Only then did Shen Luo understand that what the Vine Flower Demon had sprayed out earlier was actually its spore dust.
Fortunately, he had blocked it in time with a curtain of water. Otherwise, if that stuff had landed on them, it would likely have already parasitized him and Bai Xiaotian.
Yet their situation was hardly optimistic. Countless vines descended from the sky in a dense mass, shooting at the two of them like innumerable arrows.
Shen Luo and Bai Xiaotian could only move swiftly and retreat in haste.
Large numbers of vines failed to strike them and plunged into the ground instead. Yet they quickly grew more than tenfold, burst from the earth again, and charged at them. Some also abruptly changed direction and continued stabbing toward the pair.
"Go up!"
With a loud shout, Bai Xiaotian leaped first, shooting toward the sky above the valley, with Shen Luo close behind him.
However, before they could rise above the mountain walls, a massive abyss-like maw appeared out of thin air in the heavens above and bit down at them.
The Vine Flower Demon... Shen Luo was startled.
The seductive trumpet flower on the Vine Flower Demon's face had somehow grown even larger than its body. Its open blossom resembled a gaping bloody mouth, its densely packed stamens writhing rapidly within as they reached toward Shen Luo and Bai Xiaotian.
Smelling the thick stench of decay emanating from the flower's core, Shen Luo immediately felt dizzy and nauseated.
He turned to glance below. The entire valley had already been completely occupied by proliferating Vine Flower Demons, while vines rapidly climbed both mountainsides as well. There was clearly no way back.
"To hell with it. Let's make one push and break through..."
He raised a hand, and Magic Power surged from