Chapter 234: Chapter 203 Ambush_1

Crack!

Xu Mu swung the Thunder Sword in his hand, splitting the tree branch that was blocking his way.

According to the white cat’s warning, flying would easily attract the attacks of monster beasts. So, to conserve spiritual power, Xu Mu chose to travel on foot.

“The trees here are really hard!”

Xu Mu picked up a branch that had fallen to the ground. The leaves were a lush green, and the trunks were all a dark brown color. Striking them with his finger, he heard a thud like that of gold or iron.

Grasping the branch in his hand tightly, it exploded with a bang. Splinters flew everywhere, some even shooting deep into the ground.

Based on his experiment, these seemingly ordinary trees have a hardness that surpasses common iron. With a bit of refining, they could be turned into decent low-level magic artifacts.

“This place is rich in spiritual energy and rife with dangerous animals. If they didn’t become resistant, they would not be able to survive.”

The puppet cat explained to Xu Mu in a bored manner.

“That makes sense!”

Xu Mu nodded in agreement.

Just like humans, plants would also evolve to adapt to their environment.

This is why regions rich in spiritual energy would produce more Spirit Plants.

Of course, they would also give rise to more dangers.

“It’s a pity that these plants and trees all contain evil spirit. Otherwise, I would have collected some!” Xu Mu lamented.

The spiritual energy here is abundant and it had been uninhabited for many years, making it a land filled with rare and exotic herbs, Spirit Fruit and Spirit Trees. If he could gather them, he would surely gain a great fortune.

“Although these trees cannot be used to make magic artifacts, they can be used

to make puppets, so they are not without value.

The puppet cat then continued as it stretched, “Although I told you to save your spiritual power, if you continue to move at this sluggish pace, you might end up consuming more.”

Unlike the outside world, evil spirit was everywhere here. Xu Mu had to constantly use his spiritual power to protect himself, causing him to continuously use his spiritual power.

The consumption would be even greater if he was using a defensive magical artifact.

“Elder, don’t be in such a hurry!! I am just trying to get used to the environment. Besides, your master didn’t specify a time limit, did he?” Xu Mu said, grinning.

“Whatever you like!”

The puppet cat lay lazily on his shoulder, its eyes squinting as if it didn’t want to bother talking to him.

Xu Mu wanted to pet it because it looked cute, but before his hand could touch it, a white light radiated from the puppet cat’s body, blocking his hand.

“What are you doing?”

The puppet cat suddenly opened its eyes, staring intensely at him with its deep black pupils.

“Senior, don’t misunderstand! I just wanted to pat you!”

II II

The puppet cat snorted coldly and jumped off his shoulder, landing on a nearby large tree.

“Noway!”

The puppet cat lifted its chin, looking disdainfully at Xu Mu. It looked exactly like a haughty little princess.

“If it won’t work, then forget it!”

Xu Mu dismissed it with a shrug and continued walking forward with his sword. The deeper he went, the taller the trees became, some even reaching up into the clouds like pillars supporting the world.

The hardness of these trees is sufficient to craft a fourth-tier Spiritual Artifact, and their heartwood could even serve as the main material for a sixth-tier Spiritual Artifact.

Unfortunately, these trees contain an even heavier evil spirit. Forget about using them to craft artifacts, merely holding them could disturb one’s mind. Even Demonic Dao cultivators would have to exercise great caution when using them.

The more he observed, the more problems Xu Mu felt existed in this place. Especially after he inhaled a strand of murderous aura into his body and tried to refine it to no avail.

It wasn’t that he had never interacted with Demonic Dao cultivators before. In fact, he had quite a few corpse puppets with Yin evil spirits on his hand.

But whether it was the Demonic Dao cultivators he had encountered or the corpse puppets he had in his possession, the Yin evil spirit they carried differed significantly in quality from the one here.

If one had to make a comparison, it was like the difference between water and mercury.

The destructive and erosive differences were as vast as the difference between heaven and earth.

This was also the reason for his deliberate delay.

Not without understanding, who dares to act rashly, who knows what kinds of creatures he might encounter next.

As for his actions, the white cat ignored them, seemingly allowing him to discover the secrets here.

However, just like the white cat said, the longer he stayed, the more spiritual power he consumed, the less advantageous for him.

Though he carried a lot of spirit stones and pills that replenish spiritual power on him, it was impossible for him to stay indefinitely.

Not to mention, this evil aura to some extent can affect his divine intent, consuming his spiritual power.

Replenishing spiritual power is much more troublesome than replenishing spiritual energy.

Xu Mu looked at the puppet cat that quietly moved through the branches. It seemed completely unfazed by the corrupted air.

However, considering the identity of the other party being a puppet, it also seemed understandable.

Probably because of this reason, that woman would allow them to follow in.

They walked for an indeterminable length of time. Suddenly, a person and a cat stopped. The puppet cat, without any hesitation, jumped back onto Xu Mu’s shoulder, a hint of wariness in its expression.

Although it wasn’t afraid of the evil aura in the space, its real strength was not strong; it still had to rely on Xu Mu.

Xu Mu narrowed his eyes and examined his surroundings.

At that moment, they were in a dense forest. They were surrounded by densely packed ancient trees, the smallest of which required two people to enclose their arms around them. They grew more than a hundred meters high, with dark red bark that was layered like scales onto the tree trunks.

Thick leaves overhead blocked the scant light. The rotten leaves on the ground formed a trail of dappled light and shadow, and the surroundings were so quiet that only the chirping of birds and the faint sound of wind could be heard.

Xu Mu released his divine intent for inspection, but found no traces. Nevertheless, he had a feeling in his heart that something was watching him.

“It must be disguised, try attacking nearby!” the puppet cat suggested.

“Alright!”

Xu Mu nodded, took out three tier four ice sword talismans from his storage bag and threw them in three different directions.

These talismans were made by Leng Yuening in her idle time. Xu Mu had quite a few of them. They were not useful to him at his current level, but they were suitable for probing and could save him from wasting his spiritual energy.

Puff!

The talismans burned in the air. The runes on them were activated, quickly absorbing the spiritual energy of the surrounding nature and consolidated into a blue ice sword without a handle. It exuded a cold air and shot towards its targets.

One of them darted into the void as if hitting an invisible rope. After flying a distance, it actually froze in mid-air.

Another one shot up into the sky, disappearing into the dense leaves.

The last one was shot at a large tree. With a ‘pop’ sound, it seemed as if the ice sword was stabbed into some liquid, and then a round piece of dark brown tree bark, along with the ice sword, fell down from the tree.

Hiss Hiss!

Upon hitting the ground, the round piece of tree bark immediately made a piercing hissing sound. They then shot out eight legs and flipped open six yellow compound eyes, struggling desperately to get up from the ground. However, the ice sword’s stab was too heavy and it obviously didn’t have a lot of strength left.

“A spider monster beast?”

Xu Mu recognized it as a bug monster beast at first glance. Before he had time to confirm in detail, hissing sounds flooded the entire forest.

“This can’t be…!” Xu Mu suddenly lifted his head and looked up.

All the trees seemed to have goosebumps, bulging one after another. Underneath the tree bark, a multitude of legs shot out and countless yellow compound eyes opened up and rotated to stare at Xu Mu on the ground.

Damn!