Ren Xiaosu had to rely on his armor to take on the terrifying creeper vine head-on. Without it, it would be very difficult for Ren Xiaosu to deal with the ubiquitous spikes of the tentacles.
But there was always a drawback to using armor: a lack of energy.
It was too slow to rely on the bioenergy in the human body to replenish its energy. Moreover, the nanomachines were small in size, so the amount of energy they could store was extremely limited.
Therefore, after a long period of high-intensity combat, Ren Xiaosu's armor could no longer hold on. That was why he told Zhou Yingxue that he only had one chance.
If he did not succeed this time, he would have to continue running for his life. He would have to use every means possible to quickly leave this place.
He still had another trump card up his sleeve, which was the steam locomotive. However, the steam locomotive was not omnipotent. Ren Xiaosu was worried that the steam locomotive would get entangled by the creeper vine and be unable to move due to its massive size.
"We're still about a hundred meters away from its roots." Ren Xiaosu turned around and said, "Zhou Qi, can you still fight? I need you to stay here and protect the others. I'll send Zhou Yingxue inside. "
Zhou Qi smiled and spat out the blood in his mouth onto the ground. "It's rare for me to be a hero, so how can I say no? Don't worry and go. Before I die, no one will die in front of me! I'm still waiting for Boss Luo to assign me Qing Zhen's female secretary when I get back! "
Luo Lan jokingly scolded, "That's all you've got!"
Ren Xiaosu and Zhou Qi had never interacted before. But after going through thick and thin together today, he had a deep impression of Zhou Qi.
"Let's go." Ren Xiaosu said and continued rushing forward. Zhou Yingxue let go of Li Ran and Luo Lan's hands and followed closely behind Ren Xiaosu.
The moment Zhou Yingxue let go, the creeper vines found a new enemy. A dense swarm of vines swept towards them. Meanwhile, Zhou Qi sat on the spot and closed his eyes. Zhou Qi's body lit up with an azure glow, and the vines that got close to them instantly withered!
Within a radius of ten meters, not a single vine could get close to him!
But Luo Lan noticed that Zhou Qi's face was getting paler. He felt a little melancholic as he sat next to Zhou Qi. Ever since he found out about the existence of supernatural beings, he had been quite envious of them.
Luo Lan's willpower wasn't any weaker than anyone else's, so why couldn't he awaken?
For example, right now, Luo Lan could only lament his own uselessness. He could only watch as Zhou Qi exhausted his own spiritual power to protect everyone around him.
If he, Luo Lan, was also a supernatural being, even if he really died this time, he could proudly tell Zhou Qi that he had died with dignity.
Unfortunately, he was not a supernatural being.
When Ren Xiaosu and Zhou Yingxue were only 50 meters away from the root, Zhou Qi finally could not hold on any longer. Within a radius of ten meters, some vines started to slip through the net. A sharp tentacle pierced towards Zhou Qi's heart mercilessly.
Zhou Qi sensed all of this and knew his time was probably up. To be honest, he could not figure out if his life had been worth it or not.
"Qing Zhen, I've done what I promised you," Zhou Qi said to himself as he prepared to die.
But something unexpected happened. A Kyung Clan soldier stood in front of Zhou Qi and allowed the vine to pierce his body. Then he grabbed the vine with his arm and stopped it from hurting Zhou Qi who was behind him!
The Kyung Clan soldier's body was pierced through, and his ruptured internal organs started bleeding from his wound and mouth.
Luo Lan was stunned on the spot. "You …"
The Kyung Clan soldier said to Luo Lan with a smile, "Boss, take care."
After that, he lowered his head helplessly.
Zhou Qi had overdrawn his mental strength to protect everyone. Meanwhile, these Kyung Clan soldiers abided by their duties and used their lives to protect Zhou Qi and Luo Lan.
It sounded easy to face death calmly, but how many people in this world could really do it?
The afternoon sun was scorching hot. Luo Lan felt like something was stuck in his throat, and it made him feel a little uncomfortable.
Another Kyung Clan soldier died in front of Zhou Qi, blocking a vine for him. It was the platoon commander.
Before he died, he said to Luo Lan with a smile, "As a platoon commander, I can't believe I'm not as aware as my soldiers and let him die before me. I'm so ashamed …"
After that, the platoon commander fell silent.
Luo Lan knelt on the ground with tears streaming down his face, but he could not make a sound no matter how hard he tried.
Suddenly, Luo Lan fainted. A Kyung Clan soldier rushed forward to check on him. One of the Kyung Clan soldiers said in bewilderment, "There seems to be a thin layer of golden light on Boss's body again. Am I seeing things?"
…
Ren Xiaosu did not know what was happening behind him. He was just mechanically slashing at the creeper vines around him.
When the nanomachines on his body started to collapse and fall, Ren Xiaosu immediately recalled them back into his body to prevent them from "dying."
He would have to use his body to endure the remaining 30 meters.
Zhou Yingxue followed quietly behind Ren Xiaosu. She looked at the raging waves in front of her, but none of them could threaten her at all. That was because Ren Xiaosu had blocked all of them.
She looked at the back of the young man in front of her. Her hair and clothes were a little messy due to the strong wind caused by the dancing vines.
Zhou Yingxue suddenly said from behind Ren Xiaosu, "Master, I'm really a little envious of Yang Xiaojin."
Ren Xiaosu did not hear her clearly. He shouted without turning his head, "What did you say?"
"Nothing." Zhou Yingxue smiled and said, "I said that you're very handsome."
Ren Xiaosu laughed heartily. "You have a pair of eyes that are good at spotting things!"
At this moment, they were only five meters away from each other. Ren Xiaosu cut through all the vines in front of him and used four "fours" to forcefully open up a temporary passage for Zhou Yingxue.
He turned around and shouted at Zhou Yingxue, "You only have one chance!"
With that, he grabbed Zhou Yingxue's body and struggled to throw Zhou Yingxue into the passage that led straight to where the creeper vines' roots were!
Then Ren Xiaosu was engulfed by the creeper vines!
Gradually, the roots of the creeper vines started emitting a green fluorescent light. In the blink of an eye, it shone brightly!
The stronghold suddenly fell silent. This was the long-awaited peace in Stronghold 61. The creeper vines were no longer twisting around to eat people, and the wind seemed to have stopped blowing for a moment.
The vines in the entire stronghold started withering gradually. Ren Xiaosu charged out of the vines and watched everything quietly. There were no longer any vines attacking him anymore!
But it was different from what Ren Xiaosu had expected. He thought the vines would not change much after Zhou Yingxue took control of them.
But at this moment, he could see countless green fluorescent lights gathering from all directions. They flowed along the vines' branches and converged all the way to where the roots were!
This scene looked like … an endless amount of energy was converging at a single point, and the vines that had lost their energy were now as dry as firewood.
The point where all the energy was converging was Zhou Yingxue.
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