Please be my partner.

Vic said, "No more than three days, maybe the next moment."

They said no more and waited patiently.

Chapter 262 Entering the Broken Land

In fact, they didn't have to wait long. After only half a day, Mellen and the others noticed that the underlying rules of their area began to change.

Everywhere you look, whether it's monsters, plants, or insects living underground, they all begin to fall into greater chaos. They either run around like headless flies, or frantically attack everything they see.

Not long after, a buzzing vibration followed. This was not an earthquake, but the entire space was vibrating. At the same time, a huge pressure rose for no reason, as if a huge rock was pressing on the heart, so heavy that even breathing began to feel difficult.

The vibration gradually increased from slight, and the ground began to break into uniform blocks. The gravel seemed to float up as if being pulled by something, and the birds in the sky fell to the ground with wailing.

Under this dual pressure of mind and body, time seemed to slow down extremely, and every second seemed as long as several minutes.

After an unknown amount of time, Vic suddenly whispered, "Here it comes."

These sudden words broke the silence. Melen and the others looked up as if they had sensed something, and saw that the sky was like a mirror hit by a huge hammer, shattering layer by layer into large and small blocks.

The original giant deep pit has disappeared, replaced by a continuous mountain range. The mountains are clearly divided into different areas. Each area has unique scenery and looks extremely gorgeous.

In the center of the mountain range, a towering peak pierces the sky, surrounded by three layers of terrifying thunderclouds. The flashing thunders are of different colors: the lower layer is blue-green, the middle layer is silver-white, and the top layer is pure gold. Amid the dancing three-colored thunders, a magnificent palace is faintly visible.

In the top layer of thunderclouds, there seems to be a bright moon floating in it, but they are in an opposing situation. The bright moon releases bright moonlight to continuously purify the thunderclouds, and the golden electric light is also constantly attacking the bright moon. The two sides are engaged in an endless war.

Vic looked at the thunderclouds and the bright moon and said, "That's where the Storm Giant demigods fought against the invading demigods. They must have both perished, but the remaining gods are still entangled with each other. This has lasted for tens of thousands of years. If there is no external interference, it may continue for tens of thousands of years, or even hundreds of thousands of years."

Just by looking at the thunderclouds and the bright moon, Melen couldn't help but feel a little bit of palpitations in his heart. This was not the demigod itself, but the remaining power after their fall, the kind that had been fighting against each other for tens of thousands of years.

Melen couldn't imagine how powerful a true demigod would be.

Vic clapped his hands to wake everyone up and said, "Alright, demigods are not something we can covet. Even in the Saint's Secret Land, various dangers emerge one after another, many of which are fatal even to us. Remember to be careful after entering."

"The three layers of thunderclouds were once the residences of storm giants. Our ultimate goal is the lowest layer of thunderclouds. With our strength, as long as we are careful, we should be able to explore there to some extent. We might even find some treasures."

As Vic spoke, the gorgeous mountains gradually turned from illusory to solid, and the Broken Land truly descended into the spiritual world.

After the vibrations in the space completely subsided, Vic said, "Get ready. We have a month to explore. We just need to leave before the tide of rules stirs up the Broken Land again."

Tiana released the flower demon that had been condensed in advance. The flower demon turned into bracelets and wrapped around the wrists of several people, which could keep them in touch.

Lucas released the mechanical flying insects as a supplement to the exploration. Xinko's eyes flickered as he looked at the areas in the mountains. Those were once broken holy places. Under the influence of the power of the void, they have evolved for tens of thousands of years and have become special places with rules. There are naturally dangers in them, but there may also be unique treasures.

Seeing that everyone was ready, Vic said, "Let's go. The areas in the Broken Land often undergo irregular transformations, and the rules within them are affected by the power of the void and change accordingly. So every time the Broken Land appears, just treat it as a brand new secret place."

After a brief discussion, the group headed towards an area that was glowing green and had a relatively peaceful atmosphere.

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When the Broken Land descended upon the Spirit World, the vibrations generated by the intersection soon subsided, but its impact was like a stone falling into a pool, causing ripples that continued to spread outward and were soon received by nearby Spirit World nodes.

After some spiritual groups noticed the anomaly, they simply ignored it because they didn't know the specific reason and had no intention of exploring the chaotic area.

Some spiritual tribes became interested and sent teams to investigate, wanting to see if any treasures had appeared in the chaotic area.

Only a small number of spiritual tribes seemed to understand what was happening. After a brief preparation, they immediately sent a team led by a peak legendary figure to quietly go there.

Of course, there is no impenetrable wall in this world. After a few days, the former two discovered the actions of the latter and immediately understood that the changes that occurred in the chaotic area before might involve some extraordinary opportunities. So they immediately followed suit and sent the legendary peak to lead the team, and many teams even had saints accompanying them.

Just like that, as the news spread, more and more nearby spiritual tribes paid attention to the changes in the chaotic area and began to send strong people from their tribe to investigate. The Broken Land gradually became the center of the storm.

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After Melen and his party entered the Broken Land, they suddenly felt their eyes brighten, and all they saw was vibrant green.

Ahead is an endless grassland. The green grass is half a person's height and its rich vitality seems to be emitting light. Further away is a forest composed of towering trees, which is also full of vitality.

But soon, the mood of several people sank, and they looked around with vigilance.

Because, in such a vibrant environment, apart from plants, there is no trace of any life activity, let alone animals, there is not even the chirping of insects.

At this moment, anyone could feel the murderous intent hidden beneath this green area.

Vic looked at Tiana, who undoubtedly had the most say at this moment.

Tiana did not shirk her responsibility. She saw its roots flashing with silver light, and soon the grass not far from them began to surge, and some white fragments were pushed up.

They looked closely and found that the fragments of different sizes were actually the bones of some unknown race, with grass roots tightly wrapped around the bones.

Soon, the entire small area was turned over, and a large number of bones entangled in grass roots appeared.

Looking at the vast and lush grasslands and forests, Melen felt a flicker of fear. If the ground was filled with such a dense mass of corpses, it was hard to imagine how many people had died in this area. Millions? Even tens of millions?

This is just one area of the Broken Land.

Silver light was shining on Tiana's flower disk, and the bracelets made of flower fairies worn on the wrists of Melen and the others spread silver light and enveloped them.

After doing all this, Tiana said, "I used the flower demon to mask your breath and imitate the scent of the plants in this area. As long as we don't engage in battle and break this mask, they shouldn't be able to detect us."

After saying that, Tiana consciously walked in front of the team.

Melen and the others looked at each other and followed Tiana carefully.

As they entered the grassland, they could clearly feel the green grass swaying slightly without wind, sliding across their bodies from time to time.

Melen could clearly feel that this green grass had an instinctive self-awareness, but it seemed to regard them as its own kind, so it did not attack.

Gradually they quickened their pace and it took them two hours to walk out of the grassland and reach the edge of the forest.

Looking at these giant trees up close, you can feel their height even more clearly, at least two or three hundred meters. Because the treetops are extremely dense, they block all light. It's okay on the outskirts of the forest, but once you go too deep into it, it becomes pitch black and you can't see your hand in front of you.

However, this naturally does not pose a problem for legendary masters like Mellen. Dark vision is a basic ability possessed by almost all legendary beings.

Shortly after entering the forest, Tiana suddenly stopped and let out a slight exclamation.

Vic asked through the flower demon, "What's wrong?"

Tiana hesitated for a moment and said, "I can sense the presence of treasures in this forest. They may be of great help to me."

Vic glanced at the others and said firmly, "Let's go and take a look! We entered the Broken Land to search for treasures. We can't put the cart before the horse just to avoid danger."

"Of course, we should first investigate the specific situation. If it is too dangerous, we will have no choice but to give up."

Everyone nodded in approval.

Tiana released a large number of flower fairies, which were surrounded by silver light, bringing a touch of dreamy color to the dark forest.

At the same time, the group, led by Tiana, headed towards the direction where it sensed the treasure.

Darkness and silence almost cover the entire forest. It is inevitable that Melen and his companions will cause some noise during their actions, which will cause the branches of the giant trees and the vines wrapped around the trees to react, but they will soon return to a state of stillness because they cannot find their target.

As they moved forward, gradually, dots of green light appeared in the forest. They were emitted from the exposed roots of the giant trees. In these green lights, they could feel an extremely strong vitality. It was probably impossible to bring back the dead, but if a seriously injured person could drink some of it, he should be able to become full of energy immediately.

Tiana said happily, "That's it. The liquid flowing in these tree roots contains vigorous vitality and can accelerate the growth of any plant life."

Vic looked around and said cautiously, "Can we get them out without disturbing the forest?"

Tiana hesitated and said, "Perhaps, I'm not completely sure."

Everyone looked at Vic, waiting for his decision.

After a moment's hesitation, Vic said to Tiana, "Let's give it a try. We're not far from the edge of this area. If anything goes wrong, we'll leave immediately."

Tiana nodded, but it did not start to operate immediately. Instead, it stared at the vines wrapped around the giant tree. Bits of silver light carefully merged into the vines. The vines seemed to sense something and twisted slightly, but did not move any further.

A few minutes later, Tiana extracted the silver light from the vines bit by bit. Under her manipulation, the silver light gradually condensed into a completely new flower fairy. This flower fairy no longer had the roots of a normal flower, but a thick and long vine with several small flower disks, which looked very strange.

Tiana said, "Plants are very easy to mutate through grafting. I had the flower demon mimic the vines that coexist with the giant tree. This way, the risk of being discovered by the giant tree can be reduced when extracting the green liquid."

Lucas said, "Indeed, these vines originally parasitized the giant tree, absorbing its nutrients. Since the flower demon possesses similar characteristics, it may be able to deceive the giant tree's perception, making it think that it is the vines parasitic on it that are absorbing nutrients."

After Vic saw that everyone was ready, he nodded slightly to Tiana, indicating that they could begin.

Tiana immediately ordered the flower fairy to climb on the roots of the giant tree and absorb the green liquid.

One minute……

Two minutes...

three minutes……

As the flower demon gradually became full, everyone's hearts were slightly relieved. This was indeed effective.

Tiana danced with her petals in joy and immediately began to create more vine flower fairies according to the previous template.

Lucas had been observing the giant tree being drained by the flower demon, his eyes flashing with countless data. He reminded, "Disperse the flower demons among different giant trees. It's best not to drain more than 5% of the green liquid from each tree. If you take more than that, even if they still won't notice, it might cause an instinctive reaction."

Melen laughed and said, "That's right. You can't just pluck the sheep. You have to spread them out so as not to attract attention."

Tiana nodded, commanding the flower fairies to disperse and absorb the green liquid from the roots of different giant trees.

Soon, the first flower fairy absorbed the green liquid and returned to Tiana. It stretched out its hand and directly merged the flower fairy into its body. Suddenly, a rich green light surged from Tiana's body, and its entire flower stretched out, exuding a joyful breath.

After a moment, Tiana recovered, emitting an extremely excited mental wave, and said, "These green liquids do have a great effect on me. According to the agreement, they belong to me. Is that okay?"

They agreed that the harvest from this trip would be distributed according to contribution, but if they encountered something they had selected in advance, they could be distributed first. Of course, these would need to be deducted from their personal overall contribution to the trip.

Although they did not set a specific quantitative standard for this "contribution", it was generally based on the value of the harvest.

Vic said, "This was agreed upon beforehand, so there's no problem with that. But this green liquid should have a good healing effect, right?"

Tiana nodded and said, "Yes."

Vic said, "Then I have a suggestion. Given the dangers of our exploration, this healing liquid is likely to be useful. So, you take 60% of the harvest, and each of the four of us takes 10%. This way, our safety will be further guaranteed during the exploration."

Tiana thought about it for a moment and agreed to the proposal.

Chapter 263 Move on

Mellen and his party kept moving forward, not staying in the same place for too long.

There was originally a smiling face on Tiana's flower disk, and now the smile looked a little twisted and weird, and the silver petals kept swaying, as if dancing.

I really laughed my ass off.

The collected green liquid is of great help to it, and to some extent, it can even greatly shorten its process of becoming a saint.

Finding things that can enhance their strength as much as possible is the most fundamental purpose of these people coming to the Broken Land.

Mellen and the others were of course very happy. Although the green liquid could only be used for healing their wounds, it was still quite good. This was what they had gained after entering the Broken Land. The real big reward was yet to come.

Although they had gained a lot along the way, they did not let down their guard. After all, their current actions were tantamount to trying to grab chestnuts from the fire, and any slight mistake could end up in flames.

Suddenly, except for Tiana who was concentrating on gathering the flower demon, the other three of Mellen realized that something was wrong at the same time.

Of course, Mellen relied on the crisis instinct generated by sharing Spike's fighting spirit, Lucas collected and analyzed the surrounding data, Vic relied on his keen mental perception, and only Simco truly saw the source of the danger.

Then Xin Ke shouted hurriedly, "Oh no! They've woken up and are gathering their strength to surround us! Their roots are linked together, they're one. Let's go!"

Almost at the same time as Xinko spoke, Lucas suddenly split apart, shooting out laser beams that intertwined into a web, cutting off the vines that suddenly moved around it in advance.

Crystal weapons floated around Vic, and he took a step forward to stand in front of the group. He said, "I'll lead the way. Follow me!"

At this moment, the originally dark and quiet forest seemed to wake up from its slumber. Countless tree roots began to grow uncontrollably, forming cages, and vines spread, shooting and whipping towards them.

Even some giant trees began to deform, rising from the ground like tree men, and roaring at Mellen and the others.

“Boom boom boom!~”

Vic's crystal weapon chopped through the root walls, whether formed or not yet formed, while Tiana, Lucas, Xinko and Spike were responsible for clearing the attacking vines.

While defending, Tiana looked back at the flower fairies that had been torn to pieces by the rioting forest, and couldn't help but show a look of pity.

Fortunately, they were collecting green liquid as they moved forward, and now they were not far from the edge of the area.

To be honest, the power that the roots and vines can exert is not strong, but they are endless. Considering the size of this forest, it is impossible for Mellen and his men to outlast them, so they naturally do not intend to fight head-on.

At this moment, Vic, who was coming from the front, changed his expression slightly. As far as he could see, some tree people had formed a solid wall blocking their way. It was no longer possible to go around because that would result in more obstacles.

Simco suddenly shouted, "Let me do it!"

Then he ignored the attacking vines around him, and Garuru transformed into a mechanical wolf covered with sharp blades and took over his task.

The light in Xinko's eyes flashed wildly. When they were close to the tree man's attack range, he shouted suddenly, and countless threads of light gushed out and entangled with each other to form a spear of light, which he suddenly threw out.

The moment the spear of light touched the tree man, the mark of delusion-breaking burst out from the tip of the spear, and then the mark of delusion-breaking suddenly shattered. After the spear of light pierced into the tree man's body, it turned into countless threads of light and exploded, crushing the tree man into pieces.

After this blow, Xinko was obviously much weaker.

While the other tree people were still not reacting, the group quickly passed the tree people that were crushed by Xin Ke's attack, and there was no decent obstacle ahead.

When they reached the edge of the area, they saw the appearance of two other areas bordering this green area...