Chapter 228:
The Western Rong soldiers who had scattered to search for Lin Xin learned that she had been found and began gathering toward this side. After Lin Xin used the plants in the mountain forest to discover this situation, she silently lowered her head and smiled, then fearfully raised her head to look at the Western Rong Leader.
“Of course, this little lady is much prettier than those in our military camp, and she doesn’t have that stinky smell on her. After I play with her enough, I’ll reward her to you all!” The Western Rong Leader looked at Lin Xin, a cat-toying-with-a-mouse smile on his face.
Killing intent rose in Lin Xin’s heart, but it wasn’t time yet. Not all the Western Rong soldiers had gathered within her effective attack range. To save supernatural ability for emergencies, she had to conserve her supernatural ability as much as possible.
“Come on, little beauty!” The Western Rong Leader wasn’t as relaxed as he appeared. Although he approached Lin Xin step by step, he never let go of the curved saber in his hand.
“You, you stay away!” Putting on a full act, Lin Xin’s face showed extreme fear as she dodged behind the tree while tremblingly saying.
Seeing her like this, the Western Rong Leader’s vigilance eased somewhat, though not much.
Lin Xin eyed the Western Rong Leader approaching step by step, calculating the attack range of her supernatural ability in her mind. She knew she must kill all the Western Rong soldiers in one strike and absolutely could not let her abnormality be exposed.
“Little beauty, don’t hide! Wouldn’t it be good to follow me?” The Western Rong Leader observed her expression while coaxing her patiently. “Whatever pearls or gems you want from us Western Rong, I can give them to you. Don’t women like you all like these things?”
The surrounding Western Rong soldiers joined in the jeering.
“You, you stay away, I don’t want pearls or gems, go away!” Lin Xin hid completely behind the big tree, using its cover to smuggle out a large handful of Devil Vine Seeds from her space, then flung them out with a shake of her hand. Caught off guard, the Western Rong Leader accidentally inhaled a few into his nostrils.
“Achoo, achoo~” Stimulated into several sneezes, the Western Rong Leader’s eyes filled with anger and impatience. He gripped the curved saber tightly, and his strides toward Lin Xin grew larger.
“One, two, three······” Lin Xin silently counted the steps in her heart, her supernatural ability fully charged and ready.
Finally, all the Western Rong soldiers had entered Lin Xin’s supernatural ability attack range. Her eyes filled with ferocity, and she decisively unleashed her wood element ability. The wild grass on the ground rose one by one, and the branches of nearby trees grew wildly in an instant.
“Ah! What is this?”
“My feet, my feet are bound!”
“Get off, what is this thing?”
“Ah! My eyes, my eyes······”
“······”
The Western Rong soldiers were frantically entwined and bound by various plants in the mountain forest, some pierced by branches, plunging into chaos for the moment.
At this time, the Western Rong Leader only felt intense pain in his chest and nose, a tearing pain that left him unable to scream like his subordinate soldiers, only writhing helplessly on the ground clutching his chest.
After all the Western Rong soldiers were firmly bound, Devil Vines extended their sinister vines like ghosts, inserting into their bodies and beginning to frantically suck blood.
“Ah~ What the hell is this?”
“How can there be this kind of thing here?”
“I, I can’t move, save a life~”
The desperate screams of the Western Rong soldiers sounded like heavenly music to Lin Xin at this moment. She stood coldly on the previous big tree, coldly watching the slaughter below.
The Western Rong Leader’s chest was a bright red mess, countless green glowing soft vines piercing through it, clawing and climbing everywhere in search of flesh and blood that fatally attracted them.
“You, what sorcery did you use?” He was now numb from the pain, almost senseless. Unwittingly, his eyes met Lin Xin’s gaze on the tree. The fairy-like woman had her skirt fluttering, her long hair gently floating in the night breeze.
Yet in his eyes, her ethereal fairy appearance was like a life-reaping rakshasa, carrying extreme danger.
“Hehe,” Lin Xin curved her lips in a smile, the mottled tree shadows reflecting on her fair and delicate face, exuding an indescribable eeriness. Her red lips parted lightly, her voice infused with mental supernatural ability. “Sorcery? Is this what you mean?”
As her words fell, a bright red seed suddenly appeared in her hand, and he watched wide-eyed as it sprouted in her palm, slowly growing into a twisted, gnarled, cracked green branch.
Most eerie was that the branch bore no leaves, but instead budded flower buds at each raised node, soon blooming into large clusters of vivid, intense crimson flowers.
A breeze blew, carrying an intense fragrance. The Western Rong Leader and some soldiers instinctively held their breath.
The soldiers who reacted slower inhaled quite a bit, their originally twisted and ferocious faces from being bound by wild grass or pierced by branches gradually softening, then showing great enjoyment, their struggles diminishing.
The Western Rong Leader was horrified, his emotions fluctuating. Unable to hold his breath any longer, he inhaled deeply. The thick, sweet floral scent instantly permeated his lungs, making his previously stuffy, numb chest feel much relieved, as if a pair of warm, soft hands had gently soothed all his pain, filling him with indescribable comfort.
He was immersed in this comfort, unaware that in the eyes of the soldiers still holding their breath, he now looked the same as those who hadn’t held back from the start.
At this point, more and more people couldn’t hold out and began gasping for air.
Thus, more and more people sank into the comfort created by the floral scent.
Sensing only a scant few Western Rong soldiers still struggling bitterly, Lin Xin didn’t want to waste more time on them. With a flick of her wrist, the green branch rolled from her hand to the ground.
The instant it landed, like a cat smelling fish, it unfurled at lightning speed. Meanwhile, some large red flowers withered and fell, new branches growing where they had bloomed, flowering identically.
Surrounded by the floral scent, the Western Rong soldiers became mindless puppets, Da Leng Leng bound and immobile by various weeds and vines.
Then, the extended green branches swiftly wrapped around the Western Rong soldiers, forming large green cocoons.
Soon, the large cocoons began shaking slightly, with shrill screams transmitting from inside.
Gradually, the cocoons shook more violently, the screams growing weaker, forming a continuous wave.
After an unknown time, the mountain forest finally quieted down.
The large cocoons turned from dull green to glossy green, almost glowing.
Lin Xin jumped down from the tree, snapped her fingers, and the large cocoons synchronously retracted their branches.
