[ Pond Fish and Old Abyss ] turned his head in surprise and saw a dark green vine with a hint of blood red staring back at him.
It's actually a very strange feeling, because the vine doesn't have eyes, nor does it have the ability to think. Rather than saying that the two coexist, it's easier to understand it simply as a third hand.
Was it really that easy to pass the judgment?
[Pond Fish and Old Abyss] was taken aback, realizing that this was indeed a fighting style suitable for him. But didn't this fighting style have any drawbacks?
Thinking of this, she looked at her player panel again and saw that the special attribute [ Plant Compatibility ] was highlighted. She also noticed that her health bar was slowly decreasing at a visible rate.
Indeed, such compatibility comes at a price, but this price was never mentioned by [ Shit Appraisal Master ] before.
[Pond Fish and Old Abyss] pondered for a moment, and realized that perhaps it was because his constitution attribute was too low, which caused the bleeding debuff that shouldn't have appeared...
On the edge of the battlefield, a Holy See guard was cornered by the monster in the wooden house.
Behind him and to his left were stone walls built by the villagers, while the monster was closing in, its shadow rising along his ankles, about to engulf him.
Behind the monster in the wooden house, three warriors were wildly swinging their axes, but the monster, enraged to the point of final rage, had completely entered a state of trading blows, determined not to stop until it killed the enemy in front of it.
On the monster's front, several gaping, square maws had appeared, from which protruded blood-red vines—or perhaps tentacles would be a more apt description at this moment. Dozens of eyes grew from the ends of the tentacles, carefully observing the humans before them from all directions.
Just then, two intertwined pincer-shaped vines emerged from a pile of ruins and grabbed the dozen or so blood-red tentacles before the monster could react.
[ Pond Fish and Old Abyss ], already on the verge of being drained by the rapidly growing vines, shouted from beside the ruins not far away:
"Hurry up and cut me! I'm bleeding to death!"
Command: Hang Upside Down!
Ed, who had been waiting for an opportunity, finally reactivated the Territory Secret Pact, and the monster's body began to accelerate rapidly upwards.
Because his body was less than 50% intact, Ed could clearly feel that each manipulation was easier than the last.
This time, after the monster's body took off, its dozen or so struggling tentacles were still firmly gripped, stretched to their maximum length under the immense force, making it look as pathetic as a monster whose tongue was stuck in a mechanism.
For the wooden house monster, these dozens of tentacles were not just its tongue, but also its arms and eyes.
It immediately realized something was wrong and began to struggle with all its might to break free of the pincer-shaped cage.
Just as [ Pond Fish and Old Abyss ] was about to be uprooted by the Hang Upside Down monster, Duolin had jumped to a high place to avoid the wooden stakes, finally found the best opportunity to strike!
The opportunity was fleeting. Without hesitation, Duolin leaped diagonally upwards, and amidst the cracking sound of the wooden beams beneath his feet, he swung his right hand, which had transformed into a sharp blade, severing all of the monster's tentacles in a single blow amidst splattering blood!
The sudden breakage of the tentacles caused the previously still wooden house to accelerate again, and Ed cleverly switched the direction of gravity when it reached its highest point.
This time, however, his command was not " Hang Upside Down " or " Overweight," but "chaos"!
This is a new skill that Ed developed by recreating the state of the Shattered Castle during the two days the player was away. Although the need for the Mystic Bead as a medium remains unchanged, it at least allows him to use more of his Psionic Energy Formula spells.
The wooden house monster, having lost its sight, became completely lost in the chaotic gravity, and in the confusion, it had no way of aligning its four severed legs with what was actually below.
So, a few seconds later, it finally crashed to the ground—facing down from the roof.
"Boom!"
This final blow brought true death to the wooden house monster. It deflated and Shattered instantly like a balloon exploding, countless tiny wood chips flying in the dust, some piercing the flesh of the people around it, others leaving bloody marks on their faces.
As the smoke cleared, the once-standing wooden house had become a writhing pile of ruins. Players with a fighting instinct for taking advantage of the situation roared and charged forward, beginning to hack at the wooden stakes and planks mixed with flesh and blood. The entire BOSS battle finally entered its final stage.
Until the last stake broke and the last plank shattered, the writhing flesh finally died completely, ceasing to writhe and turning into blood.
Beneath its corpse, a clump of rapidly extending roots was constantly plundering the remaining nutrients.
"Finally solved..."
Ed had been somewhat strained by using Psionic Energy Formula multiple times, and only now, when he could feel the vigorous life force rapidly entering his body, did he let out a heartfelt sigh.
Just as he was about to put away the Territory Secret Pact, he suddenly found that the originally smooth and transparent bead was "stuck" to his hand.
"Um?"
Ed held the bead up to his eyes and discovered that tiny but abundant milky-white roots seemed to be growing on his hand, piercing the surface of the Territory Secret Pact.
What's going on?
"It's hard for me to explain, it's just... I really want to eat it."
Little Green's voice echoed in my mind.
"Then why don't you eat it?"
I can't eat.
"..."
Ed was speechless. This vigorous sapling seemed to have an instinct to sample the surrounding organisms, and now this instinct had extended to the inanimate world.
He thought for a moment, then looked at his wrist. Using his control over his body, Territory Secret Pact from his palm, and stuffed it into the flesh.
"Then eat slowly, just don't interfere with my use."
Under the power of [ Vitality Touch Mark ], the wound on Ed's arm healed rapidly, and the roots underground also quickly retracted. He still needed some time to digest and absorb that vigorous vitality and make it part of his "experience points".
The victorious players and Holy See Guards were still immersed in the joy of surviving a close call. Several players hugged each other in twos and threes, expressing their excitement. The Holy See Guards who had escaped death also breathed a sigh of relief and began to check their wounds.
On the other side, [ Howling Pothos ], with only one leg left, hopped over to [ Pond Fish and Old Abyss ] and chopped down on his head with an axe.