(PS: A comprehensive chapter, the witch will be focused on in detail later.)
Next, Yang Tian led Wang Ying and the other two women into the Third Layer Continent.
This layer of the continent was entirely covered in forests.
Here, there weren't many magical treasures. Instead, the forest was filled with the roars of beasts.
Upon entering, Yang Tian felt a wave of fatigue. He ran his Divine Sense to explore, sensing wisps of Demon Qi floating around. The immersion in this Demon Qi made Yang Tian's Spiritual Breath a bit chaotic, making him feel uncomfortable.
"Brother Yang, I'm having trouble breathing..."
Ling Ying said.
"It's because of the Demon Qi here..."
Yang Tian waved his hand, producing three Purification Talismans, which he handed to Wang Ying and the others.
With the Purification Talismans attached, Wang Ying and Ling Ying gradually adapted to the Third Layer Continent's Demon Qi.
However, the moment Wang Yue landed on the continent, she sat there, staring blankly ahead, as if lost in thought.
"Yueyue, attach this Purification Talisman!"
Yang Tian handed the Purification Talisman to Wang Yue.
But Wang Yue didn't take it. Instead, she asked, "Big Brother, will the young lady come back? Why did she do that to me? I almost got killed by her..."
Yang Tian felt a pang in his heart upon hearing this.
He tightly hugged Wang Yue: "Yueyue, that wasn't Yaoyao, that was the Witch!"
"Witch?"
Wang Yue asked in a daze.
"That's right, she's no longer your young sister, but a witch. Next time I see her, I'll kill her!"
Yang Tian said gravely.
"Kill her?"
Wang Yue asked.
"Yes, kill her!"
Yang Tian replied solemnly, attaching the Purification Talisman to Wang Yue's arm.
Looking at Wang Yue, Yang Tian felt another pang in his heart.
The group continued walking into the forest, but soon Wang Yue said she felt unwell. At first, Wang Ying thought it was a cold, but gradually, Yang Tian realized something was wrong. After examining Wang Yue carefully, he discovered her abdomen was slightly darkened.
"What's going on?"
Wang Ying was also startled by the appearance of Wang Yue's abdomen.
"Yueyue, does it hurt?"
Ling Ying asked nervously.
Wang Yue shook her head without saying anything, but her pale face silently told everyone that she was very weak at the moment.
Yang Tian felt a pang in his heart.
He ran his Divine Sense again and understood it was due to the witch's influence.
The Soul Vortex cast by the witch had affected Wang Yue. Although they had escaped, some aftereffects remained.
Looking at Wang Yue's pale face, Yang Tian tightly hugged her without saying anything.
That night, the four stayed in a cave.
During this time, Yang Tian ran his Spiritual Breath, directing it to Wang Yue. Gradually, he noticed that the Demon Qi in the air could alleviate the darkening on Wang Yue's abdomen. He tried using his Spiritual Breath to dispel the darkness on Wang Yue's abdomen, but to no avail.
Instead, running his Spiritual Breath together with the Demon Qi in the air significantly alleviated the darkness on Wang Yue's abdomen.
This discovery prompted him to desperately combine his Spiritual Breath with the Demon Qi in the air in order to heal Wang Yue.
But the process was extremely slow, indicating the need to find something else with even greater Demon Qi...
Roar!
Just then, a beast's roar sounded suddenly.
Wang Ying and Ling Ying instinctively stood up, as the roar came from the cave entrance.
"Stay here..."
Yang Tian said, then stepped out.
At the cave entrance, he saw a huge grey wolf.
The grey wolf was over a person tall, significantly different from the wolves outside. On its chest was a purple-red glow, and seeing this, Yang Tian's eyes lit up. He ran his Divine Sense to probe the wolf's chest and found a fist-sized wolf heart.
The wolf heart was purple-red.
"Could it be a Beast Crystal?"
Yang Tian thought with some confusion.
He ran his Divine Sense into the demon wolf's chest and found indeed a purple-red crystal inside.
The entire crystal was Demon Qi, seemingly condensed by the grey wolf's cultivation of absorbing the surrounding Demon Qi. But this wolf crystal was more refined, the Demon Qi more concentrated, clearly a result of the grey wolf's cultivation.
For some reason, Yang Tian thought of the darkened area on Wang Yue's abdomen.
If Yang Tian could alleviate the darkening on Wang Yue's abdomen with airborne Demon Qi, could this wolf crystal potentially restore Wang Yue?
After all, the Demon Qi in this Demon Crystal was much denser.
Roar!
At that moment, the massive grey wolf noticed Yang Tian and charged at him with a roar.
Though the grey wolf looked cumbersome, it was incredibly fast.
In a flash, it attacked Yang Tian, raising its sharp claws to slash at him fiercely.
In that instant, Yang Tian realized the grey wolf was also a cultivated beast.
At the very least, this grey wolf was equivalent to a human Body Tempering Realm Ancient Martial Artist.
Yang Tian recalled hearing from the witch that in the Third Layer Continent, Demon Beasts ranged from low to high as Earth Spirit Beast, Celestial Spirit Beast, Human Spirit Beast, Ghost Spirit Beast, and Divine Spirit Beast.
Though Yang Tian wasn't sure of the rank of the beast before him, he didn't hesitate much, directly confronting it, channeling his Spiritual Breath, and striking out a Dharma Seal, heavily attacking the grey wolf.
Bang!
A loud explosion resounded.
Yang Tian's palm strike sent the grey wolf flying.
Roar!
Enraged, the grey wolf roared and charged at him again.