Chapter 172: The Magic Continent’s Man-eating Vine
“Gone? Then let’s keep going, everyone be careful.”
Sang Chu and Xi Rui continued to walk forward, but the further they walked, the more they felt something was wrong. Was something moving around them?
“Sang Sang, something’s wrong!”
Xi Rui stood tense in front of Sang Chu. Xiao Yi Fei also heard Xi Rui’s words, but he saw nothing. The Little Milk Dragon, however, flew to his shoulder: “Master, it seems something is approaching us!”
Xiao Yi Fei: “Xiao Xue’er, what is approaching?”
“I, I don’t detect anything approaching.”
Mu Xue was also startled and confused, but she didn’t dare to be careless and quickly expanded the range of her Supernatural Ability.
Yet she still found nothing.
Xi Rui didn’t know about her actions, she just instinctively protected Sang Chu and slowly retreated: “It seems like a Tree Spirit, but it’s not quite right. Normal Tree Spirits wouldn’t attack me, but I can sense that whatever is coming has ill intentions.”
Grandma Yun Xiang followed Xi Rui’s steps, slowly retreating. Hearing her say that, she quickly ran through possibilities in her mind: “Could it be a Man-eating Vine?”
“Man-eating Vine?” Xi Rui’s expression changed slightly, and her retreating steps quickened.
Sang Chu looked at her and asked in confusion: “What’s so special about Man-eating Vines?”
“Man-eating Vines aren’t actually that scary, but they often appear in groups. If one appears, there will definitely be hundreds or thousands nearby.”
Mu Xue was shocked to hear this, but she truly hadn’t detected any danger in this area at all!
Mu Xue, using Invisibility, asked with a slightly loud voice: “Th-th-then what do we do? I didn’t detect anything at all. Is it, is it close to us now?”
Xi Rui couldn’t see her but could hear her voice. Her bow and arrow were already prepared, the silver-glowing arrows were tipped with Ice, looking incredibly intimidating.
“Man-eating Vines have a very low presence. If I weren’t an Elf, I probably wouldn’t have detected their existence. They are right in front of us.”
‘Whoosh—’
A sharp sound pierced the night sky. The vines of the Man-eating Vine suddenly shot up from the ground, attacking Xi Rui.
Xi Rui pushed Sang Chu away, quickly rolled to dodge, and simultaneously drew her bow. The arrow shot from the string headed straight for the vine’s Roots and Stems.
But a large blood-red flower suddenly appeared, opening its gaping mouth and swallowing the Magic Card-condensed arrow in one gulp. It even smacked its lips as if savoring it.
It grew larger and larger, swaying its body gracefully, looking arrogant and smug.
Xi Rui frowned, looking at it, and nocked another Magic Card: “Xiao Yi Fei, you and the Fire Dragon use fire attacks. I’ll find an opportunity to shoot its Roots and Stems.”
“Okay!”
Xiao Yi Fei quickly gave the Little Fire Dragon instructions. The man and the dragon attacked from both sides.
“Twin Dragons, Constriction Technique!”
The flames in his hand instantly transformed into two Giant Dragons, flying towards the Man-eating Flower. The Little Fire Dragon saw this and immediately spat out a fireball. However, when it realized that the Fire Dragon conjured by Xiao Yi Fei was even more powerful than its fireball, it mustered all its strength and furiously spat out large fireballs.
Xi Rui was astonished by Xiao Yi Fei’s move, but this was perfect. When the Man-eating Flower saw the Fire Dragons approaching, it continuously controlled its vines to intercept.
Countless vines, like Tentacles, rose from the ground one after another. Xi Rui narrowed her eyes, lying in wait to seize the opportunity.
Xiao Yi Fei’s Fire Dragon Supernatural Ability, amplified by Mental Power, split into four. Vines emerged one after another to intercept, leaving a huge opening for the Man-eating Flower.
Now!
‘Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—’
Xi Rui fired five arrows simultaneously. The Man-eating Flower couldn’t dodge in time and was hit by an arrow. It trembled with rage, and many small flower buds grew from the vines, blooming instantly. These flowers relentlessly swallowed Xiao Yi Fei’s flames!
One was burned to ashes, and another new one emerged.
A long dragon of flame was instantly consumed.
Xiao Yi Fei: “Damn it, this is so cheap! If we keep this up, we’ll run out of Supernatural Ability before we can kill it!”
Sang Chu stood calmly to the side: “It’s fine, then we’ll wear it down. Xi Rui, how many arrows can you condense at once?”
“Twelve.”
“Good, condense them now and place them on the ground. Brother, you control these arrows to go around behind and attack the Man-eating Flower. Xi Rui, feign an attack from the front. Brother Yi and the Fire Dragon will alternate fire attacks, don’t worry about those flowers, aim directly for the vines.”
“Okay!”
Xi Rui condensed twelve arrows at once and placed them on the ground, then nocked her bow and flew towards the Man-eating Flower.
Sang Jing Wen, from the side, used Spiritual Power to control the arrows to fly behind the Man-eating Flower. Any obstacles in the way were directly cut down before the arrows continued their flight.
Xi Rui had never seen such flying arrows. She was momentarily stunned, and the arrow she shot veered off course. But to her surprise, the next second, the deviated arrow flew up on its own.
Sang Chu helped Xi Rui up. Seeing her pale face, he handed her a Demon Bead: “Hold it in your hand and absorb the Aura from it. It can quickly restore Magic Power.”
Xi Rui didn’t know what Sang Chu had given her, but she could sense a strong Power within this thing that looked like a cicada pupa.
Holding the Demon Bead, Xi Rui closed her eyes and absorbed continuously. The Demonic Power flowed through her meridians into her body. The Magic Power she had consumed was instantly replenished, and she even became stronger than before!
Xi Rui’s eyes immediately lit up. She nodded at Sang Chu, turned around, drew her bow, and dozens of arrows shot out with the force of thunder.
The intercepting vines were pierced through directly.
Seeing this, the Man-eating Flower tried to escape, but Sang Jing Wen, lurking behind it, instantly controlled flying arrows to pierce its Roots and Stems.
Green blood flowed all over the ground.
Tu You, hidden in the shadows, immediately dipped the Magic Card into the blood.
【A Chu, someone is coming towards us, very fast! 】
Mu Xue sensed someone approaching rapidly and quickly informed Sang Chu. But in the next second, that person appeared in the sky, with a pair of white Wings behind him. Watching the battle on the ground, Ka Er couldn’t help but clap his hands.
“What a spectacular battle.”
Tu You flew to Sang Chu’s side: 【This person is very strong, their Magic Level is probably not low. A Chu, you need to be careful. 】
Sang Chu didn’t reply. She simply put her hands behind her back. Tu You instantly understood and flew to her hand, handing her the blood-stained Card and biting her finger to let blood drip onto it.
Sang Chu looked at the person flying in the sky and said: “Esteemed Lord, thank you for your praise and compliments. However, we still have to travel, so we will not disturb you further. Farewell.”
Even after it recognized her as its Master, Sang Chu didn’t immediately collect the Man-eating Vine and Man-eating Flower. She just let them continue to lurk on this land.
But as Sang Chu and her group prepared to retreat, the person flew down: “No need to rush to leave, my people haven’t arrived yet. You were heading towards us before, but why did you suddenly change course? It made it difficult for us to find you.”
“May I ask what business this Lord has with us?”
“Of course, it’s to kill people and seize treasures.”
