Modern Cultivation : The Strongest Couple Bonded by Vampire System

"That will take some time…"

Vesa thought for a moment, then offered, "But I can bring all of you to Edonia. Don't worry, you won't arrive near that giant worm. I already put him in a special place, making sure he won't wreak havoc in places I don't want."

"Alright, we will wait for you at Kane's house then."

Vesa nodded.She had been the reason Luca and Emily managed to reach her location without getting lost. So, she wasn't afraid they couldn't return back. As for Luca, seeing the change in the fog, she had just followed her instinct.

"Mom, promise me you won't run away like that again," Emily said, her voice tinged with worry.

"Depends on the situation, Emily. At that time, it was urgent."

Emily understood. If they had arrived late, Vesa would probably have finished the big snake alone and left, only meeting them after taking care of the artifact. But this puzzled her.

"How did you know the situation then, Mom?"

"Instinct… It's something you hone after you've had a lot of experience, Emily."

"I've also had a lot of missions, but honestly, my instinct usually just tells me to escape."

"Then did you follow it?"

"Of course not; otherwise, I'd never complete any mission," Emily said with a wry smile.

Luca let out a chuckle. "That's your survival instinct. But what I mean is one that's honed through real experience. Have you never felt it, Emily? A moment when you somehow just know what will happen next, even if it doesn't follow any logic?"

Emily gave it some thought but shook her head. "No, I've never had that."

Luca placed her finger on her chin and then considered it further. "You have; you just don't realize it. It's like in a fight when you feel the need to dodge even though you don't see an attack coming."

Emily's eyes lit up as realization dawned on her. Since her life was at risk, her instinct had been easier to come by in those moments, but in other cases, it was harder. This realization deepened her respect for her mother. Not everyone could follow their instinct like that. Sometimes, they felt it was wrong, but because logic told them otherwise, they chose not to follow it—and regretted it afterward.

Meanwhile, Vesa had already reached the core of the red fog. Her gaze fell on a large plant filled with many sharp teeth. It looked like a very large tree where all the branches were Venus flytraps.

Each one rose up, looking at her menacingly, but Vesa didn't care about this. Her gaze instead locked onto a humanoid face on the tree.

"Who… are… you!?"

"Interesting. To think your soul is strong enough to possess this tree…" Vesa mumbled, ignoring the tree's question. Her eyes glistened with green energy.

Ignored, the face on the tree contorted with anger. It stopped wasting its breath, sending out its Venus trap vines. Its jaw opened wide, showing an array of sharp teeth with green liquid dripping down from them. Smoke rose the moment it hit the ground, which turned dark, showing the potency of its acidity.

Vesa's fingers danced in the air, creating an array of runes while her eyes remained focused on the towering tree's body, moving around, searching for something.

Clang!

The Venus trap jaws stopped just inches away from Vesa, clashing against something hard.

"What a bad boy," Vesa mumbled as her fingers moved again.

A sharp object materialized in the air, looking like a nail. It was murky red like it was made of solidified blood. It then fell like a meteor shower, nailing each of the traps to the ground.

The tree growled like a beast, its vines rampaging in an attempt to fight back. But it was pointless. Vesa's strength completely overwhelmed it.

If Alex or MingYue had been there, they would have been annoyed, and things would have started to escalate. The power level Vesa displayed was beyond anything they had seen so far. If she truly used this kind of power, subjugating the Blue Jewel Planet would only take days—or hours if she used her knowledge of runes.

Thankfully, they weren't there now, and Vesa knew no one could tell them about this, or she wouldn't be able to act so freely.

BAM! BAM!

The tree's countless vines were nailed to the ground. The nails glowed green, then turned red, linking to each other and creating a formation. The tree's expression shifted to fear. "Spare me!" It could feel its strength being sapped away.

But Vesa still ignored it. Her lips curled into a grin, revealing her sharp canines. "So that's how you do it. To think you have access to this thing."

She pointed her hand forward, drawing another rune. This time, the tree let out a guttural scream of pain that reverberated through the area.

Emily and Luca, already at Kane's home, frowned and looked toward the tree's direction. "Uncle Kane, can you check anything?"

"Nope, just look at this," Kane said while pointing at the sphere artifact. Now, it was cracked and inactive.

"What about the formation, then? Didn't you say it's used as the anchor?" Luca asked. If the formation her husband, Edward, had made dissipated, the time dilation between their worlds would return to normal.

This worried her because she wouldn't know how much time difference there was and what would happen to the guild left behind on their home planet. The dungeon problems would escalate, and things would become more dangerous.

Even though she wasn't active anymore, Luca's existence in her world was a big deal. It was like a card holding other powers in check, forcing a stalemate. Her combat ability, not counting Alex with his progenitor power, was just one of the world's peaks.

"It won't be directly destroyed, but this will open the array for others to intervene. Those factions with ulterior motives will make their move."

"That snake emperor Vesa captured should know more. It seems I will need to interrogate him," Luca said while looking at the red fog that began to dissipate.