As she turned her head, the root vine charged straight at her face.
Shen Yue leaned back, her slender waist bending to dodge the root vine''s attack. However, the vines yanked the long knife out of her hand.
Having lost her weapon, Shen Yue could only retreat, backing up behind Kun Yao. The two stood back-to-back, surrounded by the three main vines.
Meanwhile, the root vine had reconnected to Qi Zeming''s cocoon.
After reconnecting, Qi Zeming''s cocoon began to spin rapidly. The vines started peeling off layer by layer.
Over here, Shen Yue and Kun Yao huddled together.
"How are you doing?" asked Shen Yue.
Kun Yao replied, "Alright."
Shen Yue pulled out her two daggers and handed one to Kun Yao.
"Let''s deal with those three first."
Before she could finish speaking, the three vines had desperately wrapped around them, their speed now much faster.
Soon, Shen Yue was tightly constricted around the neck by one of the vines. It lifted her into the air. With her neck strangled, Shen Yue couldn''t muster any strength in her arms or legs.
This is it, Shen Yue thought.
Gripping the vine around her neck with both hands, a blue light emanated from Shen Yue''s hands. The light flashed for an instant, but the vine recoiled as if burned by the light from Shen Yue''s hands, immediately releasing her.
As soon as Shen Yue hit the ground, she gasped for air, finally able to breathe. Then several severed vine branches fell in front of her.
"Are you alright?" Kun Yao''s voice came from beside her, sounding a bit unsteady.
Shen Yue stood up quickly: "I''m fine."
By this point, two of the three derivative main vines were dead, and the third had been cut in half.
Shen Yue didn''t even know how Kun Yao had managed it.
But there was no time to think about that now. Shen Yue took on the remaining vine while Kun Yao went to set fire to the root vine.
Just as Shen Yue finished off the last derivative main vine, the fire on Kun Yao''s side had started burning.
Kun Yao quickly severed the connection between the root vine and Qi Zeming, finding an opportunity to successfully ignite the fire. In an instant, the flames grew large, with the root vine rolling on the ground like a burning snake.
The sight made Shen Yue feel sick, but she also breathed a sigh of relief.
However, before they could rejoice for long, the fire on the root vine somehow extinguished itself. And now, the root vine''s body had grown even larger.
"Ah!"
Shen Yue had barely taken a step when she was flung away by the vine.
Kun Yao was also tightly bound. This root vine didn''t seem intent on killing Kun Yao, merely splitting off a section of vine to tie her up.
Then it wrapped around Shen Yue again, slamming her against the wall. Shen Yue was dazed from the impact, unable to recover for a moment.This narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon.
The root vine ignored Shen Yue after that, quickly turning towards Qi Zeming.
This time, its body became very small and thin, wrapping around Qi Zeming''s neck before tearing open a hole and burrowing inside.
"No..." Seeing this, Shen Yue was extremely anxious. "Kun Yao, quick!"
She turned her head, only to find the latter standing there motionless.
Shen Yue snapped angrily, "Kun Yao? What the hell are you doing? Just standing there playing dead?"
Kun Yao still didn''t move, not even giving her a glance. Shen Yue endured the pain and stood up, dragging her injured leg towards Kun Yao.
"Ahhh—save me—" It was Qi Zeming''s voice. His consciousness seemed to have just broken free from control, but it was too late.
By now, the root vine had completely disappeared into Qi Zeming''s neck. But unlike the previous guests, Qi Zeming wasn''t having his flesh and blood consumed. Instead, his entire body began to twist.
Blue veins could be clearly seen appearing on Qi Zeming''s body - it must be the vine, continuously moving through his body.
"Damn it, I''ll help you get it out!" Shen Yue was about to rush forward with her dagger.
But she stopped in the next second.
A powerful killing intent emanated from behind her, an aura seemingly from hell, terrifyingly extreme.
Intense fear welled up, making Shen Yue''s whole body tremble. She didn''t even dare to turn around and look. In fact, she found she couldn''t turn around even if she wanted to. Her body suddenly wouldn''t move. She couldn''t even open her mouth to speak.
Who is it?
At this moment, the root vine inside Qi Zeming''s body seemed startled and suddenly went still.
Shen Yue watched as the root vine rapidly crawled out of Qi Zeming''s body, then prostrated itself on the ground in the direction behind her. Qi Zeming had already passed out from the pain.
It suddenly became very quiet.
Suddenly, a beam of light shot towards the root vine on the ground. In an instant, the root vine was sliced into two segments.
One segment flew through the air towards Shen Yue''s back.
Green fluid oozed from the root vine''s wound, while the other half on the ground quickly crawled away.
Shen Yue was shocked. Who was this formidable person who had appeared behind her without her noticing?
Her body could suddenly move again. Shen Yue turned around quickly.
"Kun Yao?!"
Shen Yue hadn''t expected that when she turned around, she''d be facing Kun Yao''s knife! The sharp blade grazed Shen Yue''s cheek - she had barely dodged it!
But before she could figure out what was happening, Kun Yao''s knife came again, carrying an intense killing intent. Shen Yue''s left shoulder caught Kun Yao''s blade before she could react.
"Damn it, are you for real?!" Shen Yue clutched her left shoulder, which was gushing blood, instantly staining her clothes red.
The other party didn''t speak, still radiating murderous intent as she swung her blade towards Shen Yue. Her bloodthirsty demeanor was completely different from before.
The coldness in her eyes was terrifying to behold.
Shen Yue grew desperate. Kun Yao''s speed was too fast; she was accumulating more and more wounds. Though not fatal, the pain was killing her.
"Kun Yao, you shameless bitch, why are you trying to kill me?!"
Clearly, something was very wrong with Kun Yao now, so Shen Yue had only been dodging without counterattacking. But as time went on, Shen Yue got angry. She couldn''t take it anymore.
"Goddammit, Kun Yao, snap out of it!"
"Hey, I''m going to fight back! I''m serious... Fuck, is it such a big deal that I absorbed a bit of your energy? Is that worth this much hatred?!"
Shen Yue had no choice. If this continued, she wouldn''t die from the trial, but at Kun Yao''s hands instead.
"Out...si...der."
Shen Yue: "Huh? What did you say?"
The other party didn''t speak again, just kept trying to kill her.
Shen Yue narrowed her eyes. Suddenly her speed increased, and she quickly circled behind Kun Yao, bringing a knife hand strike down on the back of her neck.
"So you know about me... Eh?"
Kun Yao didn''t pass out, but swung her knife back in a horizontal slash!
"...Sorry, I missed. Let me try again."
Shen Yue kicked Kun Yao away, spun around behind her, ready to strike again. But before she could make her move this time, the person in front of her suddenly fainted.
"Didn''t knock her out with a chop, but kicked her unconscious, huh?"
Shen Yue was a bit confused, but since the person in front of her had already passed out, she suddenly didn''t know what to do.
In the spirit of being helpful, she dragged Kun Yao over next to the cocoons, checking on the status of Qi Zeming and the others in the process. Fortunately, these people weren''t dead yet.
Shen Yue used her knife to cut open the cocoons of Xue Yangyang and Old Mr. Lin, but those two seemed to be in a coma.
Out of five people, only she was conscious.
Out of the dozen or so guests who had entered, only five remained, with her being the only one awake.
Shen Yue''s gaze fell on Kun Yao. After a long moment, she shook her head, suppressing a hint of killing intent in her eyes.
Keep her alive for now.
"Does this count as passing the trial? How do we get out of here?" Shen Yue was puzzled. Wasn''t the space gate supposed to open automatically when they reached the final stage of entering the small world?