novelE2F #498 - One Thousand Years in One Night
#498 - One Thousand Years in One Night
Lu Jing was already wondering if the Cold Mountain Guest who had appeared was more like a human or a plant.
However, the latter's strength had indeed undergone a surge. Previously, Lu Jing could easily withstand the sharp falling leaves like small knives with the Firescale Armor, but this time, seeing the barbs growing on the Cold Mountain Guest's hair, Lu Jing no longer dared to be careless and take them head-on.
He could only take a few steps back, putting some distance between himself and the Cold Mountain Guest.
But as soon as his right foot moved, the vines formed from hair lashed out at him again. For a moment, Lu Jing's ears were filled with rustling sounds, as if hundreds of snakes were crawling through the grass.
Seeing this, Lu Jing retreated again, while still throwing Ever Green at the Cold Mountain Guest.
Firstly, to further deplete the latter's lifespan, and secondly, to limit the Cold Mountain Guest's movements to some extent.
However, the barbed vines did not stop because of Ever Green. No, on the contrary, they grew even more vigorously after being nourished by Ever Green.
The fastest-growing one was already close to reaching Lu Jing's ankle.
Left with no choice, Lu Jing had to leap onto a large rock beside him.
The vines did not rush to catch up, but instead continued forward, surrounding the rock before turning back to slowly deal with Lu Jing, who was trapped on the rock.
But since Lu Jing had chosen to jump onto this rock, he would certainly not put himself in a desperate situation.
Lu Jing was now not only fighting with the Cold Mountain Guest, but with all the plants in this world.
The Cold Mountain Guest gave Lu Jing a good lesson with his practical actions, showing who was the real druid.
Fortunately, even if those ordinary plants stood by the Cold Mountain Guest's side, the trouble they could bring to Lu Jing was very limited.
Lu Jing waved the flying sword in his hand, and wherever he passed, almost all the vegetation blocking the way was cut open by his sword, but as a result, the barbed vines chased after Lu Jing again.
Lu Jing dodged while being forced to exchange a few moves with the vines.
As he expected, even if he used his full internal force, it was difficult to cut off the vines. At best, Lu Jing only cut off a small section about the length of a finger from the side.
Not to mention that he had to deal with more than one vine.
Moreover, Lu Jing also found that he was indeed a bit unlucky today. Just as the battle reached its most intense point, he saw a black shadow appear at the edge of the vegetable field.
The Cold Mountain Guest also noticed the newcomer, and when he saw who it was, his face lit up with joy, and he shouted, "A'Bao! Quickly, go and entangle him! He is our enemy."
Lu Jing's heart sank when he heard this. Although he had learned a lot of beast-controlling techniques from Ye Gongmei, Ye Gongmei had made it clear about animals like A'Bao, who were almost精 (spirit/essence) and whose IQ was even higher than that of a young child.
Beast-controlling techniques are only used to communicate with them and cannot replace their decisions.
Especially since the Cold Mountain Guest had lived with A'Bao for decades, and the relationship between the man and the pig was extraordinary, it was self-evident who A'Bao would help at this time.
If it were normal, let alone the Cold Mountain Guest having one more helper, even if there were ten more helpers, they would only be tools for Lu Jing to consume internal force and secret force.
Lu Jing's unique recovery method was not afraid of group battles at all, but now he and the Cold Mountain Guest were maintaining a fragile balance.
A'Bao's joining would undoubtedly break this balance and even become the key to deciding the outcome of this battle.
Lu Jing was already preparing to ask Gu Jing to send a letter for help, but at the next moment, A'Bao made a decision that surprised both of them.
A flash of anger flashed in its eyes, and then it lowered its head, bared its fangs, and launched a charge!
However, the target of its charge was not Lu Jing, but the Cold Mountain Guest.
The Cold Mountain Guest was furious when he saw this, and couldn't help but curse, "You ungrateful beast, how have I treated you all these days? Whenever there is something to eat, I don't share a large part with you? Most of the vegetables and fruits in this field have fallen into your stomach. How much have I eaten myself after working so hard to plant them for so long?!
"As a result, you turned around and ran away with someone else, and that's fine, but you turned around to deal with me, has your conscience been eaten by dogs?!"
"It's hard to say whether its conscience has been eaten by dogs, but let's compare ourselves now, aren't I more like a righteous person? And..." Lu Jing took a breath during this gap, and then continued.
"And after you changed your body, your smell changed, and you made yourself look like this inhuman monster, so don't blame others for not recognizing you."
The Cold Mountain Guest was stunned when he heard this, and looked at A'Bao again. Sure enough, he saw that the latter's eyes had no kindness or familiarity at all, only vigilance and anger.
In its eyes, the new Cold Mountain Guest in front of it was probably just a monster wearing the Cold Mountain Guest's skin. Then the Cold Mountain Guest lowered his head and looked at his long hair that had turned into vines, and the wounds flowing with resin.
He was speechless for a moment.
Lu Jing naturally wouldn't let go of this good opportunity, and immediately brushed Ever Green up again. Finally, the Cold Mountain Guest could no longer feel the increase in power. On the contrary, now every time he was hit by Ever Green, his power would be lost by one point, and the barbed vines on the ground would also wither together.
A look of fear flashed in the Cold Mountain Guest's eyes. He could feel the vitality rapidly draining from his body, so he also eagerly wanted to end this battle as soon as possible.
However, facing the charging A'Bao, he had to separate a part of the barbed vines to block it, and the remaining vines were used to deal with Lu Jing, but they were always short of breath and couldn't catch up with the latter.
In the end, the growth rate of those vines became slower and slower, becoming thinner and thinner, until they turned back into hair and returned to his head. It was not until this time that the Cold Mountain Guest realized that he was already an old man with a head full of silver hair.