83: Chapter 83 Massacre

Chapter 83 Massacre

The team headed straight for the Industrial Zone, emerging from the central area of Vine Town and advancing in a northeast direction.

There were quite a few Parasitic Fungus Vines along the way, but as they gradually approached the Industrial Zone, the situation turned out to be a bit different again.

Feng Bo's gaze vigilantly swept across the bushes and small patches of woods by the roadside, his eyes narrowing slightly: "There are fewer Parasitic Fungus Vines here."

In order to gather intelligence on the Industrial Zone, they had scouted back and forth here several times, and they had a good idea of roughly how many Parasitic Fungus Vines were in the outermost area.

Now that the motorcade was driving in so blatantly, the commotion it made was not small; in the past, Parasitic Fungus Vines would have already launched an attack.

Yet now, even after driving in seven or eight hundred meters, there was still no movement at all.

"If the boss really wounded the Grafted Mother Vine, I'm afraid those Parasitic Fungus Vines have all shrunk back."

Dong Hu nodded thoughtfully, his gaze looking forward, where the Geer Hardware Factory was not far away.

The vehicle slowly approached and stopped at the entrance of the Geer Hardware Factory.

Rustle, rustle, rustle—

A friction sound suddenly rang out, and the Parasitic Fungus Vines inside the Geer Hardware Factory were alarmed, rushing out from the corners to head straight for everyone's vehicles.

Dong Hu got out of the car; without any need for Wang Ting to act, he gripped a machete and went up to meet these Parasitic Fungus Vines.

The Parasitic Fungus Vines that rushed out were not many, only six or seven of them, all with ferocious appearances and walking tentacles dancing wildly.

Dong Hu strode forward with a tiger's back and a wolf's waist, walking like the wind, his movements resembling a black bear lunging at people.

With a slash of his blade, the Parasitic Fungus Vine closest to him was brutally hacked to death, while the remaining few Parasitic Fungus Vines still wanted to attack him.

Dong Hu grinned and directly slaughtered past them; in a flash, before those Parasitic Fungus Vines could react, they had all been chopped down to the ground by him.

The other members of the squad also got out of the car, and seeing his style of attack, they couldn't help but reveal a bit of envy. The feral instinct after breaking through was truly strong in capturing combat timing.

Feng Bo's gaze swept across the dilapidated Geer Hardware Factory. Vines were densely covered, but the Parasitic Fungus Vines had already been wiped out by Dong Hu, so it could be considered safe.

Feng Bo then began to deploy his forces. He pulled out a simple map and pointed to a large slope bypassing the Geer Hardware Factory—that place was where Wang Ting had sniped the Grafted Mother Vine.

"Old Dong will guard the Geer Hardware Factory here, and I will take Xiang Nan and Xu Yan to guard the slope highland over there."

"If the boss finds that there are too many Parasitic Fungus Vines and cannot take them by brute force, retreat toward the middle of these two directions. We will provide fire cover to block the pursuing monsters."

Wang Ting nodded, agreeing with Feng Bo's plan.

However, bringing this team over was not meant as logistical support, but rather to prevent the Parasitic Fungus Vines from completely spreading to the main body of Vine Town after the Grafted Mother Vine was killed.

If that happened, a large number of Parasitic Fungus Vines would inevitably impact the core area.

They had already completed the preliminary suppression of the core area. If it were impacted this time, the suppression of the previous period would all be in vain.

"Your main responsibility is to keep watch and not let those Parasitic Fungus Vines rush into the core area of the small town. Even if you have to scatter them, you must make them stay in the surrounding areas."

As Wang Ting's words fell, Feng Bo and Dong Hu led their respective teams to occupy the commanding heights. Everyone brought plenty of bullets, equipped with rifles or submachine guns, and had three or four magazines alone.

Seeing that they were properly prepared, Wang Ting had his whole body enveloped in the sand scorpion armor instantly. Carrying the vine skull tyrant blade, his gaze locked onto the direction of the Machinery Factory, and his figure swiftly approached the Machinery Factory like a leopard in the jungle.

"Such fast speed."

Feng Bo, Dong Hu, and the others watched Wang Ting's figure move. Among the wild forests of trees and bushes, Wang Ting's speed exceeded their expectations. With just a light sweep and the branches shaking, Wang Ting's figure appeared several meters away the next moment.

If they hadn't been staring at him from the very beginning, I'm afraid it would only take one or two breaths for them to lose Wang Ting's trace.

They held their breath and closely stared at the steadily receding Wang Ting.

At this time, after moving away from the Geer Hardware Factory, Wang Ting suddenly discovered that there were many more active Parasitic Fungus Vines in the woods.

Parasitic Fungus Vines were distributed everywhere with nowhere to hide. The moment he stepped in, the Parasitic Fungus Vines immediately let out shrill roars.

With this cry, rustling sounds erupted across the entire countryside, and Parasitic Fungus Vines swarmed toward him frantically, one after another.

Bushes shook, wild grass bowed low, and the Parasitic Fungus Vines were hidden in these corners.

Wang Ting's expression was serious. At this moment, through Vibration Perception and Primary Plant Control, he could clearly feel that at least two to three hundred Parasitic Fungus Vines around him had surrounded and killed him, and the number of Parasitic Fungus Vines further away was even greater.

They seemed to have sensed Wang Ting's identity, remembering the human who had severely wounded their leader, and thus charged and killed even more fiercely.

Bloodthirsty Poison Web—

Wang Ting directly activated his trait, and a blood-red phantom vine network appeared beneath his feet, spreading outward to the surrounding area with him at the center—1 meter, 2 meters, 3 meters... all the way extending to a range of 30 meters, resembling a crimson vine domain.

The blood-colored vine phantoms wrapped around the Parasitic Fungus Vines, and red lines gradually spread from their walking vines all the way to the core area.

The toxin erosion made the Parasitic Fungus Vines increasingly violent, and they rushed fiercely toward Wang Ting.

He slapped outward, and that Parasitic Fungus Vine was knocked flying, falling back into the ranks of its own group.

"Let me see just how hard you guys are to kill."

A sneer appeared at the corner of Wang Ting's mouth as he brandished the vine skull tyrant blade and directly charged into the kill.

From the moment the Bloodthirsty Poison Web appeared, the toxin erosion had already begun. The Parasitic Fungus Vines suffered continuous damage; the more violent their movements, the more ferocious the toxins within their bodies became.

Half a minute later, those Parasitic Fungus Vines that had not yet been chopped down by Wang Ting lost their breath like fallen wheat, their entire bodies' blood swallowed clean by the Bloodthirsty Poison Web.

A steady stream of energy poured into Wang Ting's body, and the negligible fatigue brought by traveling earlier seemed to have been replenished at this moment.

The terror of the Bloodthirsty Poison Web gradually manifested. Looking around, his surroundings were filled with monster corpses, and he was like a blade-wielding tyrant stepping upon the remains.

Wang Ting grinned; this was precisely the effect he wanted.

He strode forward. The further he went, the more Parasitic Fungus Vines there were, and Wang Ting was now plunged into an ocean of Parasitic Fungus Vines.

In an instant, Feng Bo, Dong Hu, and the others in the distance saw Wang Ting like a lonely leaf of a boat in that green ocean, and couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat for him.

Wang Ting was right in the middle of the encirclement. Unhurried and unruffled, he waved his blade to hack and kill, occasionally waving his hand to summon Earth Vine Spikes, watching those Parasitic Fungus Vines fall one after another like dominoes before him.

The toxin erosion was extremely formidable; even if a Parasitic Fungus Vine fiercely rushed to his side, at most it could only sustain itself for about half a minute left and right.

Wang Ting hacked and slashed tirelessly. In just a few short minutes, four or five hundred Parasitic Fungus Vines had already died at his hands, and this number was still rapidly increasing.

Wang Ting strode forward, and by this time had arrived at the periphery of the Machinery Factory. "Dong, dong, dong," the sound of heavy footsteps instantly struck.

The Vine Skull guarding the Machinery Factory sensed the crisis arriving. Four Vine Skulls directly broke through the walls and charged to kill toward Wang Ting, accompanied by Thorn Vine Beasts and Vine Spider Nurses.

A string of shrill cries came from the factory building, sounding like an ultimatum and also like a bugle call for charge.

At the command of the Grafted Mother Vine, those Parasitic Fungus Vines and elite individual monsters like the Vine Skull became even more violent, instantly galloping toward Wang Ting's position in an attempt to surround and kill him.

Thousands of monsters rushed over, surging like an endless wave.

The Vine Skull rushed the fastest. Although its figure was clumsy, its bulky size brought a huge advantage in charging and killing, just like an out-of-control dump truck rushing recklessly straight toward Wang Ting's body.

The four Vine Skulls were aggressive and menacing, their mighty momentum seeming as if it wanted to crush Wang Ting into a piece of paper in this instant, crumpling him up and stuffing him into a shredder.

"Vine Core Space."

Seeing them lunge up in front of him, Wang Ting suddenly activated the Vine Core Space. Countless vines rose from the ground. Within a range of 20 meters around Wang Ting, a large number of vines suddenly grew out of the ground, one after another, covered in barbs and looking even more like rows of black venomous snakes.

The Vine Skulls were directly entangled in their hands and feet by this suddenly attacking vines, their bodies stumbling sharply and heavily crashing to the ground, crushing many Parasitic Fungus Vines.

Wang Ting fully drove his Plant Control ability. The native vines on the ground were also frantically wrapping around at this moment, just like pythons waiting for prey for a long time, directly beginning to bind them from their hands and feet, waists, and heads.

The Vine Skulls still wanted to struggle, but as they raised their hands, they discovered that their hands and feet had already been tightly locked by the vines. A huge force continuously dragged them toward the ground, to the extent that a hand couldn't even be raised.

"The vines of the Vine Core Space are a bit tougher."

Wang Ting looked at the difference between the native vines and the vines erupting from the Vine Core Space, and the joy on his face became increasingly obvious.

Because the projection range of the vines from the Vine Core Space was not small, and the summoning was extremely fast, with just a single encounter, it could bind four Vine Skulls.

Seizing this opportunity, he suddenly summoned the Earth Vine Spike with a wave of his large hand. With a piercing sound, sharp Earth Vine Spikes rose from the ground, instantly piercing through the four prostrate Vine Skulls.

The fierce strike of the Earth Vine Spike punctured them, and their heart positions were specially greeted, directly taking their lives.

The Vine Spider Nurse and Thorn Vine Beast charged over, but after all, they were too slow.

Wang Ting instead charged forward to meet them. With a wave of his big hand, vines suddenly popped out from around him, as if a portal had been opened.

The vines came so suddenly that the Vine Spider Nurse was entangled by the vines before it could react.

"Kill."

Seeing his opportunity, Wang Ting headed straight for the two Vine Spider Nurses.

At this time, his physical strength was incomparable to before. With a single stroke of his blade, the blade light resembled a fierce shooting star; with one slash, the heads directly separated.

Bang, bang, bang—

Three Thorn Vine Beasts still wanted to ambush and kill Wang Ting, but just as they rushed to Wang Ting's side, gunshots rang out. The large-caliber bullets of the corpse hound sniper rifle directly penetrated their bodies, entering from the head, and this single blow blasted their entire heads to pieces.

Wang Ting advanced in big strides. The Parasitic Fungus Vines kept trying to block him, but facing Wang Ting at this moment, their attacks were futile.

Every step further Wang Ting advanced, the Bloodthirsty Poison Web could poison and kill more monsters, leaving corpses everywhere he passed.

As for wanting to wear Wang Ting down, that was even more impossible.

He had been fighting for about twenty or thirty minutes. Not only was his stamina not bottoming out, but instead, by absorbing blood, he continuously poured energy into his body, recovering from the fatigue of this physique.

Wang Ting rushed into the Machinery Factory. The Parasitic Fungus Vines became even more frantic, but he ignored them entirely and headed straight for the factory building.

With this rush, he entered the factory building. Inside, machinery was scattered and vines clung everywhere. In the middle of the various large machinery, a Grafted Mother Vine was letting out roars at him.