Wu Shattered Star River

He was now at the fourth level of the Celestial Human Realm, possessing immense power and wielding a Heaven-Rank battle blade. Yet, a strike only managed to penetrate an inch into the tree.

The hardness of this black tree's trunk rivals even that of frost iron!

Jiang Han withdrew his battle blade. Black light shimmered on the notch he had created, and the notch quickly healed.

The tree seemed angered. The ground suddenly exploded, and countless roots shot out, surrounding the space within a radius of forty to fifty feet, forming a prison with the branches above.

"咻!"

Jiang Han unleashed a blade aura, but the roots were much tougher than the branches. His blade aura could only sever three roots.

Jiang Han glanced around, noticing black thorns on the roots. He nodded slightly; this black tree was indeed quite terrifying.

The terror of the black tree lay in its seemingly endless supply of roots and branches. This was just one black tree; an entire forest of them would be exceptionally horrifying.

Imagine a forest where branches rained down from all directions, and endless roots surged from beneath.

Unable to fly, you could only desperately hack and slash. Those with greater combat power might last longer, perhaps even break through.

The weak could only watch helplessly as they were ensnared, their Xuan energy drained, their life force gradually sucked away, ultimately becoming dried corpses.

Those slightly stronger might persist for a while, but eventually, their Xuan energy would be exhausted, their bodies and minds fatigued, becoming nourishment for the black tree.

"One must be cautious when encountering a forest of only black trees; it's best not to enter!"

Jiang Han waited inside for a moment, and when he saw that the black tree had no other means of attack, he swung his blade to carve a path and slipped away.

The black tree could only cover an area of about forty to fifty feet; beyond that range, it couldn't attack.

Continuing onward, Jiang Han soon discovered other dangers, such as thorns and vines on the ground that would attack people.

Some flowers shot out poisonous thorns, and there were also poisonous bees. There was also a type of black bird the size of a finger that could shoot lightning from its mouth...

However, these weren't particularly dangerous. They might be fatal to those in the Profound Origin Realm, but those in the Mountain Sea Realm would generally survive with caution.

Jiang Han also found many Xuan materials, all ordinary ones, but in large quantities. Jiang Han was too lazy to collect them, leaving them for the lower-level martial artists who entered.

He encountered many martial artists along the way, and he avoided them as soon as he sensed them. He wasn't here to kill people; his main goal was to find the Violet Immortal Lotus.

He didn't know where the Violet Immortal Lotus was, so he could only wander around like a headless fly. With his speed, he should be able to search a wide area in three months. Whether he could find the Violet Immortal Lotus depended on luck.

After half a day!

Jiang Han encountered the second of the black tree, yellow snake, and purple mist dangers: the yellow snake.

He was walking in the forest, where there was a lot of yellow dry grass. He didn't pay attention, and suddenly a yellow light flashed from the ground.

Then!

He felt a heart-wrenching pain, and a terrifying thing happened.

Six or seven small yellow snakes bit through his trouser legs, and then, within the space of a breath, they devoured all the flesh of half of his calf...

He reacted instantly, releasing a Lightning Domain. Lightning snakes surged out, attacking the six or seven small yellow snakes that were still rapidly gnawing on his calf.

The lightning snakes' attacks were ferocious. The small snakes couldn't move, their bodies stiffened by the electricity, and they fell from his calf.

"Hiss~"

Jiang Han looked down and saw only two white bones on his bloody calf. He gasped in pain, his eyes filled with horror.

These little snakes were silent, and he hadn't noticed them at all when he passed by. He was in the Celestial Human Realm, with amazing perception, but these little snakes' camouflage was too perverted, deceiving even a Celestial Human Realm expert.

And these little snakes' teeth were too sharp, weren't they?

They devoured half of his calf in an instant. That was only six or seven little snakes; what if there were hundreds? Would all the flesh on his body be devoured, leaving only bones?

"咻!"

Jiang Han swung his battle blade at the little snakes. The little snakes' defense was average, and they were easily cut in two. Their life force quickly faded, and they became snake corpses.

"Huff~"

Jiang Han took a long breath and retracted the Lightning Domain. A light flashed in his spatial ring, and he took out healing medicine, about to heal his injuries.

As a result!

The yellow snakes that had turned into corpses on the ground actually jumped up and rushed towards his bloody calf. Soon, Jiang Han felt another sharp pain.

"嗡~"

He hurriedly released the Lightning Domain. When the little snakes were struck down, he looked down and found that the attacking snakes were only half-bodied, their tails still on the ground. They had actually been playing dead...

"I'll be damned..."

Seeing that two more pieces of his calf meat had been gnawed off, Jiang Han was furious. He swung his battle blade and continuously slashed at the little snakes, stopping only after turning them all into minced meat.

"I need to leave this place first!"

Jiang Han endured the pain and flew up, retreating from the forest until there was no yellow dry grass nearby before stopping.

Looking at the two bloody bones on his calf, Jiang Han wanted to cry but had no tears.

These little snakes were too perverted. Who could withstand this? Ordinary martial artists would probably be gnawed into skeletons in an instant.

"I can't be careless again!"

Jiang Han was still in shock. If there had been hundreds of little snakes attacking him just now, he might have died.

These little snakes were too good at camouflage. When they were still, there were no signs of life. And their gnawing speed was too fast. The grade of these snakes was probably comparable to fifth-order demon beasts.

He flew to a large tree, then quickly swallowed healing medicine while circulating his energy to heal his injuries.

This place was fraught with danger, and there were still thirty or so Celestial Human Realm experts probably looking for him. He had to keep his combat power at its peak at all times.

Fortunately, his bones weren't injured, but with half of his calf meat gnawed off, it would take two days to recover even with top-grade healing medicine.

"I'll go underground!"

After waiting for half an hour, when his injuries had stabilized, Jiang Han found a secluded place, dug a hole, and crawled in.

"I wonder if there are many of these yellow snakes? If there are, this place is too terrifying. No wonder so many people come in each time, but less than one in ten survive!"

Jiang Han thought to himself, sitting down cross-legged underground and focusing on circulating his energy to heal his injuries, hoping his calf would recover faster.

"Ah--"

A day later, he faintly heard screams, and they kept ringing out. He judged that they were coming from the area where he had encountered the yellow snakes.

It seemed that some martial artists had passed by there and been attacked by the yellow snakes.

He didn't pay attention to it. He wasn't a savior, and with the yellow snakes being so perverted, he figured it was too late to save them even if he wanted to.

Sure enough!

Seven or eight screams rang out, then quickly fell silent. It seemed that the martial artists who had passed by had all died. He closed his eyes and continued to circulate his energy to heal his injuries.

Two days later, his calf had regrown muscle, and his injuries had almost recovered.

He ate some dry food and clear water, rested for a moment, and broke out of the ground.

He rushed towards the area where the yellow snakes were, wanting to confirm whether those people from yesterday had been devoured by the yellow snakes.

"Eh?"

He advanced a distance, scanned around, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

He saw bloodstains ahead. A patch of dry grass was stained red with blood, and there were weapons, armor, and torn robes on the ground.

All indications were that several martial artists had been attacked by yellow snakes and died here.

But!

There were no corpses nearby, not even bones. And there were no holes in the ground. The skeletons of those people had mysteriously disappeared.

After looking around a few times, Jiang Han felt a chill down his spine and a creepy feeling.