The Giant Tree's Inquiry

This time, the rift was especially large, more than ten meters long and nearly a meter wide.

What emerged from the rift was still a vine, but it was dozens of centimeters thick and dozens of meters long. Its entire body was purple-black, its surface covered in countless root-like growths. The densest clusters of these "roots" bore pitch-black, lumpy protrusions that resembled countless eyes.

At a glance, the vine looked like the tentacle of some terrifying ancient god from the Cthulhu World.

With a violent sweep, the vine forcibly dragged Richard and the other two into its attack range. An invisible force field spread out, pulling the three of them toward it beyond their control. They had to exert tremendous force to resist.

Clearly, unless they dealt with this vine, they would have a hard time breaking free from it as before to pursue the fleeing scout.

The three exchanged looks, all understanding this, and quickly reached an agreement.

Heluo's body trembled, and hazy reddish-brown gas burst from every pore of her body. The gas gathered in swirling clouds, condensing into one Heluo after another.

Like the Shadow Clone Technique, dozens of Heluos appeared in the area in only a moment.

The dozens of Heluos floated in the air and raised their hands in unison, aiming at the vine.

"Whoosh!"

Dozens of red beams brimming with high-energy reactions shot out, accurately striking the same spot on the vine—a protrusion slightly below its middle.

"Boom!"

With a thunderous explosion, a massive hole was blasted through the vine. Dark-green sap sprayed in every direction, hissing into white smoke where it landed and giving off a pungent, sour stench.

Struck by the attack, the vine seemed to possess intelligence. A shriek came from deep within the rift, making it clear that it had