Vines blotted out the sky as they lashed toward him, yet Jin Tianming remained as steady as a mountain.
His gaze sharpened. With a light step, faint spatial ripples spread around him, and his figure vanished into thin air like a ghost, precisely evading the vines' entanglement.
In the distance, Lei Ze, who had been staring intently at Jin Tianming, saw him break free. His eyes instantly turned sharp, and without the slightest hesitation, he immediately chased after him.
"Lei Ze!" Seeing this, Ning Tian of the Heavenly Soul Team hurriedly called out to stop him. But Lei Ze was as fast as lightning, like a streak of azure thunder tearing through the dense forest. He vanished in the blink of an eye, giving her no chance to stop him.
Ning Tian stared in the direction he had disappeared, her brows tightly furrowed and her heart full of worry—facing Jin Tianming alone was far too dangerous.
Elsewhere, Ma Xiaotao waved her hand and released blazing flames, burning the vines winding toward her to ashes. The heat of the fire made the surrounding vines instinctively shrink back.
She turned to Mo Yan and asked curiously, "Boss Mo Yan, the vines have launched a surprise attack, and the situation is chaotic. What should we do now? Should we gather the team and act together?"
"No need. Just do as you please."
Mo Yan waved her hand, walked straight beneath a thick tree, found a clean stone, and sat down. Propping her chin up with one hand, she lazily watched the chaotic battlefield ahead, as if she were not in a dangerous competition but merely an audience member at the theater.
The other members of the Shrek Team were all stunned by this sight. Even several students from other academies nearby who had