Chapter 313: Orange box
The burly man looked toward Lin Ye. He had previously been observing the situation here through the participants, thinking these cultists were truly useless for not being able to handle such a simple skill. But now that he had entered this space, he realized this world wasn't simple at all.
Actually, the moment he arrived here, the burly man already regretted it. But the portal behind him had disappeared, and he couldn't waste the resources he'd spent, so he could only wait for one minute to be teleported back.
Just as the burly man wanted to do something, a blood-red thin thread suddenly pierced through his body from behind.
The burly man had actually noticed that thin thread, but its speed was so fast he couldn't react at all, and it completely ignored his defenses.
"Thank you for your help! If you hadn't come over, without you providing nutrients, I might have truly died here!"
Luo Geng's face was full of delight as he absorbed the burly man's bodily essence. That thin thread was an item given to him by the deity during a certain ritual. Ordinary defensive methods couldn't block the thread at all, though its drawback was its short range of less than ten meters. He had originally planned to use the thread to ambush Lin Ye, never expecting an idiot would present their back to him.
"No! I came to help you! Please, I beg you, stop absorbing!"
The burly man weakly collapsed on the ground. There were still forty-seven seconds until he would be teleported to safety. Unfortunately, he wouldn't make it that long.
"Hurry up and kill it, don't you want to get out?"
Lin Ye controlled the ashes to attack Luo Geng. Watching the burly man being drained dry, he felt an ominous premonition. Numerous branches protected Luo Geng in the center, with the surrounding ashes unable to penetrate inside the Giant Plant.
"Damn it, how do you know the Withering and Flourishing spell? When did you use the Withering and Flourishing spell on me?!"
The Giant Plant let out a terrified roar.
"Of course when you were devouring those nutrients. You didn't think I would provide you nutrients for free, did you? Now you can pay the price."
Luo Geng's voice came from within the plant. The surrounding branches began attacking each other, as if two consciousnesses were controlling them.
Victoria: ...That cultist isn't one of your people, is he? Why does he keep helping us eliminate enemies?
Lin Ye: He's actually the most troublesome one.
"Hey! Can you move those branches aside a bit? I'll help you kill it!"
Lin Ye drew Dark Dawn and aimed at Luo Geng's position, but he received no response.
The battle between the branches gradually subsided. The Giant Plant slowly withered, and a red-and-black flesh plant grew from within the Giant Plant's body, absorbing the nutrients from the Giant Plant.
Bang!
Lin Ye fired a shot at the flesh plant. The bullet penetrated through layers of fleshy branches but was knocked away while still some distance from the flesh plant.
"Don't rush. I'll settle with you soon. I must thank you—without this strange space, I wouldn't dare absorb the Divine Emissary's body."
Luo Geng said excitedly.
"And these ashes too. I absorbed the ashes here while growing. I can feel these ashes contain terrifying rule power. It's such a pity that you don't know how to use such powerful strength."
"No, I've already found the feeling. It happened right when you killed that burly man."
As Lin Ye spoke, large amounts of ashes gathered around him, and a tall figure appeared beside Lin Ye.
"Damn it, I never thought I would die here and become a puppet controlled by the enemy."
The burly man said unhappily.
"You're the one who caused this mess. If you hadn't come over, you wouldn't have been killed by him, and I wouldn't need to control you."
Under Lin Ye's control, the burly man composed of ashes instantly appeared beside the flesh plant and punched through the flesh plant's trunk.
Lin Ye could only control the burly man to attack the flesh plant. All subsequent actions were performed by the burly man himself.
Several fleshy branches stabbed through the burly man's body. The burly man turned back into ashes, scattering into the air.
Lin Ye tried to continue gathering the ashes to reform the burly man, but discovered that after the burly man was shattered, it required some time before he could be reformed again.
"Alright, then I'll have to ask that one to come help. I wonder if he'll be unwilling."
The World of Ashes could use ashes to reshape powerful beings who had died within the World of Ashes. Someone had just happened to die here earlier.
"You dare reshape me? Aren't you afraid I'll help him deal with you?"
Ashes gathered, and that man appeared once again in the World of Ashes.
"You're just a fake constructed from ashes, only capable of following my commands."
Lin Ye controlled the man to attack Luo Geng. The man stepped closer to the flesh plant. Before those fleshy branches could even touch the man, they underwent Alienation—the flesh ruptured and rotted, and even the plants between the flesh also experienced Alienation phenomena.
"What did you do? Who is he? How is he also a second-tier spiritual energy user?"
Luo Geng painfully waved his fleshy branches, but it was meaningless. Just like before, the branches underwent Alienation before they could even touch the man.
Even if some branches could reach the man, they couldn't attack the man's body.
"This is an old acquaintance of mine. You'd better stay away from him... Oh, right, it seems you can't move. Remember to grow some legs in your next life."
Lin Ye's impression of the man was quite profound. If the man hadn't committed suicide, Lin Ye might not have been able to deal with him.
"If you don't come help now, I'll kill these two useless ones!"
Luo Geng used his fleshy branches to impale the two participants, threatening the supporter behind the other participant.
Lin Ye: Get ready. When the portal appears, come over immediately and attack the supporter who teleports through.
Victoria: Received... Shouldn't we wait a bit longer?
Lin Ye: I'm afraid the other side might obtain an item that can destroy this place.
A portal appeared near the participants. A very beautiful woman walked out from it, holding an orange box in her hands.
The woman cautiously maintained distance from Luo Geng. But while she was distracted guarding against Luo Geng, a short figure instantly appeared beside her, waving a hand to knock the orange box from the woman's grasp.
"Victoria!"
The woman let out a sharp cry and began fighting with Victoria.
The two moved extremely fast, exchanging multiple blows within three seconds. Since he couldn't use mental energy, Lin Ye couldn't clearly see their movements at all.
After three seconds, both of them disappeared together.
Lin Ye didn't have time to watch their battle either. He immediately rushed toward that orange box.
Also approaching the box were those fleshy branches—Luo Geng had also realized the box's purpose.
Lin Ye certainly couldn't outcompete Luo Geng. The other was originally a high-level spiritual energy user, and after absorbing the Divine Emissary, those fleshy branches moved even faster.
The man was similar—he could only use rules to attack enemies, and his movement speed was even slower than Lin Ye's.
"Haha, after I get out, I'll kill you, along with all your students."
The box was delivered to Luo Geng's hands by the fleshy branches. He excitedly opened the box lid.