Chapter 509: Naughty Kuikui ( 1 )
When Zhang Yuan’s team and Xie Zhou’s team arrived at the conservatory mountains, it was already eleven o’clock in the morning. Since everyone had eaten before leaving the base, they didn’t rest and went directly to the mountain.
Due to the lush canopies of the tall trees, the sunlight barely penetrated the mountains. With the dim illumination, the mountain was damp and cooler than outside.
An hour later, Zhang Yuan pointed at one of the trees and said, "Captain Xie, after we walk past this tree, we will enter the attack range area of the Mutant Banyan Tree."
Hearing this, Xie Zhou turned to his team and said, "Everyone, be careful."
While the ability-users didn’t take his words to heart, the guards pulled out their blades and replied in unison, "Understood."
Seeing this, the Phantom Team members didn’t say anything and pulled out their weapons. Since everyone was ability-users, they increased their speed and reached the area where they were attacked yesterday in half an hour.
This time, they didn’t walk on the ground but leaped from one tree to another. At first, everyone was confused by this. But when they were one hundred meters away from the Mutant Banyan Tree, they finally understood the reason.
With so many vines and roots crawling on the ground, they would end up as the mutant tree’s fertilizer if they walked on the ground.
Xie Zhou observed the situation for a while before he asked, "Vice Captain Zhang, we will follow your plan."
Zhang Yuan nodded and exchanged glances with his team members. The next moment, Fu Guai suddenly leaped into the air and flew toward the Mutant Banyan Tree.
When the members saw this, they quickly followed him. Before they even got close to the Mutant Banyan Tree, the vines crawling on the ground were already shooting toward them at a fast speed.
Fu Guai was tasked to pull and keep the attention of the mutant tree so his team would have time to enter its attack range. So when he saw that the vines attacked the members, he raised his hand and several fireballs the size of watermelons flew toward the mutant tree.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
While the attack power of the skill he copied was only seventy percent, it was enough to burn most of the vines. As the fireballs exploded upon contact, they blew off a small part of the roots.
The mutant tree was enraged and swung its thick roots at Fu Guai.
Seeing the incoming attack, he flipped his body and dodged. The next moment, he flew toward the mutant tree and swung his arms.
Crash! Crash!
Thanks to his sharp nails, the vines aiming at him were cut off. Green liquid spurted out from the broken part and stained the ground. As soon as the green liquid touched the rotten leaves on the ground, a sizzling sound was heard.
When Zhang Yuan and the rest of the team arrived, they saw this. "Be careful, the green liquid is corrosive," Yin Yusheng reminded them.
Hearing this, Cheng Rui’s eyes lit up. The corner of his lips lifted as he muttered, "This is interesting."
"Keep a low profile," Cheng Yue reminded him.
"I know."
Before he even finished his words, he had already dashed toward the mutant tree. At the same time, the bracelets on his wrists turned into countless twenty-centimeter needles.
With a wave of his hands, the needles flew toward the massive trunk and pierced it.
Stab! Stab! Stab!
When the other mercenaries saw this, they sneered, and one of them said, "Foolish! Do you think your small needles can deal any damage to this massive tree?"
Just after he said this, Cheng Rui raised his hand and sneered. The next moment, he swung his hand down.
Crack! Boom!
A thick lightning bolt suddenly descended from above the mutant tree and struck it directly. With the metal needles acting as current conductors, the lightning spread to every part of the tree at a frightening speed.
The mutant tree let out a high-pitched shriek as its inside was burned by the lightning attack. Not only did it suffer damage, its movement also slowed down.
Seeing the opening, Yin Yusheng and Pei Yixie dashed toward the mutant tree and stabbed their weapons into the thick trunk. Unfortunately, the tree bark was tough and they failed to pierce it.
Noticing this, both of them glanced at Cheng Rui. They wondered what level he was. Both of them were level-one ability-users and couldn’t even break the tree bark. But he was able to pierce it with his needles easily.
It was rare for him to fight a high-level enemy, so Cheng Rui forgot his brother’s reminder and went all out.
With a wave of his hand, the metal needles flew back and changed shape. In less than three seconds, the needles merged and turned into five metal rods. As he dodged the vines’ attack, he spread the rods and placed them around the mutant tree.
The moment Cheng Yue saw this, he knew what his brother wanted to do. If it had been before, he wouldn’t have stopped him. But now there were lots of people around the mutant tree. If he used this move, he would not only damage the mutant tree, but also injure those around it.
Reaching this conclusion, he shouted, "Everyone, retreat!"
As soon as they heard this, the guards and most of the mercenaries quickly distanced themselves from the mutant tree, leaving several mercenaries who ignored his warning.
Noticing that his brother had already finished his preparation, Cheng Yue no longer had time to warn them. He quickly raised his hands and built an earth wall around the mutant tree.
The moment the wall was built, the sky darkened, and several lightning bolts as thick as tree trunks struck down.
Crack! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The attack was so strong that it shook the ground. The lightning not only burned the mutant tree’s canopy but also turned the vines, roots, and nearby vegetation into ashes.