Chapter 236 - 149: Scrambling for Vine Fragments! Become a Transcendent by Eating Vines? The Only Solution

Chapter 236: Chapter 149: Scrambling for Vine Fragments! Become a Transcendent by Eating Vines? The Only Solution

The true source of confidence is becoming a Transcendent!

Only with this kind of superhuman power could one hope to combat these Extraordinary Creatures.

Otherwise, when danger struck, they would be utterly powerless to resist—nothing more than lambs to the slaughter.

The students infested by the vines were a prime example.

’But how exactly do you become a Transcendent?’

Sima’s mind raced, replaying what Chen Chong had said.

’Are the only two paths really just acquiring an Ability Card or eating the flesh of an Extraordinary Creature?’

’Could he be lying to everyone? There has to be an easier way.’

’Otherwise, there’s no way so many people in his group could have become Transcendents.’

’It can’t be that every single one of them became a Transcendent just by getting Ability Cards and hunting Extraordinary Creatures, right?’

Sima’s expression flickered between doubt and resentment.

’We all came to this world together. Half a month has passed, and all I’ve managed to collect are a few Building Cards and Resource Cards. My best Card is only B-Level, and it’s a damn pigsty Card!’

’But look at Chen Chong. He’s already a terrifyingly powerful Transcendent.’

’Even his subordinates, like Xu Jun and the others, have entered the Extraordinary Domain. How the hell did he do it?’

Sima didn’t believe Chen Chong. He was convinced there had to be a shortcut.

’Since he’s a Transcendent himself, of course he doesn’t want too many other people getting stronger and diluting his power.’

’But what other path could there be?’

Sima’s gaze fell to the ground. There, amidst the countless remains of the Bloodthirsty Vines...

An idea sparked in his mind.

He remembered that whenever Chen Chong’s group killed a Parasite, they would plunge a blade into its head, pry out a basketball-sized, spherical object, and then shatter it.

’Could that thing be the brain of an Extraordinary Creature like the Bloodthirsty Vine?’

’If so, it must be packed with rich Extraordinary Energy. If I ate it, could I break through and become a Transcendent by consuming the flesh of an Extraordinary Creature, just like Chen Chong said?’

’I’ll tentatively believe him for now. Eating the flesh of Extraordinary Creatures must really help an ordinary person get closer to becoming a Transcendent.’

’If flesh works, then the roots and stems of a plant should follow the same logic.’

At this thought, Sima immediately bent down to pick up the Vine Core fragments from the ground.

His followers nearby saw this, their faces filled with confusion.

"That stuff is disgusting, and it’s covered in goo. Chief, why are you grabbing it?"

Sima picked up a curved, semi-circular fragment. "With this," he said, "we might be able to become Transcendents!"

The moment he said that, even the slowest among them instantly understood what Sima meant.

They were both Extraordinary Creatures. If the flesh of the Blood-tooth Python was useful, then the core of this Bloodthirsty Vine must be useful too.

We can’t let something this good go to waste!

They couldn’t get a taste of the stew in the pot, but these vines were scattered all over the plaza.

At the thought that eating this could make them Transcendents, the eyes of the Survival Association members turned red with greed. They immediately bent down and started grabbing the Vine Core fragments from the ground.

All their previous revulsion vanished. Even though the fragments were covered in a mix of green ichor and red, shredded flesh, they frantically stuffed them into their bags and pockets...

A grin stretched across Sima’s face as he clutched dozens of Vine Core fragments.

’Chen Chong still isn’t careful enough,’ he thought gleefully. ’To kill all these Bloodthirsty Vines and not even bother to collect the remains... now I get to profit from his mistake!’

’If I can absorb the Extraordinary Energy inside, I’ll become a Transcendent too. His advantage over me will be completely gone.’

’And the Survival Association will grow even stronger!’

However, Sima was not the only one who had this idea.

Aside from the members of the Survival Association, plenty of other students had realized the same thing and were also gathering fragments from the ground.

Seeing this, those who were slower to react also understood and scrambled to join in, grabbing for the fragments.

In the blink of an eye, nearly all the spectators in the plaza were scavenging for vine fragments.

Every one of them was trying to use the remains of the Bloodthirsty Vines to become a Transcendent.

Many were even chuckling foolishly as they gathered the pieces, already lost in fantasies of becoming Transcendents themselves.

Eventually, with so many people involved, it devolved into a frantic scramble.

The Bloodthirsty Vines, which everyone had desperately avoided just moments before, had now become a hot commodity...

Fortunately, there had been a large number of Parasites. After being violently torn apart by Chen Chong, Xu Jun, and the others, their shattered remains were scattered everywhere, resulting in a countless number of Vine Core fragments.

Even with so many people scrambling for them, most managed to snag a piece or two.

Some of the larger groups even managed to claim the entire remains of one or two dead Bloodthirsty Vines.

Eventually, every last Vine Core had been snatched up.

Even the withered, discolored tendrils became targets of the scramble.

In their minds, even if the Extraordinary Energy within the tendrils was far less than in the core, they were still part of an Extraordinary Creature.

There had to be at least some Extraordinary Energy inside, so grabbing what they could was better than nothing...

Zhong Fang, Zhang Meng, and the others watched this scene unfold from the high platform, but they had no intention of stopping it.

This was because Chen Chong had already explained it to them: once the cores of the Bloodthirsty Vines were shattered, they became nothing more than useless, withered husks.

There was barely any Extraordinary Energy left inside—so little that not even the Tiger Striped Dogs would deign to chew on them.

To make use of a Vine Core, it had to remain intact, just like the one Chen Chong had taken. Only a whole one would prevent the energy from leaking out.

Furthermore, the cores from these ordinary Parasites were already weak in energy to begin with; otherwise, the creatures wouldn’t have been so feeble.

Shattering them on top of that left the energy levels practically negligible.

As for the tendrils that had turned into withered branches, they were even more worthless, practically no different from ordinary vines.