Chapter 70
The thick tree roots lifted Yan Hong up, and she felt dizzy and fell upside down.
Yan Hong was just about to swing her knife to cut off the tree trunk that was wrapped around her, when she suddenly felt the knife in her hand being pulled away by a strong force. Turning around, she saw several vines emerging from the tree canopy, which swept away her knife.
Yan Hong looked down in disbelief. Guan Wei was watching the show below with an expectant expression.
Guan Wei's special ability is obviously to control plants, whether it is the roots underground or the vines growing on the trees, he can use them all.
As long as his supernatural power is sufficient, this entire forest will be his home. Thinking of this, Yan Hong almost fainted.
What the hell!
Just when Yan Hong felt that resistance was hopeless, the tree roots that were hanging her and the vines that had taken away her knife were cut off by two cold lights.
Yan Hong grabbed a tree root, used her strength to cushion her fall, and finally landed steadily. She raised her hand and the long sword returned to her hand.
"I didn't expect that I arrived just in time." Shaoxing Yang danced with his long sword twice like a show-off.
"Timely, what the hell? They've been surrounding me and beating me up for ages!"
"What?" Shao Xingyang looked at the group of people standing on the other side with a bad look in his eyes: "Who is so shameless as to bully the minority with their numbers?"
Shao Xingyang glanced around the crowd and immediately found Guan Wei, who was standing at the front and had a uniform different from the others.
Without much talk, Shao Xingyang kicked his feet hard, and with the help of the force of the tree roots swinging from the side, his body rushed out like an arrow. The two long swords drew strange arcs in the air, and the blades split the oncoming obstacles and went straight to the guards.
A moment later, he was also bounced away.
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa——!”
Yan Hong couldn't bear to watch it, so she jumped up and caught Shao Xingyang who was about to fall flat on his face.
"Silly, I haven't even finished what I was saying."
Yan Hong pointed at Guan Wei and the tall man behind him in annoyance.
"The one in front is the base's lackey, his ability is to control plants. The one behind is his security guard, his ability is to form a protective shield that can absorb and reflect attack damage."
Guan Wei raised his eyebrows and did not comment on the lackey's address. The tall man was stunned. He was a security guard?
"Why is it so troublesome?"
Shao Xingyang stood up straight and beckoned to Guan Wei: "Hey, you lackey over there, stop hiding behind other people's abilities. Do you dare to come out and fight me in a one-on-one fight?"
Yan Hong clicked her tongue and poked Shao Xingyang's arm with her elbow.
"What are you talking about? How could they possibly come out? They're scared to death of getting beaten, okay? Otherwise, why would they bring so many people out, and even bring a personal bodyguard? Isn't it because they're afraid of being beaten to death by us? Can you please understand them? They really value their lives."
"Oh, right, right," Shao Xingyang slapped his head, "I didn't think enough. I didn't realize that the opponent was a coward who loved life and died. I actually wanted to challenge him to a duel. I really didn't respect his ideas at all."
Guan Wei sighed.
"There's no need for you to sing the same tune. Even if you join forces, you won't be able to defeat me."
"Shh, little mouth." Yan Hong made a gesture of pinching her lips.
"You don't need to explain. We all understand," Shao Xingyang said considerately, beginning to defend Guan Wei. "We understand that as a leader, you'll definitely want to act like a leader. It's hard to say how capable you are, but you definitely want to save face. If you lose to us, with so many people watching, you'll be embarrassed. Who knows what people will say about you when you go back. It's normal that you don't dare to come out. We all understand. If you don't believe me, ask the guy next to you; he's sure he understands too."
The tall man hadn't figured out how the topic had led to him when he looked down and saw his leader looking at him.
Tall man:!!!
The tall man was not good at speaking, and now when faced with a question that could ruin his career, he stuttered and became speechless.
"Well, um, I, uh, I am..."
"Okay, no more talk."
Guan Wei raised his hand to stop the tall man's explanation and looked back. The people from various exploration teams all had strange expressions on their faces, but when Guan Wei looked over, they all tacitly chose to avoid eye contact.
Although Guan Wei was their superior and was indeed responsible for managing the exploration team, he had already proved his identity at the base before setting off. But just as Yan Hong thought, this was the first time they met Guan Wei, and they had no idea who he was. They followed him only because of the base's mission.
When facing people you don’t know at all or even strangers, rumors are often amplified to the greatest extent.
Yan Hong and Shao Xingyang's words had been heard by everyone else. In addition, everyone also knew that there were many second-generation people in the upper echelons who were just sitting there doing nothing and those who used their family connections to get in through the back door, which directly led to a subtle change in everyone's attitude towards Guan Wei.
After all, those who risk their lives every day on the front line hate the parasites hiding in the back the most.
Even if they still obey Guan Wei's orders because of their positions, the grudge in their hearts is difficult to erase.
Guan Wei felt troubled. Not to mention what these dishonest people would say about him privately after he returned, which would have a very bad impact on his subsequent development. Just the fact that he was a member of the management and the people below were dissatisfied with him made him wonder what kind of landmines this would lay in the future.
But the solution to this problem is very simple. You just need to eliminate the suspicion before it takes root.
"You guys can fight me if you want," Guan Wei took the initiative to walk out of the tall man's supernatural protection range. "If you want two people to come together, that's fine too."
All we need to do is to get rid of these two people with real weapons, and the rumors will naturally be self-defeating. However, the most important thing is to increase the deterrent power in front of these exploration teams to prevent them from rebelling midway.
Shaoxing Yang gave Yan Hong a proud look.
See, you've been fooled.
"But if you lose, you must follow me back honestly and tell me the location of the others."
"Okay," Yan Hong looked directly into Guan Wei's eyes without fear. "But what if you lose?"
"If I lose, you can do whatever you want."
"Anything is fine? Even your life is fine?"
"OK."
"Is it okay if I ask you to take off all your clothes and run around naked?"
"...," Guan Wei took a deep breath and said, "Okay."
Hearing the forbearance in Guan Wei's tone, Yan Hong forced out a slightly malicious smile.
It’s time for the old master, who has lived a life of luxury until his middle age, to see the methods of a scoundrel.
Shaoxing Yang raised his hand and conjured up a column of water, which rushed towards Guan Wei like a dragon, but Guan Wei did not take the attack seriously. The vines on the surrounding trees began to grow rapidly, blocking Guan Wei one after another, weaving an airtight net to block all the incoming water columns.
"Is this all you have?"
But it only looks powerful. Guan Wei felt that the impact of the water column stopped, and then he untied the wall of vines, ready to end the battle quickly.
When he saw the scene in front of him clearly, a moment of surprise flashed across his face.
The water column that Shaoxing Yang conjured up did not disappear, but condensed into an ice path. At this time, Yan Hong had already stepped on the ice path and arrived in front of Guan Wei. The tip of the sword was pointing directly at Guan Wei's eyebrows, and a blood bead appeared on his forehead.
So that's how it is. Guan Wei narrowed his eyes slightly, because he knew that he couldn't get close to him while he was in sight, so he chose to use this method to temporarily make him lose his sight. It was indeed a bit unexpected that he was able to get close to him in such a short time.
But unfortunately, this little trick is not enough given the huge gap in strength between the two sides.
When Yan Hong was about to stab the long knife into Guan Wei's head, something strange happened. A new sprout suddenly began to grow under Yan Hong, rising from the ground like a beanstalk from the magic beans in a fairy tale, and dragged Yan Hong directly up, just missing the best opportunity to kill Guan Wei.
Yanhong jumped down with all her strength before the plants sent her too high, fortunately Shaoxing Yang's water ball served as a buffer.
Yanhong climbed out of the water ball and touched her face irritably.
“Come again!”
The two men took turns to attack but failed to really hurt Guan Wei. They kept trying different directions and methods, but Guan Wei didn't even show any sign of moving. In the eyes of others, it was an absolute crushing victory in terms of strength, and both of them were played around by Guan Wei.
But Yan Hong and Shao Xingyang knew that although they could not hit Guan Wei, Guan Wei could not do anything to them. If only one person was there, it would be fine. But with both of them present at the same time and with years of tacit cooperation, it would be no easy task to catch them. That's why Guan Wei never took the initiative.
What he wanted was to consume most of their superpowers and physical strength and then catch them all in one fell swoop, giving others the illusion that he could tease the two of them at will and catch them at any time if he wanted.
To put it bluntly, he wanted to use the two of them as stepping stones to his own reputation. His ability would be heightened in the eyes of others, but Yan Hong and Shao Xingyang would lose all their face!
It’s embarrassing to think that my colleagues watched me fight with my boss and I lost the fight.
As time went on, more and more vines were sprouted from the tree roots emerging from the ground, and the two people's movements became increasingly restricted.
The person most affected by the tug-of-war was Shao Xingyang. His supernatural power consumption was much greater than Yan Hong's. The water flow he summoned was obviously not as strong as at the beginning, and there was a tendency to weaken.
Guan Wei naturally caught this point and realized that the time was ripe. He didn't have much supernatural power left, so he simply started to harvest now.
Guan Wei concentrated his firepower, causing the vines and tree roots to gather around Shao Xingyang. Shao Xingyang held the knife in one hand and supported the long knife inserted into the soil with the other hand, breathing heavily.
Yan Hong can do that because her special ability is in that area. Shao Xingyang runs around relying on pure physical strength, and he is not as resilient as Yan Hong. Now facing siege from all sides, Shao Xingyang may not even have enough strength to swing his sword.
Guan Wei's eyes were cold as he controlled the tree roots and vines to wrap around Shao Xingyang, making him unable to move. Then more and more tree roots and vines began to climb up, gradually forming a tightly wrapped ball. Those plants would keep shrinking until they broke all the bones of the person inside.
The part of controlling Shaoxing Yang went so smoothly that Guan Wei even felt a little relieved. But when he was about to get rid of Yan Hong, he suddenly felt a deep feeling under his feet.
Guan Wei looked down and saw that the soil under his feet had turned into a swamp-like texture at some point, swallowing up his feet. Guan Wei then realized something was wrong and looked in the direction he was going. He saw a subtle water mark on the ground.
Shao Xingyang had been quietly sending water underground since some time had passed. The water had drilled all the way to his feet like a mole, and eventually set a trap for him right under his nose. It was precisely because of such extensive use of his supernatural powers that Shao Xingyang looked so tired.
But it was too late, Guan Wei's feet were stuck in it and the trap was complete.
As the water marks on the ground quickly condensed into ice crystals, the moist soil under Guan Wei's feet also formed thick ice, as hard as cement, making it completely impossible to move.
At this moment, Yan Hong had already arrived behind him in the moment when he was distracted.
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