Aiona's blood was part of Aiona. No matter how far away it was, no matter whether it had been suppressed, it was still her blood.
Their formation had indeed concealed them, but they had turned invisible right before her eyes and then stayed perfectly still. Unless Aiona was an idiot, how could she possibly fail to see them?
The entire team was wiped out, leaving many other teams afraid to make any rash moves.
Aiona "poured" out through the cracks in the sphere, turning half-human, half-tree again in an instant. At the same time, her spine forked at her neck, piercing her skin and shooting upward, with branches sprouting from every vertebra.
A drastic change in temperament and madness did not make her an idiot.
Since she could not absorb the energy on the battlefield, she would simply devour the contestants and use them as sustenance!
Aiona's spine became a colossal umbrella that propped up the heavens. Countless vines dangled from the tips of its innumerable branches, each growing a half-naked woman at its end.
These women were not beautiful. Instead, they had pointed mouths and monkey-like cheeks, and their mouths could split wide open.
"I've seen snake-haired gorgons, but what is this supposed to be? A human-haired demon overlord?" One contestant swallowed as he gazed uneasily at the women on the ends of the densely packed vines.
"Everyone, stop hesitating. The longer we drag this out, the worse things will be for us. The Poison Spirit Qi in the air has put us on the same footing as Aiona. We can still fight now, but if we don't act and keep letting this drag on, we may be the ones who fail to hold out." A man dressed in red, his hair made entirely of crimson flames, flew into