The wails gradually subsided.

Instead, the rustling sound of the vines rubbing against the ground became more and more frequent.

Although these vines are afraid of fire, they have not retreated because of it.

Like pythons locking onto their prey, they slithered around the building where Zhao Jingguo and his two companions were hiding, searching for a way out.

Zhao Jingguo's face was extremely grim, and he said with a bitter expression, "I'm afraid I'm going to die here today!"

Cai Xiaokun was now also gripped by despair, and cried out in despair, "Hasn't Ye Li been here for half a day already? What is he doing? Could it be... that Ye Li is already dead?"

"Boom!"

Just then, a loud bang was heard, and the entire building shook violently.

The ceiling on the second floor suddenly collapsed, landing beside the three of them.

If it had been just a little off course, the falling rock would have landed right on the heads of the three people, with unimaginable consequences.

The sudden turn of events startled the three of them, and their hearts pounded wildly.

The three looked up and saw a thick, dark red vine shoot down from the second floor along with the falling rocks.

Like a fierce venomous snake, it lunged straight at Zhao Jingguo's head.

"Hold!"

Zhao Jingguo's eyes widened, veins bulging on his forehead, and he immediately swore.

He used almost all his strength to roll to one side.

"Bang!"

The vines, as hard as steel spears, pierced straight into the ground.

Cai Xiaokun was completely stunned. He stood there blankly, his face full of astonishment, utterly at a loss.

His mind went blank, and his body trembled uncontrollably until Lei Qing's furious shout rang out beside him: "Burn him!"

The roar exploded in Cai Xiaokun's ears like a thunderclap, jolting him back to reality from his dazed state.

He quickly picked up a Molotov cocktail from the side, lit it, and threw it forcefully at the thorny vine.

Lei Qing threw one at each of the vines.

"boom!"

The Molotov cocktail landed on the vines and instantly burst into flames.

Large amounts of black smoke rose from the vines.

The thick vine seemed to sense the pain, began to tremble violently, and then quickly retracted back to the second floor.

However, before the three could even breathe a sigh of relief, an even more violent tremor came from the second floor.

Countless pebbles and tiles fell from above with a thud, crashing onto the ground with a loud crackling sound.

The three hurriedly picked up the Molotov cocktails and looked warily towards the second floor.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

With three loud bangs, three incredibly thick vines, like sharp spears, slashed down from the second floor with fierce momentum, piercing straight into the chests of the three men.

The speed was so fast that Zhao Jingguo and the others had no time to react.

Before they could even throw their Molotov cocktails, the three spear-like vines were already close to their chests, just a hair's breadth away from piercing their bodies.

Suddenly, the three vines stopped.

It was as if they had been frozen in place, completely motionless.