Chapter 126

Su Yang was caught off guard and struck directly by three blood-red leaves.

"Ding ding ding!"

The three leaves hit Su Yang but failed to pierce his defense.

The Earth Bear's Indestructible Golden Body talent saved Su Yang!

Even when sleeping, Su Yang kept the Earth Bear on him.

But it still scared him half to death!

This kind of attack is so damn sneaky!

Su Yang looked around at the Hellblood Vine Flowers and found the strongest were no more than Silver Rank—just within his tolerance level.

So he ordered:

"Storm Eagle, control the air currents around you, avoid the blood mist, don't get hurt, attack freely, stay alert, and guard for me!"

Then he leapt straight off Storm Eagle's back, thud—he landed on an open patch of ground.

The hard cement beneath his feet cracked instantly!

"Ding~ Task released: Use the Earth Bear to kill ten Silver Rank Hellblood Vine Flowers!"

"Task reward: Randomly upgrade one talent of the Earth Bear by one level (excluding Mythic-tier talents)!"

"Ding~ Task released: Use the Storm Eagle to kill ten Gold Rank Hellblood Vine Flowers!"

"Task reward: Randomly upgrade one talent of the Storm Eagle by one level (excluding Mythic-tier talents)!"

Tasks again?

And two at once!

Su Yang hadn't even completed his last task—signing his third pet beast!

Still, hearing the system task notification made Su Yang quite happy.

As soon as Su Yang landed, over a dozen blood-colored vines surged toward him.

"Earth Armor!"

A yellowish-brown armor instantly covered Su Yang's entire body.

Su Yang protected the respirator on his head, but the blood-colored vines quickly wrapped around him.

Su Yang wasn't alarmed—he jumped hard, using the gap created by the Earth Armor between his body and the vines to leap clear.

Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell!

Of course, the Earth Armor on his body shattered.

Just then, Su Yang saw the vines reaching for him again.

Su Yang dodged, grabbed one vine, yanked hard backward, and uprooted the entire Hellblood Vine Flower!

Even so, the Hellblood Vine Flower didn't die—it kept attacking furiously even after being pulled from the ground!

"Bear Palm!"

Su Yang's massive fist slammed hard against the main trunk of the Hellblood Vine Flower.

After three punches, the main trunk was smashed to pulp, spurting out blood-red sap!

"Ding~ Your pet Storm Eagle has killed a Silver Low-Grade Hellblood Vine Flower, +30,000 XP!"

"Task progress: 1/10!"

Kill!

Su Yang stood in the street and began slaughtering Hellblood Vine Flowers wildly.

"Ding~ Your pet Earth Bear has killed a Black Iron Grade Mid-Grade Hellblood Vine Flower, +10 XP!"

"Ding~ Your pet Earth Bear has killed a Black Iron Rank Top-Grade Hellblood Vine Flower, +100 XP!"

"Ding~ Your pet Storm Eagle has killed a Bronze High-Grade Hellblood Vine Flower, +300 XP!"

"…"

Storm Eagle was also working hard.

Every Hellblood Vine Flower that approached Su Yang was eliminated.

Silver Rank Hellblood Vine Flowers' attacks were useless against him!

As long as he avoided Gold Rank Hellblood Vine Flowers, he'd be fine.

Of course, the poison mask must not be damaged!

So whenever leaves flew toward him, his first reaction was always to shield his head.

"Hnn!"

Su Yang heard a muffled groan, turned, and saw a beast tamer clutching his shoulder.

On his shoulder was a deep wound, bone visible, blood streaming continuously.

Three pink buds rapidly sprouted from his wound.

The beast tamer reached out, grabbed the three buds, and ripped them straight out of his flesh.

Not even a whimper!

After pulling out the Hellblood Vine Flower buds, he quickly wrapped the wound with bandages.

As he bandaged himself against the wall, he warned: "Kid, don't get distracted in battle!"

"Oh!"

Su Yang continued killing Hellblood Vine Flowers; after slaying a few, he noticed the injured beast tamer still fighting.

After clearing a patch of ground, Su Yang looked up—nothing was visible.

He couldn't see Su Su Liqun fighting the Platinum Rank Hellblood Vine Flowers; the view was completely blocked by tall buildings.

Aside from the beast tamers still fighting, not a single living soul remained nearby.

No matter how the battle between Su Su Liqun and the others unfolded, Su Yang remained deeply worried.

Because only he knew that the enemies fighting Su Su Liqun and the others were merely offshoots of the Hellblood Vine.

Even if they held Xingcheng for now, as long as the Hellblood Vine was not eradicated, they were still in danger.

Half an hour passed, an hour passed, two hours passed—Su Yang had already felt a profound exhaustion!

Human physical strength and energy are limited; so too are beast companions!

"Ding~ Congratulations, Host! Your beast companion Storm Eagle has leveled up to Silver Mid-Grade!"

"Ding~ Congratulations, Host! Your beast companion Earth Rampager has leveled up to Silver Low-Grade!"

"Ding~ Congratulations, Host! Your beast companion Earth Rampager has slain ten Hellblood Vines! Its innate talent has randomly improved by one level!"

"Ding~ Earth Rampager's ordinary talent, Strength, has improved by one level!"

"Ding~ Due to talent improvement, your Earth Rampager's innate talent growth potential has increased—from King-Rank Low-Grade to King-Rank High-Grade!"

Hearing the system prompts, Su Yang's weary face finally broke into a smile.

It had been so hard!

Su Yang felt the battle inside Xingcheng was more exhausting than his month-long struggle on Mount Qixing!

He turned around, only to find the beast tamer who had kindly warned him not to lose focus had vanished…

Left alone was a twisted tree demon, desperately struggling as it wildly swung its thick tree trunk.

Soon, the twisted tree demon's entire body was covered in Hellblood Vines!

This damn world!

Su Yang cursed inwardly.