Something pierced through the skin of my palm.

When Hua Changle opened her eyes, she saw a small, dark green vine sprouting from her palm. The vine swayed slightly from side to side as if greeting her.

Your superpower "swallowing" requires plants as a medium, and these vines are the companion plants of your superpower.

As long as its main body or temporarily severed part comes into contact with the other's body, you can complete the devouring or gifting in a very short time.

[Chang Le, a snake is coming. It's non-venomous and hasn't mutated. Use your vines to entangle it!]

Hua Changle was on high alert and immediately saw a dark shadow wreathed in red leap up from the ground. Hua Changle gritted his teeth and reached out:

"go!"

The seemingly slender and delicate vines split instantly, like a man-eating flower opening its blood-red maw, the four strands of vines completely wrapping the slender snake from head to tail.

In that instant, Hua Changle also felt a strange connection, like breathing, like a contracting heart—that was…

—Life held in the palm of her hand.

Kill it!

Hua Changle subconsciously repeated these three words. The vines, responding to his consciousness, tightened instantly, and a warm current flowed into his palm, warming his body along with it.

The vines slowly loosened, and a slightly shriveled corpse fell to the ground with a "thud".

The entire process took only three seconds.

The warm, comfortable feeling still lingered in his heart, and the vines, having been devoured, swayed even more happily, yet remained unstained by blood.

Hua Changle's mind went blank, and he staggered back a step.

Chang Le! You did it! You're amazing!

……Yeah?

Hua Changle slowly forced a smile that was even uglier than crying.

That counts as progress, right?