48: Chapter 48 Spirit Herb Garden

Everyone arrived at the place exuding the power of vitality, and what appeared before their eyes was an ordinary woodland without any abnormalities.

The surrounding trees stood quietly in place, a breeze blew past, and the leaves rustled.

"Are you sure this is the place?" Muxi turned around and asked the nearby Forest Spirits believer.

"God Lord, it is definitely here. Right ahead, there is a rich power of vitality."

Fang Yun narrowed his eyes and said, "Something seems wrong here. Classmate Muxi, step back a little first."

As a demigod, Fang Yun's perception ability was obviously stronger, and at this moment he could feel the presence of a faint fluctuation.

Seeing Fang Yun's reaction, Muxi realized that the other party must have discovered something, and obediently stepped back a few paces.

Fang Yun closed his eyes, mobilized the faint divine power in his body, and finally he discovered an unusual fluctuation ahead.

He stomped his right foot fiercely on the ground, and his entire body shot out like an arrow leaving the string.

Clenching his right fist, he fiercely smashed it toward the open space ahead, and Muxi watched this scene with some surprise.

There was obviously nothing there, how could he...

No! Muxi discovered that things didn't seem so simple. Just after Fang Yun threw a punch, his fist stopped strangely in mid-air.

It was like smashing into an invisible glass wall. At this moment, an unimaginably huge formation unexpectedly appeared in the originally empty place.

Fang Yun's powerful demigod aura erupted unreservedly, and the surrounding believers could hardly bear this terrifying pressure, but this punch still did not break the formation.

Muxi came to the front, stared at the grand formation, and said, "It seems to be a First-Order Formation, but it is severely damaged."

A First-Order formation corresponds to the level capable of resisting attacks from a First-Order God.

Fang Yun nodded and said, "We can try. Leave it to me."

Muxi nodded. If even Fang Yun couldn't break the formation, it would be useless for her to go up.

Fang Yun did not act directly by himself, but instead gathered the power of the one hundred thousand Dragon-Elephant Warriors to form the Dragon-Elephant Mountain-Suppressing Formation. After the formation was completed, a dragon-elephant phantom slowly took shape, and Fang Yun's demigod might also reached its peak at this moment.

With a solemn expression, Muxi watched the power erupted by Fang Yun combined with the battle formation, and couldn't help but feel shocked in her heart. The other party's direct combat power far exceeded her own by too much.

Under the blessing of the formation, Fang Yun himself seemed to have transformed into an ancient dragon-elephant, charging toward the formation carrying the blood-qi power of one hundred thousand Dragon-Elephant Warriors.

At the very moment of contact between the two sides, a huge divine power fluctuation erupted, scattering everyone in disarray.

Fang Yun and the one hundred thousand Dragon-Elephant Warriors took a step back simultaneously, but the formation did not undergo any changes.

Looking at the formation still running before him, his expression was somewhat ugly. This was already the strongest strike he could unleash, yet it still couldn't break it open?

Muxi was also somewhat regretful. Both of them knew that since there was a formation protecting it, and the formation was still running after so many years, it meant that the spiritual plants and herbs inside must be preserved extremely well.

This was the accumulation of spiritual herbs by a First-Order God for over a thousand years; who knew how abundant it would be!

Unfortunately, no matter how good the treasure was, there was nothing they could do if they couldn't get in.

Just as the two of them shook their heads helplessly and prepared to leave, a crisp cracking sound rang out, appearing so abrupt in the quiet woods.

They immediately turned their heads to look, and the formation that had been slowly running just a moment ago was now completely falling apart.

Seeing this scene before them, the two instantly revealed looks of joy and hurriedly stepped forward to check.

After stepping into the formation's range, everyone advanced about a hundred steps forward, then passed through a dense ancient forest, after which their vision suddenly opened up.

The scene before them next made everyone stop in their tracks.

Who would have thought that a valley filled with spiritual plants actually existed within the dense primeval forest.

In the center of the valley grew large patches of spiritual plants.

On the valley walls, the crimson vines resembling blood vessels were C-grade spiritual plants [Dragon Blood Vines], whose vine sap contained a faint dragon lineage, capable of strengthening the physical body and enhancing strength and defense.

And those yellow fruits growing in the rocks like crystals—if Fang Yun was not mistaken, they were C-grade spiritual fruits [Earth Essence Fruits], condensed from a massive amount of earth elemental power, possessing extraordinary value for deities on the paths of cultivation civilizations or magical civilizations.

[Scarlet Flame Ganoderma], [Cold Moon Ice Lotus], [Phantom Flower]...

Looking as far as the eye could see, there were at least over a hundred different spiritual plants.

As for the quantity, just the outer periphery they saw amounted to no less than tens of thousands of plants.

The vast majority of them were C-grade, and there were even a small number of B-grade spiritual plants hidden among them.

Fang Yun's breathing stopped for a fraction of a second.

You must know that C-grade spiritual plants already belonged to precious resources in the outside world, with each plant worth at least tens of thousands of Faith Points.

Yet here they actually grew everywhere like ordinary weeds.

"We've struck it rich, we've struck it rich!"

The next moment, his gaze suddenly stopped.

Near the center of the valley, a cyan little grass with only three leaves grew quietly. On each leaf was a naturally formed golden pattern, and a large amount of spiritual qi constantly converged toward it.

Fang Yun's pupils shrank slightly; that patch of grass had at least over a hundred identical small grasses.

"Three-Leaf Soul-Nourishing Grass!"

It was finally found. This was one of the supplementary materials for refining the liquid of the primordial dragon-elephant pool, and he hadn't expected to encounter it here.

The other three supplementary materials were [Myriad Beasts Essence], [Earth Dragon Marrow], and [Scarlet Flame Spirit Milk]. He had long known the appearance and characteristics of these spiritual objects by heart, which was why he recognized them at a glance.

Muxi, who was accompanying him, was also breathing heavily. It was also her first time seeing so many C-grade spiritual plants.

Thus, the two looked at each other—harvest first, then split the loot afterwards.

Just as they were preparing to make a move, a sudden change occurred.

The earth suddenly shook violently, and a huge tree root abruptly pierced out from underground, instantly blasting dozens of Dragon-Elephant Warriors flying.

Immediately following that, an ancient tree dozens of meters tall slowly awoke, and an aged human face emerged on its trunk.

"Intruders..."

"Leave this place."

"Otherwise, die."

A low voice reverberated through the valley.

Muxi said with a solemn expression, "Not good, it is a Transcendent Ninth-Order Ancient Tree Guard."

"It's not just it; there is still a big guy inside..." Fang Yun reminded.

Hearing this, Muxi looked deeper inside, and her breathing involuntarily choked.

A massive demonic beast slowly walked out from the forest. This was a creature resembling a giant bear.

Its height exceeded ten meters, and its entire body was covered in brown scale armor. Every step it took caused the earth to tremble slightly, and a terrifying demonic aura swept across the entire valley.

Fang Yun's expression was solemn: "A demigod-level demonic beast?"

As expected, these spiritual plants were not so easy to take.

Fang Yun's gaze also turned dangerous at this moment: "Leave that old tree to you, and hand this stupid bear to me."

Muxi nodded without any nonsense. The next instant, battles on both battlefields erupted simultaneously.

The giant bear let out a heaven-shaking roar, and its massive body rushed forward fiercely. Fang Yun led the one hundred thousand Dragon-Elephant Warriors to form the Dragon-Elephant Mountain-Suppressing Formation, transforming into a primordial dragon-elephant to fend off the enemy.

The moment they made contact, the giant bear was sent stumbling from the impact. It seemed somewhat annoyed, not expecting that the opponent's such tiny body could actually erupt with such a powerful aura.

Unable to endure the provocation of this little bug before it, it continued to charge forward.

As a martial arts demigod, Fang Yun alone was enough to contend with the giant bear, let alone with the feedback blessing of the physical strength of believers within his divine kingdom, plus the power of the formation.

Very quickly, the giant bear knew it had kicked an iron plate this time. Within just a few rounds, it was severely injured by Fang Yun and fled in panic.

Seeing this, Fang Yun broke away from the battle formation and directly chased forward, preparing to completely kill the opponent and eliminate future troubles.

Before leaving, he glanced at Muxi's side and found that she had also completely suppressed the ancient tree, so he paid no more attention.

Passing by Muxi, Fang Yun hurriedly dropped a sentence: "I'm going to hunt down that giant bear. I'll be right back."

Fang Yun chased after the giant bear for nearly ten minutes without catching up, and he was secretly surprised, not expecting that this bear looked clumsy, yet could run so fast after being injured.

Finally, after half an hour of chasing, the giant bear could no longer run and stopped in front of a cave. It seemed that it had run for so long just to reach this place.

At this time, the giant bear had no ability to resist whatsoever, lying motionless on the ground as if it were dead.

However, Fang Yun would not be careless. Regardless of whether it was truly dead or faking death, let's give it a punch first.

Fang Yun directly threw a punch, heading straight for the center of its brows.

If this punch landed solidly, even a demigod-level skull would shatter.

As a result, just as he approached the giant bear, he suddenly discovered that its honest-looking bear face unexpectedly revealed a trace of human-like cunning.

Fang Yun's heart jumped violently and he wanted to withdraw his hand, but the momentum of his forward charge could no longer be contained.

He watched with his own eyes as he seemed to touch some strange restriction.

A ripple gently oscillated in the void, and Fang Yun's entire person directly vanished on the spot!

What was eerie was that the external holographic screen actually displayed that Fang Yun was still standing in place at this moment, without moving at all.