Chapter 317: The Prisoner Orchid in Human Skin
Ye Fei looked incredulous: "You mean these women are all thorns..."
“Besides him, no one else can cultivate parasitic magical plants.” Li Yuan’s voice was cold, and a hint of disgust flashed in his eyes.
Previously, both Bai and Li Yu discovered traces of thorns at the summit of Panlong, and there were also rumors of young women disappearing in Lingyun, Xingluo, and Wushuang kingdoms recently...
If I'm not mistaken, these young human women were abducted by Thorn and taken to the summit of Panlong, where they were imprisoned in this cave and parasitic magical plants were implanted on their bodies.
"Cough...please...save me..."
The woman's face was streaked with tears, and her lifeless eyes were filled with fear and pleading as she crawled with all her might toward Ye Fei and Li Yuan.
The branches of the Prisoner's Orchid behind her swayed wildly, causing Ye Fei to frown.
Both were parasitized by the demonic plant, but she felt that the Prisoner Orchid on this woman's body had no spirit whatsoever, as if it were just a bunch of monsters that lived to absorb nutrients.
She looked down at the light blue orchid on her left wrist. It turned out that the Prisoner Orchid had signaled them to enter the cave because it sensed the presence of its kind.
The woman climbed closer and closer, and Li Yuan, with his arm around Ye Fei's waist, took a step back.
Ye Fei looked up at him, her voice soft: "Can you save them? Even just one would be fine..."
She was no saint. These women had the same fate as her, and she was just luckier than them to be able to tame the Prisoner Orchid and bring it under her control.
But they...
“There’s no way to save her.” Li Yuan stared at the woman’s eyes gradually rolling back, and shook his head, saying, “The parasitic plant has probably been parasitizing them for a while now. She may seem to be alive, but her flesh and blood have probably been almost completely drained.”
"In other words, these women are now all imprisoned orchids disguised in human skin."
Ye Fei's eyes widened, and a chill ran down her spine almost instantly.
Parasitic demonic plants disguised in human skin...
Sure enough, the moment Li Yuan finished speaking, the woman threw her head back and let out a sharp scream. Blood gushed from her mouth, leaving a red arc etched on the ground.
Her body went limp and she collapsed, her face drained of all color, her entire body covered in a deathly pale white, and she stopped breathing completely.
Ye Fei gripped Li Yuan's sleeve tightly with her five fingers, watching helplessly as a vibrant flower withered in an instant, her mind blank.
If she didn't have the ability to tame the Prisoner Orchid... would her fate be the same as this woman's?
Li Yuan sensed the girl's fear and hugged her tightly without saying a word, his tall body shielding her from the corpse on the ground: "Don't be afraid, I'm here."
The faint, strange, and cool fragrance emanating from him wafted over, slightly clearing Ye Fei's mind.
"...I'm fine." Ye Fei took a deep breath of his fragrance and looked up to meet his gaze. "Since this is Thorn's hiding place, it means he's nearby...Let's leave here quickly."
It wasn't that she was afraid of thorns, but she was considering that she had a group of teammates behind her. If she encountered thorns at this time, her teammates would probably be involved as well.
Without saying a word, Li Yuan swiftly grabbed Ye Fei and flew away from the cave.
*
Back at the open space where we camped last night, my teammates were already awake.
"Xiao Fei, where did you and Li Yuan go?" Xie Qingui asked curiously when he saw Ye Fei and Li Yuan return one after the other.
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