“This long vine!” Luo Feng was shocked. The black purple vine extending from the distant fog seemed endless, with no visible end. At first glance, it looked like a giant rolling python twisting and coiling towards the fleeing man wearing the golden mask.
Poof, poof!
The golden masked man held a thin long blade in each hand, as thin as cicada wings, almost like transparent ice blades. He slashed fiercely at the incoming black purple vine.
Immediately, visible shockwaves spread in all directions. The towering trees below were shattered by the impact. Even the Vulture Li Yao, Blood Shadow Ivan, and Giant Bear Katalan below were forced into a desperate escape. If they were accidentally caught in the blast, they would be finished instantly.
“What!” Luo Feng was shocked.
The black purple vine, about 20 centimetres in diameter, was struck by the twin ice blades. A wound about one centimetre deep was cut into its surface, but in the blink of an eye, it completely healed.
“We go,” Inspector Liu grabbed Luo Feng.
Luo Feng did not resist and immediately flew away with him. However, the black purple vine continued to chase the golden masked man and did not bother pursuing Luo Feng and the others.
“Board the aircraft,” Inspector Liu ordered in a low voice.
Whoosh!
A purple red triangular aircraft hovering in the distance flew over and opened its hatch.
Whoosh, whoosh!
Inspector Liu and Luo Feng turned into two streaks of light and entered the triangular aircraft.
Inside the triangular cabin, it was dim.
Luo Feng and Inspector Liu looked out through the hatch as the aircraft quickly flew away, increasing the distance from the black purple vine.
Clang, the hatch closed.
“Display Ice Mountain’s battle scene,” Inspector Liu ordered.
Buzz.
In the dark cabin, a video projection immediately appeared, showing the ongoing battle above Mist Island. The clarity was far better than what the naked eye could see. In the footage, the golden masked man was alone in the sky, being attacked by a single vine.
The golden masked man moved like lightning, fleeing rapidly outward.
Bang!
A thunderous sound.
The vine suddenly whipped through the air like a whip. The over one thousand metre long black purple vine snapped down violently. The sound of the strike was deafening. Even through the cabin door, Luo Feng could hear his ears ringing.
“So long, yet it can whip like a whip?” Inspector Liu could not help but exclaim. “If Ice Mountain gets hit, it is over.”
“Inspector Liu, are we just going to watch?” Luo Feng asked.
They were all members of the Extreme Limit Martial Arts Hall, yet they were watching their own man being attacked.
“Luo Feng, Ice Mountain is slightly stronger than me in combat, and his survival ability is even more impressive. He is the Hall Master’s personal guard. The Hall Master has taught them many life saving techniques. If I go, I would only get in the way,” Inspector Liu said calmly. “Do not worry, this vine is still…”
Suddenly, his expression changed drastically.
Luo Feng also stared at the video and sucked in a cold breath.
Boom, boom, boom.
The entire Mist Island trembled violently in the footage. Another black purple vine of unknown length rapidly emerged from the fog. Now there were two vines, no, a third one shot out as the island itself shook.
A fourth vine. A fifth vine.
Each vine had no visible end, all over one thousand metres long and 20 centimetres thick, all black purple and incredibly tough. Even beings beyond the God of War level could do little against them.
“Trouble,” Inspector Liu’s face turned ashen.
In the sky above Mist Island, the vines pierced through the heavens like tentacles of the island itself, wildly attacking from all directions to surround the golden masked man. Although his speed was astonishing, a single movement covered hundreds of metres, enough to escape normally, the vines were too strange.
They could twist and coil freely, moving like illusions at extreme speed, leaving no gap for escape.
At this moment, six vines were seen on the video, wildly attacking in coordination, forcing the golden masked man into increasingly narrow space.
According to system data, these six vines were over 1,600 metres long, capable of extending, retracting, and moving at speeds exceeding 1,000 metres per second. Their toughness was comparable to ordinary King level monsters, but their regeneration ability was terrifying, healing instantly.
Luo Feng watched silently.
The coordinated attacks of the six vines gradually trapped the golden masked man.
Suddenly.
Boom.
Both Luo Feng and Inspector Liu were shocked.
Under the siege of six black purple vines, the tiny golden masked man suddenly turned into a white streak of light. His speed increased dramatically and in an instant he broke out of the encirclement. The white light shot straight towards their triangular aircraft.
The hatch opened.
The white streak slowed, revealing a human figure, which flew directly into the cabin. The hatch immediately closed.
“Return to headquarters,” Inspector Liu ordered urgently.
Whoosh.
The purple red triangular aircraft shot into the distance and vanished into the horizon, leaving behind the raging black purple vines in the sky above Mist Island, whipping wildly in anger.
…
Inside the cabin.
“Ice Mountain, how is it?” Inspector Liu helped the golden masked man up.
The man leaned back in his seat, eyes closed, breathing weakly. “Do not worry, Liu He, I will not die. I just used an origin energy forbidden technique. The damage is too great. I will need time to recover.”
Inspector Liu finally relaxed.
“Ice Mountain, what forbidden technique was that? Can you teach me?” Inspector Liu could not help asking. It was not that he did not understand rules, but the speed Ice Mountain showed earlier was astonishing. Although it left him powerless afterwards, it was clearly a life saving technique.
“You?” Ice Mountain glanced at him. “This was created by the Hall Master after I contributed nearly five years of accumulated wealth and treasures. It was tailored to my origin energy. Your origin energy is different. You cannot learn it.”
Inspector Liu sighed helplessly.
He knew this already. Given enough resources, the Hall Master could indeed create personal techniques for subordinates, but it required tremendous effort.
“I just spent a lot of resources to obtain this Kun Kun class intelligent aircraft,” Inspector Liu said.
“Intelligent aircraft?” Luo Feng asked. “It can operate without a pilot and act according to human intent?”
“Correct. This is a Kun Kun class intelligent aircraft. The material cost alone is enormous,” Inspector Liu said proudly. “At critical moments, I can remotely control it to resist King level monster attacks. Even King level monsters cannot damage it. Its materials are far superior to SS class weapons.”
Luo Feng was stunned.
The aircraft materials are even better than SS class weapons?
He finally understood how extravagant beings beyond the God of War level were.
“However, that vine attack is a binding type attack, so my intelligent aircraft is ineffective,” Inspector Liu said. “Still, Luo Feng, with your contribution this time, your share will be huge. Enough to buy a Kun Kun class aircraft, maybe even the highest level Hong Huang class aircraft. That is the one the Hall Master uses, with incredible defence and even onboard laser cannons.”
Luo Feng remained silent.
Was he supposed to be shocked or what?
The gains this time were enormous. A Millennium Willow Heart alone was more valuable than a Dragon Blood, let alone a Ten Thousand Year Willow Heart. Add in the massive amount of plant origin spirits taken by Ice Mountain, his share would be unimaginable.
“Ice Mountain, how was the harvest?” Inspector Liu asked.
“Very large. Extremely large,” Ice Mountain replied calmly.
“I should have some credit too, right?” Inspector Liu asked.
“You only held off Fale,” Ice Mountain said coldly. “The total mission reward is 30 percent. I can let you have 5 percent. Luo Feng contributed the Ten Thousand Year Willow Heart and two Millennium Willow Hearts, so he gets 5 percent. I get 20 percent.”
Inspector Liu said nothing. He truly had not contributed much.
“Only 5 percent for such treasures?” he asked.
“You know nothing,” Ice Mountain said calmly. “What I personally collected already includes 92 plant origin spirits. More than six of them are better than the Ten Thousand Year Willow Heart.”
Luo Feng and Inspector Liu both inhaled sharply.
This wealth was terrifying.
“As for the most important thing, it is that vine,” Ice Mountain said in a low voice. “I sensed its energy and attacked, but that was only a small part. The full vine is over 2,000 metres long. I suspect it is only part of a larger plant origin spirit. In the end, six vines chased me.”
“So,” he concluded, “there is an unimaginable plant origin spirit on Mist Island. That is the real treasure. I already sent the battle footage to the Hall Master. He will likely come personally.”
“Come personally?”
Inspector Liu and Luo Feng both nodded.
Indeed. If those six vines were only part of it, then the true plant origin spirit behind Mist Island would be extremely dangerous.