Chapter 492: Chapter 250: Heaven-Cutting Accepts the Qi Sea, Origin Stirs the Hundred Bones

It must be said, this fierce creature had accumulated extraordinary energy over centuries, possessing a terrifying resilience.

Zheng Yi was seeing, for the first time, a being that could still struggle with a shattered body even after sustaining such a massive attack and already being dead.

Unfortunately, the most powerful aspect of the Immortal-Slaying Godslaying Gourd lies in its condensed ultimate Fierce Evil Realm; once the Immortal-Slaying Flying Saber is unleashed, it directly locks onto the Three Souls and Seven Spirits.

One slash, ten thousand souls perish.

Immortal-slaying, god-slaying.

In the instant the white light saber approached, this fierce creature seemed alive, but in truth, it was already dead.

The body lived on, clinging to its massive life force, but the core within, all the thoughts and souls, were shattered and annihilated into nothingness in that moment.

All of the fierce plant’s tendrils trembled violently, unable to regain control; one tendril even stabbed into another, tearing it apart mercilessly.

Other tendrils flailed mindlessly, leaving deep scratches on the cave walls around, or stabbing their tips into the walls, leaving deep pits.

Like a snake beheaded, the body still twitched.

But all of this was futile; the violently twisting body could not reclaim its lost life.

After convulsing for a moment, the fierce plant finally lay still, having lost its core support, collapsed onto the ground like a mass of mud. A stench mixed with earth rose within the cave, overwhelming anyone present.

Zheng Yi slightly furrowed his brows, waved his sleeve, and immediately, a gust of wind swept through the cave, expelling the accumulated gas inside.

However, his gaze remained fixed, never moving an inch, as he stared intensely at the small branch still valiantly growing from the soil.

The emerald hue, having lost its crimson restraint, began to emit a bright glow, illuminating the depths of the cave.

This section, only about a foot long and emerald green, was a small vine that somewhat resembled a hybrid of a gourd vine and an ivy, with the uppermost part appearing dried like a tree branch, extending into several branches.

It looked quite peculiar, but Zheng Yi’s eyes finally revealed a hint of a smile.

Originally, he came to the Sumeru Forest Cave Mansion under the orders of the Taiyin Profound Celestial Sect, compelled to enter this place.

Otherwise, given his character, he would rather preserve his energy than involve himself in such dangerous places.

But later, having obtained the map left by the Divine Thought Ancestor, he needed to come here no matter what for the Heaven-Cutting Vine capable of elevating his Golden Core Level.

After enduring perilous trials and being besieged by countless fierce beasts, Zheng Yi, being a cunning individual, hid his half-step Core Formation power, and without alarm or danger, finally achieved his initial goal.

This trip could thus be considered halfway successful.

Carefully sensing for a while, determining there was no danger, Zheng Yi grabbed with his right hand, and that section of emerald green Heaven-Cutting Vine appeared out of thin air in his hand.

Upon losing the Heaven-Cutting Vine, the remaining root of the fierce plant completely dispersed, rapidly dissolving like massed mud, emitting an unpleasant odor, turning into fertilizer within the soil.

In fact, if Zheng Yi did not take this piece of Heaven-Cutting Vine, the fierce plant, with its accumulated power over centuries, might, within less than a hundred years, surpass the restrictions of the Sumeru Forest Cave Heaven’s rules, developing intelligence comparable to human cultivators, successfully breaking through Core Formation, becoming the dominant force within the Sumeru Forest Cave Heaven.

By then, this fierce and terrifying plant would have achieved rebirth.

Unfortunately, all of this was entirely disrupted by the unexpected arrival of Zheng Yi.

This was indeed unavoidable.

A man holds no ill will towards a tiger, yet the tiger harbors malevolence towards man.

Both sides had always been oppositional.

Moreover, Zheng Yi came to the Sumeru Forest Cave Heaven precisely for the Heaven-Cutting Vine; slaying the fierce plant aligned with the Heavenly Dao, making it naturally impossible for him to allow it to remain.

"What’s this?"

"Such abundant botanical life essence energy..."

When Zheng Yi grasped the Heaven-Cutting Vine in his hand, he immediately sensed the extraordinary nature of this seemingly ordinary vine, a small, dried vine, yet containing incredibly vast life-evolution energy within.

This kind of energy is one of the most fundamental and pure energies.

Not only humans, fierce beasts, plants, or any other living entities can utilize this energy.

Moreover, hidden within it is a peculiar characteristic that even Zheng Yi’s Core Formation Divine Soul couldn’t analyze, appearing to be a mysterious golden energy.

And this golden energy, though faint, seemed elevated and superior, as if imbued with an ancient realm, even causing his Divine Soul, upon contact, to be suppressed and inexplicably vanish.

Perhaps this is what makes the Heaven-Cutting Vine, this mysterious Spirit Vine, so rare.

It is an energy that spurs life essence, offering any living being a chance for an upgrade or leap in life level.

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"Indeed, as noted in the information left by the Divine Thought Ancestor, this Heaven-Cutting Vine self-contains the mystery of rules, embodying the Innate Heaven-Cutting Path, and cannot be confined within storage items such as a storage ring?!"

Zheng Yi attempted, but treasures of the storage ring’s caliber simply couldn’t hold it within.

Even though he had achieved the Core Formation Divine Soul, he was helpless in this regard.

"This item, naturally exhibiting anomalies, if not properly handled, could easily alert others to its presence!"