Legendary Clan Chief
Chapter 1306 - 1262: Terrifying Devil Vine - Life Utterly Plundered! (Make-up)

Chapter 1306: Chapter 1262: Terrifying Devil Vine - Life Utterly Plundered! (Make-up)

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Jian Jinghong, Huang Xiaotian, and Bu Canghai, the three disciples, carrying the King’s Secret Treasure that Xiao Chen had entrusted to them, plunged into the depths of the Small World to initiate a killing spree for the title of Divine Marquis.

In front of Xiao Chen, only Tian Fang and Zi Yuan remained, while the other three disciples, Xiong Sheng, Long Tian, and Kun Peng, were in seclusion. As for the invasion of the Divine Realm by the Gu Yuan King’s Department this time, the second disciple Yun Wei did not accompany them, also in closed cultivation.

In All Heavens and Myriads of Realms and the five directions of the Human Realm’s Earth, it was widely rumored that Xiao Chen had advanced to the Forbidden Half-King, the only one in this era of the Eastern Wasteland. However, what outsiders did not know was that his disciple Yun Wei had also reached the heights he once had.

Even he, as grandmaster, would not have known if it hadn’t been for a chance occurrence. As for entering that mysterious Ancient Land of Chaos, it was extremely secretive; Xiao Chen reckoned that in the Human Realm’s East Desolate Land, apart from the East Emperor and a few others who might have noticed, only very few powerful beings were aware of this.

With this thought, Xiao Chen couldn’t help but let out a bitter laugh. Having a disciple with extraordinary talent, even beyond expectations, was indeed a headache—there was no need for a master’s intervention; he couldn’t find the slightest bit of authority as a master.

However, Xiao Chen quickly composed himself and looked at Tian Fang once again.

"Tian Fang, the Relic has now been placed within the Secret Realm. You must lead the Tribe’s Formation Masters to break the seal of its entrance as soon as possible, and be careful of any Divine Clan members who may have remained inside."

"Grandmaster, your disciple understands," Tian Fang bowed slightly.

"If necessary, when breaking the formation, I will have the Tribe’s hidden death-soldiers help you break through. Open up these two Relics as quickly as possible to find out exactly what secrets they contain!"

The appearance of the Purple Dragon Saint Child reignited the Fighting Will in Xiao Chen’s heart, bringing with it a sense of urgency. The struggle for the title of Saint Child was related to the position of the Human Emperor.

With the existence of the Purple Dragon Saint Child, Xiao Chen would no longer naively believe that they were the only two Saint Children of the Eastern Wasteland. Clearly, this was the East Emperor’s doing, intending to provoke a fierce battle.

In the competition for the Human Emperor’s throne, other Saint Children would not show mercy because of his shorter cultivation period. He had clearly sensed the killing intent of the Purple Dragon Saint Child. This was a competition in Martial Arts, demanding an experience of vast slaughters.

Moreover, he had beheaded a clone of the Purple Dragon Saint Child, one with strength reaching the six-layer king level, even infused with Dragon Blood, also possessing an imitation of the Purple Dragon War Halberd. The cost was immense, and the Purple Dragon Saint Child was naturally going to hold him accountable.

"By the way, figure out exactly which race these two Relics originated from."

All of a sudden, Xiao Chen spoke again. This Small World was occupied by the God Clan, but the original masters of the Small World were not the God Clan. After being reborn for such a long stretch of time, the traces of the former race had also almost faded away.

Xiao Chen estimated that, like these two Relics, there might not be much left in the entire Small World. He didn’t expect the Gu Yuan Tribe to have such fate, being able to obtain two.

"Grandmaster, this disciple will now go prepare and strive to open the Relics as soon as possible." Tian Fang quickly took his leave to carry out his task.

"Grandmaster," Zi Yuan called out after Tian Fang had left.

To Xiao Chen, this little girl he had watched grow from childhood, his feelings were no different from his own three children. Now, the once withered little girl tormented by the Medicine Fire had finally become a grandmaster of Alchemy, even working on compiling a monumental treatise.

"Yuan’er, since you’ve come to find your teacher, could it be that the Devil Sky-reaching Vine has undergone some sort of mishap?"

Xiao Chen’s voice rang out once again, addressing Zi Yuan.

"Grandmaster, the Devil Sky-reaching Vine is truly too terrifying. It’s completely unbound. Once it gets out of control, it will be a disaster."

Hearing Xiao Chen’s question, a hint of fear flashed across Zi Yuan’s face. Although she had read about the Devil Sky-reaching Vine, when she truly saw this species in reality and tried cultivating it herself, it still frightened her.

Seeing Zi Yuan’s expression, Xiao Chen’s interest was piqued. He naturally understood Zi Yuan’s character; she was always fearless, and yet she had been spooked by the Devil Sky-reaching Vine, indicating there was something truly frightening about this vine.

"Grandmaster, you should come with Yuan’er to take a look!"

Soon, Xiao Chen followed Zi Yuan to the space where the Devil Vine was being cultivated. Although he could guess from Zi Yuan’s expression that the Devil Sky-reaching Vine must be terrifying, when he actually saw what was before him, he too was taken aback.

It was too horrific!

When he had previously handed the young plant of the Devil Vine to Zi Yuan, he had told her to cultivate it separately from other species.

But the scene before him bore no resemblance to the previously crystal-like, blood-hued Devil Vine. After acquiring the Devil Sky-reaching Vine, Zi Yuan had cultivated it outside a Medicine Garden, separated by a ten-mile distance.

But not to mention the medicinal herbs in the medicine gardens ten miles away, this small space of several hundred square miles was devoid of any life.

The once vibrant mountains and grasslands were now barren peaks exposing rocky surfaces, with only a thin layer of ashes covering the earth, the remains of plants after their vitality had been completely plundered, reduced to powder from the leftover twigs and withered leaves.

Not to mention green grass, this space no longer had any signs of life. No, that’s not accurate, there was still something alive, and that was the Devil Sky-reaching Vine.

Accompanied by Zi Yuan across hundreds of miles, they arrived before the Devil Sky-reaching Vine which, after absorbing countless sources of vitality, had transformed from its previously slender state to a colossal vine as thick as a heavenly column, nearly ninety feet in diameter.

This was just the main stem because in just a few days, after absorbing a vast amount of vitality, this vine had unexpectedly sprouted many tiny branches.

Covering an area of about a mile in diameter, it turned into a small vine forest. Not to mention the new vines that had started to grow, these tiny offshoots were still part of the main vine and couldn’t be separated.

Because of the terrifying nature of the Devil Sky-reaching Vine, its reproduction was limited, a single geographical region could only have one such vine, and only when the previous Devil Sky-reaching Vine was about to perish, could new branches grow from the painful vine!

As Xiao Chen approached, looking at the constantly twitching tendrils, even those small tentacles were moving, clearly, the Devil Sky-reaching Vine sensed life and once again exploded with its predatory instinct. However, Xiao Chen’s aura was too terrifying, and it instinctively felt fear.

The original blood color had now turned black, radiating an aura of vicissitudes, and ruggedness. The vine’s surface, resembling dragon scales, was cracked and wrinkled, quite rough, with blood-colored tentacles attached to the vine.

And the originally lustrous blood-colored roots on the stem, some already split open, the vine twisted and contorted, like a giant python, drilling into the ground to an unknown depth.

Some of the major blood vessels in the earth had split open into blood troughs, and within these troughs, there were glimmers of divine light manifesting, emitting a faint presence of divine power.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Chen directed his gaze toward Zi Yuan.

"Master, the pharmacopoeia describes the nature of the Devil Sky-reaching Vine, and Yuan’er just wanted to verify it."

Seeing Xiao Chen looking over, Zi Yuan said somewhat sheepishly.

"Although the Devil Sky-reaching Vine plunders vitality and energy without restraint, it has the ability to purify those powers, and it can even separate and store the different energies absorbed."

Seeing the indication in Xiao Chen’s eyes, Yuan’er spoke again: "Master, look at this Devil Sky-reaching Vine, with countless blood troughs on it. These troughs contain the spiritual liquid produced after the vine absorbed the vitality from various creatures."

"Look at that, the one emitting a green luster, that’s the extremely pure spiritual liquid produced after draining all living things in this space."

Zi Yuan pointed at one of the blood troughs radiating greenness as she spoke.

"I have already extracted the crystalline spiritual liquid from it, only to find that this liquid doesn’t have much effect on warriors, but has unexpected consequences for spirit medicine and spirit trees."

"As for the divine specks you see, they come from the corpses of the God Clan thrown in by the disciples. After the Devil Sky-reaching Vine absorbed the blood and bones of Divine Clan Martial Artists, it produced this essence."

"How effective is it?" Xiao Chen asked.

"Master, don’t you want to establish a Divine Army? I have already extracted the Divine Blood from within and handed it over to the Dragon Fall and Fire Phoenix, two divine generals, for experimentation."

Zi Yuan’s eyes flashed with excitement as she continued, "Master, although the Devil Sky-reaching Vine is incredibly terrifying, it’s definitely a treasure that not even a King Rank Elixir would be worth trading for."

"Although it plunders vitality, those cracked blood troughs on the tendrils are storage containers, and each is incompatible with the others."

"The Devil Sky-reaching Vine’s plundering is very patchy, including creatures, plants, and the resulting spirit extracts are all different. However, the spirit extracts stored in these blood troughs aren’t mixed; they autonomously return to the corresponding troughs."

"Furthermore, Master, the Divine Blood in the bodies of the standard citizens of the God Clan is already mottled beyond recognition, but the Devil Sky-reaching Vine can still separate this Divine Blood and reclassify it!"

Zi Yuan’s words indeed caught Xiao Chen’s interest. This was practically a natural refinement device.

Between any races, inter-marriage would also lead to a mottled mishmash of bloodlines, which is why many large families rarely inter-marry with the outside world—the fear of their family’s bloodline drying up.

"Besides these, have you found anything else?"

Xiao Chen’s gaze persistently pierced through the vines in front of him, and under his imposing aura, the Devil Sky-reaching Vine trembled continuously, clearly possessing keen intelligence, as it was on par with King Rank Elixirs.

"Master, Yuan’er has observed that the purified spirit extracts are also nourishment for the growth of the Devil Sky-reaching Vine. It is precisely by absorbing these spirit extracts from the blood troughs that it skyrocketed to this extent in just a few days!"