A large number of scarlet roots slowly emerged from deep underground and silently approached the bottom of the city.
The moment they saw these roots, Lin Zichen's face became solemn and Shen Qinghan's pretty face turned pale.
At this moment, both of them thought that their positions had been completely exposed and they were about to be attacked crazily by these scarlet roots.
However, these scarlet roots simply ignored the two people and surged straight to the bottom of the city above, as if they were not aware of their existence.
Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan noticed this and immediately held their breath, standing still and watching the scarlet roots that kept rising around them.
I don’t know how long it took.
Probably ten seconds, half a minute, or a minute.
Only after making sure he was safe did Lin Zichen start digging again, changing the digging direction and taking Shen Qinghan away from these scarlet roots.
Just as the two were about to leave——
suddenly!
The magic circle at the bottom of the city disappeared instantly.
At the same time.
The scarlet roots around them suddenly increased in speed.
In just a blink of an eye, these scarlet roots easily broke through the bottom of the city like a drill and entered the interior of the city.
Lin Zichen, who witnessed this scene with his own eyes, was stunned for a moment, and then he felt terrified when he thought about it carefully.
The magic circle at the bottom of the city could not be broken.
But he suddenly disappeared.
What is going on?
Is there someone traitor in the city colluding with the foreigners outside the city?
The reason why the magic circle at the bottom of the city disappeared was because someone was causing trouble?
What level of existence does a traitor have to be able to control the city defense formation?
Epic?
Legendary?
It should be legendary.
The creature's level is as high as legendary, so this traitor must be a high-ranking city leader with considerable authority in the city.
Thinking of this, Lin Zichen's expression became more solemn.
Hesitated for a moment.
In the end, he decided to follow these scarlet roots into the city and quickly took Shen Qinghan to dig to the bottom of the city above.
He wanted to follow his fellow tribesmen in the city and participate in the war that was about to break out.
The purpose of participating is not to advance and retreat together with the tribesmen, but simply to kill the aliens and obtain a large number of alien corpses for themselves to devour.
He possesses the two biological attributes of [Survival of the fittest] and [Source Devouring]. As long as the corpses he devours are strong enough and numerous enough, his biological level will advance by leaps and bounds.
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In the city.
Under the high wall.
At a glance, everywhere you look, there are crowds of people.
At this moment, almost everyone in the city gathered here, ready to fight a war with the alien races outside the city at any time.
…
Under a lush and towering tree.
The city's most talented group of geniuses gathered together, weapons in hand, listening attentively to the psychological preparation a city leader was giving them.
Or rather, encouragement.
Or maybe it's a shot of chicken blood.
The number of geniuses in this group is as high as hundreds.
In addition to Luo Qianxue and other extraordinary geniuses of that year.
The remaining nearly one hundred people are all extraordinary geniuses from previous generations.
Among all these previous alien-level geniuses, the strongest one has reached the epic level three.
Just one more step and you can become an epic mid-level creature.
This strongest alien-level genius is now 68 years old and has graduated from the alien-level genius team for 38 years.
All the teammates from the same class as him are dead except him.
All died at the source.
Most of them died in the process of clearing the source of wasteland.
38 years ago, the Earth's understanding of its origin was far less than it is now.
Our current understanding of the origin of the land is based on the pioneering work of strong people step by step.
The process of land reclamation is full of dangers, and many geniuses and strong people have died in this process.
It is because of the increasing understanding of the source in recent years that the death rate in the alien-level team has been reduced.
Otherwise, half of the team of extraordinary geniuses that year would probably be dead by now.
Then within a few years, only one or two of the strongest ones will be left, and the rest will all become cannon fodder.
"The city's source crystal reserves are running low, and the city defense formation will soon disappear."
"The moment the city defense formation disappears, that's when we go into battle and kill the enemy."
"The upcoming war is fraught with danger, and many will be sacrificed, becoming corpses on the battlefield, or even... not a single bone left."
"But you're all geniuses!"
"For others, this war is full of dangers, but for you, this war is full of opportunities!"
"Zhou Hai, you've been stuck at the Epic Level 3 for almost ten years."
"The reason you've been stuck for so long isn't because your evolutionary talent isn't high enough, but because you haven't obtained enough evolutionary resources."
"The war that's about to break out will provide you with an opportunity to obtain a large amount of evolutionary resources. You must seize it."
"Chen Yongren, you've been stuck at the Rare Ninth Rank for five years. The same applies."
"And Zhong Zhaofeng, Wu Jiaming, Zhang Zi, the same situation applies to you three."
The city leader kept encouraging everyone, and each shot of encouragement was precisely directed at every genius who was eager to break through the biological level.
Many of the geniuses present were still a little afraid of fighting.
After listening to the words of the city leader, everyone was encouraged and felt a little excited.
Just when these geniuses were in high spirits——
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Bursts of dull noises rang out as densely as raindrops.
A large number of scarlet roots broke through the ground and soared into the sky under the gaze of many people.
Then, they transformed into terrifying poisonous snakes and launched a fierce attack on everyone in the city.
At this moment, the city was noisy and loud shouts rang out one after another.
Many people with lower biological levels had their bodies directly pierced by the scarlet roots, and their blood and energy were instantly sucked dry, turning them into shriveled corpses.
The scarlet roots that absorbed the blood and energy were growing longer and thicker at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if they had been injected with high concentrations of growth hormone. In the blink of an eye, they transformed from tiny roots into thick and huge trunks.
Then, it spread out and covered the entire land below in shadow.
“Save me!!!”
"What's going on? How did these strange plants break through the city defense formation and kill their way in?!"
"Hurry, save people!!!"
“…”
As these shouts rang out, the entire city fell into complete chaos.
After a long time, strong men began to react and rescue the weak ones attacked by the scarlet roots.
However, there are too many weak people and too few strong people.
Relying on manpower to rescue is simply not possible to save every weak person.
As the scarlet roots continued to pour out, the number of casualties continued to increase. The city, which was originally bustling with people, soon turned into a purgatory filled with desperate shouts.
…
Under the lush towering trees.
Countless scarlet roots entangled together, forming an impenetrable blood net, covering the hundreds of extraordinary geniuses under the tree.
The extraordinary geniuses are not lambs to be slaughtered.
The moment the blood net was formed, they scattered in all directions and narrowly avoided this sudden attack.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
There was a sound of breaking through the ground, and a large number of scarlet roots shot up into the sky, launching the most violent attack on the people in the city.
Luo Qianxue, who was sitting on an icicle, was attacked by countless scarlet roots at this moment.
Faced with the scarlet roots' impenetrable attack, she had nowhere to escape.
However, she didn't think of escaping.
At the moment when the scarlet roots were less than half a centimeter away from her body, her entire body turned into a ball of elemental ice air, allowing the scarlet roots to pass through it and freeze into crystal clear icicles.
Just when she thought she had successfully dodged the attack—
“Crack!”
“Crack!”
“Crack!”
There was a sound of something hard breaking.
The next second, those scarlet roots that had been frozen into icicles broke through the ice directly, carrying wisps of blood-red mist, and suddenly wrapped around Luo Qianxue.
Luo Qianxue was not at all panicked by this.
She has now completely transformed into an element and is theoretically immune to any physical attack.
The mere entanglement of roots could not do anything to her.
She thought so, but the scene that happened next instantly shattered her naive idea.
Those scarlet roots, which were filled with blood-red energy, did not penetrate her directly as before when they touched her body.
Instead, it touched the entity and instantly wrapped around Luo Qianxue like a python, turning her into an airtight cicada pupa.
Immediately afterwards, a large number of sharp thorns grew out of the roots and suddenly pierced into Luo Qianxue's body, trying to absorb the qi, blood, power and sea of consciousness contained in her body.
Luo Qianxue did not sit still and wait for death. She immediately released the source power in her body and tried to forcibly break free from the restraints of these scarlet roots.
Unfortunately, the rank of these scarlet roots was much higher than hers.
No matter how powerful her source power was, she could not break free from the tightening scarlet roots.
Can't break free...
I’m going to die…
After realizing that she couldn't save herself, Luo Qianxue's face was filled with despair.
She still has many wishes to fulfill and doesn't want to disappear from this world so soon.
Although I don't want to, the chance of survival in this situation is basically zero.
What awaits her next will be all the blood in her body being sucked out until she becomes a shriveled corpse with no life left.
Just when she had lost hope of survival——
"boom!"
A deafening sound exploded.
At the moment the sound exploded, two figures closely pressed together broke out of the ground and appeared in the sight of many people around.
——It’s Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan.
The two followed the pace of the scarlet roots, slowly breaking out from deep underground and returning to the city.
When they saw the tragic scene of corpses lying everywhere in the city, both of them were deeply shocked and felt as if they had come to the legendary hell.
These scarlet roots rushed into the city just half a minute earlier.
But in this short half minute.
These scarlet roots actually turned the entire city upside down, and desperate shouts and cries were everywhere.
“Help!”
When Lin Zichen saw the tragic situation in the city, he said this to Shen Qinghan the first time.
As soon as he finished speaking, his energy and blood burst out, and countless blood blades condensed in his hands.
Then, there was a series of "whoosh" sounds breaking through the air.
The blood blade in his hand instantly shot out like an arrow, aiming directly at the surrounding scarlet roots.
“Swish!”
“Swish!”
“Swish!”
Accompanied by the sound of sharp cutting.
Wherever the blood blade passed, the scarlet roots shattered all over the ground, turning into piles of sawdust that drifted in the wind.
Shen Qinghan on the side was not stunned either. Soon his mental power burst out, controlling a large amount of groundwater to gush out of the surface, condensing into a kilometer-long water dragon, circling and breathing in the city.
The other side.
Luo Qianxue, who had just been wrapped into an airtight cicada pupa, successfully escaped from the cicada pupa thanks to the help of the blood blade.
The moment she escaped, she saw Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan not far away.
When she saw Lin Zichen hovering high in the sky, controlling the blood blades in the sky to easily destroy the scarlet roots, she couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, with a look of doubt on her face about her life.
She could clearly feel that Lin Zichen had become stronger again.
Moreover, it becomes exponentially stronger!
She was so strong that in front of Lin Zichen, she was just an ant that could be crushed to death with ease.
"How did he suddenly become so much stronger?"
Luo Qianxue looked up at Lin Zichen in the sky, feeling confused.
But soon, a scene that made her even more puzzled appeared.
Shen Qinghan, who was beside Lin Zichen, could actually perform as powerful as Lin Zichen at this moment.
With a wave of his hands, Shen Qinghan controlled a large amount of groundwater, condensing it into a huge water dragon, which swallowed all the scarlet roots along the way into its stomach, crushed them into powder, dissolved them in the water, and disappeared.
"How come she is so strong?"
Luo Qianxue looked at Shen Qinghan who was controlling a kilometer-long water dragon, her eyes full of shock, her cognition completely overturned.
You know, when Shen Qinghan first joined the team of extraordinary geniuses, he was just an insignificant little transparent person.
How long has it been now?
How come his strength has become so much stronger?
Just when Luo Qianxue was doubting her life——
"boom!"
A loud noise came from under the high wall.
The city gate made of special crystals was suddenly opened without any warning.
Then, a voice full of confusion and fear rang out: "Master Ye, what are you doing? Why are you opening the city gate?!"
Hearing these words filled with fear, many people who were fighting fiercely turned their heads to look towards the city gate.
Among them were Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan.
Lin Zichen was almost the first person to look in the direction of the voice.
The next second after he looked over, his brows instantly furrowed and his expression became extremely solemn.
The city gate, which was originally tightly closed, was now wide open on both sides, creating a huge gap under the solid high wall, allowing the foreigners outside the city to enter in a stream.
The strange plants from the Sun and Moon Holy Land, the strange beasts from the Night Cave, and the strange people from the Land of Silence all swarmed towards the city gate at this moment.
The number of these foreign races pouring in was so great that the entire city was shaken by their trampling.
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