Qian Renxue (42)

"They're protecting the Tree of Life, protecting the last of Isis's consciousness," Ares said, panting—his gasps were not from exhaustion, but from madness eating away at his reason. "The Abyss wants to devour Isis completely, to use her Tree of Life as a breeding ground and nurture a complete child of the Abyss. These monsters are the Abyss's immune system. They attack any outsider that tries to get close."

"Do they have a weakness?" Tang Wulin asked, thrusting his spear through the three heads of a three-headed houndlike monster.

"Yes." Ares pointed at the fleshy tumors in the sky. "Those tumors are nodes of Abyssal power. They're supplying energy to this land. Destroy them, and you can temporarily weaken the monsters' regeneration speed. But every tumor has powerful guards..."

Before he could finish, the nearest tumor suddenly pulsed violently.

Countless cracks split across its surface, and dozens of thick tentacles stretched out from within. Those tentacles were covered in suckers and barbs, each one over a hundred meters long, like living mountains, lashing toward them.

"Careful!"

Tang Wulin shoved Dai Chengfeng beside him away, but he was struck hard by one of the tentacles.

Bang!

He smashed into the ground like a cannonball, blasting out a ten-meter-wide crater. The Golden Dragon Spear flew from his hand and stabbed into the scorched earth in the distance. The Golden Dragon phantom dimmed for an instant, but quickly reformed and let out a furious roar.

"Wulin!" Qian Renxue tried to dive down, but was blocked by three other tentacles.

Those tentacles were absurdly nimble, and unbelievably tough. Qian Renxue's Holy Fire could leave scorch marks on them, but it could not sever them in one blow. The tentacles attacked from different directions, forcing her to do nothing but dodge in midair.

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