Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 285: Chapter 133 Dragon-Devouring Vine_2

Bai Yang continuously lifted his legs to stomp forcefully, intensifying the shock stepping wave. Each stomp made the ground tremble, even causing cracks in the surrounding buildings.

Meanwhile, Qing Liu threw a flash grenade behind her and pulled out a large machete from the weapon box behind her, fiercely chopping down onto her own shadow. As the light flared suddenly, her shadow instantly extended and sprawled over a large number of vines.

In the next second, dozens of pitch-black machetes suddenly hacked out from her shadow, slashing at the massive tangle of vines.

Some of the thinner vines were directly severed.

Indeed, Qing Liu was a Spiritual Ability User from the Netherworld Path, and this move was her Four Awakenings ability, Shadow Blade!

Once her shadow covered its target, she could attack multiple units of the target by slashing at her own shadow.

Of course, since she needed her shadow to cover the opponent, the user had to manage the light source.

Given such limitations, if an inexperienced person acquired this ability, it might even be better not to use it.

As the two of them joined the battle, inhuman shrieks emerged from deep underground, and more vines thrust out.

Bai Yang’s face darkened slightly, abandoning his plan to continue pressing forward and immediately retreated.

At that time, the distant City Defense Army convoy had finally turned their cannons around.

All the plasma cannons, hot melt cannons, and anti-aircraft guns were all aimed at the forest of vines.

”Fire! Full firepower! Full support for the processors!” Zhao Ling roared, and all barrels roared.

With concentrated fire from the plasma and hot melt cannons, a multitude of vines were ignited or vaporized, and remnants fell to the ground.

The shrieks from underground turned into wails.

”Great! Let this monster taste the power of technology!” The soldiers were overjoyed to see this.

However, the expressions of Zhao Ling and the detective changed; as Spiritual Ability Users, their hearing was more sensitive. At this moment, they heard the sound of mud rolling beneath the solid road under their feet.

Li Yelai and Bai Yang, among others in the distance, also sensed something wrong and hurriedly rushed towards the convoy.

”Everyone retreat! Abandon the equipment! Go!” Zhao Ling screamed, and the detective grabbed two soldiers who were still operating the turrets on the vehicles, then immediately used Aerial Stepping to escape from the convoy.

Though the other soldiers were astonished, their instinct to obey orders had them quickly evacuating.

But just two seconds later, the solid ground under their feet shattered, and individual vines pierced through, shredding vehicles and turrets.

Three soldiers who could not evacuate in time were entangled by vines.

The thorns on the vines had an extremely dangerous devouring ability, and the entangled soldiers could feel their life force rapidly draining away. They struggled frantically, firing their guns while the retreating soldiers provided full support, but their weapons were utterly unable to penetrate the Spiritual Barrier of the vines.

The soldiers struggled vehemently, their eyes filled with the desperation to survive.

The next second, it was as though the god of hope ignited the flame of despair in the dire circumstances.

They saw an armored general arrive before them—like a hero descended from the heavens!

A few seconds earlier, upon sensing something amiss, the Spiritual Ability Users had quickly supported the convoy.

Among them, Li Yelai was the quickest!

Li Yelai shouted out for Magnetic Iron while simultaneously switching his Face, Wolf Vanquisher of Juxu Huo Qubing! Shadow Army, Swift as the Wind!

”Watch out, let’s go!” Magnetic Iron also roared, smashing out with Mimicry·Dragon Capturing Hand, releasing repulsion.

Li Yelai only felt a strong force press against his back, suddenly accelerating his speed.

Enduring the physical burden of the acceleration, Li Yelai performed Aerial Stepping again.

His speed reached incredible levels, and in the next second, he was near the convoy.

Then, he switched his Face again, Overlord’s Double Pupils!

His Azure Dragon Halberd in hand, he executed Single-handed Eighteen Strokes·Bee Swarm!

In just an instant, the vines entangling the three soldiers were severed.

Li Yelai and Bai Yang, who arrived second, caught the three men midair and then quickly retreated.

The subsequently arriving Magnetic Iron and Qing Liu started attacking the vines, drawing the vines’ attacks.

The three soldiers were weakly gasping for air, their entangled sections were mangled.

But one of the soldiers carried by Li Yelai spoke up: ”Thank you, Lord Ye...”

”Don’t speak, just survive,” Li Yelai responded swiftly. The detective and Zhao Ling jumped into the air and took the three wounded away.

”It sensed the convoy’s danger first, then targeted the convoy. This can’t go on, we must find its main body. It has a strong life force; even if we destroy many vines, it’s hard to wear it down,” Bai Yang said, looking at the rising and falling vines on the ground: ”Moreover, once it retracts its vines, we might not even find it.”

”What kind of extraordinary creature is it? Do we have any official records?” Li Yelai asked, looking down at the vines.

”Well, it can be confirmed to be a parasitic vine from the Golden Tree, Dragon-Devouring Vine! Its strength is between Four Awakenings and Fifth Sense.”

Golden Tree? Wasn’t that the extraordinary giant tree where the King of Restricted Zone lived?

It was said to be the massive Divine Tree in the core area of the Doomsday Forest, containing powerful life force. Its generated Golden Life Liquid could bring the dead back to life, curing any disease or injury as long as one drank it.

Every time he saw this record, Li Yelai thought—if only his mother could have obtained a drop of Golden Life Liquid before she died of illness, how wonderful would that have been...

However, this kind of Golden Life Liquid was almost unobtainable by humans.

At least currently, it was only during the Calamity outbreak that some humans and Forbidden Zone creatures had luckily obtained some. After that, no one else did.

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