Without the colorful light cover, the mother-and-child gourd looked more real. It looked like an ordinary plant, but Zhang Mu knew in his heart that this was not a simple small gourd.

It was this plant that had just digested all of his huge amount of Yuan Crystals. He knew nothing about this plant and learned everything from hearsay. He had not even seen the true appearance of this mother-and-child gourd.

But he looked at the mother-and-child gourd that was so close and within his reach. He had been looking forward to it for a long time. Things were imminent and the white fox or Long Qi would be back soon. But now Zhang Mu was afraid of this ordinary gourd and was unwilling to take a step forward.

Gains and risks coexist.

Breaking through the last line of defense did not mean that Zhang Mu could let go and pick the mother-and-child gourd hanging on the rhizome, but now he was in a dilemma. There was nothing left around. Did he have to rely on the obsidian worms and mutant wolfhounds to find out what was going on?

Zhang Mu couldn't do this. He felt that the obsidian worm was okay, but if the mutant wolfhound really encountered any danger, it might die there.

After careful consideration, Zhang Mu decided to go himself. He still had the Blood Vine Lotus. If an accident really happened, he could also sacrifice the vines of the Blood Vine Lotus to get out of the predicament. After all, a few vines would not be a big blow to the Blood Vine Lotus itself. As long as it was given enough time and energy, it could recover easily.

He approached the very edge of the colorful light shield, raised his left arm slightly, shouted loudly, and stared intently in the direction of the mother-and-child gourd. The Blood Vine Lotus came out in response, but was controlled very well by Zhang Mu. It changed its previous domineering style and tiptoed towards the root range of the mother-and-child gourd like a thief.

Zhang Mu didn't dare to pull the mother-and-child gourd away all at once. He leaned the two smallest vines of the blood vine lotus against the rhizome and slowly extended it upwards.

Very good, no response so far.

Zhang Mu did not

He would not let his guard down because of this. He would not doubt his intuition just now. The current calmness was only superficial and did not mean that the mature mother-and-child gourd really had no last-ditch defense measures.

Of course, he also hoped that his worries were unnecessary and that it would be best if this problem could be resolved as soon as possible.

However, things still turned out to be Zhang Mu's worst plan.

Just when Zhang Mu was controlling the vine of the blood vine lotus to touch the body of the mother-and-child gourd, he suddenly felt a warning sign in his mind and wanted to leave the body of the mother-and-child gourd. Even though he was only a little bit away from getting it, he still wanted to take back the blood vine lotus without hesitation.

However, Zhang Mu's body did not keep up with his thoughts, and his sudden intuition did not help him.

Because his escape speed was too slow.

Just when Zhang Mu lifted the cane a little bit, an amazing change happened.

Zhang Mu's pupils narrowed as he stared in the direction of the mother-and-child gourd, but it still stayed quietly in its original position without any unusual sounds.

What changed was its rhizome. The originally plain emerald green rhizome suddenly turned bright red. When the vine of the blood vine lotus was about to leave, tiny thorns grew from the surface and pierced into the body of the blood vine lotus, piercing it together with its own body and sticking tightly together again.

Only one vine was tied tightly, and it seemed to be drawing away the power of the Blood Vine Lotus. This power seemed to be from the same source as the power that had just destroyed the Yuan Crystal. While gaining energy, it also disintegrated the structure of the vine.

Just in case, Zhang Mu wanted to abandon the vine, but suddenly he found that he could no longer control the blood vine lotus.

He increased his control over his mind, but received strong resistance from the blood vine lotus seed that was parasitic in his left arm.

At this moment, Blood Vine Lotus Seed felt a vague but definite desire for him.

It doesn't want to give up its vine, it wants to fight with this gourd which is also a plant!

Zhang Mu's inner thoughts

He almost collapsed. He couldn't even control the Blood Vine Lotus at the critical moment.

He always thought that he had absolute control over the Blood Vine Lotus, but he didn't expect that reality would give it a hard slap in the face. It wasn't that the other party gave him all the control, but just lent it to him.

The Blood Vine Lotus now feels that its dignity has been challenged. It itself is also a rare species of mutant plants, a lotus seed that has turned into a fossil in ancient times and has been revived. Now Zhang Mu wants it to run away when it encounters a fellow with similar abilities to itself, the ability to devour. Its instinct gives birth to its intelligence, and it begins to resist Zhang Mu's will.

Zhang Mu now had no say at all. The Blood Vine Lotus directly pulled Zhang Mu over. Although the Blood Vine Lotus seeds could not be separated from Zhang Mu's body for nourishment, they were directly entangled with the roots of the mother-and-child gourd that dared to penetrate its body.

It wrapped around the rhizome of the mother-and-child gourd, and the rhizome of the mother-and-child gourd was not to be outdone. Rows of small thorns pierced mercilessly into the originally tough body of the blood vine lotus, and the vines of the blood vine lotus also sent out roots that drilled into the opponent's body to cause damage, and even penetrated the thorns.

Looking at the place where the power is released, both sides are absorbing and depriving each other of energy, fighting for a piece of land.

Zhang Mu watched all this helplessly. Until now, that energy had not affected him, so he could only watch it all like a bystander, because he really couldn't do anything. The roots of his blood vine lotus and the mother-and-child gourd were entangled together and indistinguishable from each other. What should he do?

Watching all this quietly with him was the mother-and-child gourd that stood still in the wind.

Do we really have to wait until they decide who is the winner?

What will happen if the blood vine lotus wins? If the rhizome of the gourd wins, it won’t be used as fertilizer.

Zhang Mu felt a chill on his back, and looking at the battlefield between the two, he felt a little inexplicably panicked.

Xuetenglian, if you want to fight, you have to win. If you lose, you don’t want me to cut off my left arm to break free, do you?

(End of this chapter)