Shen Yue’s heart seized with horror. She whipped her head toward Huang Ziyue and cried out:
"Run!"
Huang Ziyue’s expression tightened, and he was just about to speak.
But the flower bud had already bloomed.
Its bizarre, smiling face instantly appeared before their eyes.
The flower’s fragrance crept into Huang Ziyue’s nose before he could stop it.
Instantly, Huang Ziyue’s expression grew slightly vacant...
Shen Yue’s heart leaped. She grabbed Huang Ziyue and started running for the exit.
"Run!"
’I’ll be fine, but Huang Ziyue won’t be able to escape it.’
But just as she was pulling Huang Ziyue toward the stone door, the entire chamber began to shake.
RUMBLE—!
With a tremendous crash, rocks began to rain down from the chamber’s ceiling.
Amidst the swirling dust, the entire chamber trembled violently. It was obviously about to collapse!
Shen Yue’s heart sank.
She watched as their only exit was about to be completely blocked.
In the nick of time, she violently shoved Huang Ziyue out...
"Wait for me outside!"
Flung forcefully outside, what little consciousness Huang Ziyue had left snapped into focus as he saw a massive boulder falling toward Shen Yue.
"Shen Yue."
The next second.
BANG!
A massive boulder slammed down, sealing the stone entrance.
And just like that, Huang Ziyue was completely cut off, safe in a space free from the Devouring God Flower.
Inside the stone chamber, the world was spinning as rubble rained down relentlessly.
She shattered the boulder heading for her with a single palm strike, but the massive impact only made the chamber shake even more violently.
She could only keep dodging the frantically falling rocks, not daring to strike out recklessly again.
Before long, the chamber completely collapsed, and the stone platform where the children had been lying was buried under the rubble.
The chamber was now pitch-black and choked with debris, leaving only a cramped, narrow gap.
Shen Yue switched on her flashlight, its beam landing on the fully bloomed Devouring God Flower...
’How miraculous. The entire chamber collapsed, yet only she and this Devouring God Flower were completely fine.’
Its thick fragrance wafted through the air, unrestrained.
The bizarre, smiling face seemed to be mocking Shen Yue, laughing at her recent predicament.
Shen Yue narrowed her eyes and walked up to the Devouring God Flower.
Now, so close to it, she saw that it was exactly the same as in her dreams.
For years, this flower had appeared in her dreams countless times, becoming a shadow she could never shake.
She would recognize it even if it were turned to ash.
But looking at it face-to-face now, she found it didn’t seem so terrifying after all.
Since there was no way out for now, she simply sat down in front of the Devouring God Flower. She began to study the legendary, human-faced flower, a thing of terror spoken of for a thousand years.
She carefully studied its stem, its petals, and its bizarre, blooming, smiling face.
’She wanted to know how a plant could be so destructive, how it could devour a person’s spiritual power.’
’This ability was actually similar to the Vitality Power within her own body.’
At this thought, she boldly reached out and tentatively touched its stem.
She hadn’t expected that with just a light touch, the flower’s stem would actually glow for a moment.

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