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

Just as Jizhou and the others felt a chill because of the mother plant's tenacity, the injured mother plant seemed to be completely enraged.

All the dark red crystals on the main stem suddenly stopped flashing and turned into a constant and deep dark light.

A devouring will far greater and more primal than before erupted from the crystal like a tangible tsunami, sweeping across the entire valley!

"Om-!"

The viscous spiritual energy in the air seemed to be seized by an invisible giant hand, frantically converging towards the mother body, even forming a visible vortex of spiritual energy above it!

It is devouring all the energy around it at any cost to repair itself and prepare for a devastating counterattack!

An even more despairing change followed—

Those egg sacs scattered in the valley, which were originally pulsating slightly, now seemed to have received a final command, and began to contract and expand violently at an unprecedented frequency!

The next second, a series of cracking sounds almost merged into one, and countless new monsters swarmed out from it!

These newly emerging monsters are no longer simply tentacled or spider-shaped.

Some of them are like twisted fusions, combining the flexibility of tentacles with the sharp limbs of a spider...

Some are even more abstract in form, resembling a dark shadow that keeps changing shape...!

Only a dark red light flickered at the center, emitting an extremely strong spiritual energy attraction and devouring force field!

Even more frightening, the rock walls surrounding the valley began to writhe and crack.

More and thicker core tentacles emerged...

Instead of attacking, they intertwined and entangled, beginning to block the exit of the entire valley.

It was clear they were trying to trap Jizhou and his group here, like catching turtles in a jar!

"It's summoning all its offspring... It's going to fight to the death!"

Luo Yang wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his voice hoarse, and a hint of barely concealed fear finally flashed in his eyes.

He felt his own spiritual power being pulled out of his body in wisps under that enormous devouring force field!

Ye Chuhan's face turned pale as she looked at the monstrous horde that almost obscured her vision and the closing exit.

"This has really stirred up a hornet's nest... no, it's stirred up the King of Hell's palace!"

Ji Zhou suppressed the shock in his heart and the weakness in his body, and his brain worked at high speed.

A direct confrontation would be a certain death sentence; the power gathered by the Mother at this moment has exceeded their ability to cope.

"We cannot defeat them by force; we must outsmart them!"

Ji Zhou's sharp gaze swept over the mother body that was frantically devouring spiritual energy, as well as the few dark red crystals on its main trunk that served as the source of power. An extremely risky idea flashed through his mind.

"Fellow Daoist Luo!" Ji Zhou suddenly looked at Luo Yang, "Does your Qingcheng Yufa Sect have a secret technique that can instantly detonate a portion of one's own spiritual power, generating extreme high temperature and impact, but without being immediately fatal?"

Luo Yang's pupils shrank upon hearing this: "Yes, there is... the Burning Meridian Technique, but this method is extremely dangerous. At best, it will damage your meridians and cause your cultivation to regress; at worst, it will cause your spiritual power to go berserk, burning you to death! What do you want to do?"

“Let’s take a gamble!” Ji Zhou’s eyes were resolute. “The mother body is frantically absorbing energy, and its defensive core is those few crystals.”

"If we can't break through from the outside, we'll dismantle it from the inside!"

He quickly explained, "Ye Chuhan and I will try to use our last bit of strength to create a temporary breakthrough and send someone closer to the main body of the mother!"

Then, that person used the Burning Meridian Technique to directly blast the raging fire spiritual power into the interior of a crystal! Detonating it from the inside!

The explosion of a single crystal could trigger a chain reaction, enough to severely damage or even destroy the entire matrix!

This plan is absolutely insane!

Not to mention how to break through the numerous blockades to get close to the mother body, once the Burning Meridian Technique is used, the chance of survival for those in the center of the explosion is almost zero!

"I'll go!" Luo Yang said decisively without any hesitation.

He glanced at the fearful disciples behind him, a resolute glint in his eyes.

“I have the highest cultivation level here, and my mastery of the Burning Meridians Technique is the deepest. Moreover… I brought them in, so I must get them out!”

At that moment, his sense of responsibility as the team leader overwhelmed everything else.

Ji Zhou gave Luo Yang a deep look, said nothing, and simply nodded emphatically.

"Alright! Ye Chuhan, can the Wind and Fire Wheels still be used? This is our last chance!"

Ye Chuhan gritted his teeth and summoned the ancient roulette wheel again, his face even paler.

"I'll risk it! I can only hold out for five breaths at most!"

"Five breaths...that's enough!" Ji Zhou took a deep breath, mobilizing all the remaining wind and fire elemental energy in his body at the same time, ignoring the stinging pain coming from his meridians.

"Fellow Daoist Luo, prepare! Ye Chuhan, clear the way!"

"Wind and Fire Wheels, spin!" Ye Chuhan roared, pouring his last bit of spiritual power into them, and the Wind and Fire Wheels once again shone with dazzling light.

A narrower but more condensed channel of wind and fire forcefully pierced through, heading straight for the main body of the mother structure!

Ji Zhou simultaneously struck out with both palms, not as an attack, but to unleash two spiritual energies of vastly different natures.

A gentle breeze and a bursting fire spirit intertwined cleverly, clinging to the front of the wind and fire channel like a drill bit, adding to its final penetrating power!

"Let's go!" Ji Zhou shouted.

Luo Yang's eyes sharpened, and his crimson spiritual energy surged as if it were burning.

He transformed into a streak of fire, rushing headlong along the precarious, fiery passage constantly battered by the surrounding monsters towards the mother body radiating an aura of destruction!

Success or failure depends on this!

Luo Yang's figure transformed into a resolute streak of fire, rushing towards the main trunk of the mother body at an unprecedented speed along the constantly trembling, seemingly collapsing wind and fire passage!

On both sides of the passage, countless twisted fusion monsters and shadow devourers pounced wildly, their claws and corrosive black lines constantly battering the walls of the Wind and Fire Passage, producing a teeth-grinding tearing sound.

Ye Chuhan's eyes were bloodshot as he desperately held onto the Wind and Fire Wheels, blood seeping from his seven orifices.

But he still recklessly squeezed out the last bit of spiritual energy to maintain this only path to life and death!

Five breaths, as fleeting as a moment, yet as long as eternity.

In the first breath, Luo Yang broke through the blockade of dozens of monsters, and the wind and fire passage behind him shattered inch by inch!

In the second breath, he approached the main trunk of the mother body, where the writhing dark purple skin and the dark red crystals embedded in it, shimmering with a ghostly light, were clearly visible!

A tremendous suction force emanated from the crystal, frantically pulling at his spiritual power and life force!

In the third breath, madness and determination flashed in Luo Yang's eyes, and the spiritual power in his body reversed, compressed, and ignited at an unprecedented speed according to the path of the Burning Meridian Technique!

Intense pain instantly swept through my body, as if my meridians were being burned by a hot iron.

But he ignored everything and gathered all the burning, violent fire spiritual power into his right fist!

"Ugh...!!! Die!!!"