42: Chapter 42 Tianxin Rock, the natural enemy of the man-eating vine

However, as more and more people talked about it, and with such vivid details,

some people from the Dragon Kingdom began to feel doubtful as well.

Could Su Chen really have such a terrifying plan?

But this thought was only fleeting.

They soon felt ashamed for having such thoughts.

From beginning to end, Su Chen had been doing his utmost to help his teammates and strive to clear the level.

If it weren't for him, who knows how many times everyone would have died already.

At a time like this, harboring such suspicions about him was truly uncalled for.

...

Facing everyone's doubts, Su Chen did not directly state his thoughts.

Instead, he stood up and walked to the stone platform beneath the tree.

He bent down and scooped up a handful of white powder from beneath the stone platform.

"This white powder is tianxin rock."

"This substance is the nemesis of the Nine-Headed Snake Cypress. As long as we smear this powder all over our bodies, the Nine-Headed Snake Cypress will not attack us."

"Then, the dense branches of this Nine-Headed Snake Cypress will serve as a natural ladder for us to climb. We can follow the Nine-Headed Snake Cypress all the way up to the gap above and escape to safety."

"That's amazing!"

Cao Hua's eyes widened as he walked over and also scooped up a handful of powder from the ground.

"Isn't this just ordinary rock powder? Can it really deal with this Nine-Headed Snake Cypress?"

Su Chen nodded.

"Otherwise, why do you think there are no branches of the Nine-Headed Snake Cypress around this stone platform specifically?"

"If you observe carefully, you will find that the branches of the Nine-Headed Snake Cypress grow around the stone platform precisely because this platform is made of tianxin rock."

Upon hearing this, everyone observed carefully.

They discovered that the result was exactly as Su Chen had said.

"It's too amazing! I didn't even notice such an obvious issue before," Tang Xiao said excitedly.

"Indeed, if Su Chen hadn't mentioned it, we wouldn't have realized that the growth of this Nine-Headed Snake Cypress deliberately avoided the stone below!" Captain Song Lei was also full of pleasant surprise.

Wang Yi stood with his hands behind his back and said.

"The interconnectedness and mutual restraint of all things have truly been mastered by the designer of this Ancient Tomb."

"Every aspect of the feng shui layout here is practically a massive textbook; I'll have plenty to study when I get back."

"That's great! This way, we don't have to return the way we came and can successfully get out of here! Su Chen, you're truly awesome," Ye Xing said excitedly.

As for the fact that tianxin rock powder could restrain the Nine-Headed Snake Cypress, Su Chen had only just figured it out recently.

At first, he was somewhat puzzled as to why the stone platform below was not attacked by the Nine-Headed Snake Cypress.

Also, why were the Blue-Eyed Fox Corpse and the female corpse resting above not swept away by the Nine-Headed Snake Cypress?

It wasn't until he discovered that the material of the stone platform was tianxin rock.

Only then did he suddenly recall having seen records of tianxin rock in his family's ancient books.

It said that this type of rock looked ordinary, but it had a powerful restraining effect on certain creatures.

After connecting the two, he reached this conclusion.

"Let me try it first to see if it's really that amazing!"

Cao Hua couldn't wait any longer and smeared a handful of tianxin rock powder on his body.

He then approached one of the branches of the Nine-Headed Snake Cypress.

He kept shouting and provoking it.

"Come on! Aren't you very tough? Come and catch me!"

Wang Yi looked helpless.

"How can this guy be so annoying? I even want to grab him myself."

After Cao Hua got close to the branch of the Nine-Headed Snake Cypress, he discovered that it did not charge over with bared fangs and brandished claws as it had before.

Instead, it hesitated and swayed in place a few times.

A mischievous thought popped into his mind.

"You won't come to me, huh? Then Granddaddy will come to you!"

He thrust his arm forward, and just as he was about to touch the Nine-Headed Snake Cypress, it recoiled violently.

It was as if it had encountered something terrifying and was desperate to avoid it!

"Oh! It really works!"

"This feeling is so satisfying! Before, Granddaddy was afraid of it, but now it's the other way around; it's afraid of me."

"The tables have truly turned!"

Cao Hua became interested and started having fun like a child.

He chased after the branches of the Nine-Headed Snake Cypress.

He was determined to grab one to see what would happen to them.

Finally, one unlucky branch was caught by him.

As the branch came into contact with the tianxin rock powder, it instantly made sizzling sounds and emitted puffs of white mist.

Immediately, it seemed to melt, turned into a pool of green liquid, and vanished!

"Damn, that's so interesting! They were actually corroded!"

"Hehe, Snake Cypress, Daddy is coming for you!"

Watching Cao Hua having so much fun, the others were all helpless.

"Everyone, rest for a moment and apply the tianxin rock powder yourselves. To be safe, everyone should pack some extra in bags so that we don't run out halfway through the climb. We start climbing the tree in ten minutes!"

"Victory is just ahead, everyone cheer up!"

Captain Song Lei said to everyone.

Upon hearing this, everyone's spirits were lifted.

They all went to get ready.

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"Hahaha, Su Chen is too awesome! He actually discovered such a powerful bug!"

"Su Chen, you are a god! No counterarguments accepted!"

"I told you, if Su Chen didn't have 100% certainty, he wouldn't have proposed this plan. Facts prove that trusting him was definitely the right choice!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, now whenever I think of the comments from those foreigners, I want to laugh. They are indeed the biggest joke under the sun!"

"They even called us stupid; it's obvious who the real fools are now!"

"Haha, God laughs when they think. I strongly suggest they stop speaking, because every time they post, they are leaving behind black marks and becoming a laughingstock for their countries, hahaha."

"They even had the nerve to arrogantly say that the Man-eating Vine was theirs and that they knew more about it because they had so many... yet it turns out they didn't even know that tianxin rock is the nemesis of the Man-eating Vine!"

"How pathetic! I truly feel sorry for them! No wonder they are always being sarcastic in the comments; it turns out they have an intellectual deficiency, which makes it understandable."

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Those foreigners who were just spouting nonsense in the comments were all dumbfounded now.

This was a result they never could have imagined!

Su Chen, a person from the Dragon Kingdom, actually found a way to restrain the Man-eating Vine!

This thing had existed in their lands for decades or even centuries.

Yet they had never even heard of such a thing!

"No! Impossible! This Su Chen must be lying; I don't believe it!"

"To the person above, someone already tested it just now; we can't deny it anymore. This kind of statement only makes us look even stupider, more like a joke!"

"Fuck! This Su Chen is simply a monster!"