CHAPTER 54: CHAPTER 54: THE KINDLY DEVIL VINE

Great!

Wang Wu was incredibly pleased; this was fantastic news.

An instant increase by two points in negative resistance, this Devil Vine actually looked somewhat benevolent.

At this moment, he tried it out. Most of his body was bound by the roots of the Devil Vine, but one left paw was still free. Although the Devil Vine was pulling him underground, it actually hadn’t pulled him in too deep.

Because even though this area had collapsed, there were still many rocks of varying sizes. The soil at most occupied one-third of the space, so even the roots of the Devil Vine had to constantly find a way around these rocks, which inadvertently provided more cover for Wang Wu.

If it had been an environment filled entirely with soil, Wang Wu’s chances of survival would have been nearly zero. This Devil Vine is really hard to deal with.

Wang Wu wasn’t in a hurry to resist, as the effect of the Paralysis Poison hadn’t completely dissipated yet. As long as he remained calm and held his breath, he surprisingly didn’t feel too uncomfortable.

Like this, about another minute passed, the paralysis effect of the toxin completely disappeared. Wang Wu felt he could move freely again. Coincidentally, a larger rock blocked the roots’ path forward, making them start shifting around it.

Wang Wu seized the opportunity immediately, using his left paw to quickly tear apart the roots binding his upper body. This thing was quite tough, but no matter how tough, there was still a limit.

His claws were now able to leave shallow marks on hard rock. No matter how formidable the Devil Vine was, its roots, no matter how tenacious, still couldn’t stray too far from plant attributes.

After freeing his two front paws,

Wang Wu immediately used one paw to find a place on the rock he could cling onto, while the other continued tearing at the roots.

He had accidentally ingested the Devil Vine earlier, which led to his paralysis and inability to move. Now, exerting his full strength with 15 points of power was still quite notable.

In just over ten seconds, he managed to break free of most of the bindings, though the Devil Vine continued to aggressively grow more roots in an attempt to capture him again. However, it was simply insufficient.

Wang Wu leveraged that rock and, based on the position of the Devil Vine and his roughly memorized route, determined his upward direction and began frantically digging through the soil, avoiding rocks as needed.

After about several dozen seconds of furious digging, the path suddenly cleared. He finally made it back to the surface. Fresh air poured in as he opened his mouth, breathing greedily as if reborn.

Almost simultaneously, a mass of Devil Vine roots frantically wrapped around and tugged at his two hind legs, like demons underground trying to drag him back down.

But Wang Wu merely had to grasp onto a rock casually to counteract this force, then he slowly, carefully, with not too much force, managed to pull the roots of this Devil Vine out from the ground.

Then he raised his claw, cutting away and obtaining at least fifty to sixty small Devil Vine roots.

The main root of the Devil Vine quickly retreated into the depths of the earth.

At this time, a number of red ants had noticed Wang Wu, swarming towards him, biting and buzzing furiously.

Unfortunately, faced with 15 points of defense, they couldn’t even inflict the most basic damage.

In that moment, Wang Wu didn’t hesitate. He grabbed those small Devil Vine roots with one paw, ignoring the shifting ground, and dashed into the nearby rock crevice several meters away.

The previous collapse happened because many rocks here got fractured, mixed with the soil, and stirred by the Devil Vine, causing a partial collapse. But in reality, the main body of the cliff remained immovable.

After all this commotion, the rock crevice had expanded quite a bit.

So the safest place was still here, as long as he could withstand the red ants.

At the deepest part of the rock crevice, Wang Wu lay low, disregarding the red ants’ pursuit. Three seconds later, he directly activated Level 8 Concealment, letting things take their course.

A few minutes later, it seemed even the red ants realized it was pointless and dispersed.

As for the Devil Vine, it also withdrew from this area. They were here to search and plunder food, not to fight against rock.

The rest of the night passed without incident. As the sky began to lighten, but before the sun rose, the ground in the valley once again began to move, with numerous Devil Vine roots wriggling up from the depths, and the enormous vine ball above emitted a series of buzzing sounds before slowly rising into the air.

This was them starting a new day of migration.

Perhaps they needed a place rich in resources without a powerful Great Demon to completely settle down.

Or perhaps, migration was the nature of these Devil Vines, like tumbleweed.

Seeing this scene, Wang Wu breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the over fifty small Devil Vine roots hidden beneath him. Without saying a word, he pulled out two and began chewing.

Because last night, that was about the amount he chewed.

Without needing to swallow, he chewed for less than ten seconds before his tongue lost sensation, followed by the paralysis spreading to his entire head, then to most of his body...

Then, there was no further development. Although his lower body felt a certain numbness, like the sensation of your legs falling asleep in a latrine, it definitely wasn’t complete paralysis.

Indeed, those 4 points of Paralysis Poison Resistance were effective.

"You have ingested the roots of the Devil Vine. You are poisoned and forced into a state of paralysis. The toxin also dealt 100 points of erosion damage to you. Because you possess 4 points of Paralysis Poison Resistance and 8 points of Plant Poison Resistance, your paralysis state will begin to weaken after 55 seconds, and you ultimately withstood 64 points of toxin erosion damage."

"Due to insufficient satiety, your Level 6 Healing Talent cannot be activated, but the passive effect remains..."

...

"Because of the passive effect of your Level 6 Healing Talent, your body has developed a slight resistance to Paralysis Poison, gaining 1 point of Paralysis Poison Resistance. It’s now (5/25)."

"Because of the passive effect of your Level 6 Healing Talent, your body has developed a certain resistance to Plant Poison, gaining 1 point of Plant Poison Resistance. It’s now (9/10)."

...

Several pieces of information appeared in less than a minute, and simultaneously, Wang Wu began to slowly regain mobility from the paralysis state, with a faster recovery this time.

As for the forced deduction in Life Value, he didn’t mind it.

After all, he currently had a Life Value Limit of 300 points.

Then he pulled out two more Devil Vine roots, chewing away noisily. Wow, this time, he actually experienced a sensation akin to eating devilishly spicy chili, wasabi, or spicy crawfish.

Though his mouth felt like numb wood, that Paralysis Poison couldn’t spread quickly this time.

"The dosage is a bit low? Just 5 points of resistance already having this effect!"

Wang Wu realized, and cautiously pulled out one more Devil Vine root, chewing and swallowing it.

This time, the dosage was finally enough, the numbing sensation went from his head to his throat, then to his upper body—hmm, only about halfway down at most.

But the paralysis duration reduced to 50 seconds, and the toxin’s erosion damage only amounted to 58 points. Wang Wu still had more than half of his Life Value remaining thus far.

As the numbing sensation rapidly dissipated like a tide, Wang Wu experienced an uncanny thrill, akin to stir-fried pork belly with small chili peppers, washed down with ice-cold beer by the bucket!

Truly exhilarating!

Soon enough, as expected, two more points of negative resistance were added.

The Paralysis Poison Resistance increased to (6/25), and the Plant Poison Resistance finally achieved a perfect (10/10)!

This marked his acquisition of the fourth type of perfect negative resistance!