Chu Lingwei was almost certain that they were now beneath the Dark Night Forest.
Otherwise, the vastness under the flowing water would not be so immense.
In the boundless cave, they encountered only spirit beasts, no cultivators.
This was no solution.
If things continued like this, Chu Lingwei did not know when she would encounter a living cultivator, let alone find her birth mother.
Chu Lingwei, riding her flying magical artifact, removed the concealment barrier around herself, making her presence public.
"Weiwei, what are you doing?" Huanmao was startled by Chu Lingwei's actions. If Weiwei did not conceal her aura, all the spirit beasts around them would discover them and rush towards them.
"We can't find them, so we have to let them find us." It was difficult to find someone in this unfamiliar place, but it was not difficult to let the people here know her whereabouts.
"What are you going to do?" Huanmao guarded Chu Lingwei's side, vigilantly observing their surroundings. As soon as any spirit beast moved towards them, he would discover them at the first moment.
"Stirring up trouble."
Chu Lingwei summoned her bronze ancient sword and took out a bag of beast-attracting powder from her space. She said to Huanmao beside her, "Be extremely careful not to let those spirit beasts harm yourself."
"Don't worry, Weiwei, I will definitely not let them harm me."
Huanmao nodded vigorously, his spiritual power surging, ready to fight at any moment.
Chu Lingwei threw the beast-attracting powder into the air, and soon, the air was filled with its scent.
As the name suggests, beast-attracting powder is made from a spiritual herb that all spirit beasts love. As long as spirit beasts smell this scent, they will rush towards the source.
Soon, Chu Lingwei felt a powerful aura rushing towards them.
"Maomao, stay on the side."
Chu Lingwei wanted the cultivators here to notice her, so she needed them to perceive the spiritual energy of cultivators in this area.
Huanmao took a step back, staring intently at the giant mutated spirit beast rushing towards Chu Lingwei.
This should be an eighth-rank Giant Spirit Elephant. At this moment, its pointed tusks had transformed into dragon horns, its limbs were covered in barbs, and its body was covered in scales, making it look terrifying.
"Weiwei, be careful."
Huanmao couldn't help but break into a cold sweat for Chu Lingwei. This eighth-rank Giant Spirit Elephant was very powerful.
Xuantian Burning Fire.
Chu Lingwei's true goal was not to fight, but to attract the attention of the cultivators here.
She flew forward and unleashed her most overbearing cultivation technique. Accompanied by the divine power of the bronze ancient sword, with just one move, she sent the eighth-rank Giant Spirit Elephant flying.
Huanmao's eyes widened in shock, never expecting Weiwei to be so powerful.
The eighth-rank Giant Spirit Elephant was sent flying, its head separated from its body. The residual power of its spiritual energy spread far and wide, causing the spirit beasts that were about to approach to retreat slightly.
Chu Lingwei calmly stepped forward, put the corpse of the eighth-rank Giant Spirit Elephant into her space, and waited for the next spirit beast to arrive.
Soon, the second spirit beast approached. It was also an eighth-rank spirit beast, but this one was very small, only the size of Chu Lingwei's palm, a delicate Swallow Sea Eagle.
Its cultivation was even more profound than the previous eighth-rank Giant Spirit Elephant, and coupled with its small size, fighting it would be somewhat difficult for Chu Lingwei.
"Weiwei, how about I set up a formation?" Huanmao suggested.
"No need."
Chu Lingwei glanced at the bronze ancient sword in her hand. Using a butcher's knife to kill a chicken, she would try today if this bronze ancient sword could kill this small spirit beast.
Without using any formations or barriers, Chu Lingwei engaged in back-and-forth combat with the eighth-rank Swallow Sea Eagle. The collision of their immense spiritual energies caused mountains to crumble and the earth to shake, creating quite a spectacle.
In less than a moment, Huanmao could no longer see Chu Lingwei and immediately rushed towards the area where they were fighting.
Chu Lingwei blew on her hand, looking at the eighth-rank Swallow Sea Eagle on the ground. It still had a trace of life left, and its eyes were filled with despair.
"Are there any cultivators here?"
Eighth-rank spirit beasts could already speak human language. The eighth-rank Swallow Sea Eagle's eyes were like those of a cultivator, filled with complex emotions. It seemed likely that it could understand her words.
A flash of surprise flickered in the Swallow Sea Eagle's eyes, but more was a sense of understanding.
This look made Chu Lingwei's heart sink. There must be something else wrong here.
"I'll give you one last chance. If you don't speak, I will directly crush your soul."
Chu Lingwei approached the Swallow Sea Eagle, the spiritual energy in her hand already tightly surrounding it. No matter how it struggled, it could not escape her grasp.
Fear flashed in the Swallow Sea Eagle's eyes, and it nodded vigorously.
"Where?" Chu Lingwei was direct.
The Swallow Sea Eagle stared into Chu Lingwei's eyes, remaining silent.
"Don't know? Or unwilling to say?" Chu Lingwei's eyes were filled with killing intent. If it shook its head, Chu Lingwei would end its life immediately.
The Swallow Sea Eagle's gaze flickered towards a direction, its eyes filled with fear.
Receiving her answer, Chu Lingwei waved her hand and directly put it into her spatial ring, instructing Shui Yi to lock it up in the dungeon.
"Weiwei, several spirit beasts are heading this way." They had already obtained the answer they wanted, so there was no need to tangle with these spirits.
"Yes, let's go."
Chu Lingwei stepped onto the bronze stone sword and flew in the direction indicated by the Swallow Sea Eagle.
Several powerful auras were rapidly approaching them from behind, having locked onto their trail.
"Form a formation."
Chu Lingwei swung her bronze ancient sword and began a massacre. The spirit beasts she killed were immediately thrown into her space.
"What is Weiwei doing? Killing so many spirit beasts?" Yu Qinghong frowned as he looked at the spirit beast corpses being thrown in. Weiwei had never killed so many spirit beasts at once.
"There's something wrong with these spirit beasts," Li Chen said, squatting in front of them. "Their bodies seem to have been eroded by something."
"Indeed," Yu Qinghong stroked his beard, a worried look in his eyes. "I hope Weiwei will be alright."
Chu Lingwei slew the last spirit beast, put its corpse into her space, and quickly left with Huanmao.
"Weiwei, you were amazing just now." Huanmao couldn't help but praise her. Weiwei had faced so many high-level spirit beasts without falling behind.
"You will be this powerful in the future too."
Chu Lingwei chuckled. Huanmao had not done badly either. With just one illusion technique, he had killed several spirit beasts, and his strength already made other spirit beasts fearful.
"I'm not," Huanmao's face flushed slightly, Weiwei was praising him.
Two days later.
Chu Lingwei stopped in front of a dense forest.
The dense forest before them was densely entwined with huge vines, leaving no gap at all.
"The cultivators aren't here, are they?" Huanmao tried to rush in but was repelled by a barrier.