Bo Shiwu's expression turned grim, and he said in a deep voice, "Qiao He, you can't go. Your abilities aren't as strong as mine, and besides, you need to get them out of here as soon as possible."

Qiao He laughed, "You burden, how do you know my ability isn't as strong as yours? You're the one who should lead them away. Get out of here quickly! Otherwise, the pine tree's next attack will come."

"Stop dawdling and get everyone out of here. I'll be back." Qiao He looked at Bo Shiwu with a serious expression. She said she would be back, and she meant it.

But Bo Shiwu was still worried about Qiao He; he didn't want to see her get hurt in any way.

Just then, the roots of the pine tree attacked them like madmen, automatically converging into a huge net of roots, seemingly trying to trap everyone inside and drag them away all at once.

Qiao He shoved Bo Shiwu, her eyes seeming to say, "Get them out of here quickly, I can cover your retreat."

Bo Shiwu clenched his fists slightly, and then he quickly protected the children and Shen Huai and left the place.

Time is of the essence now. Bo Shiwu must get everyone to safety as soon as possible before he can go back to help Qiao He.

After everyone left, Qiao He finally breathed a sigh of relief.

With everyone gone, she could finally put her plan into action.

This big pine tree certainly won't let them off so easily.

Since she was going to stop it, Qiao He wouldn't let it get away with it so easily.

The next moment, Qiao He used her special ability to draw a pair of huge black wings on her body, inspired by the wings of a demon.

With these wings, Qiao He's body instantly took to the air. Her eyes turned cold, and then the paper doll Chen Meng beside her released a large amount of flames to burn the roots!

After all, it is a plant. Even if the pine tree is more mutated, it cannot stop the flames from attacking.

In the blink of an eye, those python-like white roots were burned to charcoal by the flames, and then completely dissipated into ashes with a gentle breeze.

It has to be said that Chen Meng's fire-type ability is quite useful. The flames have an eerie orange-blue color, and you can tell from a distance that the temperature is over 100 degrees Celsius, and the temperature at the center may even reach over 1,000 degrees Celsius!

The net of roots that came crashing down was shattered into dust by the flames.

Qiao He flapped her wings and flew into the air. The pine tree was not to be trifled with. Seeing Qiao He take flight, it controlled its pine needles to fly quickly toward Qiao He's body.

If Qiao He were to be pierced by those pine needles, it would definitely be a troublesome situation for her.

Because she doesn't know whether the pine needles of the pine tree are poisonous after it has evolved.

Before the natural disaster, I had never seen such a tall pine tree, but after the tsunami, the pine tree seemed to have undergone even more severe mutations, as if it had been injected with growth hormones. Moreover, this pine tree had grown far too much. Qiao He even wondered if it would grow endlessly in the future and then soar into the sky, becoming taller than human skyscrapers.

If it really comes to that, I'm afraid any human who enters the pine tree's monitoring range will die under its roots and needles, becoming nutrients for its continuous growth.

Qiao He's eyes turned cold. She moved swiftly, fending off the attacks from the pine needles and roots while flying rapidly to the highest point, where she could finally see the top of the pine tree.

Qiao He glanced down and instantly felt her legs go weak; she had never flown that high on her own before!

However, she quickly calmed down and said, "It's okay, it's okay!"

We need to hurry and throw down all the gasoline and explosives.

This is one of the reasons why only Qiao He could cover the rear.

You need wings, and you also need space.

After thinking it over, Qiao He felt that she was the most confident to go there, while others would encounter danger and might never be able to get out of there again.

However, Qiao He underestimated the pine tree's intelligence. They had previously worked together to blow up the pine tree, and the pine tree remembered the appearance of the explosives. As soon as it saw the explosives fall on its body and the ground, it immediately used its plant roots to throw all the explosives away, not giving Qiao He any chance to blow it up.

However, it didn't react much when the gasoline was poured on it.

Since pine trees have never seen gasoline before, they naturally don't think it poses any significant threat to them.

Qiao He kept dodging the pine tree's attacks, then poured all the gasoline from his Blood Jade Space down into the ground.

For the pine tree, however, the gasoline was merely a drop in the ocean, not even enough to completely irrigate its trunk.

Qiao He took a deep breath and lit the gasoline before the next wave of pine needles hit.

Boom—

A tremendous sound suddenly erupted, and Qiao He's eardrums were throbbing with pain.

She dropped not only gasoline, but also miniature bombs.

She drew those bombs using her supernatural abilities; she made quite a few and mixed them all into gasoline before throwing them down.

As the flames swept over, the miniature bomb unleashed tremendous power, blasting the pine needles into a frenzy and causing the trunk to tremble violently.

The black smoke was very thick, and the smell of explosives and gasoline lingered around Qiao He for a long time.

Qiao He saw that half of the pine tree had been completely destroyed, its trunk charred black, as if it had been severely bombed by a missile.

This is the combined effect of micro explosives and gasoline; if it were just one component, it certainly wouldn't have such a powerful effect.

Qiao He took a deep breath and decided to leave.

The pine tree is badly injured and it seems unlikely to attack them anytime soon.

They should have all escaped by now, along with Bo Shiwu.

They'll be safe once they all escape this forest.

Just as Qiao He flew away from the forest, she suddenly saw something inside the pine tree emitting a faint blue light, as if it were some kind of unintelligible thing. The blue light seemed to have a fatal attraction. Qiao He only glanced at it, and the strange blue light remained deep in her pupils.

What is that?

Qiao He had many questions in his mind. The blue light flashed for only a moment before being completely obscured by thick black smoke.

She restrained herself and tried her best not to look back, thus shaking off the urge to go down and find out what was going on.

Strange... Why did she feel such strong emotions? She even disregarded her own life and death and wanted to go down directly! Let's see what that thing with the eerie blue glow is.

Qiao He gritted her teeth, flapped her dark wings, and prepared to leave.

But at that moment, the "Slacking Off System" suddenly emitted a strange mechanical voice: "Beep—Blue substance detected, host, you need to go down and get that substance."

Qiao He: "???"

"Wouldn't I be courting death if I went down there? System, what are you trying to do?" Qiao He didn't understand the system's actions.

The mechanical voice of the "Slacking Off System" sounded extremely ruthless at this moment: "We must get our hands on it. As long as you bring that material over, the system can perform a second upgrade."

Qiao He's eyes lit up: "What? Upgrade!"