49: Plants can also kill people!

“What a rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth!”

Deep in the Yunxia Mountain Range.

When Wang Xu, Li Xuan, and the other ability users arrived, they immediately felt that the spiritual energy here was exceptionally rich, so much so that it had turned into mist, dampening even their hair as they passed through it.

Li Xuan surveyed her surroundings, astonished, and began to understand some things. “With such a treasure trove, it’s no wonder the Golden Tiger King traveled thousands of miles from Tianning City to get here.”

Although everyone had already felt that the spiritual energy was abundant when they first approached the Yunxia Mountain Range, they now realized that the depths of the Yunxia Mountain Range were completely different from the outside world.

This was a richness of spiritual energy they had never experienced before.

“Follow me.”

After a short rest, Wang Xu gently brushed the dirt from his hair and said in a low voice, “According to the map, we are not far from the seven-colored lotus.”

“Let’s push harder, try to complete the mission earlier, and go home earlier.”

“Mhm, mhm.”

Everyone had no objections and quietly followed behind him.

“Oh my goodness!”

“This… this is actually a fierce beast tribe!”

Not long after, Wang Xu and the others stopped, hunched over, and hid behind an ancient tree, utterly astonished.

In their line of sight, over a hundred giant apes were either sitting or lying, sleeping soundly or absorbing spiritual energy, everything in an orderly manner.

“Be careful.”

Wang Xu dared not be careless. He directly used his earth-burrowing ability to dig a hole, and after everyone entered, he left only a ventilation opening, cautiously observing the ape tribe.

They did not know that these hundred-plus giant apes were not all fierce beasts.

“Captain, let’s go.”

Lin Xiaoxiao tugged at Wang Xu’s sleeve, somewhat nervously saying in a low voice, “There are so many giant apes; it’s absolutely impossible for you and me to defeat them.”

“If we were to attack openly, I’m afraid we would suffer heavy losses.”

“Let’s wait and see.”

Wang Xu turned his head and said to Li Xuan, “Are there any other fierce beasts nearby besides the ape tribe?”

“For now, it’s just them.”

Thump!

As they spoke, a dull thud suddenly came from the giant ape tribe ahead, shaking the ground.

Xu Liang rubbed his eyes, which had gotten some dust in them, and when he looked curiously, he was immediately dumbfounded. “This… this is too terrifying, isn’t it?”

He saw two giant apes, working together, carrying a boulder half a person’s height to the strongest giant ape in their tribe, and that dull thud was how it happened.

What truly horrified them, however, was the leader of the giant apes. He merely bent down slightly and lifted the boulder, then, like a human weightlifter, he began to move it up and down.

“That stone must weigh at least a hundred catties, right?”

“More than that!”

Li Xuan shook her head slightly, her eyes filled with shock. “This giant ape leader is one of the second-tier fierce beasts I sensed!”

“But where did he learn this training method?”

In their eyes, Yuan Dali’s behavior was very strange, but they couldn’t quite figure out why.

Even fierce beasts had evolved to the point of knowing how to train; if this wasn't addressed, would humans have a way to survive in the future?

“Let’s go, we must complete the mission as quickly as possible.”

After a moment of thought, Wang Xu immediately led the way, burrowing underground, leaving a tunnel for the others to pass through. “This place is too strange, and I don’t know if the information sent back by the drone earlier is still useful.”

“Li Xuan, don’t interrupt your sensing ability.”

“Yes, Captain!”

The few continued to advance secretly, following the tunnel to bypass the giant ape gathering place, heading straight for the seven-colored lotus.

Xu Liang was bringing up the rear for everyone.

Before entering the tunnel, he looked back at the giant ape still training, couldn’t help but shiver, and thought to himself: If we were to face this giant ape, I’m afraid we wouldn’t even be able to block one of his punches; we’d be instantly smashed into meat paste, wouldn’t we?

Fortunately, their target was not the giant ape tribe. With Wang Xu, the earth-burrower, and Li Xuan, the sensor, they left silently, ultimately perfectly avoiding other fierce beasts and arriving outside the valley where the seven-colored lotus was located.

“They’re not here!”

Li Xuan was faintly excited.

She kept her voice extremely low and said, “Of the five second-tier fierce beasts I sensed, besides the giant ape, the others are still unaccounted for.”

“But the good news is that this valley seems to have no fierce beasts guarding it, so we have enough time to take the seven-colored lotus and leave directly.”

“That’s good!”

Wang Xu nodded slightly, and his heart immediately relaxed.

He had initially thought that the Yunxia Mountain only had one Golden Tiger King, and even if he couldn’t defeat him, he could use his earth-burrowing ability to escape underground.

But now, he only prayed for a smooth mission and didn’t want to encounter any fierce beasts at all.

“Rest for three minutes, adjust your breathing, then start moving!”

Wang Xu glanced at the time, then quietly opened a hole, and fresh air instantly poured in.

They breathed greedily until they felt refreshed again, and three minutes had passed.

“Xu Liang, cover Lin Xiaoxiao with me as she approaches the seven-colored lotus.”

“Li Xuan, be on alert around us, watching for any fierce beasts that might appear at any time.”

“Yes!”

The four moved swiftly, inching towards the seven-colored lotus.

Li Xuan was even more excited. “I’ve already sensed the location of the seven-colored lotus, and there are no fierce beasts guarding it there either.”

“Xiaoxiao, immediately use your invisibility ability!”

“Okay!”

But just as her voice fell, Li Xuan suddenly sniffed and said in alarm, “No! Something’s wrong here, everyone be careful!”

“What’s wrong?”

The others quickly stopped and looked back at her.

She looked around suspiciously, utterly puzzled. “Do you smell any strange scent?”

“For example, isn’t the smell of blood here a bit too strong?”

Li Xuan always felt something was amiss, but as she looked around, she found no abnormalities except for some fallen and broken trees from the previous fierce beast battle. She didn’t even see any blood-stained soil.

But where was that bloody smell coming from?

“Don’t scare us!”

Xu Liang shrank his neck, fear gradually appearing in his eyes, and he even prepared to take out his folding steel plate. “But now that you mention it, I seem to smell blood too.”

“Everyone, observe your surroundings carefully. Report immediately if there’s anything.”

The team instantly became tense, but after observing for a long time, they didn’t find any fierce beasts, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief. “Fortunately, it was just a false alarm.”

“Wait!”

Suddenly, Lin Xiaoxiao pointed in front of her at an ancient vine in terror, her voice even trembling a little. “This ancient vine… it… it seems to have moved…”

“What are you talking about? Can plants kill people too?”

Xu Liang immediately laughed, thinking she was overreacting. “Plants aren’t animals; how could they move?”

“Rustle, rustle, rustle!”

As his voice fell, a strange rustling sound suddenly echoed around them.

In their peripheral vision, several blood-colored vines were silently sweeping towards them!