Chapter 450: Monarch Piranha Flower

The silence of the forest was so eerie that no one knew what to do. There were no living creatures in the forest, only the plants seemed to grow well, but amongst these plants, there were no herbs or plants, other than the big trees.

Xue Wei frowned. The silence was interrupted by a rustle that reminded him of the leaves fluttering in the wind.

The only strange thing was that there was no wind.

The sound made Xue Wei and his friends go on high alert, the only one who was still casual was Lan, who was looking at them with amusement in his eyes.

Xue Wei had an urge to curse Lan and the last eight of his generations, as he felt that he had some serious bad luck to have ended up becoming his target.

His friends were also feeling slightly helpless. They all knew that Lan had targeted Xue Wei and had some strange plans for him, but no one knew exactly what these plans contained.

At least, they knew that Lan had no hostility towards Xue Wei, but most of the time, they could not understand what Lan was thinking, or what he had planned.

"I think we might be in trouble," Bai Tianyi suddenly whispered, and the others glanced at him, urging him to continue.

"I think I know what this is. I believe this is a very rare plant spirit known as the Monarch Piranha Flower. It lives in the forests' depths, and it will slowly grow, consuming every living thing within the forest, except for the trees.

"It consumes the plants, the beasts, and everything else that might venture into the forest. It has a conscience, and it is quite intelligent. Sometimes, when they are old enough, they can take on a human shape, but that would mean that they have lived here since ancient times.

"We need to be careful. If the plant has truly taken human shape, then we will be unable to fight back, but if it has not, then we still have a chance."

Xue Wei's expression turned dignified, his eyes flashing with ruthlessness.

"We can only continue forward," he said after contemplating for some time. "Let us be extra alert, and keep observing our surroundings. When the flower launches an attack, keep your guard up and attack with all you got."

The others nodded their heads; their energy was coursing through their meridians while they were looking around and slowly advancing.

As they moved forward, they came to the depths of the forest. There was no light, no movements, only the occasional rustle.

As they reached the middle of the forest, they were suddenly blocked by a massive wall of thorny rose vines.

"No doubt about it, it is the Monarch Piranha Flower," Bai Tianyi whispered, causing the others to be on high alert.

"The flower has noticed us long ago," Hei Gou suddenly said. "The rustling sound has followed us for a long time; it is clear that it has been waiting for us to reach the main body. It is not willing to even move for the meal."

Xue Wei looked at Lin Xiao. "Call out the Luan Birds," he said, and while Lin Xiao was puzzled, he did as he was told.

The Luan birds flew above the heads of their owners, looking at the dense thicket of thorny vines in front of them.

Usually, these birds would chirp and fly about with happiness, but now there was an unprecedented seriousness in their eyes as they landed on the shoulders of their owners.

Xue Wei lifted his hand, and an intense flame appeared on his hand. This was no ordinary flame, but because of the many resources that Xue Wei had fed it in the Ascended's Realm, and because of the Vermilion Bird Flame, it had risen it's rank to that of a Divine Flame.

Feeling the heat from the flame, the vines trembled slightly, but they were not retreating. The stubbornness of the Monarch Piranha Flower was beyond Xue Wei's expectations, but it was even weirder that it had not attempted to attack them yet; as if it was just a protective layer that protected the main body.

Xue Wei felt that something was wrong, but he could not put his finger on what it was. He waved his hand, and a few fireballs flew towards the thorny wall, exploding upon contact and destroying a few vines.

He frowned. These vines were much more robust than he had expected. To be able to withstand his Divine Flame like this was no easy feat, so he made another fireball, this time much bigger than before, and threw it at the dense thicket.

This time, a big dent could be seen in the wall of the thorny vines, but not long after, these vines began moving and growing back as if they had never been injured before.

Xue Wei felt increasingly uncomfortable.

He was attacking what was known to be the most ruthless and intelligent flower spirit in the world, but it did not return any attacks.

"I believe something serious is happening inside," Xue We said with a frown on his face. "We need to destroy this wall."

The Luan Birds understood his words and flew into the air where they began throwing one flame after another at the wall of thorny vines, and the others quickly followed suit.

Bai Tianyi was using his soul swords to chop down vine after vine, Luoluo was freezing them and shattering them into pieces, while Hei Gou was having fun with some bombs he had crafted.

Soon, the group had cut their way through the wall that had been blocking their advance, and what they saw on the other side caused them to gasp in shock.