Full health is the kill threshold, no matter if you're a god or a demon!

Liu Nian followed his gaze for a long time before noticing the vines hidden in the grass. Their ends, like snakes, were slightly upturned, hanging motionless in the grass, as if waiting for some prey to approach. Occasionally, there were also some small white flowers on the vines, the edges of the petals covered with tiny thorns that were almost invisible to the naked eye.

By identifying these flowers, it can be roughly determined that the vines cover an area of ​​at least three to four hundred square meters.

Liu Nian took a deep breath and suppressed the urge to "let's have a fight" that was welling up inside him.

Now is not the time.

"Take a detour," he said in a low voice.

The two carefully circled around the man-eating vines from outside their attack range.

The Sun Eater's eyes scanned its surroundings like a radar, stopping every few steps to check.

After walking for about ten minutes, a tremendous, earth-shaking noise suddenly came from ahead.

Boom, boom, boom—

It felt like something enormous was moving, each step shaking the ground. Patches of grass ahead were being pushed down, leaves flying everywhere, dust billowing into the air, as if an out-of-control train was hurtling towards them.

Liu Nian's expression changed, thinking that something terrifying was rushing towards them again. But suddenly, Devouring Sun charged forward, clenching its bear paw into a fist, and threw a punch—

"Pfft!"

A strange sound, like stepping on a water bag and bursting.

The enormous creature that burst out of the bushes exploded, splashing a dark green liquid all over the Sun Devourer.

Liu Nian stood there, stunned.

Only then did he see the thing clearly—a giant centipede.

It was at least twenty meters long, with a flat body covered in long, thin legs. Each segment of its body was covered in carapace, and it had two long antennae on its head that were still twitching slightly. But now it had turned into a puddle of mud, lying limply on the ground, its long, thin legs still twitching unconsciously, like a centipede whose tail had been stepped on in its final struggle.

Shi Ri looked down at his bear paw, then at the puddle of mud, and showed Liu Nian the system's kill log.

You have killed a Level 50 Giant Centipede.

"Level 50?" Liu Nian's lips twitched.

Given its terrifying appearance and size, if you didn't know its level... who the hell would dare to make a move against it!

Devourer of the Sun flicked the slime off its paws. The dark green liquid clung to its fur, emitting a strange, grassy smell. "It startled me just now too. I thought some high-level monster had arrived again. This thing makes such a racket; anyone who doesn't know better would think a dragon is passing by."

Liu Nian examined the giant centipede's corpse. Its twenty-meter-long body was indeed astonishing—its slender legs, when stretched out, were longer than the centipede itself.

"Can this thing still be considered an insect?" Liu Nian suddenly asked.

Shi Ri said, "Probably. These kinds of things probably prefer damp environments."

"It might also prefer to stay in crevices or holes!" Liu Nian's eyes lit up. "Why don't we follow the trail it left behind?"

"Alright!" Shi Ri nodded and led the way.

Not far along the path carved out by centipedes, Devourer of the Sun saw a dark cave hidden under the roots of a giant tree.

"There it is!"

Liu Nian followed the direction of Shi Ri's finger and his eyes lit up: "A cave?"

"Let's go take a look."

The two cautiously approached the cave entrance. The entrance was large, about seven or eight meters high, and the rocks along the edges were worn smooth, indicating that something frequently went in and out.

The cave's depth was unclear from the outside; only a damp, humus-like odor wafted out.

Liu Nian made a hand gesture, and Shi Ri understood immediately, walking ahead.

Both of them have darkvision, so they can still see what's going on inside.

It was much deeper than they had imagined. The passages were winding and varied in width. Unlike other caves, the rock walls weren't covered with moss or anything like that. There was nothing there; it was just a bare cave.

After walking for a while, the two discovered a large number of centipede molts on the ground, as thin as cicada wings.

This thing is worthless; it will break if you step on it.

The two walked for about five more minutes before a fork in the road appeared ahead.

A faint light appeared on one side, while the other side remained the same as before.

The two exchanged a glance and, without prior arrangement, chose to walk towards the light.

This passage was probably not dug by a centipede, but rather it was more likely that it accidentally dug through a natural crevice during the excavation process. From here, the environment was completely different from that of a cave. There were rubble and hard rock walls all around. After walking sideways along the crevice for a while, the two squeezed out of the crevice and suddenly found themselves standing in a huge cave.

The cave's dome reaches a height of thirty to forty meters, adorned with countless stalactites hanging upside down. Fluorescent ferns cover the entire cave, casting an eerie green hue over everything. In the center of the cave is a shallow pool, with some kind of luminous spores floating on its surface, along with clusters of crystals of various sizes scattered along the rock walls.

After looking around and not seeing any danger, Liu Nian summoned Arakne.

Arak glanced around and then focused his gaze on the crystal clusters.

Besides crystal-clear ones, there are two other distinct types of crystal clusters growing together—one is a translucent pale purple with faint light flowing inside, like a frozen aurora; the other is a silvery-white metallic texture with fine patterns on the surface, like tree rings.

"Void Crystal and Astral Adamantium?!" Arakne teleported over and immediately began to examine them.

A moment later, he excitedly stood up: "Master, that's right!"

These are two important materials needed to repair the floating city: Void Crystal is the core consumable for the warp array; Astral Essence is the key material for repairing the space anchoring module. These two items usually appear together as associated minerals.

These two items are simply unavailable in the Land of Abyss; they are top-tier materials with a price but no market value.

Liu Nian looked around the cave and roughly estimated that there were at least a dozen pale purple crystal clusters, of various sizes, the largest of which was as big as a washbasin; the astral gold pieces were smaller, but there were more of them, scattered around the crystal clusters like scattered silver.

Devourer of the Sun leaned closer, picked up a piece of void crystal, and weighed it in his hand: "It's quite pretty. Is this thing valuable?"

"It's not about the money." Liu Nian put a piece of void crystal into his storage space. "It's that we can't buy it. The repair of the floating city requires these materials. With them, the repair time can be shortened from several months to a few weeks."

Upon hearing this, Devourer of the Sun did not hesitate and began a frenzied looting.

The two of them carefully stored the Void Crystal and Astral Essence into their storage space, piece by piece.