Chapter 176: Gargantuan Lands (1/2)

After playing with her sword a bit more, everyone rested for the night. It was a peaceful night and it was relaxing, something they would need for this next zone.

If the Third Zone had Rank 3 and Rank 4 treasures and monsters, then the Fourth Zone had Rank 5. This particular number was a threshold. Anything above was capable of massive destruction, crushing cities and even small kingdoms. At this rank, such beasts were equal to early Sky Realm Cultivators and would require several high leveled Earth Realm cultivators to kill. Such as the Golden Claw Bear, which was only defeated after falling into a formation and getting surrounded by the 7th Demon Brigade. It was dangerous, much more dangerous.

Once they entered this area, any creature they find should be avoided. If not, they might be chased all the way back or worse, killed.

Everyone awakened to a somewhat cloudy day. There was little sun and no breeze. It had drizzled last night, making the ground soft. It seemed like a slow day, a day where one would have liked to sleep in. Unfortunately, this was no time to relax.

They left the pavilion and walked on a stone pathway. Further and further they walked, the grass began to grow taller, the trees were a little thicker. Before long, the grass reached to their chests and the trees towered above them.

”Look at this!”

Anqing pointed at a bush and took off what seemed to be a berry. She looked in amazement at the brilliant red fruit in her hands.

”This is as big as my hands!”

She looked at everything around her.

”It's all so...big, makes me feel smaller than I already am.”

Everyone felt the same. They felt small when they compared to everything else. To be the smallest thing here, it was strange and eerie.

They walked for hours and hours, feeling lost in their surroundings. It was only until the sun fell before they found what they were looking for.

”Hey, isn't that the Violet Cassia Tree?” Xukun called out.

Among the great trees before them was one very unique tree, with a deep purple trunk and violet leaves that shimmered under the moon. On the surface of the trunk was the Purple Adder Moss, it was a similar shade of color to the Violet Cassia Tree but it glowed ethereally.

It wasn't tremendously bright but the moss gave off a gentle glow, just enough to separate it from the trunk.

Reaching the base of the tree, Xukun looked up at the moss over a hundred meters above him. The others joined, staring at the tree.

”Now, its a matter of how we're going to get it”, he said.

Purple Adder Moss grew directly on the trunk and never touches the ground. It was a byproduct of the tree, created as a protective layer and a trap. After this moss was poison, any being unlucky enough to have been afflicted would find themselves frothing at the mouth and dead on the ground. Those victims would be rejoin the land and become food for the tree. If they were unlucky, they would meet the same fate.

”Don't worry, my master prepared me for this.”

Anqing took out several small pouches from her spatial ring and gave it out.

”These bags all have protective equipment for harvesting. With it, you shouldn't be affected by the moss. We don't need to collect too much, just a kilogram each should be enough.”

After receiving her pouch, Ming Yue opened it and took out a pair of white gloves. Blue embroidery decorated the gloves and revealed the words ”Poison” on the top of them. Putting them on, the gloves shrank to fit her hands and the blue embroidery glowed for a moment.

A refreshing wave of energy passed through her and she examined the gloves closely.

”Okay, now we should get climbing.”

Anqing moved first while the other two looked over their gloves.