326: Crown snake

Upon reaching the Purple Bamboo Forest, he had entered the core area of this Trial Tournament.

After a short rest, Mu Feng led his two pets into it.

"Tsk tsk, as expected of a core area, the Spiritual Qi concentration has increased quite a bit."

There were differences in Spiritual Qi between the outer, inner, and core layers of the Trial Tournament.

If the initial Spiritual Qi was considered decent, then the Spiritual Qi concentration in this Purple Bamboo Forest was already comparable to his Immortal Cave, or even surpassed the Spiritual Qi in his current Immortal Cave.

He finally understood why this place became a forbidden zone.

Places with dense Spiritual Qi would be rampant with Yao Beasts.

It was almost a law.

However, the advantage of this was the abundance of Spiritual Plants here.

And they were all high-grade.

Just like this.

As soon as Mu Feng entered, the long-unseen red prompt immediately appeared before his eyes.

There is a rare spiritual fruit not far ahead of you, you can go and pick some.

"There's a spiritual fruit!"

Seeing the prompt, Mu Feng's eyes lit up.

He immediately followed the prompt and advanced.

Speaking of which, he didn't know if it was because too many people had entered this Trial Tournament Secret Realm, or for some other reason, but he hadn't seen any rare Spiritual Plants along the way.

If he hadn't seen the prompt just now, he would have thought that the Spiritual Plants here had already been exhausted.

With Little Lizard leading the way, Mu Feng's speed was very fast.

Some Yao Beasts on the road sensed Mu Feng's aura and immediately scurried away, saving him a lot of effort.

Perhaps because they were still in the outer layer of the Purple Bamboo Forest, the Yao Beasts here were not too high in Realm.

They were only around fourth or fifth-tier.

Mu Feng was too lazy to act against the scattered ones, letting his two pets chase them away.

"It should be here."

After passing through several bamboo groves, Mu Feng arrived at a hilly area.

According to the information provided by the prompt, that spiritual fruit should be in this vicinity.

Mu Feng immediately released his Spiritual Eye Divine Power and scanned the surroundings.

"Found it!"

Not long after, Mu Feng found a blue fruit emitting a faint, ethereal glow on the back of the hill.

"It should be it."

"I wonder what kind of spiritual fruit it is, let's take a look!"

Mu Feng curiously released his Spiritual Eye Divine Power to examine the spiritual fruit's information.

Name: Sky Blue Fruit

Year: 3000 years

Introduction: A type of fruit that likes to grow in areas with dense Spiritual Qi, it can be consumed directly or refined into a Medicinal Pill.

Effect: Direct consumption can restore one's lost magical power, and it can also be used to refine a first-grade Holy Spirit Pill.

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"Sky Blue Fruit? Direct consumption can restore one's spiritual power?"

"It can also be used to refine a first-grade Holy Spirit Pill."

"It seems pretty good."

Items that can restore magical power are very rare.

Just think of the ten thousand year spirit liquid, and you'll understand.

As for the first-grade Holy Spirit Pill mentioned above, Mu Feng was not very clear about it.

He had obtained a fifth-grade Holy Spirit Pill and a third-grade Holy Spirit Pill before.

Their effects seemed to be for healing injuries and restoring spiritual power.

Unfortunately, he did not have the Pill Formula for this one.

Therefore, it was highly likely to be consumed directly.

After reading the information, Mu Feng did not rush to pick it.

Generally speaking, such spiritual fruits are accompanied by Yao Beasts.

This was an experience he had gained from numerous explorations.

He immediately scanned with his eyes and instantly discovered the Yao Snake lurking beneath the Sky Blue Fruit tree.

"As expected, it's quite insidious."

If anyone saw the fruit tree and went directly to pick it, they would probably be bitten by it suddenly darting out.

Upon discovering the Yao Beast, Mu Feng once again released his Spiritual Eye Divine Power to investigate its information.

Name: Treant Snake

Realm: Seventh-tier Peak

Introduction: A very insidious venomous snake that likes to hide under spirit fruit trees, using the tree to conceal its body. When someone comes to pick the fruit, it will suddenly dart out to attack. Its venom is extremely potent, capable of killing even a Nascent Soul Cultivator.

Skills: Fatal Fangs, Abdomen, Tail Strike, Frost.

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Fatal Fangs: The Treant Snake's fangs contain super-strong venom. Even a Nascent Soul Cultivator will be killed if bitten. Do not let it get close.

Abdomen: The Treant Snake's mouth can release extremely sticky saliva. Anyone who touches it will be restrained.

Tail Strike: The Treant Snake uses its flexible tail to whip its prey. It is powerful and has a shield-breaking effect.

Frost: The Treant Snake can release ice Spell to attack enemies.

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"Treant Snake?"

"Super venomous, capable of poisoning even a Nascent Soul Cultivator?"

"As expected of the Trial Tournament's forbidden zone, even the outer layer has such a formidable Yao Beast."

"It seems I need to be careful, who knows what strange skills this thing might possess."

After reading the Treant Snake's skills, Mu Feng felt a little scared.

His strength had recently soared, and his mindset had become a little complacent.

He felt that apart from shapeshifting Yao Beasts, he could easily defeat anything else.

Now it seemed he still needed to maintain a steady mindset.

The Purple Bamboo Forest being called a forbidden zone certainly had its unique aspects.

Just like this.

Even the poisonous snakes in the outer layer possessed venom capable of killing a Nascent Soul.

Presumably, the Yao Beasts inside would be even more terrifying.

"Little Lizard, go!"

The Treant Snake's venom was too strong, so Mu Feng directly pulled back, then commanded Little Lizard to go forward and fight it.

The opponent was a seventh-tier Peak Yao Beast.

Mu Feng also wanted to see how Little Lizard's individual abilities were after evolving.

When fighting those Bats earlier, due to the restraining relationship, Little Lizard's true strength could not be seen.

Now with a Core Formation Peak Yao Beast, it was a good opportunity for Little Lizard to fully display his skills.

"Swish swish!"

Upon receiving Mu Feng's command, Little Lizard's body trembled, and when he reappeared, he was already at the Treant Snake's location.

He swung his silver iron tail upwards fiercely.

The Treant Snake was still thinking of a sneak attack, but it didn't expect its figure to have been seen through.

It was too late to dodge.

In a panic, it could only desperately twist and flash its body, avoiding vital points.

However, Little Lizard had been with Mu Feng for a long time and had extremely rich combat experience.

Seeing that the opponent wanted to dodge, he simply didn't give it this chance.

He accelerated again and struck the Treant Snake's head with a fierce blow!

"Hiss!"

Little Lizard's silver iron tail slammed heavily onto the Treant Snake's head.

The intense pain made the Treant Snake let out a painful wail, its entire body constantly rolling and twisting.

It continuously sprayed frost and highly toxic venom from its mouth, attempting to kill Little Lizard, the instigator, on the spot.

Pain and anger had made it lose its reason, attacking indiscriminately at its surroundings.

"Not good!"

Mu Feng's expression changed slightly upon seeing this. He was not afraid of the Treant Snake's attack, but rather worried about the Sky Blue Fruit tree.

With such an attack, it could easily destroy the Sky Blue Fruit he had set his eyes on.

Seeing this, Mu Feng no longer bothered to test Little Lizard's strength.

He grabbed his hand, and a purple net appeared in his hand.

It was the ancient treasure, Purple City Net, that he had just acquired earlier.

"Go!"

As Mu Feng's thought arose, the next second, the purple net disappeared from his hand, and when it reappeared, it was already on the Treant Snake's body, wrapping it tightly.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss!"

Suddenly enveloped by the purple net, the Treant Snake was startled, its body twisting desperately, trying to break free from the net's Bondage.

However, the purple net's firmness far exceeded its imagination.

No matter how it struggled, the purple net was like a large hand, firmly gripping its vital points, rendering it immobile.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss!"

Unable to move its body, the angry and terrified Treant Snake opened its mouth, wanting to release venom again to attack.

At this moment, its mouth was directly facing the Sky Blue Fruit tree.

A seventh-tier Yao Beast already possessed some intelligence.

It knew that Mu Feng had come for this spiritual fruit.

Filled with resentment, it wanted to destroy the spiritual fruit without thinking, planning to perish together.

However, just as it was about to release its venom, a cold snort suddenly exploded in its mind.

"Hmph!"

This cold snort was like an incomparably sharp knife, continuously scraping its head.

The intense pain made the Treant Snake unable to react.

Its eyes rolled back, and it fell straight down.

Its head's protection mechanism forced it to shut down directly.

Little Lizard, seeing this, very tacitly struck the Treant Snake's head fiercely.

"Boom!"

After a loud bang, the Treant Snake immediately died on the spot.

"Well done."

Mu Feng patted Little Lizard's head as encouragement.

After evolving, Little Lizard's intelligence and combat awareness had increased significantly.

Although the battle between the two sides did not go to the very end, from the engagement, Little Lizard was already able to suppress a seventh-tier Peak Yao Beast without using the Super Berserk Art.

If he activated Berserk, he felt that even shapeshifting Yao Beasts could be challenged.

In addition to testing Little Lizard's level, Mu Feng had also just released the newly acquired ancient treasure, Purple City Net, and a new Divine Ability, Spirit Shocking Thorn.

Mu Feng was very satisfied with the performance of both the Purple City Net and the Spirit Shocking Thorn.

There's no need to mention the Purple City Net.

ancient treasure.

Those who understand, understand.

Mu Feng wasn't using an ancient treasure for the first time, so its power wasn't a surprise to him.

What truly surprised Mu Feng was the performance of the new skill, Spirit Shocking Thorn.

It could actually directly make a seventh-tier Peak Yao Beast lose consciousness.

This was truly impressive.

This meant that in the future, apart from shapeshifting Yao Beasts, he could instantly kill anything else with mental attacks.

As for player Cultivators, whether it could achieve the same instant-kill effect, it still needed to be tested in actual combat before drawing a conclusion.

After all, a Yao Beast's Divine Soul was still weaker than a Cultivator's.

After confirming that the Treant Snake was completely dead, Mu Feng put away the Purple City Net from its body.

The attack method of this ancient treasure was similar to the Five Elements Ring.

Both directly launched an instant attack on the enemy.

Mu Feng was still very satisfied.

The only regret was that the Treant Snake died too quickly, preventing him from unleashing the gale attack on the Purple City Net.

He could only use it in the next battle.

Hanging the shrunken purple net back on his waist, Mu Feng squatted down and began to collect from the Treant Snake.

System Reminder: Treant Snake Inner Core x1

System Reminder: Treant Snake Primordial Spirit x1

System Reminder: Treant Snake Scale x10

System Reminder: snake gall x1

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There were a total of four Materials.

Mu Feng picked them up and examined them one by one.

Treant Snake Inner Core: Dropped after killing the Immortal Cave Yao Beast Treant Snake. Widely used, can be used to refine Medicinal Pills.

Treant Snake Primordial Spirit: Dropped after killing the Immortal Cave Yao Beast Treant Snake. Widely used, can be used in Alchemy and Artifact Refining.

Treant Snake Scale: Scales from a seventh-tier Yao Beast Treant Snake, top-grade inner armor Materials.

Treant snake gall: The Treant Snake's gall, can be used to refine detoxification pills.

All four Materials were very common Yao Beast Materials.

Mu Feng glanced at them and immediately lost interest, directly putting them into his Storage Ring.

After putting away the Treant Snake Materials, Mu Feng turned around and picked all the fruits from the Sky Blue Fruit tree.

System Reminder: Sky Blue Fruit x1

System Reminder: Sky Blue Fruit x1

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System Reminder: Sky Blue Fruit x1

After a period of picking, Mu Feng had a pile of Sky Blue Fruits in his hand.

He counted them, and there were as many as fifteen.

Whether used to refine Holy Spirit Pills or consumed directly to replenish lost spiritual power, they were both good choices.

After picking the fruits, Mu Feng picked one up and tasted it.

He had used quite a bit of magical power on his journey, so it was a good opportunity to replenish the lost true essence in his body.

"Hmm, it tastes pretty good!"

The Sky Blue Fruit tasted very sweet and had a crispy texture that melted in his mouth, making Mu Feng full of praise.

"Ying ying!"

Seeing Mu Feng enjoying his meal so much, the Little Fox beside him immediately came closer, indicating that she wanted to eat too.

"Alright, alright, here you go, here you go!"

Little Fox had also performed meritorious deeds earlier.

Mu Feng naturally wouldn't be stingy with a single fruit, and directly fed it to Little Fox.

"Ying ying ying."

Picking up the fruit, Little Fox immediately began to happily munch on it.

Seeing her eating happily, Little Lizard next to them was also a bit tempted.

"What, you want some too?"

"Here, take it, take it!"

Mu Feng smiled, patted Little Lizard's head, and gave him one.

In the past, resources were scarce, and Mu Feng always lived frugally.

Now that he had developed, he naturally wouldn't be stingy with those around him.

"Swish swish."

Little Lizard took the Sky Blue Fruit and glanced at it, seemingly curious why Little Fox seemed so happy eating this.

Finally, driven by curiosity, he also took a few bites.

However, he didn't seem to taste anything, shook his head, took a few bites, and then threw it to the Silver Moon Fox next to him.

Little Fox didn't mind, grabbed it, and started munching.

This made Mu Feng feel quite amused.

He truly was a complete foodie.

But then again, Little Lizard's spiritual intelligence had indeed increased a lot after this evolution.

He already showed signs of shapeshifting.

Perhaps if he continued to evolve, he might truly develop self-awareness.

Forget it.

I'll think about it later.

Mu Feng shook his head, no longer delving deeper into thought.

After eating the Sky Blue Fruit, Mu Feng immediately refined its medicinal power.

"It seems alright."

"The recovery effect is even better than the diluted ten thousand year spirit liquid."

The medicinal power of this Sky Blue Fruit was better than Mu Feng had imagined.

Unfortunately, he didn't have the Pill Formula for the first-grade Holy Spirit Pill.

Otherwise, he could try to refine some with the Purple Clarity Pill Furnace to see the effect.

After eating and drinking his fill, Mu Feng immediately took his two Little Lizard and walked towards the depths of the Purple Bamboo Forest.

"Rumble!"

One person and two pets had only walked a few steps when they heard sounds of fighting from afar.

Seeing this, Mu Feng immediately released his Divine Sense to investigate.

Soon, the situation on the battlefield came into view.

The combatants were not Yao Beasts and Cultivators, but a group of Cultivators surrounding a cold and stunning female Cultivator.

Originally, Mu Feng didn't want to get involved, but after glancing at the female Cultivator's face, he couldn't help but stop his advance.