Emperor Zhu Tian

Qi Tianyu stood in place. He could hear uninterrupted sounds from the darkness.

"Is this considered poking a hornet's nest?" Qi Tianyu muttered to himself as he unhesitatingly activated the Ten Thousand Swords Formula. Regarding this group battle, it was the best response.

One after another, the Golden Sword bodies sunk into the rocks, and one vine after another began to extend towards Qi Tianyu. When they were three meters away from him, the Golden Sword bodies that had sunk into the rocks suddenly activated.

When the killing power was completely released, the vines that were spreading out under the power of the killing power were directly smashed into pieces. However, there was a bit of killing power that was disregarding the Golden Sword's body, and directly pounced towards Qi Tianyu.

Qi Tianyu could feel the wind blowing in his surroundings, and his strong fighting instincts stood out at this moment. The Golden Battle Sword danced in his hands, and every vine was cut apart and destroyed by him, and every simple sword method in his hands became an incomparably powerful sword move.

Qi Tianyu felt that as the Golden Battle Sword continued to wave, the Golden Battle Sword that had been nurturing him increased its compatibility with him by another level. The strength of each swing of the sword became even stronger.

The few vines that were as thick as a person's thigh similarly attacked. The garrotting formation formed by the Golden Sword was actually forcefully torn apart by these vines from the outside.

When the array formation of the Golden Sword was in a mess, the vines that were originally unable to break through found an opening to attack Qi Tianyu.

The vines in front of him grew more and more, and Qi Tianyu immediately used his only Divine Aperture to resist. Every time these vines were struck or assassinated, they would have the offensive power of Earth-rank, but under the weakening of the only Divine Aperture, it would be negligible.

This kind of battle of attrition was obviously not suitable for fighting in this kind of environment. Qi Tianyu used the Golden Battle Sword as his flying sword and blocked the vines in front of him.

The lightning Vein Spirit appeared in his hands, but Qi Tianyu did not use all of his [Five Thunder Blast]. Another fire Divine Lightning hacked out, and the vine that was hit instantly turned into a piece of charred wood.

One after another, the vines that were charging towards Qi Tianyu were destroyed. The originally terrifying amount of vines, under Qi Tianyu's counterattack, did not have much left.

Yet another incense stick of time had passed. Other than Qi Tianyu and the broken vines on the ground, the remaining vines that were as thick as a few people's thighs were still emitting a sinister aura.

Retracting the lightning Vein Spirit and landing it in his hands, Qi Tianyu suddenly activated the sword world. This sword world was not as dull and ordinary as before, instead, it was filled with bright rays of light that blossomed from the Golden Battle Sword.

Beneath the Sword-light, Qi Tianyu finally saw the scene within the underground cave that he was in clearly. Not a single part of the ground within a thirty meter radius was clean.

The sword world's resplendent sword directly cut apart the vine that was as hard as a top-grade Seventh Grade soldier. He already understood that Qi Tianyu was not someone he could afford to provoke. The vine did not care about the pain and immediately retreated back. The speed was astonishingly fast.

Qi Tianyu did not stop the vine from retreating. Instead, he followed closely behind the vine. In this underground cave, Qi Tianyu was not familiar with this place, adding the pitch-black environment around him, it was easy to imagine how difficult it was to walk out, and now that there was a vine leading the way, even if it was not towards the exit, it would be better than Qi Tianyu aimlessly exploring this place.

Qi Tianyu followed the vine that had been taken back, and the vines twisted and turned in the cave. If Qi Tianyu was left alone, he definitely wouldn't be able to take such a complicated route.

When the vines started to slow down, Qi Tianyu saw something familiar up ahead.

The light in front of him was extremely bright. It should be the light emitted by some sort of crystal.

When Qi Tianyu walked out of the darkness into this colorful Heavenly Passage, the direction of the vine was no longer important.

Qi Tianyu looked at the scene in front of him. This was definitely not the scene that an ordinary person could imagine. An ancient tree had taken root in front of Qi Tianyu.

According to Qi Tianyu's estimation, it was at least three thousand meters tall, and the thickness was definitely something that was rarely seen.

"Seems like this ancient tree is definitely more than ten thousand years old. Even if a blade of grass had lived for so long, it would still be able to reach the Saint-rank, but why do I not feel a hint of life from this ancient tree?" Qi Tianyu said to himself in shock.

Not only did Qi Tianyu not feel a single bit of the spirit energy that belonged to the nature's spirit root, he also did not feel the proper life force within the ancient tree, which was three thousand meters tall and thirty meters wide. Not to mention how dense it was, there hadn't even been a single drop.

This ancient tree that had lived for tens of thousands of years seemed to have become an empty shell that was strong on the outside but dry on the inside.

Doubtful, Qi Tianyu immediately used the Golden Battle Sword to slash at the ancient tree. But this time, forget about leaving any deep scars, even the bark did not get a single scratch, not even a single mark.

"This degree of toughness is comparable to a Grade Eight Battle Weapon."

Qi Tianyu retracted his Golden Battle Sword and stopped doing meaningless things. Under the light emitted by the brightly colored crystal, he walked around the ancient tree.

After walking a circle around, Qi Tianyu did not find anything abnormal, but to him, this was the biggest abnormality.

"If there's no life force, then where did these vines come from?" Qi Tianyu caressed the trunk of the ancient tree, feeling suspicious.

"Where are those vines heading towards?" Qi Tianyu raised his head, looking towards the place where the vine had gone to. "If you want to know why, then you must go and find out."

With one leg on the ground, Qi Tianyu left as soon as he said that and chased after the vines. The trunk of the ancient tree, which was several hundreds of meters long, was incomparably smooth.

In one breath, Qi Tianyu rose more than five hundred meters. At this time, the trunk of the ancient tree had finally started to bulge. Landing on the branch of an ancient tree, Qi Tianyu looked up, hoping to find an unobstructed path amidst the dense tree trunk.

Just as Qi Tianyu had already found a path and moved towards an even higher place, he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Qi Tianyu looked around. The sound just now was definitely not the sound of the vines crawling, or the howls of some demon beasts, or the sound of the mountains collapsing and the earth cracking. Instead, it was the sound of their heartbeats.

"This is definitely a heartbeat." After hearing that voice again, Qi Tianyu was already certain that it was a heartbeat.