Chapter 92: Twisted Painting

When everything quieted down, everyone in the Thorn Knights stared blankly at the surroundings.

Everything around had turned into a huge surrealist painting, filled with a strange sense of distortion. All the plants had left their original positions and were twisted and entangled together, and the end of this distortion was those Flower Calyx Spiders.

And that huge Flower Calyx Spider Emperor was roaring and howling at the most core and conspicuous position of this painting; it was still powerful, but it couldn't move at all.

Its eight legs were all twisted and broken, and the steel hair all over its body, which claimed to be able to resist all attacks except fire, still stood stubbornly.

Slowly standing up, Xie Yaoyao patted the grass clippings in his hands.

Nodding, very satisfied with his painting, Xie Yaoyao patted Feide, who was stunned beside him, and said with a smile.

"Little Fei, look, I'm actually quite powerful, right!"

Feide shivered all over and immediately reacted, his face flushed red looking at Xie Yaoyao.

But he wasn't blushing from embarrassment, but from excitement.

Retracting his twin swords to his waist, Feide knelt on one knee and looked at Xie Yaoyao with admiration.

"My Lord! Baron! Please forgive my previous rudeness; it was I who didn't recognize Mount Tai! From now on, I will follow your orders; if you tell me to go east, I will never go west!"

And the other members of the Thorn Knights also looked at him with admiration, especially the two fire-type mages, who seemed to have found their life goals.

Nodding, Xie Yaoyao patted Feide's shoulder again and said with a smile.

"Get up!"

After speaking, he walked straight toward the Flower Calyx Spider Emperor that was firmly trapped.

Behind him, Feide immediately stood up and followed.

"My Lord, although this big guy is trapped by you, it can still spit venom; you must be careful!"

With Helai'er around, Xie Yaoyao naturally wasn't afraid of venom, but he didn't want to expose his trump card for some meaningless things.

Walking a little closer, Xie Yaoyao stopped and muttered a few words.

"Killing it doesn't give an Entry either, so annoying!"

But he couldn't just let it go without a harvest.

Xie Yaoyao waved his natural power again, and a python-like thorny vine stabbed straight into the Flower Calyx Spider Emperor's flower-like mouthparts, entering from the mouth and coming out from the tail.

It was just an instant, and the giant Flower Calyx Spider Emperor, which had incomparable momentum at the beginning, died before it could show its ferocity.

Waving his hands again, all the green plants, green grass, and vines began to retract slowly, revealing the Flower Calyx Spiders strangled in them.

Watching Xie Yaoyao control all the plants around him with a wave of his hand like a king, it made the members of the Thorn Knights awe-struck again.

After everything was packed up, the members of the knight order walked toward the largest Spider Emperor.

Then they began to dismantle its head in an orderly manner and soon found a green crystal core the size of a fist and sent it to Xie Yaoyao's hand.

This... what is this thing?

Xie Yaoyao's expression didn't change; in the setting, he had already gone through this once last year, so he should naturally know this thing.

Now he could only pretend not to care and accept it casually.

It was just that this casualness made the members of the Thorn Knights admire him even more.

As expected of the Baron, he could remain calm and indifferent even when facing such a precious crystal core!

In fact, they didn't know that Xie Yaoyao didn't know what this thing was used for at all.

And no one cared about the other Flower Calyx Spiders; clearly, they knew that not all monsters could give birth to such crystal cores.

Everything was packed up, and the members of the Thorn Knights set foot on the road to the Lake Heart Island again.

Time waits for no one; they didn't know the progress of the other three kingdoms' teams, so they could only speed up their own pace.

Fortunately, because this area was the territory of the Flower Calyx Spiders, there were no other large monsters entrenched here, and even smaller monsters were rare.

So, the progress of the Thorn Knights along the way was indeed gratifying.

Just when Xie Yaoyao was leading the group through the forest, another notification appeared abruptly in his ear.

"The Lavender Kingdom team has officially joined the plot 'Goddess's Golden Apple' mission!"

"The teams with the three confirmed invitation letters have all officially joined the Garden Kingdom plot mission. Travelers, please note that teams that cannot complete the advanced mission will perish along with this plot map!"

Nie Yingying and the four girls of the Daisy Kingdom team also received the notification at the same time.

The Sun Knights sitting on General Iron Armor were smooth sailing all the way, and many monsters in the Monster Forest retreated far away the moment they saw the giant stag beetle.

In the words of Captain Leina, the Sun Knights had never been so smooth in the Goddess Festival every year.

Especially thinking that she hadn't even reached the Lake Heart Island last year and had failed in this Monster Forest, Leina felt like she was dreaming.

After receiving the notification, Nie Yingying's brows furrowed tightly.

In the absence of other clues, Nie Yingying still decided that speeding up was the only way.

If they could seize the Golden Apple and complete the mission before the new enemy arrived, that would be the best.

"Vivian, let General Iron Armor speed up a bit more."

Although this giant stag beetle was willing to let everyone get on its back, it only listened to Vivian's words.

Vivian naturally also heard the notification, and regarding the lives of other travelers and themselves, she still knew the importance of the matter.

"General Iron Armor, General Iron Armor, giddy-up! Giddy-up! Run faster, run faster!"

Amidst Vivian's excited shouting, the giant stag beetle stepped out with its five pillar-like legs and began to run "thump-thump-thump".

All the plant giant trees encountered along the way were knocked off by its two mandibles, which were not much smaller than its body, and it didn't delay the marching time at all.

It was just that Leina advised: "Everyone, there is no need to speed up the marching speed; the Lake Heart Island can only be crossed at night, and our time is very sufficient!"

Leina's words made Nie Yingying's heart sink.

"Captain Leina, why is this? Does the monster on the Lake Heart Island have any restrictions?"

Shaking her head, Leina smiled bitterly.

"The trouble is not on the island, but by the lake! As for the specific reason, you will know when you get there!"

Is this forcing all teams to the same starting line?

Looking at it this way, this Monster Forest under her feet is just a process of eliminating travelers with too poor strength!

Nie Yingying weighed the strength of the Sun Knights' members and recalled the monsters encountered along the way and General Iron Armor, confirming that the Sun Knights indeed didn't have the strength to pass.

If the knight orders of the other four kingdoms were also of the same level, then the final outcome would still depend on the strength of the travelers.

Unlike Nie Yingying and the others, Xie Yaoyao wasn't too worried about the speed issue.

Not to mention that he was the first to enter the Monster Forest, he didn't think that the guardian of that Golden Apple would be solved by anyone easily.

And it was easy for him to guess that the Daisy Kingdom team was Nie Yingying and the others, and the notification just now must be the new traveler team. ===== CHAPTER 93 =====