"So beautiful! How unique!"
At first glance, all you see is a glamorous, eye-catching exterior, but little do you know how cruel and bloody it is beneath that beautiful facade.
"Tian Tian, being pretty doesn't necessarily mean being kind," Li Xiao reminded her.
Tian Tian turned to look at her, "I know, I was just saying. I've never seen such a big rose bush with so many flowers. And the flowers are so big, it's so beautiful."
"Hmm, if it weren't a mutation, how could it grow like this? You can't just look at the appearance. Don't you think about it? Roses have thorns."
Li Xiao's reminder was like a bucket of cold water being poured over everyone, sending a shiver down their spines.
"Look how thick the branches are sticking out from outside the courtyard wall."
Among the dark green leaves, you can also see thick, brown branches.
The branches also have sharp thorns; if they prick you, it must hurt terribly.
"Wow, those spines are huge! Has it mutated?"
"Definitely, they've all mutated, so how could the thorns not have mutated as well?"
"Ouch, no, I have to be careful. If it gets stuck in my body, it'll leave several holes." Shao Jie rubbed his arm, as if he could already feel the pain.
"Everyone, please pay attention, this is no joke," Yu Yanbin reminded again.
"Yes, we definitely need to be careful. These thorns are too thick and long. They're probably at least 10 centimeters long."
"Pretty much, not really that different." Li Xiao stared at the flower bushes in front of her for a long time, still unsure.
"What should we do?" Xiao Peng asked Yu Yanbin and the others, staring at the courtyard.
Yu Yanbin thought for a moment, then looked up at Xiao Peng and said, "Here's what we'll do: you keep an eye on the surroundings, stay with Xiaoxiao and the others, and be on guard."
"Shao Lin, come with me."
Cheng Shaolin was already standing in front without him even having to say anything.
"Uncle Meng, Fengyu, you two should try it out first and see how well this rose performs. Then we can make a plan based on the situation."
"good."
"good."
"Okay, that's all for now. Xiaoxiao, you guys keep an eye on things from behind. Xiaoxiao, just pay close attention."
"Um."
With everyone in place, the operation began.
Meng Yang and Qiu Fengyu stepped forward first, stood outside the courtyard, and used their special abilities on the roses inside.
Meng Yang then used his supernatural ability to transform into the shape of a vine, which extended from his palm and had several leaves on it.
The vine twists and turns, with its very tip resembling a head, swaying back and forth as if searching for the right moment and position.
It suddenly charged towards the courtyard wall.
That must be where roses were first planted.
Before we even got close, we could see the rose vines were moving.
The branches that were originally motionless all started to move, like countless snakes slithering about.
Everyone stared wide-eyed, not daring to blink, for fear of missing it.
The branches all started to move, and two of the thickest, sturdiest branches stood up, with the largest leaves and flowers on them.
"This is the main stem, right?" Tian Tian asked softly.
Li Xiao didn't have any other thoughts about how to answer, and simply replied casually, "Mm."
Seeing that Li Xiao didn't want to be distracted, Tian Tian also shut her mouth and looked ahead.
The flowers on the main stem are the most vibrant and the largest.
The vibrant pink flowers are like shy, delicate young girls, both affectionate and bashful.
But now no one dares to underestimate them.
Mengyang's vines and rose branches became entangled, and soon Mengyang's branches broke off.
Seeing that Meng Yang's vines were at a disadvantage, Qiu Fengyu quickly joined the battle.
Another vine wrapped around the rose branch, entangled the two main stems of the rose, and with a twist, the entanglement became even tighter.
"Its ability level is about the same as mine," Meng Yang said, turning back to Yu Yanbin and the others.
“Yes, me too,” Qiu Fengyu replied.
Needless to say, Yu Yanbin threw the throwing knife towards the rose branch.
Meng Yang had already pulled out the main branch of the rose bush by its entanglement.
Yu Yanbin aimed directly at its main branch and flew towards it.
With two sharp "swish" sounds, the two branches snapped off.
It felt like the roses paused for a moment, and then, as if going berserk, countless branches shot out and lashed out at Meng Yang.
Meng Yang and Qiu Fengyu threw away the broken branches and swung the vines at the flying branches.
Leaves and petals fell one after another in the sunlight, broken leaves and fragmented petals scattered all over the ground like a celestial maiden scattering flowers.
"What a pity."
Li Xiao looked at Shao Jie, who was still shaking his head beside her.
Shao Jie looked back at her and grinned.
"These falling flowers are so beautiful," Tian Tian said, her face filled with a dreamy expression.
"Yes, it looks good," Shao Jie chimed in.
More and more petals fell, and the vines that had been pulled away outnumbered the rose branches. With Yu Yanbin's help, in no time, only a few rose branches remained.
Yu Yanbin threw a few more knives, and not a single branch remained.
The ground was covered with a thick layer of leaves and petals.
Meng Yang and Qiu Fengyu consciously rolled up together and piled up outside the courtyard gate.
Cheng Shaolin threw several fireballs at Tian Tian, who quickly stepped forward to guard against a potential fire.
“This one is relatively weak, easy to deal with.” Yu Yanbin cracked his knuckles and looked at the burning fire.
With all the branches broken off, the branches twining around the wall were no longer a threat.
"Yes, Xiaoxiao is right, these are all small ones." Cheng Shaolin remained noncommittal; needless to say, they were all weaklings.
"You can practice more, Xiaoxiao."
Li Xiao walked over. "What is it?"
"Take another look around, what other mutated plants are there?"
“There’s a big one over there, so there aren’t many around here, but there are more over there.” He said, pointing to the other side of the road.
"Okay, then let's head that way."
"Brother Peng, go check if there are any crystals at the base of that rose bush?" Li Xiao turned to Xiao Peng and said.
Without saying a word, Xiao Peng walked into the yard, used his supernatural ability to make a shovel, and started digging at the roots of the roses.
"Xiaoxiao, why do you think roses can have crystals?" Yu Yanbin asked.
"That's the idea we had. It mutated, and we wanted to see if that was possible?" Li Xiao herself wasn't sure if it was possible.
Yu Yanbin nodded, "I can take a look."
After digging for a while, Xiao Peng dug out the entire root of the rose.
Everyone stepped forward and surrounded the rose bush.
Xiao Peng dug into the roots of the rose, and at the very bottom, in the largest part of the root system, he found a crystal amidst the tangled roots.
Tiny, almost white crystals.
It's about the size of a broad bean, and not very regular in shape. It's translucent, like crystal.
"It really exists!" Tian Tian couldn't help but exclaim.
Yu Yanbin held the small crystal in his hand, looked at the green ocean that almost covered the entire county, and smiled slightly.
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