Chapter 59: Snatched and ran, damn thrilling!

Holy shit, here it comes again!

Seeing the emerald green vines surge up around him again, Su Hao's eyes twitched twice, he couldn't help but curse, grabbed a thousand-year withered tree, and sprinted toward the entrance of the Withered Forest.

Even though he was a flesh-and-blood controller, the vines lashing his body didn't cause him much pain.

But the injuries were real; he naturally didn't want to get hurt—he wasn't a masochist with a weird fetish for taking hits.

However, the vines were incredibly fast; before Su Hao could even step forward, several vines had already whipped over.

With a continuous 'pup-pup-pup' sound, the bone armor on Su Hao's back was instantly shredded into fragments.

The bone armor that had accompanied Su Hao for days and could block most First Rank attacks shattered completely.

It turned into shards of bone, some piercing his body, some flying outward to stab into the surrounding withered trees and soil.

The vines' force was no less than the previous round's; after smashing the bone armor, they lashed hard against Su Hao's back.

They flayed his back to a bloody mess, breaking several ribs.

Su Hao ignored his injuries; all he wanted was to leave the Withered Forest as quickly as possible.

He knew the tree demon, perhaps because it was rooted there or limited by rules, could not leave the Withered Forest.

So, as long as Su Hao could escape the Withered Forest, his escape route would be mostly done.

Fortunately, the forest entrance wasn't far; using the force of the vines' lashes, Su Hao sped up, and shortly burst out of the forest's edge onto an open clearing.

But Su Hao had no intention of stopping, even though the tree demon's true body couldn't leave the Withered Forest.

But that doesn't mean it can't launch attacks outside the Withered Forest!

Those vines earlier were clearly not the demon's main body; they were likely just a piece of its tissue, or even merely a skill attack.

Since they aren't the main body, those vines could probably reach outside the Withered Forest to strike Su Hao again—this spot is still not completely safe.

Even as a flesh-and-blood controller, Su Hao wouldn't die instantly from the vines' lashes.

But each injury required consuming a large amount of essence blood to heal.

Finding clean essence blood in the apocalypse isn't easy, so it's best to conserve what he has.

Of course, the main reason is that the tree demon is at least a Third Tier monster; its earlier vine attack might have been just a casual strike, yet it already overwhelmed Su Hao somewhat.

If the demon used stronger skills, Su Hao could easily be beaten into a pulp, leaving no hope of escape.

So it's safer to run as far as possible; besides, he now has three thousand-year withered trees in hand, so there's no need to keep adventuring in the Withered Forest.

Indeed, as Su Hao thought, he had only run fifty-plus meters.

More vines shot out from the Withered Forest, slamming the ground and leaving grooves twenty to thirty centimeters deep.

Whoosh—!

Phew, I'm clever!

Hearing the commotion behind him, Su Hao, even without seeing, could guess what was happening; he let out a breath and ran harder, soon reaching the giant panda's side.

Roar!

Seeing Su Hao's severe injuries, the giant panda let out an angry roar, its eyebrows bristling as it wore a fierce expression.

No matter who you are, if you dare bully my thigh, I'll smash you!

The giant panda immediately thumped its chest, planning to charge into the Withered Forest to regain face for Su Hao.

Don't do something stupid; the guy inside is a Third Tier monster—we can't handle him now, we'll get our revenge later!

Su Hao grabbed the panda's head to stop it from rushing in to get itself killed.

That's at least a Third Tier monster; if the panda charged in, it'd likely be dead before even seeing the demon's true form.

Huh?

After hearing Su Hao's explanation, the giant panda's expression softened and it shrank its neck.

A Third Tier monster? Can't provoke it—sorry for the disturbance!

What the hell, boss—what kind of physique do you have? You just killed a Second Tier monster and a bunch of First Tier ones, and now you've provoked a Third Tier monster?!!

Let's go—home!

Su Hao ignored what the panda was thinking, grabbed a curtain, dragged the other two thousand-year withered trees, and rode on the panda's back.

Pup-pup-pup!

At that moment, countless sharp wooden spikes about three meters long suddenly erupted from the ground at the Withered Forest's entrance, rapidly spreading toward the two.

Even from hundreds of meters away, one could feel an extreme danger emanating from those spikes.

Even the giant panda's fleshly defense couldn't block those ground spikes.

Roar!

Seeing this, the panda no longer dared to stay; it let out a low roar, summoned all its strength, and sprinted away toward the distance.

Fortunately, after inhaling the beast's aura, the panda's speed increased considerably, and Su Hao had no delay.

Finally, before the wooden spikes could strike their bodies, they ran out of the tree demon's attack range..

If the panda had run just a bit slower, it would have been done for here!

Whooo~!

Perhaps limited by the Withered Forest, after the panda dodged the wooden spike attacks, the tree demon let out a mournful howl like a raging wind and ceased its assault.

Bye-bye!

Su Hao rode on the panda's back, a brilliant smile on his face, and raised a middle finger at the receding Withered Forest.

It's just a few trees I cut—do you really have to go all-out like this……

That scene just now was truly dangerous; if he hadn't refined the Double-headed Stitching Monster's essence blood inside the ancient castle, the tree demon's first vine lash would have incapacitated Su Hao.

Once unable to move, his advantage of being unkillable would turn into a fatal flaw!

……

Outside the shelter.

According to the agreement made this morning, Ling Xue'er, in the evening, took a helicopter to the outside of Su Hao's shelter and sent him a message.

【Ling Xue'er: Boss, I'm outside your shelter. Are you home now?】

【Su Hao: Wait half an hour for me.】

【Ling Xue'er: Okay, boss.】

……

After a brief exchange, Ling Xue'er walked over to a nearby stone, sat down, and stared blankly at the snowflakes drifting down from the sky.

Bang bang bang—!

「Huh? What's the commotion? Is the boss back? 」

About twenty minutes later, Ling Xue'er suddenly heard a series of dull sounds coming from the northern forest.

Immediately after that.

Ling Xue'er then saw many trees twenty to thirty meters tall, not knowing what attack they had suffered, falling to the left and right.

After a short while, Su Hao appeared before Ling Xue'er, riding on the back of Da Xiong Mao, dragging three thousand-year-old dead trees in his hands, and uprooting the large trees blocking the way.