novelaction Chapter 522 Team Combat Drills
Chapter 522 Team Combat Drills
Stopped by Leng Yuexiu, Bai Mengyan took the opportunity to change the way her superpower flowed, using her spatial superpower to cover the land where the first-level zombie had fallen.
"Time Lag!" Bai Mengyan uttered the name of her superpower.
The zombies, which were sinking into the swamp at breakneck speed, paused in their descent, and the churning of the soil slowed down completely.
This is not a purely time-based ability, but rather the result of a space-based ability.
Changing the rules of the coverage area to achieve the effect of slowing down time is a completely different logic from time-related superpowers such as freezing time, rewinding, and predicting the future.
With Leng Yuexiu's help, the entire team arrived at the mutated banyan tree with unstoppable momentum.
After stopping, the team quickly formed a circular defensive formation, keeping watch on their surroundings.
Leng Yuexiu immediately gave the order, "Jiancheng, take Niu Erzhu and set the tree canopy on fire! Don't let a single banyan wasp down!"
"Snow Leopard, I need you to infuse the tree trunk with icy energy to restrict its vitality and force it to instinctively enter a dormant period."
"Black Hawk, Yan Lina, work with the others to weaken its vitality by exposing the decaying roots."
"Xiao Yan, Zhang Zhiheng, you two dig into the soil. The tree crystal is wrapped in the roots at the bottom. Just dig and leave the rest to us."
"Cheng Kaixi, keep your Light Shield and Light Armor abilities to yourself. Only use them to protect your teammates when there is danger. Apart from offensive abilities that involve killing, do not release other light-based abilities to avoid the leaves from photosynthesizing and accelerating reproduction."
"Rabbit, find a safe spot to keep watch and keep a close eye on any subtle movements in the banyan tree grove."
With Leng Yuexiu's order given, the team members began their coordinated operation.
Zhang Zhiheng had just taken out a folding entrenching tool from the backpack strap on his back when Bai Mengyan had already dug a hole next to the zombie and thrown the soil behind it.
The snow leopard didn't rush to the tree trunk immediately, as he wasn't sure if there were any hidden dangers around the roots and soil. He released frost, and within seconds, a layer of white frost formed on the exposed soil surface.
The frost seemed to have a life of its own, slowly climbing up the tree trunk.
When the icy chill accumulated to a certain degree, and a layer of ice hardened on the ground, he approached and continued to freeze the main body and upper part of the tree trunk.
The snow leopard's release of its superpowers did not affect Bai Mengyan's work at all; by this time, she had already dug down to the zombie's sinking leg.
In the icy environment prepared by the snow leopard, Zhang Zhiheng joined the digging work, swinging his entrenching tool with incredible speed, completely unafraid of the thick roots that still looked like they were wriggling.
Under the suppression of the snow leopard's icy power, their movements were as if paralyzed, extremely slow, and they were perfectly capable of coping.
Su Jiancheng and Niu Erzhu stood in the middle of the road, each gathering a ball of fire and throwing it into the treetop.
When the fireball exploded, the densely packed Hidden Flower Fruits at the bottom layer burst open like popcorn, making a series of popping sounds.
Leng Yuexiu sent out a gust of wind, which swept up all the pollen that had exploded and scattered, as well as the banyan wasps that hadn't even had time to react and fall down, and sent them all towards the direction of the exploding flames.
Niu Erzhu's second-tier fire-type ability allows him to directly release a fire blanket, without relying on single-point explosions to create a sea of fire.
With Leng Yuexiu fanning the flames, the fire spread rapidly throughout the entire tree canopy.
Moisture is usually difficult to ignite, but the flames released by fire-type ability users are much stronger than ordinary flames.
The rapid fire and extremely high temperature were enough to quickly evaporate the moisture in the leaves and branches, bringing them to their ignition point and burning them.
Su Jiancheng's flames are a bit more special; they spread easily and burn fiercely.
He relentlessly searched for weaknesses within the fire blanket laid out by Niu Erzhu and "exploded" them to ensure the fire intensified, leaving no spot untouched.
Thick smoke and heatwaves completely dominated the tree canopy. Leng Yuexiu used wind belts to isolate these harmful substances above everyone's heads, creating an absolutely safe area for everyone.
Cheng Kaixi believed Leng Yuexiu's judgment; when Cheng Lu's strange wood seed was stimulated to grow, it was enough to demonstrate the vitality that plants unleash when expending energy.
If the mutated banyan tree were to recklessly reproduce at the cost of its tree crystal power, his "light" type abilities, including light shields and light armor, could potentially help the mutated banyan tree. Therefore, he chose to do nothing, but instead kept a close eye on any movement on the scene and act when the time was right.
With Bai Mengyan and Zhang Zhiheng working together, they quickly dug out a space nearly four meters square.
The first-tier zombie was still bound by the roots of the banyan tree. The connection between it and the mutated banyan tree was not forcibly severed, in order to paralyze the mutated banyan tree and disrupt its perception.
After all, the mutated banyan tree is just a tree. Even though it produces tree crystals, it has not developed intelligence. It is difficult for it to discern the intentions of those who cause harm from multiple directions, and it can only instinctively protect itself.
The instinct to trap the first-tier zombie is also to absorb energy to compensate for its own losses.
Now that the excavated space has exposed enough roots, Black Hawk has taken the lead in releasing "Corrosion," a power exclusive to blood slaves.
A suffocating atmosphere settled at the bottom of the pit, and moisture oozed from the severed ends of the roots.
The moment the corrosive black gas comes into contact with the roots, the tips become withered and gray, losing all vitality and resilience, and break at the slightest touch.
Yan Lina was not to be outdone. She chose the thickest root closest to her, and although her mouth did not open or close, a soft, murmuring female voice came out.
Then a wisp of faint, blood-black aura drifted out from her fingertips. It was a corrosive ability that surpassed that of the Blood Slaves, and it climbed up the roots with a deathly aura of despair.
The moment it was touched, like a drop of oil spreading rapidly in water, the delicate roots clinging to the main root instantly turned into black ash residue, even emitting an unpleasant fishy odor.
The syconia in the canopy and the fig wasps that depended on the banyan tree for survival were quickly burned away. Coupled with the damage to the roots, the mutated banyan tree finally realized the crisis.
It began to activate the refined tree crystals, drawing out branches that transformed into spikes to attack the nearest creature.
Before the branches could sprout, the rabbit sensed the mutated banyan tree's movements and warned it in time, "It's about to fight back, watch out!"
Everyone in the team knew that this was a trial of collective action, with different superpowers combined and coordinated, all to increase combat experience.
Their team, with an average level of second-tier ability users, had no fear of dealing with a mutated plant that was about to break through to the second tier. Instead, they were excited about the actual combat cooperation. Therefore, everyone absolutely obeyed Leng Yuexiu's command and performed their duties in a coordinated manner.
After the rabbit's prompt, Bai Mengyan did not immediately set up a spatial barrier as a defense, wanting to see what methods the mutated banyan tree would use.
Soon, sensing the threat, the four people dodged the branches that were piercing them, broke them off, and continued their previous actions.