It was obvious that the shadow would cause damage to the surrounding trees, even if it just passed by.
As the shadow's speed continuously increased, Guan Guan realized that if he didn't react soon, he wouldn't be able to outrun it.
Guan Guan then raised his arm and swung wildly at the root. The possessed root then fell off.
The wall revealed its original appearance, but it was useless.
The shadow soared into the air, a black mass of darkness seemingly bursting from the wall, wielding a weapon and attacking Guan Guan.
Guan Guan also reacted immediately, using a vine to block.
Fortunately, the vine could block the shadow's attack. However, after being attacked, the vine immediately became uncontrollable and swung left and right.
As the saying goes, misfortunes never come alone. Just as Guan Guan was resisting the shadow, Jiang Fan also encountered trouble.
It seemed that the root was not as well-behaved as Jiang Fan had imagined, and it appeared incredibly violent.
Perhaps it was disturbed by the shadow, causing the plants on the wall, which formed an almost right angle, to come to life.
The flowers, grass, and trees that were originally quiet became extremely aggressive.
A single leaf fell and rolled twice before becoming like a bullet, shooting towards Jiang Fan.
Initially, Jiang Fan didn't react, and a thin gash was opened on his face.
"Be careful, these trees can also attack people. I'll block them up front, and you all be careful behind me."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Nian Nian became even more flustered. She hadn't expected it to be so dangerous here, completely different from what she had imagined.
After all, these were just flowers and trees; no one had ever thought they could be so aggressive.
Seeing more and more leaves falling towards Jiang Fan, he helplessly drew his fire axe and slashed forward, attempting to kill the leaves.
Clearly, Jiang Fan's idea was correct.
With the attack of the fire axe, the leaves seemed to be intimidated and didn't dare to land on Jiang Fan easily.
On the contrary, Guan Guan below became the most miserable.
The leaves drifted towards Guan Guan's body.
Although Guan Guan was not physically harmed, a lot of his fur was cut off.
"Hurry up and increase your speed, otherwise Guan Guan's fur will be all cut off soon, and then it won't just be his fur that gets hurt."
Jiang Fan realized the seriousness of the situation. He could kill the trees, so the leaves avoided him and attacked those behind him.
But now Guan Guan had to deal with the shadow behind him while also carefully dodging these leaves.
Just as Guan Guan became angry and let out a roar, the leaves once again bypassed him and moved towards the shadow behind Guan Guan, as if they were going to fight the shadow.
"That's right, this shadow is not only hurting us; it's also hurting these leaves and roots. So, our enemy isn't just us."
Seizing this excellent opportunity, Jiang Fan immediately said something to the people behind him and then continued to speed up, running all the way up.
Along the way, many leaves, as if possessed, fell down crazily. Jiang Fan, holding his fire axe, safely bypassed this group of leaves.
Soon, Jiang Fan used his axe to grip the top.
It seemed the top was a flat area. Then, with a heave, Jiang Fan pulled himself up, followed by pulling Yao, Zhou Nian Nian, and Dai Xiao Mei up.
Seeing Guan Guan also approaching them, they extended their hands, and with a pull, Guan Guan also climbed up.
However, the group of trees and the shadow below were not so lucky.
Because the shadow and the trees had officially started fighting, the shadow didn't gain any advantage.
The shadow shuttled back and forth between the roots and trees.
As it moved among them, it withered all their roots and made them extremely possessed.
Even so, just as the shadow was about to reach the top, Jiang Fan was preparing to escape. Unexpectedly, the shadow fell directly to the ground.
"What's going on? These shadows are falling to the ground with these tree trunks."
"But fortunately, at least this proves it can't chase us and kill us, otherwise we would be in danger."
After saying this, Jiang Fan smiled faintly, as if celebrating that his group had escaped this fatal crisis.
At this moment, Zhou Nian Nian suddenly screamed.
Yao reacted and quickly looked behind Jiang Fan. Behind Jiang Fan, a behemoth was approaching.
Although its mouth was not as terrifying as the giant insect in the volcano, its sharp fangs seemed to tell everyone that this flower's combat power was indeed not weak.
Yao immediately drew his two knives and placed them on either side of Jiang Fan. Jiang Fan knew he couldn't react in time, so he immediately crouched down.
If he turned back now, he would likely be bitten to death before he could attack. Therefore, he could only trust Yao's cover.
Indeed, as Jiang Fan crouched down, a fierce collision occurred behind him, and even Jiang Fan's back felt a powerful impact force continuously pushing against him.
This was the impact force generated without touching Jiang Fan directly.
If this impact force had hit Jiang Fan directly, even he would have been seriously injured.
Knowing he was safe, Jiang Fan slowly turned his head and saw Yao holding his dual blades stuck in the mouth of the monster in front of him.
"What is this thing? Why is it so huge?"
Seeing its true form, Jiang Fan felt incredibly incredulous. Was this truly something that should exist in this world? So obese.
Clearly, it was a man-eating plant, but its size exceeded expectations.
Moreover, its teeth, which were originally fibrous, had now become as sharp and hard as animal teeth.
Yao held his dual blades in the man-eating plant's mouth, preventing it from biting and killing Jiang Fan.