Chapter 392: The Thousand Coiling Hands
Chapter 392: The Thousand Coiling Hands
Lu Chen paid no heed to the wildly flailing greenish-black arms as he concentrated, causing the clouds above the bizarre spirit plants to condense and a gentle spirit rain to fall.
He speculated that these arm-like greenish-black spirit plants, including the aggressively mutated arrow vines and flowing firewoods encountered earlier, shared similarities with the Demon Ghost Vine, becoming peculiar entities that were half-spirit plant and half-demon beast.
Thus, by offering them nourishment, he might obtain detailed information about them.
Should that fail, he would consider using the Grandmaster-level Earth-Drawing Technique to uproot and replant them.
As the gentle spirit rain fell, the greenish-black tendrils realized it posed no threat and allowed it to soak their foliage.
Upon seeing this, Lu Chen focused his mind on the greenish-black spirit plants, and a piece of information surfaced in his mind.
Unknown spirit plant. Under the influence of powerful fleshly spiritual power, the Three-grade Thousand Coiling Hands spirit plant has mutated.
Thousand Coiling Hands: A gregarious spirit plant that resembles arms. It favors growing in spiritual soil environments filled with large amounts of demon beast limbs, claws, and teeth, as well as cultivators' arms. It possesses a certain degree of aggressiveness, and when mature, it is an excellent material for cultivating certain unique sinister arts.
Under the influence of formidable fleshly power, numerous Thousand Coiling Hands spirit plants undergo unknown changes, developing a mutual understanding. They can instantly gather and borrow the strength of nearby counterparts, forming a collective force to confront enemies. When there are sufficient numbers, they possess strength approaching that of a Fifth-grade spirit plant.
In an extremely cold spiritual power environment, the spirit plant's tendrils will become sluggish and stagnant, greatly affecting its speed and flexibility.
"The Thousand Coiling Hands spirit plant... Based on this description, it should also be classified as a Yin spirit plant type."
"Who would have thought that a large number of mutated Thousand Coiling Hands, when gathered together, would show a tendency to form a spirit plant formation."
Lu Chen marveled inwardly.
"Brother Lu, have you discovered anything?"
Although she didn't understand why Lu Chen had cast a spirit rain technique that caused almost no damage, Huo Lin'er asked softly, her tone filled with anticipation. She believed that everyone had their own areas of expertise.
"It feels vaguely familiar, as if I've seen something similar in a tome, but I can't quite place it. Let me think carefully."
Lu Chen replied in a low voice. He didn't directly reveal the origin and solution to the bizarre group of spirit plants before them.
If they were in a blessed land and he could explain the origin and use of any spirit plant they encountered, then even among those skilled in spirit plants, his knowledge would be startling.
After pondering for a while, he decided to offer Huo Lin'er and the others a suggestion in the form of a guess.
"Sister Huo, I recall seeing similar information about this type of spirit plant. These plants share certain characteristics with demon beasts or cultivators, so their physiological traits may also resemble those of demon beasts or cultivators."
"For example, these bizarre arm-like spirit plants below are connected by those protruding bone joints. If we use extremely cold spiritual power on those joints, do you think it might affect the plants' movements?"
"Brother Lu's method is quite ingenious."
"Let's give it a try."
Huo Lin'er and the others' eyes lit up as they realized the feasibility of Lu Chen's proposed method.
Jian Wuxia remained silent as she took out three white jade talismans from her storage bag.
The talismans emanated a chilling aura, causing countless tiny frosts to condense on Jian Wuxia's pale palm.
"Fourth-grade talismans," Lu Chen remarked, sensing the spiritual power fluctuations emanating from the white jade talismans.
The three talismans were activated by Jian Wuxia, and they shot out in a triangular formation at incredible speed, leaving trails of icy frost in their wake.
Countless transparent snowflakes filled the air, turning the area below into a silver-white winter wonderland. Even from the passage, Lu Chen and the others couldn't help but shiver involuntarily.
"To use three Fourth-grade ice-attribute talismans in one go is truly extravagant."
Lu Chen couldn't help but marvel inwardly, impressed by the wealth of a true disciple. He momentarily forgot his own casual use of sword talismans.
"Now that all the mutated spirit plants are in an icy environment, let's try attacking again."
A crimson flying sword flew out from Huo Lin'er's robe and transformed into a fiery red dragon shadow in the air. It instantly appeared before one of the greenish-black arm-like spirit plants.
The surrounding greenish-black tendrils sensed the danger faced by their counterpart and rushed over as fast as they could.
However, a cracking sound was heard as one of the spirit plants over-exerted itself, forgetting the impact of the extreme cold on its movements. Its joints twisted, causing it to lag slightly as it fused with the others.
"Brother Lu's method indeed works!"
A smile of relief appeared on Huo Lin'er's face, and she immediately transmitted her voice to her fellow sect members who had remained in the passage.
Soon, over ten Tianjian Sect cultivators who specialized in ice-attribute techniques or possessed high-grade ice-attribute magical artifacts and talismans arrived at the passage entrance. They took turns casting various icy spells.
"Taste my Great Dampness Technique!"
In Lu Chen's eyes, the area where the greenish-black spirit plants grew had become a world enveloped in frost.
The tendrils of the spirit plants visibly slowed down, and when they tried to help their nearby counterparts, they seemed to be struggling against the cold, unable to provide any meaningful assistance.
In terms of individual strength, the Tianjian Sect cultivators far surpassed a single mutated Thousand Coiling Hands. Without their ability to unite and form a formidable force, the spirit plants were easily dealt with by the dozens of Tianjian Sect cultivators.
"This time, we were fortunate to have Brother Lu come up with such a brilliant idea, achieving an unexpected effect."
After they reached the other side of the dark red passage, Huo Lin'er said gently to Lu Chen beside her.
"I merely provided a suggestion. The credit goes to all of you who displayed powerful ice techniques and used high-grade artifacts and talismans, as well as the senior brothers and sisters who took care of the mutated spirit plants in the end."
Lu Chen humbly replied, "I didn't do much." Considering his identity as a Spirit Plant Master, Huo Lin'er and the others had protected him during the cleanup, ensuring he didn't expend any spiritual power.
"Brother Lu, there's no need to be humble," Wu Xi said with a smile, her usually cold expression softening. "Without your profound knowledge of spirit plants, it would have been difficult for us to come up with this method based on our own experiences." There was a hint of praise and approval in her voice.
"All right, let's not stand here chatting. Let's go inside and see what's in there," Wu Xi said, urging the group to move forward.
Lu Chen quietly brought up the rear. A gray vine, as thick as a finger, slithered out from the bottom of his pants and silently entered the dark red spiritual soil.
Once deep within the soil, the Demon Ghost Vine rapidly increased in size, sprouting tendrils that rushed towards the area where the Thousand Coiling Hands grew, leaving trails of gray viscous fluid in their wake.
Now that he knew about the peculiarities of the mutated Thousand Coiling Hands, how could he pass up the opportunity to obtain such a rare and precious spirit plant?
Taking advantage of the moment when no one was paying attention, he released the Demon Ghost Vine, allowing it to search the area for any seeds or remnants of the mutated Thousand Coiling Hands.
"The Arrow Vine specializes in offense, while the Thousand Coiling Hands excels at defense. A well-rounded combination of both is the true path."
(End of Chapter)
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