Chapter 1234 - Ancestral Trees Branch
Elder Long had already reached the gate. Part of him still held onto the faint hope that Liu Wuxie could create another miracle, but reason told him otherwise. In the long history of the sect, only three people had ever survived the Maneater Worms.
Just as he was about to leave, the three elders called out to him. He hesitated for a heartbeat before turning back toward the crystal wall.
In the blink of an eye, Elder Long vanished from the gate, reappearing so swiftly that the gust of his movement sent the three elders flying backward. They crashed to the ground but took no offense, scrambling to their feet and hurrying over to stand at his side. Together, their eyes locked on the crystal wall.
On the projection, Liu Wuxie formed hand seals. White radiance spilled out, weaving like silkworm thread and cocooning his body in a luminous shell.
Even after so many years of cultivation, he had not comprehended the Light Dao Art, let alone the Light Mythical Art. Since entering the Astral Domain, the light element in his body had weakened to the point where he could no longer wield light laws. Yet he could still manipulate the faint trace of that element, enough to wrap himself in a protective cocoon.
"That's the power of light!" one elder exclaimed, stunned.
The four of them stared in disbelief. They had never expected that Liu Wuxie had a grasp of the light element, even though he was so young.
"Could it be that the Maneater Worms fear light?" another elder muttered, eyes wide.
Evidently, even the four of them were unaware of the worms' weakness. None had ever dared to set foot in the Cannibal Valley to test it. No cultivator in their right mind would volunteer their life to uncover such a secret.
Liu Wuxie, however, knew a little. He understood that fire could drive the worms back, though not effectively. Light, he reasoned, could hold the true key.
In an instant, the cocoon of radiance engulfed him, and a glowing sphere pulsed on the tree branch in his place. A bizarre scene unfolded before the elders' eyes—the Maneater Worms slithered forward until they reached three meters from him, the edge of the light's reach. There, they stopped. Not one dared take another step closer.
They clustered together at the boundary of darkness, quivering.