NOVEL NEXT Chapter 176: Bloodthirsty Vine
These blood-colored vines were numerous and moved quickly.
Lu Chuan hurriedly controlled the Corpse Puppets to dodge.
But soon he found that these blood-colored vines bypassed the other zombies and headed straight for Lightning Two.
"What did Lightning Two do to provoke you? Why are you only chasing it?"
Lu Chuan was puzzled. The attack method of these mutant plants was really perplexing.
Luckily, these vines posed no threat to the other zombies.
Lu Chuan quickly maneuvered the other Corpse Puppets away from the blood-colored vines.
He focused on controlling Lightning Two to constantly dodge the vines.
However, there were so many blood-colored vines, emerging wildly from behind rocks.
The overwhelming blood-colored vines surged toward Lightning Two, turning the area into a sea of blood.
These vines sped like arrows released from a bowstring, far faster than normal biological growth.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
The thighs of the second-tier Lightning Two were thick and strong, its feet pushed hard, propelling the whole body like a bullet.
Yet no matter how fast Lightning Two was, the vines formed an encirclement in the air.
Bang, bang, bang!
The steel blade wielded by Lightning Two sliced through the air, leaving silver arcs and a chilling sharpness where it passed.
Unexpectedly, Lu Chuan noticed that Lightning Two's strike, enough to injure a second-tier Mutated Fierce Beast, had no effect on the vines.
The vines were far tougher than expected, not at all like typical vegetation. The machete chopping them emitted sounds of metal clashing against stone.
Lu Chuan's pupils contracted. He didn't expect these blood-colored plants to be so troublesome.
Damn it!
The remains of fierce beasts everywhere, could they all be the work of these blood-colored vines?!
How could these mutant plants be even harder to deal with than mutant beasts?!
Surrounded heavily by the blood-colored vines, Lightning Two's space for movement shrank, leaving it to desperately swing the steel blade to resist the vines.
Yet all this seemed futile, the machete slashing the blood-colored vines felt like punching cotton, ineffective.
Damn it!
What the hell are these things?
Lu Chuan grew increasingly anxious. This was his first time encountering such a helpless situation.
The mutation extent of these plants exceeded imagination, unlike mutant beasts of flesh and blood.
Before encountering these blood-colored vines, Lu Chuan had never dealt with such mutant plants, and for a moment, couldn't think of a solution.
Most importantly, he didn't even know what they were.
The number of blood-colored vines was overwhelming, blocking Lightning Two's retreat in all directions.
Although Lightning Two struggled desperately, the vines, both soft and resilient, quickly entangled its legs.
Movement was further restricted, and Lightning Two was completely engulfed by the blood-colored ocean.
The numerous vines furiously enveloped Lightning Two, forming a giant cocoon on the spot.
No matter how Lu Chuan controlled Lightning Two to struggle, it couldn't move.
From Lightning Two's perspective, there was only the sight of blood, oblivious to the nature of the blood-colored vines.
Lu Chuan, for the moment, could only control the other Corpse Puppets to retreat from the blood-colored vine forest.
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Lu Chuan controlled Flame One from a distance, getting ready. The vines were extremely tough, even Lightning Two's blade couldn't cut through.
Currently, he could only rely on the third-tier Flame One, hoping the released Fireball could scorch them.
Only then did Lu Chuan suddenly realize that Lightning Two was still tightly bound by the vines.
The blood-colored vines only wrapped around it but made no further moves.
This eerie scene puzzled Lu Chuan, but since the vines were inactive, he remained hesitant to act rashly.
Thus, Lu Chuan controlled the Corpse Puppet unit from afar, confronting the blood-colored vine forest.
Lightning Two had been with him for so long, and this agilely controlled Corpse Puppet was hard to give up until necessary.
Half an hour passed, and to Lu Chuan's surprise, the vines enveloping Lightning Two inexplicably loosened.
The vines that crazily wrapped Lightning Two now actively released it.
Such bizarre behavior left Lu Chuan baffled.
A careful check revealed that Lightning Two sustained no injuries.
"So strange, do these mutant plants have issues?"
"Just now they desperately wrapped my puppet, and now they let it go without reason, what's this about?"
Thud, thud, thud!
As Lu Chuan pondered, there was a sudden sound of hasty footsteps not far away.
He saw a massive mutated wild boar charging from the woods.
Before Lu Chuan could lead the Corpse Puppets to hunt the boar,
The vines that had just released Lightning Two dashed out quickly.
Then in front of Lu Chuan, the blood-colored vines reenacted the previous scene.
However, the boar's power was inferior to Lightning Two, its dodging technique poor and speed slow.
It was soon entangled by a mass of blood-colored vines.
Lu Chuan noticed the blood-colored vines treated the wild boar differently from how they treated his puppet.
Roar, roar, roar!
The blood-colored vines had just wrapped the boar when Lu Chuan heard its miserable squeals from the vine cocoon.
The heartrending boar screams echoed through the valley, making one's scalp tingle.
Lu Chuan noticed the vines kept tightening, some piercing into the boar's body directly,
Then it seemed a devouring force was released, continuously draining the boar's blood.
The robust boar shrank rapidly before Lu Chuan's eyes.
Witnessing this, Lu Chuan shivered with fear.
Wait, could the blood-colored vines be drawn to flesh and blood, hence launching attacks?
If so, their inactivity after capturing Lightning Two made sense.
The blood-colored vines only attack creatures with flesh and blood.
Perhaps earlier, when Lightning Two fought other beasts, some beast blood stained it, attracting these blood-colored vines.