Published: February 12, 2025
As the first shadow stepped into the Huo Nest, both Ye Zhongming and the other members of the team felt a surge of tension and were ready to act. However, nothing happened.
The team members were puzzled. Generally speaking, whether it be mutated animals, mutated plants, or even parasites, they all have a strong territorial instinct. They would relentlessly attack any lifeform daring to invade their territory.
Moreover, mutated plants are generally less intelligent than other mutated beings and often act on instinct. Thus, it was quite unexpected that the shadow wasn't attacked immediately.
A black shadow that looked exactly like Ye Zhongming took a few steps forward and, finding everything still fine, stopped. After a brief pause, both hands suddenly pressed downward. A force burst from his hands and struck the Huo grass on the ground, causing some dirt to fly up.
However, the entire Huo Nest remained silent.
He’s face turned slightly sour. She didn’t believe that the Huo grass was scared or that it was in a dormant state.
Since it couldn’t be any of these reasons, it could only mean that they didn’t understand the Huo grass well enough; there was some problem somewhere that caused them not to attack.
“Shiyong, take advantage of your speed and rush to attack a Huo grass. Remember to retreat immediately after attacking.”
After thinking it over, He decided to try another method. Although it was risky to send Shiyong, he was from the Star-Eye Clan and had an advantage in speed. With He’s water chain to protect him, it would maximize his safety.
Shiyong stepped out from behind and stood at the edge of the Huo Nest, pulling out a long dagger. After signaling to He, he suddenly charged forward, his body turning into an afterimage as he dashed into the Huo Nest, the dagger in his hand slicing through the air, stabbing diagonally down towards a piece of Huo grass.
At present, Shiyong's combat power was equivalent to that of a warrior with twelve thousand fuleira. This strike would not be small in power, and even if these Huo grass were all ninth-level mutated plants, they wouldn't withstand the attack easily.
At the moment the dagger pierced the Huo grass, it was abruptly deflected by a thick root system that suddenly emerged from the ground.
He’s water chain enveloped Shiyong, and she had already shouted for him to retreat.
Shiyong had already prepared; upon sensing something coming up from the ground, he began to retreat. However, beneath his feet and behind him, several root systems surged out simultaneously.
Shiyong was struck and sent flying at the first moment. It was just a split second after his dagger was deflected.
Everyone's expressions changed simultaneously.
It was too fast!
While they were uncertain about the attacking power for the time being, the speed at which these root systems launched their attacks was truly despairingly quick.
They felt the roots just as they hit Shiyong, the fastest among them.
Shiyong wasn’t lucky; his defenses, bolstered by He’s water chain, had not been breached, but the immense impact sent him flying deeper into the Huo Nest. One could imagine that if he fell deep, there would be no place for him to be buried.
However, the water chain could not pull him back once he was past a certain distance, and beyond that, it would even become ineffective.
At that moment, Shiyong remained calm. One of his hands had lost all sensation from the earlier impact, but his other hand drew out a weapon and immediately slashed downward at the attacking roots beneath him.
This was the only thing he could do; it was better than waiting for death. Even as he swung his weapon, he used a bit of clever force, hoping to leverage the impact to propel him back towards the team.
However, the collision happened faster than he expected. His weapon barely made contact before being knocked away again, and he couldn’t dodge, being struck by the roots once more.
Feeling incredibly stifled, Shiyong was in the air, experiencing a second attack. He had many tactics he could try; even several crimson condensation level pieces of equipment on him should prove useful.