Chapter 104 Demon Plant Huang Lanruo
The desert is Long Batian's home ground. Even if he leaves his own territory and passes through the territories of other desert monsters, no one dares to easily jump out and cause trouble.
The Lizard King possesses explosive combat power and exceptional defensive capabilities. As long as he doesn't provoke other monsters, they will turn a blind eye and pretend not to see him if he needs to pass.
The five-person team now has the addition of the Lizard King Long Batian, and suddenly everyone feels a great sense of security.
Disliking their slow pace, the Lizard King transformed into its true form, carrying the five people through the fourth level at top speed, and arrived at the entrance to the fifth level.
"Are you little kids sure you want to go in? It's said that there are all sorts of carnivorous demonic plants in there. Even I'm not sure I can get out unscathed," Long Batian said solemnly.
"Just consider it an eye-opening experience. Don't worry, if we really can't hold on any longer, we'll immediately crush the teleportation talisman and leave this space," Achen comforted him.
Long Batian felt that as a mighty and domineering sixth-tier lizard king, he couldn't possibly be less courageous than an eight-year-old child, so he gritted his teeth and stepped into the room.
The fifth floor was completely different from what Ah Chen and the others had imagined.
They had initially thought that this place must be a desolate and eerie place, given how terrifying Long Batian had described it.
Unexpectedly, what came into everyone's view was a beautiful and enchanting world, comparable to a fairyland!
In a boundless ocean of exotic plants, lush green vines sway gently in the breeze like graceful dancers, intertwining and forming a green barrier.
The pink fruits floated gently in the air, like a dream.
Even more eye-catching are the basin-sized flowers that shimmer with a mysterious blue light, sometimes blooming and sometimes closing, like the shimmering neon lights in a Christmas night market, mesmerizing all who see them.
All of this created a vibrant and fantastical world, making everyone forget the cruelty of the trials.
A slender, lotus-colored vine swayed gently, its branches extending many leaves that resembled the white hands of a young girl. They opened gently, as if welcoming everyone's arrival.
Nie Xiaoxiao curiously reached out to touch the palm-shaped leaf, but Long Batian grabbed her hand and said, "Don't touch it!"
Ah Chen took out a piece of sand scorpion meat he had collected on the previous level from his storage ring and carefully tossed it toward the palm-shaped leaf.
The next second, countless needles suddenly sprouted from the fingertips of more than a dozen hands and pierced into the flesh of the sand scorpion.
A piece of meat weighing over two pounds was instantly pierced into a sieve and digested completely within moments, leaving no trace of its existence.
Lele yelled, "Back off!"
Just then, the surrounding vines seemed to suddenly come to life and slowly began to surround them.
The beautiful pink fruits that had just been floating in the air were now shooting towards them like cannonballs.
Long Batian hurriedly transformed into his true form, shielding everyone under his massive body.
"Bang, bang, bang!" Explosions rang out one after another. More than a dozen craters were blown into Long Batian's thick scales. Some of them were even completely cracked, and the flesh under the scales was injured, with green blood oozing out.
The flower, the size of a washbasin and radiating a mysterious blue light, suddenly revealed the face of a cold and beautiful woman. She spoke coldly with hatred in her expression:
"You treacherous humans and those stinking giant lizards, get out of my dream abyss right now, or you'll stay here and become fertilizer!"
"Your Majesty? Could you be the Demon Plant Emperor of the fifth level of the Spirit Realm—Lan Ruo?" Long Batian asked in astonishment.
"Hmph! It seems you, a giant lizard from the fourth level of the Yellow Sand Sea of Bitterness, do have some knowledge. Since you know my reputation, why do you still dare to trespass?" said the Demon Plant Emperor Lan Ruo with displeasure.
"Stop calling me 'lizard,' I have a name too. I'm called Long Batian, got it?" Long Batian said angrily.
"Hahahaha! You're just a big lizard, trying to imitate those shameless humans by giving yourself a majestic and imposing human name. It's absolutely hilarious!" The Demon Plant King laughed mockingly.
"Demon Plant King, your name is Lan Ruo, isn't that also a human name?"
It is clear that whether they are demonic plants or demonic beasts, they all agree on one point at their core—that humans are the most intelligent of all beings.
"If that's the case, why are you still mocking the Lizard King?" Ah Chen suddenly interjected.
Although this Demon Plant Queen looks very strange and her methods should be difficult to deal with, Ah Chen was very unhappy that she mocked Long Batian.
After all, Long Batian is now his contracted beast, even if it's just a temporary one, Achen doesn't want him to be bullied.
Oh no, it's being bullied by a flower.
"You human cub, you're so young and you already know how to use your tongue. Looks like you want to stay here and become fertilizer for the flowers today?" Lan Ruo turned her gaze to him.
The next second, snowflake-like silver-blue light spots suddenly floated out from her huge petals.
Ah Chen, who had created the Snow Elf Talisman herself, immediately realized that this was an area-of-effect attack skill she had unleashed.
As for how terrible the consequences might be, he didn't want to try it.
Achen casually tossed out a stack of Vajra Talismans, a Matryoshka Talisman array he had created himself based on the Russian Matryoshka doll toys his mother had given him.
From the inside out, there are layers upon layers, a total of nine layers.
The outermost layer of protection has the largest area but the weakest defense. The next layer has a smaller area but a slightly stronger defense, and so on.
The last layer of defense has the smallest area, but the strongest defense.
The sound of corrosion was heard, and in the blink of an eye, six layers of the nine-layered defensive nested doll array were pierced through by Lan Ruo's icy blue light!
Fortunately, the seventh floor blocked it.
Lan Ruo was quite surprised to see that her ultimate skill, Lan Ling Sha, was blocked by a human cub.
"Eh? You little brat have quite the talent in the art of talismans. It seems you're not just all talk, you have some real skills."
I admire intelligent people the most in my life. Your talisman array looks simple, but it is actually a series of interconnected and layered arrays that gradually strengthen the defense. It is very creative.
Alright then, I will attack you three times with demonic power of the same level. If you can block my attacks with talismans each time, I will allow you to roam freely in this Dream Abyss.
"But if you lose, you'll have to stay here obediently and be my concubine. Do you dare to compete?" Lan Ruo said.
"What is a human pet?" Ah Chen asked, looking up.
"Being a human's pet means that I, the Emperor, have signed a master-servant contract with you. From now on, you will be like a beast under a human contract, and you must obey my every command," Lan Ruo said.
“But this bet sounds like I’m at a disadvantage. It’s a fair competition, and if I lose, I have to become your human pet, but if you lose, you can’t become my demon pet in return,” Achen said.
"Who told you to be weaker than me? This world has always been a world of the strong. The weak can only obey and have no right to make the rules," Lan Ruo said with a smile.
"Alright, I guess I'll just have to accept it. What can I do? I'm a man, after all. My mother said that a man should have manners and be considerate of women," Achen said, puffing out his little chest.
"Hahaha! You little rascal are quite amusing. If I were to take you as my pet, I would never be bored again," Lan Ruo laughed.
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