The flames were like fireworks as they scattered on the steel-like roots. Countless flames blossomed in the field.
In just a few seconds, a huge fire started, and the entire space was suddenly filled with high temperature.
Plant weapons, gold and silver ingots, had both plant and metal attributes.
But they were more plant in nature, which could be seen from the roots and lantern flowers that covered the ground.
For this operation, the Ferry Bureau had made preparations.
The NX Flame Bullet was specially prepared for the gold and silver ingots.
Against the highly mobile parasitic gold and silver ingots, the slow NX Flame Bullet's hit rate was basically negligible. Therefore, the flame bullet was prepared for the gold and silver ingots that continued to grow.
The burning flames on the roots were like maggots. No matter how hard the roots struggled, they couldn't extinguish the flames.
Although Giles wasn't worried about the vanilla's safety, he still controlled the range of the flame bullet.
Through the gap created by the fierce flames, Giles saw the innermost vanilla emitting a green light being protected by the roots and lantern flowers.
Whoosh!
Giles waved the Zen Staff, his eyelids drooping as he turned to look at the figure that appeared from the flames.
"Attack the body with your blade."
Before he finished speaking, the gold and silver ingots with the parasitic soldiers' corpses charged out of the flames.
The soldiers put away their guns and took out their special alloy blades.
They knew that long-range firearms had no effect on the gold and silver ingots, just like how the alloy blades would only produce sparks when they cut the gold and silver ingots' roots.
To deal with the parasitic gold and silver ingots, they could only use close combat tactics.
"Go!"
Giles took the lead and charged towards the hundred parasitic gold and silver ingots.
The hole at the end of the Zen Staff shot out a shockwave, causing Giles's body to shoot out. In the blink of an eye, he was in front of the gold and silver ingots that were charging at the front.
The shockwave that continued to shoot out from one end of the hole suddenly stopped and turned into sharp air blades that revolved around it.
Whoosh!
The Zen Staff broke through the air and swept past. More than a dozen gold and silver ingot human bodies suddenly shattered into small pieces.
The gold and silver ingots that weren't injured lost their parasitic bodies and fell to the ground.
At the bottom of the metal sphere, there was a structure that resembled the root of a sweet potato.
"Although you have always paid great attention to protecting your parasites, your protection is obviously not as strong as when you were protecting your heads. After losing your parasites, you are just a relatively hard metal ball."
Giles's face was ferocious. He took a few steps forward. The holes at the end of the Zen Staff continuously shot out qi energy.
"Just you wait. I will slowly pull you out one by one. No matter how deep your roots go, I will pull you out one by one."
Giles waved his right hand, and shovel-shaped air blades extended out from the holes of the Zen staff, cutting those metal balls into pieces one by one.
Seeing that Giles had destroyed more than a dozen gold and silver ingots in one move, the morale of the soldiers who had rushed over was greatly boosted. They brandished their swords to meet the gold and silver ingots that were approaching them.
Even though the bodies of these gold ingots were their companions who had died not long ago, the soldiers showed no hesitation or mercy.
They knew very well that the body that was still moving in front of them was no longer their former teammate, but a monster that needed to be destroyed.
A close-range battle was about to begin.
The soldiers and the gold and silver ingots were tangled in a chaotic battle.
The gold and silver ingots' close-range combat strength was not difficult to deal with, but their liquid nature that could freely change shape, as well as the fatal poison contained in the metal, were the main reasons for the deaths and injuries.
Gold and silver ingots fell one after another, dying in the chaos of swords.
However, the soldiers who were grazed by even the slightest wound would die in the next few minutes due to the effects of the poison.
Jin Kairui and the others who had retreated from the battle silently watched the battle in front of them.
This was the first time since the Ferry Operation that humans had faced a disaster head-on and not been at a disadvantage.
Compared to the five known disasters, the one that humans were most confident in dealing with … was the gold and silver ingots.
"We can succeed. Even if we can only take a few pieces of vanilla in the end, it will still be a breakthrough in history." Jin Kairui stared at the battlefield where people could fall at any time, his heart filled with hope.
Fifteen minutes later, the Ferry Administration team that had the advantage in terms of numbers and combat strength had successfully destroyed nearly a hundred gold and silver ingots, but they had also lost fifty soldiers.
These soldiers did not die from the gold and silver ingots' direct attacks, but from the poison.
At the same time, the flames extinguished, leaving behind a large patch of charred remains, and the innermost side was still filled with green plants.
There was a clear dividing line between the charred black and the emerald green.
"Almost there, almost there …"
"As long as we fire another wave of NX-1 fireballs, the remaining threats will not be worth mentioning."
Giles's eyes flashed as he took the lead and stepped onto the charred ground. At the same time, he ordered, "Advance in echelon formation."
The team slowly moved towards the gold and silver ingots plants on the other side of the charred ground.
"Captain Giles, the bodies …!"
Suddenly, a soldier's reminder came from behind.
Giles turned around abruptly, his forehead contorted into the shape of the Chinese character "Chuan".
The teammates who died from the poison … actually stood up one after another.
A mercury-like liquid seeped out of the corpse's tightly shut purplish-green eyes. Immediately after, the mercury-like liquid seeped out of the nose, mouth, and ears, enveloping the entire head at a speed that seemed like it was being eaten away.
"Conversion … Damn it."
Giles's expression turned ferocious once again.
The teammates who died from the poison were burned immediately. Hence, they did not realize that the teammates who died from the poison were actually converted into gold and silver ingots.
If it was made from poison, how did such a minute amount of ingredients form the conversion effect?
"Let's deal with it first, then …"
Giles suddenly stopped halfway through his words, his pupils shrinking into the size of needles.
In his field of vision, at the furthest end of the passage where Jin Kairui and the rest were standing, various parasitic gold and silver ingots were piling up.
Some were walking on the ground, and some were climbing on the walls.
The soldiers, including Jin Kairui and the rest who were avoiding the battle, also saw it. Everyone's eyes widened.
So many …
Five hundred, or a thousand?
Or even more?
There was clearly not much noise, so why were there so many gold and silver ingots gathering?
.....
In the west of the Darkness Continent, on an empty pitch-black land, Tofuri, who was wearing a tattered robe, was walking slowly.
Every ten meters he walked, he would take out seaweed and use his telekinesis to convert it into clean water before pouring it into his mouth.
Five hundred meters in front of him on the pitch-black land, there was a leafless tree in the shape of a 'Y'.
The height of the tree was about three meters, but the tree body had a slightly sparkling amber color.
"Another five hundred meters."
Tofuri's slightly hoarse voice came from the darkness under the hat.
Suddenly, his face paused for a moment, and he turned around to look at the pitch-black land more than ten meters away.
An unknown plant with a pink sphere appeared out of thin air in the Ink Land. Immediately after, a crack appeared on the sphere and slowly opened up, revealing a large eyeball.
The eyeball spun a few times, and suddenly, light seeped out like flowing water. It flowed to the side of the eyeball, forming a pool of light liquid.
Then, five figures slowly rose from the pool of light liquid.
As the light dissipated, the five members of the gatekeeper clan appeared.
"The hostility is very obvious. Are you not going to follow the rules?"
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