Chapter 441: Chapter 214: Let’s Fight Somewhere Else (Part 1)
Don’t be too surprised... For Gu Ningzhi, these words are evidently redundant. As a good student who received a normal education from childhood, everything he’s heard and seen lately has challenged the limits of his imagination. He never imagined that there could be such strange and terrifying creatures in this world, a race that completely defies the laws of natural development.
The Insect Race is like the ugliest flaw in a perfectly painted picture, forcibly ruining the entire scene.
Although Gu Ningzhi had already heard about the terror of the Insect Race from Su Jiameng and Gong Yulu, facing this Mother Tree on the verge of becoming an Insect General, he still found that his imagination was insufficient. It couldn’t fully restore the terrifying and powerful nature of this creature.
The closer he got to the core trunk of the Mother Tree, the stronger its defense and attack capabilities became. This Mother Tree also had intelligence; although this intelligence was completely suppressed by its nature of slaughter and devouring, its judgment was not lacking.
On Su Jiameng and the others, the Mother Tree sensed a vague sense of crisis, as if its life could be taken away at any moment.
With its life threatened, the Mother Tree started to break its hesitation toward the aura of Yongping and began to truly act. However, Su Jiameng and her team were not to be trifled with. Moreover, the area was filled with unstable Ximolai Ore, with the potential for explosions at any moment.
The Mother Tree was evidently wary of this point, as it cherished its life and lacked the courage to fight to the death under any circumstance. In contrast, Su Jiameng and her team didn’t harbor such concerns. They valued their lives, but they could give them up when necessary.
While the Mother Tree hesitated, they let loose completely. The branches of the sub-trees here were very robust, each ten meters thick, and covered with barbs. The barbs were of a dim hue, laced with lethal poison.
Even after cutting down so many branches, with ichor covering the cloak Su Jiameng wore, Xihe’s blade remained as bright as new, without a single speck of filth. Like Xihe, so was Yongping.
Yongping had been with Su Jiameng since it first came into being from forging, and it was the weapon she was most adept with. Now that Yongping had a new owner, watching it in another’s hand, she felt a subtle sense of melancholy.
Of course, now wasn’t the time for sentimental musings. Although the three cooperated for the first time, each had rich combat experience and naturally knew how to complement each other to maximize their effectiveness, with no sense of stagnation from start to finish. The obstructing branches of the sub-trees were all cut down, writhing on the ground for a moment before they lay still.
The sub-trees guarding the Mother Tree were evidently much more advanced than the small fry outside. Not only were they larger, more agile, and had greater explosive power, but they also had one important trait: they could regrow in a short time after being severed, seemingly immortal.
Su Jiameng stepped along a branch attacking, gracing the part without barbs, and leaped away from the attacking tip, entering a temporary dead angle. Xihe’s sharp blade cleaved a long gap. Su Jiameng didn’t stop but rather took advantage of the momentum to press forward, directly splitting the branch open.
The Mother Tree was indeed wise and much more cunning than they thought. The branch regrew almost at the instant it was severed, greedily reaching for Su Jiameng, intending to devour her completely, including the blade in her hand.
"Foolish!" Su Jiameng’s lips curved into a smile, and as Xihe’s blade turned, it directly met the branch’s movement. To the side, Gu Ningzhi thought Su Jiameng was in trouble this time, never expecting that the branch, seemingly meant to advance unstoppably, paused as if encountering something dreadful, giving her opponent a chance to sever it once more, and it couldn’t regrow this time.
Gu Ningzhi keenly noticed, at that moment, a terrifying and oppressive spiritual power he felt before flashed by. It was clear that the branch’s inability to regenerate was closely related to that spiritual power... Telekinesis! At this moment, Gu Ningzhi vaguely understood why Su Jiameng was confident she could exterminate these monsters.
Thinking of this, he subconsciously turned his head to look at Gong Yulu, finding that she not only showed no confusion or fear but also displayed a hint of nostalgia, sparking new doubts... This person named Gong Yulu had indeed kept many secrets. Judging by her expression, she might have seen similar scenes before and possibly knew Su Jiameng even earlier...
