The apocalypse struck, and I became a druid.

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"dart out!"

Under a series of combined offensives.

The vortex crab couldn't help but let out a painful hiss, its body convulsing violently.

A transparent wave, mixed in with its hiss, spread out.

The dense fog was pushed aside by an invisible force, creating a vacuum.

slap~

Invisible ripples swept across the pale blue protective shield covering the three people and the lizard.

"Ugh!" Yu Na groaned, her petite body trembling, and a trickle of blood flowed from her nostrils.

"Click...snap."

With Yu Na's help in resisting the mental shock, Han Ning didn't need to be distracted.

The three vines rapidly shrank, like parasites, burrowing into the flesh and blood of the spiral crab's joints, spreading and growing continuously, advancing deep into the flesh, until finally countless branches tore outwards at once.

"Hiss..."

The sickening sound of bones cracking rang out simultaneously, accompanied by the piercing screams of the vortex crabs, which became distorted in tone.

A hind leg covered in a thick carapace was torn off at the joint by vines.

The vortex crab completely lost its balance and crashed to one side.

The intense pain triggered the volcano crab's ferocity.

It tried its best to lift the pincers.

"Om~"

A rapidly spinning stream of water shot towards Han Ning's brain.

Before the water even arrived, the low wind pressure it created caused Han Ning's hair to fly wildly in all directions.

Han Ning was about to dodge.

Lin Qianqian's explosive arrow shot out again, hitting the rushing water and stopping the high-speed flow for half a second.

Taking this opportunity, Han Ning, like Spider-Man, flicked out a vine with his left hand, which wrapped around a piece of abandoned concrete pillar next to him.

Then, controlling the vines, he swung to the right, quickly creating distance between himself and the water flow.

"Go to hell!"

At the same time, it controls the vines inside the spiral crab's body, continuing to penetrate deeper and stir!

The forked vines, like venomous snakes, frantically burrowed into the relatively vulnerable thorax of the volcano crab along the torn wound.

"Ow!"

A white shadow flashed.

Snowcake leaped up and pinned the Spiral Crab beneath it, using its hard head to relentlessly pound the relatively vulnerable junction of the Spiral Crab's thoracic and abdominal carapaces.

Bang bang bang!

Heavy impacts rang out one after another, and the overturned body of the vortex crab was unable to move.

The deadly drill-like pincers swept wildly across Xuebing's chest, leaving large patches of blood in their wake.

"Rapid growth!"

Han Ning focused his mind.

The vines inside the vortex crab seemed to be injected with a violent life force, expanding, twisting, and piercing wildly.

Tearing muscles from the inside, crushing internal organs, destroying everything.

"Hiss... Gah..." The writhing crab's miserable howl came to an abrupt halt, turning into a whimpering sound.

Its massive body convulsed violently a few times, the spinning drill-like pincers drooped limply, and the electric light on its tail quickly dimmed.

The thick, spiral-patterned shell could no longer protect it, and the pincers, still raised, crashed into the murky water.

Chapter 46 Hug left and right

The scene returned to quiet.

Only the monotonous sound of raindrops hitting the water's surface and the heavy, suppressed breathing of the group echoed in the thick fog.

shuh~

A blue-white orb of light, far larger and more condensed than when the mirage was killed, emanated from where the vortex crab had sunk.

It split into three streams in mid-air, one large and two small, which then entered the bodies of Han Ning, Lin Qianqian, and Yu Na respectively.

[Druid Growth Progress +60] (Current Lv4, 92/600)

[Mental Strength +0.1] (Mental Strength: 0.85)

[Swamp Crocodile Lizard Growth Progress +15] (Currently 27/200)

[Vine Technique (Advanced) Proficiency +8] (Currently 18/500)

Han Ning slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, withdrew his spiritual power, and the remaining vines turned into specks of green light and dissipated.

Lin Qianqian lowered the compound bow in her hand, raised her head, and looked over the gradually calming murky water to land on Han Ning. A slight smile appeared on her lips.

"Well done."

She waded through the puddles to Han Ning's side, extended her right hand, and gently placed her palm on Han Ning's shoulder.

A soft, understated white light emanated from her fair fingertips.

hum...

A gentle and peaceful energy flow instantly penetrated through Han Ning's clothes and skin, surging into his body.

Han Ning's spiritual energy, which had been depleted in the battle, recovered rapidly.

Although the battle was rather intense, and he had absorbed the energy of the Vortex Crab, his spiritual power was not greatly depleted. With Lin Qianqian's help, it was fully restored.

"how do you feel?"

"Much better, thank you." Han Ning felt the abundant spiritual energy within his body and thanked Lin Qianqian.

Lin Qianqian withdrew her hand, the white light at her fingertips disappeared, and she smiled: "It's nothing."

"Let's take a break."

As she spoke, she turned and walked towards Yu Na.

While Lin Qianqian was helping Yu Na restore her energy.

Han Ning quickly walked to Xuebing's side.

The little guy was lying in the murky water, his body low to the ground, licking his body that had been scratched by the swirl crab with his tongue, and making low whimpering noises.

"Don't move." Han Ning squatted down, his palm glowing with a vibrant emerald green light, covering Xuebing's hideous wound.

[Rejuvenation Spell (Intermediate) Proficiency +1, currently 39/200]

As the green light seeped in, the bleeding from the rolled-up skin at the edge of the wound stopped at a visible speed, and tiny granulation tissue began to wriggle and grow.

Xuebing squinted its eyes comfortably, the whimper in its throat turned into a satisfied gurgling sound, and rubbed its cool head against Han Ning's wrist.

[Swamp Crocodile Lizard growth progress +1, currently 28/200]

By this time, Lin Qianqian had finished helping Yu Na recover.

She walked to the huge carcass of the spiral crab and drew a gleaming short knife from her waist.

The pair of hard, huge pincers were removed from the joints.

Next, she cut open the relatively soft abdominal joint, cut out several large pieces of snow-white, delicate, and clearly textured crab meat, carefully wrapped them in a waterproof cloth, and put them into a sealed bag.

"Give."

Lin Qianqian handed the heavy bag to Han Ning in a gentle tone.

"You are the main force in the battle, so these spoils should rightfully belong to you. We'll just absorb the energy."

"Okay, thank you." Han Ning accepted the bag without hesitation and put it into his backpack.

As for whether or not to share with Lin Qianqian and the others, he planned to wait until he got back to decide.

Take a short break.

Lin Qianqian glanced at the surrounding fog and pointed deeper into the fog zone: "We're in good condition, so we can continue forward, but stay alert."

The team set off again, trekking deeper into the dense fog.

The further we went, the heavier the fog seemed to become, pressing down on everyone, and visibility dropped to less than five meters.

The water underfoot seemed deeper and colder, and each step carried a sticky resistance.

Along the way, they encountered several more attacks by mirages.

After that spiral crab died, they appeared out of nowhere.

These creatures, lurking within the bodies of decaying organisms, constantly release disturbing hallucinations.

However, thanks to Yu Na's advance warning and the protection of her mental barrier, coupled with Han Ning's precise vine attacks and Lin Qianqian's timely replenishment of spiritual energy, these lone mirage insects were dealt with relatively easily.

[Druid Growth Progress +15] (Current Lv4, 107/600)

[Mental Strength +0.13] (Mental Strength: 0.98)

[Swamp Crocodile Lizard Growth Progress +7] (Currently 35/200)

When they had penetrated deep into the fog and reached a depth of about 350 meters, the fog concentration in the surrounding area reached a peak.

The light was completely swallowed up; even with a flashlight, the beam could only illuminate a small area in front of you before being engulfed by the thick fog.

"Stop!" Yu Na, who had been silently on guard, suddenly shouted, her voice trembling almost imperceptibly.

She stopped and looked to her right, where the azure light of her mental barrier fluctuated violently.

"What's wrong?" Lin Qianqian immediately raised her compound bow, pointing the arrowhead in the direction Yu Na had warned her about.

"At the three o'clock position, three enormous life forms are approaching; they are spiral crabs!"