Published: March 2, 2025
Nurturing the soft vine body in his hand, Wen Yu smiled and said, “This is a treasure!”
Then, Wen Yu might have noticed the eager eyes of the three spirit pets and chuckled lightly. “But, this isn't for you!”
“Tsk...” Victor coldly snorted, and then his body slowly shrank, returning to his mini form. With a nimble leap, he directly landed on top of Xing's head.
Du Yan and Xing both wore expressions of disappointment.
“Alright, alright, there will be more in the future,” Wen Yu comforted his spirit pets, tossing the vine body up and down a couple of times, then extended his right hand and gently knocked on it twice. “Stop playing dead; say something.”
...
“You said you wouldn’t kill me...”
“I never said I would kill you!”
Wen Yu bluntly expressed his thoughts. In fact, he had no intention of eliminating the vine—a level five creature would only yield a magic crystal and this unknown “fruit” in his hand.
“But you...”
The vine trembled and struggled to speak.
The survival state of this vine was quite interesting; its body was merely a green spherical ball with a diameter of about 20 centimeters, and the extending vine branches were merely “clothing.” Once Wen Yu cut off the connection between the body and the vine branches, the vine was equivalent to having the power of a level five being but was powerless as a "trophy."
However, Wen Yu found great utility in this trophy!
Thinking of this, Wen Yu moved his mind, and the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine, hidden within Wen Yu's body, slowly appeared beside him.
...
After acquiring the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine, Wen Yu had already conducted detailed studies on it.
As a special life form cultivated by the Xianxia Civilization, the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine was not much different from Faceless—it lacked wisdom and a soul, possessing only negligible instincts.
This essentially distinguished special life forms like Faceless and the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine from ordinary life forms—while they could understand commands and had combat instincts, they lacked the ability for independent action.
This had increasingly failed to satisfy Wen Yu's combat needs!
When Wen Yu saw the ruins of HL Town and thought about everything that had happened there, a sudden idea struck him.
If the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine came into contact with the vine below, would something interesting happen?
This was just a guess, and he couldn’t guarantee the success rate, nor could he ensure that other situations wouldn’t arise.
But trying it out was always worth it!
Thinking about it, he acted! Under Wen Yu's strength, this guess quickly turned into reality!
...
As the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine appeared, an indescribable emotion was transmitted from it into Wen Yu's mind.
Desire? Anxiety? Perhaps even a hint of fear.
The vine core in Wen Yu's hand also reflected the same emotions.
Perceiving these two emotions, Wen Yu couldn't help but smile.
His guess was correct!
Then, Wen Yu gently squeezed the vine body in his hand. “What do you feel when you see this thing?”
The vine core trembled twice in Wen Yu's hand.
“Nothing... nothing at all.”
“Bang.”
Wen Yu decisively gave the vine core a flick.
“Speak honestly!”
“Fragrant... fragrant... want to eat...”
Under Wen Yu's intimidating presence, the vine quickly expressed its thoughts.
Hearing the mental waves emitted from the vine core, Wen Yu immediately laughed and then gently tugged at the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine.
“If you feel like eating, then eat!”
Saying this, Wen Yu immediately released the restrictions on the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine!
...
Acting on instinct, the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine darted toward the vine core the moment Wen Yu lifted the restrictions!
The front part of the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine stabbed into the vine core like a sharp spike. Under Wen Yu's intense gaze, the green vine core seemed to split in half, transforming into a sticky liquid, which was quickly absorbed into the branches of the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine.