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"Attack its trunk! Find a weak spot!" Gao Neng’s eyes scanned rapidly. Soon, he spotted a place on the Dark Ghost Vine’s body that had been blasted open by Li Tiannan’s liquid lightning.

If it were an undamaged part of the Dark Ghost Vine’s trunk, he definitely wouldn’t be able to break through its defense.

But this spot...

He thought he had a chance.

Plus, the Dark Ghost Vine was focused on stopping Gao Neng from escaping, which also gave Gao Neng an opportunity.

So, in an instant, Gao Neng commanded the Flying Earth Dragon to move.

Its two massive scythes, like a pair of daggers, stabbed straight toward the weak spot on the Dark Ghost Vine’s trunk.

BOOM!

The scythes pierced the Dark Ghost Vine’s trunk.

The Dark Ghost Vine’s body shuddered. Then, huge amounts of green liquid sprayed out frantically, dyeing the Flying Earth Dragon’s head green in an instant.

"SKREEE!!!"

"SKREE!!"

The Dark Ghost Vine shrieked incessantly.

Of course, while it shrieked, countless giant vines also whipped frantically at the Flying Earth Dragon.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

BOOM!

The Flying Earth Dragon was whipped until it cracked apart.

Several of its claws broke off completely.

One of its two wings was snapped right off.

The ground trembled ceaselessly.

Rumbling sounds echoed all around.

Meanwhile, the Dragon List Geniuses and adventurer teams on the ground were completely stunned.

"Gao Neng actually hit the Dark Ghost Vine?!"

"He broke through the Dark Ghost Vine’s defense!"

"So... so strong!"

If they were in disbelief when they saw Gao Neng manifest a Flying Earth Dragon several dozen zhang tall, now they were utterly terrified.

Truly terrified.

"Good kid, you’ve really got guts!" Sword Elder stared at the spot on the vine’s body pierced by Gao Neng, a sense of disbelief washing over him.

Something he himself couldn’t do.

Gao Neng had actually managed it?

SWOOSH!

Just then, another golden figure leaped into the air.

The golden figure leaped from one of the Dark Ghost Vine’s giant vines to the next. It grabbed onto them with its arms, propelling itself closer to Gao Neng’s position.

Closer!

Closer!

"Thrust!"

A spear shot out.

The air seemed to compress.

BOOM!

In the spot already broken open by Gao Neng, another massive hole appeared.

Green liquid splattered everywhere.

The Dark Ghost Vine’s body began to sway.

"It’s Shen Ning’Er!"

"Manifestation Fusion... It’s too strong!"

"..."

Cries of shock rose up once more.

"If Gao Neng and Shen Ning’Er can do it, so can we!"

"That’s right! Everyone, let’s go!"

"The Dark Ghost Vine is injured! We can beat it!"

Finally, Shaximo and some of the other high-ranking fighters also began to act.

They desperately charged toward the clusters of withered vines, no longer running away, but continuously pressing closer to the Dark Ghost Vine.

"Gao Neng and Shen Ning’Er have roused their fighting spirit!" A glint flashed in Sword Elder’s eyes. He did not stop them from attacking.

Even though he knew some of them might die as a result.

But sacrificing a few lives to ignite the fighting spirit in these Dragon List Geniuses was a worthy price. After all, the battlefields of the future would be far crueler than this one.

Powerful enemies were everywhere.

’Should they only know how to flee when facing a powerful enemy?’

’If that’s the case, there’s no point in fighting the war a year and a half from now. The number of powerful experts among the alien races will definitely be greater than the Human Alliance’s.’

’Only by fighting with everything they have is there a chance of victory.’

’In the decades of war between the Human Alliance and the alien races, which battle wasn’t won by giving it their all?’

"Kill!"

"Let’s give it our all against the Dark Ghost Vine!"

"Kill!"

The air filled with battle cries.

"Beast! Since you don’t know when to back down, you can die here!" Sword Elder finally moved, his body transforming into a sword as he thrust toward the Dark Ghost Vine’s trunk.

BOOM!

The Dark Ghost Vine was wounded again.

Its green blood rained down like a torrential downpour.

At the same time, Gao Neng found a second weak spot on the Dark Ghost Vine’s trunk and commanded his Flying Earth Dragon to charge it.

"Thrust!"

Even with only one scythe left.

’I have to pierce it!’

RIIIIP!

Another part of the trunk was torn open.

Not far away, the Furious Giant Ape that Shen Ning’Er had fused with was moving like a truly agile monkey, constantly searching for weak points on the Dark Ghost Vine’s body.

One thrust.

Another thrust!

Shen Ning’Er attacked with exhilarating ease!

And after every thrust, she would immediately move to a new spot.

One could say she was both ruthless and agile.

Finally, at that moment, Li Tiannan, who was high in the sky, finished "charging up."

"Gao Neng! Shen Ning’Er! Elder Jian! Get out of the way!" Li Tiannan roared as his entire body, once again wreathed in a huge ball of liquid lightning, shot downward.

"SKREEE!!!" The Dark Ghost Vine tilted its head back.

Gao Neng didn’t know if the Dark Ghost Vine actually had eyes.

But right now, the Dark Ghost Vine truly seemed to be "looking" at Li Tiannan. Moreover, Gao Neng could faintly sense the Dark Ghost Vine’s unwillingness to accept its fate.

It was grieving and indignant.

It was roaring in anger.

But it was also terrified.

RUMBLE!

RUMBLE!

Li Tiannan finally charged down.

Just like before, he once again slammed into the Dark Ghost Vine’s trunk.

Of course, he chose a different location this time.

It was a spot that had already been broken open—precisely the hole Gao Neng had previously punched through with a scythe.

BOOM!

Li Tiannan charged straight in.

Then, he immediately burst out from another side.

But the liquid lightning shrouding his body had completely vanished. Moreover, his face was slightly pale; he was clearly and truly drained.

At that moment, the entire world fell silent.

The withered vines stopped screaming.

The Dark Ghost Vine no longer roared.

There were hardly any sounds to be heard.

Gao Neng and Shen Ning’Er had both retreated at the first possible moment.

A vast spiritual shield emanated from Sword Elder’s body. This shield not only covered him but also the Dragon List Geniuses and adventurer team members charging up from below.

Time seemed to stop.

And then, a massive thunderclap erupted.

KRA-BOOM!

Lightning coiled around the Dark Ghost Vine’s trunk.

But that wasn’t all. After the first thunderclap came a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth...

No fewer than a hundred thunderclaps exploded on the Dark Ghost Vine’s body. Green blood splattered through the air, dyeing everyone green.

"Did we succeed?!"

"Did we kill the Dark Ghost Vine?!"

"Did we win?!"

Everyone tilted their heads back, staring at the hundred-zhang-tall Dark Ghost Vine before them.

The Dark Ghost Vine, however, stood rigidly in place.

The bark on its trunk was continuously sloughing off, then regrowing, then sloughing off, then regrowing...

It seemed to be struggling to hold on.

But this state didn’t last long.

Soon, the bark that sloughed off no longer grew back.

The entire Dark Ghost Vine began to turn somewhat black.

Like a tree struck by lightning.

More importantly, the Dark Ghost Vine’s body was constantly shrinking.

From its original height of a hundred zhang, it began to shrink frantically.

Ninety zhang.

Eighty zhang.

Seventy zhang.

...

In just a few breaths’ time.

The Dark Ghost Vine went from its original hundred-zhang height to less than forty zhang.

And it was still shrinking.

However, just then, the withered vines on the ground all around began to move again.

"Skree!"

"SKREEE!!!"

They let out sharp cries and, just like before, swarmed frantically toward the Dark Ghost Vine’s trunk. Green liquid once again coated the Dark Ghost Vine’s body.

"Stop them!"

"We can’t let them replenish the Dark Ghost Vine’s energy!"

"Kill them!"

The members of the Dragon List Geniuses and the adventurer teams reacted at this moment as well.

They charged forward to kill once more.

But just as they charged, the Dark Ghost Vine suddenly threw its head back again, as if waking from a deep sleep, and let out a long howl to the sky.

"SKREEE!!!"

And then, the Dark Ghost Vine suddenly turned around.

It frantically began to run into the distance.

"Not good! The beast isn’t dead yet—it’s trying to run!" Sword Elder was shocked. ’To survive two of Li Tiannan’s ultimate moves... just how terrifying is this Dark Ghost Vine’s regeneration ability?’

"Wait, Elder Jian! Look over there, what is that?!" Li Tiannan had naturally noticed this too, but his gaze was fixed intently on a spot in the distance.