Chapter 50 Nightmare Vine
Everyone navigated the maze of rotten roots with caution. Jianmu Ye's guidance was intermittent, requiring constant adjustments. The surroundings were eerie, with only the sticky thud of trampling fungal mats and the dripping, gurgling sound of bursting root pustules and mucus adding to the eerie atmosphere.
"Be careful!" Jiang Xuelan shouted!
Several dark red nightmare vines, dormant in the shadows of the rotten roots overhead, suddenly launched down like venomous snakes! The vines split open, revealing their dense, fang-like barbs, and swooped down on Che and Man Gu, who were at the rear of the group! The dark red spots on the vines suddenly lit up, emitting a powerful mental shock!
"Roar!" Man Gu reacted incredibly quickly, his massive bone club whistling out with a whistling sound! The club struck the vines with a dull "puff," like plunging into mud, breaking only a few. More vines, like maggots on the tarsal bones, entangled the club and Man Gu's sturdy arms! The mental shock caused Man Gu's eyes to instantly turn red, and his movements faltered for a moment!
"Ache!" A fierce light flashed in Li Jiuyou's eyes, and the red-gold demonic fire turned into a fire whip, lashing fiercely at the vines that were wrapped around Ache!
Hiss! The demonic fire burned the vines, emitting a burning stench, but the dark red mucus that spurted out from the broken vines was surprisingly corrosive! A few drops of mucus splashed onto the vine clothing on Li Jiuyou's arms, instantly burning several small holes and sending a stinging pain through his skin!
At the same time, another wave of nightmare vines surged from the side like a tide, aiming directly at Jiang Xuelan! The vines intertwined into a web, blocking his escape! The dark red spots on the vines lit up simultaneously, and an even stronger mental impact, like countless steel needles, fiercely pierced Jiang Xuelan's sea of consciousness!
Jiang Xuelan's icy blue eyes flashed with cold light! The Frost Silence Sword hummed and unsheathed, and the icy blue sword energy swept out like a storm!
Boom! Crack!
The vine net was instantly frozen and shattered! But amidst the shattered ice crystals and vine fragments, several exceptionally thick, nearly pitch-black Nightmare Vine Master vines managed to break through the storm of sword energy! As if possessing intelligence, they cunningly avoided the Frost Silence Sword's edge and, like giant pythons, fiercely coiled around Jiang Xuelan's waist, abdomen, and legs! The barbs on the vines fiercely pierced the vital meridians in his legs! A terrifying force erupted, threatening to drag him deeper into the rotten roots!
"Jiang Xuelan!" Li Jiuyou's pupils shrank suddenly. The moment he saw those pitch-black main vines, a strong sense of crisis stemming from the blood pact made his heart stop! Without a second thought, the red-gold demonic fire erupted, and he rushed towards Jiang Xuelan like a cannonball, smashing through the rotten roots blocking his way!
The power of those pitch-black main vines was beyond imagination! Jiang Xuelan's icy immortal power couldn't freeze them instantly! He stumbled under the immense force, losing his balance! To make matters worse, the main vine wrapped around his waist suddenly tightened, and a cold and foul aura of decadence flowed madly through the barbs! The icy sea of consciousness shook violently, and the mark of the God-Slaying Gu burned at the same time!
At the critical moment!
The blood pact seals on Jiang Xuelan and Li Jiuyou's wrists suddenly erupted with an unprecedentedly brilliant azure light! That light, like a tangible bond, instantly connected the two! A powerful, strange force, a blend of ice and fire, erupted along the blood pact!
Li Jiuyou felt a cold, pure thought forcefully pour into his mind, instantly dispelling the chaos brought on by the Nightmare Vine's mental assault. It was as if his body was being taken over by another will! His attack strangely shifted and accelerated in mid-air. The crimson-gold demonic fire was no longer a raging flame, but instead condensed into a blazing, white, and extremely penetrating line of fire. It sliced through the roots of the barbs that had entangled Jiang Xuelan's vital meridians with incredible precision!
Like a red-hot knife cutting through grease, the barbs broke off with a sound!
At the same time, the moment Jiang Xuelan was dragged down, he used the burning power transmitted by the blood contract to force his mind to calm down. His icy immortal power no longer tried to freeze the vines, but instantly condensed in his hands! He turned his backhand and firmly grasped the black main vine wrapped around his waist and abdomen, and the extreme coldness spread wildly along the vine!
"Ugh!" An inhuman roar, filled with pain and resentment, seemed to come from deep within the rotten roots! The main vine twitched violently under the dual attack of ice and fire. Its surface was instantly covered with thick frost, while its interior was crackling with the power of the scorching demonic fire!
Li Jiuyou landed on the ground and grabbed Jiang Xuelan's arm. The red-gold demonic fire flowed into his body along the contact point, helping him dispel the injected aura of doom. "Ice face! Are you okay?!"
Jiang Xuelan used the force to steady himself, his face pale, but his eyes still sharp as ice. He shook off Li Jiuyou's hand (his movements were a bit hasty), his gaze fixed on the pitch-black main vine, which had been severely damaged by the power of ice and fire and was twisting frantically, trying to retract into the shadow of the rotten root. "Chase!"
Without him saying anything, Li Jiuyou had already chased after him like an arrow from a bow! The red-gold figure drew a scorching trail in the dim maze of rotten roots!
The two, one in front and one behind, swiftly traversed the depths of the maze, following the path of the injured main vine. The azure light of the blood pact acted like a guiding light in the dim surroundings. The power of ice and fire flowed between them, forming a delicate balance and amplification. They had no time to consider whether their strange coordination was instinct or the effect of the pact. They had only one goal: to find the core of the nightmare vine and completely eliminate this threat!
Deep in the maze of rotten roots, the space suddenly opens up.
A vast nest of rotten roots appeared before their eyes. In the center, a massive, twisted, dark-red vine took root in the rotting mud. The vine, thick as a pillar, was covered in giant, pulsating pustules and cracks, oozing a thick, dark-red fluid. At the apex of the vine, not a flower, but a massive, half-open, scarlet eyeball formed from countless twisted, intertwined vines! That eyeball stared intently at the two intruders, filled with endless resentment and hunger!
It is the mother of nightmare vine!
And deep within the tangled roots of the mother vine, a faint but pure emerald green light was flickering tenaciously through the thick filth - the breath of the core of the Jianmu debris!
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