Apocalypse Gachapon

Chapter 923: Individual opponents

The level five Earth Gilded Cannibal Flowers were one of the things that gave Ye Zhongming confidence.

Although they had many weaknesses, like their slow speed, one-dimensional attacks, and obvious weaknesses.

But they had many advantages, too.

Not to mention their own abilities, the fact that Ye Zhongming had the Blood Wood meant that the seeds were infinite. He could make them a part of his arsenal. Moreover, they weren’t a limited-time summoning item. As long as they didn’t die, they would continue to exist. Ye Zhongming used various methods to nurture them; they were actually his pet. It was different from when he used the summoning technique.

This meant that as long as Ye Zhongming and the Cannibal Flowers had some time, they had unlimited possibilities.

Of course, this was only in theory. Ye Zhongming knew that it was tough to nurture them.

Even on the corroded soil, their movement wasn’t quick. The creation of that soil needed energy, and their size wasn’t unlimited. This meant that the lifeforms couldn’t follow him everywhere, and it was also hard to let them hunt on their own.

It was hard for lifeforms like this that needed people to feed to grow.

Without cannibal soil and stem absorption, it was a problem for them to stay alive.

But when using such lifeforms, he could compensate for their weaknesses. For example, the entrance was hidden under a piece of ruins, allowing them to pass the ruins and get near the entrance. The corroded soil was connected so they could close quickly and tighten their encirclement.

Of course, Ye Zhongming didn’t think about using them to decide the battle. His goal was to cause some mental pressure while also covering the Death King Tree as it got close.

Before confirming what the lifeform that disgusted the Death King Tree was, Ye Zhongming was playing safe and chose to break through from the front. He would squeeze their living space and then wipe them out.

If he chose to sneak attack, he was afraid it would collapse. After all, he didn’t have many warriors and had a low tolerance for failure.

Those people were stunned when they saw the Death King Tree. Seeing a tree with a female face was weird, which was hard for them to accept. But this time was enough to allow the Death King Tree to continue attacking.

Many sharp and thin things pierced through the bodies of hundreds of evolved, like Yellow Ball’s Shadow Forest.

For the level eight Death King Tree, these evolved that were on average level three couldn’t even block its basic attacks. Only some four- and five-star evolved, sensed something, and tried to dodge it, but many were still injured.

The Death King Tree stopped hiding and pushed aside the Cannibal Flowers. With its strength, if not for the connected branches' skill, it could have killed the cannibal flowers.

The branches on its crown started to grow, and in a blink, they turned into hundreds of arm-thick whips that swung at those around.

Those people weren’t strong enough to make it use its abilities, and even then, they couldn’t block it.

Many people felt like the third team was finished by this fellow.

The Death King Tree charged into the human camp and nobody could deal damage to it.

The cannibal flowers followed. Although they weren’t fast, with the Death King Tree opening the path, nothing stopped them. They reduced the circle. Moreover, the corpses that the Death King Tree ignored became their food. They would lower their heads and use their sharp mouths to feed. The wounds healed quickly as they absorbed energy.

The humans on the other side who were retreating back over all surged back. Shortly after, Demon Gold and Green Flower appeared.

Behind them was a much stronger team.

When they saw the Death King Tree, the eyes of those two previous Soul Merchant kings shrunk. They didn’t expect a level eight lifeform to appear. But now that their entrance was blocked, they had to fight it.

“Retreat, we will enter the building!”

Demon Gold took one look and knew that they couldn’t fight it here; if they did, they would be murdered.

He led them into the building that was covered by the ruins. At the same time, he ordered people to see if they could open another path to leave and also to activate the emergency plan.

With Demon Gold here, the situation stabilized. Evolved started to retreat into the camp. Once the Death King Tree arrived at the entrance, over three thousand corpses were on the ground.

“None of them are nice, none!”

The Death King Tree was unhappy as there weren’t any high level evolved.

It turned its head and saw that Ye Zhongming was on the ruins. He nodded, and the Death King Tree headed in.

“Is Demon Gold… Soul Merchant?”

When Demon Gold appeared, Cloud Peak members hiding behind the ruins clearly saw everything. They were surprised that they were here.

Both sides were enemies, so it was normal if they wanted to con Cloud Peak. They intercepted Cloud Peak’s squad from heading back to save the mountain, which was not surprising.

What was surprising was that they were much stronger than before, whether it was Demon Gold or Green Flower.

Ye Zhongming even felt afraid when Demon Gold looked around.

He was a seven-star evolved now. If his senses were correct, Demon Gold was just six stars. Usually, he wouldn’t put much pressure on Ye Zhongming.

He tried thinking about it, but he had no answer. He led people through the entrance while those Cannibal Flowers were left outside.

They weren’t fast enough for a game of hide and seek inside.

The building had a bad smell which caused Ye Zhongming and those who entered to cover their noses in case it was poison. The team moved towards the battle and very quickly bumped into the Death King Tree.

“Ye, they want to escape. There should be an exit on the other side.”

Death King Tree might move very quickly underground, but when it was on the surface and as it had to fight, it didn’t have a speed advantage.

So, even if it sensed where the humans were retreating towards, it couldn’t chase them.

Ye Zhongming nodded. He pulled Sand Dance and led people to chase.