Saint Emperor Devourer of Heaven

Jun Wuxie and Nan Zhi ventured deeper into the island, increasingly sensing an unusual aura within the mountains and forests as they progressed.

The feeling was peculiar; it wasn't that they detected any immediate danger, but a sense of unease lingered in their hearts.

The trees in their sight were taller and grander than those they had encountered elsewhere.

Exposed roots and vines snaking around the trees resembled colossal pythons, creating a chilling atmosphere.

The entire environment felt oppressive.

The foliage obscured most of the sunlight, casting a dim light within the forest, adding to the eerie ambiance.

Periodically, they could hear strange calls from unknown creatures.

Along the way, they encountered numerous primeval beings.

Although not direct confrontations, these primeval beings lurked somewhere nearby as they passed.

The realms of these primeval beings weren't particularly high, mostly at the Immortal and Creation realms.

When these primeval beings locked onto them, ready to attack, Nan Zhi intended to intervene, but Jun Wuxie stopped her.

Ultimately, Nan Zhi reluctantly released a wisp of her aura, intimidating the primeval beings, causing them to retreat, afraid to approach.

"Are you so unwilling to rely on your sister at all?"

Nan Zhi expressed her displeasure, her gaze upon him tinged with a hint of disappointment.

"My path to growth must be led by myself.

Nan Zhi, were you planning on killing those primeval beings and using their beast cores as cultivation resources for me?"

Nan Zhi fell silent upon hearing this.

Indeed, she had been thinking along those lines.

"Nan Zhi, don't be disheartened. My refusal of your help doesn't mean I see you as an outsider.

When I agreed to be called your brother, it was because I recognized you in my heart, willing to have you as a close person by my side."

"Is that so?"

Nan Zhi felt much better after hearing this.

However, she was still somewhat disappointed, merely wanting to help him slightly with her abilities to repay his kindness.

"Actually, the beast cores of these primeval beings aren't that effective for me."

"How could that be? You're lying to your sister!

The Primeval Magic Dragon Egg was clearly very effective!"

"The Primeval Magic Dragon Egg is the essence condensed by a royal family primeval being in the Chaos realm when nurturing offspring.

Although beast cores are also the crystallization of their essence, the grade of Immortal and Creation realms is far inferior to the Magic Dragon Egg.

I am a rather special cultivator; ordinary resources, even most rare resources, have little effect on me.

What I need are special rare resources, those with extremely high rarity, containing special essence or vital energy."

As he spoke, the view of the area ahead became much brighter.

The trees there were relatively sparse, with only a few towering trees standing far apart.

The ground was covered with many strange stones, growing out of the ground like giant bamboo shoots.

Unlike other stones, the exposed surface of these stone shoots was very smooth, like jade.

However, the surface of many parts of the stone shoots was covered with a layer of white powder.

These powders had tiny sandpits on them.

This stone shoot forest stood right in their path, blocking the way forward, covering a large area.

Scattered haphazardly on the open space within the stone shoot forest were many beast skeletons.

The skeletons were crystalline, indicating that their strength during their lifetime was not weak, otherwise, their bones wouldn't have remained crystalline after death.

The scattered bones on the ground shimmered in the light.

In this mountain forest, there was a sense of eerie chill.

"There's something unusual here."

Nan Zhi's gaze swept across the stone shoot forest, her divine sense covering it.

"How can I not sense the existence of any living beings?"

Nan Zhi frowned slightly; based on her experience, there was definitely something wrong with this stone shoot forest, most likely harboring primeval era beings.

However, her divine sense couldn't detect the presence of any living beings, which was extremely strange.

If it were said that the living being was skilled at concealing itself, then its realm must be at least at the Origin realm.

A primeval being with such a realm wouldn't remain dormant; it would have already launched an attack on them.

"It is indeed strange, somewhat illogical.

There must be something here, but we can't see or sense it.

Judging from the situation of the stone shoot forest, I suspect this place is a nest of marrow-eating worms.

The bones scattered on the ground are full of holes."

"I also suspect that this place might be a nest of marrow-eating worms.

However, we can't be certain that what's lurking here is definitely marrow-eating worms.

If it's marrow-eating worms, that's fine; after all, this place is still far from the central area of the island, so the marrow-eating worms shouldn't be too strong.

If it's not marrow-eating worms, but other living beings, it might be even more troublesome.

The records in ancient books about marrow-eating worms don't say that they can avoid the detection and perception of cultivators' divine sense."

"In that case, let's bypass this place and delve deeper from other areas."

Jun Wuxie, seeing her hesitation, suggested detouring.

"Alright, that would be safer.

After all, this is a corner of the world left over from the primeval era, full of various unknown dangers.

It's best for us to be careful and cautious."

Nan Zhi had the same thought in her heart.

She wasn't worried about herself, but afraid that Jun Wuxie's realm was low, and he would be in a dangerous situation if he encountered some unexpected circumstances.

She was even more afraid that she wouldn't be able to protect him completely, forcing him to use his past life's power.

If clear and obvious dangers appeared before her, knowing what they were, there wouldn't be much to worry about.

But this place was very strange, and she didn't know what was lurking there.

She didn't want to gamble; there was no need to choose adventure, and detouring around this place wouldn't take much time.

Having made a decision, they didn't continue forward, taking a deep look at the stone shoot forest, and then looked to the left and right.

After some deliberation, they chose to detour to the left.

On both sides of the stone shoot forest, there was a large mountain, with very high peaks.

The mountain peak on the right was higher than the one on the left.

The trees on that mountain peak were extremely lush, and at first glance, it aroused an inexplicable vigilance.

She didn't know what was on those two mountain peaks, but there was definitely danger hidden there.

Jun Wuxie and Nan Zhi didn't choose to climb over the mountain peaks, but continued to the left.

They walked a long way before they bypassed the mountain peak.

At this time, a different scene came into view.

The area ahead was open, with very few trees, only a few scattered ones, and compared to other places, the trees here were much shorter.

The trees were not the point of attention; what was most different from other areas was the vast expanse of flowers and plants on the ground, blooming brilliantly, competing for beauty, swaying in the wind, forming a beautiful picture.

"I didn't expect that there would be such a beautiful place in this primeval world.

These flowers and plants have never been seen or heard of.

Ancient books about the primeval era have never recorded the vegetation of that era.

Brother, let's pass through this sea of flowers.

Although there may be hidden dangers, it should be much better than that stone shoot forest and the mountain peaks."

"Alright."

Jun Wuxie agreed with Nan Zhi's suggestion.

It was only because he looked around and saw that this sea of flowers stretched endlessly, not knowing where it extended to.

If they wanted to bypass the sea of flowers, they would have to walk a long way.

In this primeval world, their speed was already greatly restricted.

And here was already far away from the Primeval Magic Dragon's territory, so they were very cautious when traveling, and their speed was even slower.

To bypass the sea of flowers, he didn't know how much time it would take.

"Brother, give your hand to your sister."

Nan Zhi stretched out her slender hand to him.

Jun Wuxie couldn't help but be stunned, and then smiled: "Nan Zhi, are you going to protect me?"

"Why, can't I?

Although your past life's Dao fruit is very strong, but without using the power of your past life, you are currently only at the pinnacle of the Legendary Realm.

I can't help you obtain resources, but I can always block the attacks of the primeval beings for you, right?"

"Since Nan Zhi has said so, if I don't satisfy your desire to protect, wouldn't Nan Zhi be sad and disappointed again?"

Jun Wuxie teased and grasped her palm.

"Brother, hold on tight, your sister will protect you well."

Nan Zhi smiled sweetly, tightening her hand clasped with Jun Wuxie's, lest they be scattered by a sudden event.

She seemed to be in a very good mood, walking side by side with Jun Wuxie towards the sea of flowers, with a smile always on her face.

This great and legendary man who once swept across the torrents of the end of the world greatly satisfied her inner desire to protect.

The afterglow of Jun Wuxie's eyes occasionally fell on her beautiful profile, and seeing the smile on her face, he couldn't help but want to laugh.

How could he not see through Nan Zhi's thoughts?

Before this, he really hadn't thought that Nan Zhi's inner depths actually had this strange desire to protect.

She seemed to enjoy the feeling of protecting the people around her very much.

He didn't know if her desire to protect was related to her life experiences, to her past misfortunes.

Watching the people of the entire clan fall in pools of blood, she returned too late, and was unable to save even one.

Perhaps, from then on, she had an obsession with protecting the people around her, and by satisfying this desire to protect, she could, to a certain extent, console the wounds in her heart.

"The fragrance of flowers is intoxicating, the flowers and plants of the primeval era, actually have such a taste..."

Walking in the sea of flowers, smelling the fragrance of flowers and plants floating in the air, Nan Zhi couldn't help but be a little intoxicated.

The fragrance of these flowers was not very strong, on the contrary, it was very faint.

But this faint fragrance was refreshing and penetrated the heart, entering the nose, giving people an addictive feeling.

But soon, the smile on Nan Zhi's face disappeared.

Her delicate body trembled, and she suddenly stopped.

At this time, Jun Wuxie also noticed the anomaly.

It was not an anomaly from the sea of flowers, but from Nan Zhi's body!

"Nan Zhi, your mana..."

"My magical power seems to be getting harder and harder to circulate, and there are signs of it flowing out of my body…"

"Not good, there's something wrong with this sea of flowers! When all kinds of flowers bloom together, the mixed fragrances have a terrifying effect!"

Jun Wuxie suddenly understood that there couldn't be any other reason.

Before entering the sea of flowers, Nan Zhi was perfectly fine.

After entering the sea of flowers, her body developed such a condition.

"We have to get out of here quickly!"

She grabbed Jun Wuxie and turned to run out of the sea of flowers.

Just then, a strong wind suddenly swept through the sea of flowers, howling and whistling.

Countless petals gathered, roaring like a dragon formed of flower petals.

Instantly, the fragrance of the flowers became much stronger.

Jun Wuxie and Nan Zhi held their breaths, but found that they couldn't stop the fragrance from entering their bodies at all.

Even Nan Zhi's protective immortal罡 couldn't isolate it.

Nan Zhi wanted to fly, and pulled Jun Wuxie into the air, but suddenly fell down, almost hitting the ground.

Fortunately, Jun Wuxie was quick-witted and helped her in time.

"My power is no longer working…"

As soon as Nan Zhi finished speaking, vast magical power surged out of her body, and she couldn't control it at all.

"Little brother, get away from me!"

Nan Zhi reacted quickly, and the moment her power leaked, she pushed Jun Wuxie away.

The force was so great that Jun Wuxie was pushed back hundreds of meters.

As soon as he stabilized himself, he saw that the area where Nan Zhi was located was completely submerged by the violently leaking power.

"Go away, you go out first, I'll come out later, don't get close, it will hurt you!"

Nan Zhi shouted anxiously when she saw him coming towards her.

"Why don't you listen to me? Don't come over!

I feel that the circulation of my blood is also weakening.

If you stay here for a long time, the fragrance of the flowers will also have a great impact on you, so leave quickly!"

"We came in together, of course we have to go out together.

How can I leave you alone, Nan Zhi!"

Jun Wuxie had already arrived near the violent power storm.

"Don't!"

Nan Zhi's face was full of horror, she knew very well how terrifying her lost power was.

Not to mention the legendary realm, even if someone from the Chaos realm came, once they entered the power storm area, they would be reduced to ashes!

Just as she was horrified, she saw Jun Wuxie supporting a domain on his body.

The power of that domain actually protected him from entering the power storm area unharmed.

She breathed a sigh of relief, but then her face was full of anxiety, "Leave quickly, even if you have a domain, it's useless to resist the violent power, you can't even touch my body, you can't take me away!"

"I know!"

Jun Wuxie forcibly entered, not to take Nan Zhi away at this moment, but to find out what was going on.

If Nan Zhi was only losing power, there was no reason to stay where she was.

At this time, he came to the center of the power storm, and finally understood the reason.

There were two flower vines, which were now wrapped around Nan Zhi's legs, binding her.

The flower vines were very strange, they were completely immune to the impact of power.

Nan Zhi couldn't control her power at this time, let alone use it, and the operation of her physical blood was also weakened a lot, so she couldn't break free no matter how hard she struggled.

"Little brother, leave quickly, leave this sea of flowers, I beg you, please, will you please leave!"

Nan Zhi's eyes were already red, full of pleading.

She couldn't let herself implicate the benefactor who gave her and her son a new life!

If she hadn't wanted to walk through this sea of flowers at that time, such a thing wouldn't have happened, and she wouldn't have implicated Yuanchu.

"Sister Nan Zhi, I will take you out."

After Jun Wuxie finished speaking, he retreated and left the power storm area.

"Don't worry, I will be fine, and you will not be in danger."

Jun Wuxie stood in the distance, looking at the ocean-like boiling power-covered area, and felt a little regretful in his heart.

If he hadn't agreed to walk through the sea of flowers at that time, Nan Zhi would not have insisted.

He was still careless.

The sea of flowers was too strange, and the fragrance of the flowers had such a terrifying effect, that even Nan Zhi, who was at the peak of the Origin realm, had suffered.

The forest of the ancient era was indeed mysterious and terrifying, with too many unknown things.

The flower vine that was wrapped around Nan Zhi's legs was the spirit of the flowers on this desolate island.

Its realm was not stronger than Nan Zhi, and even lower, at least one or two major realms lower.

But in this sea of flowers, it could use the fragrance of the flowers to make Nan Zhi lose her power without anyone knowing, and it could also suppress her blood to a certain extent, so as to overcome the strong with the weak.

No wonder this entire sea of flowers was so complete, without any traces of destruction.

It meant that no other desolate creatures came here, obviously because they were afraid of the effect of the fragrance of the sea of flowers.

"Leave quickly, if you don't leave, you will have difficulty escaping, how can you save me!"

Nan Zhi's somewhat weak voice came from the area covered by power.

The power was not as violent as it was just now, and the coverage area was also greatly reduced.

This scene shows that her power is about to be completely lost.

Jun Wuxie did not speak.

It was impossible for him to leave Nan Zhi alone.

At this time, he supported the world domain, and there was a blazing soul light flashing in his eyebrows.

His eyes were as deep as the boundless starry sky, staring at the location where Nan Zhi was.

Suddenly, there were many flower vines around, like pythons swimming at high speed, heading straight for Jun Wuxie.

After the flower vines approached him, the tips of the vines suddenly stood up, and then stabbed at his barrier like sharp thorns.

With a few bangs.

All the flower vines that attacked him were repelled by the world domain, and a large number of petals and leaves fell.

The flower vines suffered a loss from one blow, and did not launch a second attack, but they did not shrink back either. The first half of the vines floated in the air, surrounding Jun Wuxie from all directions, confronting him.