The sudden turn of events in this battle left everyone present dumbfounded. Nobody had anticipated that the frenzied Transpatial Vine would turn around and attack its own allies!

This goes to show that in crucial battles, one should never carelessly use unstable weapons.

Even the Dragon Scale Tree was caught off guard, instinctively counterattacking. Generally, unless Spirit Plants are particularly close, their immediate reaction to an assault is to fight back, and it had no relationship with the Transpatial Vine — after all, it had just been planning to make it bear the brunt of the Skyworm’s attack.

Elder Tiegu was furious and shouted, "You fool, can’t you give way? Yi Jue is right behind you!"

His scolding only served to provoke the Transpatial Vine, causing countless vines to lash out at him as well, forcing him to dodge quickly, though the Transpatial Vine pursued relentlessly.

No matter the creature, once it enters a berserk state, an increase in combat strength is quite normal.

Seeing the three engaged in battle, Yi Jue decisively withdrew her defenses and charged at Tiegu.

At this point, she couldn’t possibly flee, given the life-and-death stakes of the battle. She was deeply concerned that without her exerting pressure, the Transpatial Vine might gradually regain its senses, and Tiegu might even temporarily heal its wounds.

The spores of the Skyworm spell doom for Spirit Plants, but a Human Race Lingzhi Sect Master can help to stave off the spread of injuries — and many have already developed healing methods that are successful if treatment is prompt, though prolonged delay still spells defeat.

If one seeks cures after too long a time, they can only request the Jade Spore Skyworm’s personal intervention at Lingmu Sect.

As for the venom at the hyphae, it’s easier to treat than the spores. As long as the rotten roots are excised in time and Spiritual Medicine is used to nurture the soul, the poison will resolve on its own in forty-nine days.

In fact, if Elder Tiegu carries stabilizing Spiritual Medicine for the soul, helping the Transpatial Vine to shake off its madness is not difficult.

Thus, Yi Jue naturally could not leave the three of them. She was contemplating using this chaotic opportunity to severely wound at least one of them, which would make the battle significantly more manageable, and hence she chose to attack Tiegu — is bullying a contract-bound entity like the Dragon Scale Tree even worthwhile?

However, unexpectedly, as soon as she attacked Tiegu, the Transpatial Vine redirected a large swath of its tendrils towards her.

At present, it had completely lost control, astonishingly launching attacks on three Nascent Soul High Stage cultivators at once, with tendrils springing up vigorously — such is the willfulness of being filled with vitality.

Yi Jue, similar to Elder Tiegu, moved swiftly to avoid its attacks, yet stayed nearby.

In short, both sides in this battle made several glaring mistakes, largely due to their overconfidence, underestimating each other’s potential counteracts — the root cause was, of course, the lack of transparency in their information.

Nonetheless, this was typical, as in battles between evenly matched opponents, it’s not the superior strategy that prevails, but rather who makes fewer mistakes. Now that the Transpatial Vine had made a colossal blunder, it was naturally a problem that lay with Tiegu and his group.

The Transpatial Vine was now tightly entwined with the Dragon Scale Tree, persistently pursuing Tiegu and Yi Jue, who cleverly evaded while still attacking each other, presenting an extremely perilous scene.

The area under the Transpatial Vine’s control wasn’t particularly vast, and either party could escape its madness with a Blink of five hundred li, but neither Tiegu nor Yi Jue wanted to leave.

Several defensive formations in the vicinity were affected, but fortunately, those observing up-close were generally using Nascent Soul Defense Formations, which could withstand the vine attacks without issue.

Feng Jun stood outside the Nascent Soul Defense Formation of a Gold Crow — and rashly stepped out without a thought, while the formation defended against external threats but not internal ones, preventing him from returning inside. To do so would require deactivating the formation, compromising the safety of the little disciples under Gold Crow.

However, after he emerged, Elder Qing Ji followed him and raised a Spiritual Qi Shield for him, preventing any worry over the madness of the Transpatial Vine.

At the half-minute mark of the Transpatial Vine’s berserk state, he abruptly shouted, "Yi Chou!"

Before the shout, he was fiddling with a mobile phone, and after, he released a Divine Sense.

Elder Qing Ji gave him a glance, "I’ll lower the Spiritual Qi Shield a bit... nothing is going through."

Once she reduced the shield, Feng Jun repeated the process, and this time Yi Jue caught it — she nodded very slightly.

Amidst the intense battle, this motion was subtle and easily overlooked if one wasn’t paying close attention.

The next moment, a scream echoed, and once again, the Transpatial Vine showed evidence of being countered.

The Jade Spore Skyworm truly excelled as a hunter; seizing a strategically opportune moment while the Transpatial Vine was in disarray, it yet again entrapped its adversary with hyphae — ensuring absolute advantage.

Hunters indeed bear no sentimentality, and as for why it chose the Transpatial Vine over the Dragon Scale Tree, the crucial factor was the allure of the bloodline, although another pivotal concern was also present: after this attack, the Transpatial Vine was certain to lose its ability to fight.

However, regrettably, its persistence in underestimating the Transpatial Vine’s resilience proved a miscalculation.

The Transpatial Vine then swung erratically, if previously akin to a dance enthusiast, it now mimicked a robust man contorting under a hundred and ten volts, the actions utterly devoid of logic and marked by utter violence.

Amidst such erratic thrashing, a fissure abruptly appeared in the sky, faintly grey but nearly colorless, nearly invisible to the casual gaze.

The fissure extended rapidly, and without hesitation, the Transpatial Vine reached into it.

At this moment, someone finally noticed something unusual and couldn’t help but gasp, shouting in an exceptionally sharp voice, "The Void... it’s the Void!"

He really was insightful, as most people wouldn’t know what the Void looked like.

Unfortunately, most people were now hiding within the defensive formation, so few heard him.

However, some formidable True Immortals did hear it, so the truth would inevitably spread.

In fact, the arrival of the Void required no spreading; it didn’t merely tear a hole but generated immense suction. In the next moment, countless plants flew toward the sky, with the Transpatial Vine, which had broken through the Void, being the most affected.

Besides it, the two people and two trees at the center of the battlefield were the first to feel it.

"Damn!" Elder Tiegu could no longer care about fighting Yi Jue and tried hard to fly out of the field, "Is there really a Void here?"

He knew that under certain conditions, the Transpatial Vine might break through the Void—after all, it had this property—but he really hadn’t expected it to trigger on himself.

Yet, leaving was not as easy as he thought.

When Wan Qing, the True Immortal, had their physical body taken away and only escaped the Nascent Soul, why was that?

In the end, it’s because the suction of the Void was too strong, especially at the center, where the pull was strongest.

Tiegu’s cultivation level was strong, and his teleportation ability was too, but in such a scenario, escape was simply impossible—Wan Qing, the True Immortal, had managed to escape only by using a secret technique and decisively abandoning the physical body.

Yi Jue felt the same as Tiegu; she had agreed with Feng Jun on several battle signals, and "Yi Chou" was not shouted casually. However, no matter what, the Yi signal was still fortunate, as she could at least estimate where the threat was coming from.

If it reached the Ji signal, it would mean "Just run, don’t worry about me."

The Yi Chou threat came from the Void; upon hearing this warning, Yi Jue, the True Immortal, also wanted to leave, but she heard the warning slightly late and was in the midst of an intense fight with the Transpatial Vine and Tiegu, causing a slight delay.

Because of this delay, it became exceedingly difficult for her to leave.

She had various techniques and divine skills, but her fleeing speed wouldn’t match the Void’s suction speed—and the battle scene also restricted long-distance teleportation with spatial formations to prevent any mishaps.

In this situation, it was simply impossible to fly out!

"The Void?" Yi Jue glanced up at the sky, a trace of disdainful smile curling at her lips. "Then let it take everything... the battle is not fought by just two people."

The latter part of her words sounded a bit inexplicable. She, Tiegu, and the Dragon Scale Tree were in the center of the battlefield; it was inevitable they’d be taken. Besides the Transpatial Vine, there seemed to be nothing else to take?

Of course not, as there were many onlookers nearby and many Nascent Soul Pedestrians close to the scene, practically on the edge of the combat zone—this was to see clearly and comprehend more.

When the vine swept over, a Nascent Soul Defense Formation certainly held no issue, but resisting the Void’s invasion wasn’t easy.

Fortunately, the Void couldn’t last, and the sub-mountain gate of the Lingmu Sect had extremely stable space with strong repair capabilities.

As the Nascent Soul Defense Formations suffered massive pulling forces, the gushing space aura surged, and the Void rapidly shrunk visible to the naked eye, with the pulling force drastically weakening as well.

Yet, at the core, Yi Jue, Tiegu, and the Transpatial Vine were still being drawn into the Void bit by bit.

"Quick, let me out," Feng Jun took out a mobile phone, pleading to Elder Qing Ji in the Spiritual Qi Shield, "Otherwise, Yi Jue won’t be able to come back."

A strange look crossed Elder Qing Ji’s face, "Are you sure you can really return from the Void?"

Feng Jun was so anxious he nearly jumped, "If you don’t let me go, I’ll leave on my own."

"Then take me with you!" Elder Qing Ji released the Spiritual Qi Shield and grabbed him, blinking to Yi Jue’s side.

Without saying a word, Yi Jue flung the horsetail whisk in her hand, wrapping it around Feng Jun’s waist.

Just as the three were about to disappear into the Void rift, a white light flashed, and a white, chubby worm excitedly chirped on Yi Jue’s shoulder.

On the other side, Tiegu, the True Immortal, with the Transpatial Vine, was also sucked into the Void rift, with the Transpatial Vine’s side branch coiling a massive half-piece of Dragon Scale Tree; however, that guy’s luck wasn’t all bad, as at least the main body was left on the ground.

Separated by the half rift of the Void, the parties stared at each other expressionlessly, yet could do nothing.

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