Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse - Chapter 924: 924: Planting the Seeds

Chapter 924: Chapter 924: Planting the Seeds

The group of people, including Li Xunyan and Zhang Feng, found themselves enveloped by the pressure emanating from the wood element ability.

Suddenly, countless blades-like leaves shrieked in the strong wind as they attacked!

Ah!!

Screams resounded non-stop, and Zhang Feng, who was wearing a gray coat, had already taken it off, trying to defend against the leaves that could cause cuts. However, it was clearly futile. Those leaves seemed to have eyes, cutting towards his exposed skin from every gap and corner.

A fire element ability user tried to use fireballs for defense, but Li Xunyan stopped them.

“Don’t use fire! Do you want us all to be burned alive in here?!”

Li Xunyan shouted.

Su Jin smiled. It seemed that woman had some brains. Fire overcomes wood, and if someone used a fire element ability, the group wrapped inside would inevitably catch fire.

However, what she intended to do was not just that simple.

Huang Liang, a speed element ability user, swiftly dodged the leaves, but after being tripped by a vine, he fell into a clump of grass. Immediately, he felt a sudden stabbing pain in the hand he had pressed on the grass.

When he looked down again, he suddenly found that a blood hole had been bored into his palm, and a small green seed-like particle from the grass was slowly being absorbed into it.

“What is that!”

Huang Liang was somewhat terrified, as he could already feel the pain spreading from his palm.

Piercing screams erupted, even Li Xunyan was tied to a tree trunk. The vine had actually pierced the back of her neck, followed by a pain she had never felt before.

“37, 38…”

Outside the sealed forest, Su Jin calmly counted until she reached 46, then she stopped.

“All done?”

Lu Hao asked.

“Yes, all done, now let them experience it slowly.”

Su Jin replied with a smile.

The 46 people forced to experience it slowly now felt life was worse than death.

No matter what abilities they used to pull out the plants growing from their wounds, it was useless. Even cutting them off with metal element abilities did no good, as new ones sprouted immediately. Moreover, they found that the more they cut, the faster their stamina and abilities were depleted.

“These plants are using our bodies as nutrients! Everyone, stop removing them!”

Having noticed this, someone shouted urgently.

“But it hurts so much.”

Several female ability users could no longer hold back their tears.

“I told you a Level Eight ability user wouldn’t be easy to deal with. This is all Li Xunyan’s fault!”

A man pointed at Li Xunyan, who had a large, foul-smelling flower growing from the back of her neck, and shouted.

“Zhou Jingtong! Everyone agreed to come here back then, and now you’re blaming me alone?”

Li Xunyan was nearly tormented to fainting by the noxious flower, now she also faced accusations from her companions. If it wasn’t for the team’s supplies, why would she have taken the risk?

Amidst the sound of weeping, Zhang Feng shouted to stop the argument.

“I don’t think the Heart Talk Team wants our lives. Let’s admit our mistakes and ask her to remove these strange things.”

Zhang Feng suggested.

The feeling of growing plants was unbearable, and everyone felt that if they delayed any longer, they might actually become fertilizer, so no one dared disagree.

The voices of 40-plus people pleading for mercy could be heard, while the onlookers outside were curious about what those inside had been through to make them give up so quickly. When Su Jin withdrew her ability, the sight before the spectators left them stunned.

The once aggressive group of more than 40 now looked like a bunch of flower pots with grass growing out of them, some even had long branches sprouting from their faces, making them look utterly ridiculous.

“That was hilarious, wood element abilities are really fun.”

“They asked for it by challenging the Heart Talk Team, looking for trouble.”

“Su Jin went too easy on them.”

“…”

The murmurs of discussion did not escape the ears of Li Xunyan and others. Shame, along with suppressed anger, made them unable to lift their heads.

“We won’t come back anymore, please remove the abilities from us now!”

Li Xunyan bit her lip and shouted to Su Jin.

“Not borrowing people anymore?”

Lu Hao asked in response.

“Not borrowing, big brother, we really won’t borrow again, just get rid of these plants quickly!”

Someone cried out from behind.

“It’s fine if you’re not borrowing, but I need you to promise that none of you 46 will ever set foot in the practitioners’ resting area again.”

Su Jin spoke condescendingly, though she had noticed some flickering eyes.

“Alright, we promise we won’t come anymore.”

Zhang Feng replied quickly, his body was covered in wounds, and he just wanted to find a healer to tend to them.

“We won’t come, we won’t come.”

Many assured, and Su Jin nodded, whisking away the plants from their bodies with a wave.

“Wait.”

As Su Jin saw them about to leave, she called out again.

“What now?”

Li Xunyan glared at Su Jin.

“Nothing, just wanted to remind you all that the seeds I planted in you are still there. If you forget today’s promise and enter here again, don’t blame me for being rude.”

Su Jin snapped her fingers with a smile, and sure enough, the same stinky flower sprouted again from Li Xunyan’s neck.

Lin Xiuyuan covered his nose and asked: “Is this the flower called Titan Arum?”

He remembered Su Jin had played with this seed in her space before because the smell resembled a corpse stench, which earned unanimous complaints from everyone. That smell was too memorable.

“Su, you are too much, ahhh!!”

So painful!

Li Xunyan was already in pain, clutching the ground. The emergence of the plants was the most excruciating moment; she wished she could kill Su Jin.

Su Jin acted as if she didn’t see it, took back the plants from her body, and then addressed the still shocked crowd:

“Don’t worry, as long as you don’t enter here again or do anything unfavorable to the Heart Talk Team, the seeds inside you won’t affect you at all.”

“Haha, that’s more like it, I thought Captain Su would let them off so easily.”

“Turns out wood element abilities can be used this way…”

The ability users watching clicked their tongues in wonder, witnessing a spectacular show. Seeing those people with gray faces running faster than rabbits, everyone felt immense satisfaction.

“Xiao Hao, do you think they’ll come back again?”

Lu Guanhai asked, looking at their retreating backs.

“Hard to say, but they won’t have the chance anymore.”

Lu Hao replied, deciding that next time, in such a situation, they would take their home group out together.