Chapter 212 The underground mutated creature that becomes stronger
The blood-thorn vines in front of them were extremely thick, much thicker than the blood-thorn vines they had seen before and dealt with during the defense battle!
The previous blood-thorn vines were about five or six centimeters in diameter. In fact, they were already very thick compared to the blood-thorn vines which were two or three centimeters in diameter.
But the vine covered with blood thorns in front of me is at least ten centimeters in diameter! If it were not bent, Xu Xin would even think it was the trunk of a small tree!
Silver King bared his fangs at the vine, and his deep roar became louder. His red eyes stared at the vine, as if he might attack at any time.
"Xu Xin, what happened to Silver King!" Li Wenxi immediately shouted anxiously to Xu Xin.
"Silver King, don't be impulsive!" Xu Xin turned around and saw the appearance of the Silver King. He felt that it looked a bit like a crazy intermediate mutated beast after being injured. He was suddenly startled and hurriedly walked over and stroked its head twice.
"Hey!" Coco also jumped on its head and gave it a paw on the head, as if to warn it not to be impulsive.
The Silver King slowly put away his fangs.
"Ouch?" It didn't seem to understand why it suddenly became excited.
Seeing that King Yin calmed down, Xu Xin breathed a sigh of relief.
"Is this..." Li Wenxi asked worriedly.
"The mood of the intermediate mutant beast is not stable. This vine seems to have stimulated its desire to fight, right?" Ji Chaoyang also came over and asked.
"...It should be right." Xu Xin turned back and observed the vines again.
"Why is it so thick?" Xu Xin murmured to himself, "After the tree house was upgraded, the strength of the underground creatures also increased? Moreover, it was able to make the Silver King impulsive. Why is this?"
Ji Chaoyang stepped forward and observed the bloody thorn vine with a solemn expression, "When I went out yesterday, I had never encountered such a thick vine."
Li Wenxi also walked forward cautiously, hiding behind Xu Xin, looking at the vine, and exclaimed: "This is much thicker than the previous blood-thorn vine. Fortunately, it still cannot attack the protected area."< br>
Although the vine was very thick and looked scary, it still did not attack Xu Xin who was standing in the protected area. Instead, it turned around a few times. Seeing that it could not attack the target it wanted to attack, it began to swing slightly in place. and retracts below the ground.
Now that it has come out, it cannot be allowed to go back.
Xu Xin immediately waved his halberd and swept it towards the roots of the blood-thorn vines.
The halberd is very long, three meters long, and this blood-thorn vine is at the very edge of the protected area. So he can attack the vines, but the vines can't attack him.
"Click."
Xu Xin used a lot of strength, and in conjunction with his increased strength, the halberd easily cut off the roots of the blood-striped vine like cutting through tofu.
A warm current that was much stronger than the previous cutting of the poplar tree surged along the handle of the halberd he was holding, allowing his body, which was slightly tired from riding a wolf for a long time, to instantly return to its peak.
The vines that were still swinging slightly stiffened, and the originally bright red blood thorns dimmed, and then fell in their direction.
The three of them were all experienced in battles, and they did not panic at all. They all dodged slightly and avoided the falling vines.
With a "bang", the thick and heavy vines hit the ground, raising pieces of dead leaves that fell to the ground.
"Hey!" Coco ran to the vine, ran around looking at the vine that was much thicker than before, and scratched it hard with her little paws.
Coco's claws are actually very sharp, and there is no problem in causing a deep scar on a person's skin, but they did not even scratch the skin of the vine, leaving only a white mark on it.
The defense of this vine is much higher than before. Fortunately, Xu Xin's weapons are more than a little stronger than before, so there is still no pressure to deal with them.
[Kill the blood-thorn vines and gain points: 50 points. 】
The previous Blood Thorn Vine only had 15 points. This one actually has 50 points.
"You actually chopped it off in one go!" Li Wenxi said in surprise.
"The mutated vine is actually very easy to deal with. As long as you attack and destroy the roots before it retracts, you can basically kill it successfully." Xu Xin explained to Li Wenxi.
"So that's it." Li Wenxi looked at the vine on the ground that was still trembling and twisting slightly even though it was dead.
During the defense battle, she only killed the giant ants that climbed into the tree house, but not the mutant vines, so she didn't know its weaknesses.
"How's it going? How many points are there for this vine?" Ji Chaoyang squatted down and observed the vine carefully, asking without raising his head.
"50 points, not bad, not reaching the level of intermediate mutant creatures."
Intermediate mutated creatures cost 100 points, and this vine was still far from the intermediate level.
However, he still cannot take it lightly, because the vines are not like the intermediate mutant beasts he encountered before that all travel alone. There are many of them. If he goes out for a run on the Silver King, it will be no problem to attract dozens or hundreds of them. .
If the situation in the previous defense war happens again in the future, vines will definitely appear in groups.
If they were intermediate mutant creatures, they would be in big trouble.
"That's good, well, apart from getting a little bigger, there are no other changes in the vines. It is indeed not promoted to an intermediate mutant creature. Moreover, this should be a good way to earn points. There are blue-level fertilizers in the points mall, and now there are Many people have never seen fertile soil." Ji Chaoyang touched his chin, stood up, and thought.
Xu Xin took out his boning knife and a wooden bucket to collect the juice from the thick blood-thorn vine.
"Let me help you!" Li Wenxi helped him lift the vines. Although there are many thorns on the bloodthorn vine, the spacing is not small, so there is no problem if you handle them carefully.
Xu Xin slashed the vine with a knife, and milky white viscous liquid flowed out from the scratch, which made Xu Xin breathe a sigh of relief.
He was afraid that the vines attacked by the purple-grade steel halberd would absorb a large amount of vitality and, like trees, would not be able to collect materials. That would be too uncomfortable.
Fortunately, although the halberd cannot be used to cut down trees, it does not affect the materials obtained after killing monsters.
The amount of juice in this blood-thorn vine is basically equivalent to the blood-thorn vines from four or five years ago.
"This juice is one of the raw materials for me to make steel fire and universal alchemy materials. You can help me collect it when you are free." Xu Xin threw the blood-thorn vines that had drained of juice and become lighter on the ground, and said to the two humane.
Ji Chaoyang said: "It just so happens that I still have a lot of them in the tree house. They can only be used as explosives in my hands. I have enough explosives. I will trade them all to you when I return to the tree house."
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"Huh? I didn't...and I feel like I can't beat it..." Li Wenxi lowered her head and said a little embarrassed.
She basically knew nothing about combat. It was okay for her to rely on her excellent physical fitness to kill ordinary beasts or dodge the attacks of mutant creatures. However, she had no confidence at all when facing mutant creatures head-on and killing them.
"You don't have to fight in close combat. You can use an explosive crossbow bolt to blow up its roots with one shot." Xu Xin made a trigger-pulling motion towards Li Wenxi.
"Explosive crossbow bolt? Yes! But this vine is so thick, can it be blown up?" Li Wenxi asked, looking at the vines on the ground.
"Then let's try again."
With that said, Xu Xin once again stepped out of the protected area and quickly retracted it.
The cracks in the ground instantly expanded again. This time, three sharp and thick blood-striped vines came out and quickly stabbed Xu Xin!
"Hey!" Coco was frightened and ran behind Xu Xin's legs, grinning and raising her paws at the three vines.
Under Xu Xin's watch, these three vines actually broke through the scope of the protected area and launched an attack on them!
He was taken aback and quickly pulled Li Wenxi to the side.
However, the vine did not go deep. It only entered a section. The blood lines all over its body became brighter red in an instant, and then quickly retracted and stopped outside the boundaries of the protected area. Three sharp vines pointed straight. He was still circling around the three of them, Xu Xin.
"Did you just...see it?" Xu Xin frowned, "Did they enter the protected area just now?"
This blood-striped vine is five or six centimeters thick. The original slender blood-striped vine is almost as thick as the blood-thorn vine in the defense battle. The vine is surrounded by dense red blood stripes, and the tip of the vine is still extremely sharp, like a dagger. A polished rapier.
"Although it's only a little bit, it has indeed entered..." Ji Chaoyang's expression was also very solemn, "This is not a good sign."
"I saw it too!" Li Wenxi opened her eyes wide and looked at the vines outside that were now afraid to enter. "The moment they came in, the blood patterns on their bodies seemed to be... more vivid? Are they glowing? It's like... Just like the vines in the battle of defense!”
...Strengthened by something?
"You just said that you haven't encountered such a thick vine yesterday?" Xu Xin asked, thinking of what Ji Chaoyang just said.
"Yes, I walked around my protected area yesterday and explored all directions. Only the four relatively positive directions of southeast, northwest, and southeast are connected to the protected area. The other directions are all dangerous areas. "Ji Chaoyang explained in a deep voice, "I have tried it like you. The vines coming out of the ground are the same as before. This is the first time I have seen such thick vines. "
Then the vines this time...
"Two possibilities." Xu Xin stretched out his hand to make a gesture. "The first possibility is that this place is special. There is something underground that can strengthen the vines, so the underground creatures are stronger."
"The second possibility," Ji Chaoyang continued, "is that after the jungle entered autumn this morning, all the underground vines became stronger."
"You'll know if you try it in a few more places." Li Wenxi had already taken out her steel crossbow and loaded it with an explosive crossbow bolt.
Ji Chaoyang told the other explorers this information on the spot, and asked them to also pay attention to whether the underground creatures outside the protected area had become stronger.
"I feel like there's nothing special here. Maybe these mutated vines like low temperatures. As soon as autumn and winter come, stronger ones emerge. They can persist in the protected area for a period of time without dying. Our jungle Didn’t the ones we encountered during the exploration also die after they attacked us in the reserve? Can I shoot them?”
Li Wenxi was holding a crossbow and was already eager to bomb the three blood-striped vines.
Xu Xin thought of the huge piranha plant at the entrance of the golden treasure chest.
That piranha flower persisted in the protected area for a long time before dying. Now that I think about it, it seems to be stronger than the intermediate mutant creatures. It can also control people's minds and cause hallucinations.
If it hadn't been for the fact that the piranha flower became dry and brittle and died at the last moment, Xu Xin might have told her where she was.
From this point of view, it may just be that stronger underground creatures can persist in the protected area for a longer period of time.
Seeing that Li Wenxi's crossbow was aimed at the root of the blood-striped vine, Xu Xin immediately stopped her.
"Stay away, the explosion range is very large." Xu Xin pulled the two of them ten meters away.
At this time, the three blood-striped vines had lost their target and were about to retract underground.
"Hurry up!"
"Oh okay!" Li Wenxi immediately aimed at the root of the vine and pulled the trigger.
"Whoosh——"
The blue-level steel crossbow fired very fast. Before the three vines that had lost their target could react, the explosive crossbow bolts had already hit their roots.
"Boom!"
The thick smoke caused by the explosion gradually dissipated. The three of them looked at the original position of the vines. Two broken blood-stained vines were left on the ground. Only one vine completely retracted to the ground at the moment they saw it. the following.
It seems that they are not very strong, at least they can be solved with the weapons in their hands. (End of chapter)