Lantern Sister is still very capable.

Its intricate root system is incredibly developed, prying open the ground entirely. The ever-growing branches have already exceeded the height of a five-story building, yet they continue to grow slowly. The gigantic tree has attracted the attention of countless people.

"What is that? A mutated plant?"

"Will it be parasitized by AlphaGo?"

"They're too far away to be identified, and exotic plants are easier to identify than exotic beasts."

"I'm going." With a flick of her wrist, blood splattered from the ice blade. Without looking back, she headed straight for the mutated tree.

Before she even reached the ground, she saw fiery red leaves sprouting from the branches of the enormous tree, their golden veins covering the leaves, dazzlingly beautiful.

The branches continued to grow, almost reaching the protective line formed by the superhumans.

"Warning!" Bai Mei shouted, using a water ball to pluck a crimson-gold leaf, wary of any possible attack from the branch. But to her surprise, the mutated tree that had its leaf plucked did not retaliate at all.

"Is it because you don't feel anything?" Bai Mei thought, looking at the mutated tree that was still growing. This tree looked like it was about to tear a hole in the sky, just like the World Tree in mythology that stretched straight to the heavens.

"Boom————"

"What's going on? Earthquake?"

The commotion beneath their feet startled some of the ability users who were caught off guard, causing them to cry out in alarm. The commotion was brief, but they were forced to continue blocking the parasitic beast's attacks and had no time to pay attention to the mutated tree.

"Snap—whoosh—"

Bai Mei's eyes trembled, and the liquid, like flowing sleeves, stretched out with her arms, sweeping away a small group of people. The next second, several tree roots broke through the ground, wrapping around and strangling the parasitic sea beast like pythons.

"Cough cough! Commander White Eyebrows?! Cough—" The person who was rescued was none other than Li Shengtian, an acquaintance. He had been assigned to the Shantou defense team and was nearly choked to death by White Eyebrows' water-based superpower.

"Silence." Bai Mei continued to stare at the movement of the tree roots, but saw strange noises coming from underground. The tree roots that broke through the soil automatically bypassed the humans and strangled and killed the parasitic beasts one by one. Some were even dragged into the ground and were obviously used as fertilizer.

"This...this could be the bane of sea monsters?!" Li Shengtian exclaimed in surprise, also noticing that the tree roots did not attack humans.

Bai Mei frowned. "What I'm afraid of is that we'll be next."

The saying goes, "Raising a tiger will only bring trouble." White Eyebrows doesn't trust the suddenly appearing mutated tree. They're not even from the same species, so why should he expect the mutated tree to kill all the sea beasts and not turn on humans?

Chu Deng, unaware of Bai Mei's inner thoughts, didn't care about any of that. Her first time logging into Huo Shu's account was a completely different experience for her.

Fire Tree had accumulated a lot of fire-type abilities, which exploded instantly after Chu Deng connected with her consciousness. Even at the seaside, she continued to squeeze and absorb the fire elements in the air, constantly flowing into Fire Tree's body. The surging and boiling energy impacted Chu Deng's soul as Fire Tree's body expanded. The exhilarating feeling of releasing energy made her somewhat addicted.

Fortunately, after being taught a lesson by the sea monsters underwater, Chu Deng quickly regained his composure and focused on controlling the Fire Tree to kill the invading parasitic sea monsters. With consumption comes input, so Chu Deng simply dragged the corpses underground to hide them, giving people the illusion of replenishing energy.

In fact, the Fire Tree doesn't eat these water-type mutated beasts at all. As a fire-type plant, it would easily become weak if it ate them. Chu Deng directly used the mental connection to input her own supernatural ability. Although the Fire Tree's branches gradually moved away from the area where her main body was, the dual perception of body and mind established a simple channel for this transmission.

In the eyes of the giant sea monster, the figure on the seabed could be seen constantly releasing firelight, forming a beam of light leading to the surface.

【—Waaah!】

The giant beast, already increasingly enraged by Jiang Guoqiang's attacks, excitedly swam up to the beam of light.

A terrifying underwater whirlpool formed on the seabed, and Chu Deng was swept into its center by the seawater. She wanted to disconnect, but she held back for the time being and dealt with the matters above first. With her physical strength, she would be fine for the time being, as bubbles blown by giant beasts protected her all around her.

However, the higher-ups need to speed things up.

Thinking this, Chu Deng calmed herself down and used her consciousness to control the branches of the fire tree, guiding the path of her fire-type abilities.

From the main stem to the branches, then to the leaves, and then...

burst!

In an instant, the crimson-gold leaves were ignited, exploding like fireworks, and the fire-type power contained within set the sea beasts beneath the tree that were entangled by its roots on fire.

The parasitic beast writhed under the flames. The Alpha Worm hidden in the crystal core inside its brain could not withstand the high temperature and could not help but try to escape, but it was burned by the level four flames and made a sound that was difficult for ordinary people to hear.

"Ahhhh!"

【Mm!】

The sea monster's mournful cries shattered the eardrums of everyone present, making it difficult to hear anything for a long time. They could only communicate by gesturing.

This explosion not only wiped out most of the alien beasts, but also provided an advantageous environment for the fire-type ability users present. With the blessing of the fire tree, the fire elements continued to gather, and the fire-type ability users felt that the fireballs they emitted were larger, hotter, and faster, while consuming less ability than before.

"Take it down in one fell swoop!" Li Shengtian couldn't help but yell as he charged forward.

His eyes were drawn to the fiery golden leaves of the Fire Tree. The familiar feeling distracted him for a moment, and then he noticed that the Fire Tree was slowing down its strangling of the strange beasts.

Are you tired?

Chu Deng, who had been kicked out of her consciousness connection, didn't have the mind to think about whether she was tired or not. She blinked, somewhat reluctant to open her eyes.

She saw that the bubbles left by the giant beast were protecting her, but an octopus was coiled on the surface of the bubbles, its tentacles with suckers like tumors, which had a certain impact on her eyes and mind.

Even Chu Deng, who had been exposed to zombies, suddenly experienced a phobia of clusters. Not only that, Chu Deng could even see an octopus peering out at her from the suction cup.

Seemingly sensing Chu Deng's gaze, the octopus squeezed its bright red beady eyes together, while the tips of its eight tentacles tried to pop the bubble.

The behemoth was quite powerful, and the bubbles it created held up.

But the octopus got playful, pushing the bubbles around and constantly rolling them with its tentacles, as if it were playing with a ball.

Chu Deng steadied herself and, unable to bear it any longer, deliberately popped the bubbles, letting the icy seawater cling to her skin.

Chu Deng stared indifferently at the octopus's waving tentacles, its crimson eyes fixed on her, the tentacles' suckers about to suck her in.

Is this all the trick you have?

Chu Deng stretched out her arm and let the tentacles wrap around her. Then, she took the initiative, twisted her arm, grabbed the octopus's tentacles, and slammed it headfirst into the water.

It's not easy to unleash flames in the water, but she herself can transform into high temperatures. The scorching heat emanating from her body directly burned the ignorant tentacle suckers until they were smoking. The rolling white light underwater blurred the octopus's vision. The tentacles, which had briefly lost their senses, no longer felt the touch of Chu Deng. Only then did the octopus realize something was wrong and began to wave its tentacles, stirring up the water around it.

It's a pity it's too late.

Chu Deng had already swum to its head without anyone noticing, and the flames that erupted from the seabed silently pierced the octopus from top to bottom.

"Bam—"

The enormous explosion was suppressed in the deep sea. The impact pushed Chu Deng upwards, but she turned around to dissipate the force and swam into the deep sea. Now was not the time to leave, and she still needed to collect the octopus's crystal cores to replenish her savings.

Thick black hair floated in the sea, and the woman in the sea was like a bewitching siren swimming in dark blue blood, mysterious yet unapproachable.

The creatures hidden in the deep sea all avoided him, and both the intelligent and the mindless were frightened away by the man's bloody scent.

Chu Deng quickly found the water-based crystal core left behind by the octopus. The golden patterns on it were particularly prominent. Before Chu Deng could think, the rolling seawater gently carried her and made her flip backflip in the water.

"?"

After placing the crystal core, Chu Deng found a secluded corner and quickly connected with Wu Yun's consciousness. Was the battle on the sea surface really that intense? Even the deep sea was affected.

She had to keep an eye on things. She hadn't fully mastered the giant beast's mental language yet. Her future teacher couldn't die, and Jiang Guoqiang, as the symbol of China's superhumans, couldn't die either. As the only person who could potentially interrupt the battle between the two sides, she had to find an opportunity to call the giant beast back.