Chapter 161: Covering the Rear = Subduing by Force (3k)
“Rumble!”
The soil by the fountain was pried open, and cracks like a spider web spread out from the floor centered around it. Then, a roar, resembling that of a certain Eunuch from the Eastern Depot, echoed from underground.
“Severed my roots?! Human, I’m giving you one last chance, leave quickly!!”
As this voice came, Su Jiu found the ground shaking even more violently. She glanced at Laura, who was still dealing with the control device, and then at the vines surging into the sky. She thought to herself:
I need to wear this thing down before it fully emerges. Plant-type monsters are afraid of attributes like ice, fire, and lightning. My Ghost Car transformation hasn’t undergone its second awakening yet, so I might as well try using the Ice Dragon transformation in combat and experiment with “Elegy.”
With that thought, Su Jiu’s eyes opened and closed. Her sharp ears transformed into fins, a small green wing sprouted on her back, and her life aura exploded. The energy shield on her body turned a deep blue, with snowflakes drifting on it.
Immediately, her blue eyes focused, and a light sword dance bloomed in her hands. “Swish swish swish!” Sword energy, like several ice swallows, shot out with a chilling aura, targeting the attacking vines.
“Chichichichi!”
The flying swallows penetrated the first two vines they touched, causing their severed roots to tremble. The severed roots then slammed heavily onto the ground and began to shake “ghostly and beastly.”
Su Jiu also didn’t stand idle. She twisted her body downwards, and a flying sword emanating frost appeared under her feet. She directly used external Qi to shape it for acceleration and flew towards the fountain.
Brushing past the gap between two vines in front of her, she saw other vines heavily striking towards her. Su Jiu’s expression remained unchanged. She raised her short sword high, as if a shadowy silhouette of frost and moon appeared on the sword’s back. Seeing three vines approaching.
“Full Moon!”
The next moment, with a “Bang!” sound, a half-moon of cold light exploded in the air. The vines instantly turned into ice slag. With a “Whoosh!” the azure figure passed through unharmed.
Riding the sword, her speed was three to four tenths faster than before. Most people wouldn’t dare to play like this, as trading double or even more Qi for this speed boost was incredibly extravagant.
If ordinary people played like this, their Qi liquid sea wouldn’t be able to last five minutes before being completely drained.
“Human, are you playing with fire!!!”
The angry voice of the eunuch gave Su Jiu a feeling of being fierce on the outside but weak on the inside.
While riding the Qi sword, Su Jiu didn’t stop using her hands. She slashed through all the vines she saw along the way. The movements of her hands were incredibly fierce. Even a certain chef would have to call her an “expert” – because…
Su Jiu couldn’t remember how many times she had chopped those vines. Some vines had been cut dozens of times. She went on a “kill, kill, kill” spree and enjoyed herself immensely.
Looking down from the sky – the severed vines coiled together, forming small circles, resembling a certain famous dish…
Of course, unlike that master chef, she, Su Jiu, did it unintentionally!
In just one minute, Su Jiu not only cleared all these vines but had already reached the fountainhead.
The short sword in her hand began to gather power, and a phantom resembling a hidden moon emerged on the sword body, with droplets of frost falling from it.
She found these things pathetically weak, not even qualified to test her sword. It would be better to bring out this plant monster, which was close to Battle King level, for a spar. After all, it didn’t look like a lord.
Yes!
She, Su Jiu, was getting arrogant now!
Su Jiu’s expression sharpened, and she swung her short sword heavily, sending a half-moon, over a meter long, like a rotating blue and white moon wheel, cutting through all eight main roots.
As the frost wheel rolled, debris splashed. Su Jiu had the attitude of “I’m flaunting my power right above your head, if you don’t come out, I’ll do it again.”
“Human! That’s enough! You want to die?”
Just then, as if realizing her roots were almost all severed by Su Jiu, the owner of the voice let out a furious roar and moved his body without hesitation.
A snail as huge as a small mountain flipped over, and rocks and broken bricks flew into the sky as if projected.
And those vines continuously extended from the bud-like flesh shell on its back, preying on monsters that passed by this mansion. That’s why Su Jiu didn’t find any monsters with physical bodies when she first entered.
Its two huge eyes glowed with green light as it stared at Su Jiu and growled, “Human, you will pay the price!”
Immediately, an aura approaching Battle King level pressed down on Su Jiu. The surrounding old buildings creaked under the pressure.
“I was afraid you wouldn’t come out.”
Standing on the frost sword, Su Jiu smiled, gently caressed the broken sword, and her aura steadily climbed. Her hair whipped backward as she rose from middle-rank Battle General… to the peak of middle-rank Battle General… and only stopped at high-rank Battle General.
Her demeanor became ethereal, as if she were an exiled immortal descended to the mortal world.
“Hmph!”
She nodded her head and met the gaze of the vine snail head-on, snorted, and frost surged out from her body, instantly crushing the opponent’s aura and even rebounding onto the giant snail.
The giant snail didn’t have time to react. Some of the purple vines on its body were directly crushed and burst, that was a direct crushing!
Su Jiu clenched her fist and felt her power, then looked at the faint green strange bird phantom behind her. She thought to herself: The first stage of “Elegy” should be almost done. I didn’t expect to even produce a rudimentary Bloodline Phantom for myself.
“Bloodline Phantom! You’re a high-rank Battle General?!”‘
The giant snail looked at Su Jiu with extreme caution, its arrogance gone. Suddenly, its two tentacles drooped. Just as Su Jiu thought it was about to unleash some great move,
its shrill voice spoke in a very fawning tone: “Esteemed Sir, peace is paramount…”
“You attack whenever you want, what do you take me for?”
Su Jiu raised an eyebrow slightly. She knew she could only maintain the Elegy for a few minutes, so she didn’t waste any time. She immediately half-held her sword, and a hint of a half-moon appeared…
The giant snail looked at the frost moon, which was several times larger than before, and its eyes widened in fear. It quickly continued, “Sir, Sir… I have some precious medicinal herbs here that can improve potential.”
A single swing of that moon would not just cut grass, but half of its snail body, because it had no combat ability at all. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have to resort to sneak attacks.
This was completely different from the information provided by the spores. If it had known, it would have played dead long ago. Now it had to risk its long-cultivated things to survive.
“Improve potential?” Su Jiu asked, a little confused. Although the moon wheel in her hand was still charging, it had slowed down considerably.
Seeing a glimmer of hope, the vine snail quickly said, “It’s what you humans call the Red Fruit. I’ll give you one, Sir, please let me go!”
“Except for some unlucky people who came recently, I’ve never killed anyone!”
Having said that, it used a vine to throw out a small, half-red, apple-like fruit from its back.
“Red Fruit? An excellent-grade medicinal herb, something that even Level One Hymn can’t buy? You have this thing?”
Su Jiu stopped her actions and withdrew the Elegy. She took the fruit thrown by the vine snail and then took out her phone to take a picture. Except for appearing a bit unripe, it was roughly similar.
[Red Fruit: Fruit of Life. Obtain its seeds, infuse it with life, and it can be eaten when fully red. It tastes slightly sweet and can enhance bloodline level and consolidate talent.]
Upon hearing this, the green snail quickly explained, “Because I also need Red Fruit to improve my potential, otherwise, with only the potions from this Alchemy Workshop, I wouldn’t be able to reach Battle King level.”
“I hunt intruders also to cultivate Red Fruit.”
“Not enough… I need another one, otherwise, I’ll get it myself.” Su Jiu put away the fruit and then quietly looked at the vine snail, the short sword in her hand beginning to charge again.
This fruit was unripe, but seeing that this snail was already preparing to break through, there were definitely more than one. She could prepare one for Yun Xi and one for Dou Bi.
She had the ring, so this thing was useless to her.
“There’s only this one left. If you want more, I’d rather fight you.”
The vine snail’s expression became slightly conflicted. Suddenly, its eyes closed, and it painfully threw out a ripe Red Fruit from its back bud, then said in a deep voice.
“You sure know how to live.”
Su Jiu chuckled lightly, caught the ripe Red Fruit, and turned to head towards the location Yun Xi had sent on her phone. She wasn’t worried about the snail causing trouble.
Because she could tell this was a snail that was just like her, a shut-in. Seeing how quickly it was fawning indicated how perceptive it was about life.
“Forget it… damn human, I’ll go out and find some bats to eat. According to the information from the spores, there are quite a few in the city.”
The vine snail squinted, watching Su Jiu’s retreating back, and after a moment of silence, it moved outwards with a displeased expression.
…
Su Jiu arrived at the underground chamber and found that the cellar doors were all open. Looking at the location Yun Xi had sent, Su Jiu stepped inside. Rows of torches were lit ahead.
The moment she stepped in, Su Jiu smelled a coppery, bloody odor. Then, she saw many small bat corpses on the ground in the distance, and her heart clenched.
Were these the other people? Had they also entered?
Walking further ahead, Su Jiu suddenly heard movement:
“How did they die? Hey, hey, look, here’s a girl.”
“Also Blood Clan, damn, we’re rich. So beautiful, let’s sell her off to those big powers.”
“Hahaha!! I get to enjoy her first later, she’s a noble with pointed ears!”
The more she heard these vulgar words, the more an unnamed rage surged within Su Jiu. Her body surged with blood Qi, and she slid forward with her blood sword.
In a wide hall at a corner, instead of torches, there were dim yellow light bulbs. Su Jiu was stunned by the scene before her, and then her knuckles crackled.
Many people had died here, and Yun Xi was leaning against a corner, with bloodstains on her face. A few meters opposite her, two men and one woman were slowly approaching.
Yun Xi seemed to have noticed Su Jiu and slid down the wall, hugging her knees. Her voice was choked with sobs as she cried, “Sister Jiu! Why are these people always like this! Why!!”
“Speak, how do you want to die?” a cold voice echoed in the basement.
