Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
After using all his Evolution Points on his bamboo branches, Lin Ming realized that he seemed to have more than just one ultimate move.
Now, he could freely control the eleven branches in the lower part of his culm.
These branches were already more than four meters long and were flexible yet durable.
Lin Ming discovered that, compared to before, they would no longer break no matter how much he bent them.
Bamboo branches were supposed to be durable yet easily broken, so Lin Ming could not help rejoicing at this change.
He curled the branches, then struck the air with them fiercely!
Thwack!
The blow seemed to have sliced the air, and the crisp sound of an explosion immediately followed!
Was this sound,
A sonic boom…
What fearsome power!
The eating wolf pups jumped at the sound and instantly gathered together alertly, but there was one who did not care and continued feasting on the rabbit meat. It was then dragged out by the tail by the largest pup.
As for the Adorable Little Snake, it seemed to pay no attention to the sound and slithered through the grass in pursuit of a tiny grasshopper.
Lin Ming curled his branches into a ball again and struck them at a spot not far off from the wolf pups!
Thwack!
Although the wolf pups knew that it was Lin Ming’s doing, they were still scared by the loud noise and fell backward into a heap.
For a whip-like attack like this, Lin Ming estimated that it should have great power.
He looked toward a giant tree not far off, then hurled another strike with his branches!
Bam!!
There was a muffled sound, and a twenty-centimeter-deep groove appeared on the trunk of the giant tree!
Oho, its lethality seemed rather formidable.
If the strike landed on a small or medium-sized beast, it would probably kill the beast on the spot. If it landed on a human…
Speaking of humans, there seemed to have been a long silence after the gunshots just now.
Lin Ming looked into the distance. Although the dense forest blocked his sight, he trusted that he had not gone the wrong way.
Even if he eventually did not see any humans, it would still be nice to migrate to that lake. Moreover, with the addition of these seven little fellows, this trip was not entirely without gain.
Having strengthened his ability, Lin Ming felt that he would not be at a disadvantage even in the face of humans with shotguns.
He continued moving forward.
The wolf pups were much more energetic after filling their stomachs. The Adorable Little Snake also grew a little and finally caught a grasshopper after much effort.
To speed up, Lin Ming grabbed the wolf pups with his branches and held them up. He moved forward with his eight taproots swiftly, much faster than before.
After walking for a while, they finally came out from this large forest. Along the way, Lin Ming did not forget to collect Evolution Points with his Razor Leaf by killing numerous unlucky insects that came across him.
He ascended a small hill with sparse vegetation and suddenly heard the sound of gurgling water. Lin Ming moved in the direction of the sound for a while and arrived at a fast-flowing stream.
The wolf pups and the Adorable Little Snake went into the shallow stream to drink and play, while Lin Ming stood aside and extended his taproots to draw water for replenishing.
Lin Ming had used up a lot of water after his long journey, and most of his leaves were wilting. This stream appeared just in time.
It was almost dusk right now.
Lin Ming felt that it was better to stop here today and leave the rest of the journey for tomorrow.
He would have to go there sooner or later, and it was unnecessary to go and see what the humans were doing.
Lin Ming, who had already fully regarded himself as a plant, began using his Razor Leaf to turn nearby insects into Evolution Points.
Roar!!!
Not long after, a bellow suddenly sounded near them!
The wolf pups in the stream jumped in shock and froze in the water for a while. The biggest of them then led them scurrying back to Lin Ming’s side.
The Adorable Little Snake lagged behind them, and Lin Ming quickly grabbed it with his branch.
Oww!!
Another long howl came, but it was completely different from the previous sound.
“Are there two beasts fighting?” Lin Ming guessed.
However, judging from this roar, the size of the two beasts should not be too small.
A rabbit was already worth 5 Evolution Points. If it were a large beast, would it be worth more?
Having made up his mind, Lin Ming pulled up his taproots which he had drove deep into the ground and crossed the two-meter-wide stream. He wrapped his branches around the wolf pups and the Adorable Little Snake and walked in the direction of the continuous roars.
Although the trees in this area were gigantic, they were extremely sparse. Lin Ming saw that there was gravel all around, which prevented tall trees from taking root.
However, for a plant with “root legs” like him, it was not a problem at all.
He looked at the wolf pups among his branches. At this moment, they were all huddled together and seemed to be trembling at the sound of the bellows.
They were scared.
Lin Ming could not help feeling bewildered. Right now, he should be more frightening than wild beasts.
After all, he was a walking bamboo and could even use deadly weapons like the Razor Leaf and Bamboo Whip.
As he continued moving forward, the beasts’ roaring became louder and clearer.
It was also accompanied by occasional sounds of violent crashing and trees breaking.
“It looks like two beasts are fighting,” Lin Ming concluded.
Soon, he spotted the figures of two beasts not far off.
Those were porcupines with more than half a meter long, hard and sharp spines covering their backs!
Lin Ming roughly estimated these two fellows to be nearly two meters in length! Their size was almost that of a baby elephant.
They had already strayed far from a porcupine’s original size. It was good enough for a normal porcupine to grow to 80 centimeters.
It seemed that they had already mutated quite a significant degree.
It was just like that rabbit that he had killed before. Its body size had also mutated.
He looked at the two porcupines again. They were still fighting fiercely, each of their bodies already covered in bloodstains. One of them had injured its hind leg, but the other was in no better condition.
“I guess I’ll play the fisherman, then.” [TN: As neither the snipe nor clam would give way in fighting, a fisherman came and caught them both. This idiom describes that a third party will benefit if two parties fight.]
Lin Ming wrapped the wolf pups and the Adorable Little Snake tightly with his branches, placed them on top of himself, and then slowly moved forward.
To prevent the fighting porcupines from discovering him, he tried his best to move even slower and minimize the sound of his movement. Eventually, he seemed to be gliding rather than walking.
Due to the mutation of his bamboo branches, the Razor Leaf’s attack range had increased to almost 25 meters. However, for better accuracy, he had to get closer.
The battle between the porcupines was still going on. They attacked and tore into each other mindlessly, not even noticing the strange creature approaching them!
30 meters, 25 meters…
Lin Ming could already hear their low growls and see the blood dripping from their bodies.
To be safe, Lin Ming curled all eleven branches to their utmost limit and kept hundreds of Razor Leaves in a state ready to shoot out at any time.
Right now, the porcupines were already exhausted from their long fight and did not even notice the peculiar bamboo standing less than ten meters away from them!
Bang!!
A gunshot suddenly sounded in that instant!