50: Mutated Stinging Dryad
"Situ Lan, I will do my absolute best to open a gap for everyone in a moment. You must take this opportunity to take everyone and leave immediately!"
"I will hold these guys back and create an opportunity for you all to escape!"
In the jungle, a tall woman wearing a capable red tracksuit was commanding her two beast companions to continuously attack a Big Tree nearly twenty meters tall in front of them.
She turned her head to look at the four team members behind her and shouted urgently.
Behind her, there were four other women also wearing red tracksuits.
"No, Captain. When we joined the Bauhinia Squad, we swore that we would share in blessings and hardships together. We will absolutely not abandon you and run away!"
Hearing the shout from the woman leading them, a petite, short-haired girl wearing glasses standing behind her spoke up.
"Captain, Situ Lan is right. If we are to die, we will die together!"
As soon as the girl finished speaking, the remaining three women said in unison.
Beside them, there were ten Awakening-level beasts surrounding them on the outside, firmly protecting the five of them in the center.
Further out, besides the Big Tree nearly twenty meters tall that the leading woman's two beasts were blocking, there were over a dozen other Big Trees over ten meters tall.
These Big Trees were continuously attacking the beasts around them by waving their vines. They were clearly all plant-type Vicious Beasts, and every single Big Tree was at least Rank 5 Awakening-level.
As for the tallest Big Tree, it was a plant-type Vicious Beast that had reached Rank 9 Awakening-level. Each lash of its vines caused the surrounding air to emit bursts of explosions, carrying astonishing power.
If not for the fact that both of the Bauhinia Squad captain's beasts had reached Rank 8 Awakening-level, they would have long since fallen before this Rank 9 Awakening-level plant-type Vicious Beast.
Even so, the five women of the Bauhinia Squad, besieged by over a dozen Poison Thorn Treants with strength exceeding Rank 5 Awakening-level, were on the verge of a desperate situation.
Apart from the Bauhinia Squad captain, among the other four team members, the strongest, Situ Lan, only possessed one Rank 6 Awakening-level beast and one Rank 5 Awakening-level beast.
Even if the five of them joined forces, they were no match for these dozen or so Poison Thorn Treants.
"This tree king is powerful. My beasts are already injured and cannot hold it off for much longer!"
"If we delay any longer, none of us will be able to leave!"
"Go! Hurry up and go!"
Zi Yun was quite moved when she heard the response from Situ Lan and the other three team members.
But now was not the time for her to be sentimental. Seeing that her two beasts were already showing signs of fatigue while blocking the strongest Poison Thorn Treant, she turned her head again and sternly rebuked Situ Lan and the other three team members.
Puchi!!!
But just at this moment, a black tree root, hard as steel, suddenly pierced out from the ground beneath her feet, aiming straight for her vitals.
"Danger!"
The sudden change immediately made Zi Yun's heart tighten, and her expression changed drastically.
Relying on her many years of combat experience, she exerted herself at the last moment to turn her body sideways, dodging the attack that had suddenly emerged from below.
Riiiip—
Only the sound of fabric being torn was heard as the sharp tree root that had drilled out from underground brushed past the skin of Zi Yun's stomach and shot towards the top of her head.
Zi Yun's tracksuit was also torn by this sudden thrust of the root, snagged on the tip of the tree root, leaving her cold white skin exposed, with only her innermost undergarments remaining.
"That was close!"
Having escaped a disaster, a fine layer of sweat broke out on Zi Yun's back. Ignoring the sudden chill on her upper body, she immediately shouted loudly to the four people including Situ Lan beside her:
"Everyone be careful, these Poison Thorn Treants can also sneak attack from underground!"
As soon as her voice fell, a few more bulges appeared in the ground at her feet, immediately causing her eyes to narrow.
She hurriedly shifted her position.
Pu, pu, pu—
Just as Zi Yun dodged away, several sharp tree roots, meters long, shot out from the spot one after another.
The four people including Situ Lan also suffered attacks, but fortunately, thanks to Zi Yun's warning, and the fact that the Poison Thorn Treants' main attack targets were not them.
The four of them also dodged the sharp tree roots that suddenly thrust out from underground without any danger.
However, because the tree roots suddenly piercing out from underground were beyond everyone's expectations, while dodging these attacks, the formation of the group was completely disrupted.
In the blink of an eye, the five of them were separated and surrounded, forced to fight on their own.
This caused their situation to take a sharp turn for the worse, and the squad members instantly fell into a huge life-and-death crisis.
[Poison Thorn Treant]
Species: Plant-type / Wood-element, Poison-element
Quality: Rare Three-star
Rank: Awakening-level Rank 6
Status: Excited
Skills: Poison Thorn Lash, Tree Root Thrust
Evolution Count: 0
Available Evolution Paths: 2
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"Good heavens, so many Poison Thorn Treants!"
At this moment, Xiao Yan also brought Su Yuan to the sky above the battle.
Su Yuan looked down at the fierce battle below from a high vantage point, and a flash of surprise also crossed his eyes.
He had been in the Voodoo Jungle Secret Realm for three days, and had rarely encountered groups of Vicious Beasts.
Especially plant-type Vicious Beasts, which were almost all independent existences.
The number of these Poison Thorn Treants before him, and their strength, were second only to that group of toads he encountered in the swamp in the Poison Mist Valley.
But very quickly, the surprise on Su Yuan's face turned into pleasant surprise, simply because his gaze fell upon the tallest Poison Thorn Treant, and he saw the information for that Poison Thorn Treant.
[Poison Thorn Treant (Mutated)]
Species: Plant-type / Wood-element, Poison-element
Quality: Excellent Eight-star
Rank: Awakening-level Rank 9
Status: Angry
Skills: Poison Thorn Lash, Tree Root Thrust, Old Bark
Evolution Count: 0
Available Evolution Paths: 5
[First evolution path, after one evolution, evolves into Twisted Tree King (Perfect Three-star), required Materials: ...]
[Second evolution path ...]
...
[Fifth evolution path, after five evolutions, evolves into Sky Piercing Jianmu (Mythical-level), first stage evolution required Materials: Poison Soul Wood Heart * 1, Vegetation Essence * 10, Black Nether Soil * 10 ...]
"A plant-type Vicious Beast that can evolve to Mythical-level!"
"I've finally found you!"
Looking at all the information of the nearly twenty-meter-tall twisted tree spirit below, Su Yuan's eyes shone with brilliance, and he exclaimed softly, his face full of joy.
He had been searching bitterly in this Voodoo Jungle for three days, and had encountered at least eighty or a hundred different types of plant-type Vicious Beasts.
Yet, among so many types of plant-type Vicious Beasts, not a single one could catch his Dharma Eye.
With Xiao Xuan, Xiao You, and Xiao Yan, three beast companions that could evolve to Mythical-level already before him, Su Yuan simply couldn't look favorably upon any Vicious Beast that couldn't eventually evolve to Mythical-level.
With the Heavenly Revelation Divine Eye, a Mythical-level talent that surpassed SSS-level, Su Yuan's goal was to build a beast companion squad entirely composed of Mythical-level beasts.
Although the number of beast companions he could contract was three, or even four or five times that of an ordinary person.
But in the end, the number was still limited.
Therefore, Su Yuan was extremely strict in the selection of every one of his beast companions.
If he were to choose some beast companions that couldn't evolve to Mythical-level, that would be a waste of the Mythical-level talent he possessed.
Precisely because of this, Su Yuan had searched the entire Voodoo Jungle, just to find a suitable plant-type beast companion.
Now that he had finally encountered a suitable target, Su Yuan was overjoyed and decided that he must take this Mutated Poison Thorn Treant into his possession.
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