Chapter 132: Beneath the Silver, All Are Straw Dogs

Observing the system description of the Magic Vine:

Alchemical Creature: Blood-Sucking Parasitic Magic Vine, Name: Merlin
Talents: Demon Power, Resilience, Toxic Miasma, Growth
Abilities: Entanglement, Piercing, Life Drain
Base Assessment: Silver Initial Grade (Growth potential exhausted)
System Description: This is a transcendent predatory plant.
Although it is a traditional plant-based creature, there are times when the Magic Vine can play a role that exceeds most other creatures.
One such instance is its function as a perimeter wall.
There are a few ways to break through the blockade of the Magic Vine.
One is to possess power great enough to kill it directly, though one must be able to locate the starting growth point of the core mother vine.
Another is to be capable of flight, soaring directly over it so the vines cannot reach you.
A third way is to possess immense strength and a physique near-invulnerable, akin to the Lion-Faced Vajra, to charge through and forcibly tear a breach in the vine's defensive circle.
However, engaging the Magic Vine in a direct frontal confrontation is the most unwise approach; even for a Silver-grade creature, it is very easy to be drained to death.

Wu You contemplated that he had gained a powerful ultimate move.
Summoning the Magic Vine suddenly while in ambush was essentially a replica of "Birth of the World of Trees," but an attack-enhanced version.
The prerequisite was that the location of the summoning must allow for rooting.
Although the Magic Vine covered a vast area, this region was merely an estimation made by Wu You and his alchemical creatures.
Meteorites would not obediently fall exactly according to the targets.
Wu You could not worry about those that landed outside the perimeter for now; having concentrated his forces, his primary objective was to deal with the Abominations of Silver grade and above.
The rest were merely scraps.

Based on the Abominations he had dealt with and killed so far, their disadvantage compared to the alchemical creatures he created was quite obvious.
Their abilities and means of attack were not particularly rich, their intelligence could not be called very low, but they were far inferior to his alchemical creatures, and their coordination was weak.
However, they possessed one advantage that had not yet been fully verified.
The Silver-grade Blood Flood Dragon from before had shown an eerie strengthening after devouring many people in Jiulu City; it was unclear whether all Abominations could do this.

Vixi and a group of vampires landed on the outer edge of the Magic Vine.
A little closer, there was a continuous downpour, mixed with a venomous, smog-like miasma.
"Click, click, click..."
On the ground, a crack extended from not far away, but not a single vampire moved.
A brown tree root, thick as a human thigh, emerged from the crack and began to sprout rapidly.
A few minutes later, small red fruits, resembling goji berries, hung all over the new branches.
"Alright, everyone eat one, so you don't get poisoned by the miasma."

Vixi looked at the curtain of rain in the distance.
"The Sea Folk must love this kind of environment..."
As Bronze-grade creatures, they did not need to enter the dangerous center; they only needed to deal with the low-level Abominations that escaped to the periphery.
On the outskirts of the Magic Vine, vampires, Sea Folk, demons, Mimic Mantis Spirits, Primordial Tree Spirits, and griffins—all Bronze-grade creatures—were distributed everywhere, patrolling outside the range of the vines.

In the sky, a massive fireball dragging a trail of flame fell inside the "wall."
"Boom..."
The ground shook, and in the distant rain, flames soared into the sky.
Several vampires stood ramrod straight; the shaking ground could not affect their balance in the slightest.

At the impact site of the meteorite:
A surge of electricity flashed across the surface of the meteorite, immediately covering it in cracks.
"Thump, thump, thump..."
A powerful heartbeat echoed.
"Bang!"
First, a massive, furry claw shattered the surface of the meteorite, and immediately afterward, the entire rock burst open.

Whoosh!
A dark golden shadow approached at high speed, illuminated by flashes of lightning.
The water-filled muddy puddles on the ground exploded into countless splashes behind it. Its eyes were fixed straight on the gaping meteorite crater ahead.
The Abomination clearly did not yet grasp the situation.
Moving on all fours at high speed, the Lion-Faced Vajra leaped into the air, its robust chest cavity expanding violently, even faintly glowing.
Dozens of meters in the air, Garuru and the newly awakened Silver-grade Abomination locked eyes.
It was a monster somewhat resembling a lion, with a large red horn growing from its forehead.

The vampires on the perimeter had just swallowed the small red fruits when they simultaneously received a signal from Wu You.
They all flattened themselves against the ground, their massive wings retracting to wrap around their bodies, especially their heads.
Their sharp claws dug deep into the earth.
The Lion-Faced Vajra stared coldly at the Abomination below, and the latter bared its fangs and claws.
The power within Garuru reached its zenith.
It suddenly opened its mouth.
The air and water curtain for hundreds of meters around suddenly brightened.
"ROAR~~~~~~~~~"
The wild, explosive space unleashed a shockwave of immense power, erupting outward at supersonic speeds.
Countless sand, stones, and raindrops were frenziedly blasted outward in a spherical wave.

The ground was stripped of a layer of earth and stone, mixing with the massive amount of falling rain.
It was like a tsunami of dirt and rock in the night, whistling and rolling in all directions.
The body of the Abomination appeared somewhat blurred amidst the massive sonic and explosive energy.
One of the Lion-Faced Vajra's ultimate moves: Beast King's Roar.

The vampires gripped the ground tightly. Not long after, the rolling black wave struck the Magic Vine wall first. After being weakened by the vine wall, the remaining shock energy passed through the gaps and continued outward.
It soon hit the vampires on the ground. After holding on for a few seconds, the violent lion's roar arrived, and the air current seemed to suddenly intensify.
The vampires were dragged several meters by the sonic air current, leaving deep claw marks on the ground.
They were too close to the point of impact—only about a thousand meters away.
But the power of the Silver-grade energy explosion left a deep impression on all the vampires.
It was more intuitive than the previous battle between the Green Flood Dragon and the Blood Flood Dragon.
Vixi and the other vampires stood up; all their ears were bleeding, and most felt a bit muddled in the head.
Their chests itched, and they wanted to cough. They looked at each other with solemn expressions.
Bronze High-grade and Silver-grade—it might seem like only a thin layer separated them, but the gap was as vast as heaven and earth.
"Whether it is through my own growth or the master's grace, I must reach Silver-grade or even higher! I must! The master will never pay attention to the weak!!!"
Vixi warned himself in his heart.
...
"Roar..."
Accompanied by the roar of the Abomination, its massive body, nearly 30 meters long, was being swung in the air by the slightly smaller Lion-Faced Vajra.
One of its tails was gripped tightly in Garuru's hand.
With a whistling "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" of air...
"Boom..."
The ground shook again.
The entire Abomination was slammed heavily into the ground.
"Pfft..."
The Abomination, which was already bleeding from its eyes and ears, had blood erupt from its mouth like a burst fire hose.
The earlier roar attack had already shattered countless internal organs, and this blow completely pulverized them.