This dark green vine was called the Entangling Vine. It could be seen everywhere in the Wood Elf forest.
Its defining characteristic was that, as it grew, the Entangling Vine would constantly wind around and cling to objects—and even living creatures—nearby.
Under normal circumstances, however, its growth rate was not so exaggerated. Therefore, creatures that were caught by it could still break free. Most of the time, it merely wrapped around static objects such as large trees and rocks.
Yet under the catalysis of the True Word Spell Savage Growth, the Entangling Vine's growth speed had expanded to a terrifying degree. At this moment, it was undoubtedly displaying just how much of a threat it posed to living creatures!
As it wrapped around its targets, it continuously tightened. The force it generated was even enough to strangle some weaker targets to death on the spot!
Within the pitch-black Rat Tide, the frantically spreading Entangling Vines directly restrained the Rat Demons' movements while also carving out a realm of their own within the tide.
However, compared to the astonishing number of rats, it was still far from enough.
The Wood Elf mages in the air were the ones who could sense this most clearly.
Seeing this, Locke furrowed his brows slightly and quickly called out...
"John, all of you cast Energy Drain. Leave the rest to me!"
With that, Locke ignored everything else, raised the staff in his hand, and began chanting.
[Savage Growth!]
In an instant, powerful Life Energy surged violently. The Entangling Vines, which had previously been growing rapidly, seemed to transform into ferocious beasts at that moment, churning wildly.
The thickest vines swelled to the width of an arm in a short time.
In the span of only a few blinks, they directly covered an area nearly one