Yang Wanqing also pulled the Capital Heavenly Thunder Halberd from her Qiankun Bag. Pale golden lightning patterns flowed along its six-foot shaft, and faint arcs of electricity flickered as she gripped it.
Two vines lashed at them at once.
Chen Siyao slashed her sword across...
Squelch.
The blade cut into the vine's outer skin, but failed to sever it. The vine was far tougher than she had expected; her sword stopped two-thirds of the way through. Thick yellow-green sap oozed from the cut.
Gritting her teeth, she struck twice more before finally cutting it through.
The severed vine kept twitching on the ground for several seconds.
Meanwhile, Yang Wanqing swung her halberd down. The Capital Heavenly Thunder Halberd's weight let her sever one vine with a single blow, but a second immediately coiled around its shaft.
She cried out and tugged hard, only wrenching it free on her third pull.
"Go! Get away from this tree!"
They hurried out of the huge tree's reach. Only after they had run more than twenty meters did the vines stop chasing them and slowly withdraw into the canopy.
Chen Siyao patted her chest.
"That scared me to death. Man-Eating Trees actually exist?"
Yang Wanqing braced her hands on her knees and panted. "They're so tough... I had to hit one several times to cut it through. How can they be that sturdy?"
The livestream viewers recovered from their fright, and comments began flowing again.
"My pants are wet because I was scared, I swear"
"That sword strike was so cool!"
"Surviving in another world's wilderness, huh"
"Even Bear Grylls would shake his head"
Chen Siyao could no longer spare a thought for the livestream. She hurried after her brother.
Chen Hao was still walking ahead at an unhurried pace.
He had not so