Published: March 2, 2025
"Where's the equipment?"
"Below!"
The Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine gently pointed to the ground: "This was once a storage room for supplies on the second floor, specially reserved for weapons and armor. It's like a small secret chamber. Just wait a moment, I'll go take a look."
After saying this, the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine immediately tried to burrow downwards, but was pulled back by Wen Yu.
"We're going together."
"Even at a time like this, you still don't trust me?"
"That's right, I don't trust you, so we're going together!"
Wen Yu firmly stated his stance.
Since the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine awakened a soul that had lived for who knows how many years, even with their contractual relationship, Wen Yu couldn't be 100% at ease with it. In this situation, he absolutely wouldn't allow the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine to leave his sight.
Perhaps the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine truly had no ulterior motives. After seeing Wen Yu's resolute attitude, it decisively softened.
"Alright then, but once we're down, everything must follow my orders."
"Sure."
...
The Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine turned around a couple of times and then gently touched the ground.
"This is the spot."
In the next moment, the top of the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine began to shimmer with spots of purple light, just like when it broke through Ye Nan's dimensional sanctuary entrance. With the peculiar purple light, the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine traced several strange-shaped runes on the ground.
As the purple runes twinkled twice, Wen Yu felt a sudden wave emanating from the ground beneath his feet, lasting about three seconds.
Then, the originally hard ground began to sink slowly, like sand, gradually revealing a hole about the size of a person.
Seeing this scene, Wen Yu glanced at the limp Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine beside him and suddenly gained a rough understanding of its abilities.
The runes traced by the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine should possess a kind of ability similar to "breaking restrictions"...
The term "breaking restrictions" was something Wen Yu had come across in Xianxia novels—however, he didn't truly know how it operated or how this skill was utilized. He could also foresee that he wouldn’t be able to learn such cultivation techniques.
The Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine didn't comment on this and simply pointed to the ground.
"Let's go, I expect there will be some good stuff inside."
"You lead the way!"
"Tsk tsk, you really are... No wonder you don't have friends..."
"Shut up and hurry up. Also, with my strength, I don’t need any friends, alright?"
...
Seeing the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine burrow into the underground pit first, Wen Yu pondered for a moment and decisively released the one-eyed and Star.
"One-Eyed, you keep watch with Star, and Star, listen to One-Eyed’s commands."
In terms of overall capability, One-Eyed's independent operational ability was indeed a bit higher than Star's. Plus, Victor's Netherworld was too important to Wen Yu, so his arrangements for the spirit pets were quite standard.
After securing their retreat, Wen Yu looked at the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine that had already spread underground and jumped into the pit without hesitation.
...
The dark pit had no trace of light.
Without any light source, even with Wen Yu's keen eyesight, he wouldn't be able to discern anything.
He quickly took out a flashlight and scanned around—unlike the roughness of a typical underground tunnel, the surrounding walls were clean and smooth. The ground, aside from the trail of the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine, was covered in thick dust.
It seemed that he had indeed gotten ahead of the game...
Thinking this, Wen Yu raised his gaze and immediately spotted the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine not far away.
In the dim environment, the originally emerald green Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine had lost its vibrant luster, now appearing as a dull, almost blackish-purple body.
At this moment, the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine was writhing, crawling over a huge stone gate.