This is an extremely lush oasis, filled with flowers and grass. Around these plants, there are many green vines sprawling across the oasis, making it brim with vitality, resembling a green ocean. At the center of the oasis lies a deep blue lake, its water so clear that one can see fish swimming about.

  Upon discovering the oasis, Xing Peng, Shangguan Meiyu, Jin Disan, and others didn't rush towards it like other trial participants did. After all, before participating in this trial, they had already received some food from the red-haired envoy.

  Although it had been two days and the food they ate had been digested, at their level, not eating for a couple of days wasn't much of an issue, so there was no need to hurry. They walked at the back, observing the oasis as they moved.

  "God, what is this! Get away! Quick, get away!"

  "Help! Save me, please save me!"

  "......"

  Screams of terror suddenly erupted from those who had first rushed into the oasis. Along with these screams, the bodies of some martial artists exploded. When Xing Peng heard these screams, he was stunned, and his expression unnaturally changed. He had used the technique 'Heavenly Sight, Earthly Listen' to sense the oasis before, and it seemed like there were no signs of life. How could these martial artists who entered first emit such tragic screams?

  Immediately looking forward, Xing Peng's eyes revealed shock. Those trial participants who were at the forefront, the moment they reached the lake, the vines that sprawled across the oasis suddenly wrapped around their bodies. Some unsuspecting trial participants were instantly torn into pieces by the vines.

  "Xing Peng, be careful, these are man-eating vines! To think there are man-eating vines here, this is unbelievable!" Jin Disan's voice, slightly excited, rang beside Xing Peng.

  "Man-eating vine? What is that?" Before Xing Peng could respond, Xing Jianfeng, standing beside him, asked with some confusion. Although Xing Jianfeng had read many books in the Xing family, he had never come across any records about these man-eating vines.

  "Man-eating vines are a kind of mutant plant that naturally craves human blood. Its roots are filled with deadly poison, capable of easily paralyzing human nerves. Even Heaven Level martial artists could fall if attacked rashly by a man-eating vine. Therefore, one must never be entangled by these vines, as thousands of them will attack and kill you," Jin Disan explained, glancing at Xing Peng and the others with barely concealed joy. "However, although these man-eating vines are fierce, the essence contained within them is a cultivation treasure for martial artists, capable of significantly enhancing our Profound Qi cultivation."

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  Hearing this, the eyes of Xing Jianfeng and others lit up, each harboring intense interest in the man-eating vines.

  "Shssh!" Nearby, trial participants were occasionally killed by the man-eating vines. These vines, in a flash, lashed out with numerous whip shadows, and any trial participant who was not careful enough would be slain by these vines.

  While the vines attacked other trial participants, some vines near Xing Peng and his group also launched an attack towards them. Seeing these vines attack, Xing Peng and his companions did not hold back, each launching attacks at the vines.

  "Boom boom boom!" Xing Peng, taking the lead, used The Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, and any vine hit by his palm force instantly turned into debris. The powerful palm force created holes in the ground.

  Man-eating vines and Venus flytraps looked pleasing from afar, but once humans approached, they would attack. These man-eating vines were even more evil than Venus flytraps, attacking only humans and not any creature that came close.

  "Xing Peng, the man-eating vines on this oasis must have a main body hidden underground. As long as its main body is destroyed, these other vines will naturally die!" Jin Disan approached Xing Peng and said.

  "Main body?" Xing Peng frowned, then pushed his 'Heavenly Sight, Earthly Listen' technique to its limit. Initially, he hadn't detected any life signs from these man-eating vines because they were in a state of rest. But now, as these vines attacked the trial participants, Xing Peng suddenly detected extremely active life signs.

  Quickly locking onto the location of the man-eating vine's main body through sound, Xing Peng nodded at Jin Disan and then abruptly separated from the group, shooting towards the left side of the oasis like a cannonball. He then continuously launched palm strikes at the ground.

  "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The powerful palm force bombarded the ground, creating numerous cracks. As the ground cracked open, the earth shook violently, as if a life form had reached its end, shaking the entire oasis. Along with the shaking of the oasis, a thick essence suddenly oozed out from underground, along with a refreshing fragrance that abruptly entered Xing Peng's nostrils.

  The moment this fragrance entered Xing Peng's nostrils, his internal Profound Qi trembled violently, as if stimulated by something significant, causing his pupils to shrink and his eyes to fixate on the oozing essence.

  "Is this essence from the man-eating vine? It can actually provoke fluctuations in my internal Profound Qi!" Xing Peng was inwardly shocked.

  Almost at the moment Xing Peng caused the essence to ooze out from underground, the surrounding vines that attacked other trial participants suddenly stopped their assault, and all the vines turned into lifeless objects in an instant.

  Seeing the vines stop attacking, the nearby trial participants did not let down their guard, each cautiously watching their surroundings, filled with shock. In just a short moment, no less than forty trial participants had died on the oasis.

  Among these forty people, several martial artists had reached the late Earth Level! It was hard to believe that these late Earth Level martial artists could be killed by these mutant plants if one hadn't seen it with their own eyes.

  "This essence is so rich, it seems this man-eating vine must have lived for no less than a hundred years!" Jin Disan, following closely behind Xing Peng, came to his side, excitedly glanced at the essence on the ground, and then suddenly plunged his hand into the ground where the essence was erupting, pulling out a vine as thick as a thigh.