They rested for half a day.
Finally, the two of them had everyone set off again.
After walking for half an hour, black plants began to appear around them.
Pure black plants didn't exist in the natural world.
That was because melanin could absorb light and absorb heat.
No plant could withstand such high heat.
However, they clearly weren't natural plants.
Everyone could sense weak magic power from them.
And in this dark environment, they probably needed more light and heat.
These black plants had broken through the originally flat stone walls. They seemed to be very powerful.
Plants had a tendency to grow.
Unless they were artificially transplanted, they wouldn't reproduce in a certain area for no reason.
And since they could break through the stone walls, it meant that there were nutrients here that they needed, or that the environment here was more suitable for them to grow.
This was a large area, and there were black plants along the way.
They definitely hadn't been transplanted, or their seeds had accidentally fallen here.
There had to be nutrients here that they needed.
Xiao He suddenly waved her hand. "Stop!"
Everyone looked at Xiao He. Carrie asked, "What's wrong?"
"Something's wrong," Xiao He said.
"What did you discover?"
"These plants! These black plants are dangerous, "Xiao He said.
"Plants? Are they poisonous? "
Xiao He shook her head. "They're following us."
"What? How is that possible? "
"I purposely dripped a drop of blood on a leaf, but that drop of blood never left me. It kept moving at the same speed as us, so these plants are alive and are following us."
No one doubted Xiao He's words. They immediately grew wary of the surrounding plants.
"Burn them," Carrie said.
At first, everyone had felt that these black plants were dangerous, but they thought that as long as they didn't touch them, they would be fine.
But now, it seemed that they had been too naive.
The team members with fire spells began to cast fire spells.
Moments later, the black plants on the surrounding walls were ignited.
At first, everything went smoothly.
But without any warning, the stone wall suddenly cracked, and a dozen burning black plants fell down.
They looked like the bodies of animals or humans, with four limbs and a head, but most of them were covered in black plants.
They were very small, perhaps not even as big as a rose.
They were also struggling in pain from the flames.
Everyone was surprised.
Even though they already knew that these weren't ordinary plants.
However, he never expected that these plants were actually alive.
At this time, the other black plants also drilled out of the stone walls and attacked the group.
"Lightning Surge!" A member of the team released an electric arc, which directly passed through a tunnel that was tens of meters long.
However, other than the few black plants in front of him that were burnt and fell to the ground, the other black plants were almost unharmed.
The lighting effect of this lightning magic was inversely proportional to its actual lethality.
One had to know that these black plants were very fragile.
Even an ordinary person could trample a few of them to death.
However, this seemingly powerful lightning magic was only worth killing a few of them.
"Don't use thunder spells, they are plants! Use the fire element! "
Although plants were not immune to electric attacks, they were different from mammals.
In mammals, electrocution can cause cardiac arrest and death.
And plants don't have hearts.
Therefore, if one wanted to use electricity to kill plants, they could only use a more powerful electric current to evaporate the water in the plants.
If the water in the plants could not be evaporated, then this kind of attack would be meaningless.
Moreover, these black plants could actually use dark magic.
Although he could only use the lowest level Black Arrow and Dark Magic Spike, he could still use it.
However, there were so many of them, and they moved in groups that it made people's scalps go numb.
"Fick, use holy magic," Carrie called out.
"My holy magic can only heal … It doesn't have any killing power."
"No, they are light-averse plants," Carrie said.
"Don't doubt Miss Carrie's words. Hurry up," Crandlesi urged.
Fick immediately reacted. He had always been obedient.
However, this request caught him off guard.
Fick immediately condensed a ball of light in his palm.
The light ball shone brightly, and the surrounding black plants immediately stopped attacking. They all drilled back into the stone walls.
Only the leaves and a few branches could not be retracted.
Their leaves were also closed like Starbeck's.
"As expected." The group secretly heaved a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, Carrie had reacted in time. Otherwise, these black plants would not be easy to deal with.
"How long can you maintain it?" Carrie asked.
"If there are no other costs, this light spell can last forever," Fick said. "However, I won't be able to use any other spells."
"Don't worry, leave the fighting to us. You just need to maintain this spell."
The group resumed their journey.
Along the way, there were still many black plants clinging to the stone walls.
However, wherever they passed, the black plants would shrink.
"We'll be in trouble if we don't have holy magic," Xiao He said.
"Fortunately, they are light-averse. Otherwise, it would be difficult to deal with them."
Crandlesi knocked on the stone wall. "The stone walls are hollow. It looks like they've been hollowed out by these living plants."
"What are they? Plants? Animals? "
"They're probably the culprits that caused the deaths of the previous inspection teams. Although they are individually weak, there are too many of them. They also know magic, especially when people are sleeping. It's impossible to guard against them. After all, most people don't have the mentality to be wary of plants."
They walked for about three hours. It was not a long time.
The main reason was that some places had collapsed, and they had to clear the path.
In these three hours, they had actually walked less than a kilometer.
The underground ruins were winding downward. They were probably less than 200 meters away from where they had been three hours ago.
However, the underground ruins were indeed huge.
"To be honest, I'm really curious. What kind of ancient bloodline could be preserved for hundreds of years?" Xiao He said. "Normally, any liquid would dry up after being stored for decades, even if it's sealed well."
"Let me correct you. The ruins are estimated to be at least three thousand years old," Kollandlesi said.
"Are you kidding? The Europeans three thousand years ago were still savages," Carrie said.
Xiao He glanced at Carrie. "You're a European too."
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