Chapter 288

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Chapter 288: The Beginning of Evolution
Zhang Mu truly did not anticipate the abnormality of the Bottle Gourd; he had always thought Bottle Gourd had merged with the Blood Lotus, but now it seemed not to be the case.
Blood Lotus was like trouble coming, causing the seed that wanted to grow and the Bottle Gourd in its body to fight each other.
Near the tiny Bottle Gourd, a familiar light barrier instantly rose, pushing away everything nearby including the vines of Blood Lotus.
The Blood Lotus was relatively unharmed, just pushed away, while the unfamiliar energy of the seed became the target of the Bottle Gourd’s outburst. The energy, carrying a scent of annihilation, surged out and covered the part the seed intended to touch, catching the seed off guard.
Crush! Disintegrate!
In an instant, before the seed could react, a part of what had sprouted from it turned into powder, floating outside the light barrier of the Bottle Gourd.
The energy from the root system of that part, when turned into powder, was completely absorbed by the red mist inside the light barrier, leaving nothing behind.
The remaining roots of the plant seed were suddenly pushed away, but a part of the roots that had been close to the Bottle Gourd was shaken out of the vines of the Blood Lotus.
A first-rank Bottle Gourd faced off against this second-rank unfamiliar plant seed.
Victory!
Is this where Blood Lotus gets its confidence from?
The second-rank seed, lacking intelligence, instantly gathered the absorbed energy while being knocked away, and unleashed its ability without warning.
On the tip of its bud, black droplets of liquid began to drip down. When the roots touched part of the vines of the Blood Lotus, bursts of green smoke emerged. The areas it touched were completely corroded, with some tendency to spread outward.
This venom is a real corrosive substance, causing Blood Lotus to spasm in pain, even the main vine could not help but twitch.
However, despite this, Blood Lotus tightly wrapped its small roots around the body of the sprouting second-rank seed, refusing to let go.
Zhang Mu felt Blood Lotus’s pain and understood the dominance of this venom. He narrowed his eyes, looking at the small thing that seemed to be attached near the core vine of the Blood Lotus like a creeper.
Is the ability of this second-rank mutated plant corrosive tissue fluid?
Is it second-rank or first-rank awakening ability? If so, what other ability does it have?
Why would this mutated plant do such a thing?
After leaving the body of the Blood Lotus, does it not lack a source of energy?
After taking a closer look for a second, Zhang Mu suddenly understood the intention of this seed.
It wants to leave the body of the Blood Lotus and burrow into the soil to take root and grow.
This already sprouted seed has absorbed enough nutrients from the Blood Lotus to start growing, and now is the best time to leave.
Not wanting to be assimilated by the Blood Lotus, it chose the perfect moment to leave, even though Zhang Mu was still providing a constant supply of blood as nourishment. It felt no attachment at all.
The program set by the Era Store dictates that once a seed has taken root and sprouted in the soil, it cannot be transplanted elsewhere. This is to prevent a mutant plant from being used repeatedly. If forcefully transplanted, the plant will wither and lose its vitality.
Regardless of the level of this mutant plant and its strong adaptability, if transplanted forcibly, it will only end up withering, as controlled by the set program from the depths of the Era Store.
In the past, some stubborn leaders attempted to defy this rule, but they only wasted a mutant plant seed.
Unlike usual newly discovered plant seeds, this seed actually showed intelligence when it started sprouting!
And it’s definitely not low!
The features set by Era Store are not meant for it to be easily devoured by others.
Without Zhang Mu’s urging, Blood Lotus has already noticed this and activated Bottle Gourd.
Between the two of them, it’s like a symbiotic relationship where no one is swallowing each other, but Blood Lotus has the upper hand. Bottle Gourd still listens to Blood Lotus. Its body keeps swaying, the red mist spreading out, but it has no effect on Blood Lotus’s body.
The seed sensed the danger. The oozing venom used to flow down, but now it’s compressed and sprayed towards the incoming red mist.
However, perhaps even it itself didn’t expect that its venom, upon touching the red mist, struggled for a few breaths and then directly vanished!
Yes, it vanished!
It completely disappeared without any special traces, just like any other ordinary substance, being digested into the most basic energy under the dissolution of the red mist.
Just like that, it was absorbed by Bottle Gourd!