Chapter 774

The more Gu Chen delved into soul path, the more he realized how terrifying the Man with a Bamboo Hat was in this aspect. Perhaps this was what Wu Lingxian wanted to tell him.

"If I want to defeat the Man with a Bamboo Hat, I can't be too far behind him in soul path. Otherwise, there's no hope at all. After I finish absorbing the Ancient Demon Soul Jade, my soul power should have a significant increase, and I'll be one step closer to him. For now, I should focus on finding Long Ao. "

Gu Chen abandoned the distracting thoughts in his mind, closed his eyes, and established as many connections as possible with the insect swarm.

The benefits of controlling the insect swarm to search were far better than searching with divine sense. The insect swarm could detect even more subtle abnormalities than divine sense, and they wouldn't let go of any possible details.

Hundreds of millions of Heaven Devouring Devil Insects scattered, and the amount of information they sent back was huge. Gu Chen quickly discovered the traces of a large number of barbarians.

The barbarian experts had been searching for Long Ao for many days, and their footprints were all over the vast forest. Searching on the basis that they had already searched would yield twice the result with half the effort.

Through the insect swarm, Gu Chen saw the old patriarch of the barbarian race and many barbarian elders. They wouldn't even notice an inconspicuous insect beside them, so they were completely unaware of Gu Chen's prying.

Gu Chen used the insect swarm to sort out the information they had obtained after their search, and he analyzed and determined where the missing Long Ao might have gone.

One day later, he had a rough guess.

"Could it be that he actually went there?"

Gu Chen got up, and he raised his head to look at the towering vine tree in the distance.

The vine tree was respectfully called the Vine Ancestor by the barbarians. It was the plant with the longest lifespan on this Desolate Star, and it was undoubtedly the overlord.

Including the branches and vines that extended out, it occupied a quarter of the area of this ancient star, and countless creatures lived and multiplied under its crown.

According to the analysis of the insect swarm's feedback, Gu Chen felt that Long Ao was most likely to go in the direction of the Vine Ancestor's main body!

The barbarian race had sent so many experts to search for him. And, each and every one of them was proficient in tracking in the jungle. However, they hadn't found Long Ao even after such a long time. This was a strange matter.

Gu Chen also noticed that the barbarian patriarch had deliberately avoided the direction of the Vine Ancestor in their search. It seemed that they were certain that Long Ao wouldn't go there.

Gu Chen did not know what the Barbarian Race was based on, but according to his analysis and deduction, there were two possible places that Long Ao could go.

Firstly, he had already died in the stomach of a powerful demonic beast. Secondly, it was where the Vine Ancestor was!

Therefore, Gu Chen decided to search in that direction. He ordered the hundreds of millions of demon bugs that were searching outside to move in the direction of the Vine Ancestor. They kept shrinking the range until the swarm gathered again. Then, he began to move in that direction.

Half a day later, the distance between Gu Chen and the Vine Ancestor's body was greatly shortened. He could clearly see the mottled tree rings on its body.

The closer he got to the Vine Ancestor, the surrounding environment began to change.

The most obvious change was that there were fewer and fewer vegetation. The plants that could be seen were getting bigger and more spiritual.

Gu Chen saw a bewitching red flower that was hundreds of feet long. It bloomed beautifully, and the flower bud actually swallowed a mammoth alive.

He saw a willow tree that actually had legs and was running wildly on the ground. Wherever it passed, the willow branches danced in the sky and strangled all the demonic beasts that it could see.

There were countless such powerful Wood Spirits. Some of the cultivations that they possessed made Gu Chen extremely afraid.

"This place is so terrifying. With Long Ao's cultivation, he is simply seeking his own death by entering here."

Gu Chen murmured. He somewhat understood why the barbarians avoided this place when searching.

This place was simply a forbidden place. Any living creature with spiritual wisdom would subconsciously avoid it.

Gu Chen began to doubt whether his judgment was wrong. No matter how stupid Long Ao was, he wouldn't drill into this place, right?

"En?"

As he was walking, Gu Chen's expression changed. Several Heaven Devouring Demon Insects seemed to have discovered something not far from him!

Swish!

He used the Stars and Moon Treading Steps and constantly appeared in the jungle. Soon, he arrived at the location.

"This is … Long Ao's saber?"

Gu Chen looked at the broken and bloodstained saber on the ground and recognized that it was the saber that Long Ao had used to attack him that night!

This was a breakthrough discovery. It meant that his analysis was not wrong. The other party was indeed advancing towards the Vine Ancestor's body!

"Looking at the appearance of this saber, Long Ao should have been injured. Why did he continue to move forward? He entered such a dangerous place alone. What is he thinking? "

Gu Chen frowned. Judging from the degree of drying of the blood on the saber, Long Ao was at least three days ahead of him. Moreover, he was injured. The situation was not good.

With a critical breakthrough, Gu Chen summoned all the Heaven Devouring Demon Insects back. There were too many dangers in this place. If the swarm continued to disperse, the losses would be quite serious.

He had already obtained Long Ao's saber and blood. After sensing with his heart, his pupils disappeared and were completely submerged by the green light.

The Gaze and Smell Divine Physique could sense the demonic aura left by the Ancient Demon Soul Jade across the galaxy. Gu Chen even had Long Ao's blood. How could he not find him across such a forest?

He set off again. His five senses were fully activated as he followed the smell of blood left by the other party.

Not long after, a loud roar came from the front.

Buzz —

The sound was extremely ear-piercing. It actually formed a terrifying sound wave attack. It shook Gu Chen's eardrums and made him feel pain. The blood in his body was fluctuating.

"What a powerful sound wave attack!"

Gu Chen had dabbled in sound waves. His heart trembled as he shielded his five senses. At the same time, his internal organs also made a sound.

Bang bang! Bang bang!

He also used a sound wave attack and integrated it into the other party's temperament. Only then did he feel better and move forward.

Not long after, he saw the originator of this sound wave.

It was actually a huge purple flower shaped like a trumpet. At this moment, it emitted a high-pitched sound wave from the flower bud. In front of it, there was a person on the verge of collapse and was bitterly holding on.

And its stem and leaves took this opportunity to slowly coil out, trying to take that person down.

That person was not Long Ao, who Gu Chen was looking for. It was Long Yun!

It was unknown why Long Yun had appeared here. At this moment, because of the sound wave attack, the blood in his body violently surged out like a crazy primordial beast.

The strength of his blood was not the slightest bit inferior to Gu Chen's, but in the face of the pervasive sound wave attack, he was helpless. He was about to become the morning glory's food.

Gu Chen was well-versed in the path of sound waves. He was not like Long Yun, who was under the opponent's attack head-on. At this moment, his hand pointed in the direction of the morning glory!

Yin and Yang energies intertwined and transformed into a Yin-Yang Divine Sword. It instantly passed through the void and slashed towards the stem and leaves of the morning glory!

Clang!

Although this demonic flower was adept in sound wave attacks, the stem and leaves were extremely weak. With this slash, it was instantly cut into two. The loud roar disappeared because of this.

Long Yun heaved a sigh of relief when he escaped danger. He turned around and saw Gu Chen walking over.