Chapter 13: Hunting the Undying Green Vine, The Mysterious Black-veiled girl
"This Undying Green Vine is definitely the optimal choice for my second Soul Ring. This kind of undying, inextinguishable vitality is exactly what I need right now."
Chu Chen locked his target onto the Undying Green Vine. This Undying Green Vine, with over four thousand years of cultivation, had vine tentacles capable of covering a hundred-meter radius.
They could sense information from one another and transmit surrounding data to the Undying Green Vine's main body at any time; to kill such a special Soul Beast, one could only attack its main body.
"The vegetation here is dense, and the Undying Green Vine is hidden so well. If someone were to stumble in here by mistake, they would likely suffer a great loss."
Chu Chen relied on his flight ability to perfectly discover the Undying Green Vine's near-perfect camouflage.
This special plant-type Soul Beast could even bury its tentacles deep underground, covering the entire range above and below ground with just a single thin tentacle, allowing it to launch a fatal strike at any time and place.
Furthermore, the place where the Undying Green Vine resided was bound to have an extremely thick aura of life, and the vine itself could even devour the power of other surrounding plant Soul Beasts to continuously strengthen itself!
"Although this Undying Green Vine is famous for its vitality, these tentacles hidden everywhere can deliver a fatal blow at any moment."
The Blue Silver Emperor condensed in Chu Chen's hand as he planned to gather his strongest strike to directly attack the Undying Green Vine's main body.
However, at that moment, a fox-shaped Soul Beast scurrying in a hurry broke into the area. Not far from the fox-shaped Soul Beast, a girl was rapidly approaching, wearing a black veil that completely obscured her features.
Chu Chen recognized that fox-shaped Soul Beast; it was a Mystic Fox, which possessed extremely strong healing abilities.
Clearly, that Black-veiled girl was hunting this Mystic Fox.
Holding a dagger, the girl condensed Soul Power under her feet as she continuously closed in on the Mystic Fox. The Mystic Fox's leg was injured, and it was clearly unable to continue fleeing.
"Got you..."
The girl said breathlessly. Holding the dagger, she quickly approached and decisively killed the Mystic Fox with one strike. This Mystic Fox, with a cultivation of only a hundred-year level, had no ability to resist at all.
As a Soul Beast that only possessed healing abilities, it was already in an extremely weak position among Soul Beast groups!
"Why does she want to absorb the Mystic Fox's Soul Ring? Could her Martial Soul be a healing system Martial Soul? Then there should be someone accompanying her; otherwise, how could a healing Soul Master kill a Soul Beast with their own abilities?"
Chu Chen kept a constant eye on the status of the Undying Green Vine.
Although the appearance of the girl and the Mystic Fox had disrupted Chu Chen's plan, it seemed the Undying Green Vine had not reacted yet.
After the Mystic Fox was killed, its energy condensed into a hundred-year Soul Ring. The Black-veiled girl, after ensuring the surroundings were safe, began to absorb the Mystic Fox's Soul Ring.
An exquisite begonia flower bloomed in the girl's hand amidst a burst of light that looked like colored glass!
"Is this the Nine-Heart Begonia? Is she Ye Lingling?"
How could Chu Chen not recognize the Nine-Heart Begonia Martial Soul? As such, it made sense for Ye Lingling to choose to absorb the Mystic Fox's Soul Ring.
*Rustle...*
Suddenly, a slight ripple was felt. Under Chu Chen's keen perception of his surroundings, he noticed the Undying Green Vine making a move as a green vine emerged not far from Ye Lingling.
*Swish!*
The tip of the green vine was incredibly sharp, creating bursts of air-piercing sounds.
Ye Lingling opened her eyes, and her face instantly turned pale upon seeing this scene. She had already entered the critical moment of absorbing the Soul Ring and could not be interrupted at all!
Watching the green vine whistling through the air, a sense of despair surged in Ye Lingling's heart. However, at that moment, a Blue Silver Emperor burst from the ground, quickly condensing into a wall to block the strike for Ye Lingling.
Under Ye Lingling's astonished gaze, Chu Chen quickly appeared. Then, the Blue Silver Emperor Binding around his hand condensed, transforming into a long spear under the extreme compression of Soul Power.
The long spear was thrown, locking onto the Undying Green Vine's main body.
This Undying Green Vine clearly possessed some basic intelligence; it also condensed its vines into a wall like Chu Chen had, but it underestimated the piercing power of Chu Chen's Blue Silver Emperor, which had completely condensed Soul Power and vitality.
*Boom!*
This spear stabbed directly into the Undying Green Vine's main body. Instantly, the ground for a hundred meters around seemed to tremble.
Looking closely, those were actually tentacles trembling violently. Seeing this scene, even Chu Chen felt some physical discomfort. He landed from the air beside Ye Lingling.
Through the black veil on Ye Lingling's face, Chu Chen seemed to be able to see the shock revealed in her eyes.
"You are..."
Ye Lingling spoke, her voice carrying a hint of inquiry, but her cold personality prevented her from continuing. At this moment, she had entered the most critical stage of absorbing the Soul Ring.
"Absorb your Soul Ring with peace of mind."
Chu Chen's voice came through. For some reason, Ye Lingling only felt an extra sense of security in her heart. Even though she didn't know who the youth before her was, his Martial Soul was clearly just Blue Silver Grass—how could it compete with the Undying Green Vine?
Chu Chen's previous strike had truly enraged the Undying Green Vine. Tentacles flailed in the air before falling heavily, each strike carrying massive force.
*Boom!*
Chu Chen quickly dodged, then released the Blue Silver Emperor. No matter how strong the Undying Green Vine was, it was ultimately a plant-type Soul Beast.
As long as it was a plant, it would inevitably be suppressed by the Blue Silver Emperor!
Even just the aura was enough to make the Undying Green Vine feel wary, let alone the fact that Chu Chen chose to fully release the Blue Silver Emperor at this moment. Clusters of Blue Silver Emperor tore through the ground, striking down the green vines in the air with the same piercing momentum.
Next, Chu Chen controlled the Blue Silver Grass to wrap Ye Lingling in layers, like a cocoon that was incubating.
"With the aura suppression of the Blue Silver Emperor, this Undying Green Vine won't be able to hurt Ye Lingling. Next, I can focus on dealing with you."
With every step Chu Chen took, Blue Silver Emperor bloomed around him. In contrast, the Undying Green Vine's tentacles retreated repeatedly; this was the Blue Silver Emperor's absolute suppression over all plant Soul Beasts.
"First Soul Skill, Life Streamer!"
The Blue Silver Emperor burst with surging blue-gold light. Then, vitality rapidly condensed, turning into a light of life that bathed Chu Chen's entire person, and his strength was completely enhanced.
He chose to fight the Undying Green Vine head-on. With the light of life formed by his first Soul Skill protecting him, Chu Chen was completely unafraid of the Undying Green Vine's attacks.
*Boom!* A green vine stabbed out, and seeing this, Chu Chen countered with a punch, sending the entire green vine flying. It fell to the ground, trembling violently. Then, Chu Chen condensed Soul Power, and that green vine actually withered away before the naked eye!