On the map, within the range of the red fog, countless red dots are unevenly distributed.
Under the current circumstances, there were no wild animals in the forest, so Xu Xin had no source of points. So in his eyes, these groups of mutant vines were simply points and pieces of blue-level soil.
In the red mist, these vines swayed gently with the flow of the mist, and the blood veins or blood thorns all emitted a special red light. At a glance, a red light was flickering and shaking in the mist.
This red mist is really magical. Not only can it invalidate the tree house protection area, it can even enhance the strength of mutant creatures and make the blood patterns on the mutant creatures emit a blood-red light.
If Silver King and Mimi stayed in the red mist for a long time, would they be able to evolve faster? Of course, Xu Xin would not try it. If the red mist stimulated their abilities at a price, it would not be worth it.
Leaning against the tree, Xu Xin took a short rest and began to think about how to kill these vines that emerged from the ground.
After observing the vines carefully for a while, he found that there were two obvious formations among the vines.
These vines can be roughly divided into two categories.
One type is a blood-marked vine with a slender body covered with circles of blood veins, and a sharp tip like a spear head. This type of vine will use a stabbing method when attacking, using its sharp tip to directly pierce the target, or several or dozens of vines will entangle together to form a sharp drill, and then rotate to attack.
The other type is the blood-thorn vine, which is thick and resilient and covered with blood-red barbs. This type of vine does not have sharp tips, nor does it use a stabbing attack. Instead, it attacks like a whip, swinging with great force. The attack range is extremely large, and in addition to the extremely strong sting, the barbs can also cause very serious scratches.
After losing their targets, these vines seemed unable to bear the desire to attack, and occasionally a few vines would attack another type of vine.
Under Xu Xin's gaze, a blood-veined vine suddenly launched an attack, stabbing towards the group of blood-thorn vines. After piercing several blood-thorn vines in succession, it was attacked by the blood-thorn vines. Several blood-thorn vines hit the slender branches of the blood-veined vines and directly split the attacking blood-veined vine into several sections.
The vine that was originally stretched straight due to the thrust suddenly became limp, fell to the ground, twisted slightly a few times, and the blood veins that were originally glowing on its body dimmed, and then it became motionless.
Xu Xin couldn't help but be shocked. Before he could make a move, they started killing each other.
"嘤!" Coco was sitting in Xu Xin's arms, staring at every move of the vines with him. Seeing this situation, it screamed and wanted to get closer to take a look. Just as it jumped out of Xu Xin's arms, it was picked up by him.
"You little guy, do you want to die? Don't run around!" Xu Xin tapped Coco's head.
"Hmm..."
Coco covered her head and sat back in Xu Xin's arms, but she kept staring at the vines. As the vines attacked her, she kept making "嘤嘤" screams.
It’s no wonder that Coco kept screaming. Even Xu Xin, watching the attacks between the two vines, had the illusion that he was watching a competition.
This group of vines gives people the feeling that the two sides are fighting back and forth, but they seem to be afraid of something. Although they hate each other and want to kill each other every time, they dare not engage in large-scale conflict.
It's as if I'm constrained by some rules.
Xu Xin looked towards the hill of the salt mine. Through the red fog, the white light spots in the two depressions on the hill were extremely conspicuous, like a giant watching everything here with sharp eyes.
Xu Xin took out a crossbow, loaded a bullet, and walked to within ten meters of the edge of the red fog.
He didn't dare to get too close to the red fog, for he was afraid that the vines would come out of the fog, wrap around his feet and drag him in. If he was dragged in, he would be torn to pieces in an instant. The giant carnivorous plant he encountered before would attack by wrapping around its vines. At that time, his ankle was entangled and he was lifted up, and he was almost thrown into the big mouth of the carnivorous plant.
If these vines get out of the red fog and quickly go back, they will not necessarily die. After all, the monsters before them all died after being active in the protected area for a period of time.
Xu Xin aimed at the target, aimed at the root of a blood-veined vine, and pulled the trigger.
The roots are rooted in the soil and move in a small range in the cracks of the ground at most, which is basically equivalent to a fixed target.
"Swoosh-ka!" The crossbow accurately hit the root of the blood-veined vine, directly piercing through the slender vine.
The vines swaying in the red mist froze in the air the moment they were hit. Then, the limp vines fell directly to the ground, twisting twice like a snake. The red light emitted by the blood veins dimmed, and finally became motionless.
Kill the blood-veined vines and get points: 20 points.
"Hmm!" Coco waved its little paws, as if to say, well done!
"It's comfortable, it works!" Xu Xin's face was also full of joy.
He was actually a little worried that the crossbow wouldn't work.
Although the crossbow itself is the best crossbow below the purple level, he has been using a green-level crossbow, so the power of the crossbow is not as strong as imagined, and it will not cause much damage to the thick blood thorn vines. In the previous mine, the blood thorn vine directly pulled out the crossbow that was inserted into it and threw it towards him.
So he chose the relatively thinner blood-veined vines as his target, and the effect was indeed remarkable.
He was killed with one strike!
Looking at the group of vines, although this blood-veined vine fell to the ground, the other vines did not react at all. They were still swaying in the red mist with the flow of the mist. From time to time, a vine would attack another vine.
Since there is no reaction, then blame me!
Xu Xin loaded the crossbow again, and this time he tried to shoot at the root of a blood-thorn vine.
A hit!
However, as expected, no hints were given. Although the blood-thorn vine was also stiff, it was not dead. It just used its branches to pull out the crossbow stuck in its roots and threw it on the ground.
Then, it continued to sway, and the blood thorns on its body still emitted a red glow. Xu Xin discovered that the root that had just been pierced was actually healing slowly.
Does the red mist have the ability to heal mutated beasts, or does the blood-thorn vine itself have extremely strong recovery abilities
Xu Xin gave up on the blood-thorn vines that he could not kill, and began to attack the roots of the blood-patterned vines.
Kill the blood-veined vines and get points: 20 points.
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Kill the blood-veined vines and get points: 20 points.
"So cool!" Hearing the prompts ringing in his ears, Xu Xin couldn't stop his hands. He kept loading the crossbow and attacking the roots of the blood-veined vines.
His points also began to rise rapidly. In order to trade iron blocks with Li Wenxi to make scale armor, he used his points to exchange for three pieces of blue-level soil, leaving him with only a few hundred points. Now, his points have exceeded a thousand again, and are still increasing.
The red fog was everywhere and visibility was limited, but the red light emitted by the circles of blood veins on the blood-veined vines was able to penetrate the red fog and clearly display the position of the vines in front of Xu Xin.
Another crossbow missed and accurately killed the blood-veined vine.
At this time, there were very few blood-veined vines in the red fog, and most of them were blocked behind the blood-thorn vines, unable to attack.
At this time, Xu Xin's score had returned to 1500. He killed nearly fifty blood-veined vines in total and earned nearly a thousand points.
Touching the quiver, Xu Xin found that there were only a few crossbows left that he had brought with him.
Looking back, I saw Silver King lying very steadily on the grass, with Ah Fu lying on his back.
Mimi had already stood up and stretched her slender body. Although her endurance was poor, her recovery speed was not bad. After a few dozen minutes of rest, she had basically recovered to her peak condition.
Coco was always on his shoulder, and every time Xu Xin killed a vine, it would cry out to cheer Xu Xin up.
Rubbing Coco's little head, he looked at the watch. It was almost midnight, and there were only a few minutes left until the next day.
"Let's go back." Xu Xin glanced at the blood-thorn vines still swaying in the red mist and prepared to return to the tree house. There was only one day to rest today, and there might be some strange activities tomorrow, so it was better not to stay out all night.
"Let's go, Silver King, Mimi, and Afu."
In fact, the Silver King had already taken a nap on the grass. When he heard Xu Xin's voice, he immediately stood up and walked over.
Xu Xin climbed onto the wolf and planned to return to the tree house.
At this moment, a faint white light appeared on the distant horizon, and the wind suddenly blew in the windless jungle, making the leaves rustle.
The breeze blew on Xu Xin's face, making him feel a little bit of comfortable coolness. At the same time, a bright moon rose slowly, and a silvery light appeared on the horizon.
At the same time, the thick red fog was no longer just shrouded the hills under the sudden wind, but began to slowly dissipate.
Fortunately, the wind was blowing towards the hilly resource area, and the red fog was not blown towards Xu Xin, but gradually dissipated towards the resource area.
Xu Xin didn't plan to leave now. He wanted to see if the red mist would dissipate in the wind as he imagined.
Sure enough, the final situation was just as he expected.
After only a few minutes, the red fog that originally surrounded the resource area and was so thick that the visibility was only a few meters dissipated under the breeze, leaving only a faint fragrance.
And those blood-thorn vines that were swaying gently in the red mist slowly retracted into the ground before the red mist completely dissipated.
Finally, a silvery crescent moon rose completely from the horizon, and the entire hilly area returned to its former tranquility, leaving only cracks on the ground and dead vines on the ground.