Chapter 2023 - 2001: Mystery

Looking at the Blood Demon Vine, which had already transformed into a gigantic mushroom cloud, Lin Mo's lips curved into a sly smile of excitement.

The Blood Demon Vine had now reached 'Extreme Dao' quality, and its physique was vast and immense. Strictly speaking, it wasn't considered a 'Nine-Turned Asura' because its vast physique allowed it to devour millions of Evil Essence.

It completely replaced quality with quantity.

For example, one square meter could accommodate one Evil Essence. Now fully extended, the Blood Demon Vine was equivalent to the size of two Dragon Platform Cities, accommodating an enormous number of Evil Essence.

"Devoured clean." The rich blood fog atop Blood Peak had become incredibly thin, and the Blood Demon Vine had no more 'Blood Evil Qi' to devour. One Blood Peak was equivalent to billions of Evil Essence, most of which had accumulated and settled over the years, becoming part

of the mountain body, transforming into blood-red crystals as solid form couldn't be directly absorbed. This was the reason why Blood Demon Vine only absorbed millions of Evil Essence despite Blood Peak being akin to billions.

Whizz!

Lin Mo's figure moved, his clothes fluttering as he flew into the air, overlooking the crystalline, enchanting Blood Peak below. This peak was formed from Essence crystals; although they couldn't be absorbed directly, it was still a valuable treasure worth keeping.

"Rise!"

With a soft command. The Blood Demon Vine began to writhe furiously, extending countless dark red vines, each a kilometer in diameter and tens of thousands of miles long, slithering down the mountain like tentacles of a deep-sea giant beast, swiftly extending downward. Within moments, hundreds of

vines had covered the peak, wrapping and entwining the mountain body.

Rumble! Hundreds of vines exerted force simultaneously, their surfaces revealing streams of blood like veins, generating immense strength, shaking Blood Peak and causing the surrounding mountains to tremble violently.

Rumble! Rumble!

The hundreds of massive vines pulled with force, extracting Blood Peak from the ground, wrapping it in countless vine tentacles holding it suspended in the air.

Lin Mo took out a Space Ring, employing a Dharma Seal, directly storing Blood Peak inside the ring.

"Can't abandon the Blood Peak within other Asura Towers either."

Lin Mo gazed at the sky, at the Blood Demon Vine soaring like a giant cloud, smiling. But due to its size, he couldn't transform it into armor for protection; Lin Mo had to store it inside a Space Ring. Sensing Lin Mo's thoughts, the Blood Demon Vine automatically snapped a vine, which then flew to Lin

Mo, transforming into a dark red liquid that wrapped around his body. In an instant, the liquid spread all over, solidifying into dark armor, its surface metallic with a faint glow and magma-like veins swimming across, soft yet sturdy, providing strong defense and

the extraordinary healing ability of life-class armor.

Knowing its current size couldn't protect its master as armor, the Blood Demon Vine had taken a section of vine to transform into armor for Lin Mo.

"Good stuff," Lin Mo remarked at his armor, with its key areas like shoulders, elbows, arms, and knees densely covered. Squeezing his palm, he felt the armor's connection with his thoughts, and with a mental command, red scales emerged on the armor

, fierce and terrifying.

He summoned, and a Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Sword flew into his arm, striking it; the armor bore only a shallow mark, which healed instantly. "Now with this 'Extreme Dao' armor, I won't be as vulnerable when encountering a Sixth Transition Shura World General," Lin Mo thought again, the Blood Demon Vine armor's red scales retracted, it hid beneath his outer coat, becoming a thin

lining, adhering to his skin, automatically adjusting to skin temperature, making it almost imperceptible.

Having done all this, Lin Mo didn't rush to leave but instead took out a Space Ring, his eyes gleaming with sharp insight.

Recently busy cultivating the Blood Demon Vine, he hadn't yet examined the two strange black iron trees cut down at the mansion entrance.

At that time, Lin Mo noticed these black iron trees were peculiar, but everyone was focused on the treasures and Asura secret techniques within the mansion, ignoring those ugly, ominous trees.

Lin Mo flew to a forest, retrieved the two cut-down black iron trees from his Space Ring, and placed them on the ground.

The black iron trees were pitch-black, with dull surfaces devoid of leaves or flowers, appearing extremely ugly.

Why would such ugly black trees be left at a mansion entrance? Lin Mo sensed something strange, so he decided to cut and carry them as he left.

"What secrets are here? Why would a top cultivator leave these two ominous trees at a mansion entrance? If for decoration, they'd choose beautiful immortal trees!"

Lin Mo furrowed his sword-shaped brows, pondering deeply, ultimately summoning the Xuanyuan Sword, bringing together his thumb and index finger, True Yuan flowing at the fingertips.

Whoosh!

Xuanyuan Sword transformed into a hazy stream of light, directly slicing toward the two black trees.

Xuanyuan Sword, a 'Quasi-Extreme Weapon,' also being Lin Mo's lifebound flying sword, its power was unparalleled.

Thump! Thump!

The two black trees snapped, their trunks revealing two thin, paper-like gold foils, the gold light swirling.

"Truly hidden within Qian Kun."

Lin Mo quickly summoned the two thin gold foils before him, concentrating on examining them, discovering a secret technique recorded within.

"Asura Secret Technique, Instant Teleportation."

Lin Mo's eyes widened with delight.

Instant Teleportation could only be performed by those reaching Realm King level, and who had comprehended Space Law.

Its principle was the physical body enduring space distortion's pressure, while cultivators with Space Law comprehension could manipulate some laws to enable long-distance instantaneous movement.

Generally, teleportation happens in an instant, covering distances of millions to tens of millions of kilometers.

The specific distance relies on the user's physical endurance to space distortion and their Space Law comprehension level.

Currently, Lin Mo's mastered 'Fake Instant Teleportation' reaches only tens of thousands of miles, not yet true teleportation.

Realm Kings were formidable due to their teleportation ability; whether escaping danger or pursuing enemies, they did so with ease.

"I never expected to acquire an Asura secret technique." Lin Mo was thrilled.

"The former mansion owner must have had an eccentric character, leaving such treasure secret techniques hidden in ugly black trees at the entrance, unnoticed by anyone."

While not a combat secret technique, in the Asura Battlefield, a defensive treasure or life-saving treasure was more valuable than an attack treasure. Mastering the Instantaneous Technique provided a chance to survive encounters with Realm King level opponents.

Lin Mo excitedly stored the thin gold foils, his figure shifting, disappearing from sight. Before leaving the 17th Asura Tower, he had to master this secret technique. The Asura Body's innate strength and sharp space law perception gave him an edge in cultivating such a 'secret technique.'