64 The Battle 1 (2/2)

'Chance!' Long Yu stopped retreating and burst forward with a single leap towards the second mark.

He made use of the opening and quickly armed a space splitter mine on top of the second mark.

Before Long Yu could even celebrate his success, the rustling sounds above him increased as if the leaves themselves were shaking.

Twenty, Fifty, One hundred…..

More and more blood red vines emerged from the vampire plant's crown as they angrily swept towards Long Yu, frightening him. It was like a tsunami of vines threatening to drown him.

”Xixi, slight change of plan! Decrease the intervals and keep firing at its crown!”

”Ah ye-yes, big brother!” Xixi anxiously replied as she gripped the joystick tightly in her little hand.

Initially, Long Yu contemplated whether to bring an adult like Li Xiao Lan to assist him with this task. However, he did not trust the female survivor enough to do so since they just met recently.

Despite Xixi's excessive enamour with food, she was always obedient and reliable. Therefore, left with no better option, Long Yu decided to trust Xixi to follow his instructions and control the Black Shark's weapon system.

Unbeknownst to him, with Luo Xi's soul secretly guiding the little girl from inside, there would have been no problems anyway.

Although the amount of vines that the vampire plant could produce was way more than Long Yu's expectation, he did not panic.

He calmed his mind and focused on avoiding the incoming vines while trying to move towards the position of the third mark.

Every time a boom resounded above him, Long Yu could feel the pressure on him decreasing. The threat of the missiles continuously forced the vampire plant to divert some vines to protect itself each time.

Suddenly, through his peripheral vision, he noticed that some of the damaged and burned red vines had already started to regenerate.

'Damn, I have to hurry!'

Long Yu was distracted by the sight and almost got hit by one of the vines.

*Boom*

When the last missile of the Black Shark was used up, he finally found an opening. He kicked at the side of an exposed root to change direction while ducking under a vine that swept at his head.

Just when he was about make contact with the third mark on the trunk, Long Yu hastily stomped his right foot on the ground and retreated with a back flip.

If he hadn't dodged at that moment, he would have been smashed from the side by a vine which was painted in scorch marks.

Unfortunately for him, some of the regenerated blood red vines had started to join the fray again, increasing the pressure on him.

”Xixi, switch to the grenade launcher now!” he shouted while manoeuvring around the trunk.

Just as he finished speaking, he heard a loud explosion from above.