Chapter 176 Chapter 176
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In a corner of the Yiyuan Secret Realm, a shrill scream soared into the sky, but soon stopped abruptly, turning into a painful groan.
Uncle Xiong was beside him, frantically yelling, "Hey, that great professor, hold on!"
"Giant bear--wow!"
Relying on its huge size, the big bear tried to tear apart the roots blocking the way and rushed towards Researcher Zhang and his companions who were trapped.
But Uncle Xiong never expected that the vines that could be easily torn apart suddenly became extremely flexible at this moment. The giant base bear rushed all the way with brute force, but was bounced back by the opponent?
Not only that, the thinner roots twisted and entangled the giant bear's feet, drilling upwards through any gaps.
Their tips turned into sharp needles, like a group of bloodthirsty leeches, clinging to the bear's paws and refusing to let go, sucking the blood with gurgling sounds.
"……boom!"
The giant bear clenched his fists and slammed them hard on the ground. The ochre shock wave spread out in all directions, and the earth trembled slightly.
But the vines were more brutal than it had imagined—they had gone completely mad, and even if their bodies were broken, they would cling to their prey and suck out every last drop of blood!
More and more vines emerged from the ground, intertwining layer upon layer, resembling a giant snake den. The giant bear groaned in pain, turning its head helplessly to its beastmaster. "Ouch?"
What should I do? I can’t get through at all?
It's just a bear, how can it defeat a million soldiers?
Because of these few seconds of delay, Researcher Zhang and others who were surrounded by vines were breathing less and breathing in more.
Their combat power was not high to begin with, and among the three, only the woman had some ability. When the vines surrounded them, she summoned the contracted beast in the first place.
The woman's contracted profound beast was a molten flame beast, which could spew out scorching oil fire and profound power as corrosive as concentrated sulfuric acid when it opened its mouth.
But it was no use. When the vines saw them, they were like wolves that had been wandering in the desert for a long time finally seeing flesh and blood. The temptation was unparalleled, and in an instant all the vines within a radius of hundreds of meters were attracted!
Burning away a piece, they couldn't resist the more ferocious ones who came later, pounced on them and rolled them into three small lumps, eagerly wrapping their necks. Researcher Zhang was strangled to death, his face turning purple, his tongue lolling out, his bloodshot eyes rolling upwards.
"Damn it!"
Uncle Xiong couldn't help but swear.
All of a sudden, where did these monsters come from?
Originally, following Researcher Zhang's instructions, he had been having a treasure-hunting rat diligently gnaw at the roots of a large tree. The root was as hard as alloy, nearly breaking the rat's teeth. Finally, due to the spatial turbulence of the Alien Secret Realm, the root softened slightly. Uncle Xiong had the beast attack fiercely, finally nibbling a crack.
But what came out of the cracks were these ugly black and red things that looked like tree roots and loaches!
Like an explosion, it instantly covered the ground, and even the surrounding earth began to tremble. Along with the strange "crackling" sound, more and more vines emerged from the ground, baring their fangs and claws.
Uncle Xiong was sweating profusely and gradually became overwhelmed.
The giant base bear excelled at direct confrontation, employing a relentless, physical approach. The treasure-hunting rat, with its "Lucky Star*" as its primary weapon, also excelled at burrowing and gnawing. Despite their formidable abilities, these two profound beasts seemed somewhat out of place against the overwhelming vines.
Just as I was having a headache, a clear shout suddenly came from not far away: "Get down!"
Uncle Xiong shuddered and immediately turned his head - a huge ball of light brushed past his side and crashed straight into the center of the vines, exploding with a bang!
“Boom!!”
A light wave ball with annihilating properties fell, and powerful mysterious energy spread rapidly in all directions. The vines were shaken by the ripples, and cracks appeared faintly on the surface.
The giant bear seized the opportunity and punched down with several powerful punches!
“Boom! Boom!”
Seismic waves followed the light waves, crushing the shattered vines into dust. It then broke free from the encirclement and scooped up its owner in a bear hug. The treasure-hunting rat screamed and leaped off the ground—his tail tightly hooked into the giant bear's brown fur, and he used all four claws to quickly soar upwards.
A light black shadow streaked across the sky, and the Wuyingying beast, carrying Guan Yun, came swiftly. The Light Realm Frog on Guan Yun's shoulder was still spitting out balls of light, and she reached down and said, "Quick, come up!"
The Witch Shadow Beast couldn't get too close to the ground. The vines that were showing off their might below had already connected into a piece, and their roots were stretching towards the sky with bad intentions, trying to pull down the guy who threw the light wave ball from above and suck it dry.
Fortunately, Uncle Bear had another way. He climbed onto the giant bear's shoulder, and then the giant bear threw him violently -
"Bang!"
The Wuying Beast was thrown off course by the unstable landing, and Guan Yun subconsciously grabbed hold of his own beast: "Uncle Xiong, it's time to lose weight, right?"
Uncle Xiong touched his nose awkwardly and said, "I'll come back, I'll definitely come back."
As he spoke, he took the contracted mysterious beast back into his spiritual space, then looked down at the vines dancing wildly below, and couldn't help but frowning.
Guan Yun saw this and his expression became slightly serious: "What's wrong?"
"There are still people who haven't been rescued," Uncle Xiong pointed to the highest pile of vines and hesitated. "They are a few researchers, but the current situation..."
The vines had piled up like a mountain, and there was no sign of the people inside. Judging by the ferocity with which they were sucking blood, those people were probably in great danger.
Hearing that some people hadn't been rescued, Guan Yun was also stunned: "How could that be? Didn't the Yucong Divine Beast Master leave spatial imprints on everyone?"
She hadn't used it before because she felt the situation wasn't critical. Using this seal would only burden Yu Cong and the Golden Nether Star Beast, so Guan Yun wouldn't pass on what he could handle himself.
But the situation was so critical just now, the researchers were swallowed up and disappeared, and Uncle Bear and the giant base bear were almost caught - this was really a matter of life and death, why not do it now?
Uncle Xiong also looked confused and spread his hands: "I'm not sure either. Maybe it's because of the interference of spatial fluctuations?"
From the moment the "tree roots" were bitten off by the treasure-hunting rat, an invisible force enveloped the surroundings, and the stability of the space quickly collapsed. Not only those researchers, but Uncle Xiong himself could not contact the Golden Pluto Beast.
He was briefly worried, fearing that something might have happened to Yu Cong and the Golden Nether Star Beast. However, as the Witch Shadow Beast flew farther and farther away, leaving that small chaotic area, he could sense the breath of the spatial imprint again.
My heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally settled down a little.
"What is going on?" asked Uncle Xiong.
Guan Yun was even more confused: "How should I know? I was just in the cave in the west. I passed the test of the black snake, and it told me to go to the spirit tree - hiss, wait!"
"My spirit leaf, it didn't light up my spirit leaf!"
Xuanshe was such a jerk, wasn't he? He had clearly passed the assessment, but he just curled up and went to sleep, leaving her nothing!
"Never mind. Who cares about that?" Uncle Xiong wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Let's go to the spirit tree. Judging from the direction of the wind, the spirit tree should be the core of the storm."
"Yusong Divine Beast Master and Jinming Star Beast should be over there too. Let's ask him for help. Maybe those people can still be saved..."
As they flew all the way here, they looked at the ground that was already riddled with holes from tree roots, and they became more and more frightened.
Uncle Xiong told Guan Yun what the researcher asked him to do. When Guan Yun heard that these vines came out after the "tree roots" were bitten to pieces, he immediately looked suspicious.
"If you ask me, these are not the troubles you caused, right?"
Uncle Xiong was stunned for a few seconds: "No, not really..."
Just as he finished speaking, a loud "click" sound was heard from far above in the sky.
The noise this time was so loud it couldn't even be described as shattering glass. It was like thunder rolling in the sky, a bolt of lightning ripping through the heavens, forcibly tearing a massive rift across the night sky!
There were shadowy figures on the other side of the crack, and they turned out to be cities.
Guan Yun and Uncle Xiong both have excellent eyesight. After using their mental power, they can even see dense black spots in the sky and in the city.
They were people standing by the road, looking up at the sky curiously.
“……!”
Guan Yun stared at Uncle Xiong blankly: "This, this really has nothing to do with you?"
Uncle Xiong also looked terrified.
He recalled the fanaticism in Researcher Zhang's eyes, and the other party's muttering of "It's connected", "It's almost connected"... Suddenly, he felt a chill down his spine, and his hair stood on end.
Could it be that I really am an accomplice to the evil?
Oh my god! No, are those researchers stupid?
What good would it do them to wear a zipper that can't be zipped up between the alien space and the human world?
"...Crazy people, a bunch of lunatics!"
…
Blue Star, the headquarters of the Beastmaster Association.
A group of senior executives were urgently formulating countermeasures when several black and red vines suddenly emerged from the corner of the room, and everyone shuddered in fear.
But the amazing thing was that the vines did not attack everyone present, but instead targeted several targets, quickly and fiercely!
Before several white-haired old men could even shout "Help", they were swarmed by vines, which wrapped around them in circles and sucked them dry in seconds.
Until they were dead beyond death, their heads turned into skeletons covered with a thin layer of skin, with their protruding eyeballs still staring blankly, with an expression of disbelief.
There was an old man farther away, clinging to the vines tightly before dying. His nails cracked, his eyes bloodshot, and he screamed in extreme despair: "No, it's not like that! Xuanli, give me the Xuanli from another dimension, let me return to my youth—"
They spent so much effort to connect the two worlds, what they wanted was not the man-eating blood vine, but the circulation of mysterious energy and the strengthening of physical fitness. They used themselves as the anchor to reshape their mental strength and thus become powerful beast masters!
Even though they were already in their octogenarian years and had completely missed the age to train their spiritual strength, they also wanted to prolong their lives and become stronger! They had power and money, so why couldn't they do it?
The old man's unwilling words got stuck in his throat.
The vines roughly strangled his neck, and when he opened his mouth, several roots quickly drilled into his mouth.
This old man died the most tragically. His facial features were almost deformed when he fell down. It is not difficult to guess the intense pain he went through in those few seconds.
He was 1.7 meters tall, but after shrinking, he became hunched over to 1 meter in height, which really looks like he has regained his youth.
The sudden intrusion of the vines startled everyone, but thankfully, the elders distracted them, allowing the others to scramble and evade. This was the Beastmaster Association's headquarters, so support arrived quickly. Within seconds, several Divine Beastmasters rushed in, raising their hands to summon several Mystical Beasts: "Orange Cherry, Swallowtail!"
Mysterious light shot up into the sky, with waves surging. The divine beast users started fighting with the strange vines, while the others hurried to retreat.
As they left, someone looked at the corpse on the ground, extremely sad: "Mr. Wo, Mr. Ju..."
He rubbed his cheeks vigorously. "The vines are clearly coming for them. This is a premeditated, targeted attack. We must thoroughly investigate and avenge those elders!"
As soon as he finished speaking, someone next to him said with a hint of sarcasm: "Yes, it must be thoroughly investigated."
"Did you all hear what Mr. Wo said before he died? 'Rejuvenation', how ridiculous! And that strange pattern on the back of his hand when he fell - if I'm not mistaken, that's a spatial positioning mark, right?"
"If you ask me, this attack wasn't directed at them. It was their mischief that led to this disaster and attracted the attackers!"
“……!”
Some people frowned thoughtfully, "I've heard there's something fishy about those guys. They have tangled ties with several private laboratories and are constantly involved with powerful families in the southwest. There were also rumors that the persistent poaching in China is also connected to them..."
Previously, the poaching and other incidents hadn't been thoroughly investigated because someone in high-ranking officials had covered them up. Now, however, the truth had been revealed in an almost bizarre way, and anyone with a discerning eye could tell who was behind it—the culprit had summoned those ghost vines, which didn't recognize power or wealth and were always deadly.
Is this also considered self-destruction?
But the tail still needed to be swept up. After all, besides the few people in the room, there was no guarantee that there were no other people outside who were involved. While dodging the aftermath of the battle, the leading executives exchanged glances and made a secret decision.
Once this matter is resolved, discipline must be enforced!
None of those ambitious people who harm mysterious beasts and disrupt social order can be let off!
…
Yandu University.
In the dormitory, Shadow Raccoon leaped between the bed frames, stepped on the pages on the desk that were blown by the wind, turned into several afterimages, and suddenly pounced into the air.
"Bang!"
It caught nothing.
A propeller protruded from Ark Xiaoxue's head, and she swung her round body in the air like a ball of white yarn, singing cheerful music: "First move, the raccoon cat takes off—"
The Night Kingbird and the Jade Bramble watched the fun from the side, happily clapping their wings: "Chirp, chirp, chirp!"
Come on, little civet cat!
We caught Ark Xiaoxue, and you will be the first to play in the next game!
Since their success in the inter-school competition, Xu Ling, Yuan Feiyu, and the others have become top students on campus. However, unlike Ji Jingming and the others from the previous class, even with this honor, they are not satisfied at all. They continue to spend their days in the training room, filled with a sense of crisis.
The inter-school champions have worked so hard, how can others tolerate being lazy?
For a time, the Yanda training room was crowded, and even the expensive meditation room was fully booked.
Xia Muqing's existence ultimately had a "catfish effect."
A group of already excellent students, their fighting spirit ignited, are striving to reach the pinnacle. They can clearly see what the heights look like, for the best role models are right beside them. They just need to strive with all their might, getting closer and closer to the peak.
The best among them, such as Xu Ling, are gradually becoming dissatisfied with the normal inter-school competitions. She has just submitted an application to the school, hoping to embark on the road of challenging competitions across Daxia, just like Guan Yun and Xue Yao did in the past.
Battle against various masters and hone your skills in actual combat.
Night King Oriole and Jade Thorn were of course fully supportive, and Shadow Raccoon was not to be outdone, even though it knew its skills were still a bit behind those of its two predecessors. Just then, Ark Xiaoxue had completed her mission and returned to the dormitory to await Xia Muqing's return, so Xu Ling asked it to help train Shadow Raccoon.
After the all-round upgrade, Ark Xiaoxue's training ability is even not inferior to the "Dream Entering" of the Nether Butterfly.
Although it is not like Xiao Zi, who can awaken the deepest desires in the heart of the mysterious beast - but its database is large and it has many skills!
Unleashing this technique now was like the Monkey King's seventy-two transformations. No matter what move Shadow Raccoon used, he could immediately find the most effective counter and deploy it. The skill didn't need to be overpowered; just the right amount was enough, and it also conserved his profound energy. Thus, through this flurry of gestures, he forcibly created the illusion of being attacked from all sides.
Shadow Raccoon: "...Meow!"
It bared its teeth fiercely and rushed forward again without giving up.
The dormitory was buzzing with activity. Xu Ling, who had just returned from the training room, had finished her shower and emerged from the bathroom, wiping her half-wet hair. She leaned against the door and watched for a moment, "Well, take it easy, don't break the tables and chairs."
"Especially you, Xiaoli, learn from Akr Xiaoxue's control..."
Before she finished speaking, she suddenly felt something was wrong and turned her head to look out the window.
A crack had appeared in the red plastic of the nearby playground. Countless strange, black and red roots, resembling earthworms, emerged from it, rapidly spreading in all directions.
Several students who were running in the playground were unable to react in time and were immediately swept in. Their screams were still floating in the air: "Ah——"
"call out!"
The Night Kingbird vanished in the blink of an eye, then reappeared over the playground a few breaths later. It spread its snow-white wings, and the black markings on its back glowed faintly. "Chirp!"
Skill, Break the Moon!
Several streaks of light flashed by, like sharp arrows, nailing dozens of twisting roots to the ground.
Those students reacted quickly, quickly summoning their own mysterious beasts and escaping in a panic with the help of the gap created by the Night King Oriole.
After leaving the playground, they looked at the tiny red spots on their bodies, feeling like they were pricked by needles, still a bit terrified. One of them recognized the Night King Oriole and immediately looked at him like a savior, "Is that Master Xu Ling's mystical beast? Help! What's going on?"
Xu Ling put on a coat and ran out of the dormitory. She was a little surprised when she heard the man calling her name.
Before, I only heard people calling Xia Muqing "Goddess Xia", but now she can also be called "Great God"?
A slight smile flashed through Xu Ling's heart, and then he looked at the tangled vines on the ground, and his expression quickly became serious.
"There are fluctuations of spatial disorder."
She was no longer the rookie she once was. Even when faced with an emergency, she could quickly make a judgment: "It looks like a mysterious beast from another dimension, plant-based?"
"To appear here... I'm afraid it's just a pre-emptive march. Classmates, hurry up and tell everyone not to approach this area—"
Suddenly, a clear "click" sound was heard from high above.
The shadows of giant trees popping up everywhere were cast across the sky. At first glance, they looked like pillars supporting the heavens, or like swords piercing the heavens. The flying vines were their spikes, and their tall trunks continued to rise, gradually pushing up the sky as Xu Ling stared in amazement!
Starting from the point where the shadow touched the sky, thunder-like cracks spread out in all directions, as if a mirror was pierced by a sharp knife. The glass was still barely stuck together, but fine lines had already covered the entire surface of the mirror.
Immediately...
"Bang!"
The roar was like the sound of thousands of cannons exploding beside their ears. The air waves impacted everyone's body, and even the blood seemed to boil under such a fierce impact. Then, the sky began to tear apart.
Bit by bit, tear open the ferocious giant mouth.
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