The Banxianshu was very fast. Fang Chen followed closely behind it. Soon, the two of them arrived at the deepest part of the Devil Mountain Range.
There were a large number of corpses here. A dense aura of death filled the entire space. At the center of the corpses was a huge black vine. It was the blood-red Devil Vine.
The blood-red Devil Vine was currently absorbing the dense aura of death and undergoing its final transformation.
"This is the blood-red Devil Vine?"
Fang Chen looked at the black vine and asked in a low voice.
"Correct. This is the blood-red Devil Vine. It's currently transforming," said the Banxianshu gravely.
As a Banxianshu, it understood the blood-red Devil Vine the best. Otherwise, it would not have come here to look for it.
Right now, it was undergoing its final transformation. Once it completed its transformation, it would become incomparably terrifying.
"How do we stop it?" asked Fang Chen.
"Let's get rid of these corpses first," said the Banxianshu.
The blood-red Devil Vine had taken root in the pile of corpses. It needed to absorb enough aura of death to transform itself. What the Banxianshu needed to do was to destroy the pile of corpses.
"Alright."
Fang Chen nodded. He then activated his Concept of Fire. Boundless black flames instantly spread out. Then Fang Chen strode towards the pile of corpses.
Hiss!
The black flames were extremely domineering. They possessed a trace of the Undying Flame's characteristics. So, the corpses were unable to resist at all in front of the black flames. They were instantly reduced to dust.
Seeing this scene, the Banxianshu was a little surprised. The black flames on Fang Chen's body were too domineering.
"Damned human!"
The evolving blood-red Devil Vine let out a furious roar. Clearly, it had sensed a trace of danger from the black flames. However, it was currently in the most critical moment of its evolution and could not move at all.
Crash!
No matter how Fang Chen burned the corpses, around fifteen minutes later, the piles of corpses in the depths of the mountain range had all disappeared. They were replaced by dust.
After the pile of bones was burned, the Blood-red Devil Vine was exposed to Fang Chen and the Banxianshu.
"What should we do next?" Fang Chen turned to look at the Banxianshu and asked.
"Leave the rest to me," Banxianshu said.
Fang Chen nodded. His body was surrounded by extremely dense black flames. He was carefully on guard. If the Banxianshu was in danger, he would rescue them immediately.
At that moment, the main body of the Banxianshu kept moving, and in the blink of an eye, it came before the blood-red Demonic Vine. Then, countless branches and leaves stretched out and wrapped around the body of the blood-red Demonic Vine.
"Do you want to die?"
The Crimson Demonic Vine roared furiously. It couldn't wait to devour the Banxianshu, but it couldn't do so now.
"If I devour you, I will have a chance to become an immortal tree," the Banxianshu said coldly.
In the next moment, the Banxianshu's countless branches and leaves shone brightly. Then, an ancient aura spread out.
Fang Chen discovered that the Banxianshu was slowly devouring the vines of the blood-red Demonic Vine.
"I hope it will go smoothly," Fang Chen thought to himself.
Hiss!
As the Banxianshu devoured the vines, the vines of the blood-red Demonic Vine were constantly disappearing. It roared furiously. There was a scarlet color on its main body.
This scarlet color was a sign that it was transforming. As long as the scarlet color completely disappeared, it would complete its transformation.
"I want you dead!"
The blood-red Demonic Vine roared furiously. However, it still didn't move. Instead, it persevered, waiting for the scarlet color on its main body to disappear.
As time passed, the scarlet color on its main body became very faint. It was about to disappear.
If it was given a little more time, it would complete its transformation. It kept reminding itself that it must endure. If it couldn't help but act impulsively, all its previous efforts would be in vain.
Ah!
The blood-red Demonic Vine kept letting out miserable cries. However, its main body didn't move at all.
The Banxianshu seized this opportunity and continued to devour.
After an hour, the countless vines of the blood-red Demonic Vine were all devoured by the Banxianshu. Then, the Banxianshu's gaze landed on the main body of the blood-red Demonic Vine.
As long as it devoured the main body of the blood-red Demonic Vine, the latter would be completely dead.
The Banxianshu's branches and leaves quickly extended. In the end, they wrapped around the main body of the blood-red Demonic Vine and started to absorb the energy within the body of the blood-red Demonic Vine.
"Damn it!"
The blood-red Demonic Vine roared furiously. It discovered that as the Banxianshu absorbed the energy, its evolution had become extremely slow.
Finally, the blood-red Demonic Vine couldn't take it anymore and exploded.
At this moment, it couldn't care less. An extremely wild aura erupted from its main body. Countless vines shot out in an instant and attacked the Banxianshu.
Bang!
Seeing this, the Banxianshu flung out its branches and leaves. They collided with the vines of the blood-red Demonic Vine. A deafening sound erupted when the two collided.
"You're ruining my evolution. I'll kill you!"
The scarlet color on the main body of the blood-red Demonic Vine gradually dimmed. This indicated that the evolution of the blood-red Demonic Vine had ended in failure.
It had waited so long for an opportunity to evolve. It didn't expect the Banxianshu to ruin it. The blood-red Demonic Vine was extremely furious. It couldn't wait to kill the Banxianshu and Fang Chen.
Huala!
The vines of the blood-red Demonic Vine shot out from its main body in an instant and attacked the Banxianshu.
The Banxianshu also noticed the blood-red Demonic Vine's attack. It roared loudly, "Why aren't you coming to help?"
Hearing that, Fang Chen was stunned. He immediately grasped the Hidden Star Sword and used the Flowing Water Swordsmanship.
Sixty-four water ripples appeared in the sky. These water ripples instantly merged with the Hidden Star Sword and stabbed at one of the vines of the blood-red Demonic Vine.
Puchi!
The Hidden Star Sword carried a majestic Sword Intent. It was too sharp. When it stabbed at the vines, it instantly cut them apart.
Afterwards, Fang Chen continued to use the Flowing Water Swordsmanship. He used his powerful attack to cut at the vines on the main body of the blood-red Demonic Vine.
"Kid, I'll keep it busy. You go destroy its main body," the Banxianshu roared loudly.
Afterwards, the Banxianshu's main body erupted with resplendent light. Countless vines instantly flew out and engaged in an intense battle with the blood-red Demonic Vine.
With the Banxianshu keeping it busy, Fang Chen easily arrived before the main body of the blood-red Demonic Vine. He then used the Hidden Star Sword to continuously attack its main body.
Puchi!
Every time the Hidden Star Sword landed, a sword mark would appear on the main body of the blood-red Demonic Vine.
One or two sword marks did not do much damage to the blood-red Demonic Vine. However, they could not withstand Fang Chen's crazy hacking.
In a short while, there were countless sword marks on the main body of the blood-red Demonic Vine. These sword marks stacked together and caused the blood-red Demonic Vine to be injured.
"Ah!"
The blood-red Demonic Vine let out an angry roar. Thick vines emerged from its main body, wanting to restrain Fang Chen.
Seeing this, the latter quickly retreated. At the same time, black flames appeared around him. As soon as the black flames appeared, the blood-red Demonic Vine sensed danger.
Fang Chen used the Flowing Water Swordsmanship as he urged the black flames to attack the blood-red Demonic Vine.
Just like that, under the joint attack of Fang Chen and the Banxianshu, the blood-red Demonic Vine finally could not hold on after an hour.
"I can't accept this!"
The blood-red Demonic Vine let out a miserable cry. A large hole appeared on its main body. It was pierced by Fang Chen's Hidden Star Sword.
Now that it was seriously injured, its combat power was greatly reduced. It could no longer withstand the attacks of Fang Chen and the Banxianshu.
"Go to hell."
Seeing this, the Banxianshu seized the opportunity. With a low roar, its main body leaped up and took root on the main body of the blood-red Demonic Vine. It quickly absorbed the energy within the body of the blood-red Demonic Vine.
As for Fang Chen, he instantly set up the Void Plunder Formation to help the Banxianshu steal the energy within the body of the blood-red Demonic Vine.
At this point, the blood-red Demonic Vine had been completely stopped by Fang Chen and the Banxianshu.
With the Void Plunder Formation, the speed at which the Banxianshu absorbed energy increased significantly. At the same time, its main body was also undergoing changes.
Fifteen minutes later, the blood-red Demonic Vine was completely devoured by the Banxianshu.
The Banxianshu's body landed on the ground. Its body emitted a bright light. It was very happy.
"Finished absorbing?" Fang Chen looked at the Banxianshu and asked.
"Yes, it's all thanks to you this time," the Banxianshu said.
"This blood-red Demonic Vine doesn't seem to be as powerful as what is recorded in the books," Fang Chen said in a low voice.
Hearing this, the Banxianshu said directly, "This blood-red Demonic Vine is only underage. If we encounter an adult blood-red Demonic Vine, both of us will die here."
Hearing the Banxianshu's words, Fang Chen was also stunned. He did not expect the blood-red Demonic Vine to be underage.
No wonder the books said that the blood-red Demonic Vine was very powerful. It could release countless vines in an instant. Once an ancient martial art practitioner was entangled, they would definitely die.
Some of the more powerful blood-red Demonic Vines were so powerful that even a high-level Spiritual Vortex Realm ancient martial art practitioner would not dare to face them alone.
"I see," Fang Chen said. "After absorbing the blood-red Demonic Vine, can you evolve into an Immortal Tree?"
This was the question that Fang Chen was most concerned about.
Once the Banxianshu evolved into an Immortal Tree, he would also benefit.
"There are many conditions to evolve into an Immortal Tree. Energy is only one of them. At the moment, I do not have the conditions to evolve into an Immortal Tree. However, after absorbing the blood-red Demonic Vine, I am one step closer to becoming an Immortal Tree," the Banxianshu said in a low voice.
There was probably no Immortal Tree in the entire Ancient Sword Continent.
In history, any existence that could evolve into an Immortal Tree stood at the top of the Ancient Sword Continent.