CHAPTER 503: CHAPTER 495 SPIRITUAL POWER COLLAPSE AT 77

"Daddy, Mommy... Qiqi is so scared."

The little girl cried as she turned her head, hoping to find her parents’ figures, only to see the massive golden shield in the distance crack with a sound. Beneath that shield, many were protected, but once it shattered, they panicked and clutched at the man and woman’s clothes, shouting, "Shield! For God’s sake, put up the shield!"

"Put the shield on me quick! I want the same shield as that little girl! I don’t want to die here!"

"Can you do it or not! Damn it! Why hasn’t the Awakener army come yet! They’re not abandoning us, are they!"

The man frowned as he tugged his sleeve free, continuing to hold up the massive shield, blocking the further advance of the gigantic Demon Vine. The Demon Vine King was highly displeased with this bothersome barrier. A number of gigantic snake-like Demon Vines constantly took turns attacking the shield, yet this damn shield kept being raised over and over, making it quite annoyed.

It withdrew its vines, and from its center, suddenly spewed a blood-red vine, its tip having a dreadful sucking mouth, smeared with a mixture of blood and mud. As it swung, it fiercely attached to the golden shield.

The man groaned immediately, the energy from the shield converted into elements was absorbed into the mouthplate of the Demon Vine King, along with himself who was linked to the shield, causing the color to drain from his face in an instant.

"Damn it!" He quickly withdrew his hand, the shield becoming thinner, while the marks left on the Demon Vine by the Awakener’s attacks seemed to be gradually healing!

Seeing the situation was dire, the humans beneath the shield scattered at once, desperately seeking shelter elsewhere. The woman glared intently at the Demon Vine King and said to her husband, "Ah Cheng, give me a shield, I’m going to kill it!"

"No!" The man shook his head, "If the shield is sucked away, you won’t be able to withstand its attack!"

"Ah Cheng!" The woman gave him a deep look, "Behind us is Qiqi."

The man instantly clenched his fist, helplessly putting a shield on her, "Be careful, I’ll coordinate with you."

Clad in a layer of golden circular shield, the woman accelerated towards the sucking vine. That was the core of Demon Vine King’s energy absorption and transformation. Once it absorbed enough elemental power from within the city, it would inevitably evolve into an S-Class, and at this time, Central State could not yet resolve the capability of an S-Class Magic Plant!

So, it had to be destroyed, the sucking Demon Vine!

Aware of its weakness, the woman, like a nimble swallow, stepped onto one of the bulky Demon Vines. She was an A-level Power Awakening. Whether she could tear apart that sucking Demon Vine, she was not sure, but she had to try!

Sensing the woman’s attack, the Demon Vine King extracted several vines to deal with her, yet all attacks were blocked by the golden shields tossed by the man. The Demon Vine King, in anger, rose from the ground, countless vines coiled into vine walls, blocking the man’s view so he could no longer throw golden shields to her, then sent the remaining vines twisting towards the woman!

Worried about his wife’s safety, the man rushed up at once, the golden shield in his hand transformed into a sharp, spinning shield, continually rubbing and colliding with the Magic Vine. He shouted his wife’s name but only saw a sucking vine suddenly darting out from the vine wall, ejecting the woman’s body, then violently attaching to his own body.

The man’s entire body seemed immobilized, a large quantity of elements being drawn into the sucking vine, leaving him unable to move, even his mind appeared paralyzed.

"Daddy! Mommy!"

The little girl watched this scene and panicked instantly, running frantically towards the man and woman, surrounded by townsfolk fleeing in all directions. She felt like a little fish swimming upstream in a waterfall, her strength too weak, being pushed to the ground by escaping adults.

Someone cursed, "Damn brat, blocking the way!"

"Courting death, get out! Whose brat is this!"

Yet the little girl seemed not to hear, kept running towards her parents. She did not want to go home anymore, afraid once at home, she might never see Daddy and Mommy again.

She wanted to be with Daddy and Mommy!

"Qiqi, don’t..." having her energy drained, the woman saw the little girl running back from afar, a flash of despair in her eyes. She tried to crawl towards the girl to tell her to quickly leave, but had barely moved a few steps when a Demon Vine suddenly stabbed into her back!

The woman spat out a mouthful of blood tragically, "Cough—!"

"Mommy—" The little girl’s tears fell instantly again, she looked to her Daddy, hoping he would quickly save Mommy, but Daddy remained motionless, until the little girl was about to reach behind them when the vine suddenly pierced through the man’s abdomen, exposing its fiendish sucking mouth.

The man finally regained his consciousness, he heard his daughter’s cries.

"Daddy—!"

"Qiqi..." The man turned his head with difficulty, "Don’t, don’t come over..."

After the sucking vine pierced through the man’s abdomen, filled with anger and resentment towards this human who had repeatedly thwarted it, the sucking vine twisted around the man’s body. The woman beside wanted to hold onto him but was swept up along with him by those fine Magic Vines.

At that moment, the little girl only saw, in mid-air, the Magic Vines waving like ghosts, twisting her Daddy and Mommy tightly together. They let out mournful cries, like dolls being severed at the waist, gradually losing their vitality.

The black eyeglass frames fell to the ground, the lenses popped out, spider-web like cracks sprawling over them. The little girl lowered her gaze to look at the eyeglass frames, she also saw the shadows of the waving Magic Vines on the ground like huge snakes, indelibly cast upon her body.

She lifted her head, saw the sucking vine after devouring her parents, lifting its ferocious mouth towards her.

Daddy and Mommy, they were dead.

It’s all her fault for being useless, if she too was an Awakener, then she could help Daddy and Mommy, Daddy and Mommy wouldn’t have died...

It’s all her fault, it’s all her fault, damn it, it should be her!

No! The blame lies with these Demons! With this Magic Plant! Why did it come out of the instance! Why did it kill her Daddy and Mommy!

She wanted all the Magic Plants in the world to die!

All die—!

"Ah—!"

The dual collapse of her spirit made the little girl lift her head and scream tragically, tears of blood streamed down her cheeks, immediately followed by a piercing blood light emitting from her body. Countless sharp blood-colored Spirit Blades, resembling a dense rain, pierced through the golden shield on the little girl’s body, flying towards the sucking vine, shredding it into pieces instantly!

"You deserve to die! All you Magic Plants deserve to die! I’m going to kill you all! Kill you all!"

The girl’s dark eyes had somehow turned into blood-red ones, her whole being plunging into madness, devoid of reason. As her ten fingers grotesquely curled, more and more Blood Blades whirled towards the Demon Vine King, slicing all the vines approaching her into fragments!

The enormous near S-level Demon Vine King, the Demon Vine King that left countless Awakeners at a loss, possessing extremely frightening defensive power and recovery power—at this moment facing these spiritual Blood Blades had absolutely no resistance, could only let out pitiful screams!

"Worthless! Worthless! Hahaha! What Demon Vine King! It’s simply a joke!"

Red blood vessels gradually encroached upon her eyes, the insane girl with a hideous visage, her eyes bloodshot, then suddenly burst into hysterical laughter, clutching a blood-drenched face kneeling on the ground, like a robot emitting a sinister dry smile, "I’ve got spiritual power now! Daddy, Mommy, I’ve got spiritual power now! I can beat the Demon Vine King, you will definitely be proud of me, right? Daddy, Mommy, why aren’t you speaking? Is it because Qiqi hasn’t done well enough?"

"Where are you all, are you playing hide-and-seek with Qiqi? No, no, Daddy, Mommy... I remembered, it seems you... died."

The wildly laughing little girl suddenly let out a wail, under the blood rain blades, half of her face crying, the other half laughing. The sinister smile and sorrowful cries echoed in front of those dilapidated, broken spectacles, chilling whoever saw it.

"Daddy and Mommy are dead, Daddy and Mommy were killed by Magic Plants, it’s all my fault for being too useless, it’s my fault for awakening too late... Wuwuwu, hahahaha—"

The little girl trembled with a ghostly visage, finally bearing the collapse of spiritual power before fainting away.