Chapter 133

But the ending wasn't bad—at least this scourge was completely eliminated!

Jian Renhao dug out a blood-red crystal core, the size of a basketball, from the body of the Hell Blood Vine Matriarch, and silently stowed it away.

None of the other city lords said anything; Xingcheng had paid too great a price this time!

They came to lend support, but they were also helping themselves.

"Let's collect the Platinum-level crystal core!"

"It's completely lifeless—it's definitely dead!" Jian Renhao said: "Send people to dispose of all the plant-type ferocious beasts!"

"…"

Not long after, through experiments, Xingcheng obtained intelligence.

After the death of the Hell Blood Vine Matriarch, the Hell Blood Vine seeds lingering in the air had completely lost their vitality!

This made everyone breathe a sigh of relief!

They had truly been terrified by the Hell Blood Vine's horrifying spreading ability!

With only Platinum-level power, it destroyed an entire city in just over a day—who wouldn't be afraid?

The Beast Tamers first removed the Hell Blood Vine's crystal core; since it was confirmed the seeds had lost infectivity, the army gradually arrived to bury the carcasses of the Hell Blood Vines.

These things won't even catch fire!

One day after the battle, Su Yang couldn't hold out any longer and randomly sat down on a rock to rest.

Unintentionally, he glanced again at the massive corpse of the Hell Blood Vine Matriarch in the distance, and then he noticed one of the Hell Blood Vine's skills—Bloodline Infusion.

Bloodline Infusion: This ferocious beast can, before death, infuse its bloodline and innate talent into its offshoots, aiming to deceive others and achieve rebirth.

This skill is just feigned death!

Wait!

What does this mean!

Could the Hell Blood Vine not be dead?

Could it have used this skill at the last moment to escape death?

Su Yang leapt straight up from the rock.

He clenched his lips tightly and scanned around—the corpses of the Hell Blood Vines had all been cleared away.

In the distance, people were still busy.

The four city lords were gone; probably returned to treat their wounds.

Su Yang mounted Storm Eagle and hovered high above, looking down over the entire land.

All the Hell Blood Vine offshoots were indeed dead, and their crystal cores had been dug out by the Beast Tamers.

If it truly feigned death, where would it have gone?

Underground?

Unlikely!

After all, Platinum-level Beast Tamers have extremely sharp senses; ordinary feigned death couldn't escape their perception!

If they had detected even one living offshoot when all the others were dead, they would have acted immediately!

So the most likely scenario is that, just before death, the Hell Blood Vine used Bloodline Infusion and sent one infused offshoot fleeing the battlefield.

The battlefield was chaotic at the time, with a constant stream of Bloodline Infusion offshoots arriving to be drained by the Matriarch—slipping away one Hell Blood Vine amid the chaos wasn't too difficult!

All the Hell Blood Vine offshoots were dead; Su Su Liqun and the others never imagined one could still be alive!

So where would it have fled?

Su Yang turned his gaze toward Hui'an Mountains.

"Let's go check the outskirts of Hui'an Mountains!"

Storm Eagle carried Su Yang flying toward the direction of Hui'an Mountains.

Along the way, everywhere were corpses of Hell Blood Vines and the bleached bones of other ferocious beasts.

It seemed the Hell Blood Vine had also ravaged many ferocious beasts within Hui'an Mountains.

Su Yang stared intently at the land, his eyes nearly going blind!

Suddenly, he remembered something!

"Storm Eagle, search for Hell Blood Vines—don't look for fallen ones, look for those still standing upright!"

Storm Eagle's vision was far superior to his.

And Storm Eagle had the Eagle Eye talent bonus.

He could only hope that the Hell Blood Vine hadn't fallen to the ground to feign death!

Of course, the Hell Blood Vine Matriarch might not have used the "Bloodline Infusion" skill before dying.

But for Su Yang's peace of mind, for his own assurance, for the safety of surrounding cities, for even a single possibility, he was willing to expend the effort!

What if it did?

Right?

The outskirts of Hui'an Mountains were silent, utterly lifeless—not a single ferocious beast in sight.

Probably all wiped out by that Hell Blood Vine!

An hour passed.

Two hours passed.

Five hours passed; they were now over thirty kilometers from the battlefield, and ferocious beasts began appearing sporadically.

Just as Su Yang was about to give up, Storm Eagle suddenly changed direction.

"Found something?"

Storm Eagle nodded.

Soon, Su Yang saw a large crater carved out amid the lush forest.

In the center of the crater stood a blood-red plant-type beast.

More than a dozen blood-red vines swayed, each blooming with vivid blood-red flowers.

Blood-red mist drifted through the air!

Yes!

It's him!

Definitely him!

Su Yang's breath stopped.

【Name】: Hellblood Vine Flower

【Talent】:

1. Fire Resistance (Mythic); 2. Bloodthirsty Reproduction (Mythic); 3. Toughness (Mythic)...

【Growth Potential】: God-Rank Mid-Grade

【Strength Rank】: Silver Mid-Grade

【Attributes】: Plant-Type, Wood-Type, Poison-Type

【Skills】:

1. Rapid Growth; 2. Spore Parasitism; 3. Vine Whip; 4. Bloodline Control; 5. Rooting; 6. Illusion Transformation.

Seeing the data on the Hellblood Vine Flower, Su Yang clenched his fists tightly.

He was right!

The Hellblood Vine Flower had truly feigned death to escape!

Too bad, it had run into Su Yang!