Fragments flew everywhere, dust filled the sky, and the entire field of vision turned gray. Before the dust could settle, new vines surged through the haze like dragons, rapidly twisting together into rows of enormous balls. Those balls then clustered together, forming another towering wall.
That was only normal, considering this was practically the lair of the Mutated Plants.
However, after Xu Huo shredded the Mutated Plants in the area several times in succession, they still returned within an extremely short time. The middle-aged glasses man and the others were taken aback. "They're growing way too fast!"
Xu Huo had already realized this when he was ambushed earlier. After shredding them a few more times, he stopped and turned to the people behind him. "I'm afraid getting underground won't be possible."
The middle-aged glasses man was helpless too. Forget going underground—even getting close to the Mutated Plants was now nearly impossible.
"What a waste of the Origin Stone," he said reluctantly.
"It's not like we got nothing," Xu Huo said, raising a hand. More than ten Sub-class Stones of varying sizes flew over from different places. He tossed three small ones toward them. "You put in some effort too."
The middle-aged glasses man accepted them, but his smile was forced. He could now be certain that Xu Huo had been playing with them from the start. He had clearly made up his mind long ago, yet he still had them dig through dirt for a day and a night.
"How long can your drilling machine work automatically?" Xu Huo asked the female Player. "Can you make a better device?"
"That depends on what materials we can find," the female Player replied. "You want the device to work underground for a long time? That'll be difficult. Energy sources are hard to