Gao Shiman looked horrified. Faced with that savage aura, she retreated in panic, the invisible pressure whipping her black evening gown around her.
Her high heels could no longer support her swaying body. She stumbled backward, her bare back slamming into a flower stand beside the red carpet.
"Lin Sen, you..."
Just as she was about to speak, she felt an itch behind her, as though something were wriggling against her skin.
The next instant, countless slender green vines emerged from beneath the flowers on the stand. Like green snakes, they coiled around her neck and spread across her exquisitely made-up face.
The surrounding trees went wild as well. Thick roots burst from the soil and slithered across the ground like giant pythons, their bark splitting to sprout dense clusters of sharp thorns.
In mere moments, every plant in the area had become an extension of Mu Linsen's fury.
Inside the brightly lit hall, the dignitaries who had been chatting suddenly felt the ground shake beneath them.
Rumble...
The entire banquet hall shook. The crystal chandeliers hanging from the vaulted ceiling swung violently, sending light and shadow dancing through the hall as it flickered between brightness and darkness.
"What's happening?! An earthquake?" a guest cried in panic.
"Look at the flowers on the columns!" A guest near one of the columns widened his eyes in terror and fled from it like a madman.
Inside the banquet hall, red rose vines wound around dozens of carved columns. Now, those roses seemed to have suddenly come alive.
The gorgeous roses burst open at a visible speed. Their branches frantically sprouted, twisted, and stretched upward, while the petals grew so scarlet they seemed about to drip blood.
The edges of the petals curled into blade-sharp arcs, reflecting a cold metallic gleam beneath the