Chapter 244 Puppe (2/2)

After having been hit by Yang Ling's surprise attack, he felt as though the sharp Blood Elf Dagger was a hungry slime. Trying its best to absorb his near depleted Magical Energy and blood in his body. If not for having once received the blessing of the Pope in the Holy Palace and having an exceptional constitution, he would long have become a withered corpse.

Even though he still had a Teleportation Scroll in his robes, he no longer had the ability to activate it given his depleted Magical Energy. The only way for him to escape is hoping that the other party would not dare kill him after knowing of his identity, fearing the Church's power. Even though he did not know the relationship the Man-eating Vines had with Yang Ling at that moment, he could faintly sense that only Yang Ling had the ability to spare him.

Pursued by the Church?

Yang Ling let out a cold laugh as he looked at Kayseri trying to use the name of the Church to avert the crisis, ordering the Magical Beast army to act immediately.

In that instant, the leader of the knights and his two subordinates had their armor blasted open by the Evil Eye Tyrant and the many Evil Eyes before having their hearts pierced through by the Man-eating Vines; The heavily injured Kayseri was tightly bound by the giant Man-eating Vine, giving him no chance to even commit suicide, much less flee for his life.

After casting the Soul Tampering Technique to knock Kayseri out, Yang Ling searched out all of the treasures on his body. Amongst those was the Space Ring on his finger. He then summoned the Withered Tree Warrior to clean up the scene and collected all of the weapons, armor and magical staffs of the Church's army.

Blood sacs of the Man-eating Vines, Teleportation Scroll…

After giving a cursory look at his spoils of war, Yang Ling stuffed the items into his own Space Ring. Even though he did not know what the blood sacs of the Man-eating Vines could be used for for the time being, he was sure that they had immense value, given that even a Red-robed Cardinal like Kayseri did not bear to miss out on them.

It looks like he had to seize the time and train so that he can quickly turn Kayseri into a puppet after he advanced to mid-level Heaven Wizard. He had to obtain his memories as soon as possible!

After flipping through the interesting gimmicks in Kayseri's Space Ring, Yang Ling knew that he had to seize the time to train. Creating a perfect puppet requires time, and he had to get Kayseri back into the Church before they noticed anything off so that he can one day find out about the secrets he required.

What secrets lie within the cave?

After keeping the spoils of war, Yang Ling raised his head to look at the steep cliffs around the surrounding low-lying shrubs, realizing that he was already at the deepest parts of the Shauna Valley. If the relic of the giant dragon was here, then the cave should be the only entrance.

After tossing the unconscious Kayseri into a corner in the space of the Wizard's Pagoda, Yang Ling hesitated no longer to explore the cave under the protection of a large group of Horned Bee Beasts. Even though he had already successfully tamed the giant Man-eating Vine that was akin to a Magical Beast champion, and that there should logically be no more sources of danger left, Yang Ling still summoned a large bunch of speedy Horned Bee Beasts to protect himself as a precaution.

The entrance of the strange cave was wide and overgrown with low-lying shrubs, within it were little green Man-eating Vines. Some were the height of humans, clinging onto the sturdy stone walls; Others were the length of chopsticks, coiling themselves around the smaller pebbles…

Could this be the nest of the Man-eating Vines?

Yang Ling had an epiphany as he recalled the Man-eating Vines furiously attacking the Holy Barrier of the Church's army like moths to a flame. He finally understood why they would go all out against the army of the Church.

After walking forward for a distance, he suddenly heard the sound of flowing water. In his doubt, he increased his speed, discovering an underground river after making a turn! The river was a few meters wide, with rows of tiny saplings growing out of both sides. Furthermore, Man-eating Vines that were clustered into a ball would frequently enter the area and dip the blood sacs into the underground river.

Yang Ling soon understood what was going on after looking through the memories of the giant Man-eating Vine.

As it turned out, this was a natural cave. The underground river maintained a certain temperature all year round, and was filled with necessary minerals required for the growth of the Man-eating Vines. Rather than call this an underground river, it acted more as a pool of nutrition for the Man-eating Vines. Almost every Man-eating Vine had grown to maturity here.

After evolving to a certain level, they would gain the ability to clump into a ball like string, and roll around like a tyre as they pumped their heart-like blood sac, gradually moving outward. If they could not consume prey for long periods of time, or sustained any injuries, they could return to the underground river to gain sufficient nutrition.

After walking around the interior of the cave several times, Yang Ling did not find anything suspicious other than a giant blood sac. He decided to head toward the next perilous land and continue the search for the fabled relic of the giant dragon after resting for a moment.

Before he left, he tamed over a thousand Man-eating Vines and formed an army of Man-eating Vines. He then used the Imprisonment Restriction to move a large number of saplings and seeds into the space of the Wizard's Pagoda and created a base of Man-eating Vines near the forest of Arrow Bamboos.

Even though he had not found the relic of the giant dragon during this trip, he did gain a large amount of spoils of war from the army of the Church, as well as a large army of Man-eating Vines, making it all worth it. Yang Ling believed that if he could nurture a large number of Man-eating Vines at areas like the Wissen Castle and the Five-colored Crystal Vein, these tactical areas would become much safer. An average person would definitely find it difficult to infiltrate the area.