Chapter 130

Lin Yifan's pupils constricted as he stared at his own calf; he now completely lost feeling below the calf.

In this situation, Lin Yifan no longer had the leisure to bicker with the wax candle man-eating flower; the machete in his hand immediately slashed at that vine.

However, the vine proved tougher than he imagined; one slash only nicked it.

At the wound, a red liquid now flowed, exuding a rich sweet fragrance.

Lin Yifan instinctively sensed something wrong with the fragrance and hastily held his breath.

He kept swinging the machete, delivering several blows, finally cutting the vine through.

At this point he finally discovered why he had lost sensation in his leg.

Because on the patch of skin where the vine had wrapped, numerous wooden thorns were embedded.

Lin Yifan hastily pulled out the wooden thorns, and only then did sensation slowly return.

At this moment he also realized he had entered a dangerous place.

He no longer dared to relax even a bit, his gaze vigilant over the surroundings.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

With a series of tearing-through-air sounds, Lin Yifan suddenly discovered that the open space around him was entirely filled with vines.

These vines had at some point surrounded him in the center, obviously treating him as prey.

Lin Yifan frowned tightly; he had already witnessed the viciousness of these vines and dared not underestimate them in the slightest.

Not to mention anything else, just speaking of the wooden thorns on the vines—once they pierce his body, they cause him to lose consciousness, which is extremely lethal.

Therefore, he must not let the vines get close to him!

Lin Yifan's face was full of solemnity; after using the machete to block several vines attacking him, he knew that if he couldn't devise a way to restrain these vines, he would likely die here tonight.

Even if these dangers only appear at night, wanting to last until morning would still require over ten hours, and his Physical Stamina simply couldn't sustain that long.

But what method could possibly restrain these vines?

Lin Yifan momentarily couldn't find a clue, but he did recall one thing.

Plants fear fire!

However, he had nothing on him that could burn.

So he quickly opened a private chat with Hong Shaoqiang: 'Brother Qiang, quickly trade me a batch of Dry Wood, the kind that lights fast, urgently needed.'

Upon seeing the private message, Hong Shaoqiang didn't even bother to ask what Lin Yifan needed the wood for; he immediately took out several units of Dry Wood and traded them over.

'Thanks!' Lin Yifan, after receiving the wood, immediately threw it on the ground, while blocking the vines' attacks with one hand and taking out a lighter to ignite the wood with the other.

But what troubled him was that even though it was dry wood, this chunky wood wasn't easy to burn.

Fortunately, his Space Ring still held several bottles of the Strong Mosquito Repellent he had previously made.

That thing is Dry Mugwort Pods, which happen to be perfect for starting a fire.

Soon, the fire finally rose.

Lin Yifan happily discovered that the attacking vines ceased their assault once the fire rose.

However, these vines did not retreat; instead, like living creatures, they circled around Lin Yifan, some even rising like snakes, looking down on him from all sides.

What the heck is this!

Lin Yifan picked up a segment of the vine he had cut, and on it appeared a piece of information.

【Bloodsucking Vine Segment】

【A mutant vine that, at night, possesses strong aggressiveness; the thorns on the vine have a paralyzing effect; they hunt in groups, and the prey, while paralyzed, has its blood sucked dry to become nourishment for the Bloodsucking Vine; once cut off, it loses all function except for being usable as firewood.】

I thought it was a treasure, but didn't expect it to be utterly useless!

Lin Yifan flung the Bloodsucking Vine into the fire in one go, silently complaining in his heart.

He originally thought that such a difficult-to-deal-with thing must be a rare treasure.

But it turned out to have no use at all; it seems purely a harmful thing.

The fire's flames grew higher, and moreover, the surrounding mist was continuously absorbed by the 【Myriad Waters Source】, so visibility improved considerably.

At this point, Lin Yifan finally saw where the source of these Bloodsucking Vines came from.

That was a huge giant tree, with a trunk diameter of at least one meter, and its canopy was enormously vast, so dense it blocked out any glimpse of sky.

And these Bloodsucking Vines were hanging down from the tree's branches; at first glance they looked much like a banyan tree, even the leaves were especially similar.

But the difference is that this tree's leaves are an eerie dark red, as if stained with blood, making one feel chilled just looking at them.

And beneath this giant tree, Lin Yifan finally found what he had been looking for this time.

That is the 【Qingling Fruit】 tree!

That is a small shrub about two meters tall, from trunk to leaves uniformly pale blue.

This small shrub's leaf shape is basically the same as the 【Pure Spirit Flower】 in Lin Yifan's hand, and the trunk shape is also similar.

The only difference is the color; the 【Pure Spirit Flower】 he holds has a wholly green trunk and branches, and its flowers are white, somewhat resembling a white peony.

However, the flower receptacles and fruit receptacles are also quite similar, so Lin Yifan can now confirm that the 【Qingling Fruit】 is indeed an advanced version of the 【Pure Spirit Flower】.

Moreover, on that fruit tree there are two fruits, whose shape is exactly the same as the ones Mao Mao brought back earlier.

Moreover, Lin Yifan also noticed that these fruits all have fruit receptacles; at the very top of the canopy there is still a fruit receptacle, but the fruit itself is gone.

Obviously, the fruit that Mao Mao picked was exactly that one!

Moreover, this fruit tree and the giant tree are almost completely leaning against each other, their roots completely joined.

Lin Yifan estimates that these two trees are probably companions, so this giant tree and the Bloodsucking Vines on it are the guardians of the 【Qingling Fruit】 tree.

However, if the guardian of the 【Qingling Fruit】 tree is this giant tree, then what exactly harmed Mao Mao?

The arrowhead that harmed Mao Mao is definitely a man-made weapon; could it be that Mao Mao had been to other places?

But this also shouldn't be the case; if Mao Mao got injured after picking the fruit and then went elsewhere, how could he possibly return unharmed, bringing the fruit back?

If Mao Mao was injured after going elsewhere and then came here, how could he possibly have picked the fruit under the onslaught of these Bloodsucking Vines?

Since both of these possibilities are unreasonable, only the last possibility remains.

Mao Mao was injured right here!

The danger here, besides the Bloodsucking Vines, also includes other hidden dangers!