When Shen Jue saw Balsa being pulled from the branches by the vine mother, he felt a little relieved.

The feint attack was effective; to save its own life, the vine mother pushed out the fourth sister.

Seeing Balsa is a good thing. Shen Jue drew his bow and nocked an arrow, the light arrow carrying two absolute defense cards, and projected it onto Balsa.

Balsa had actually been unconscious, but just now, he regained consciousness.

The unbearable burning pain in her body disappeared, and now she felt warm and comfortable all over.

As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw Shen Jue standing in the air, holding a knife.

Balsa blurted out, "Run!" She knew how dangerous the vines were, so she wanted to warn Shen Jue to run.

To everyone's surprise, Shen Jue simply smiled at her, and then a play of light and shadow appeared around her.

The vines binding her were blasted to smithereens, yet she remained completely unharmed. This unusual situation immediately reminded Balsa of the abnormality in her body, and then she glanced at the remarkably calm Shen Jue not far away.

The case is solved. Her being safe now must be related to Shen Jue.

Freed from his restraints, Balsa fell from the sky to the ground, rolled over, and landed in a shallow pit.

Balsa is fine now, but the vine mother seems to have been completely killed by the bombardment of numerous cards.

No, perhaps it wasn't completely dead, because behind Balsa, the surface of the vine mother, though charred, was still trembling.

So, Shen Jue added another set of card arrays to the vine mother body.

After carefully checking, Shen Jue found that the vine was indeed completely dead. He then stepped forward, peeled away the charred mother plant, and found a crystal-clear core beneath the blackened shell.

Even though the mother plant was dead, the core hadn't been destroyed. With a thought, Shen Jue quickly approached and extracted the core from the remains of the vine mother plant.

The core tentacles were icy cold, yet they exuded a powerful life force that made her feel very comfortable.

"This thing... might be useful."

Shen Jue put away the core, and just then, a muffled sound came from behind him.

When Shen Jue turned around, he saw Balsa lying on the ground, pale-faced and breathing weakly.

"Fourth Sister!" Shen Jue immediately rushed to Balsa's side to check on her condition.

Balsa's body temperature was abnormally low, and his pulse was very weak. His bodily functions seemed to have become weak instantly after the card buff was removed.

Shen Jue tried to use healing magic, but when she cast it on Balsa, Balsa's condition only improved slightly before rapidly deteriorating again.

Sasa's life force was rapidly fading away, so Shen Jue took out the last resurrection card and used it on Sasa.

The Resurrection Card possesses immense energy, but Balsa's current physical condition cannot withstand it, and Shen Jue cannot diagnose any illness in it.

Her investigations had never failed, but she had never encountered such a situation before. Balsa's body had no external injuries, yet it seemed to be eroded by some invisible force.

We can't delay any longer. Before the resurrection card's effects wear off, we need to get to Big Brother's Island. Maybe there's a way.

She took out a token engraved with intricate patterns—a landing pass for Big Brother's island.

Where might we find a way to save Balsa?

The two activated the landing order and arrived at the island of Creed.

...

As soon as they arrived on the island, Shen Jue's constantly dialed message device started working.

A video of Clemento came through the communicator.

"What's wrong?"

"Sasa is in trouble!"