I asked you to go down the mountain and get married, not to shock the world!

Just as the eerie tentacles with purple spots were about to touch Jizhou, a crimson wall of fire suddenly rose up!

"laugh--!"

The tentacles struck the wall of fire, making a scorching sound and emitting plumes of black smoke, before retracting in pain.

It was Luo Yang who made the move!

Although he was several feet behind, he remained fully alert, and the fire-based magic of the Qingcheng Yufa Sect demonstrated its restraining effect at this moment.

"Form ranks! Defend!" Luo Yang shouted sternly.

Several disciples quickly gathered behind them, their spiritual energy connecting, and a more solid flame shield enveloped them.

Although there were lingering resentments between the two sides, they were still able to achieve basic cooperation in the face of a life-or-death crisis.

Ji Zhou and Ye Chuhan immediately retreated into the range of the flame shield.

Ye Chuhan patted his chest, still shaken: "That scared me to death! Fellow Daoist Luo, thank you!"

Luo Yang snorted coldly, offering no response, his gaze fixed on the awakened mother plant in the center of the valley.

The dark red crystals on the main stem of the mother plant shone brightly, and all the egg sacs in the valley began to throb violently, with cracking sounds ringing out one after another!

More tentacles, speckled with purple, surged toward them from all directions like a tide.

The number of them far exceeds what we encountered underground before!

Moreover, some of the egg sacs no longer produce simple tentacles, but rather bizarre creatures that resemble spiders, are entirely black, and have a crystal-like structure on their abdomens…

They move swiftly, spewing black threads from their mouthparts that have both corrosive and spiritual energy-devouring effects!

"Watch out for those spiders! Their silk threads can corrode spiritual energy and magical artifacts!" a disciple of the Qingcheng Yufa Sect shouted in alarm.

His flying sword had just been grazed by a black line, and its spiritual light dimmed considerably.

The flame shield trembled violently under the impact of countless tentacles and black lines, its flames flickering erratically.

Luo Yang and his disciples turned pale; maintaining the protective shield was extremely taxing.

"We can't just defend without attacking!" Ji Zhou said in a deep voice. "We must interrupt the mother's actions, otherwise these ghostly things will never end!"

"Easier said than done! How do we attack?" Luo Yang gritted his teeth. He certainly wanted to attack, but at this moment he was already doing his best just to defend.

Ye Chuhan looked at the surging tide of monsters, then at the enormous mother plant in the center, a ruthless glint in his eyes.

"To catch the thief, first catch the king! Jizhou, like last time, you use fire, and I'll use wind to clear the way! Fellow Daoist Luo, could your flame shield temporarily change its form and concentrate its power to protect our front, creating a path for us to charge through?"

Luo Yang instantly understood Ye Chuhan's intention: this was a desperate gamble, a direct assault on the enemy's heart!

He glanced at Jizhou, then at the crumbling protective shield and the ever-growing number of monsters, knowing this was his only chance.

"Yes! But it can only last for ten breaths!" Luo Yang made a decisive decision. "All disciples, heed my command, change formation—Blazing Sun Charge!"

At his command, the disciples of the Qingcheng Imperial Law Sect changed their hand seals in unison.

The spherical flame shield that had been covering the surroundings suddenly contracted and stretched forward, transforming into a cone-shaped flame channel, like a red-hot drill, forcibly tearing a brief path through the black monster horde!

The blazing flames drove back and scorched the tentacles and spiders that tried to approach.

However, this passage was extremely unstable. With the sides and rear unprotected, countless tentacles and black lines immediately surged in from other directions!

"Go!" Ji Zhou shouted, and rushed out at the same time as Ye Chuhan!

Ye Chuhan pushed the power of the wind spirit to its limit, not for attack, but to fully support Ji Zhou.

At the same time, it manipulates the airflow to continuously blow away the black lines and some tentacles coming from the side, relieving the pressure on Jizhou.

The crimson-gold flames around Jizhou rose again, and the primal power of the Earth Fire Red Lotus and the Golden Flame Fruit erupted without reservation!

He pushed his palms forward, and the crimson flames transformed into an extremely condensed pillar of fire, shooting fiercely towards the mother plant in the center of the valley along the passage opened by Yan Yangchong!

The mother plant seemed to sense a deadly threat, and all the dark red crystals burst out with a dazzling red light. Instantly, a thick barrier made of pure shadow spiritual power and devouring power formed in front of it!

At the same time, countless thick, purple-spotted core tentacles emerged from the ground, intertwining into a net to block the pillar of fire!

"boom--!!!"

The crimson pillar of fire slammed violently into the shadow barrier and the giant tentacle net, creating a deafening roar!

Flames and shadows frantically eroded and annihilated each other, and violent energy shockwaves spread in all directions, shattering any low-level tentacles and spiders that came near!

Ji Zhou gritted his teeth and frantically poured all the spiritual power in his body into the pillar of fire. The crimson-gold flames burned fiercely, attempting to break through the defense.

Ye Chuhan was also desperately trying to maintain the Wind Spirit buff, her face as pale as paper.

However, the mother plant's defense far surpassed that of the previous daughter crystals. Although the shadow barrier fluctuated violently, it stubbornly withstood the impact of the fire pillar!

On the contrary, Ji Zhou and Ye Chuhan's spiritual power was being consumed rapidly, and they were running out of energy!

"No... almost..." A sense of powerlessness rose in Jizhou's heart.

Just then, an intensely hot, resolute crimson beam of light shot out from behind them like a meteor, striking the same spot on the shadow barrier with pinpoint accuracy!

It's Luo Yang!

While maintaining part of the Blazing Sun Channel, he forcibly drew upon most of his spiritual power to unleash this supreme attack, condensing his life's cultivation!

"Break for me!!!" Blood trickled from Luo Yang's mouth as he roared hoarsely!

"Crack!"

It combines the crimson gold flame of Jizhou, the wind spirit blessing of Ye Chuhan, and Luo Yang's desperate strike.

The sturdy shadow barrier finally gave way, cracking open with a sharp sound and revealing a huge gap!

The crimson pillar of fire pierced through the crack and slammed into the main stem of the mother plant!

“Ouch——!!!”

A spiritual roar, far more piercing and immense than before, swept across the entire valley!

The mother plant trembled violently, and the dark red crystals on its main stem flashed erratically, their light flickering erratically.

The surging tentacles and spider movements also froze, becoming chaotic.

"It worked?!" Ye Chuhan exclaimed in surprise.

However, Ji Zhou and Luo Yang's expressions did not relax.

Because they saw that although the mother plant was injured, it did not collapse instantly like the offspring. The main stem, which had been scorched by the flames, was wriggling and repairing itself at a speed visible to the naked eye!

And those dark red crystals seem to be brewing an even more powerful counterattack!

"It's not dead yet!"

Jizhou gasped for breath, feeling a wave of weakness wash over him.

That attack just now almost exhausted his and Ye Chuhan's strength, and Luo Yang also clearly suffered internal injuries.

But this damn thing is still alive?!

What exactly is it?!