novelaction Chapter 533 Mutation! Roots Form a Cocoon
Chapter 533 Mutation! Roots Form a Cocoon
The original plan was for Black Hawk to lead the way, with Su Jiancheng and Niu Erzhu setting up the fire in time. However, Bai Mengyan was much faster than Black Hawk, and it seemed as if she was walking on a maze. They needed to take three to five steps to catch up with her.
Bai Mengyan led the team forward, and the team's formation was unintentionally stretched out. Su Jiancheng and Niu Erzhu were forced to stay behind and use fireballs to cover the rear.
Cheng Kaixi followed closely behind Bai Mengyan, and together with Black Eagle, the three of them charged ahead with unstoppable momentum.
Any branches or large leaves that tried to block the view were cut and pulverized by the spatial blades released by Bai Mengyan.
Cheng Kaixi manipulated the light sphere to be positioned above the heads of the group, acting as a beacon for the entire team, providing guidance to those behind even at high speeds.
The others ran as fast as they could behind the three, afraid that their mistakes would cause them to fall behind, drag everyone down, or split up the team.
Su Jiancheng cursed Bai Mengyan in his heart for acting impulsively without considering the consequences, but he said nothing, gritting his teeth as he threw fireballs while observing the progress of the entire team.
The only reason Bai Mengyan would be in this state is when Leng Yuexiu is in a dangerous situation, where he would disregard everything else.
He pinched a fireball and threw it at the raised area in front of him. With a loud bang, it eliminated the threat to the rabbit. He then raised his hand to check the location on his smart wristband to make sure that Bai Mengyan was leading the way in the right direction.
After all, the entire ground space is completely covered by advanced mutated banyan trees, with a lush three-tiered tree canopy overhead. At a glance, all you see are irregular auxiliary branches hanging down from the canopy to connect to the ground, making it easy to lose your way.
Clearly, Su Jiancheng's worries were unnecessary. With the existence of those rings that had a special connection through spatial sensing, Bai Mengyan knew Leng Yuexiu's location better than anyone else.
The original straight-line distance was not long, but after dodging and weaving through the haphazardly long, intersecting obstacles, they only managed to cover a few meters in a short time.
Ahead lay the thick trunk of a banyan tree. Bai Mengyan paused in her steps, and Cheng Kaixi, unable to stop, slid forward two meters with Black Eagle. Suddenly, the ground trembled.
With just that brief pause, Bai Mengyan's teammates quickly caught up with her and gathered together.
Before Bai Mengyan could ask Leng Yuexiu any questions, she saw the main trunk of the mutated banyan tree in front of her rise up from the ground, with a large cocoon made of roots beneath the straight and thick trunk.
Everyone was stunned; no one would have imagined that a tree could undergo such a transformation.
It's as if the "cocoon" beneath the ground is the true form of this tree.
Not understanding the situation, the crowd did not dare to approach easily. As the process of the tree trunk rising from the ground stopped, the tremors on the ground also subsided.
The world within the tree, shrouded by the mutated banyan tree, is filled with an eerie silence.
Bai Mengyan could feel that her connection with Leng Yuexiu had not been interrupted, but there was no sound from Leng Yuexiu's side.
This "cocoon" emerged from the ground, and the required volume absolutely covered the area where they originally dug.
That is to say...
Su Jiancheng quickly realized what was happening. He stared blankly at the large clump of dark roots and made as if to step forward.
Bai Mengyan retained her composure and raised her arm to stop Su Jiancheng.
Through the leather boots, something could be felt growing and moving beneath the soft, elastic moss-covered ground; the sensation was palpable.
Bai Mengyan coldly ordered, "Proceed according to plan."
Su Jiancheng gritted her teeth and, together with Niu Erzhu, summoned flames. The two of them simultaneously pressed their hands, which were covered in flames, onto the ground beneath their feet.
The flames spread out in arcs to the left and right, encircling the group and rapidly spreading inwards, igniting the vegetation beneath their feet.
Cheng Lu immediately formed a hand seal, releasing a dense mist of water vapor that enveloped everyone, with the moisture below the waist being even denser, all to counteract the harm that the fire energy could cause to her own people.
When water and fire meet, they immediately hiss and steam, and the moisture at the feet is largely consumed by the high-temperature flames and evaporates.
For a moment, the inside of the fire circle was like a steamer, almost like being enveloped in mist.
Bai Mengyan did not stand inside the circle of fire. Instead, she stood on a spatial step in the void, a space that could only accommodate one person. She floated in mid-air, appearing serene and mysterious.
The snow leopard wasn't idle either. It had anticipated the appearance of steam. It unleashed its ice-type power, and the converted white steam instantly condensed into ice crystals that fluttered into the flames and were melted again.
Su Jiancheng and Niu Erzhu also controlled their flames in a special way, making them burn the vegetation below. The flames where they stood were very thin, like when alcohol is burning, with only a pale blue flame that did not look fierce.
With the combined power of their different abilities, the area where everyone was standing was quickly cleared away, and everyone standing on the ashes was spared the threat of being entangled by the roots from the ground.
After the vegetation was burned away, the snow leopard and Cheng Lu worked together to freeze the ground beneath their feet into ice.
They had just eliminated the threat and set up their position when they heard a creaking sound from the air as something was being pulled taut.
Then something heavy fell from above with a muffled thud. They instinctively looked behind them where the sound came from and saw a desiccated corpse, bound and entangled like vines, swinging back and forth in mid-air.
Cheng Lu and Zhang Zhiheng couldn't help but gasp in surprise. Su Jiancheng narrowed her eyes and recognized the plant binding the mummified corpse.
"Parasitic vines! Everyone be careful!"
As soon as Su Jiancheng finished speaking, a series of creaking sounds of ropes being tightened came from different directions overhead.
It plummeted from the sky with a whooshing sound.
In less than half a minute, under the nearest tree canopy above their heads, hung one after another a dense mass of mummified corpses.
The parasitic vines wrapped around these corpses in different ways: some were dangling by a leg and torso, some were tied up, and some were hanging down, a gruesome sight resembling a den of demons.
At first glance, the mummified corpses with their heads exposed all had a dark, gaping hole at the back of their skulls.
That was the location of the crystal energy bodies. In other words, the endless mass of dried corpses, all those crystal energy bodies, had been devoured by the mutated banyan tree and the accompanying vines that parasitized it.
Everyone stared in horror at the scene. The "cocoon" on the main stem in front also stirred. The roots that wriggled like earthworms spread out a little, revealing what was wrapped inside.
When everyone saw Leng Yuexiu's pale face turned to the side, they couldn't help but call his name.
Only Bai Mengyan remained silent, her eyes fixed on Leng Yuexiu's face.
His wisps of hair covered most of his face, revealing only his profile and mouth.
The rabbit exclaimed in surprise, "What's the boss chewing on?"
A yellowish mist swirled around the enormous root cocoon, making it difficult for others to see clearly, but Bai Mengyan was absolutely certain that it was a ring with spatial sensing capabilities.
Su Jiancheng's expression changed, and she suddenly looked at Bai Mengyan's back, which was floating outside the circle of fire.
The others realized that the thing might be related to Bai Mengyan, and for a moment they didn't know what to say.