"Hehe."

A voice like that of a child echoed through the wild, thorny vines, sounding so eerie.

Zhong Ling shivered, goosebumps rising on her skin. Fearfully, she hid behind Chen Nan: "Master, who's laughing?"

Chen Nan's eyes were fixed dead ahead. Countless vines swung incessantly, clawing like tentacles, and he clearly heard the laughter coming from the midst of the vines.

"Playing tricks!"

With a cold snort, a ball of Heaven-Burning Flame flew from his hand, landing on the vines, and instantly blazed into a towering inferno.

From the center of the vines came a child's voice again, but this time it was crying: "Wuu wuu... it hurts..."

In that moment, a pang of reluctance arose in Chen Nan's heart, and he subconsciously wanted to stop. But his expression abruptly shifted, and he quickly shook his head.

"It can even tempt the heart? If it weren't for my powerful divine soul, I might have been tricked!" He was shocked, not knowing what lay ahead.

Unexpectedly, Zhong Ling suddenly rushed forward, her face streaked with tears: "Master, you're too cruel!"

Seeing her about to dash into the fire, Chen Nan quickly dashed forward and pulled her back, simultaneously deploying the Buddhist Relic.

Soft Buddha Light fell upon Zhong Ling, making her expression a bit dazed. Soon she regained clarity, and thinking of her earlier actions, she shuddered all over.

"Master, I..."

Chen Nan raised his hand, shaking his head: "No need to say more, you were bewitched just now, even I almost fell for it."

Seeing the temptation ineffective, the unknown entity suddenly lashed out in anger, countless vines burst forth from the flames, some as hard as iron, some as soft as ropes.

The raging flames could not harm the essence of the vines.

"Retreat!"

Chen Nan pushed Zhong Ling aside, a thought flashed, and a green light flew from his chest, instantly emerging from the ground as a towering tree.

There was a wooden house atop the tree, and countless vines hung from its branches, it was Chen Nan's Spirit Root, the Wood Demon.

Both were vines, let's see which is stronger.

Countless vines wove densely together, appearing more intense than a beast's struggle, sometimes breaking off and still wriggling on the ground.

Rumble!

From beneath the ground arose countless more vines, some thicker than Chen Nan himself, swaying like giant pythons, fiercely striking the Wood Demon.

The Wood Demon's branches were also entangled, and with a fierce tug, the branches snapped, and dots of green light floated from the break.

Seeing the Wood Demon falter against the unknown entity, anger surged in Chen Nan's heart: "If flames are useless, then I'll use the sword!"

With those words, he stomped the ground fiercely, his body shot forward like a cannonball. With Sword Chenyuan in hand, the Flying Locust Daggers before him, he slashed through the vines in an instant.

Chen Nan plunged into the vines, Sword Chenyuan unleashed sharp Sword Qi, cutting a path through the vines, seeking to uncover what controlled these vines.

More and more vines blocked his way, each one transforming into sharp wooden thorns, piercing densely toward him.

"Wind Blade!"

Chen Nan growled, the Wind Pearl spinning madly within him, wind from a thousand meters around seemed to gather in his hands and then burst out.

With a swish, countless wooden thorns snapped, seizing the moment to advance further, yet the deeper he went, the more vines there were, and they became ever more sword-like.

At first, one strike could cut through, then it required two, then three, four, his progress slowed, countless vines entwined around him, tightening, as though to crush flesh and bone!

Surrounded on all sides by vines, Chen Nan was engulfed entirely.

"Ah! Break for me!"

Bearing his teeth, Chen Nan roared, his body swelled, the vines ensnaring him snapped one by one, his hands transformed into claws, appearing demon-like!

"I'll see what you are!"

He snarled, tearing the vines apart with clawing swipes, nearing the light, but then a massive vine, pillar-thick, emerged before him, seemingly the main vine.

"Die!"

With a pointed finger, Hongmeng Origin Thunder streamed from his fingertip, landing like liquid on the vine, instantly a blinding white light engulfed their vision.

Rumble!

The thunder crackled, deep within the vines came a cry of fear, barely audible though.

When the white light faded, Chen Nan saw the thick vine felled, charred black, still smoking, as if roasted.

Seizing the chance, Chen Nan bypassed the vines, emerging into an open space, free of thick vines, with only a small clearing.

As with the Blood Jade Ginseng earlier, the clearing's center also grew a piece of spiritual medicine, exuding rich Spiritual Energy waves, emitting a faint white glow.

It was a small tree, only person-high, leafless, with a single lonely fruit hanging from its branch, shaped like an infant.

"Hehe... wuu wuu..."

The fruit emitted sounds, seeming chaotic, sometimes crying, sometimes laughing, while the vines were just the tree's roots.

Seeing the fruit, Chen Nan's gaze never wavered, a bold guess rising in his heart: "Could this be... the Xuanyuan Immortal Embryo Fruit?"

He had never seen such spiritual medicine, but he had read descriptions, precisely a tree-grown, infant-shaped fruit.

Moreover, the Xuanyuan Immortal Embryo Fruit could use everything around it for protection, making acquiring it extremely perilous.

The fruit was infant-shaped, skillfully using roots as weapons for protection, perfectly aligning with descriptions of the Xuanyuan Immortal Embryo Fruit.

Crucially, while an Immortal Embryo Fruit, it could mimic human sounds, an exact match for the fruit before him.

"Truly wishes come true." Chen Nan was overjoyed, slowly approaching the tree.

Upon reflection, finding a Xuanyuan Immortal Embryo Fruit here wasn't surprising, if here was once an Immortal Dynasty, cultivating spiritual materials for Breaking Infant Pill would be expected.

Xuanyuan Immortal Embryo Fruit is not only for making Breaking Infant Pills but also an ingredient for many high-level elixirs, with broad applications.

Chen Nan took out a jade box, carefully plucked the Xuanyuan Immortal Embryo Fruit, placing it inside, the vines seeming to suddenly die, quickly withered.

Just as he was about to leave, he paused, his gaze fell upon the Immortal Embryo Fruit's tree.