Several vines suddenly shot up beneath Tie Zheng as he charged toward Li Yichen, swiftly wrapping around his calves.
With a sharp crack, his tremendous brute strength actually snapped the tough vines.
But he still lost his balance and pitched headfirst toward the ground.
With a thunderous boom, he smashed a large crater into the hard ground.
Li Yichen grinned, thinking, That should keep him quiet for a while, right?
Who could have guessed that the guy would shake his dazed head and try to get back up?
But Ouyang Xuanxuan wasn't about to give him that chance. More vines had already buried him alive.
Countless vines pinned his limbs, waist, and abdomen firmly to the ground.
"Aah... break!" Tie Zheng gritted his teeth and clenched both fists, every muscle in his body bulging at once.
With another crack, a vine snapped.
But seven or eight more immediately shot out of the ground, wrapping him tighter and tighter until his entire body resembled a green rice dumpling.
Meanwhile, the young man of average build moved so fast that his afterimages almost blurred together. He darted left and right, slippery as an eel, effortlessly dodging the vines the instant they emerged.
"Guo Fei, come save me!" Tie Zheng, now completely immobilized, shouted, "You can't beat her on your own!"
"Hang on! These vines are like living things. They're a real pain!" Guo Fei dodged as he darted toward Tie Zheng.
When he reached Tie Zheng, he drew a tungsten steel dagger from his waist and thrust it hard at one of the vines wrapped around him.
Just as the dagger was about to strike, the vine suddenly shifted aside, opening a gap.
The dagger passed straight through the gap and struck Tie Zheng's waist with a clang.
"Ow!" Tie Zheng nearly