Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable

Chapter 161: Chapter 161: The Apocalypse - I Am Not the Holy Mother 68

The Thousand Silk Entanglement, thick and long like a giant python, swiftly wrapped around the roots of the Mutated Vine, which were about to fall over everyone. At the tip of the Thousand Silk Entanglement, a blue orb instantly released thousands of electric serpents, spreading rapidly and scurrying wildly across the entire root system of the vine!

The roots of the vine entangled above everyone’s heads, blocking a large portion of the sky. Countless electric serpents scurried around them like a scene from a magical fantasy movie, utterly breathtaking!

As the electric serpents scurried across the vine’s roots, a strange burnt smell wafted out. It was neither like burnt meat nor burnt plants; the smell was extremely unpleasant. At the same time, smoke began to rise from the vine roots in the sky, which then turned to flying ash and drifted down inch by inch.

Everyone hurriedly used their hands or raised their arms or found something to cover their heads, to avoid being blinded by the ash while the vine roots continuously shed ashy remnants, quickly forming a thick layer of ash on the ground.

Simultaneously, a piercing scream erupted in everyone’s minds, sounding neither human nor animal! The sound was extremely sharp and shrill, painfully drumming against eardrums with no way to escape.

The people were tormented by the sound, unable to help but press their hands firmly over their ears. Yet, they couldn’t stop the sharp scream resounding in their minds! Everyone felt dizzy and nauseated from the scream, which persisted for a full minute before gradually ceasing.

When the sound stopped, several people couldn’t help but collapse to the ground, panting heavily with an inexplicable sense of having survived a calamity. This sound-wave weapon could really take lives!

Sensitive to sound, Ah Cai had already collapsed to the ground, covering its head with its wings like a human. After the sound ceased, Ah Cai pretended to be dead, lying on the ground with a symbolic kick of its legs, showing it was exhausted.

Ah Cai’s owner had to take out the sunflower seeds previously saved for it, shucking and feeding them to Ah Cai while coaxing it, to prevent Ah Cai from suddenly striking during such a critical moment. As a uniquely mutated and superpowered parrot, Ah Cai still possessed strong combat abilities.

While Ah Cai and its caretaker were busy soothing and stalling, the others remained tense.

Although Lin Shuangshuang’s previous attack severely injured the specially mutated vine, it only damaged half of its root system at best, which might inflict heavy injuries but not take its life. A Mutated Vine suffering such harm could not rest easily, and its subsequent attacks would certainly be intense!

Indeed, as soon as the Mutated Vine was heavily struck by Lin Shuangshuang, it retaliated almost immediately. Countless vines twisted together to form a gigantic whip, raised high in the air, and with a sharp sound of something slicing through the air, lashed towards the crowd.

Everyone hurriedly dodged to the sides as the massive vine whip struck the ground, causing the earth to tremble. It made everyone’s footing wobble, splitting the ground into a crack nearly three feet wide!

Taking advantage of the vine’s temporary pause, Lin Shuangshuang drove Thousand Silk Entanglement to restrain the gigantic vine whip formed by the twisted Mutated Vine again, unleashing the Thunder Ability. Countless electric serpents swiftly turned the massive vine whip into flying ash once more.

However, the situation did not improve, because the tendrils of the Mutated Vine, freshly cut by Lin Shuangshuang, grew back with terrifying speed, visible to the naked eye! Even the roots previously eradicated began to regenerate, leaving everyone with a weight on their hearts. At this rate, they would be exhausted to death before defeating it!

They couldn’t just come here only to disappear like the teams before them without figuring out what was happening.

They needed to find the Core of this Mutated Vine quickly, but locating the Core of mutant plants is difficult. The Core is equivalent to the heart and brain of a mutant plant and is extremely important. Each mutant plant’s Core is located in a different position, but the one commonality is that the Core’s location is the most protected.

This stalemate can’t continue much longer. Without knowing the Core’s location, it’s impossible to go all out.

Fortunately, Zhang Ling, who remained on Red Jade’s back, discovered something. Zhang Ling was naturally intelligent and had become a Spiritual Ability User, with perception far beyond ordinary people. Through careful observation combined with spiritual power sensing, Zhang Ling roughly pinpointed the Core’s location within this Mutated Vine.

Zhang Ling shouted from the edge of Red Jade’s back at Lin Shuangshuang, ”Sister Shuangshuang, its Core is located at the center of the tree roots near the trunk!”

Zhang Ling’s shout not only caught Lin Shuangshuang’s attention but also alerted the Mutated Vine. It seemed to perceive Zhang Ling as a threat, instantly sending dozens of vine tendrils to attack Zhang Ling!

Zhang Ling, being a Spiritual Ability User without physical strength to defend herself, could momentarily control or mentally attack a human opponent using her spiritual powers. However, facing a partially conscious Mutant Plant, Zhang Ling’s spiritual power attacks were almost entirely ineffective.

When the Mutated Vine previously attacked the crowd, Zhang Ling had tested numerous times to attack the vine’s consciousness, but to no avail. Now, with the Mutated Vine actively attacking her, Zhang Ling was nearly defenseless.

Fortunately, Red Jade, carrying Zhang Ling, was no pushover, swinging its massive sharp legs to cut down all the vine tendrils attacking Zhang Ling without even spitting a web.

Now that the location of the Core of the Mutated Vine was known, Lin Shuangshuang headed directly for the tree roots, intending to extract the tough Mutated Vine’s Core.

The Mutated Vine seemingly sensed Lin Shuangshuang’s threat, and as Shuangshuang launched her assault, a whirling mass of vines rushed in from all directions, converging on Lin Shuangshuang with a lethal intent to destroy her on the spot! It even disregarded attacking anyone else, concentrating all its firepower on Lin Shuangshuang, who was charging toward its Core.

In just an instant, Lin Shuangshuang felt as if she were submerged in a sea of vines, surrounded by countless tendrils raging to tear her apart. The path ahead was entirely blocked off by a wall of vines.

The Thousand Silk Entanglement encircled Lin Shuangshuang’s body while she channeled Thunder Ability into the blue orb at its tip. The orb continuously unleashed streaks of electric serpents to clear the way ahead. Every vine that came into contact with the blue orb was struck to flying ash. Relying on Thousand Silk Entanglement, Lin Shuangshuang swiftly approached the Core of the Mutated Vine.

Perhaps sensing Lin Shuangshuang’s proximity to its Core, the Mutated Vine’s attacks became increasingly fierce. The formation of vines accelerated, and their hardness increased. Lin Shuangshuang’s Thunder Ability could no longer easily cleave through the obstructing vines.