I'll kill you after I finish this game!

Vali the monkey and Rei Zhe surrounded the two. Rei Zhe immediately lowered his hand, as he had delivered the two slaps and taken the flower from the black singer's bowl in the process.

Both women had slight marks on their faces from being slapped. After breaking free from her hallucination, Lefebvre immediately saw her brother Arthur, who looked very worried, while Black Song looked somewhat anxious.

"Brother, I just...!"

"You were just standing there grinning like an idiot next to Hei Ge, it seems you were hallucinating."

Arthur said with a cold, handsome face. Although he spoke very bluntly, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as long as his little sister was alright.

Vali frowned as he looked at the yellow flower that Rez had snatched from Black Song in Rez's hand, and realized that it was this thing that had caused the two members of his team to fall into a hallucination.

Razer raised an eyebrow and examined the flower in his hand, learning what it was through the game's perspective.

The flower of Zigela, whose pollen can immerse humans in blissful dreams, causing them to lose themselves, and whose essence can be extracted to keep human brain cells permanently active.

It's a good stuff, I'll go back and see if I can grow it.

After putting the flowers away, Lei Zhe saw that Hei Ge still had a hesitant expression. He stretched out his fingertips, gathered a little bit of holy light, and then touched it on Hei Ge's exposed fair and delicate shoulders.

"Sizzle..."

The monkey and Vali watched this scene with twitching eyes. They saw hot smoke rising from the part of Reiji's body that was touching, and a sound similar to frying meat in oil was heard.

"Meow? Eee ...

The anxious expression on Heige's face suddenly changed. As a reincarnated demon, it goes without saying what would happen if she touched Reige's holy light. Intense pain quickly resonated in her shoulder, like a Beethoven symphony, and a scream followed immediately.

Black Song jumped back more than ten meters away like a cat with its fur standing on end. Looking down, he saw a small hole burned into his bare shoulder, with hot smoke still rising from the wound. The remaining bit of Holy Radiance power allowed Black Song to immediately gather his strength to remove it.

"Um...isn't this a bit too much?"

The monkey, sweating profusely, scratched its head and asked Lei Zhe a question.

"She seemed to be experiencing a deeper hallucination than her sister Arthur. A slap wouldn't be enough to wake her up, so this was the only way."

Reiji glanced at Wali and the monkey, then shrugged, indicating that he was doing this for Black Song's own good.

Arthur adjusted his glasses to show his understanding. Reiji had hit his sister and Heige earlier to help them break free from the illusion. He didn't blame them at all; on the contrary, he was very grateful.

Vali knew that Rei was helping the two of them, so she didn't say anything.

However, Hei Ge, with her petty, womanly temperament, didn't see it that way. After removing the small injury from her shoulder, she returned to the team with a dark expression, glaring at the calm-faced Lei Zhe through gritted teeth, and said:

"Brother Lei Zhe~ Don't you have anything to say to your older sister?"

"Oh, no need to thank me. We're teammates. It's only right that I help you break free from this illusion."

In response to Hei Ge's anger, Lei Zhe simply replied indifferently, adding, "I was trying to help you."

Knowing that it was Lei Zhe who helped her break free from the illusion, but how could you slap me and burn me with holy power when I have such delicate skin?

What should I do if a scar is left on my fair and delicate skin?!

"...I'm so grateful to you, Brother Lei Zhe~~~"

Suddenly, Tacheng Heige dropped his sullen expression, his face brightened, and his tone became alluring.

Upon hearing Hei Ge's tone, Mei Hou instinctively trembled. Knowing his teammate well, he knew Hei Ge was about to turn cunning.

Lei Zhe turned away from Hei Ge, looking up to see the towering tree dozens of kilometers away, if all went as expected...

"call!"

The blue flames of extinction ignited in his palm, and with the added acceleration, Razer flung it out like a baseball. In an instant, the flames transformed into a shooting star, hurtling towards the towering tree in the distance.

"Let's take off, Vali. We don't need to explore this area anymore."

Suddenly, the wings of the White Dragon Emperor bloomed from Reiji's back. The Monkey King and Vali, who were puzzled by his actions, were not quite sure what he meant.

Only Arthur, with his calmest mind, glanced at the towering tree in the distance and seemed to understand something.

In Arthur's view, the blue fireball launched by Rezel crashed into the towering tree.

boom!

A tiny flame instantly transformed into a raging inferno, engulfing the tree's trunk and igniting it with overwhelming force.

"Roar!!!"

In an instant, the high-temperature flames rapidly spread to the huge petals, and the inextinguishable flames, which reduced the poison gas, easily burned away a large part of the opponent's body.

Caught off guard, Vali and the others heard a shrill scream that echoed throughout the entire Twisted Forest. The twisted trees around them seemed to come alive and immediately rose from the ground!

"Holy crap, what on earth did you do, Lei Zhe?!"

Seeing the strange changes in the surrounding environment, the Monkey King immediately summoned his Somersault Cloud, which grew larger and carried Black Golefi and Arthur into the sky.

As for Vali, when the surroundings changed, demonic wings resembling black scythes extended from his back, and he flew into the sky.

“I already said, we don’t need to explore this strange jungle anymore, you can see for yourselves.”

Lei Zhe glanced at the agitated monkey, then pointed to the strange changes in the jungle below and said.

Looking down, the twisted jungle that stretched for who knows how many miles suddenly seemed to come alive. All the twisted vegetation transformed into giant vines, writhing wildly on the ground like a swarm of snakes.

After all that, it turned out that the forest they were exploring was alive, and the twisted trees were all vines.

Could it be that the source of these vines is...?

Everyone looked at the towering tree in the distance that had been ignited and was beginning to move—or rather, it looked like a giant flower.

"It turns out that this huge vegetation is all the roots and stems of that giant flower."

Having finally figured out the situation, Vali understood why Rei had said there was no need to explore this area.

It's really unnecessary. Since it's the body of some kind of plant life, continuing to explore it will inevitably lead to unexpected problems sooner or later.

You can refer to what Lefève and Black Song just said for details.

After obtaining the flower from the Black Singer that caused her hallucinations, he roughly understood the situation around him.

If I'm not mistaken, the giant flower he ignited is the true form of the Flower of Zijra.

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Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Pure White Dragon

"Be careful of this flower's pollen; it can cause us to hallucinate."

Seeing the massive amount of pollen sprayed out by the ignited giant Zijera Flower, he pointed to his teammate and reminded him.

Upon hearing this, Vali and Monkey both glanced at Lefie and Black Song, making the two women a little embarrassed, since they had been the first to be tricked.

"Shall we go, Vali?"

Arthur placed his hand on the hilt of the holy sword at his waist and spoke softly.

Vali carefully examined the wailing Zijera Flower, which had been set ablaze by Reiji in the distance, but his eyes showed no desire to fight.

He felt that the thing wasn't very strong, so it didn't interest him at all. Apart from using its own hallucinogenic pollen, he hadn't seen that the other party had any other abilities.

If you can't even get rid of the flames on your body, what's the point of fighting?

"It seems you're not interested, Vali. I'm quite interested in the structure of this giant plant. It can cause the cat demon and witch in the team to fall into hallucinations, so it has some research value."

Seeing that Vali had no desire to fight whatsoever, Reige said something and then accelerated towards the giant Qijera Flower in the distance.

Chijera pollen can keep brain cells active, while the essence derived from Chijera itself has the effect of preventing human cells from aging.

If you cripple it, take it back to a place to plant it, and then extract its essence, that would be a harvest.

"Walli, aren't we going to help?"

The Monkey King glanced at Lei Zhe, who had vanished in an instant and was now fighting Qi Jiela's Flower in the distance, and spun around with his golden cudgel, saying something.

"No need. Since Reiji is interested in that giant plant, let him go. Anyway, that huge thing won't take much time."

Vali shook his head, indicating that it wasn't necessary. He didn't see what the Flower of Zigela needed to do that required cooperation. Since Rei was interested, he would let him handle it himself.

As Vali said, the Zijera Flower's direct combat ability is not very strong. If you can defend against its hallucinogenic pollen and vine attacks, the opponent will be helpless.

Moreover, the roots of the Zijera Flower are deeply embedded in the ground and cannot move at all. With zero mobility, it cannot attack the swift Reiji.

Reiji knew that the Gijera Flower had a strong skin that could withstand Ultraman Tiga's physical attacks, so he set it on fire from the start.

After spending some time crippling him, I used the sealing technique taught to him by Little Saint to seal the powerless Qijera Flower into the Holy Light Orb.

Then it was directly given to Nep, who then threw it into the block world.

It took Reiji less than a minute to return to the team. The twisted forest beneath their feet withered and collapsed after Reiji struck the true form of the Flower of Zijera, disappearing from their sight at a visible speed.

"Sigh, now that this strangely shaped jungle is gone, it's all barren. Vali, should we continue exploring this ruined world?"

Looking at the environment where there was no longer any special scenery in sight, the Monkey King boredly put away his golden cudgel, sat cross-legged on his somersault cloud, and complained to Vali.

They've encountered quite a few dangers so far, but nothing else has happened, and they don't know whether they should continue exploring.

Rei and Wally landed together on the monkey's somersault cloud. Wally surveyed the surrounding landscape, now devoid of any vegetation, and after a moment's thought, said:

"Let's explore a bit more. If we still find nothing, we'll leave."

Vali gradually lost interest in this ruined world. If they didn't encounter anything interesting or a lucky break, they should leave.

After randomly changing direction again, the team flew off in another random direction.

This time, they didn't explore on the ground; instead, they rode together on the monkey's somersault cloud and flew in mid-air.

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"hold head high!"

From the direction where Vali's team first arrived, Gatanothor, with its giant, square conch-like shape, emitted a strange roar.

A massive black mist emanated from his enormous body, and the shattered ground around him was littered with the lifeless corpses of BETA. These species could not even get close to Gatanothor before being consumed by the shadowy black mist and losing their lives.

Undeterred by the black mist, countless small, strange birds of Zoga landed on BETA's lifeless body and began to peck at it.

They don't care if the other is ugly or not, as long as it's edible.

Gatanothor's inverted, grotesque face fixed on a direction, let out a roar, and began to advance in that direction.

Every movement of its massive body ravaged the earth, and a series of massive earthquakes continued to spread.

The dark clouds overhead Gatanothor were much denser than those in other directions, and there were even bursts of energy currents.

It could sense that the Qijiela Flower had lost its connection, and that outsiders had arrived in this world on the verge of destruction.