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Feeling overjoyed, Yu Zi Yu calmly shifted his gaze back to the underground plaza. There, the blood-red plant was still tightly entwined by his tree roots.
And just a little distance away from it, the Human, Qian Qin, lay still on the ground.
*Humm…* Strange screams as if in pain and sorrow filled the air.
This kind of sound was not something that ordinary Mutant Beasts could interpret. Only when Yu Zi Yu took a puzzled look at the blood-red plant tightly wrapped by his roots that he began to understand.
It should be a desperate cry from this blood-red plant, teetering on the edge of despair.
Losing a part of its quintessence was fatal for a Mutant Plant who was just in Tier-0. Even someone as strong as Yu Zi Yu could be seriously weakened by such a loss. Not to mention, this blood-red plant had much less vitality than him.
“If nothing unexpected happens, it would not survive for much longer.” Yu Zi Yu heaved a sigh, but he was not one to show pity.
The survival of the fittest, life and death were fated. If he were weaker, the one lying on the ground now would be him.
However, what left Yu Zi Yu a bit helpless was that if this blood-red plant ended like this, what should he do?
Currently, he had only plundered a part of its quintessence. Given the current condition of the blood-red plant, it would be difficult for it to survive another round of extraction of its quintessence by Yu Zi Yu.
“This is a bit troublesome.”
Exhaling a deep breath, Yu Zi Yu gradually loosened his roots and turned his gaze to the nearby Human, Qian Qin.
She was quite an exceptional girl. She was endowed with a remarkable Innate Talent—Intuition, a formidable ability to perceive fortune and misfortune. If nothing unexpected happened, it was probably because to this Innate Talent that she sensed the presence of the blood-red plant.
“Is she being parasitized?” Gazing at the girl, Yu Zi Yu narrowed his eyes slightly.
At the moment, Qian Qin’s condition was not much better than that of the blood-red plant.
Her dress stitched from beast skin was stained red, and she was covered in wounds of all sizes. It looked quite horrific. Clearly, her fragile body was unable to mount any resistance before the thorny vines of the blood-red plant.
If Yu Zi Yu had not intervened in time, the entire blood-red plant would have entered Qian Qin’s body through these wounds, completing the bizarre parasitism.
Parasitism— It can parasitize itself on other creatures, thus gaining control over it. Just from the term itself, one could understand the terror and eerie nature of this ability.
Particularly this Parasitism should be the bizarre ability that was born out of the blood-red plant attempt to break away from the earth.
“No wonder it’s blood-red in color. This hue reveals your bloody cruelty and eerie nature.” Murmuring to himself, Yu Zi Yu turned to glance at the blood-red plant not far away as a trace of coldness surged in his heart, which was a rare moment.
Abilities often reflected one’s inherent nature to some extent. The blood-red plant’s various abilities—Vines of Thorns, eerie Blood Mist, and the most malicious of all, Parasitism—all seemed to confirm its inherently malevolent and sinister nature.
If it had not encountered Yu Zi Yu, who knows what kind of horrifying monster it could have become in the future.
Whereas both the abilities cultivated by Yu Zi Yu—Mastery of the Earth Element and Wood Dragon, similarly aimed at enabling him to move freely.
These two abilities, when developed to their extremes, both have the potential to grant him that freedom.
However, this blood-red plant, with a single act of Parasitism, could achieve what Yu Zi Yu had been dreaming of.
Of course, it was an undeniable fact that it might be related to the fact that the blood-red plant itself was full of thorny vines.
As a Willow Tree, Yu Zi Yu would have found it difficult to achieve the ‘Parasitism’ ability solely due to his physique.
*Haaaa…* He took a deep breath, calming the ripples in his heart. After having seen some glimpses of the true nature of the blood-red plant, Yu Zi Yu felt a slight relief.
If plants like this were to grow, the possibility of coexistence with him would be nil.
Like now, encountering and subsequently eliminating them beforehand was indeed the best approach.
Unfortunately, Yu Zi Yu would not be able to gain the remaining quintessence of this blood-red plant.
Without the remaining quintessence from the blood-red plant, Yu Zi Yu’s Innate Talent—Seeds of Life—would face some troubles. After all, this Innate Talent was also incomplete, as it was derived from a part of the quintessence of the blood-red plant.
If the blood-red plant were to perish like this, Yu Zi Yu might need to expend a great deal of effort to supplement the missing quintessence in the future, which he was finding hard to accept.
Just then, as if sensing something, Yu Zi Yu suddenly exclaimed softly.
Raising his gaze, he looked at the blood-red plant that he had released. It resembled a person lying on the ground, struggling desperately as it crawled toward the nearby Qian Qin.
“Well?” Yu Zi Yu mumbled, but he did not intervene.
He seemed to have thought of something as his gaze flickered incessantly.
Just at that moment…
*Boom, boom, boom…”
Accompanied by the shaking of the underground plaza, Bull Demon appeared beside Yu Zi Yu.
“Divine Tree, this…”
Looking at the gruesome scene not far away, where the blood-red plant was slowly crawling, and the Human girl lying on the ground in her own pool of blood, Bull Demon’s copper bell-sized eyes narrowed slightly.
*Ssshhh…* Making a shushing gesture, Yu Zi Yu added, “Just watch quietly…”
Without saying a word, Bull Demon took a half-step back, obediently looking at the scene not far away.
After a moment, in his astonished gaze, the blood-red plant actually crawled to the side of the Human girl.
Bull Demon was not too familiar with Qian Qin. Among the three Humans, besides Qing Gang, he had only seen Qian Qin and Leng Feng a few times.
But now, seeing this blood-red plant, which was crawling onto Qian Qin with ill intentions, Bull Demon’s eyes flickered with a dangerous glint.
However, after a moment, after glancing at Yu Zi Yu, who remained unperturbed, Bull Demon’s expression turned skeptical. He then resolutely chose to stand aside.
If even the Divine Tree was not taking action, why should he worry?
After all, compared to them Mutant Beasts, the Divine Tree was the one who cared most about the existence of these Humans.
*Schlick, schlick…* Visible to the naked eye, the vines of the blood-red plant that had been severed by Yu Zi Yu wriggled once again, gradually making their way into Qian Qin’s body.
However, this time, instead of entering through Qian Qin’s wounds, it seemed to turn into liquid, gradually enveloping and merging with Qian Qin, as if becoming one.
And just as the blood-red plant completely wrapped around Qian Qin, an intelligent gleam flashed deep in Yu Zi Yu’s eyes.
“Just as I expected,” Yu Zi Yu muttered to himself, his voice carrying a tinge of surprise.
Every living being possesses the instinct to survive, and this blood-red plant was no exception. Having had a portion of its quintessence plundered by Yu Zi Yu, its chances of survival became extremely slim.
Given this situation, it had only one choice. And that was to complete the unfinished parasitism, relying on the Human Qian Qin to continue surviving.
The reason for Yu Zi Yu’s surprise lies in this very fact. He was not concerned about Qian Qin’s condition; with him around, it would be difficult for Qian Qin to die.
However, he was very much concerned about the survival of this blood-red plant. After all, he was eyeing the remaining quintessence of the blood-red plant.
If it could truly survive, it would mean that he still had the chance to plunder once again.
In other words, if the blood-red plant did not perish, it would become a captive of Yu Zi Yu, subjected to his continual and long harvests.
It might sound cruel, a bit dark. But did Humans not raise poultry the same way?
It was just that Humans value the meat of domesticated animals, while Yu Zi Yu placed importance on the quintessence of the blood-red plant.
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