Chapter 613: Subduing It! Ailin's Reflections!

Amid Yiwa's excited voice, Xu Jingming walked toward the Thorn Sword Grass under the cover of a Lei Ting barrier.

Swish, swish, swish!

The Thorn Sword Grass's tough stems whipped about, and accompanied by sonic booms, another volley of leaves shot out, slamming into the Lei Ting barrier.

Ding ding ding~~

Crisp impact sounds rang out one after another, yet Xu Jingming felt that the leaves' power was far weaker than before.

"The Thorn Sword Grass can nurture special 'Sword Leaves,' and the power of those Sword Leaves is far greater than ordinary leaves.

These should be ordinary leaves, after the Thorn Sword Grass has used up its Sword Leaves."

Yiwa explained softly.

"So that's how it is." Xu Jingming's eyes lit up slightly.

This Thorn Sword Grass is simply the perfect weapon for a sneak attack!

Just imagine,

if a few Sword Leaves were suddenly fired off in the middle of an intense battle with an enemy.

What would the result be? Lightly wounded at best, killed outright at worst!

Truly impossible to guard against!

"But first, I still need to subdue it."

His right hand lifted slightly, and a deafening thunder roared.

Wild golden Lei Ting surged forth, enveloping the entire Thorn Sword Grass.

Zzzt zzzt zzzt!

The leaf attacks continued, but all were blocked outside by the Lei Ting.

The Thorn Sword Grass suddenly grew wildly, as if trying to break through the Lei Ting blockade.

Yet the moment its grass leaves touched the Lei Ting, they were as if touching temperatures of several thousand degrees Celsius—instantly scorched black by the electricity!

Even so, the Thorn Sword Grass still endlessly sprouted new grass leaves, trying to break through the Lei Ting.

"Its aura is only at the peak of sixth-tier, not even a match for that seventh-tier Black Purple Vine beside it.

But its regeneration ability is quite strong—both its roots and leaves can endlessly regrow."

Xu Jingming rubbed his chin, observing carefully.

"The Thorn Sword Grass is a rare plant lifeform; whether in attack power or regeneration, it's far stronger than the Black Purple Vine."

Ailin walked over with her long legs, hesitating as she said:

"If it weren't for you, the Thorn Sword Grass's flying-leaf attack just now would probably have left me seriously wounded.

Logically speaking, this Thorn Sword Grass should rightfully go to you.

But this plant lifeform is of great use to me—name your price, and consider it something I bought from you."

A peak sixth-tier Thorn Sword Grass—under normal circumstances, Ailin could easily dodge its attacks.

But the Black Purple Vine's mucus had a paralyzing effect, and she had drunk quite a bit of it earlier.

That was why her reaction speed had slowed by that one beat, nearly causing a serious problem.

"Sorry."

Xu Jingming shook his head and said directly: "To be honest with you, I've been following you for over half a day now.

I came for a plant lifeform, so I don't want to give this Thorn Sword Grass to anyone else."

"Following me?" Ailin's expression shifted slightly.

No wonder since the afternoon she had vaguely felt something was off.

She hadn't expected that someone had been tailing her the entire way!

Thinking of this, the expression on Ailin's pretty face kept shifting.

After a good while, her red lips parted slightly, and she spoke again:

"I'm outmatched; this is indeed my mistake. This Thorn Sword Grass is yours."

Although she was inwardly very disdainful, at this point she could only settle for that slippery purple-black vine.

"Thanks." Xu Jingming grinned.

The thunder and lightning in the sky subsided, revealing the Thorn Sword Grass that had tried for half a day to break through but failed.

In less than half a minute, the once lush Thorn Sword Grass had become somewhat bare, with its top scorched completely black.

Hum—

Powerful spiritual energy surged forth, though it encountered some resistance.

But Xu Jingming still successfully left his spiritual force imprint on the Thorn Sword Grass.

"Its spiritual force intensity is too low—looks like a peak sixth-tier creature.

But its actual spiritual force intensity isn't even fourth-tier."

Xu Jingming murmured inwardly.

Still, he didn't need the Thorn Sword Grass to launch spiritual force attacks.

As long as its physical attacks were strong enough and it could provide him with defense, that was enough.

Not long after leaving the imprint, Xu Jingming felt a sense of closeness coming from the Thorn Sword Grass.

He reached out a hand, and the Thorn Sword Grass, originally seven or eight meters tall, rapidly shrank.

It crawled up Xu Jingming's body along his hand, and within just a few breaths, formed a layer of plant armor over his battle suit!

Adding a touch of emerald green to the originally pitch-black armor.

Crackle!

Xu Jingming controlled the Doushen Shenlei to strike his own body.

After being weakened by both the plant battle armor and the SS-grade battle suit, even the power of the Doushen Shenlei was reduced considerably.

"Judging by this defensive strength, there's still some gap compared to an SSS-grade battle suit, but it's already far better than most SS-grade battle suits."

No one would complain about their own defense being too low.

Double battle armor protection, combined with Xu Jingming's own formidable physique.

As long as it isn't a vital spot like the head, he even had the confidence to take a seventh-tier fierce beast's attack head-on with his body and remain uninjured!

The only regret was,

The six 'Ruins Sword Leaves' of the Thorn Sword Grass, which had such formidable attack power, would need over ten days to grow back.

"Judging by the normal growth rate, this Thorn Sword Grass will need about two or three years to reach seventh-tier.

But I have a formula here to accelerate the Thorn Sword Grass's growth. Once we get back, I'll go mix it.

As long as resources are sufficient, it won't even take a month to break through to seventh-tier!"

Eva's excited voice rang out in Xu Jingming's heart, as if she had already taken the Thorn Sword Grass as a pet.

"Alright, once we're back I'll be watching your performance."

Xu Jingming laughed and replied in his heart, then turned his head to look at Eileen on the other side:

"I've already collected the Thorn Sword Grass, so we'll meet again at the Origin Energy Pool."

Eileen had also tamed the Black Purple Vine, but she hadn't transformed it into battle armor like Xu Jingming had.

After all, that sticky liquid, though it had healing effects, wasn't something everyone could accept.

Seeing Xu Jingming about to leave, Eileen hurriedly said, "Wait."

"What? Is there something else?" Xu Jingming turned his head back.

"It's nothing."

Eileen bit lightly on her red lips with her pearly teeth, asking with some hesitation:

"I just wanted to ask, if you hadn't saved me, would you still have taken this Thorn Sword Grass?"

"What do you think?" Xu Jingming didn't answer directly, but countered with a question.

"I understand."

Eileen let out a long breath, extinguishing the last trace of hope in her heart.

Seeing this, Xu Jingming didn't continue speaking. The resplendent Thunder Dragon Wings spread out behind him, and he swiftly flew out of the cave.

"If this hadn't happened, he would most likely still have made a move to take the Thorn Sword Grass..."

Watching Xu Jingming's tall figure disappear from sight, Eileen's pretty face was full of helplessness.

She could only blame herself for being weaker than others, not even knowing she was being followed.

Fortunately, she could still stay in the Qingfeng Secret Realm for over ten more days.

If lucky, she might still be able to find another plant life.