Chapter 21 – Violet Vine
Translator: Mr Voltaire
Editor: Master Shadow
The sound of water flowing could be heard from ahead, and a violet mist filled the landscape. In front was a vast expanse of land.
On the cliff face next to the mountain stream, a cl.u.s.ter of violet vines were growing. There was a dense mist around the vines, and they gave off a bright violet light. They looked like celestial plants that didn’t belong in the mortal realm and instead, were from the nine heavens.
Evidently, these were the Violet Vines.
However, there was one Violet Vine that was especially eye-catching.
The light that it gave off was especially bright and resplendent; it looked like a bright moon among stars.
If one looked closely, they would find that this Violet Vine was continuously moving and twisting, as if it was dancing. It gave off streaks of violet light, which looked like lightning streaking across the sky, as it defended against the attacks from a group of cultivators.
This was a group of vicious and savage cultivators. There were 20 or so of them, and they held various weapons as they slashed towards the Violet Vine.
Clang! Clang!
The light from the weapons glinted, and just was they were about to hit the Violet Vine, the sound of metal clashing sounded out. A man was sent flying as a wave of force travelled through his hand, sending his body into the putrid marsh behind them.
“Arghhhh!”
Just as the man fell in the marsh, his body turned black and as he cried out, his body slowly decayed.
As the violet light flashed, person after person was sent flying into the marsh and slowly decomposed.
In an instant, many people had been devoured by the marsh. Once they fell in, there was no hope for them at all.
This marsh was situated in front of the cliff face and seemed to extend forever. Bubbles continuously popped at the surface, giving off a poisonous gas. Any Body Tempering cultivator would die after taking a breath of that poisonous gas.
“G.o.ddamit, why is there such fatal poison in that marsh?” the men cursed.
At the same time, some cultivators at the Ninth Layer of Body Tempering retreated, not daring to attack the Violet Vine.
This Violet Vine looked incredibly weak, but it had the power of an Innate realm cultivator. It was incredibly tough and even swords were unable to cut it. Only Innate realm experts would be able to hurt it.
“Many venomous insects and beasts have gathered here over the years, and their venoms and poisons have mixed with the marsh, turning it into a deadly region. Luckily, there’s an expert deep within the Violet Cloud Mountain who has chased away these venomous insects and beasts, otherwise, we wouldn’t even stand a chance in approaching this place. Everyone, focus on killing this vine and retrieving its soul,” the man in charge said with a serious expression.
All of the Body Tempering realm cultivators had currently retreated, and only 5 Innate realm experts dared to attack.
“Captain, this Violet Vine’s too strong; it’s very hard to kill it!” a man beside him exclaimed.
Clang! Clang!
As he spoke, the Violet Vine continued to attack, and its branches continued to lash out at the men.
The Violet Vine’s attacks were like whips, and were mighty and sharp. They travelled like arrows, and contained great explosive power – even Innate realm experts found it difficult to contend with such attacks. Only the captain, who was in the late stage of the Innate realm, could handle its attacks.
“Go and collect some poisonous water to throw on the Violet Vine; I don’t believe that it won’t be corroded,” the captain said in a low voice.
“Poison?” Upon hearing this, the other Innate realm expert’s eyes lit up.
“That’s right, the poison’s incredibly fatal and has corrosive properties. How could the Violet Vine defend against it?”
Buzz!
As if it understood these men’s words, the Violet Vine buzzed, seeming more agitated.
It seemed that the Violet Vine would not be able to resist the poison.
A look of delight appeared on the men’s faces as one of them went to collect the poison.
An Innate realm cultivator took out a round bowl made of fine steel. After holding his breath, he came to the marsh and scooped up some of the poison.
Sssss!!
The poison was jet black and as it entered the bowl, the fine steel started to corrode. It was evident how terrifying this poison was – how could a plant contend against it? No matter how powerful the Violet Vine was, it would be injured by the poison.
After collecting the poison, the man hurriedly ran back to pour it on the Violet Vine.
As long as they destroyed its rhizome, the Violet Vine would lose its source of Vital Essence, and would not be able to fight anymore.
“Stop! You’ll injure the Violet Vine’s soul!” At this moment, an anxious voice sounded out.
“Who is there?” The adventurer group’s cultivators looked around towards the source of the voice.
They saw that a youth was climbing down the cliff face along some vines and was quickly approaching them.
Naturally, this youth was Xiao Yun.
This area was blocked off by the poisonous marsh and the poisonous gas filled the air. As such, he could only descend from above.
Luckily, the demonic beasts had all been scared off. Otherwise, descending like this would have resulted in him being attacked and injured.
“You’re merely at the Body Tempering realm and yet you want to meddle in the matters of our Silver Snake Adventurer Group?”
“Eh, he’s got a good sword at his waist. It’s probably made from refining black iron.”
“Kill him! With that sword, we’ll be able to easily cut through the Violet Vine’s rhizome!”
The cultivators at the Body Tempering realm, who had been scared off by the Violet Vine, looked at Xiao Yun as if he was their prey.
Kill!!
When that cry sounded out, the men sprang towards Xiao Yun – there were 17 of them in total.
“This Silver Snake Adventurer Group is filled with innocent-killing murderers.” No matter how well-tempered Xiao Yun was, he couldn’t help but feel furious. He sent his spirit energy out as he drew his sword and charged towards them.
“He’s just a brat!” The Innate realm experts completely disregarded Xiao Yun’s appearance.
The man who had collected the poison didn’t stop running. He splashed the poison towards the Violet Vine, because the fine steel bowl had nearly been completely corroded. If he didn’t throw it out now, he would miss this valuable opportunity.
Whoosh!
The poison flew towards the Violet Vine, with the target as its rhizome.
Buzz!
The Violet Vine let out a buzz, as if it deeply feared that poison. It continuously whirled its branches around, trying to stop it. Seeing this, the Innate realm cultivators sinisterly laughed as they coldly gazed at the Violet Vine.
Swish!
However, as the men evilly laughed, the drops of the poison were sent back towards them like meteors.
“This is?”
“c.r.a.p, the Violet Vine sent some of the poison back.”
“Hurry up and dodge.” As he detected the poisonous gas in the air, the Innate realm cultivator’s pupils contracted.
However, it was a pity that the poison was simply too fast. Before they could dodge, the poison had already reached their bodies.
One of the men now had a gaping, b.l.o.o.d.y hole in his arm.
Some of the poison remained in their bodies and spread through their blood towards their muscles.
The other men weren’t fortunate to evade either. Only the late-stage Innate realm captain was able to escape this disaster.
“Arghhhh!!”
Pitiful cries sounded out as the cultivators who were hit by the poison started to tremble and turn black.
In just two breaths of time, four Innate realm cultivators fell to the ground, barely alive.
As for the man who had splashed the poison, he had turned into a puddle of black water.
“We miscalculated!” The captain of the Silver Snake Adventurer Group’s heart fell, seeing his brothers in grave danger.
However, when he looked over, he let out a sigh of relief.
Although the Violet Vine had blocked most of the poison, its branches had been greatly corroded and some of them had started to crumble.
The Violet Vine’s rhizome had also been afflicted by the poison and black bubbles were starting to appear on its surface. The rhizome was nearly completely destroyed.
“As long as we can obtain this Violet Vine’s soul, so what if we lose a few brothers?” The Silver Snake Adventurer Group’s captain’s eyes flashed as he chopped towards the Violet Vine with his sabre. Now that the poison-afflicted Violet Vine had grown much weaker, it was no longer able to put up with him.
“Arghhh!”
As he went to deal with the Violet Vine, a pitiful cry sounded out nearby.
Xiao Yun used his overwhelming spirit energy to disrupt the men’s minds and combined with his incredibly fast sword art, he slaughtered them into chaos and disorder.
Chi!
The sword light flashed, bringing with it a ray of crimson light as Xiao Yun killed a few experts at the Ninth Layer of Body Tempering in an instant.
“Such a fast sword art!”
“My mind and spirit seem to have been suppressed by something terrifying!” The remaining cultivators, who were at the Eighth Layer of Body Tempering, were dumbfounded as they cried out in shock. It was as if they had met an Innate realm expert, and they felt an incredible sense of fear.
“c.r.a.p, those people used poison to harm the Violet Vine. Who knows if that poison will damage its soul or not?” As Xiao Yun released his spirit energy towards his enemies, he noticed that the Violet Vine’s aura had become weaker, causing his eyebrows to furrow.
At this moment, the Silver Snake Adventurer Group’s captain’s sabre landed and chopped off one of the Violet Vine’s branches with an unstoppable force. Its corroded rhizome was also cut, causing its aura to instantly weaken. There was a faint orb of violet light along the vine – that was evidently where the Violet Vine’s soul was.
“I can’t let him take the Violet Vine’s Soul.” Xiao Yun’s eyes flashed as his spirit energy roared out from his mind, stopping everyone in front of him in their tracks. He opened up a b.l.o.o.d.y path with his sword as he sped towards the Violet Vine.
“Haha, after taking this soul, I’ll be able to obtain a support-type Martial Spirit, which will cause my battle power to skyrocket.” The Silver Snake Adventurer Group’s captain savagely laughed as he grabbed towards the Violet Vine.
The Violet Vine suddenly shuddered as a violet mist swept out of the broken rhizome.
“c.r.a.p, there’s poison!” The Innate realm cultivator’s face fell. Before he could retreat in time, the violet poison mist had enveloped him. Moments later, he fell to the ground, as the Violet Vine’s aura became even weaker.
This violet mist was its life essence and after expending so much today, it had become incredibly weak.