Star Farming, the eldest lady relies on alchemy to counterattack

Chapter 101 Soul Devouring Flower Vine
From Leng Yue's perspective, Ning Xuan walked toward them amidst a rainbow of light, her slender silhouette outlined by golden shadows. Her black hair flowed behind her shoulders, and her delicate eyes and eyebrows gleamed like cold stars. Her wide, dark sleeves were lifted by the mountain breeze, revealing a red flower branch entwined around her wrist.

She flicked her hand, and the entangled red branches fell to the ground. After landing, the petite red seedling suddenly grew rapidly, and in a short while it grew to more than ten meters high. The black and red vines were twisted like dragons, covered with black and red patterns, and extremely thick and huge. Each branch was like a snake spitting out its tongue. The trunk was as thick as an adult man's leg, and there was an inverted crescent-shaped poisonous stinger at the top of the fork.

The black lines on the vine's bark shifted eerily, forming ghostly faces at the top. When the ghost-faced red vine fully unfurled, the entire mountain wall was enveloped in its spewing scarlet mist.

The Soul-Devouring Flower let out a sharp cry, and seven enormous, dark blue blossoms bloomed simultaneously. From its stamens shot out poisonous thorns like icy spikes, but upon contact with the red vines, they were corroded into a wisp of green smoke by the swirling crimson mist. The Ghost-Faced Red Vine swung its thorny branches, spinning at high speed and crashing into the stamens. The Soul-Devouring Flower dared not resist, dodging and swerving. The branches collided with the mountainside, causing rocks to crumble and sparks to fly.

“Ka-la-la—”

The three thickest vines, like giant pythons, entangled the Soul-Devouring Flower's main stem. As the barbs pierced the flower's stem, dark green venom poured madly through its meridians. The dark blue petals darkened and withered at a visible speed, but more branches emerged from the ground, attempting to wrap around Ning Xuan's ankles.

Ning Xuan's gold-embroidered skirt fluttered without a breeze, and a few blood beads condensed from her fingertips and flung them towards the vines. The ghost-faced red vine suddenly split into hundreds of thin branches, each of which bloomed a blood-red ghost face. They entangled with the branches of the Soul-Devouring Flower, quickly forcing the Soul-Devouring Flower into retreat. Blackened marks crisscrossed the rock wall, and the turbulent air waves created by the battle between the two demonic plants forced Leng Yue to retreat step by step.

Seeing that it could not win, the Soul-Devouring Flower immediately retreated into the crack in the ground. The Ghost-Faced Red Vine took advantage of the situation and pursued it. After a while, a red mist suddenly spurted out of the crack in the ground, and a sweet fragrance emanated from it.

"Oh no, Miss, this red mist is emitted from the Soul-Devouring Flower's core. The Soul-Devouring Flower is about to self-destruct." Leng Yue was surprised at first after smelling the fragrance, and then he became obviously panicked. He never expected that Ning Xuan could force the Soul-Devouring Flower to the point of self-destruction.

Before he could finish his words, trees thirty meters away collapsed with a crashing roar. The thick trunks, before they even touched the ground, were shredded by the blast of air rushing out from the ground. Upon contact with the red mist, they instantly crystallized.

Ning Xuan also sensed the air swirling with violent, unstable energy. A dull rumble could already be heard from the ground. Lin Mo grabbed Ning Xuan's waist, summoned his companion spirit, the White Tiger, and soared out of the ground. A continuous explosion erupted from deep within the earth, as if thousands of drums were beating at its core.

Dozens of black and red vines broke through the ground, dyeing the sky black and red.

Ning Xuan and the Ghost-Faced Red Vine were connected in spirit. She could feel the vine's mixed emotions of fear and excitement. While it sensed the danger, it also seemed to sense a huge opportunity.

"Master, the flower core exploded, and the energy within dozens of miles was stirred up! It's too dangerous here, I have to take you away." Lin Mo's voice was torn into pieces by the strong wind caused by the energy riot. Ning Xuan did not answer, but just silently hugged his waist.

The white tiger raised its head and roared, its forehead gleaming with golden lines. Lin Mo drew a semicircle in the air, forming a pale blue barrier. This was the Blue Flame White Tiger's innate ability, King's Guardian.

When Lin Mo's mental power was at its peak at the SS level, the barrier guarded by the king was pure blue, and the range of the barrier could cover dozens of miles away. At this time, it was suppressed to level B by the rules of the secret realm, and the range and strength of the barrier were also compressed dozens of times.

The cracking of the earth intensified, the entire valley like fabric being torn apart. A terrifying shattering sound echoed from deep within the earth veins. The ground within a ten-mile radius collapsed, and the area shrouded in red mist became a crystalline mass. The turbulent energy, swept by high temperatures and strong winds, collided with the protective barrier. Lin Mo was struck, and blood flowed from the corner of his lip. Lin Mo maintained the protective barrier, blocking Ning Xuan, dodging and dodging the crisscrossing energy currents.

Ning Xuan smelled the sweet fragrance again, and she caught a glimpse of the crack below. Countless black and red vines that were broken in the energy explosion were slithering and moving around like snakes.

The vines devoured the red mist that emanated from the cracks in the ground, repairing their broken remains and growing new branches and leaves.

Ning Xuan felt a sudden pain in her palm. The seeds of the Ghost Face Red Vine glowed within it. The broken, shattered vines in the cracks in the ground reconnected, thousands of vine fragments reorganizing themselves. The dark red skin peeled away, revealing the newly formed veins within.

Ning Xuan was shocked to find that the vine in her palm had extended thousands of black threads and pierced into her meridians. The vine threads were absorbing the energy in her body and at the same time returning some red energy to her.

"Master, what's wrong with you?" Lin Mo saw Ning Xuan's pale face and looked at her worriedly.

Ning Xuan showed him the vine seeds in her palm.

"It is borrowing your energy to rebuild its foundation! Master, this is very dangerous." Although Lin Mo's level was suppressed, he still had vision and perception. He noticed the changes in the energy around Ning Xuan and said to her worriedly.

Lin Mo had a deep impression of the strange plant in Ning Xuan's body. When he first met Ning Xuan, she was lying in the black and red vines. Later, the vines suddenly disappeared. He thought that Ning Xuan was parasitized by the strange plant. As a result, no abnormalities were detected at the testing center, so he was relieved.

After coming to Ning Xuan, I saw that Ning Xuan used vines when refining medicine. These vines were like capable assistants, able to do things according to Ning Xuan's instructions. They could not only help Ning Xuan refine medicine, but also help her kidnap people and fight.

However, this strange plant is now absorbing Ning Xuan's energy.

Ning Xuan patted Lin Mo on the shoulder to reassure him, then closed her eyes and sat cross-legged on the white tiger's back. She practiced the "Spirit Induction Sutra" to refine the red energy transported by the vines bit by bit. Although the red energy was violent, it was very pure. As long as she refined a little bit, she could make up for her lost energy.

In the Shura Field where an energy riot occurred, a closed loop was formed between the self-destructing Soul-Devouring Flower, the Ghost-Faced Red Vine that was not afraid of the Soul-Devouring Flower's soul-devouring talent, and Ning Xuan.

The red mist produced after the Soul-Devouring Flower's core exploded was its origin. It was originally intended to seep into the ground, nourish the main branches, and form a new core. However, the Ghost-Faced Red Vine that was shattered by the violent energy secretly swallowed a lot of it to repair and strengthen itself, and also fed back to Ning Xuan. At the same time, the Ghost-Faced Red Vine that had just been shattered by the energy field was seriously injured and needed Ning Xuan's energy to reshape itself.

(End of this chapter)