626: Chapter 37 Ancient Vine Monster

Everyone walked into the cave; at first, there was no movement.

After twisting and turning for a while, they entered an open-air area deep inside filled with many vines, and several vines suddenly attacked.

Meng Li grabbed one in each hand, pulling Hong Kui and Lan Kui back to dodge.

Xu Changqing, Jing Tian, and Tang Xuejian subconsciously held their swords to block.

Xu Maoshan failed to react in time and was firmly entangled.

In an instant, those vines wrapped around the blades of Xu Changqing, Jing Tian, and Tang Xuejian, then pulled hard, wrenching the swords from their hands.

Xu Changqing reacted quickly; seeing he couldn't win the tug-of-war, he immediately let go and retreated.

Jing Tian and Tang Xuejian were a bit slower; they didn't abandon their swords and were pulled forward, stumbling.

The next second, more vines attacked, entangling the two of them.

At the same time, at the trunk of the tree where the vines originated, a hideous face with glowing blue eyes emerged—it was the Ancient Vine Demon.

"How dare you trespass into the Forbidden Ground? Give me your lives!"

After saying that, the vines entangling Xu Maoshan, Jing Tian, and Tang Xuejian exerted force, pulling them toward the Ancient Vine Demon.

Simultaneously, new vines reached out, lunging toward Meng Li, Hong Kui, Lan Kui, and Xu Changqing.

Xu Changqing formed a hand seal to prop up a protective light shield to resist the vines.

Lan Kui hid behind in fear.

A red glow appeared in Hong Kui's pupils as she stood in front of Lan Kui, drawing the Jade Waist Bow. She condensed crimson arrows with her own power and released them.

After the arrows hit the vines, they turned into burning flames.

For a moment, the vines attacking Hong Kui and Lan Kui retreated instinctively as if they had met their natural enemy.

As for Meng Li...

He dodged behind Lan Kui, placed his hands on her shoulders, and used her as a shield in front of him.

This maneuver left Lan Kui dazed.

When she came to her senses, she turned her head and said softly to Meng Li, "Elder Brother Meng..."

"I'm here," Meng Li responded as soon as the words left her mouth.

"Chirp chirp." Hua Ying, sitting on Meng Li's shoulder, also let out a squeak, indicating that she was also there.

Lan Kui choked for a moment, then said anxiously, "Elder Brother Meng, you must act quickly, otherwise Brother, Sister Xue Jian, and Brother Xu will be in danger."

Meng Li tilted his head: "Act? I didn't plan on acting."

"Eh?" Lan Kui was shocked.

Hong Kui and Xu Changqing were also surprised.

"Then what about Brother and the others?" Lan Kui asked.

As she spoke, mist began to appear in her eyes, as if she might burst into tears at any moment.

Meng Li poked her cheek with his finger and smiled: "I only said I wouldn't act, not that I wouldn't speak."

Lan Kui: "?"

Meng Li ignored her confusion and turned to shout at Jing Tian and Tang Xuejian, who were still struggling with the vines: "Jing Tian, Grounding Stance, Sword Flight Technique!"

"Xue Jian, Fire Bubbles!"

Hearing these hints, Jing Tian and Tang Xuejian were stunned.

In an instant, Jing Tian reacted. He stomped his feet firmly, stood in a stance to stabilize himself, then looked at his sword on the ground. He concentrated his mental power, used the Sword Flight Technique to make it fly up, and slashed hard at the vines entangling him.

But with one slash, not only did he fail to cut the vine, but the sword was also bounced away.

Jing Tian stared blankly: "Holy crap, are these vines really this hard?"

Meng Li was also a bit surprised.

He remembered that in the original plot, Jing Tian, Tang Xuejian, and Long Kui were also entangled by vines. At the critical moment, the Demon Sword acted on its own, cutting the vines off them with one strike and then destroying the Ancient Vine Demon with another.

Now that Jing Tian was acting himself, he couldn't even cut the vines...

One could only say that cheats are indeed cheats.

Tang Xuejian saw this scene as well.

However, she didn't mock Jing Tian because she was currently spitting bubbles toward the Ancient Vine Demon.

Xu Maoshan, standing nearby, looked bewildered: "Miss Tang, what are you doing spitting bubbles?"

The Ancient Vine Demon also saw those bubbles and instinctively felt something was wrong, so it drove its vines to poke them.

Seeing this, Tang Xuejian quickly warned Jing Tian and Xu Maoshan: "Get down! Face down!"

After saying that, she immediately gave up the struggle, performed a sliding kneel along the vine, and lay flat on the ground face down.

Jing Tian and Xu Maoshan didn't understand why but subconsciously followed suit.

Just as the three of them lay down, the bubbles were poked open.

With a boom, the Fire Qi inside the bubbles exploded.

For a moment, flames shot in all directions.

As a Wood-elemental monster, the Ancient Vine Demon had a natural fear of fire. Seeing this, it instinctively retracted its vines to protect itself.

Before the flames could dissipate, Tang Xuejian, freed from the vine's restraint, immediately called out to Jing Tian and Xu Maoshan: "Retreat!"

After finishing, she rolled on the ground and retreated to the safe area where Xu Changqing and Hong Kui were.

Jing Tian and Xu Maoshan followed.

Seeing this, Lan Kui hurried forward in concern: "Brother, are you okay?"

Hong Kui held her bow on high alert.

Jing Tian patted the dust off himself and shook his head: "I'm fine, just rolled around on the ground a bit, my clothes are a little dirty."

Having said that, he turned to ask Xu Maoshan: "Mao Mao, you're not hurt, are you?"

Xu Maoshan shook his head: "No."

Jing Tian finally felt relieved, then curiously asked Tang Xuejian: "Pig Woman, not bad! Since when did you have such powerful means? Not only did you get us out of trouble, but you also killed this old monster in one go."

However, Xu Changqing, who had used the Sword Flight Technique to recall his sword, said: "The Ancient Vine Demon is not dead yet."

Just as he finished speaking, the flames dissipated.

The Ancient Vine Demon was revealed; it was indeed not dead, and not even seriously injured. There were only some scorch marks on the vines, which could only be considered minor injuries.

Jing Tian immediately complained: "All bark and no bite. Pig Woman, your move isn't that great either!"

Tang Xuejian retorted: "Nonsense! Little Monkey said that the Ancient Vine Demon has thousands of years of cultivation; how long have I been Cultivating? Besides, we three were closer just now. If I had used my full strength to create a big explosion, I don't know if the Ancient Vine Demon would have died, but the three of us would definitely have been blown to a crisp."

Then, she changed the subject: "Actually, it's your fault. You've been Cultivating for so long, yet you couldn't even cut a few vines."

"If you could have cut them, we could have moved further away first, and then I could have gone all out. Even if it didn't die, it would have been injured."

Jing Tian opened his mouth but was unable to refute, as facts speak louder than words.

However, he secretly decided to Cultivate hard from now on; he couldn't even be worse than Tang Xuejian.

At this time, the Ancient Vine Demon also realized that the previous explosion was all bark and no bite and that it had been scared for nothing, becoming instantly furious.

"Die! You all must die!"

In its rage, it no longer held back. The surrounding vines surged together, sweeping toward Meng Li, Jing Tian, and the others from all directions.

"Crap, we're surrounded! What do we do?" Jing Tian exclaimed.

"Elder Brother Meng!"

"Mr. Meng!"

"Lightning, Come!"

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