Chapter 225 The Monster in the Core
Li Shouyun did not risk going into the next forest.
It's not that I'm timid, it's just that I'm not in a good state.
Everyone will most likely have to face a monster hidden in the core of the ancient tree, plus some unknown dangers, so they must maintain a certain state.
If he were to break into a forest again, even with the help of auxiliary mages, he would definitely not be able to participate in the next battle.
About ten minutes later, two good news came: two teams successfully destroyed the core vines.
The powder floating in the air became thinner, and the strength of the curse was greatly reduced.
Li Shouyun also recovered more strength as a result.
He did not hesitate any more and rushed into the nearby vine forest with Chiyou again.
But this time, it wasn't just the two of them, more people joined in.
The other two successful teams came over after receiving the news, and together with the three teams that were liberated earlier, a coalition force of hundreds of people launched a general attack on the vine forest.
Thanks to the timely support of Li Shouyun and Chi You, everyone was able to retain their manpower to the greatest extent possible, so the general offensive was very successful.
In less than forty minutes, the remaining three vine forests were cleared.
But in the last vine forest, nothing was spared.
This forest is being conquered by the very forces that no one had been willing to cooperate with before.
No one knows whether they were killed because they lost their way in the forest, or whether they were plotting something in the forest and wanted to plot against others, and ended up being buried in the forest and becoming fertilizer.
After a short rest, everyone had new consumables delivered, and when their skills had cooled down, they all looked at the vine forest that was only 500 meters square.
The vines here are dark red in color, entangled with each other, like a big hand tightly grasping your heart.
Without the nourishment of the eight core vines, the core no longer emits red light, and no longer absorbs and spits out pollen while beating.
The water in the pool directly below has dried up and no longer hatches new mutated zombies.
Now is the time when the forest is at its weakest.
But it is also the most dangerous time.
Chiyou slowly pulled the king's bow, and everyone's hearts were lifted.
Will this arrow bring an end to the forest, or will a new crisis break out?
No one knows the answer.
A ray of light overflowed from Chiyou's wrist, swirling around the arrow. Chiyou was still gathering strength, and the light on the arrow became brighter and brighter, flashing continuously.
Five seconds later, Chiyou's wrist began to tremble slightly. The strength he had accumulated was about to reach its limit. When he was about to lose his aim, Chiyou let go of his hand and the arrow disappeared instantly.
No one could see the arrow's flight trajectory, but a big hole appeared on the tumor and a series of sonic boom clouds spread in the air.
Everyone was shocked by the terrifying speed of the arrow.
If Chiyou aimed an arrow at them, they really didn't know how to dodge.
“Bang!”
The core suddenly contracted, making a deafening roar.
“Bang!”
core expansion.
“Bang…bang…bang-bang-bang-bang!”
The core was shrinking and expanding faster and faster, and a blazing red light was emitting from the hole. Everyone could already imagine the arrow blowing the core to pieces. However, the next moment, the light suddenly disappeared, the core stopped beating, and the world instantly became extremely quiet.
"puff."
There was an extremely strange sound, and a pale arm pierced out from the core, holding the arrow shot by Chiyou in its hand.
The arrow that was supposed to explode was strangely suppressed.
Attack ineffective?
Chiyou frowned slightly.
The others were startled and looked at the stretched arm with extremely serious expressions.
really.
A forest that has taken over a city and continues to expand is not easy to deal with.
Their previous guess was correct, there was indeed a zombie hidden in the core.
No one acts rashly. Facing the unknown, those who take action first may gain great opportunities, but are more likely to lose their lives.
Even Chiyou did not move. The real body was here, and the clone was still outside. It would be too dangerous to act rashly.
The only thing to be thankful for is that Chiyou knew the danger of the forest from the beginning, so he had been suppressing his thoughts and had not thought about anything bad. A large amount of luck was firmly entwined around him, so there was no problem in keeping him alive.
Soon, the arm made a new movement. It retracted a little, supported on the right side, and exerted force suddenly. An extremely thin "person" drilled out from the core.
The man was covered in mucus, completely naked, genderless, with skin that stuck to his body like bark, extremely sparse hair, and eyes that glowed red.
Another guess of the public was confirmed.
The monster that emerged from the core was obviously not a complete one.
It hasn't really hatched yet.
The destruction of the forest and Chiyou's arrow interrupted its hatching process.
"roar!"
A low growl sounded from the monster's throat. It slowly turned its head and looked at everyone with its scarlet eyes.
not good!
Everyone's nerves jumped, and a deadly sense of danger enveloped their bodies, but their reaction was still too slow. By the time everyone realized that the monster was going to attack, the monster had already rushed into the crowd, grabbed a person with both hands, hung on the person's body, and pierced his brain with his fangs. The captured person became emaciated in an instant, while the monster's body was almost unchanged, just a little fuller.
This monster replenishes its own insufficient nutrients by killing other people!
Everyone's pupils twitched, and some immediately wanted to retreat, but more people rushed forward bravely.
What's scary is that the monster is strong, what's scary is that it can continue to become stronger.
If we don't deal with it while it's weak, this thing will get out and slowly recover through killing, and we don't know what it will become in the end. By then, it won't be a problem for just a few cities, it will probably force them all to the point where they have no place to survive.
This is not an exaggeration. Everyone clearly saw that a new sprout had grown from the dead man's emaciated body. The sprout grew very quickly and soon formed a vine.
If the zombies kill enough prey, a new forest will grow again.
Among all the people who rushed out, Li Shouyun was the fastest. By the time the others had just reacted, his lightning gun had already hit the zombie's head.
A loud bang!
The thunder sent out a shock wave that spread through the surrounding air. Even at a certain distance, people's skin still felt a tingling sensation.
If they were hit on the head by this bullet, they would have been seriously injured if not killed. However, the zombie was only staggered and did not suffer any obvious injuries.
Seeing this scene, the others were not surprised.
If Li Shouyun really shot it seriously, then this monster would be too weak.
Kill slowly.
Anyway, this situation had been anticipated long ago, and thousands of elites had gathered just for this moment.