64 The Battle 1

Despite being armed with the newly constructed nano-machine exoskeleton armour, Long Yu cautiously approached the plant step by step.

As he closed in on the 30 meters mark, his muscles became taut, ready to burst into action. As soon as he notices any movement from the plant, he was prepared to dodge.

Contrary to his expectation, the vampire plant showed no movement even after he crossed this 30 meter mark. The blood red vines from before had yet to appear either.

Everything was perfectly still. It was as if the plant was asleep, like what Li Xue Lan mentioned during her encounter.

When he got close enough to touch the trunk, Long Yu took out a single Space Splitter Mine from the system storage. His five fingers envelop around the rim of the mine, with its flat surface facing outwards.

'First one down, three more to go…' he deftly attached it on top of the first mark created by the pellets, before twisting it into armed mode.

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Without stopping, Long Yu moved around the vampire plant towards the second mark on its trunk.

As he retrieved the second mine from the system storage, he heard a faint rustling sound above.

"So it finally decided to make a move…" Long Yu clicked his tongue.

The exoskeleton armour on his right leg burst into power, instantly propelling him forward as the force cracked the concrete road.

A blood red vine as thick as an adult's waist smashed onto Long Yu's original spot right after he dodged. The already cracked ground exploded into pieces of concrete which flew all over the place.

Sensing that its prey was difficult to capture, the vampire plant started sending out more vines, which creepily slithered out from its leaf covered crown.

"Now Xixi! Fire each missile in intervals like we planned," Long Yu's shout echoed from the dashboard of the Black Shark as Xixi quickly pulled the trigger on the joystick.

*Whoosh*

A mini anti-tank missile was launched from the side of the vehicle, flying straight towards the crown of the vampire plant.

'One, two…' Xixi nervously counted each second that passed after firing the first missile.

At the same time, Long Yu was struggling to avoid the ever increasing number of barrel thick vines. They were like relentless snakes chasing him all over the place.

Luckily, the armour provided him with extreme bursts of speed every time he jumped. He was able to rely on it to dodge incoming attacks that were not possible for ordinary humans.

However, he could no longer approach the second mark and was forced to retreat backwards.

As soon as the first missile arrived, a cluster of red vines that was chasing after Long Yu, quickly changed direction and intercepted the missile.

The vampire plant had clearly sensed danger and automatically protected its important part from damage.

*Boom*

An explosion followed by a thick plume of smoke occurred from the contact of the vines and the anti-tank missile.

'Chance!' Long Yu stopped retreating and burst forward with a single leap towards the second mark.

He made use of the opening and quickly armed a space splitter mine on top of the second mark.

Before Long Yu could even celebrate his success, the rustling sounds above him increased as if the leaves themselves were shaking.

Twenty, Fifty, One hundred…..

More and more blood red vines emerged from the vampire plant's crown as they angrily swept towards Long Yu, frightening him. It was like a tsunami of vines threatening to drown him.

"Xixi, slight change of plan! Decrease the intervals and keep firing at its crown!"

"Ah ye-yes, big brother!" Xixi anxiously replied as she gripped the joystick tightly in her little hand.

Initially, Long Yu contemplated whether to bring an adult like Li Xiao Lan to assist him with this task. However, he did not trust the female survivor enough to do so since they just met recently.

Despite Xixi's excessive enamour with food, she was always obedient and reliable. Therefore, left with no better option, Long Yu decided to trust Xixi to follow his instructions and control the Black Shark's weapon system.

Unbeknownst to him, with Luo Xi's soul secretly guiding the little girl from inside, there would have been no problems anyway.

Although the amount of vines that the vampire plant could produce was way more than Long Yu's expectation, he did not panic.

He calmed his mind and focused on avoiding the incoming vines while trying to move towards the position of the third mark.

Every time a boom resounded above him, Long Yu could feel the pressure on him decreasing. The threat of the missiles continuously forced the vampire plant to divert some vines to protect itself each time.

Suddenly, through his peripheral vision, he noticed that some of the damaged and burned red vines had already started to regenerate.

'Damn, I have to hurry!'

Long Yu was distracted by the sight and almost got hit by one of the vines.

*Boom*

When the last missile of the Black Shark was used up, he finally found an opening. He kicked at the side of an exposed root to change direction while ducking under a vine that swept at his head.

Just when he was about make contact with the third mark on the trunk, Long Yu hastily stomped his right foot on the ground and retreated with a back flip.

If he hadn't dodged at that moment, he would have been smashed from the side by a vine which was painted in scorch marks.

Unfortunately for him, some of the regenerated blood red vines had started to join the fray again, increasing the pressure on him.

"Xixi, switch to the grenade launcher now!" he shouted while manoeuvring around the trunk.

Just as he finished speaking, he heard a loud explosion from above.