Body.

Yet it only let him resist slightly. Su Fang was still bound as tightly as a rice dumpling.

If this continued, he would likely become nourishment for these vines, just like the corpses beneath his feet.

Realizing this, Su Fang immediately activated the system and first identified the origins of these strange vines.

"[Nine Nether Demon Vine]: A unique product of the Nine Nether World. It particularly loves feeding on flesh and blood. The stronger the body, the greater its attraction to it."

"Its weakness is the [Nine Nether Core] within its underground vine body. As long as you find its core, you can easily destroy it!"

"Friendly reminder: The [Nine Nether Core] is a sacred treasure for Body Refining. If you can refine it, you will be reborn and gain mastery over Nine Nether Divine Force."

Looking at the identification provided by the system,

Su Fang was still at a complete loss...

Although he now knew that the Nine Nether Demon Vine's weakness was the [Nine Nether Core], where was that [Nine Nether Core]?

Underground?

How was Su Fang supposed to search for it?

And now that he was tied up like a rice dumpling, he had no ability to search for it anyway.

"Damn it! What should I do?"

Su Fang was anxious.

Then he seemed to think of something and immediately took out the [Heavenly Evolution Array Disk], preparing to break out of this predicament.

"Command all flames! Divine fire, return to your positions!"

"[Eight Desolations Mystic Fire Array]! Rise!"

With Su Fang's low shout!

The [Heavenly Evolution Array Disk] immediately erupted with endless Fire Dragons...

Whoosh!

As soon as the Fire Dragons appeared, they instantly burned all the vines wrapped around Su Fang to ashes.

Freed from the vines' restraints, Su Fang landed on the ground and immediately activated the [Heavenly Evolution Array Disk] again.

"Nine Heavens Thick Earth! Command heaven and earth!"

"[Five-Element Thick Earth Array]! Rise!"

As his words fell, another Heavenly Evolution grand array was deployed.

In an instant, the earth beneath Su Fang's feet began to tremble violently...

Massive amounts of soil burst from the ground and blasted into the sky.

Together with the soil, countless vines buried beneath the ground were also hurled upward.

Seeing this, Su Fang put away the [Heavenly Evolution Array Disk] and began focusing all his attention on searching the soil for the body of the [Nine Nether Demon Vine] that had been blasted out.