Chapter 1119: Kingdom of Strange Plants

Su Xiao drew the long blade at his waist. His movements were very light, and Maha and the others all began to slowly move away from Su Xiao.

Su Xiao took a deep breath and suddenly slashed into the empty air.

Clang.

A blade radiance flew out, heading straight to slice at Abaye's tentacles. With a *swish*, a large patch of pink tentacles was severed. The sharp blade radiance forcibly carved a path five meters wide and a hundred meters long through the cluster of tentacles.

*Swish, swish, swish... *

All of Abaye's tentacles became "frenzied." They coiled toward the source of the slashing sound, heading straight for Su Xiao.

Su Xiao leaped backward silently, and the large patch of tentacles stopped after surging to where he had been.

The tentacles that had been slashed to the ground emitted a hissing sound and rapidly decomposed. At the same time, the roots of those severed tentacles began to regenerate new ones.

About 2 seconds later, all the tentacles Su Xiao had severed finished regenerating. It was no wonder Maha had been blocked here; if "Abaye" only had the characteristics of paralysis and toughness, it definitely wouldn't have been able to stop Maha. This thing also had super-high-speed regenerative abilities.

This was very troublesome. Even if Su Xiao could sever a large patch of tentacles and find the road leading to the interior of Kukuroo Mountain, he would only have 2 seconds to pass through this tentacle cluster.

Just at this moment, Maha leaped several times away from Killua and the others and made a gesture to Su Xiao.

Su Xiao nodded, and Maha stomped one foot on the ground.

Boom.

A loud noise resounded throughout the entire cavern, and Abaye's tentacles became frenzied once again.

*Clang, clang, clang... *

Over a hundred crisscrossing blade radiances flew out, and nearly two-thirds of the tentacles in the cavern were severed by the blade radiances. Seeing this scene, there was some excitement in Maha's eyes.

The pink tentacles fell to the ground. Su Xiao's gaze scanned the front; without the obstruction of the tentacles, the situation on the inner side of the cavern was fully visible.

The inner side of the cavern was a high slope, and there were many holes of varying sizes on the high slope. Although he didn't know where these holes led, this was the only path leading to the depths of Kukuroo Mountain.

Maha's goal was the very center of Kukuroo Mountain. According to him, there was a very special plant there that grew using magma as nourishment. As for what exactly Maha was going to do, he didn't explain in detail.

As long as they reached that center point, the cooperation between Su Xiao and Maha would be declared over. As for what to do specifically then, it would depend on the information provided by the hidden mission.

The pink tentacles regenerated rapidly and soon recovered as before. The path forward had been found, and Su Xiao signaled for Maha and Amu to prepare.

Amu grabbed Maha's back with one large hand and grabbed Maha's feet with the other. Maha was also holding Alluka in his arms.

When Amu was ready, Su Xiao slashed forward into the empty air.

Clang.

The blade radiance flew out, and one pink tentacle after another was severed. The anti-slashing ability of these tentacles was extremely trashy; this was important intelligence Maha had obtained only after researching for a long time.

Just as the tentacles were severed, Amu had already thrown the Maha in his hands.

*Whoosh~*

Maha flew forward at high speed; above him were tentacles gradually regenerating, and below him was a vast expanse of potent paralytic toxin.

Maha soon reached the end of the cavern and landed steadily. Su Xiao signaled for Amu to continue.

A blade radiance slashed out. This time, it was Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Killua who were thrown. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang experienced the feeling of flying again. With the previous experience, this guy's flight level had clearly improved, and its tail was wagging even more happily.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Killua arrived successfully. After Su Xiao dodged the coiling of the pink tentacles, he slashed out another blade radiance.

Just after slashing out the blade radiance, Su Xiao immediately grabbed Amu's arm and threw Amu toward the opposite side.

The tentacles regenerated, and Amu soon disappeared from Su Xiao's line of sight. This time, only Su Xiao was left.

At this distance, jumping over wasn't difficult, but the forward speed while jumping in mid-air was too slow, and it was very likely he would be touched by the regenerating tentacles.

After hesitating for a moment, Su Xiao took a large piece of fresh meat out of his storage space. This was emergency food he had stored. He threw the fresh meat toward the tentacle cluster.

The pink tentacles immediately coiled around this large piece of fresh meat. It seemed they had never tasted such delicious food before, and all the pink tentacles began to curl and twist.

Several pink tentacles stretched out in front of Su Xiao. These tentacles had already judged Su Xiao's position, but they didn't attack Su Xiao, only curling incessantly.

Su Xiao threw out another large piece of fresh meat, and these tentacles, like small beasts waiting to be fed, immediately headed toward that piece of fresh meat.

Su Xiao began to throw fresh meat out piece by piece. Those pink tentacles seemed to have some intelligence; not only did they not attack Su Xiao, but they instead kept their tentacles in front of him, waiting to be fed.

After being fed nearly half a ton of meat, Abaye's tentacles began to go limp, looking as if it had eaten its fill and was ready to sleep.

"Move aside."

Su Xiao spoke. After the pink tentacles sensed the sound, they recovered some vitality. They stretched out in front of Su Xiao; it seemed they couldn't understand human language, but they didn't attack Su Xiao either.

Su Xiao hadn't discovered this point before. After Maha passed through, the hostility Abaye revealed to the outside world decreased significantly. As for Su Xiao attacking it, it didn't care at all, because these tentacles of its were both hunting tools and bait to lure prey in; they were meant to be eaten by the prey, and that sweet taste was the lure.

When the prey ate these tentacles, the prey would be paralyzed, and Abaye would coil up the paralyzed prey and gradually digest it.

Su Xiao used his fingertip to touch the paralytic venom on the ground. A tingling sensation came from his fingertip. Strangely, this toxin was not corrosive.

Before, when Su Xiao tested it with an iron rod, this pink liquid had been extremely corrosive—or rather, that was only corrosive toward metal.

Growing in such a harsh environment, relying solely on preying on organisms was not enough, so Abaye evolved the ability to decompose metal. Its venom only looked intimidating; apart from its super-strong paralytic property, there was nothing very dangerous about it.

After Maha left, the aura revealed by Abaye was very much like a super-large Venus flytrap. Although its hunting methods were cruel, its nature was not ferocious.

Even, Abaye was somewhat afraid of Su Xiao, who was full of blood aura. If Su Xiao didn't take the initiative to attack it, it would never come to provoke Su Xiao.

This thing... was only aggressive toward Maha. This was very interesting.

Su Xiao took out several test tubes and collected some of the highly potent paralytic venom from the ground. He made some noise during the collection, but Abaye was a very "Zen" plant; after it was full, it just let its tentacles hang lazily like that and didn't attack Su Xiao at all.

Su Xiao lifted his foot and walked into that layer of shallow venom. Just as he had guessed, this venom didn't erode his shoes.

Just as Su Xiao walked into the tentacle cluster, those hanging pink tentacles dodged to the sides. The meaning was very clear: "I'll let you pass, don't slash me anymore."

"An interesting plant. It seems it has quite a grudge with Maha. Maha definitely passed through here. What exactly is he hiding, or rather, what exactly has he done here that absolutely cannot be known by others?"

Su Xiao walked within the tentacle cluster, and one tentacle after another moved aside on its own. When the last patch of tentacles in front of Su Xiao moved aside, Su Xiao saw Maha and the others.

Killua was stunned by this scene after seeing Su Xiao walking within the tentacle cluster.

"How... did you do it?"

The one who couldn't believe it most was Maha; he had nearly died here many times.

"It's very simple: feed them. Maha, you've ventured deep into Kukuroo Mountain in the past; you definitely weren't blocked by these tentacles, right?"

Su Xiao pointed it out directly. If they started to suspect and guard against each other now, then there was no need to continue forward; it would be more reliable to return the way they came.

"That's right. Before arriving here, there was some information I wouldn't reveal. I have ventured deeper into Kukuroo Mountain. What truly blocked me was another type of plant. Since we can venture this deep, I will tell you all the known information about Kukuroo Mountain.

Here, what is truly terrifying is not the harsh environment, but those plants with biological characteristics. The interior of Kukuroo Mountain is a kingdom of strange plants, and I... am going to find their 'King.' The so-called King is the most critical link in their ecological balance. As for this pink plant, its name is Abaye, and it is the gentlest and easiest to deal with among all the strange plants.

As long as we can find that plant, the ecological balance of the strange plants here will be completely broken. At that time, we only need to forcibly carve a path through the rocks to leave Kukuroo Mountain. Although I hid the situation here, if we can find that plant, we can leave Kukuroo Mountain within three days. I guarantee this with my own life. There is no need for me, a dying person, to use you. Assuming I really wanted to use you, once you left Kukuroo Mountain alive, my descendants would bear the consequences, and that is the result I least want to see."

PS: (Guests came to the house, it's very noisy, only two chapters today.)

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