Chapter 893: Mashed Serpents and Predominated Fruits (1/2)
”They're called Mashed Serpents,” the ring spirit explained as she played with Cultivator's earlobe. After seeing how soft his earlobe was, it drooled a bit and bit on it, munching on it as it seemed distracted.
Cultivator removed his earlobe from her hold as he asked with a sense of urgency, ”What's with the stupid name? Tell me more about them as quickly as you can. Also, why are they chasing after us? Why have the vines been stirred up?”
”I made up that name.” The ring spirit pouted, disinclined to talk anymore as it sulked. It then used his earlobe as a crutch to shed tears.
”Fine, fine.” Cultivator relented as he spoke, ”That's actually a pretty good name. Now that I take another look at them, your name makes a lot of sense.”
”Right?” The ring spirit squealed as she talked nonstop, ”The Mashed Serpents live off eating the sediments produced by the Predominated Vines. Also, they're the only demon beast race the vines don't attack. Normally, a Predominated Vine only attacks the living beings that make contact with it. Surprisingly, the Mashed Serpents act as beacons for them to actively target prey.”
”With that...” She nibbled on his earlobe once again, spreading her saliva all over as she continued, ”Thanks to the Mashed Serpents, the Predominated Vines are now able to sense your existence. Therefore, they are moving to eat you. If you don't want to become vine food, then keep running.”
”Well, that's easier said than done.” Cultivator frowned as he looked at Krune and asked, ”Young man, do you have any solutions?”
”Let me try.” Krune summoned a Pseudo-Wisp after making it resemble Whack, even making sure its Godly Energy felt like Whack's. This way, even if it was attacked, the vines wouldn't target Krune.
Mind Splitting Technique!
Krune soon activated it as he split a part of his focus to control the Pseudo-Wisp resembling Whack. After that, Whack immediately sprinted towards the Mashed Serpents, a demon beast race resembling soggy noodles.
They weren't even designed to slither on the ground smoothly. Their wriggly actions and their non-uniformity would make all other serpent demon beast races shy away in embarrassment. Such was the way they moved.
Whack soon pounced upon them as he unleashed a sea of flames, beginning to burn through all the Mashed Serpents.
For some reason, all the Mashed Serpents were in the Ninth Stage of the Godly Fusion Realm. With that, they were unable to resist the sea of flames unleashed by Whack, whose energy quantity and quality resembled the Fifth Stage of the God Foundation Realm.
This caused the sea of fire emitted by Whack to turn into an area of danger for the Mashed Serpents. A significant portion of them instantly melted when a Predominated Vine hit Whack, popping his body like a balloon.
”Damn.” Krune winced as he saw Whack crushed into oblivion with a single hit. ”Just how strong is one vine?”
”At least the Nascent God Realm,” the ring spirit said as she looked around, pointing in a certain direction. ”Head this way. We should be able to escape their pursuit.”
”That would take us straight into a sea of vines,” Krune shouted in response, looking at the direction that was pointed as he could only see the Predominated Vines stretch as far as his Divine Sense could see. Moreover, they fully covered the place, preventing anyone from even entering. There wasn't even any gap wide enough to fit them through.
”Don't worry about that,” Cultivator said as he wore another ring, summoning its ring spirit. It was a lady this time, the same person that fought with Krune the first time he met Cultivator.
The lady spirit leaped, displaying superior agility as she ran at least ten times their running pace, soon approaching a spot between two Predominated Vines. She then waited, slowly taking a position as she watched Krune and Cultivator get closer to her.
”Haah!” Followed by a loud yell, she placed her hands within the gap, facing the palms towards each Predominated Vine respectively. She then exerted strength in her hands as she pushed them away, bending their stalk to create a wide enough gap.
In the very next second, before the two Predominated Vines could react, her figure disappeared as Cultivator jumped through the gap, followed by Krune. Seeing how the energy signature that touched them had vanished, the two Predominated Vines stopped moving.
Rolling on the ground a couple of times to negate his momentum, Krune got up as he soon noticed they were inside a crater. What appeared to be the roots of the Predominated Vines filled the crater. With that, he found out the vines didn't have any senses on their roots as they didn't react when the two of them stepped on them.
The gap they had entered through closed immediately as the two Predominated Vines adjusted themselves, returning to their original positions.
The ring spirit spoke, ”We can rest here for the time being. Without any gaps, the Mashed Serpents cannot enter. So, we're safe here. Besides…”
She pointed at a Predominated Vine that was present in the center and shouted, ”Jackpot!”
Only now did Krune and Cultivator look at the center of the crater, trailing along with the figure of the lone Predominated Vine that stood at the center. They then looked at its top, exclaiming in shock.
”Are those…?” Krune stared in disbelief.
”What the hell? Can one vine even form that many?” Even Cultivator expressed a rare feeling of shock.
Their reactions were justified since the thing hanging at the top of the Predominated Vine was a Predominated Fruit. Not one, not two, but a total of six. It was truly a surprising amount.