As soon as Zhang Mu’s hand reached into the hole he had dug, he instantly felt the light emitted by the white lotus seeds suddenly become stronger.

Not sure if it was an illusion brought on by the light or if it was real, Zhang Mu found that the speed at which he stretched his right hand in was actually a little slower. He felt that the light instantly became more substantial and thicker.

"What's going on? It's taking so much effort. Has it sensed the danger? That doesn't make sense. Logically, it shouldn't be able to distinguish between prey and hunter. Anything it attracts will have some of its energy absorbed for its use."

Zhang Mu's brows furrowed instantly. He was very surprised. Why could this blood vine lotus know that his mind was not affected and became the nutrient it could control? It could clearly tell that Zhang Mu was not under control, so it used this ability to prevent Zhang Mu from getting close to its body.

Could it be that it has already developed consciousness? Impossible, this is only the third day of the apocalypse, it is impossible for a mutated plant to develop intelligence, even if it is the blood vine lotus with the highest growth rate and the most domineering ability among all the mutated plants in the future, it is impossible.

Zhang Mu's heart tightened. This kind of unknown thing was the most terrifying. Although he later heard from others how the person who stole the blood vine lotus bypassed the mutant little King Kong and protected himself with a spiritual armor, and how he was lucky enough to make the blood vine lotus recognize its master instead of becoming its nourishment.

But all of this was just what Zhang Mu heard. To put it bluntly, who knows the truth of this news? It might as well be worse than a line from a play.

But Zhang Mu had no choice. This was one of his few chances and he had to seize it. He had no potential to awaken his evolutionary ability and he really needed any strength from the outside world.

Zhang Mu gritted his teeth, veins bulging, and with a roar of anger, he finally broke through the resistance of the white light and successfully touched the body of the Blood Vine Lotus.

Although he was one step closer to success, Zhang Mu did not dare to relax his vigilance, because he knew that the real greatest danger was just beginning to arrive. He stared intently at the finger that was touching him.

Bloodvine lotus seeds.

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he actually felt the blood vine lotus characters tremble slightly.

Alive?

Just when he had this horrifying thought, something strange happened.

Several bean sprout-like tentacles instantly grew out of the surface of the blood vine lotus and pierced into Zhang Mu's arm fiercely. The blood on Zhang Mu's arm flowed into the body of the blood vine lotus at a speed visible to the naked eye.

A feeling of weakness came from Zhang Mu's right arm, and Zhang Mu thought to himself that something was wrong.

What happened? The blood loss was so fast that the whole arm dried up.

He had heard from other wandering merchants that when the man who got the blood vine lotus seeds was about to be sucked into a mummy, the man used his other hand to turn out everything on his body, trying to find a weapon to cut off the tentacles of the blood vine lotus. However, it didn't work. Instead, the crystals and beast cores that fell out instantly attracted the attention of the blood vine lotus.

Zhang Mu did not dare to delay. Following the method that the man had said, he immediately took out all the Yuan Crystals and Beast Cores treasured in the Epoch Merchant's ring and wrapped his right hand directly.

Suddenly, Zhang Mu found that the feeling of blood loss was gone. It was because the Blood Vine Lotus separated all its tentacles and inserted them into the Yuan Crystal and the Beast Core, abandoning Zhang Mu's arm whose blood energy was thin.

That person did not lie to me. He was telling the truth after getting drunk. I made the right bet!

These crystals and beast cores that were originally piled high shrank in just a few breaths.

This blood vine lotus can indeed directly absorb energy from the Yuan Crystal.

Zhang Mu did not just stand there and watch. He reached in with his other hand and held down the last tentacle of the blood vine lotus that was trying to extend from Zhang Mu's arm, allowing it to continue sucking his blood.

Even if the Blood Vine Lotus had intelligence now, it only had the instinct to devour and protect itself. Under Zhang Mu's full strength to hold it down, it was reluctant to give up the huge energy in the Yuan Crystal and the Beast Core, so it was still up to Zhang Mu to do it.

However, at this time, there was only one tentacle left on Zhang Mu's hand, sucking blood. Zhang Mu no longer had the headache caused by the sudden excessive blood loss. There was only unconcealable excitement in his eyes.

Still too young

The biggest and most fatal flaw of creatures that lack intelligence is that they cannot control their greed.

A creature controlled by instinct will be led by the nose in front of Zhang Mu, no matter how powerful it is.

As the Blood Vine Lotus drew more and more blood from Zhang Mu's hand, its body turned extremely red, and its originally pure and flawless light was also dyed blood red.

This is its true face. All the holiness before was just an act.

This is it, the most real one, the Blood Vine Demon Lotus!

The Blood Vine Lotus was still madly absorbing the power from the Yuan Crystals. Many of the Yuan Crystals that were completely sucked away turned into powder in an instant. Zhang Mu felt very distressed when he saw this, but there was nothing he could do. Without pain, there would be no gain.

Zhang Mu endured the pain and watched the changes of the Blood Vine Lotus. When he saw that it had absorbed enough and was about to withdraw its body from the pile of Yuan Crystal powder and his arm, Zhang Mu snorted coldly.

"You want to leave after you're full? How can that be so easy? Just keep eating!"

Zhang Mu pressed down the remaining tentacle with all his strength to prevent it from escaping, and refused to let go even though the Blood Vine Lotus' tentacle was whipping his arm.

What a joke! If he let the blood vine lotus go at this time, Zhang Mu would really be unworthy of his identity as a businessman.

Because if it sucks a certain amount of blood from a living creature, the blood vine lotus will automatically recognize its host. The blood vine lotus needs the blood of living creatures to replenish its energy, but each time it will suck the host that provides it nutrients completely or release it after sucking a sufficient amount.

The way to let go can be through illusion or violence, depending on whether the prey is under its control.

However, Zhang Mu had already forcibly occupied all the conditions for it to recognize its master, so as time passed, the blood vine lotus became less and less able to absorb Zhang Mu's energy, because it had already been filled with Yuan Jing.

Finally, it couldn't draw any more blood from Zhang Mu's arm, so Zhang Mu let it go.

After feeling the vague connection between the lotus seed in front of him and his soul, Zhang Mu was so excited that he almost jumped up.

It was as if he was blessed by God, and everything was going according to his plan.

(End of this chapter)