The group passed through several streets and finally arrived outside the City Hall building.

Zhou Haoyu first carefully observed the structure of this City Hall.

Judging from the exterior condition of the building, there didn't seem to be any major problems.

But the inside felt rather bizarre—the plants were not growing toward the sunlight but were instead burrowing into the building.

Obviously, these plants were disguises of the Horror Plant Demon.

"Before night falls, we still need to check the situation inside this building." Lu Zhenghe naturally called to everyone.

At this moment, Mu Nujiao came to Zhou Haoyu's side and whispered softly, "These plants are strange. There might be danger inside."

As a Plant Element mage, Mu Nujiao was very familiar with the habits of plant growth.

And these vines growing toward the dark clearly violated common sense.

Zhou Haoyu nodded, then looked at everyone and said, "There is a demon aura inside this City Hall. Rushing in recklessly will be quite dangerous."

"Dangerous?"

Lu Zhenghe snorted, looking completely unconcerned. "All I know is that staying here is even more dangerous. It's already getting late. There's no time to look for a more suitable building."

Zhou Haoyu swept a cold glance and said calmly, "If you want to enter this building, I won't stop you."

"You!"

Lu Zhenghe was so angry that his face turned red, and the rage in his heart erupted all at once as he glared fiercely at Zhou Haoyu.

"Once I finish scouting this building, don't you dare come in!"

Zhou Haoyu looked at the furious Lu Zhenghe and merely shrugged lightly.

With Lu Zhenghe's strength, entering this building was a road to death.

"When the time comes, you'll be begging me." Lu Zhenghe snorted coldly at everyone.

After speaking, Lu Zhenghe headed toward the City Hall building.

Liao Mingxuan hesitated for a moment before following. Staying outside was even more dangerous.

"Brother Yu, where should we go now?" Zhao Manyan walked to Zhou Haoyu's side and asked.

In Zhao Manyan's opinion, Lu Zhenghe and Liao Mingxuan were simply brainless.

Instead of placing hope on a building, staying by Zhou Haoyu's side was the safest choice.

"Let's wait and see." Zhou Haoyu said.

With Lu Zhenghe and Liao Mingxuan as bait, this Horror Plant Demon would definitely shed its disguise. Once its disguise was gone, the Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon would strike decisively.

Everything was linked layer by layer. As for Lu Zhenghe and Liao Mingxuan's safety, they could only pray for themselves.

After all, it was the path they chose.

Not long after, screams came from inside the building.

All the vines on the building began wriggling—they were completely alive, madly squeezing into the windows.

Everyone's expression changed drastically. These plants were actually one whole entity!

"Bang!!"

The sound of windows shattering rang out. Liao Mingxuan, in a moment of desperation, jumped out of a window and barely held his body steady using wind track.

But the vines on the wall, seeing prey, crazily gathered toward Liao Mingxuan, as if they would drag him back inside the next instant.

Xu Dalong and the others widened their eyes, wanting to help but were powerless.

At this moment, Zhou Haoyu decisively used Telekinesis to pull Liao Mingxuan back.

After being saved, Liao Mingxuan was still in a daze. Only after Xu Dalong shook him a few times did he recover.

"Where's Lu Zhenghe?" Xu Dalong asked.

"Dead."

"As soon as he went in, a sharp tendril pierced through his chest from God knows where. His Violent Wolf didn't even get the chance to be summoned."

"Luckily there was a window nearby. I used Wind Track and all my magic tools to break through and escape by a fluke."

Liao Mingxuan stared in terror at the City Hall that had completely transformed.

At this moment, the outside of the building was already covered in vines thicker than mud walls, leaving him with an indelible psychological shadow.

"Dead?!"

Everyone found it a little unbelievable—Lu Zhenghe was just dead like that?

"Zhou Haoyu warned you in advance. You were the ones who didn't listen." Song Xia snorted coldly.

Liao Mingxuan had no mood to refute. If Zhou Haoyu had not saved him in time, he too would already be a corpse.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~~"

Suddenly, a black gale surged in like raging waves, blowing the trees along the street to the point they keeled over.

Before anyone had time to react, a terrifying aura descended from the sky.

Everyone except Zhou Haoyu began to have trouble breathing, cold sweat breaking out all over their bodies from fear.

Zhou Haoyu held his breath and looked toward the sky. A pair of enormous fleshy wings abruptly appeared, causing everyone's hearts to tremble involuntarily.

Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon!

Even though it was only a pseudo dragon, creatures with any draconic blood were never simple, and this Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon had reached the Great Commander level!

"Don't panic. We are not its target," Zhou Haoyu reassured everyone.

There was still some distance between them and the City Hall. As long as they were careful, they should not be perceived by the Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon.

As if proving Zhou Haoyu right, the winged lizard flew straight toward the City Hall.

It landed precisely where the Horror Plant Demon was lurking, utterly ignoring the building as it opened its abyssal maw to bite down.

In the next moment, the reinforced concrete structure crumbled like foam, and its target was the Horror's plant head.

The Horror Plant tried everything it could to escape this predator, but the strength gap was simply too massive; all struggle was futile.

The Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon easily broke free of the vines and chomped off the Horror Plant's head.

"It actually got eaten!"

Liao Mingxuan's eyes nearly popped out—this terrifying Horror Plant had become food for another demon.

"Not good! It's coming toward us now!"

Mo Fan suddenly cried out.

After devouring the Horror Plant's head, the Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon was about to leave, but as if sensing something, it suddenly changed direction and headed this way.

Zhou Haoyu frowned. Could it be due to the aura of his high-tier mage cultivation?

There was no time to think too much. Zhou Haoyu immediately said to everyone, "Don't move recklessly. Leave it to me."

After speaking, under everyone's shocked gazes, Zhou Haoyu flew into the air using Magic Tool Wings of Thunderbolts.

A violet Star Map rapidly formed, endless purple lightning raged toward the Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon.

Lightning madly danced as strike after strike crashed down on it, yet they failed to inflict any injuries.

The creature didn't even slow down.

This was Mid-Tier Level Three Spell [Thunderbolt-Madness Dance] under Purple Firmament enhancement, yet it couldn't even scratch it—a true pseudo dragon's body indeed.

The Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon had inherited the draconic tenacity. Although it lacked sub-dragon scales, its defenses were still astonishing.

"Since lightning doesn't work, let's try this!"

Silver light flashed in Zhou Haoyu's eyes, and in an instant over a dozen crimson longswords appeared around him, their tips pointing at the Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon.