Now the vines of the blood vine lotus sometimes shrink and sometimes wave, which looks very exaggerated.

Zhang Mu increased his mental power to control the movements of the Blood Vine Lotus, but it was of no avail. How could Zhang Mu evacuate in this state?

Not to mention Zhang Mulai's control, even the Blood Vine Lotus itself seemed unable to control its own body, as if it was fighting against something.

Could it be that the mother-child gourd was not completely devoured? Instead, it entered the blood vine lotus' body and fought for control?

This was the only possibility Zhang Mu could think of. But how could a mutant plant have a soul? If it was dead, it should be dead. But if not, what was competing with the Blood Vine Lotus for control of the body?

His mood also changed with the ups and downs of the Blood Vine Lotus. If the Blood Vine Lotus took back his body, it would be fine. At most, it would be disobedient at the critical moment. Normally, it would let Zhang Mu control it. But if his left arm was parasitized by another plant, Zhang Mu could not guess whether it was kind or malicious towards him.

If it was malicious, Zhang Mu would have no way to peel off the blood vine lotus, and he might not be able to cut off his left arm in time, so his expression was extremely serious. Zhang Mu had to prepare for the worst.

The development of things has completely exceeded his expectations. One is that the Blood Vine Lotus would choose to devour the mother-and-child gourd, and the other is that he did not expect such a thing to happen after the devouring.

Zhang Mu's worst plan was to cut off his left arm immediately after the failure of the Blood Vine Lotus to save his life.

He couldn't imagine what would happen if the roots of the blood vine lotus left the range of his left forearm and took root all over his body. In this case, at best, he would be drained to death, and at worst, he would be living a life worse than death, being controlled by a plant until it no longer needed him.

Zhang Mu had experienced and seen so many strange things, so if something like this really happened, it would not be absolutely sensational.

He was originally worried that after the battle between Long Qi and the white fox, one side would come here, or a group of mutant beasts would come, but now it is no longer the most serious problem that he needs to take seriously.

The mutant wolfhound looked at the still tumbling blood vine lotus and barked a few times, expressing its fear but still worried about Zhang Mu and was unwilling to leave. However, the obsidian worm was now rising high.

In the air, the wings vibrated slightly, and the power of the wind element began to gather on both sides of the wings.

It has learned from He Zhangmu's contact how serious the current situation is. It is also ready to use the wind blade to cut off the blood vine lotus' body if it suddenly counterattacks, because Zhang Mu's mental shield is useless to the blood vine lotus and can only rely on it to block the blood vine lotus's external attacks.

As for the internal attack, he could only rely on Zhang Mu's reaction speed and decisiveness.

The air seemed to freeze at this moment, and Zhang Mu felt that he could even hear his own breathing.

After a while, the blood vine lotus stopped rolling and quietly unfolded its vines, which had changed greatly. The original thorns on it were all replaced with blue-green, which looked extremely bright.

Even so, Zhang Mu was still waiting for news from the Blood Vine Lotus. Although the Mother-and-Child Gourd was extremely powerful, his Blood Vine Lotus was no pushover. He chose to believe in the Blood Vine Lotus's strength and did not take any final measures in advance.

Suddenly, there it is!

Zhang Mu felt the will of the Blood Vine Lotus. After this fight, its intelligence seemed to have increased a little.

It vaguely told Zhang Mu that it won, and Zhang Mu finally put his heart at ease.

But when Zhang Mu tried to use his mental power to inquire what had happened, the Blood Vine Lotus did not answer, or rather, it did not have the ability to answer. It should be as Zhang Mu guessed, that the Blood Vine Lotus was fighting desperately.

Zhang Mu smiled bitterly and said, "You are fine now. You are about to advance to the second stage. My gourd is gone. It is a great treasure, but you just ate it as energy. What a waste!"

The Blood Vine Lotus seemed to understand this, and it anxiously waved its vine at Zhang Muzhi.

Zhang Mu waved his hands and said, "Alright, alright, I know you didn't mean it. Take it back into my body. If you don't leave now, I'm afraid it will be too late. We have to leave quickly. There's no need to apologize to me. I didn't expect your intelligence to grow so fast."

He didn't expect that the Blood Vine Lotus didn't mean to express this. It didn't retract its vines. Instead, it held the ball at the end of all its vines in front of Zhang Mu's eyes and slowly removed the vines that were blocking it.

Zhang Mu was completely stunned when he saw this scene. Now, in front of him, a huge thing was growing on the flesh at the end of the cane.

What grew were actually two pocket-sized mother-and-child gourds, growing there quietly. There was absolutely no difference in shape and color from the previous ones, except that the size was only one-third of the original size.

Zhang Mu tried to communicate with the Blood Vine Lotus with his mental power and said, "You took away all the abilities of this gourd? Is it exactly the same as before?"

Xue Teng Lian didn't quite understand what Zhang Mu meant at first, but after she understood, she sent Zhang Mu a message of affirmation.

Although the Blood Vine Lotus could only send and respond to simple messages, Zhang Mu knew that if it said it had something, then it really did have something.

However, looking at the pocket-sized mother-and-child gourd in front of him, Zhang Mu couldn't help but wonder, if its size had shrunk so much, would its effectiveness be greatly reduced? What if it lost too much effectiveness? Although it would definitely work for Zhang Mu, it probably wouldn't achieve the original effect. He still had to continue looking for a way to make up for his disadvantage in talent.

Well, just take a look and you’ll know, right?

Zhang Mu motioned to the Blood Vine Lotus to open its small gourd, and the Blood Vine Lotus immediately did so. The small gourd opened automatically, emitting a refreshing fragrance. As soon as Zhang Mu handed it over, it flowed into his palm. It was a cyan-blue liquid, very similar to the appearance of the evolutionary fluid described by the original people.

He took a sip and it was refreshing and cool, turning into a hot stream flowing into his throat. Zhang Mu subconsciously asked, how is the juice in this gourd produced?

Xue Teng Lian said that the gourd was fed with the undigested blood and flesh energy taken from those first-level peak mutant beasts, and this juice was finally produced.

Oh, so that’s the case. That’s pretty much what the rumors say.

Wait, something doesn't feel right?

However, the response from the Blood Vine Lotus made him stand there in a daze, staring blankly at the small mother-and-child gourd.

But, those mutant beasts are at level one. Even if they are at the peak of level one, they are still level one.

Could it be that the reduction in its size actually resulted in a change in the level of mutant beast it needed?

This mother-and-child gourd lowers the threshold required to produce evolutionary essence.

In other words, the mother-and-child gourds in the blood vine lotus can play a big role for Zhang Mu now?

It is really true that after searching for a long time, you can finally find it without any effort!

(End of this chapter)