Chapter 736
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The Sky-Charming Demon Vine has always been fond of devouring the flesh and blood of living beings. However, it never initiates attacks. Only when living creatures approach it with hostility does it strike back. The skeletons within the desolate forest must have been killed by this Sky-Charming Demon Vine. When Ye Wushuang and Li Wenbo passed by, the vine’s proactive attack seemed suspicious to Ye Wushuang. This was precisely why Ye Wushuang had taken the risk to come down and investigate.
Now, it appeared that the Sky-Charming Demon Vine did not truly wish to attack. But… this bronze ding had been placed inside it, siphoning off its vitality. To survive, it had no choice but to passively strike out, devouring the flesh and blood of living beings to convert into nourishment for the ding!
Ye Wushuang kept recalling what Tai Shengzi had said. The Li Clan’s Li King Ding, a royal-grade spiritual artifact. The Li Clan had discovered a method to elevate this ding to the heavenly king grade, and thus, they had employed an exceedingly sinister approach. Using the blood of living beings to nurture the ding?
Ye Wushuang gradually approached the Sky-Charming Demon Vine. Sensing Ye Wushuang’s formidable aura, the vine immediately launched an assault. Vines lunged at Ye Wushuang from all directions.
“Hmph!” At this moment, Ye Wushuang was even more fearless. With the ding embedded in its core, the Sky-Charming Demon Vine could not unleash its true peak strength. However, Ye Wushuang did not dare to be careless. Hundreds of Tai Xu Sword Qi leaped out from within him. Having reached the ninth level of the Yuanfu Realm, Ye Wushuang could now summon nine hundred strands of Tai Xu Sword Qi from the second layer of the Nine-Heavens Spirit-Subduing Pagoda!
Nine hundred strands of Tai Xu Sword Qi encircled Ye Wushuang, and a towering, chilling aura soared into the sky. An awe-inspiring force accompanied each strike of the Tianya Sword. The attacking vines were repeatedly severed by the sword qi, only to regenerate again and again. But as Ye Wushuang continued to cut them down, the speed at which the vines regrew became noticeably slower. Meanwhile, the bronze ding within the vine’s trunk continued to absorb the power of flesh and blood.
Clearly, the Sky-Charming Demon Vine was like a mighty tiger, yet a parasite within its body had weakened it. Now, under Ye Wushuang’s relentless assault, it could not withstand the onslaught.
Again and again, Ye Wushuang, empowered by the Tai Xu Sword Qi, struck out. The Sky-Charming Demon Vine continuously regenerated its vines to resist. Finally… the vines ceased to grow.
Ye Wushuang descended from the sky, delivering a dozen sword strikes in quick succession, targeting the Sky-Charming Demon Vine. Boom, boom, boom… The vines and the trunk exploded into fragments. The corpses that had been entwined also fell to the ground.
The bronze ancient ding, however, remained steadfastly standing at the center of the trunk, unmoved.
Ye Wushuang did not rashly approach the ancient ding. Instead, he searched through the corpses and skeletons, collecting the tokens one by one. As the spiritual values from the tokens were absorbed by Ye Wushuang, his own spiritual value finally surpassed eight hundred thousand.
However, he was surprised to find that the spiritual values on Du Mingyue, Feng Chengyu, and others were so meager. Yan Xuan, Gu Ruochen, and others had carried spiritual values of over one hundred thousand each, yet these individuals had only two or three tens of thousands.
Eight hundred thousand spiritual values! Ye Wushuang felt that, up to now, he must have the highest spiritual value. But… it was far from enough! His goal was to be not just first, but to surpass the combined total of the next six.
Only after confirming that the Sky-Charming Demon Vine was truly dead did Ye Wushuang approach the bronze ancient ding to investigate. After examining it closely for a while, Ye Wushuang’s eyebrows lifted. The ding stood on four legs, with a square body that emitted an ancient copper glow, yet faint bloodlight flickered beneath the surface. The ding, standing at one zhang tall, exuded an intensely oppressive aura!
As Ye Wushuang approached the ancient ding, he felt an overwhelming malevolent energy. Beneath one of the legs of the ding, he discovered a token. The square token bore two striking characters—Li Wang!
