The thorny plant, which had been diminished and rendered defenseless, quickly surrendered under the control of Mo Tiancheng. It grew new branches, sprouted flower buds, and blossomed into roses, releasing a fragrant aroma.
“Are these… roses?” Xu Song, not very knowledgeable about flowers and plants, couldn’t help but notice the resemblance between these plants and roses from the black flowers.
“Step back.” Yue Zheng suddenly covered his nose, then covered Mo Tiancheng’s nose as well, leading them to retreat.
As the roses bloomed, emitting a unique fragrance, the plants under Mo Tiancheng’s control released an aroma that wouldn’t affect him. However, it had an intoxicating effect on Xu Song and the others.
“It seems to be a gas that can cause people to faint.” Yue Zheng, with his heightened sense of smell, detected a faint scent and felt a bit dizzy.
Xu Song shook his head, patting his chest with lingering fear. “Luckily, it didn’t bloom earlier; otherwise, it wouldn’t have been so easy.”
Perhaps their swift attacks had prevented the plant from blooming. After all, they had reduced it to almost nothing before it had the chance to develop flower buds.
Mo Tiancheng happily collected a handful of seeds, carefully storing them in his backpack. He also put some in a small bag he carried with him. Taking out one seed, he looked around. “Shall I test its power?”
Seeing Xu Song nod, Mo Tiancheng threw the seed onto the ground and began to accelerate its growth.
Thin and shiny black vines with densely packed thorns snaked towards a nearby large tree, inflicting visible damage as the sharp thorns penetrated its trunk. The tree rapidly withered, its brown bark turning a moldy green. Eventually, it snapped with a “pop” sound, releasing a cloud of black ash.
“It’s poisonous…” Fortunately, they hadn’t let the plant come into contact with them. Otherwise… if this poison had no antidote, they might not have been standing here unharmed!
Yue Zheng also looked at the still menacing plant with a lingering fear, extending its dark, shiny branches. He quietly cautioned Xu Song, “Be careful.”
Xu Song nodded. While the two children were ecstatic about this powerful plant, the adults needed to be cautious of any potential unknown threats it might pose.
The lifespan of this plant was much longer than the ivy Mo Tiancheng had used before. What was even more terrifying was its ability to inject toxins directly into captured animals or plants, causing them to die instantly. The black flowers it produced released a hypnotic gas that induced rapid sleep in living creatures.
The strength and entanglement force of the black vines were also far greater than the previous ivy. As a plant weapon, its power was astounding. However, due to its excessive lethality, it was not suitable for everyday use, especially when hunting. If captured animals were instantly poisoned to dust, who would eat them? Who would dare to eat them?
Furthermore, if they were to encounter conflicts with others, using such a deadly weapon seemed excessively brutal.
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Patting Mo Tiancheng’s excited face, Yue Zheng advised, “Its killing power is too great. Keep it safe and rely mainly on the ivy for everyday use.”
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Mo Tianyou tightly grasped Yue Zheng’s hand. “It’s… it’s that formidable thing from last night!”
Xu Song could only sense that something was heading towards the motorhome, but he couldn’t discern the details, let alone determine if it was the same entity from last night based on his intuition.
“You mean the thing that caused the commotion in the city last night?” Yue Zheng narrowed his eyes, looking toward the direction of the motorhome.
Mo Tianyou nodded, “Yeah! It’s not moving! It’s over there by the vehicle!” Since the grasshopper and Xiao Shu were together, he couldn’t sense the condition of Xiao Shu, but he could perceive the grasshopper, and now that thing was near the grasshopper!
Xu Song looked worriedly at Yue Zheng. The situation was unclear, and they didn’t even know what that thing was. Yue Zheng shook his head, “Let’s wait and see for a moment.” The dense vegetation around them obstructed Yue Zheng’s line of sight, making it impossible to see the immediate surroundings, let alone the situation by the motorhome.
About twenty minutes passed, and Mo Tianyou shook his head, “It’s still there.”
“What about Xiao Shu?”
Mo Tiancheng pointed towards the direction of the motorhome, “It’s the same as before, no changes.” As he said that, he gestured with his hands, mimicking the tree’s actions, “Branches extending, roots lifting!”
That was the professional defensive posture of the silly tree. So, it seemed that both sides were in a standoff.
“Should we go back and take a look?”
“Let’s go around from the back and try to tread lightly.” Yue Zheng pondered for a moment and made the decision.
With the current unknown situation between friend and foe, the motorhome and Xiao Shu held almost all of their possessions. If that creature was indeed so powerful, in case Xiao Shu couldn’t withstand it and they lost the supplies in the vehicle and the tree hole, they would be back to square one.
They had four Level 2 ability users on their side, plus Xiao Shu. Even if that thing was truly formidable, they still had the strength to fight.
The four of them treaded lightly, with Mo Tiancheng holding two freshly collected black thorn seeds in his hands, following behind the others.
They swiftly walked towards the direction they had come from when suddenly they heard a series of “swishing” sounds not far ahead, coming from the spot where they had parked!
They looked up, and a shocking scene unfolded before their eyes, a thick white whip-like object was raised high in the air, smashing onto the ground with a loud “thud,” stirring up a wave of greenish ripples mixed with sand, soaring into the air.
“What is that?!” Xu Song widened his eyes, the white object seemed to stretch endlessly, with no visible end.
“…If I’m not mistaken about the patterns on that thing, it should be a snake.”
“Such thickness?!” Xu Song shook his head vigorously, “No if it’s a mutated snake… it could be any thickness.”
Another round of swishing sounds, this time Yue Zheng caught a glimpse of it through the gaps in the bushes, it was the roots of Xiao Shu!
“It’s Xiao Shu!”
So, they were already fighting?!
The four of them quickened their pace and ran toward the scene. It was a massive white python, menacingly displaying its terrifying venomous fangs, hissing at the little tree.
The green fruit-like machine gun-like “tututu” fired toward the large snake, but this time the tree trunk itself didn’t transform into a spinning top like before. Instead, it stood firmly on the ground, and countless stems burrowed into the earth, emerging from below and quietly entangling the big snake.
It seemed that Xiao Shu indeed underwent some changes. At least now it didn’t need to rely on centrifugal force for shooting.
“Xiao Shu, retract your roots!” Mo Tiancheng had already taken out the seeds, ready to throw them at any moment. Yue Zheng quickly shouted at Xiao Shu, as the newly obtained plant had incredibly strong destructive power, and he was afraid of accidentally harming the silly tree.
Xiao Shu quickly retracted its entangled roots from the large white snake. Once it regained its freedom, the massive snake, with a thickness of over two meters, swung its tail toward the direction of Xiao Shu.
Black vines swiftly entwined around the part of the snake touching the ground. Xu Song threw a fireball directly at the snake, but it seemed that due to its higher level of evolution compared to everyone present, even the orange flames couldn’t cause significant damage. The snake swung its tail, and the fireball grazed its body, only managing to scorch a small section where the tail made contact.
“Not enough, still not agile enough…”
Suddenly, a bright idea flashed in his mind. An orange fire dragon emerged from Xu Song’s hand, as if alive, and coiled around the large snake. The fiery serpent moved up and down, tightly entangling the snake, and everywhere it touched turned charred black. It seemed to have adorned the white snake’s body with black patterns.
The black thorns also tightly wrapped around the part of the snake touching the ground, turning the white snake into a grayish-green color where the spikes pierced its skin.
The snake writhed in pain, lowered its head, and spewed a green poison. The black thorns gradually withered within the green mist.
A slash cut through the snake’s tough skin, splattering red blood.
Yue Zheng narrowed his eyes. This snake might already be a Level 3 mutation. Otherwise, his Spatial Slash wouldn’t have caused such minimal damage. After all, snakes were not known for their defensive abilities like rhinos. It shouldn’t be impossible to cut through them!
Perhaps realizing that the people in front of it were not easy to deal with, the snake rolled on the ground in a sorry state. After being attacked several times by the group, it suddenly turned around and slithered deep into the mountains. It… fled?!
“It… ran away?” Xu Song still had his hand raised, as the fire dragon released required simultaneous control through hand and thought. Otherwise, it would quickly dissipate. Now that the target had escaped, the orange fire dragon hovered aimlessly in mid-air.
“It felt that it couldn’t defeat us, so it ran away.” The snake displayed more obvious thought patterns, so even though Mo Tianyou didn’t actively communicate with it, he caught its consciousness as it fled in panic.
The group finally relaxed. Yue Zheng sighed, “Luckily, it didn’t fight to the death.” Otherwise, a few rolls on the spot would have flattened them into pancakes.
“Do you think the mutated animal they mentioned could be referring to that snake just now?” Xu Song still stared at the direction in which the snake had fled, with shrubs and trees pressed aside by its massive body.
“It’s very likely. If it is that snake, I’m afraid no one can handle it for the time being.” Yue Zheng sighed and looked at everyone. “Get in the car and let’s leave here as soon as possible.”
Originally, the two of them had planned to wander around the mountains for a bit longer, finding more plant seeds for Mo Tiancheng. But now that the big snake had temporarily retreated, who knows how many other animals like that were lurking in these mountains?
The group got in the car and slowly advanced on the treacherous mountain road. The evergreen vines, which Mo Tiancheng thought would become less useful, found a new purpose in this terrifying terrain, clearing and constructing roads.
Using the power of plants, they could move the rocks on the damaged road caused by landslides and rubble. The broken and impassable road sections could be temporarily repaired using resilient evergreen vines, combined with wood and stones.
The car steadily moved forward, gradually constructing a path on the mountain roadside that was initially deemed impassable.
“Something, there’s something on the mountain!” Mo Tianyou, who had been sitting on the side helping Mo Tiancheng with the seeds and road repairs, suddenly noticed something and exclaimed, pointing to the nearby hillside.
“No way? What else is there?” Xu Song’s heart skipped a beat, and his face slightly changed.
More encounters…. Poor grasshopper, the less able fighter. Amongst them its skill is more in reconnaissance than fighting.
Indeed, what could possibly be next in this fun trip through the apocalypse??? Hahahaha. Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🌳🦗🐍👀