"A third-order demonic vine, the Flame Fire Vine." Zhang Ling looked at the vine before him, recognizing this vine with flame patterns as a type of demonic vine.
Then, Zhang Ling's brow furrowed again. These Flame Fire Vines looked somewhat peculiar, much thicker than ordinary Flame Fire Vines.
Ordinary Burst Flame Fire Vines are only the thickness of a thumb, but the main body of this fire vine is as thick as an arm, and the leaves on it are as large as palms.
Zhang Ling pondered in his heart and approached the fire vine. As he approached, the Flame Fire Vine rustled and quickly turned, extending more than a dozen vines towards him as if it were conscious.
He snorted coldly, and with a slight flick of the flying sword in his hand, seven or eight blue and glittering sword lights appeared, instantly cutting off all the fire vines.
A third-order fire vine can pose a significant threat to Foundation Establishment cultivators, but it is nothing to a Golden Core cultivator, who can easily cut it off.
But this fire vine didn't seem to give up, shaking all over. For a time, countless vines danced wildly like tentacles.
In this situation, Zhang Ling felt inexplicably familiar, and he couldn't help but think of the scene when he was a teenager, when his village was slaughtered by bandits and he escaped into the mountains, encountering a strange vine.
At that time, he almost certainly would have died if he had burned the vine. In the end, he survived by being parasitized by the strange vine. Because of this, he also obtained a mysterious pearl and entered the world of cultivation.
Past events floated to his mind one by one, a twist of fate.
Zhang Ling couldn't help but be a little dazed, but the movements of his hands didn't stop. The flying sword shook a few times, slashing out a series of blue sword lights in front of him.
After the sword light passed, most of the fire vines were directly cut into countless pieces. These vines had flame patterns on them, but after being cut off, the spiritual light dissipated, turning into black charcoal-like wooden blocks that fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.
At this moment, the main stem of the Flame Fire Vine danced wildly. The sound of wind breaking came swooshing. Upon closer inspection, the Flame Fire Vine swung out countless fireballs as it danced, attacking him.
Zhang Ling sensed violent fire spiritual power in these fireballs. These fireballs were more powerful than the Heavenly Fire Talisman.
However, he didn't move at all, just stomped his foot on the ground. A yellow light flashed in front of him, and a thick earth wall more than two feet high instantly rose, blocking these attacks.
After the earth wall dissipated, Zhang Ling looked at this Flame Fire Vine again, and a hint of interest appeared in his eyes.
This Flame Fire Vine had turned crimson, like a thick fire rope dancing wildly. The palm-sized triangular leaves growing on it were curled up one by one.
The numerous fireballs just now were transformed from these leaves being thrown out.
Ordinary Flame Fire Vines don't have this kind of attack method. This vine seems to have mutated. Could it be because of the Profound Yang Fire?
Zhang Ling shook his left arm, and a black shadow rushed out from his sleeve with a whoosh. The black shadow stretched out and transformed into a dark green vine, more than twenty feet long.
The dark green vine quickly wrapped around the main stem of the Flame Fire Vine.
The fire vine seemed to sense danger and kept twisting, breaking many stone pillars. It even emitted a layer of crimson flames, but no matter how it rolled, it couldn't get rid of the dark green vine.
At this moment, a layer of green and red spiritual light also flowed out from the dark green vine. It was with the protection of this layer of spiritual light that it could be immune to the flame attacks on the Flame Fire Vine.
After a few breaths, Zhang Ling flicked his hand, urging the dark green vine to directly pull the fire vine into the air. Away from the ground, the aura of the Flame Fire Vine suddenly weakened a bit.
This is because although demonic vines have a certain ability to move, they themselves have not yet broken away from the category of plants, and their ability to move is mostly limited. Once away from the ground, the activity of the vine is greatly reduced.
Of course, demonic vines are also very tenacious. They will not die for a long time away from the ground, and will enter a dormant state like hibernating animals. Even if only a little bit of the root system is left, as long as it is not completely destroyed, it can quickly recover after a while.
This is a characteristic of demonic vines.
Zhang Ling shook his left arm, and several gray-white silk threads were thrown out. These silk threads were the main root tendrils of the strange vine parasitizing him.
The silk threads flashed with green and red spiritual light, ejected like earthworms, and instantly drilled into the Flame Fire Vine.
The fire vine twisted weakly a few times and then stopped moving, and the flame patterns on it suddenly dimmed.
Zhang Ling flicked his finger, and the dark green vine wrapped around the Flame Fire Vine and retracted. He reached out and touched the fire vine, feeling a warm sensation.
Sensing the strength of this fire vine, it was quite tough, and after the mutation, it could also launch fireball attacks.
Zhang Ling nodded in satisfaction, commanding the flying sword to cut off all the small vines except for the trunk of the fire vine in a few strokes, leaving only a root system about ten feet long.
The dark green vine lit up with green and red spiritual light, split into tendrils, wrapped the root system of the Flame Fire Vine, and shrunk into his arm.
The fire vine root system was temporarily sealed in the dark green vine. After returning to the cave, he had to study it carefully, maybe it could increase the vine's attack power.
The strange vine has been fused into Zhang Ling's body for nearly a hundred years. It has been completely integrated, and controlling it is as simple as controlling his own arm.
The strange vine has been mutating ever since it parasitized him. The current toughness is no less than that of ordinary top-grade magic weapons, and the attack power is not weak either.
Moreover, the Human Yuan Fiend Pill has been refined. Using this treasure to activate the vine can also increase its power a lot.
This is also why Zhang Ling dared to use the vine to transform into vine armor to withstand the golden light released by the white jade skeleton before.
Although the attack power of the golden sword light is even better, his strange vine is not ordinary either. It can absorb the blood and energy from his body and continuously extend and grow. As long as he doesn't die, the strange vine parasitizing his body can extend endlessly.
Zhang Ling believed that if it continued to mutate like this, the strange vine would definitely become his powerful weapon.
After collecting the fire vine, Zhang Ling scanned the ground in front of him with his spiritual sense and found an unusual place. He walked over to take a look and saw a small hole half a foot in diameter behind a black-red boulder, with wisps of firelight emanating from it.
This small hole was where the Flame Fire Vine was rooted before. After careful sensing, it was filled with a powerful fire spiritual power.
Zhang Ling pondered for a moment, a yellow light flashed on his body, and a layer of spiritual light covered his body. Then, his figure gradually disappeared into the ground.
This was using the Earth Escape Technique.
He had been studying this technique for several years, and it could not be said that he had cultivated it to a high level, but only that he had achieved a little success. However, it was still no problem to travel within a thousand feet underground.
Zhang Ling probed downwards along the small hole on the ground, searching for the traces of the Profound Yang Fire.
