It wasn't some strange python, but a vine covered in honeycomb-like tiny holes, densely packed and looking extremely frightening.
The vine appeared silently, slowly approaching Long Chen. Its body swayed with his steps, and its position was exactly the corner of Long Chen's perception.
Although theoretically human perception is all-encompassing, nothing is absolute; even comprehensive perception varies in strength.
Humans have sensory blind spots: the center of the chest, running parallel to the back, passing through the spine and then extending outward in a straight line.
Besides that, blind spots leaning toward the left rear and right rear are also perception blind spots. These three perception blind spots are the places most easily targeted by assassins.
Because when attacked at these three points, a person's reaction speed is the slowest, so most assassins choose to strike at one of these three points when sneaking attacks.
And this vine, sprawling out of thin air like a monstrous python, slowly approached the blind spot behind Long Chen's heart from the void.
Its swinging frequency matched Long Chen's steps, keeping it in a perception blind spot and presenting a state of "invisibility."
"Brother Long Chen..."
"Shh, I saw it." Long Chen told Huo Ling'er not to speak, as that would distract him.
From the moment that vine appeared, Long Chen had already sensed its presence. Aside from the Great Brahma Heavenly Scripture, there were very few powers capable of deceiving the perception of the Nine Star Overlord Body Technique.
However, Long Chen didn't want to alert it, so he let it slowly approach him. This was a powerful being, but he couldn't sense its aura, which meant that the vine was merely probing; its true form was not here.
"Hehe, so Brother Long Chen is about to cause trouble again." Huo Ling'er couldn't help but laugh.
Long Chen walked cautiously along the way, occasionally glancing back and moving his body constantly. No matter how Long Chen turned, the vine in the mist remained stuck in his perception blind spot, and he could never see it.
When the vine, as thick as an arm, was only about a zhang from Long Chen, he suddenly stopped, and at the very moment he stopped, the vine also came to a halt.
Long Chen seemed to sense something, his body spinning rapidly, and the vine spun with him, but Long Chen never saw it.
Long Chen seemed to relax and continued forward, but the moment he took a step forward, the vine suddenly accelerated and wrapped around Long Chen's neck in an instant.
Long Chen cried out in surprise. The vine was incredibly fast. The moment it wrapped around Long Chen's neck, it suddenly dragged him into the sand.
Long Chen struggled relentlessly, but was soon buried by the sand. The traces of struggle slowly disappeared, and the earth returned to its original state.
"Boom!"
Long Chen was dragged underground by a tremendous force, struggling incessantly. Scales appeared all over his body, creaking loudly on them.
It turned out that the vine bore countless tiny holes, and when the vines wrapped around Long Chen, sharp spikes like blades sprouted from those holes.
The spikes pierced the dragon scales, making a creaking sound. The hard scales were scratched with white marks.
Long Chen was shocked. Even if his dragon scales were struck by an immortal divine weapon, they would leave no trace.
Who would have thought that this vine could produce blades as sharp as divine weapons? If Long Chen hadn't been replaced, the power of his Dragon Armor would have greatly increased, making it impossible to withstand these terrifying spikes.
The spikes were dark red and coated with a sticky liquid. The liquid was pungent and foul-smelling, clearly highly toxic. If this thing invaded his body, Long Chen felt that even his own flesh might not be able to withstand it.
Long Chen struggled "wildly," just as he was dragged underground, dozens of vines suddenly wrapped around him, binding him tightly and dragging him into the endless depths.
The soil beneath the earth was extremely soft, entirely made of white bones and dust. No matter how Long Chen struggled, he could not change his fate of being dragged deep underground.
With a loud explosion, Long Chen was dragged along a passage into an underground world. This place lay tens of thousands of li underground, yet formed a strange hollow place.
This space was vast, filled with roots and stems resembling monstrous pythons, supporting this underground space.
The underground space was extremely clean. In the core area, there was a blood pool, and at its center, a dazzling divine light like the sun illuminated the entire space.
"Ancient mutant species, Great Sun Divine Sunflower?"
When he saw the sunflower, which looked like a spinning sun, Long Chen's eyes nearly popped out—he recognized this legendary divine medicine.
The Great Sun Divine Sunflower exists only in legend. It is said to have been born and lost in the primordial era, and after the primordial era, no one has ever seen it again.
The Great Sun Divine Sunflower is a divine herb of utmost hardness and yang, with potent properties. It is one of the representative yang-type divine medicines and the strongest medicine for refining masculine attribute pills.
The Great Sun God Sunflower looks no different from ordinary sunflowers, except its flower head can shine with a sun-like brilliance, and every seed on the flower plate is a peerless treasure.
Any male strongman, regardless of race, eating one can unleash powerful masculine energy, multiplying stamina and endurance several times over and accelerating bloodline awakening.
Besides these, it has an extremely extraordinary effect: it can treat male infertility.
It should be understood that the stronger a cultivator's strength, the lower the chance of reproducing offspring, and whether they can reproduce mainly depends on the male.
Of course, this is also a law of the Heavenly Dao. If a Saint King can have descendants like ordinary people, marry dozens of wives, and have dozens of children every year, each child gifted, the world would fall into chaos.
Therefore, some immortal powerhouses may not be able to produce a child even after tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years, showing just how difficult this is.
However, the Great Sun Divine Sunflower possesses a heaven-defying ability that greatly increases the probability of reproduction. Not to mention, just this alone makes it a priceless treasure coveted by countless powerful individuals.
"Rumble rumble...
Endless tentacles pulled Long Chen toward the blood pool. Long Chen was still struggling desperately, trying to appear extremely terrified, but powerless.
"Buzz!"
At that moment, the blood pool boiled, and then a huge head slowly appeared. Before Long Chen could see its face clearly, its huge mouth opened wide and it sucked fiercely.
"Whoosh"
Long Chen's body suddenly lost control and was sucked into the huge mouth. The moment Long Chen entered the mouth, Long Chen shouted sharply, his entire body erupting with blood energy.
"Thunderfire Apocalypse!"
Long Chen shouted, thunder in his left hand, flames in his right—two powers erupting simultaneously.