Beast Taming: Abyssal Descent
Chapter 551 - 400: Prison of Roots Filling the Sky (Part 2)
Perhaps because the trunk of the car was open, Transformers kept appearing and disappearing from inside, allowing the hidden Silver Cannibal Tree to discover the location of the hidden Wolf King.
The ten gigantic root whips seemed to have locked onto a target, soaring into the sky, streaking towards the clouds.
In a blink of an eye, they reached the altitude where the Wolf King was situated.
However, these tendrils did not pause; instead, they surpassed the distance to the Wolf King in the air, advancing an additional hundred meters.
Then, the ten robust roots explosively scattered like a heavenly maiden scattering flowers, shooting in all directions.
Countless small tendrils formed a massive net, enveloping the entire sky in darkness, as if intending to block sunlight and trap the entire sky covered by these roots!
At the same time, countless tendrils burst forth from the Twin Towers and nearby skyscrapers, forming a similarly gigantic net of roots, rapidly spreading across the sky.
In less than two breaths, the space spanning nearly a kilometer became enshrouded by the massive root network, forming an extraordinarily vast web!
But it didn’t stop there; perhaps the Silver Cannibal Tree feared its prey escaping, as all the roots within a hundred-mile radius began to boil and madly grow under its control.
These tendrils layered and piled upon the gigantic root network, reinforcing, thickening, and strengthening it!
In just ten breaths, the sky where the Wolf King was turned into utter darkness, with not a single light penetrating the root network.
From an outside view, it seemed as if the area around the Twin Towers was covered by an inverted bowl of roots!
Inside this bowl of roots, the space was quickly compressing, with countless roots splitting from the overhead network and beginning to crisscross within.
Mo Qingchen watched all this without any action, his eyes devoid of fear.
But Wang Xiao’Er beside him was so terrified that he almost wet his pants.
"Mo, Mo, Brother Mo, what, what should we do? We’re trapped! Will we be eaten by this damn tree?!"
(Ĭ^Ĭ)!!!
Ever since seeing the densely packed heads on the crown of the Silver Cannibal Tree, Wang Xiao’Er had felt chill down his spine.
And now, being trapped by the roots of this Silver Cannibal Tree, being found was only a matter of time, perhaps a very brief one.
Wang Xiao’Er couldn’t help but be scared!
Currently, he was merely an Intermediate Beastmaster, with his strongest Guardian Beast, the Mechanical Bear King, only at Tier Six Peak.
The Silver Cannibal Tree was at least of a Tier Nine Peak level. Now that they were trapped by it, it wouldn’t be long before they were caught.
"You’re overthinking it. This thing is just like that.
Wolf King, initiate Phase Shift, enter the Dimension Space crevice."
The base transformed by Grey Wolf had long developed the ability to slip into spatial crevices.
The Silver Cannibal Tree lacked spatial abilities, so this assault and blockade posed no threat to them.
"At your command, Master!"
The moment the Wolf King’s voice rang out, the whole truck trembled slightly, and a layer of translucent Energy Shield enveloped it.
The next second, the Energy Shield produced some extreme distortion, which also twisted the surrounding space, allowing the Wolf King to easily slip into the Dimension Space crevice.
Seeing everything happen instantaneously, especially after watching the window turn into abyss-like darkness with scattered light spots, Wang Xiao’Er was completely dumbfounded.
At the same time, he saw five or six roots from the overhead net pierce through the Wolf King, as if passing through nothing, directly penetrating without any effect.
It seemed like the Wolf King hadn’t moved from its position, but it had already slipped into the crevice of the Dimension Space.
The two were no longer in the same space, so the Silver Cannibal Tree’s roots couldn’t possibly catch Mo Qingchen and the others.
However, the dozen or more Transformers that hadn’t been recovered met their doom.
Initially, the Silver Cannibal Tree, eager to complete the entrapment, ignored these bombarding Transformers.
But now the situation was different. From the root net, countless roots hung down, such that the distance between any two was no more than five meters.
From top to bottom, from sky to ground, nothing could hide from them.
These roots began to grow horizontally, interlocking with each other, forming a new net within the root cage.
Unfortunately, there was no harvest. The large Transformers seemed to appear from void only to return, with no trace ever left behind.
This scene left the Silver Cannibal Tree bewildered yet raging, leading countless tendrils to entwine and bind the Transformers.
The powerful tendrils grew small fibers along the seams of the Transformers, penetrating and starting to dismantle the enemy from within.
Pieces of metal plates were disassembled.
In just a few minutes, more than ten Transformers were reduced to separate scraps of metal.
This naturally fell under Mo Qingchen’s observation, but what puzzled him was why the Silver Cannibal Tree didn’t just violently dismantle them.
The Wolf King’s sensors indicated the tensile strength of these roots far exceeded Tier Six levels.
With force, they could easily crush the Transformers into a ball of scrap metal.
"Brother Mo, what should we do now? Just watch?"
Wang Xiao’Er felt his scalp tingle at the sight of the numerous roots and wanted to leave this perilous place immediately.
Alas, he dared not express it. Clearly, Mo Qingchen was here because of the Silver Cannibal Tree.
"No problem, just wait."
Previously, the Wolf King deployed quite a few insect robots; some remained in the air, unnoticed by the Silver Cannibal Tree due to their small size.
Now, a few insect robots have reached outside the root bowl through various gaps.
Observing the situation outside the root web displayed by the Wolf King, Mo Qingchen stroked his chin, finding it interesting.
Outside, sunlight was abundant, warm and pleasant, not glaring, providing a comfortable temperature.
Yet when this sunlight fell upon the roots, large clouds of black smoke appeared.
It’s as if the warm sunlight was roasting the roots, drawing moisture from them bit by bit.
The external roots rapidly withered. Without the Silver Cannibal Tree continuously regenerating new roots, it wouldn’t be long before the entire outer layer withered and shattered.
The Silver Cannibal Tree fears sunlight!
Or rather, sunlight is its nemesis!
No wonder its tendrils dared only lurk within the red mist, utilizing the concealing fog to cover the entire ruined city.
Even those roots hiding within skyscrapers are somewhat affected, losing some of their vibrant Life Force.
"If we have Grey Wolf create a device to absorb the red mist, perhaps in no time, the Silver Cannibal Tree’s roots would suffer a heavy blow."
The root system of the Silver Cannibal Tree covered an entire gigantic city, and anyone witnessing this would feel terror.
Upon arriving at Red Mist City and seeing the Silver Cannibal Tree’s handiwork, even Mo Qingchen was startled.
But now understanding what it fears, he’s no longer as afraid.
"Grey Wolf, did you see what the Silver Cannibal Tree created? Try to develop a device that absorbs the red mist. We need to handle this colossal root system first."
Using the Wolf King’s communication system, Mo Qingchen directly gave the command.
"Boss, got it. Let the Wolf King deploy some collection robots to absorb a bit of red mist, and I’ll study it further."