Chapter 173: The So-Called Master (1/2)

Chapter 173: The So-Called Master

Translator: TYZEditor: X

Central Pine City was bound for disappointment. They had waited for a long time, but no master had arrived.

The dean looked down, revealing an unconcealed disappointment.

Wang Zhen was disappointed as well. However, his facial expression looked extremely calm. He glanced at the dean and said deeply, “Let’s go. We need to study the movie bean that was brought back and see what the situation is inside.”

The dean got ahold of himself and forced a smile.

In order to obtain this movie bean, they had suffered such a huge loss. Its value was immeasurable.

All the reputable and powerful individuals were gathered for this meeting. Wang Zhen clearly knew that if he could not get their support for the subsequent battles, Central Pine City would have no chance of surviving.

The enormous meeting room was fully packed, but at the moment, there was dead silence in the room.

The faces of those who participated in the meeting were pale-white. They were looking at the video on the screen with fear. It was as if a noose was tied around each of their necks, causing them to have breathing difficulties.

Those hideous and sinister plants looked as if they were from another world. No, they were from hell.

The thick hanging roots of the trees resembled gigantic blood vessels. One could even see blood pumping and flowing within them.

A wave of alarmed cries swept across the meeting room. Involuntarily, some people even stood up in trepidation.

“Oh my god, what’s that?”

“Is it blood inside them? That’s too scary! Is this even considered a tree?”

Even the wood elementalists, who were used to seeing various weird plant species, had their faces blanch. Their eyes contained nothing but fear. It was almost like they could smell the strong and nauseous odor of blood just by watching the video. They could not understood why the plants outside of the city had become such monstrosities.

When everyone saw the densely-packed hanging roots rise up like a bunch of snakes and bind an elementalist, a cold shiver went down their spines.

A few chairs flipped over. Those who fell to the ground were trembling nonstop with fear.

No one was laughing at these people because everyone was staring fearfully at the screen with their eyes wide open. Everyone finally understood why they suffered such a huge loss.

Initially, the elementalist that was bound by the hanging roots was struggling with all his might. However, as the red-colored liquid started to pump into him, his struggling became increasingly weaker. A red flush appeared on his face and his gaze became trance-like, as though he was enjoying the process. Unexpectedly, his mouth broke into a smile, a smile that displayed extreme pleasure and satisfaction.

The red liquid that flowed through the densely-packed hanging roots that were inserted into the elementalist’s body glowed with a red fluorescence. As the glow reached his face, his smile became indescribably weird and sinister.

Everyone’s heart stopped beating, as if their hearts were being tightly gripped by an invisible hand.

Their minds were blank and their hair stood on end. They had even forgotten to breathe.

Pop!

The sinister smile suddenly exploded in front of them on the screen. Everyone was dumbstruck. When they returned to their senses, they saw brain matter and blood strewn all over the place.

Blargh…

Nearly half of the participants in the meeting covered their mouths and puked without pause. The entire meeting room was filled with the odor of vomit. However, at this moment, no one cared anymore. Those who did not puke stared blankly at the screen with deathly white faces. Their hands and feet were unconsciously trembling.

A lot of people wanted to escape from the meeting room, but their legs would not listen to them.

Wang Zhen had a solemn look on his face. He did not mock these people’s reactions at all.

When he first saw this segment of the video, his reaction was not much better than everyone else’s. He thought that nothing could frighten him since he, himself, had experienced bloodshed and numerous battles.

He had not realized how wrong and naive he was until today.

“Let’s switch to a new meeting room,” Wang Zhen told his subordinate.

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There was absolute silence in the new meeting room.

These reputable individuals were covered in vomit. Each of them was holding a cup of hot water, as if it would make them feel better. They were in despair and their faces were ashen.

“From what we observed, this should be the way they transform. Take note of the bulges on the tree branches. Did all of you notice that there are many bulges? When the hanging roots move, these bulges move as well. The wood elementalists who are studying this phenomenon think that these bulges are created when devouring blood fiends or blood insects. To be precise, the smaller and weaker blood insects will act as nutrients for the larger and stronger blood fiends’ transformation. This conjecture can be proven by the fact that our scouts did not discover any blood fiends or blood insects on their trip outside of the city.

Only the mayor’s voice resounded through the dead silence of the meeting room.

“Right now, it’s extremely possible that a batch of even more powerful blood fiends or blood insects are being created. That means, from now onward, we will encounter stronger blood fiends. Our situation will be even more challenging. The time that we will be tested is arriving soon,” Wang Zhen looked around the room and announced.

“Can’t we run away? Travelling on the ground might be hard, but what about escaping through the sky?” someone asked feebly.

“Where can we run to then?” Wang Zhen questioned back. “How big is the Induction Ground? Can we really fly out of here? Furthermore, we might encounter flying blood fiends. Don’t forget about the blood bat from before. If we lose the city walls, how long do you think we can last?”