Chapter 526: The Eyeless Blade Demon

Xuanmu Xiangsan is a viscous liquid rich in life force, and its creation is extremely difficult. First, there must be a giant tree with a soul strength comparable to that of a saintly being; second, this tree must die naturally; third, after its death, it must be completely covered by soil to avoid exposure to spiritual energy; fourth, the soil must cover it for over trillions of years.
Meeting all these conditions is undoubtedly extremely demanding. Thus, Xuanmu Xiangsan is extremely precious.
The so-called life force refers to the power of life, possessing miraculous effects such as reviving the dead and strengthening bones, and it significantly promotes plant growth. The life force contained in Xuanmu Xiangsan is not only highly concentrated but also naturally produced and ready for direct consumption. Under normal circumstances, it would be very difficult for anyone to obtain even just one pound of it. Yet, Ye Feng and his group managed to get dozens of tons, extracting every last drop.
In fact, not all areas where Xuanmu Xiangsan exists also have the Illusory Divine Demon Mushrooms, nor does the presence of these mushrooms guarantee the existence of Xuanmu Xiangsan. The mushrooms are quite picky about their growing location, usually only appearing in places with abundant spiritual energy, and typically only growing in clusters rather than widely spread. If they are found everywhere, it means there must be a large spiritual vein or other rare treasures, with Xuanmu Xiangsan being just one of them.
At first, Long Tian wasn’t sure if what was underground was Xuanmu Xiangsan; he only knew there must be treasures below. But as soon as he saw the black substance different from soil, he immediately knew what it was.
“We’ve made a huge profit! In the ancient divine realm, just one pound of Xuanmu Xiangsan can fetch an exorbitant price, comparable to spiritual treasures. We’ve obtained so much of it!” Jin said excitedly.
“Surely no one expected that something like this would be hidden beneath the Illusory Divine Demon Mushrooms,” Bai Yiyi also seemed very happy.
“Should we keep going forward or change direction?” Long Tian looked at Ye Feng. His soul power had already explored the situation ahead, but he still sought Ye Feng’s opinion.
“Let’s keep going!” Ye Feng nodded. “There’s a great place ahead for training…”
“What kind of place? Is there a fight?” Shi Tuo was excited, clearly feeling bored throughout the journey.
“You’ll find out when we get there!” Ye Feng kept things mysterious and led everyone forward.

After crossing a narrow path, Ye Feng and the others arrived at another valley. Inside this valley, there were quite a number of other people. There were those who had been waiting with Ye Feng and the others on the east shore of the Endless Mysterious Sea, as well as many magical beasts from the Endless Mysterious Sea. Without exception, all of them were engaged in battle. Their opponents were a group of oddly shaped humanoid creatures.

Those humanoid creatures also stood on two legs and had human-like bodies, but they lacked eyes on their heads, with their arms replaced by sharp long knives.

“Eyeless Blade Demons…” Ye Feng narrowed his eyes slightly. “Choose your opponents and go!”

Before Ye Feng could finish speaking, Shi Tou rushed forward first, choosing an early-stage Saint-level Eyeless Blade Demon as his opponent. Then Long Tian followed, picking an intermediate-stage Saint-level opponent. Xiao Yu, Xiao Bei, and Qing Wen each chose an early-stage Saint-level opponent as well, aiming to test their strength regardless of winning or losing. Bai Yiyi, on the other hand, chose an opponent at the peak of Saint-level.

The strongest Eyeless Blade Demons in this valley were at the peak of Saint-level, while the weakest were at the early stage. Ye Feng naturally didn’t choose one; such opponents held little significance for him. What he was more interested in was whether there were any treasures in this area.

After effortlessly dealing with an Eyeless Blade Demon that blocked his path, Ye Feng saw a magical beast on the side of the beast faction tearing open its opponent’s chest after killing it, taking out a bead from the heart and swallowing it. Ye Feng then imitated this, taking out the bead from the corpse in his hands. It was a milky-white bead. After examining it carefully, Ye Feng concluded that it was similar to a magical beast’s core pill and immediately put it away, then transmitted the news to Long Tian and the others.

Amidst the surprised and envious gazes of many, Ye Feng headed deeper into the valley. The Eyeless Blade Demons grew more and more numerous, and Ye Feng killed more and more of them with his soul weapons. With his strong soul power combined with the soul weapons from the Imperial Extreme Demon Plant within him, he was invincible.

After slaying hundreds of Blade Demons, Ye Feng finally discovered the reason behind their formation.

His figure floated in mid-air, looking down at the place crowded with Blade Demons. At the center was a huge crack, which seemed to lead to the second layer beneath. What concerned Ye Feng even more was that the crack wasn’t natural but was carved by a blade. Although the person who did it was long gone, and the blade was no longer there, its powerful blade energy remained. The might of that single strike extended for thousands of miles, leaving Ye Feng in awe.

“So that’s how it is. No wonder there are Blade Demons here,” Ye Feng said with a bitter smile. “At first, seeing these Blade Demons, I thought some kind of precious blade spirit had appeared. Turns out it was just blade energy.”

The eyeless Blade Demons quickly spotted Ye Feng in the air. They leaped up one after another, trying to attack him, but he easily defeated them all.

“Since I’ve already come this far, I can’t just go back empty-handed. I’ll try to understand this blade energy and see just how powerful it is.” Ye Feng wasn’t someone to be trifled with. Once his curiosity was piqued, he wouldn’t give up on his target so easily. He was also very interested in what made this blade energy capable of creating Blade Demons.

He continued deeper until he reached the entrance to the second layer of the abyss, beside the crack carved by the blade. Only then did he stop. In his storage ring, there were already over 300 corpses of Blade Demons. He didn’t waste time collecting their pearls. The simplest method was to just pile them up and check on them later when he had time.

Although those Blade Demons were driven by a bloodthirsty impulse and lacked intelligence, they had witnessed Ye Feng’s strength firsthand. They no longer rushed at him to attack but chose to stay away and avoid provoking him.

Ye Feng, of course, was glad for the peace. He sat not far from the huge crack at the entrance to the abyss, spent some time setting up a formation, and then sat in meditation, clearly not planning to leave in the near future.