The bloodthirsty ghost king vine was an extremely dangerous plant. It released a colorless, odorless, hallucinogenic mist that dragged prey entering its territory into an illusion of its own weaving.
Then, through its vines, it silently killed its prey within the illusion, without them noticing a thing.
"How dangerous!"
After hearing Jiang Yun's explanation, Zi Yan and Medusa, who had already seen through the illusion with his help, looked at the tree radiating an eerie glow with lingering fear.
Bang!
The black leaves covering the ground suddenly flew up. Several streaks of black light shot out, wrapping around the waists of the people in midair as swiftly as lightning and dragging them straight to the ground.
It could wait no longer!
The sudden turn of events startled everyone who remained. Then they saw black vines dancing across the ground.
Blood flowed along those vines before being devoured as they writhed.
"Damn it, it's a bloodthirsty ghost king vine!"
Coming to their senses, everyone frantically attacked the vines around their waists. Yet their attacks, powerful enough to cleave mountains, left only shallow bloody marks on the vines. Their defenses were extraordinarily strong.
Hiss!
A black thorn roughly five feet long suddenly shot from the end of a vine. With a swish, the thorns left afterimages as they stabbed mercilessly toward everyone's throats.
"Aaah!"
As wretched screams rang out, the scene before the three resembled a hell on earth. One figure after another was swiftly drained dry, reduced to white bones.
The three turned deaf ears to their screams. Jiang Yun's gaze fell upon the core of the bloodthirsty ghost king vine, where a strange, heartlike fruit was about to take shape.
"Xiao Yun, let's go!" Watching the figures die one after another and seeing no benefits to reap, Zi Yan spoke