Chapter 564: Beast Spirit Barrier!
Without any delay, Gu He cut off a thick branch from the Soul Infant Demon Tree and quickly crafted two rough wooden boxes.
The Soul Infant Fruit was extremely unique—it couldn’t be stored in any other container, or else it would slowly dissipate. The only thing that could hold it safely was the wood from the tree itself.
After finishing the boxes, Gu He carefully cut through the overlapping branches and neatly clipped off the two sections bearing the fruits.
He gently placed them into the wooden boxes. With a flip of his palm, he stored them into his storage ring.
"This tree trunk… it seems I can take it too."
After collecting the fruits, Gu He’s eyes shifted to the body of the tree itself.
The next moment, Gu He rose into the air. A surge of energy erupted from his palm, and with brute force, he lifted the entire island from the lake and suspended it in the air.
In a flash, the huge chunk of moist soil, along with the Soul Infant Demon Tree, was stored into his system space.
After finishing all of this, Gu He didn’t immediately leave. Instead, he spoke calmly toward the Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon hiding beneath the lake.
"Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon, although the Soul Infant Fruit is excellent for strengthening the soul, magical beasts focus mainly on cultivating their bodies. Soul enhancement isn’t especially effective for you."
"I have two types of pills here that are specifically used to temper a beast’s physical body—they should help you quite a bit. Also, since you carry ancient dragon blood, transforming is especially difficult. I’ll give you a Transformation Pill as well, in exchange for the Soul Infant Fruit."
Transformation Pill!
The moment Gu He said this, a flash of brilliance appeared in the eyes of the Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon beneath the lake.
A moment later, Gu He, still hovering above the water, took out three jade bottles and tossed them toward the lake.
Just before they reached the surface, a giant bloody maw suddenly burst from the water.
With a splash, the mouth snapped shut, swallowing the three jade bottles in one gulp before disappearing back beneath the lake.
Gu He, having delivered the Transformation Pill, left the area quickly and resumed his search deeper into the ancient forest.
As he ventured further, the magical beasts he encountered grew stronger.
He even came across a mid-tier eighth-rank beast.
Most of these magical beasts were guarding precious natural treasures.
For those who were docile, Gu He would leave a bit of compensation after taking the items they protected.
But for the ferocious and unreasonable ones, Gu He had no choice but to teach them a lesson.
In just a short time, the harvest he gained was tremendous.
Compared to the medicinal herbs he had obtained by looting all the sects of the Black-Corner Region, this ancient forest’s yield was on a completely different level.
As he continued his exploration, Gu He’s soul power swept through the forest—until he suddenly noticed a massive region ahead.
Strangely, not a single magical beast existed in that area.
This discovery piqued Gu He’s curiosity.
He swiftly headed toward the zone he had just sensed.
A place so large without any beasts usually meant one of two things:
First, the area might be too barren and lacking in resources, making it unfit for beasts to inhabit.
Second, there might be something present in that place which all magical beasts greatly feared—so much so that none dared to approach.
Considering the second possibility, Gu He began a more careful search.
Yet even with his soul probing the surroundings, he couldn’t find any particularly powerful or well-hidden magical beast.
Suddenly, Gu He furrowed his brows and slowly walked toward a vast patch of smooth, lush green grass ahead.
At first glance, the area looked completely ordinary.
But Gu He sensed faint spatial ripples emanating from it.
"Could this be… the Beast Spirit Barrier that conceals the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit?"
Recalling the memory in his mind, Gu He suddenly thrust his palm forward, suppressing his power to unleash a wide, sweeping beam of Dou Qi.
Boom!
Under the force of that vast Dou Qi energy, countless patches of grass were uprooted, and even the surrounding space trembled violently.
But when the energy reached a certain spot, it was as if it had slammed into a thick, invisible wall. A loud impact echoed before the energy scattered into the air.
Seeing the attack blocked, Gu He narrowed his gaze on the empty space where his Dou Qi had vanished.
Suddenly, a golden light appeared out of thin air.
It formed the shape of an inverted bowl—rounded at the top, covering an area of about ten zhang.
Seeing this golden barrier, Gu He spoke with some surprise, "So this is a Beast Spirit Barrier—formed only when exceptionally powerful magical beasts perish!"
This kind of barrier could only be opened by someone who shared the same bloodline as the beasts that created it.
If one tried to break through by force, the space inside would destabilize, destroying everything within.
Gu He remembered that this particular Beast Spirit Barrier had been formed from the deaths of a powerful Taixu Ancient Dragon and an ancient Heavenly Phoenix.
He didn’t possess the blood of a Heavenly Phoenix—
But he did have a drop of Zi Yan’s essence blood.
Gu He quickly used that drop of blood to draw a mark onto the Beast Spirit Barrier.
Under his watchful gaze, the area touched by Zi Yan’s blood began to ripple with strange spatial fluctuations.
A moment later, a faint purple crack slowly tore open on the golden barrier.
As the crack appeared, Gu He didn’t hesitate for a second—he stepped right in.
The moment he entered, the golden light rippled, and the crack vanished instantly.
Upon entering the Beast Spirit Barrier, Gu He’s surroundings changed immediately.
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In its place stretched a desolate plain.
The plain was vast, covered in blood-red sand, as if dyed by centuries of slaughter. Amid the red, there were patches of bone-white—like bleached ash.
Looking ahead, Gu He spotted a massive, ancient stone altar at the center of the plain. It stood over a hundred zhang tall.
A faint pressure radiated from it, but it didn’t affect Gu He at all.
With a flash, he appeared atop the altar.
Up close, the ancient, timeworn atmosphere of the altar swept over him.
He stood at its midpoint. Looking up, he could see a staircase of green stone stretching all the way to the summit.
Without pause, Gu He flickered once again, arriving at the top.
There, in the center of the altar, was a stone platform colored gold and purple.
At its center was a half-foot-wide groove.
And within that groove—
A tiny sapling had begun to grow.
(End of Chapter)
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