Shocking! The female protagonist unlocked her powers by killing people!

Yan Wuxin was grateful to Mu Shengyuan for not leaving. While appreciating Mu Shengyuan's reluctance to leave, Yu Yang also hoped that Yan Wuxin could be a little selfish, since this had nothing to do with her and she might die if she stayed here.

But this was just his own thought. Yu Yang didn't approve of it, but he wouldn't stop him, since it was his own business.

After saying goodbye to the two men, Yu Yang went to arrange for the others to evacuate.

The spiritual energy here is abundant, and everyone wants to cultivate here. Suddenly being told to leave left the students bewildered. Most of them were unhappy, but no matter how unhappy they were, they had to leave.

While the others were leaving in an orderly fashion, Ling Yi had already arrived at the shore of Changsheng Lake.

"Ling Yi!"

Just as Ling Yi was about to go into the water, Mu Shengyuan and Yan Wuxin caught up with him.

Ling Yi turned to look at the two of them: "Is there anything else?"

Mu Shengyuan said, "Ling Yi, if you can't solve it now, come up here. Don't force yourself."

Ling Yi didn't say anything, turned around and went into the water.

Seeing Ling Yi go directly into the water, Mu Shengyuan and Yan Wuxin moved closer and stood by the water's edge to look down.

The water of Changsheng Lake was very clear, and people could see it clearly when they first went down. However, as Ling Yi sank deeper and deeper, what Mu Shengyuan and Yan Wuxin could see became increasingly blurry until they could not see it at all.

Below Changsheng Lake.

After entering the water, Ling held her breath and sank rapidly. The deeper she sank, the dimmer her vision became, until finally, her vision went completely black.

It's already completely black before we even reached the bottom; something's wrong.

Suddenly, Ling Yi moved swiftly to the side to dodge. In the pitch black, a vine darted through the darkness. If Ling Yi hadn't dodged, he would have been struck by the vine.

The vines' attacks in the water caused ripples, and Ling Yi sensed something was wrong through these ripples. Although this allowed him to avoid the attack, the vines didn't have to worry about breathing while in the water, but Ling Yi was constantly holding his breath. Underwater combat was not a long-term solution.

Just as Ling Yi was pondering how to deal with the vines, a white light suddenly appeared in the pitch-black space. The white light was extremely dazzling and was constantly expanding.

As the white light spread over, Ling Yi was about to retreat when several vines flew out from within it.

Seeing this, Ling Yi's heart stirred slightly.

The Mountain and River Mirror's reaction indicates that it is located in the Longevity Lake. However, the Mountain and River Mirror is not a vine, and the underwater vision is obscured by the vine. Therefore, the white light that appears at this moment is easy to understand.

Mirror of Mountains and Rivers!

Having figured this out, Ling Yi didn't retreat but advanced, taking the initiative to meet the vines. After dodging the vines' attacks, Ling Yi grabbed the vines, and the next moment, the vines dragged Ling Yi into the white light.

Upon entering the white light, Ling Yi clearly felt his body pass through something. After that sensation, the white light dissipated, and his vision dimmed. At the same time, Ling Yi landed steadily on the ground, no longer in the water.

Just as she landed, she felt a pull on her hand, causing Ling to stagger. After realizing what was happening, she quickly dropped the vine she was holding, and it rustled away.

Ling glanced in the direction the vines had gone, guessing they would return soon, and quickly looked around.

She was right; the white light was emitted by the Mountain and River Mirror, and this place must be the Mountain and River Mirror space. The vines must be something like the three-headed python.

Thinking of this, Ling Yi contacted Tian Yan: "Are there things trapped in each fragment of the Mountain and River Mirror?"

Normally, when Ling Yi contacted Tian Yan, Tian Yan would respond quickly, but this time he did not.

Thinking back to the problems that occurred when he entered the Mountain and River Mirror last time, Ling Yi had a plan in mind.

She's lost contact again. But before she lost contact last time, Tianyan gave her a set of defensive magic artifacts. This time, he didn't. Did he think she wouldn't need them this time, or is there some other reason?

Will Ji Yanzhi appear this time?

Ling Yi pondered as he walked toward the direction the vines were heading.

Although the light here is dim, the visibility is much better than in the water, and the vines originated from this space. If we go forward, we should be able to see where the vines came from.

"Cough cough." Just as Ling Yi was walking forward, a coughing sound rang out. Ling Yi's eyes darkened, and she stopped and looked back. She saw an old man walk out of the bushes next to where she had just been standing.

Ling Yi narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the old man who had suddenly appeared.

The old man waved to Ling Yi: "Girl, don't go forward, it's dangerous ahead, you should leave quickly."

"Really?" Ling Yi walked towards the old man. "Sir, do you know what's ahead?"

It has no breath; is it a puppet or something else?

Ling Yi stopped in front of the old man. The old man looked at Ling Yi and suddenly pounced on him. In an instant, the old man turned into dense vines.

The vines intertwined to form a human shape, and then used illusion magic to give it an appearance, intending to lure Ling Yi and trap him. Little did it know that Ling Yi already knew it wasn't a real person.

Almost the instant the vines lunged at Ling Yi, Ling Yi's entire body burst into flames. The vines, engulfed in flames, were courting certain death.

However, those vines were not ordinary plants, and even Ling Yi's mutated flames had some difficulty burning them. It took quite a while to burn the vines completely.

After burning the vine-bearded man to ashes, Ling Yi was no longer in a hurry to go.

This vine-bearded person was much weaker than the vines from before. It was already difficult for her to burn such a vine-bearded person, let alone burn those vines.

It's not good for her.

If there were a different source of fire, the problem could be solved more easily.

Strange fire source...

There is one on the shore.

However, she's already here, so it's impossible for her to go out and bring the person down now. Let's take a look first.

With that thought in mind, Ling Yi continued walking forward.

The further he went, the more vine-like people he encountered. Although burning the vine-like people was a bit of a struggle, they couldn't cause Ling Yi any real harm. Therefore, Ling Yi couldn't figure out what the vines were thinking.

The vine-bearded people are useless; why not just use vines directly?

We used to attack her with vines, so we can't stop now, right?

After dealing with another vine-bearded man, Ling Yi looked up and saw a swaying blackness in front of him.

Ling Yi had excellent eyesight and could clearly see that the swaying black area was actually a tree made of intertwined vines. Hmm... if he wasn't mistaken, the thin things hanging on the tree and swaying together should be people.

To be precise, it turned into a dried-up corpse... No, that's not right!

It's too thin!

Even if it's a mummified corpse, it shouldn't be this thin, with only tattered clothes and human skin left!

These vines eat people.

It was probably eating the teacher who went missing during the initial investigation and the four elders who followed.

Ling Yi walked towards the vine-covered tree. As he got closer, he could clearly feel how violently the vines were swaying. This shouldn't be happening, unless...

Standing before the vine-covered tree, Ling Yi glimpsed a vibrant life force amidst the stench of decay.

Ling Yi was familiar with that power; she had seen it and fought against it before. It was the strange wood spirit source of the Wood Origin.

It's been about a month since Mushengyuan's incident, hasn't it?

This strange wood spirit source was devoured a month ago, but it is still alive and has some things, but not many.

You could say it has something special about it, since it can't break free from these vines, nor can it retaliate.

If you say it has nothing to offer, it hasn't been devoured or assimilated yet, and it can still influence this ghost vine.

Ling Yi looked at the vibrant power and said, "Don't struggle. You can't turn against it. It's only a matter of time before you are assimilated by it."

Upon hearing Ling Yi's words, the light of the strange wood spirit source dimmed for a moment, but then it became stronger again. It was answering Ling Yi with its actions that even if it would be assimilated later, it would not give up resisting now!

Ling Yi looked at it: "The Ghost Vine could have left much earlier, but you've trapped it?"

The light from the strange wood spirit source flashed.

Ling Yi continued, "You've confined it for a month, do you think you can confine it for a year?"

“Once it leaves, the people of Chun Kingdom, the people of Nan Yuan Empire, Mu Shengyuan…” Ling Yi said slowly, “will all be in danger.”

"What kind of determination have you relied on to persevere until now?" Ling Yi slowly asked, "Mu Shengyuan?"

"Do you know that without you, Mu Shengyuan is now a cripple?" Ling Yi said, "Before I came down here, I heard from other people in the Nan Yuan Empire that Mu Shengyuan was originally the Crown Princess and had the potential to become the next Empress of the Nan Yuan Empire. Now that she is a cripple, she is no longer qualified. They want to unite with other forces to depose her. What's the use of you fighting against Gui Teng?"

"You still can't protect Mushengyuan."

The light from the strange wood's spiritual source became exceptionally intense as Ling Yi finished speaking, but...

The Ghost Vine was a mature vine, while the Strange Wood Spirit Source was only at a beginner level. No matter how strong it was, it couldn't retaliate. In fact, because of this counterattack, the Ghost Vine, which originally intended to absorb it slowly, used even stronger power, and the Strange Wood Spirit Source was completely enveloped by the Ghost Vine.

Ling Yi, witnessing this scene: "..."