"Oh?"

The flying Silver King was naturally no match for the speed of the crossbow. It looked at the dead vines lying in front of it and poked them twice with its wolf claws.

The bloodstains on its body were still bright red, showing no sign of fading.

"Yeah! The points from this vine are mine!" Li Wenxi, holding a crossbow, made a victory gesture towards Ji Chaoyang. "I'm faster than you, so I got the head... No, the vine head!"

Ji Chaoyang smiled and shook his head without saying anything. He reloaded an explosive arrow into the crossbow and put it into his backpack.

Xu Xin also put away his halberd.

He had been paying attention to the vines and understood what had just happened. He smiled when he heard Li Wenxi say this, "Ji Chaoyang was quicker than you just now. The explosion behind was from your explosive crossbow bolt. It's just that his first strike nearly killed the vine, and your second strike just happened to kill it."

"Huh? Is that so?" Li Wenxi was stunned for a moment, then rubbed his head a bit embarrassedly. "Then I guess I stole the kill, but I can't give you the points..."

"You two are both trying to steal my head," Xu Xin said unhappily.

"Hehe..." Li Wenxi hugged his arm with a smile, "I won't feel guilty about taking your head."

"You..." Xu Xin flicked her forehead lightly, "But you did well this time. You reacted pretty quickly."

"Right! The first thought in my mind was to take out a crossbow and blow it up!" Li Wenxi also felt that she did a great job. She felt like a hidden weapon master in the martial arts world, and her moves were extremely fast.

"Wait, wait, wait! You guys, what's going on?! Aren't you going to explain?" Qi Xuefei was still confused and looked at Xu Xin and the others helplessly. "Why are you two flirting with each other again?"

"That's not flirting!" Li Wenxi quickly extended her hand to hug Xu Xin.

After the vine was killed by the explosive crossbow, Qi Xuefei stared in a daze at the blood-thorn vine on the ground, which was much thicker than any vine she had seen before.

Now that she realized what was happening, she immediately asked the three people, "Let's not talk about that. Why can this vine attack the inside of the protected area?"

"That's right, Sister Xuefei. We encountered this last time..."

Li Wenxi pulled Qi Xuefei away to explain, while Xu Xin looked at the broken vine.

This mutated blood-thorn vine seemed to be even thicker than the last one. Moreover, both its speed and strength were stronger than the last time.

When it passed over his head just now, the violent sound of it breaking through the wind made Xu Xin feel its powerful force and speed.

Really strong!

Even though the vine had lost its force before it could hit them, it still used the remaining force to break a not-so-thin poplar tree.

"This attack power is probably not much different from that of a mid-level mutant beast." Ji Chaoyang looked at the tree that was directly broken and frowned.

"Wenxi, how many points are there for this vine this time?" Xu Xin asked Li Wenxi, who was still telling Qi Xuefei about their previous encounter.

"Hmm... this time it's 75 points, which is better than last time. Last time I think it was 50 points, right?" Li Wenxi responded. Then she asked with some confusion, "How did it get better?"

75 points?!

The mutated vines in this area have become stronger again?

No, this time is not the same position as last time, so it cannot be said that I have become stronger.

Perhaps it was because this place was closer to the thing Xu Xin was looking for, which could amplify the power of mutant beasts.

What on earth is this thing?

Are all the vines nearby affected?

Xu Xin took a step forward. He wanted to step out again to test the strength of the vines, but was stopped by Ji Chaoyang.

Xu Xin looked at him, and he shook his head at Xu Xin.

"The vines here can enter the protected area and attack, so it's better not to provoke them. If a lot of vines are drawn out at once, it will be difficult for us to deal with them. If we are entangled by the vines and dragged in, we will probably be swallowed by the vines in an instant." Ji Chaoyang said calmly.

Xu Xin thought for a moment and retracted his foot that was about to step forward.

Ji Chaoyang was right.

Vines with 75 points are already very strong. If there are too many of them, they can easily fail.

Speaking of being dragged in, Xu Xin thought of the giant carnivorous plant that guarded the golden treasure chest.

It stretched out its branches and dragged Xu Xin into its "bloody mouth". If it hadn't been for Coco's help, he would probably have died there.

It’s better not to mess with these vines whose attack power is almost comparable to that of intermediate mutant creatures.

"Oh! Oh! Oh!" Coco climbed onto Xu Xin's shoulder, pointed her little paws to the depths of the dangerous area, and then gestured to Xu Xin.

"...You mean, you can feel right now that the thing that's making Silver King and the others stronger is right there," Xu Xin pointed deep into the dangerous area and asked Keke, "In this unprotected area?"

"Hmm!" Coco nodded her little head.

"Huh..." Xu Xin took a deep breath.

It seems that this area can only be explored later when it is covered by the protected area or when he has the ability to enter the dangerous area.

His current strength was enough to deal with a single vine, but it was completely insufficient to deal with a swarm of vines. Furthermore, the closer he got to the target, the stronger these underground creatures became. The closer he got, the more dangerous it became. It was simply not something he could explore right now.

Stepping into the danger zone now is simply courting death.

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