Otherworldly Desert Dust

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Wu Hen strode forward, following the burnt path.

When he reached the end of the burn marks, he surprisingly raised his Flame Saber again and slashed forward!

Another long burn mark appeared, and Wu Hen walked forward on the scorching ground once more.

When crossing through dense forests, some mountain farmers would bring a machete to clear the way. After all, vegetation in some areas might cover the path overnight. But like Wu Hen, directly slashing through the valley's flower clusters to draw an accurate straight line, even the River Girl was amazed!

This was too reckless.

Couldn't he use his brain to think of a way to break the flower valley's trickery?

How much energy would this waste?

Slash a segment, walk a segment.

The valley wasn't that big.

Soon, the end of the valley appeared before them.

River Girl Qiaqia still hadn't fully reacted.

This legendary terrifying flower valley, passed through just like that?

The terrifying Flower Fairy didn't appear?

Wu Hen, however, didn't care.

Either the fragrance of the flowers had a dizzying effect that made it hard to discern direction, or the intricate, overlapping flower walls caused visual deception.

Wu Hen wasn't a Visual Spiritual Awakener nor a Smell Spiritual Awakener; he couldn't tell where the problem lay...

But all confusion, the unknown and fear, often came from insufficient firepower.

Whatever trickery, flower mazes, just violently chop through.

A strong physique indeed had its advantages, providing more solutions to problems.

Sss~

Just as Wu Hen was about to leave the valley, Little Yi suddenly made a sound, like a gourmand who smelled a scent wafting from an alley, licking his lips.

Wu Hen stopped and looked around. But the flowers were too many and too diverse. At first, they'd have a breathtaking beauty, but after looking at them for too long, they'd start to blur.

"There's a Spiritual Treasure nearby. Look for it," Wu Hen said.

Wherever there was a Spiritual Treasure, there was danger, and this was where the slave girl's usefulness came in.

The River Girl didn't dare disobey. She looked around with her Water Spirit eyes.

Seemingly finding nothing, she slowly opened her mouth and exhaled water dew around.

The water dew glimmered with a special hue under the Earth Vein's light. When they drizzled like gentle rain on the thick flower cluster, a Big Rock Flower blossomed with a rainbow gleam, its unique spiritual charm vividly displayed in the rain dew!

In such a valley with so many strange flowers, how could it lack treasures?

"Little Yi craves this Spiritual Treasure; it must be at Great Yuan You level."

"Obtaining this Great Yuan You, then consuming a meal of high-level ingredients, should allow me to advance to Third Rank Physique."

"But..."

Wu Hen rubbed his chin, urging the River Girl to pick the flower while stepping back out of the valley.

This valley was entirely strange.

Wu Hen's perception wasn't strong enough to see through it.

But he could test the waters!

The River Girl was cautious, carefully approaching the Big Rock Flower.

She had never seen what a Flower Fairy looked like; she only knew this valley could consume humans. Every now and then, a lot of blood would seep out, staining all the streams. Those living upstream would occasionally glimpse such terrifying scenes. But what exactly happened inside, she had no idea.

Extending her hand, she picked the Big Rock Flower. The roots embedded deep in the rock were also pulled out by the River Girl.

Not doing as Wu Hen ordered also meant death for her.

The River Girl could only pray that the valley's Flower Fairy also feared this violent and cunning man!

"Rumble~~~~~"

As soon as she held the Big Rock Flower in her arms, the valley suddenly trembled.

It was as if some mechanism was triggered. Flowers began to squirm, secreting a honey-like sticky liquid from their stamens, and they surged towards her!

The River Girl realized she must have disturbed something!

Terrified and pale, she clutched the Big Rock Flower and ran towards the valley's exit.

She was close to the exit. If the man would just fend off the flower tide for a while, she could escape!

However, when she turned to flee, she was horrified to find Wu Hen had already disappeared. Read new adventures at empire

She looked farther and saw Wu Hen had somehow already reached outside the valley...

Shameless man!!!

Making her lure danger while he stayed safe.

The River Girl's legs weren't fast. For survival, she had to reveal her white salamander form, swimming desperately over the wildly squirming flowers, towards the valley's exit!!

But, mysteriously, the Earth Light was fading...

The valley was rotating, as if the flat ground suddenly stood up. Then, a powerful suction force pulled the River Girl toward the valley's center.

The surging flowers rolled inward. From the River Girl's perspective, it was as if she was running on a massive writhing tongue, with various flowers merely its taste buds!

"Save... save me!!"

The River Girl's face was full of despair. She screamed at Wu Hen.

Knowing this valley could consume humans, she never thought it would literally eat people!

The light ahead faded, and the valley behind turned into a dark chasm. Worse, the valley's exit closed, like a blood-stained mouth shutting. The previously sweet-smelling secretions were now corrosive saliva. Skin slightly touched by it began to fester...

In minutes, the River Girl's small body would be dissolved into flower fertilizer by the valley's saliva.

Unwilling, the River Girl was unwilling to die like this...

She regretted crossing an Awakener, else she would not be coerced into this terrifying place.

"Chirp~"

In helpless despair, the River Girl suddenly felt a strong force at her waist, dragging her out from the maw with a fierce pull when she had no strength to escape.

"Crunch!!!"

The valley's rock walls suddenly clamped shut, closing terrifyingly.

In an instant, the valley was no longer a valley, but a giant Cannibal Mountain.

It revealed its true form, ferocious and frightening. Even a herd of Desert Dust beasts couldn't withstand it, being devoured and their blood filling the valley.

Wu Hen stood outside this Cannibal Valley. He only thought the valley contained something extremely fierce, sinister, and crafty. That Spiritual Treasure must be a trap to lure prey, but he hadn't expected the entire valley to be a man-eating monster!

It was like the valley was a giant Venus flytrap. Once any insect or fly greedily went for the nectar, they'd be clamped hard and digested alive by secreted acid...

Otherworldly Dust indeed tolerates no idle beings.

Everything could be a predator!

"You, you, you... I, I, I... waaa!!!" The River Girl's language abilities were lost, and she ended up squatting and crying.

She had been yanked from the Cannibal Valley by Wu Hen at the last moment. A bit later, she would've been dead.

Having faced such a terrifying ordeal, though alive, her soul was frightened away, leaving her sobbing in despair!

Wu Hen didn't pity her. Seeing the River Girl still clutching the Big Rock Flower, he took it from her joyfully.

Great Yuan You, acquired!

Now just a high-level meal away from Third Rank Physique!

He thought being an Awakener would lead to a tough life.

Unexpectedly, it was filled with such bountiful feasts, soon to ascend to Third Rank Physique!

Wonderful...

Should he cook this tender-skinned River Girl instead, saving him from hunting...

Forget it.

She's poisonous.

Besides, she's a humanoid fairy, better for playing than eating.

"You must've known the valley was a Cannibal Flower Fairy!" The crying River Girl Qiaqia furiously said.

"I did notice the flowers and rocks squirming when I chopped. How bizarre they didn't bite then, only attacking when we picked the Spiritual Treasure..." Wu Hen said.

"Shameless, using me as bait!!" The River Girl angrily retorted.

"You did well. Come here." Wu Hen beckoned the River Girl, ordering.

Furious, she reluctantly approached Wu Hen.

"Lower your head, open your mouth." Wu Hen directed.

"What are you doing!" Instantly wary, the River Girl glared at the domineering man with a mix of shame and anger.

Wu Hen disdainfully wasted no words, inserting his knuckle and thumb into her small mouth, coldly saying: "I pulled you out too forcefully, my finger bled..."

"Don't you feed on blood? Clean it."

Rough and domineering, the River Girl's mouth was filled with his bloody finger. Though extremely angry and unwilling inside, she ultimately chose to comply, savoring the sweet blood.

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