Mortals: Take Mo Juren at the start

Just as Mo Juren was hesitating about whether to go deeper into the area to investigate, suddenly, a deafening roar came from the depths of the branch, and the surrounding ground trembled.

"This is..." Mo Juren's heart stirred, and he vaguely had a guess. Of course, it was just a guess, and he did not know the specifics.

After a pause, he suddenly took out some materials and immediately began to get busy.

With flashes of spiritual light, in just a moment, a special puppet about the size of a fist, its body indistinct and almost colorless and transparent, emerged.

The puppet resembled a flying squirrel with a pair of wings. Although it was hastily made, it was extremely exquisite and lifelike.

The material used in its refining is quite special, being the extremely rare 'Illusory Light Jade', with numerous hidden spatial patterns on its surface. Not only can it be completely invisible, but it also has a very strong shielding effect against divine sense detection.

He raised his hand to touch the space between his eyebrows, and a glimmer of light appeared, which then merged with the flying squirrel puppet.

Mo Juren nodded in satisfaction, and with a gentle wave of his hand, the puppet immediately transformed into a beam of light and shot away, disappearing at the end of the fork in the road in the blink of an eye.

At the same time, he immediately sat cross-legged, slowly closed his eyes, and began to carefully sense his surroundings.

The flying squirrel puppet contained a fragment of his consciousness, essentially an alternate clone, thus allowing him to investigate everything from the other's perspective.

Although the strange noises deep within the branching path gave him some guesses, he still didn't plan to go there directly for the sake of caution. That would be too risky. He would send the puppet carrying the clone to investigate first, and then decide how to deal with it after figuring out the situation.

The path was quite long, and the flying squirrel puppet was fast, yet it still took about fifteen minutes to finally reach the end.

Instead of continuing forward, it hid in a concealed location and began to investigate.

About ten feet ahead, there was another cave of unknown size.

Of course, this is not the most important thing. The key is that the situation inside the cave at this moment is quite unexpected for Mo Juren.

The entire cave was filled with a dense aura of death, and there were also faint, emerald-green flames within it. Moreover, the death aura contained a strange energy that greatly affected both spiritual sense and magical power.

Mo Juren only had a wisp of consciousness left at this moment, and the distance he could sense was already limited. Now that he was affected, his ability was greatly reduced, and he could only detect a distance of several tens of miles.

According to the memories obtained from the previous soul search, these strange energies are most effective against the Wood Clan, and those within them can only unleash 20-30% of their strength.

This is precisely why the Wood Clan team was trapped deep inside the cave.

It should be noted that the Wood Clan team has three experts at the Refinement Realm. Under normal circumstances, they would never be in such a sorry state. It is precisely because they were innately restrained and were completely unprepared that they fell into this predicament.

The Wood Clan member who was subjected to soul-searching was only able to escape because he used a special treasure.

Of course, there is an even more important point: there seems to be some kind of restriction inside the entire site, so earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magical artifact) cannot be used, including some earth-遁-like magical artifacts.

Mo Juren had already considered this point, so he made corresponding preparations when refining the flying squirrel puppet, which could resist the erosion of death energy for a short time. However, he did not know how effective it would be.

Suddenly, a layer of golden armor appeared on the surface of the flying squirrel puppet's body, and then it flew into the cave without hesitation.

The golden armor was formed from the divine light of destruction, which was inherently restrained by death energy. Sure enough, after entering it, the puppet remained unharmed.

However, it is clear that the Divine Light of Destruction is also being consumed and cannot remain for too long.

Without delay, he continued to explore deeper into the cave.

According to the memories obtained from the soul search, there are not just one, but seven caves in total, which are the location of the spiritual herb garden and are connected to each other by passages.

Unfortunately, the Wood Clan team was located in the deepest part of the cave.

As he ventured deeper, he finally encountered the so-called mysterious flying serpents, though there weren't many of them. But when he finally reached the deepest part of the cave, the situation immediately changed.

At this moment, he also used the puppet's perspective to clearly see the situation of the seventh cave.

In the center of the cave, three enormous trees, each a hundred feet tall, stood in a triangular formation, vaguely forming some kind of grand array.

Outside the great formation, countless mysterious flying serpents, only three inches long and grayish-brown in color, possessed wings on their backs. They flew with incredible speed and constantly spewed dense death energy and emerald flames from their mouths. Even more terrifying was the sheer number of these mysterious flying serpents, which seemed to blanket the entire cave, relentlessly charging towards the great formation without fear of death.

At this moment, the Wood Clan team was all hiding inside the formation, focusing solely on defense and not using any offensive methods.

Mo Juren immediately understood the reason.

From the memories of the previous soul-searching, I learned that the truly terrifying thing about these mysterious flying snakes is not only their large number, but also their immortality.

Even if it is blasted to pieces, it will be reborn and reassembled in the blink of an eye.

In this situation, attacks are completely ineffective and may even deplete your mana faster.

It's likely that the Namu Clan team shared the same consideration. However, even so, while there might not be any problems in the short term, they certainly wouldn't be able to hold out in the long run.

However, it's still early, so it's too early to tell anything. Although the Wood Clan teams all looked solemn, they showed no signs of weakness.

The array formed by those three giant trees is no ordinary formation. It is called the 'Heavenly Wood Array' and is one of the unique top-level inheritances of the Wood Clan. Only three or more experts at the Refinement Void Realm can set it up.

It possesses the power of endless life and also has extremely strong defensive capabilities. No matter how many times the mysterious flying serpent attacks it and how much death energy corrodes it, it remains unmoved and as solid as a rock.

Mo Juren also saw a huge pit in a certain area, several hundred feet away from the great formation. His heart stirred, and he looked into the formation again.

As expected, it was different from what I remembered; there was one less person, apparently a Wood Clan member at the peak of the late-stage Nascent Soul realm who had disappeared.

"Self-destruction?" This thought arose in Mo Juren's mind, but he became increasingly puzzled.

If I'm not mistaken, the sudden loud noise earlier was very likely due to that. But the question is, the other side isn't at their wits' end yet, so why would they do that?
What happened during this period?
Well, he didn't really care about any of that. He only had one purpose in coming here: to obtain the 'Creation Spirit Mud'. That thing was stored beneath the surface of the seventh cave and would take time to excavate.

Whether it's the Wood Clan squad or the seemingly endless array of mysterious flying serpents, as long as either side exists, he cannot obtain what he desires.

His gaze returned to the mysterious flying serpents, and he couldn't help but think that although they were immortal and their numbers were overwhelming, there might still be a way to deal with them.

This thing can spew death energy, and it is clearly a sinister creature. Ordinary methods are unlikely to kill it, but my own Demon-Slaying Divine Light may be able to.

At least one thing is certain: the dense deathly aura permeating the seven caves was definitely suppressed by the Divine Light of Annihilation.

If things are as he guessed, then things will be simple. Once the Wood Clan team is dealt with, the rest will no longer be a problem.

However, on the other hand, although the Wood Clan team is currently in a predicament, their strength is still considerable, and under normal circumstances, it is clear that I would not be able to defeat them.

The best way is to "use someone else's knife to kill him," letting the endless flying snakes annihilate him, while you can reap the benefits.

However, achieving this is not easy; only by destroying the 'Heavenly Wood Formation' would there be even a slight possibility.

This is also the problem. From the memories of that Wood Clan member, we know that there is a reason why the 'Heavenly Wood Array' can become the Wood Clan's top inheritance.

This formation has little offensive capability, but its defense is exceptionally strong. As long as the three sacred trees that form the formation are intact, the formation is impregnable.

"Sacred Trees?" Looking at the three giant trees in the formation ahead, Mo Juren fell into deep thought. After a moment, he suddenly thought of something and his heart stirred.

The foundation of this formation is three sacred trees, which are also the core hub of the formation. They can continuously draw wood spiritual energy from the earth's veins to maintain their operation.

According to the records, as long as the wood-attribute spiritual energy is not exhausted, this formation can exist indefinitely, and its defensive power will not be weakened in the slightest.

However, if the spiritual energy is cut off, then it will be troublesome. While it may be difficult for others, it is not a problem for oneself.

The Wood Element Edict is absolutely necessary, and it doesn't need to target all of them; just one tree will suffice. After all, the formation is a whole, and if one core element deviates, the operation of the entire formation will be affected.

Having confirmed this, Mo Juren was overjoyed. At the same time, his main body, located far at the fork in the road, opened its eyes. Without further hesitation, it concealed itself and rushed towards the location at an extremely fast speed. (End of Chapter)