Chapter 51: Ice and Fire Dome and Straight Male Photosynthesis
Ice and Fire Burning Dome and Straight Male Photosynthesis
A massive crimson eye, like the mouth of the abyss, sat embedded in the twisted apex of the Nightmare Vine's mother. Its pupil wasn't static, but composed of countless tiny, wriggling dark crimson tendrils. Each pulse exuded a thick, viscous breath of decadence, tinged with a sickening sweetness and a crushing force on the soul. The moment the giant eye fixed its gaze, the very air of the Rot Root Nest seemed to solidify into foul asphalt, bearing down heavily on the intruders!
"Fuck! What the hell is that!" Li Jiuyou felt as if his head had been struck by an invisible hammer, his vision instantly turning blood red! The chill of the Zhe Clan's dungeon, the sticky, suffocating feeling of the Soul Mist, and the desperate roars of those he had deliberately forgotten when he was abandoned by his tribe, all impacted his sea of consciousness like a flood! The scarlet-gold demonic fire flickered wildly across his body, like a candle in the wind, and it was showing signs of disintegrating! He bit his tongue fiercely, the intense pain and the smell of blood bringing a glimmer of clarity, but his body felt as heavy as if it were filled with lead!
Jiang Xuelan was equally distressed. The mark of the God-Slaying Gu on the frozen sea of his consciousness burned with an unbearable pain, as if it had been doused in boiling oil. The phantom pain of a thousand ants gnawing at his heart when the Gu poison took effect three hundred years ago washed over him! Even more terrifying, the spiritual contamination of the giant scarlet eye attempted to stir up his deeply buried memories of that blurry figure in the snow, twisting the warmth of redemption into an icy betrayal! The icy blue immortal energy vibrated violently, and the frost beneath his feet cracked inch by inch!
"Don't look into its eyes!" Jiang Xuelan's voice was unusually tense. He forcibly held the Frost Silence Sword across his body, the icy blue sword energy forming a barrier, attempting to block the pervasive mental assault! However, under the gaze of the giant scarlet eye, the sword energy barrier rustled, making a sizzling sound as if corroded, and quickly dimmed!
"I know!" Li Jiuyou roared, the red-gold demonic fire no longer protecting his body, but instead poured all of it into his fists! Like an enraged lion, he bravely lunged at the huge scarlet eyeball, bearing the terrifying mental pressure! "Explode for me!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The red-gold fist force, condensing all of his demonic power, smashed into the surface of the eyeball like a meteorite! Viscous dark red liquid mixed with broken vine tendrils splattered everywhere! Several deep pits were smashed into the surface of the eyeball, and a shrill, piercing scream emanated!
However, the effect was limited! The broken tendrils regenerated rapidly as if they had life, and a stronger aura of depravity surged from the depths of the eyeballs, instantly repairing the damage! Even more terrifying was that Li Jiuyou's full-strength attack seemed to have completely enraged the mother body!
"roar--!!!"
The entire nest shook violently! The mother vine, rooted in the rotting mud, twisted madly! Countless Nightmare Vine main vines, thicker than before and as black as ink, stretched out like tentacles from hell, tearing through the surrounding rotten roots and strangling the two from all directions! The vines split open, revealing no longer barbs, but densely packed, suction-like mouthparts, emitting a hunger to devour everything! The air was torn apart, and a terrifying scream was emitted!
At the same time, the pupil of the giant scarlet eye suddenly contracted, and a sticky dark red beam of light like solidified plasma, carrying a destructive mental shock and filthy energy, shot silently but as fast as lightning towards Li Jiuyou, who had just retracted his fist and had exhausted his old strength but had not yet regained it!
The deadly sense of danger made Li Jiuyou's hair stand on end! He twisted his body to avoid it, but the delay caused by the mental shock made him slow down a little! He saw that the filthy light column was about to swallow him up!
An ice-blue figure blocked in front of him at a speed beyond the limit!
Jiang Xuelan! The Frost Silence Sword erupted with an unprecedentedly brilliant cold light! He held the sword in both hands, the tip pointing directly at the filthy light column! The icy blue sword energy compressed and condensed to the extreme, transforming into a crystal clear diamond-shaped shield engraved with ancient frost patterns!
Boom——!!!
The dark red beam of light slammed fiercely into the giant frost shield! A terrifying shockwave instantly exploded! The entire nest was like a quagmire thrown into a boulder, rotten roots, silt, and mucus were torn and thrown away by the violent energy! The ice shield trembled violently, and its surface was instantly covered with spider-web-like cracks! Jiang Xuelan groaned, his knuckles cracked, and blood flowed down the hilt of his sword. The ice beneath his feet exploded, and he was pushed backward by the huge impact. The soles of his boots plowed two deep grooves in the slippery fungal carpet, and he slammed into Li Jiuyou behind him!
Li Jiuyou stumbled from the impact and instinctively reached out to hold Jiang Xuelan's waist! His hand touched the lean yet taut muscles beneath the ice vine garment, and through the fabric, he could hear the rapid heartbeat and slight trembling of the man as he withstood the impact. A strange scent, a mixture of blood, the chill of cedar, and an indescribable, ethereal odor belonging to Jiang Xuelan's original power, rushed into his nostrils.
"You..." Li Jiuyou's throat choked, a flicker of shock flashing in his scarlet-gold eyes that he himself hadn't noticed. This icy-faced man actually... blocked the knife for him?!
"Shut up! Combine our strength!" Jiang Xuelan's voice was hoarse from the immense force, yet it held undeniable resolve. He thrust the Frost Silence Sword downwards! The frost shield, on the verge of shattering, exploded! Countless sharp ice crystal fragments shot back like shotgun shells, hurling themselves at the giant crimson eye! At the same time, the icy immortal energy within him flowed unreservedly along the Blood Covenant Vine Seal, pouring into Li Jiuyou's body like a glacier bursting its dam!
Li Jiuyou felt an unprecedented, pure, icy current surge through his limbs and bones! This power lacked the previous sense of rejection, instead carrying a strange sense of guidance and... trust? It instantly dispelled the remaining mental pollution from the scarlet giant eye, and calmed the demonic fire within him that had been somewhat out of control due to fear and anger, like a tamed wild horse! A strange feeling of blood connection and the fusion of power spread through the blood contract!
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