69novels Chapter 133 Being friends isn't impossible, Venomous Tree Centipede
Chapter 133 Being friends isn't impossible, Venomous Tree Centipede
Chapter 133 Being friends isn't impossible, Venomous Tree Centipede
A mountain-like, substantial sense of oppression rolled in, the oppression of a demigod, as if to freeze the surrounding space.
Xia Fa's heart tightened suddenly, as if he had returned to the time when he first faced Tyrean before signing the secret contract.
A strange current immediately shot out from the coccyx and covered the cerebral cortex.
Although the oppressive feeling from the demigod disappeared immediately, Xia Fa was secretly alarmed.
Only now did he realize just how vast the difference was between the severely injured Chains of Restraint and the Venomous Tree in its normal state, despite both being demigods.
Fortunately, he had a vague feeling that he had the strength to fight back.
Although it was impossible to kill the venomous tree, he didn't seek to kill it. He only wanted to fight a little longer in the Silver Throne state to greatly improve his comprehension progress.
Wow!
A massive amount of mercury vapor emerged, engulfing the surrounding branches and leaves. Almost instantly, Rhine silver mercury surged from his entire body, and before Xia Fa could even get up, he had already transformed into a three-meter-tall silver-white metallic humanoid.
Beep!
The next moment, a highly destructive beam of mercury light pierced through the thick, viscous mercury vapor and headed straight for the venomous tree centipede!
All of this happened in an instant. The Venomous Tree had barely turned its enormous head to spot Xiafa when it was already met with the attack of the Destructive Silver!
Suddenly, everything within a hundred-meter radius around it turned a chilling deep purple.
The deep purple color seemed capable of corroding or poisoning everything. The fur of the rabbits and sparrows that had fallen to the ground immediately fell off, and their muscles dissolved rapidly as if they had been splashed with sulfuric acid, with purple bubbles rising up. When the bubbles burst, toxic smoke rose straight into the sky.
Even the towering trees, dense shrubs, vines, and branches around were instantly corroded away, turning into gray-black powder that scattered everywhere.
In fact, it felt to Xia Fa that he was melting away even faster than if he had been thrown into lava!
Although the deep purple area was only a hundred meters long, my spiritual intuition was giving me a frantic warning, as if it were telling me not to step into it!
Once inside, no being below the level of demigod can escape!
It was at this moment that the mercury beam struck the deep purple area.
The next moment, an unbelievable scene unfolded!
Even though the fallen leaves and soil in the deep purple area had been corroded into poisonous water, the mercury beam directly pierced through that dense, deep purple.
It aimed straight at the head of that poisonous tree!
The potent poison that can corrode everything is actually ineffective against the Destructive Silver!
Xia Fa was overjoyed, only then remembering that silver is a metal that can detoxify and even inhibit fungi and bacteria.
As a superior metal of silver in mysticism, the Destruction Silver is likely to have even stronger detoxification and toxicity-suppressing abilities!
Just as the destructive silver was about to strike the Venomous Tree's head, suddenly, the unstoppable beam of mercury seemed to pass through a phantom, causing it no damage whatsoever.
Xia Fa could see clearly that the mercury beam had indeed passed through the head of the poison tree, but it had indeed failed to cause any damage.
What's going on?
Seeing that the thousands of segmented legs of the poisonous tree were about to move and attack him, Xia Fa's mind suddenly stirred, and his eyes flashed with a sharp light.
The destructive silver pillar of light, which had just flown behind the head of the Venomous Tree and above the body of the seven-colored insect, suddenly seemed to "freeze."
Even the enormous kinetic energy was instantly dissipated, transforming into a silver pillar ten meters long and as thick as a water bucket, which plummeted straight down.
As it fell, spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the silver pillar, from which extremely dazzling light burst forth.
boom!!!
The next moment, the ten-meter-long silver pillar suddenly exploded, creating a violent mercury storm above the poisonous tree!
Countless fragments of exploding silver scattered in the blast, incredibly strong and sharp, almost enveloping the massive body of the Venomous Tree, threatening to injure it.
But then, something equally surprising happened.
The body of the venomous tree seemed illusory, or perhaps nonexistent, as the fragments of exploding silver struck it, yet they all passed right through it.
The exploding silver fragments shot into the purple venom on the ground without any hindrance, even penetrating all the way underground, making a clanging sound as if they had hit solid rock or a mineral vein.
What's going on?
Xia Fa was somewhat stunned. Could it be that after the Venomous Tree became a demigod, its body could also become ethereal?
How can we fight like this!
But he immediately realized something was wrong.
His spiritual intuition surged, and the scenes of the battle just now resurfaced in his mind.
The destructive silver beam pierced through the deep purple veil and was about to strike its head when its massive head seemed to sway slightly.
Because it was shaking so fast, Xia Fa didn't notice it at all and thought its body had become ethereal.
As for the exploding silver ingot, the poisonous tree moved its body with incredible agility, directly dodging all the fragments that were shot at it!
After hiding, it calmly returned to its original spot, which created the illusion of its insect body becoming ethereal.
Xia Fa thought to himself that the poisonous tree centipede had a range of hundreds of meters and possessed incredible speed. He seriously doubted that even the Forbidden Chains at their peak would be devoured by this venomous tree centipede!
You can even tell by looking at the territory.
The territory of the forbidden chain is located about several tens of kilometers away from the exit of the Mist God Hunting Ground. It is surrounded by only towering trees, with no bushes for small prey to hide in, and no complex plant maze, resulting in very few prey.
This venomous tree centipede, however, lives deep within the dense, labyrinthine forest of the Mist God's Hunting Grounds, where supernatural creatures abound for it to hunt.
Of course, based on this deduction, the strongest one is still the Mist Scale Dragon cub, living in the deepest part of the southwest direction of the Mist God Hunting Ground, where there are probably more and more supernatural creatures.
Thinking this through, Xia Fa narrowed his eyes and began to ponder a solution.
Since their attacks are unlikely to be effective, should they simply flee or fight on for a while longer?
Of course, he also understood that this was because he was only at the insect level.
Fungus, insect, eagle, wolf, elephant, whale, demigod—I've crossed four ranks and one level to challenge a fully-formed demigod-level supernatural being; it's indeed a bit too much of a stretch.
Xia Fa gritted his teeth and quietly condensed a large lump of exploding silver behind the towering tree he was standing on, replacing most of the tree trunk.
He planned to fight for a while longer, and if he really couldn't win, he would detonate the exploding silver block and hide in the Star Spirit Realm!
call out!
Just then, the Venomous Tree Centipede suddenly spat out a glob of venom in his direction.
The venom was only the size of a fist, but the moment it flew over, all the plants along its path turned black and withered, even the exposed rocks on the ground rotted, giving one the feeling that it could strip away the vitality of all things.
Without a second thought, Xia Fa immediately sprayed out flowing red mercury from his shoulder horns, instantly forming a dome.
With a crack, followed by a rumbling sound, the towering tree he was hiding in decayed and carbonized before the poison even got close, and collapsed with a crash.
A surge of azure energy immediately rose around Xia Fa, allowing him to take flight and avoid falling to the ground.
If I lose my balance, the danger would be too great when facing a demigod-level supernatural being in a normal state!
pat!
Almost in the blink of an eye, a fist-sized glob of venom hit his Red Silver Armor.
Sizzle sizzle!
A toxic fumes, so strong it made your teeth ache, rose up, and the surrounding air became thick and sticky.
The mercury was rapidly consumed, and the venom was quickly neutralized as well.
Fortunately, Xiafa was able to replenish it in time, so not a single drop of venom or venomous mist entered the Red Mercury Shield until the venom was completely consumed.
"Wait, it seems like we can still fight a bit longer."
This venom is undoubtedly one of the most powerful attacks from this poisonous tree, but not only can I use the Destructive Silver to break through its poisonous zone, it seems that I can also use the Red Silver to completely resist its venom and poisonous mist.
Xia Fa became bolder and decided to try again.
Although it was a bit risky and there was a possibility of getting injured, he was prepared to escape at any time.
The thought that Pompeii, the demigod, might discover him at any moment, especially the mysterious ruler behind him, was unbearable.
To become stronger, to advance my understanding of the Silver Throne's secret pact, and to sign the Gate of Stars, a supreme-level secret pact with life-saving and escape capabilities.
Xia Fa decided to go all out!
But just then, with a "pop," the venomous tree centipede shook its head and absorbed the deep purple venomous ground within a hundred-meter radius around it into its body.
Immediately, it opened its mouth and spat out ice shards carrying a cold wind, which formed a large ice platform directly below Xiafa in the air.
The ice seemed to have an antidote effect, quickly neutralizing the surrounding purple venom into clear water.
Beneath the clear water, as fallen leaves and soil have dissolved, the gray-black rocks closer to the earth's crust are revealed.
The Venomous Tree raised its head, its scarlet eyes turning a calm black, and stared fixedly at Xia Fa.
Xia Fa was slightly taken aback. What was he going to do?
Whether it was his imagination or not, he vaguely sensed a benevolent intent emanating from the Venomous Tree through his spiritual intuition.
But Xiafa dared not be careless. Even ordinary wild beasts like brown bears or wolves are very cunning, let alone supernatural creatures that have reached the level of demigods.
Some of the supernatural beings with demigod status are intelligent, even far surpassing humans in intelligence. Even this poisonous tree and those restrictive chains are probably not much less intelligent than humans.
Thus, Xia Fa maintained his red and silver protective shield posture, using the blue airflow to hold himself up in the air, showing no intention of descending.
The poisonous tree stared at him intently for a long while, then suddenly seemed to sigh and open its mouth to spit something out.
This time, it spat out a fiery bead, which flew towards the icy platform.
Xia Fa could see clearly that as the bead flew, everything around it that had been corroded by the poison began to automatically purify itself, turning the black tree trunks into normal ash. The rabbit carcass, now only bones, lost the purple color from its bones, and even the air filled with purple poisonous mist became fresher.
After spitting out the bead, the Venomous Tree ignored Xia Fa and turned to face the disguised giant lizard, which was the size of a small truck, extending its sharp mouthparts.
The mouthparts pierced into the abdomen of the disguised monitor lizard, and soon thick blood rose from the translucent mouthparts, indicating that it had begun to suck the organs and muscles of the disguised monitor lizard that had turned into blood.
As it ate, a look of pleasure appeared in its calm black eyes. It quickly sucked all the blood out of its abdominal cavity, then turned its body around, its back to Xiafa, and plunged its mouthparts into the head of the disguised monitor lizard once more.
Xia Fa was really mistaken this time. Judging from the looks of it, this demigod-level Poison Tree wasn't planning to fight him.
Even their backs were completely exposed.
Of course, he also understood that if he launched a sneak attack, the Venomous Tree's incredible speed would allow it to easily dodge, which was why it dared to be so brazen.
Out of caution, Xia Fa thought for a moment, then flipped his hand and took out a citrine crystal, making a simple divination.
The targets were simple: the fiery red bead that had landed on the icy platform, and the platform itself, to see if it was truly non-poisonous and if it could truly be used to detoxify.
This simple occupation was completed almost instantly, and Xia Fa obtained very clear information.
That is—none of them are poisonous!
Moreover, those fiery red beads seem to be able to neutralize most of the poison from the Venomous Tree Centipede!
For some reason, Xia Fa breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a little embarrassed.
This poisonous tree had shown the utmost sincerity from the very beginning, yet I remained on guard at every turn.
But there was nothing he could do. After all, this was a supernatural being of demigod rank, while he was merely an insect-level being. When it came to matters of life and death, it was no big deal to be a little more cautious.
Immediately, Xia Fa dispelled the azure aura surrounding him and landed on the icy platform.
As soon as he landed, Xia Fa felt an instinctive sense of refreshment, as if the poisonous fog that permeated the world could no longer penetrate him, and he no longer needed to use mercury red to protect himself.
Immediately afterwards, Xia Fa bent down and picked up the fiery red bead.
It feels heavy in the hand, warm, and slightly hot.
Boom!
The moment the fiery red bead was grasped, it suddenly emitted an invisible wave.
However, this invisible fluctuation was not aimed at Xia Fa, but instead completely cleared away the purple poisonous mist that had spread within a radius of several hundred meters.
Even the areas on the ground that had been corroded into toxic water were cleaned up and replaced with clean water.
Xia Fa suddenly felt a sense of security for no apparent reason, and looked up at the poisonous tree that was feeding.
He cautiously approached it.
The poisonous tree was still sucking the blood from the disguised monitor lizard's head, and the blood rising from its mouthparts was even mixed with white brain matter, as if the rich and mellow taste fascinated it.
As Xia Fa, in his three-meter-tall metallic humanoid form, approached, it didn't react much and continued to absorb the energy on its own.
Xia Fa finally realized that this incredibly powerful demigod-level supernatural being truly had no ill intentions towards him, and had even shown great goodwill.
Otherwise, at such close range, it only needs to turn its head and thrust its mandibles to inflict fatal injury on itself!
Of course, Xia Fa was not without precautions. He had already gathered a large amount of mystical living silver in his heart, brain and other parts of his body, ready to be converted into red mercury with extremely good defensive properties at any time.
The venomous tree suddenly raised its enormous head, swallowed the last mouthful of blood and brain matter, and went into its belly.
Then, it, which was as tall as a two-story building, turned its colorful insect body around, lowered its head, and looked at Xia Fa with its calm black eyes.
Xia Fa also raised his head and looked at it.
The poisonous tree meant no harm, but he couldn't understand why it would suddenly act this way.
They were fighting to the death just moments ago.
Suddenly, the poisonous tree lowered its head, and Xia Fa immediately stepped aside. It was seen that the tree used its colorful tentacles to carve three secret characters on the rocks exposed on the clear water surface.
These three cryptic texts all resemble children's scribbles.
But Xia Fa understood its meaning at a glance.
The first secret message was its way of saying that it no longer wanted to fight Xiafa, that Xiafa couldn't do anything to it, and that its poison was useless against Xiafa.
The second secret message invites Xiafa to become its friend. If Xiafa agrees, it will take Xiafa to a place.
Strangely, the third cryptic message directly revealed the location.
That place is about two thousand kilometers away from here, almost reaching the deepest part of the southwest direction of the Mist God Hunting Ground.
According to it, there is a giant white bear with six arms, also a demigod. It wants to invite Xia Fa to join it in killing the giant bear, and then they will divide the bear's body equally.
Moreover, according to it, Shafa's abilities seem to be very effective against the giant bear.
After reading the three cryptic inscriptions, Xia Fa couldn't help but chuckle to himself.
It seems that this venomous tree centipede isn't actually very intelligent?
The second cryptic message clearly stated that one must become friends with it before it would take them to a mysterious place.
But immediately in the third secret message, it directly revealed where that place was and what it contained.
More importantly, the fact that it wants to be friends with me is definitely not the way an adult thinks; adults are all about interests.
Instead, her tone wouldn't be so innocent.
Xia Fa had almost completely let his guard down when he looked up and smiled, saying:
"Okay, I can be your friend, but when are we leaving?"
After he said that, the Venomous Tree tilted its head, as if trying to understand what he was saying.
Xia Fa was slightly taken aback, and then realized that it was impossible for the Venom Tree to understand the Putong language commonly used in the Kingdom of Augu.
He then extended a sharp, silvery-white claw and carved a secret inscription into the soil, which represented the meaning of his earlier statement.
Xia Fa chose to carve the cipher text directly in the shape of a child's doodle, rather than in tadpole-shaped or wedge-shaped cipher text.
Because he had a vague guess that these cryptic symbols in the shape of children's scribbles were something that all living beings in the world, especially supernatural beings who had reached the level of demigods or above, were born with and could understand.
If the inscription were in a different shape, it might not be able to understand it. Sure enough, after Xia Fa carved the inscription, the Venomous Tree shook its head happily, seemingly quite pleased that Xia Fa agreed to be its friend.
It opened its mouth again and spat out a hairy ball. Then it lowered its huge head and used its head to push the hairy ball in front of Xia Fa, indicating that he should open it.
Xia Fa was somewhat curious, but by this point he was no longer worried about what kind of trap it was. With the intelligence of this venomous tree snail, it probably couldn't have designed such a cleverly linked trap to harm him when it had just gained his trust.
So, Xia Fa picked it up without worry and tore apart what looked like a ball of fur made up of the different colored hairs of many different animals.
But immediately, his pupils contracted, and he looked incredulously at what was inside the ball of fur, his eyes filled with immense surprise!