[You have successfully entered the Azure Dragon Secret Realm and arrived in District One: Horn Mansion · Forest of Dragon Horns.]
As a notification chimed, the rich fragrance of vegetation washed over him, mingled with the damp, earthy smell of ancient rotting leaves and soil.
Su Ye landed firmly and scanned his surroundings.
He stood in a forest of immense trees that blotted out the sky.
Each ancient tree was so thick that dozens of people would have been needed to encircle it. Their crowns towered into the clouds, shredding the daylight into scattered fragments.
Stranger still, these enormous trees seemed to be living creatures.
The bark on their trunks writhed like muscle, their thick branches stretched at a visible pace, and the fallen leaves carpeting the ground were several feet deep.
Crack! Crack!
The instant Su Ye came to a stop, the ground ahead burst apart.
Several ancient tree trunks as thick as pythons erupted from the earth, forming an impenetrable wall of hardwood across his path.
"Trees that move and grow on their own?"
Su Ye's Spirit Eye flickered.
The enormous trees in this forest were extremely sensitive to fast-moving targets. The faster a target moved, the more violently they would block and entangle it.
Whoosh!
The moment the trees sealed the path, dozens of sharp green shadows sprang from the piles of leaves.
They were Tree-Demon Wood Spirits formed from hardwood and vines, each radiating a Tier Three aura.
As soon as the Tree-Demon Wood Spirits appeared, their sharp wooden spikes swept toward Su Ye and A Da like a torrential downpour.
"A Da, clear the obstacles and open a path!"
Su Ye gave the order.
A vicious look flashed in A Da's eyes. He stepped forward, and the long saber in his hand instantly