The moment the vines lunged forward, the red flower bud instantly opened with a hiss, revealing a gaping maw filled with sharp fangs!

Inside those beautiful petals, there was actually a man-eating mouth hidden!

“Be careful.” Liam Carter called out in a low voice.

At the same time, he stepped forward, thrusting his longsword with a three-foot sword aura fiercely into the heart of the flower—squelch!

Like a dragon, the blade pierced through the soft flower core and was immediately withdrawn. As it went in and out, drops of foul-smelling sap splattered out. The red, tender petals opened with a gaping hole, then collapsed limply, unable to close for a long time.

In just the past half hour, Liam Carter had already dealt with four such flower demons. The Southern Suppression Domain’s mountains were indeed crawling with monsters; even the fringe forests were fraught with danger. The disguises of these vine and flower demons were completely indistinguishable to the naked eye. If not for being a cultivator at the Divine Will Realm with awakened spiritual sense, one would likely perish within a few steps.

“Let’s take a break.” William Grant spoke up from behind.

Although only Liam Carter was clearing the path, everyone else kept their spiritual senses spread out, alert to their surroundings. Even if they could conserve their true energy and stamina, maintaining spiritual sense for long periods was still exhausting.

For cultivators, essence, energy, and spirit—none can be lacking.

“You all withdraw your spiritual sense and rest for a bit. I’ll keep watch during this time.” Once everyone sat cross-legged on the spot, William Grant showed the responsibility of a Golden Core cultivator, guarding the area alone.

Benjamin Lee came over and asked, “The Carter Brothers, are you alright?”

“I’m in pretty good shape,” Liam Carter nodded.

He was telling the truth. Thanks to Emily Thompson’s Qi Gathering Pills, his true energy was still at full strength. As for the pills, he had no intention of saving them… After all, just defeating a lantern monster would earn them back.

As long as the White Tower kept giving rewards, hunting monsters would always be a profitable business.

Thinking this, he closed his eyes and looked inward, entering the White Tower with a hint of anticipation.

Inside the iron cell of the White Tower, there were four golden, flower-shaped phantoms locked in separate cells. Liam Carter stepped forward and pressed the “Refine” character.

Boom—

A flash of red light, and Liam Carter reached out to catch the radiance that floated out. In his palm was a package wrapped in oiled paper, seemingly medicinal powder.

Then, a thought arose.

Hundred Flowers Powder:

An antidote refined from the essence of a hundred flowers, half to be taken internally and half applied externally, capable of neutralizing all poisons. Using Hundred Flowers Powder leaves a lingering floral fragrance: top notes of jasmine, middle notes of rose, and base notes of osmanthus, with a rich scent that lasts a long time.

Chapter 011: This Liam Carter Guy, Impressive!

Emily Thompson, perhaps disliking the dirt on the ground, didn’t want to sit and stood off to the side. The young girl had been walking in the middle of the group, protected by everyone, so she wasn’t tired and didn’t really need to rest.

Now that everyone was meditating and circulating their energy, she felt a bit bored. Her lively eyes darted around, taking in the dense forest scenery.

Suddenly, a leaf in front of her trembled, as if something was moving in the shadows. Curious, she stared at it.

Then came a rustling sound, and with a sudden leap, a palm-sized, deep blue toad shot out from under the leaves! Its bulging eyes were ugly and menacing.

This creature wasn’t a monster, so it hadn’t been detected by William Grant’s spiritual sense, and managed to approach the group.

“Ah!”

Even though it wasn’t dangerous, its terrifying appearance gave the girl quite a fright. She stumbled back several steps.

With that single step, she accidentally stepped out of the lantern’s protective glow.

Just one step.

As everyone’s attention was drawn over, a vine at the edge suddenly sprang up with a whoosh, opening its fanged maw!

Hiss—

Caught off guard, the girl was bitten on the calf by the flower demon!

“Emily junior sister!” William Grant shouted in alarm, his longsword instantly drawn.

With a crackle, a golden dragon surged forth—a torrent of sword energy imbued with thunder burst out, instantly engulfing the flower demon’s body. The vine, the giant tree behind it, and a large swath of dense forest were all plowed into a deep trench over ten yards long.

Earlier, Liam Carter had heard from Benjamin Lee that the treasured sword on William Grant’s back was called the Thunderclap Sword, and that he cultivated the Divine Firmament Five Thunders Golden Core, specializing in thunder sword energy.

Now, seeing the power of this strike, it was truly terrifying.

And such a powerful blow passed right by Emily Thompson’s body without so much as grazing her clothes—his control was astonishing.

There really was a huge gap between Golden Core cultivators and those at the Divine Will Realm.

But no matter how fierce his retaliation, it couldn’t change the fact that Emily Thompson had already been bitten by the flower demon. The girl stumbled and fell to the ground, but quickly began circulating her energy to stop the bleeding. Soon, however, she cried out in panic again.

“This flower demon is poisonous…”

Looking over, sure enough, where she had pulled up her pant leg, the fair, delicate skin between her calf and ankle was oozing black blood from a deep wound. The surrounding skin was already tinged with black.