Pursuit

The crocodile played by the Flame Clone swam across the Dark River, easily climbed beneath the tree, looked up at the blue-glowing fruits overhead, then glanced back at the crocodiles in the river. Finally gritting his teeth, he quickly climbed the tree.

Yet even now, the crocodiles in the Dark River showed no reaction whatsoever.

After easily picking every fruit from the tree, the Flame Clone jumped down, swam safely back to the opposite bank, and rapidly crawled toward Long Xuan.

He had merely picked all the fruit from the tree; he had not taken the entire Heavenly Spirit Tree.

The Heavenly Spirit Tree was not unique in this world. As long as he had the fruit pits, Long Xuan could cultivate another Heavenly Spirit Tree.

Moving the entire Heavenly Spirit Tree would have caused far too much commotion. Long Xuan feared it might alert the crocodiles in the river and create unforeseen complications, so he did not take the risk.

"It worked! Let's go!"

Seeing that the Flame Clone had returned successfully, Long Xuan was overjoyed. After calling to Di Xin, he cautiously headed into the distance.

Long Xuan had a clear objective. After leaving this area, he headed straight for another location marked with infinite progress.

Di Xin followed closely behind him and voiced no opinion about the road ahead.

Upon entering a burial passage, Long Xuan lightly furrowed his brow. He discovered that his Earth Escape had failed here. It was likely being affected by a formation.

There were simply too many insects in this world that could dig through earth. To defend against insects that could travel underground, the vast majority of defensive formations possessed soil-stabilizing abilities, preventing certain digging Gu Insects from burrowing in.

Therefore, Long Xuan encountering a place where Earth Escape could not