Chapter 310: The Human Face Flower, Yet Again
He guessed it was that old coot, the Han Family Master, but when he looked back, he saw the man was completely dejected, just staring at the ground as he walked.
’It’s not the Han Family Master?’
’Then who was sizing me up like a piece of merchandise?’
Han Li couldn’t make heads or tails of it, so he pushed the matter to the back of his mind for now, deciding to stay vigilant.
Feng Qi was extremely irritated. He had actually been trying to get a look at Yu An. That display of power from her just now had completely captured his attention.
’She’s so powerful, and her looks are more than decent. Even though she already has a husband and child, I don’t mind.’
’If I could marry Yu An, and with the Snow Flower seeds I have, how could the Feng family fail to prosper?’
Unfortunately, that guy named Han Li kept blocking his view, so he didn’t get a chance to take a good look.
’Then again, just staring won’t accomplish anything. I’d be better off thinking of a way to get closer and win the beauty’s favor.’
The path ahead was silent. The flowers and grass by the roadside gradually disappeared, leaving the sides of the path barren.
"An’an, it seems like there’s no more danger behind us."
Han Li glanced at the group of people behind them and thought to himself, ’I should have just shooed them away earlier. Then I could have changed into my beast form and carried Yu An.’
Yu An was thinking the same thing. Trudging forward like this was tedious and no fun at all. It would be much better to have Han Li carry her and get through this section quickly.
The couple exchanged a look and sighed in unison.
Behind them, Han Fengyun was itching for a fight. He whispered, "A yuan, how about I take care of them all..."
He made a throat-slitting gesture.
Mo Yan shot him an annoyed glare. "You have too much time on your hands. Stop thinking about murder and mayhem all the time."
Han Fengyun was a good man in every other respect, but during his years as the City Lord of Han Ling City, he had become far too bloodthirsty, and that hadn’t improved much even now.
"Fine."
Han Fengyun regretfully backed down, earning a sneer from Han Xiaoyun.
A chill ran down the spines of the Mo Family Head and the others, though it quickly faded. This sudden flash of cold, combined with the eerie silence of the place, made it feel all the more terrifying. They couldn’t wait to get out of there.
After walking for a while longer, a faint light appeared up ahead. Yu An’s eyes lit up.
’Could that be the exit?’
With this thought, their pace quickened. The closer they got, the brighter the light became. When they finally reached the source of the light, they found themselves in a large, open space with a round platform in the center.
When she saw what was on the platform, Yu An fell silent.
The source of the light was, in fact, a Luminous Pearl.
And surrounding the platform were some old acquaintances.
No, more like old, familiar flowers.
Yu An stared at the human face flowers surrounding the platform, and they stared back. The human face flowers froze, and the bones they were chewing fell from their mouths.
Bodies were scattered all around. Yu An recognized some of them—people who had spoken to her not long ago, now lifeless.
"Is it a dead end?!"
Feng Qi cried out, "Theoretically, every path should lead to an exit, so why... And what are these things? We didn’t see them when we came in!"
Besides the passage they were in, several other tunnels also led to this place.
The human face flowers were the second trial. After passing the previous trial with the skeletons, people would inevitably let their guard down and then be defeated by the human face flowers.
Yu An scanned the area and noticed many people were missing. She didn’t know if they had escaped or if the passages they took didn’t lead here.
But this wasn’t the time to dwell on that. The human face flowers were already charging at them.
Yu An was very particular about appearances, and in her eyes, the human face flowers were on par with zombies.
She quickly glanced at her own Beast Husband’s stunning face to cleanse her eyes, then commanded her army of vines to attack.
To be cautious, she didn’t summon the skeletons. ’What if the human face flowers eat skeletons?’
’They can even crush bones!’
The branches of the human face flowers could extend and retract. The others fought back in a panic at first, but after the chaos of the previous encounters, they slowly adapted.
Although the human face flowers were numerous, with Yu An there, the humans were able to hold their own.
To prevent the human face flowers from reviving or anything of the sort, Yu An used the same method as last time in the Mist Forest—smashing them to bits.
The kind of pulp on the ground that could never be pieced back together.
Seeing this, the Mo Family Head and the others followed her example. Through their combined efforts, the last human face flower was soon smashed to a pulp.
Yu An focused on protecting her own people, so Han Li and the others only suffered minor injuries. The Mo Family Head’s group, however, was in a miserable state.
Their already small group had been sharply reduced to just four people: the three family heads, and Feng Qi.
Only then did Yu An have a moment to examine the round platform. It was carved with intricate patterns that she studied closely, feeling they were somewhat familiar.
’I feel like I’ve seen them somewhere before.’
Out of the corner of her eye, she glimpsed Han Li dealing with the corpses scattered around, and she suddenly remembered!
"Mo Family Head," Yu An said, turning to the four of them, "this isn’t the way to the outside world. You should hurry back and find the correct path."
After the vicious battle, the Mo Family Head was still catching his breath. Hearing Yu An’s words, he was taken aback. "Miss, what about you?"
’If we don’t travel together, what will we do if we run into that horde of skeleton monsters again, or more of these strange, human-faced flowers?’
’There are only four of us left, and we’re injured. We definitely won’t be able to escape!’
"I don’t want to travel with you," Yu An said bluntly. "You go on ahead, so you don’t keep following us."
The Mo Family Head hadn’t expected her to be so direct, and he felt his old face flush with embarrassment. With Han Fengyun and Han Xiaoyun glaring at them like tigers watching their prey, they had no choice but to leave first.
Before leaving, Feng Qi glanced at Yu An. And that one glance was seen by Han Li.
It suddenly dawned on him. That gaze from before hadn’t been on him, but on Yu An, who he had been blocking from view.
Han Li’s expression instantly darkened. Just as he was about to go settle the score with Feng Qi, Yu An grabbed his hand.
"A li, where are you going? Come over here and help me look at this."
"It’s nothing, nothing," Han Li’s expression brightened in an instant. "An’an, what are we looking at?"
"This," Yu An said, taking out a small Blood Array. "Take a look. Are the patterns on the platform the same as the ones on this Blood Array?"
Han Li compared them carefully and realized they were indeed the same.
This platform was actually a large-scale Blood Array. The human face flowers had been chewing on bones with not a scrap of flesh on them. ’Could the Blood Array have sucked them dry?’
Yu An thought for a moment, then summoned Tian Shu.
Suddenly faced with such a massive Blood Array, Tian Shu thought they had arrived at the Tian Family estate. After all, only the Tian Family possessed a Blood Array of this size.
Upon hearing they had not yet formally entered the Upper Realm, Tian Shu fell silent. "Why would Tian Fu set up a large-scale Blood Array here?"
Some people came here for training, but not many. Setting up a large-scale Blood Array here was simply a waste.
Unable to comprehend Tian Fu’s line of thinking, Yu An decided to simply use brute force and destroy the place.
Han Li was eager to volunteer. "An’an, leave this kind of heavy lifting to me."
Yu An shot him an annoyed glare. "Do you want to turn into a Blood Crystal again?"
"No, I don’t!"
Han Li retreated awkwardly. Not just him, but all the living people quickly backed away.
After that, Yu An commanded her vines to smash the round platform. Rubble and stone fragments flew in all directions.
Once the platform was reduced to ruins, a crack suddenly appeared on the stone wall opposite them.
As the crack continued to widen, an opening was revealed. Sunlight from the outside streamed through.
It was the exit!