Nightmare Man-eating Flower

[Ding! Congratulations, your accumulated Points have reached 10. You may now open one Low-level Blind Box!]

A system window suddenly popped up. Bai Yu was puzzled. A blind box? Was this some kind of lottery draw?

[Low-level Blind Box: 10 Points. Mid-level Blind Box: 100 Points. High-level Blind Box: 1000 Points.]

Looking at the price list provided by the system, Bai Yu could not help asking:

"System, aren't they all blind boxes? What's the difference between high-level and low-level?"

[The higher the level of the blind box, the greater the chance of obtaining something good. Using Soul Rings as an example, a High-level Blind Box has a 50% chance of yielding a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, a Mid-level Blind Box has a 5% chance, and a Low-level Blind Box has a 0.5% chance.]

Bai Yu understood. But since it was a blind box, there was also a high chance of losing everything once he opened it. Should he open one or not?

Forget it. It was only 10 Points. He would open one.

It was only a Low-level Blind Box. Bai Yu would be satisfied as long as it did not give him something like a lollipop. Besides, he still had six years to accumulate Points, refine souls, and grow steadily. What was the rush?

[Ding! Low-level Blind Box opened. Congratulations, you have obtained one copy of the Douluo Continent Plant Encyclopedia. The knowledge will be directly transferred into your mind.]

Bai Yu's mouth fell open into an O shape.

What did that mean? Was it what he thought it meant?

He casually looked in one direction, where a blade of grass grew. The moment the weed entered his sight, information about it naturally surfaced in his mind.

[Pig Tail Grass. No Soul Power. Ordinary plant.]

He looked in another direction, where there was a bamboo stalk.

[Solitary Bamboo. Twenty Year Soul Power.]

Bai Yu was dumbfounded. Did that mean he could identify any plant he saw now?

Damn, getting something like this from a Low-level Blind Box... would it shorten my lifespan?

I didn't use my lifespan to open that box, so don't mess with me!

At that moment, the Night Fox Wolf could no longer wait for its companion and retreated.

Dean Wu turned back and saw Bai Yu's shocked expression. Thinking Bai Yu had been frightened, he comforted him:

"Xiao Yu, don't be afraid. With me here, you'll be fine!"

Bai Yu came back to his senses and followed Dean Wu's lead.

"Thank you, Dean!"

Dean Wu nodded and said:

"That Night Fox Wolf has left. It probably won't come back. Get some rest."

Bai Yu nodded. However, a burst of Soul Power Fluctuation suddenly came from nearby. Even Bai Yu could sense it.

Dean Wu's expression changed.

"That's the sign of a battle. It's not far away. Xiao Yu, be careful!"

Bai Yu did not dare to slack off and summoned the Human Emperor Banner again.

Dean Wu closed his eyes and carefully sensed the movements around them. Suddenly, he picked up several stones and hurled them into a patch of grass.

A figure instantly darted out from the grass and charged at the two of them with lightning speed!

Bai Yu focused his eyes. It was the Night Fox Wolf from earlier, with an utterly ordinary flower stuck to its tail.

Suddenly, a system window from the plant encyclopedia appeared before his eyes.

[Nightmare Man-eating Flower. 415 years. Skilled at Create Illusion. Often devours the souls of other soul beasts and controls them as puppets.]

Bai Yu's pupils contracted. Looking again at the Night Fox Wolf, was it the Nightmare Man-eating Flower's puppet?

Then was the flower on its tail the Nightmare Man-eating Flower?

The sounds of battle just now... had the Nightmare Man-eating Flower eaten it, turned it into a puppet, then used it as bait to approach Dean Wu and me, waiting for a chance to ambush us?

Although this Nightmare Man-eating Flower was weaker than Dean Wu, it could Create Illusion and excelled at ambushes. If Dean Wu was unprepared, he might not be able to beat it!

"Dean Wu—"

"Xiao Yu, get back!"

Dean Wu snorted and cut Bai Yu off. He stomped his right foot, and his martial soul appeared. It was actually a giant wasp!

"First Soul Skill, Wasp Sting!"

Dean Wu growled. The wasp martial soul immediately fired an enormous venomous stinger toward the Night Fox Wolf.

The Night Fox Wolf dodged left and right, but it was too weak and had been locked onto by Dean Wu's Soul Power. It could not evade at all. After some futile struggling, the Night Fox Wolf was pierced straight through by the stinger.

Dean Wu said disdainfully:

"A mere Twenty Year fox wolf dares to cause trouble for me?"

As he spoke, he walked toward the Night Fox Wolf, intending to clean it up and roast it.

At that moment, Bai Yu suddenly shouted:

"Dean, watch out!"

Dean Wu froze. The next moment, the flower on the Night Fox Wolf's tail suddenly turned into a gaping, bloodied maw and bit viciously toward Dean Wu!

[Plot: The Nightmare Man-eating Flower successfully lay in wait. The instant Dean Wu approached, it viciously bit toward him.]

Bai Yu gritted his teeth. There was one last basic modification chance left. I'll change it!

He changed "approached" to "kept his distance."

Dean Wu watched the gaping maw lunge at him, and his heart sank. Ambushed at such close range, he was afraid he was doomed!

Yet the next second, his vision blurred. Then he was shocked to discover that the gaping maw that had just been right before him had suddenly appeared three meters away.

Dean Wu froze. An Illusionary Realm?

Could it be that the Man-Eating Flower had actually still been some distance away, but created an illusion of being right in front of me to make me panic?

In an instant, cold sweat drenched him.

Damn it, I really was frightened just now. If I had made a mistake, Xiao Yu would have been in danger!

There was no time to hesitate. Filled with rage, Dean Wu struck swiftly.

"You bastard, take my Second Soul Skill, Swarm of Bees Dance!"

In an instant, a huge swarm of wasps appeared before Dean Wu, surrounding the Nightmare Man-eating Flower and constantly draining its Soul Power.

Bai Yu let out a breath of relief. Good thing he had made it in time.

He summoned the Human Emperor Banner and enveloped Dean Wu within it, giving him a slight boost.

At that moment, the most confused one was the Nightmare Man-eating Flower. It had believed its plan was flawless, using the puppet Night Fox Wolf—

Only it knew it had not used an Illusionary Realm. How had prey that had been right before it suddenly moved two meters back?

Did he cheat?

The Nightmare Man-eating Flower did not know what trick Dean Wu had used. It only knew that it had failed. It was not good at direct combat, so it had to flee quickly!

Suddenly, the Man-Eating Flower erupted. It opened its gaping maw and swallowed every wasp in one bite, then fled at high speed!

Even if it had to suffer grievous injuries, it had to escape immediately!

Its outburst was too sudden for Bai Yu to react. He had even been frightened into taking several steps back when it opened its mouth, only for it to start fleeing the next second.

Fortunately, Dean Wu had been prepared. Seeing that it actually wanted to run, he sneered.

"Trying to run? Stay and become Xiao Yu's Soul Ring! Third Soul Skill, Tail Severing Strike!"

Dean Wu's third Soul Ring flashed. The next moment, the fleeing Nightmare Man-eating Flower suddenly shuddered all over. The wasps it had swallowed used the last of their lives to fire their stingers, and countless stingers pierced the Nightmare Man-eating Flower straight through from within!

"Pfft!"

Dean Wu also spat out blood. Bai Yu was startled, but Dean Wu hurriedly said:

"Xiao Yu, don't be afraid. This is the backlash from my Third Soul Skill, Tail Severing Strike. It makes all the wasps summoned by my Second Soul Skill burn their lives to fire their stingers. Its killing power is tremendous, which is why I can fight a Soul Ancestor above my level as a Soul Elder, but the backlash is considerable too."

"But as long as you can absorb this Man-Eating Flower's Soul Ring, this little injury is nothing!"

Bai Yu was deeply moved. He took out a dagger, walked over to the dying Nightmare Man-eating Flower, and stabbed down fiercely!