Chapter 61: The Mutating Devil Vine
"My lord!!! Don't run away, everyone! Hurry up and save my lord. If anything happens to my lord, we'll all die too!" Just as Tang Tian was swept away, these soldiers suddenly became frantic.
They didn't care about Tang Tian's orders and ran outwards, but instead they chased in the direction where Tang Tian was swept away.
Under the chaos of the military heart, more than a dozen people were suddenly caught off guard again and were tied up by the vines that suddenly appeared beside them, and were dragged deep into the jungle.
"Hurry, hurry and save our master", but it was too late to rescue those who were swept away, the others rushed in the direction where Tang Tian disappeared.
His body was tied up, and countless sharp thorns pierced his body. Tang Tian felt himself getting weaker and weaker, accompanied by dizziness.
Forcing himself to stay spirited and not fall into a coma, Tang Tian's brain was racing to think of a way to escape, but in his anxious state, he couldn't think of anything, and the more he thought, the dizzier his head became.
"No, I must think of a way to escape, otherwise I'll definitely be taken to the Variant Witch Vine's main stem and become its nutrient, but now it's impossible to escape... what to do, what to do, what to do..." Tang Tian thought anxiously in his heart.
But suddenly Tang Tian's eyes lit up, "Right, if I keep going like this, I'll definitely be pulled to the main trunk of the mutant vine. In that case, I might as well think of a way to kill its main trunk. After all, even if I cut off these branch vines, there are still more branch vines, and it's impossible to finish them off. If I can kill its main trunk, not only can I escape, but I can also rescue the others who were dragged away, hmm, that's what I'll do".
After thinking of a solution, Tang Tian calmed down and his heart wasn't as anxious anymore. He mustered up his spirit to prevent himself from fainting, while thinking of ways to kill the Variant Demon Vine's main stem.
"These vines are obviously plants too, and as plants, they're definitely afraid of fire. When the time comes to reach the main stem, I'll take out a few gas cylinders from my ring, then have the ghostly assassin release the gas, and after that, get him to create some sparks with an object. I don't believe you won't be able to die!"
Soon, Tang Tian thought of a way to kill the mutated vine, which was to use the gas cylinders collected in the school cafeteria. These things had been piled up in the ring all along, taking up space and not being used, but now they were finally useful.
The method had been thought of, and Tang Tian quickly communicated with the ghostly assassin who had been hiding by his side. Fortunately, as Tang Tian's summoned beast, they didn't need to use language and could communicate directly in their minds. However, it was a one-way communication where the ghostly assassin could only receive Tang Tian's commands and couldn't respond. But even so, it was already enough.
Fortunately, they could communicate without language, otherwise Tang Tian, who was tied up like a rice dumpling, really couldn't speak at this time.
Having thought of a way to solve the problem, Tang Tian's heart was no longer so anxious, and he let the vines drag himself deeper into the jungle, preparing for what he should do when the time came.
Under the dizzy and sinking feeling, Tang Tian didn't know how long had passed when he suddenly felt himself being lifted up. Then, he felt the vines that bound him loosen, and the thorns on the vines withdrew from his body. A large amount of fresh blood gushed out from the surface of Tang Tian's body. The massive loss of blood made Tang Tian feel wave after wave of weakness and discomfort, but he still forced himself to stay awake and not let himself faint, because once he fainted, he might never wake up again.
When the vines were completely loosened, Tang Tian finally saw the situation clearly.
His own legs were bound and hung upside down in the air, while dozens of soldiers who had been dragged away by vines not far from him were also suspended, but without exception, they all fell into a coma at this time.
Seeing this scene, Tang Tian was certain that these vines must have a strong anesthetic effect. Perhaps it was because his spirit was higher than others that he hadn't fallen into a coma.
Apart from this, the place where he is now located is a rare open space in the midst of the jungle, about tens of meters in diameter. In the middle of the site, there is a green sphere with a diameter of about five meters, half buried underground and half suspended in the air.
Above the ground, countless thick and thin vines grew densely, extending to unknown depths in the jungle, while he and the unconscious soldiers were all suspended from the vines hanging down from the surrounding trees.
Moreover, according to Tang Tian's observation, around that green sphere, countless animal corpses were lying, surrounding the sphere in a circle. What made Tang Tian extremely horrified was that these animal corpses were all desiccated, as if everything inside their bodies had been sucked out.
Whoosh!
At this moment, Tang Tian saw a brown vine suddenly emerging from the ground, much smaller than the other green vines, about the thickness of a thumb. After the vine emerged from the ground, it rushed towards a soldier hanging in mid-air, and then its tip was like a sharp thorn, instantly piercing into the soldier's body.
Then Tang Tian made a terrifying discovery, the soldier's body was withering away at a speed visible to the naked eye, and in just a few minutes it turned into a skeleton wrapped in skin. Finally, the brown vine withdrew from the soldier's body, and the green vines that bound him also loosened their grip on him, and he fell silently from mid-air.
"What the...?! What kind of ghost thing is this, a vampire?!" Seeing such a scene, Tang Tian took in a breath of cold air, then stared blankly with his True Eyes at that brown vine.
"The variant beast's variant vine root system, one of the countless roots, can penetrate into the bodies of animals and plants, absorbing all water and nutrients to provide nutrition for the main body."
"Damn it, so this thing is just a root system after all, but isn't that too terrifying? Could it be...?", Tang Tian cursed silently in his heart as he looked at the data on the root system.
While inwardly cursing, Tang Tian also had some doubts. Logically speaking, this variant demon vine should be a tendril, but around here, except for the huge green sphere in the middle, there were no other particularly noticeable tendrils. Was that thing really the main body of the variant demon vine?
At the moment, in order to figure out where the main body of the variant demon vine was, and also to prepare for its destruction later, Tang Tian activated his True Eye to look around. However, what made Tang Tian disappointed was that all he saw were the variant demon vine's branch vines, without seeing the existence of the main body. Finally, Tang Tian shifted his gaze towards the huge circular ball in the middle.
"Mutated Strangler Vine, 12th-level Special Mutant Beast, evolved from plants, possessing primary intelligence. In dangerous situations, it can retract all its vines and shrink its body to escape underground. Its body has grown 1,200 roots that are 500 meters long, as well as countless root systems. The vines are used for hunting, while the root system is used to absorb nutrients to provide for the main body's evolution."
When the Eye of Reality looked at the sphere, Tang Tian immediately obtained its information.
"Damn it, once I find out where your main body is, I'll have a way to deal with you", Tang Tian thought fiercely in his heart.
However, it was at this time that Tang Tian discovered dozens of brown roots emerging from the ground again, stabbing towards the soldiers suspended in mid-air and himself. Moreover, there were also vines that occasionally rolled back, with a soldier or other animals hanging on them, unconscious.
"We must act immediately, or else all these people will die," Tang Tian said fiercely in his heart.
Then began secretly communicating with ghost assassins preparing for action...
