The Devil Arum's Abnormal Behavior

The long strands of fuzz kept brushing across Jiang He's face, gradually driving the superpower inside him into a frenzy. No matter how he tried to suppress it, it had no effect.

Seemingly sensing a response from his superpower, the fine thread brushed against him faster and faster, suddenly growing excited!

Jiang He turned to look beside him, only to find that Liu Lu and Wang Qian were experiencing the same thing!

The threads in front of the other survivors, however, showed no change at all.

This thing really can identify people from the Superpower Sequence!

Jiang He's heart suddenly grew heavy.

The Corpse-Devouring Devil Arum might not harm ordinary people, but it could very well have special means of countering the Superpower Sequence!

I can't hesitate any longer!

Jiang He's heart tightened, and he immediately decided not to wait any longer. He gathered his superpower in his palm, preparing to burn through the vines and break free.

But before he could release his skill, the fine thread reacted first.

Its tip rapidly split apart, producing hundreds upon thousands of densely packed black hairs.

In the blink of an eye, they bound Jiang He tight.

How could he possibly stand against a level-five Demon Seed?

With his little trick discovered and no hope of escape, Jiang He simply gave up struggling.

Rather than waste his strength, he might as well see what this thing intended to do!

Guided by the fine threads, the vines swiftly carried the three Superpower Sequence members to the Corpse-Devouring Devil Arum's enormous flower bud.

Only then did Jiang He gain a clear understanding of the creature's size.

Seen from above, the devil arum's flower bud alone was large enough to cover a sports field four hundred meters across!

That was to say nothing of its leaves and vines. Adding them all together, it was probably no less than a thousand meters across...

The Corpse-Devouring Devil Arum was now utterly excited.

Cackle, cackle, cackle!

The vines around it danced wildly, and as its enormous petals opened and closed, they produced an eerie laugh that sounded almost human.

As the eerie laughter rang out, the fine threads that had fallen still began brushing against them again.

The itching continued, but Jiang He could do nothing about it!

His hands and feet were tightly bound, leaving him unable to move at all...

Fortunately, this did not last long!

As though it had confirmed something, the Corpse-Devouring Devil Arum stopped paying attention to Jiang He and Wang Qian and instead lifted Liu Lu alone up close.

Cackle, cackle, cackle!

The laughter rang out again. At the same time, the threads waving outside withdrew one after another, then all wound around Liu Lu.

As the threads withdrew, Jiang He was completely released from his bonds. He did not rush to escape, however, and instead watched the scene before him thoughtfully.

This thing could only infect people who had lost control of their emotions, and Liu Lu happened to be the most emotionally volatile of the three of them!

Focusing on the enormous black cocoon before him, Jiang He knew that Liu Lu was probably as good as dead...

Sure enough!

The thought had barely crossed his mind when the Corpse-Devouring Devil Arum's petals opened layer by layer and swallowed Liu Lu along with the vine!!

"Liu Lu!"

Wang Qian had woken up at some point. At the sight of the horrifying scene, she cried out, her whole body trembling uncontrollably!

It was unclear whether she was frightened or genuinely worried...

"If you want to die, don't drag me down with you!"

Gritting his teeth, Jiang He cautiously warned the woman before looking back at the strange flower!

After swallowing Liu Lu, the creature suddenly fell silent, as though its energy had been exhausted...

Rustle, rustle, rustle!

A violent noise suddenly came from behind him, sounding especially piercing in the silent space! Jiang He struggled to turn around and look.

The vines that had been suspending the survivors were now rapidly extending, seemingly intending to return them the way they had come.

Now that he knew the devil arum would devour Superpower Sequence members, staying here would only add to his fear and serve no purpose!

Picking his moment, Jiang He suddenly sent two tongues of flame shooting from his hands.

Whoosh, whoosh!

The flames struck the two vines around his feet with precision, burning through them in moments.

He flipped over and landed on one of the devil arum's enormous leaves, then did the same thing to rescue Wang Qian!

"Ah!"

The sudden sensation of weightlessness made the woman cry out. She was not a combat-type Superpower Sequence member, so she could hardly cope with a fall from such a height.

Seeing that her pretty face was about to hit the ground, Wang Qian closed her eyes in despair.

"I'm done for! Hm?"

The terrible pain she had expected never came. Instead, she felt herself fall into a warm embrace.

She opened her eyes and saw an extremely serious, handsome face!

"Bastard!"

Sensing the large hand moving restlessly over her body, Wang Qian's newly formed favorable impression of Jiang He vanished in an instant...

What has this guy taken a fancy to about me this time? Why else would he be kind enough to save me?

Wang Qian's thoughts ran wild, and she failed to notice that a cloud of bone ash had already risen around her!

Jiang He had opened the urn the instant he caught Wang Qian!

As for the large hand moving around beneath her, he was throwing alcohol...

These modified alcohol bottles burst the moment they hit the ground, spraying like fountains and covering an area five meters around each point of impact.

Jiang He threw them as he ran, and soon reached the entrance to the underground plaza.

He looked back at the still-silent Corpse-Devouring Devil Arum, and a red light instantly rose from his hand.

[Flame Jet]!

A blazing tongue of fire surged straight toward the center of the plaza with irresistible force.

Boom!

The sprayed alcohol ignited instantly, and it was as though a sun had suddenly lit up the dark space!

The flames mercilessly devoured everything.

Yet in the face of these supernatural flames, thousands of degrees hot, the figures prostrate on the ground did not move in the slightest.

Even when their bodies were completely engulfed by the fire, they remained like devout believers worshipping the god in their hearts!

[Chime]

[Congratulations, host, for killing a Demon Seed Human Puppet. Received: 2 System Points]

[Chime]

The notification chimes kept ringing in his head, but Jiang He was in no mood to pay them any attention.

He had burned so many Demon Seeds to death that the devil arum would surely go mad!

And the urn's effect lasted only five minutes, so he had to run with all his might...

The trip in had taken three minutes, but Jiang He needed twice that long to get back to the bus.

No wonder these people hadn't noticed anything amiss!

Who would have thought a monster would understand a thief's principles and know to put things back where they belonged...

Jiang He looked back at the women behind him and found them all unconscious in their seats, completely unharmed. He grumbled inwardly, then quickly carried Wang Qian into the driver's compartment.

"Quick!"

He tossed the dumbstruck Wang Qian into the driver's seat and moved to the window, flames rising from his palm as he kept watch over their surroundings.

The advantage of the Technician Sequence became apparent at that moment.

There was no need to study it. The instant Wang Qian touched the steering wheel, she knew how to drive the upgraded bus.

She was very curious about why Jiang He's vehicle had suddenly changed, but this was clearly not the time to ask questions...

Rumble!

Almost the instant the engine started, the bus shot forward like an arrow loosed from a bow!