The threads swept in from every direction, like a dense swarm of spiders. Small webs wove themselves into one enormous net, quickly surrounding them. The snakes, insects, rats, and ants in the corners were frightened into stillness; some even burrowed into their own little holes.
"Is this man-eating grass?"
She examined the grass again. Its leaves had serrated edges. She had assumed that was simply a feature of this particular plant, never imagining they were meant for eating people.
Cai Qing and the others had still been struggling, but their anxious eyes soon grew unfocused, until every one of them closed her eyes. Dongfang Minghui jumped in alarm. Had she not already known this was man-eating grass, she would have thought she had encountered some enormous spider beast.
"Hey, Cai Qing, you can't just fall asleep like this."
"There's a sedative on these threads. Don't touch them," the Love Flower kindly warned her. "They should only be unconscious for now. Don't worry."
The moment she heard about the sedative, Dongfang Minghui hurriedly withdrew her hand, disbelief written all over her face. "Cai Qing and the others are all Spirit Kings. How could they fall for it so easily?" By comparison, the sedative on those threads was far stronger than the one she soaked her Flying Needles in.
Her mind began turning again.
"Don't even think about it." The chubby little baby jumped out of her space. Its vines lashed the ground several times, driving away all the threads that had been slowly creeping toward her. "It's man-eating grass."
Man-eating grass, as its name suggested, was a carnivorous plant that fed itself by devouring people.
This was Dongfang Minghui's first encounter with such a vicious plant. In her mind, Pig Immortal Grass already counted as a rather unusual spirit herb. As