Chapter 3031: Hell’s Grove
Chapter 3031: Hell’s Grove
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Hell, twenty-fifth level.
After more than three hours of intense battle, Dean finally managed to bring the Holy Court team under control and led the team back to the entrance of the previous floor.
The hell creatures sent by the Jealousy demonic seed this time were all elite forces that had been cultivated in hell for many years, each possessing extremely high combat strength. Only in terms of numbers were they slightly inferior to the Holy Court.
Coupled with the environmental advantages of hell, they were able to unleash terrifying power.
The battle was manageable at first, and the Holy Court side was able to maintain an orderly retreat.
But as time passed, the buff effects previously granted by Fang Heng to the Holy Knight Legion gradually wore off, and the overall combat strength of the team began to collapse.
To ensure that the Holy Court team would not be wiped out, Dean had no choice but to personally join the battlefield and lead the team in a slow retreat.
"Could something have happened to Fang Heng?"
Dean cautiously glanced into the depths of hell, feeling a sense of unease.
More than three hours had passed, and although some of the monsters summoned by the Jealousy demonic seed had been cleared, there was still no sign of Fang Heng.
That guy had always been bold to the extreme, but this time...𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
Huh?
Just as he was thinking, Dean suddenly felt a faint tremor beneath his feet.
What?
The Holy Court team immediately reacted as if facing a great enemy, retreating and raising a thick holy defensive barrier.
"Be careful!!"
As the lava rock layers trembled, fine cracks began to appear on the lava-covered ground.
Looking closely, tiny vines commenced crawling out from the fissures in the cracked ground.
What the hell?!
The surface of the vines was covered in dark red blood vessel-like patterns, rapidly spreading across the ground, dissolving the sulfur rocks with a sizzling sound wherever they passed.
Thicker roots then emerged from the cracked ground, anchoring themselves tightly and spreading through the earth and rock walls.
In just a few breaths, the trembling ground calmed, and roots and fine vines now spread throughout all visible parts of the twenty-fifth level of hell!
The vines even continued to expand, growing toward the upper layers of hell.
"What kind of bizarre plant is this?"
Dean led the Holy Court team in a cautious retreat, staring at the strange, rapidly spreading "Hell Groove" before him, an intense sense of unease rising in his heart.
Upon close inspection, the vines clung to the rock walls, their tiny thorns piercing the stone as if absorbing the energy of hell.
Was it some kind of hell creature?
Related to their intrusion?
At first glance, the roots and vines did not seem hostile toward either the hell creatures or the Holy Court.
Before Dean could figure it out, the berserk hell creatures under the Jealousy demonic seed suddenly launched an attack on the nearby vines and roots!
Blades engulfed in hellfire slashed down, shredding the vine-like plants and scorching the wounds with intense flames.
"Bang! Bang bang!!!"
The vine roots were also infused with hell’s berserk nature. Once attacked, they immediately counterattacked. Sharp spikes formed along the roots, shooting toward the hell creatures, while the vines furiously coiled around them.
The vine-like plants were extremely powerful!
Those still standing and fighting were all high-tier hell creatures recruited by the Jealousy demonic seed.
However, even these high-tier creatures gained no advantage against the vines and roots!
Faced with the densely packed and surging vine entanglements and spiked root attacks, even when they blasted them to pieces, more vines would swarm in the next second.
And if they slipped up even slightly...
"Shoo! Shoo shoo shoo!!!!"
The roots swiftly seized the chance to grab a hell creature by the ankle, hoisting it into the air and slamming it violently into the ground!
"Bang!!"
The surrounding vines quickly slithered over, completely entangling and restraining the hell creature, then swiftly dragged it into the ground, disappearing without a trace.
"Gulp..."
The Holy Paladins of the Holy Court swallowed nervously as they looked at the battlefield.
"This..."
The roots radiated a strong hellish aura and seemed to be some kind of hell creature themselves. Why were they fighting among themselves?
"Be more cautious."
Dean didn’t dare let down his guard and led the Holy Court team to shrink back into a corner.
Hell was not only vast but seemingly bottomless. The Holy Court’s records only went as far as the fifty-fifth floor. There was still too much they didn’t understand about hell, and he couldn’t be sure what these bizarre vine-like creatures were.
"Great Sage, the situation here isn’t right. Should we retreat?"
"Yes."
Dean nodded lightly.
While the vines showed no hostility toward them, it was best to get as far away as possible and watch the hell creatures and hell vines entangle and kill each other from a safe distance.
Hmm?
Just as Dean was about to lead his team away, he frowned and looked to the right.
Within a dense grove of vines, Jing Ge’er and several demonic seeds quickly darted through the vine forest formed by Abe Akaya, heading swiftly toward a predetermined hell exit, coming face-to-face with the Holy Court team.
Both sides were cautious but tacitly refrained from making a move.
Jing Ge’er wore a dark expression, his mood at rock bottom.
From the aura emanating from them, it was clear that the restrictions left by the Jealousy demonic seed had already been removed.
They would no longer be bound by Jealousy—Essekelina.
But thinking about how the Demon Core had been seized by Fang Heng at the final moment, Jing Ge’er felt a surge of fury.
He would remember this.
If he ever had the chance in the future, he would definitely seek revenge!
Meanwhile, several others accompanying him, including Zhuang Yufei, looked grim.
The lifting of the restrictions left by the Jealousy demonic seed likely meant that Jealousy had already died.
Who did it?
Thinking back now, the most likely person capable of such a feat was Fang Heng!
Moreover, along their path, the vines and roots that had rapidly spread throughout hell had already extended from the twenty-ninth to the twenty-fifth floor, and perhaps even beyond.
There was no doubt that these bizarre plants were under Fang Heng’s control!
Just how powerful had he become?
Now that the Demon Core was in Fang Heng’s hands, the future for the demonic seeds looked bleak.
...
Meanwhile, on the twenty-ninth floor of Hell.
Abe Akaya’s vines swiftly gathered the five Demon Cores, tightly entwining them at the center, continuously absorbing their strength through the vines and taking root within Hell, rapidly spreading throughout floors twenty to thirty-four.
Fang Heng slowly opened his eyes.
[Hint: Abe Akaya has advanced to complete form.]
[Hint: Abe Akaya is undergoing level conversion...]
[Hint: Abe Akaya complete form (Level 277).]
Because Fang Heng’s soul had already been bound to Abe Akaya, as Abe Akaya’s level increased, Fang Heng’s sea of consciousness was once again nourished. A surge of powerful soul energy flowed into his consciousness, continuously soothing and strengthening the very core of his soul.