The Great Merchant in the Cataclysm Chapter 192:

Chapter 192: Hurry Up and Leave

What made Zhang Mu almost want to vomit blood was that while he wasn’t paying attention for just those two seconds, his Blood Lotus silently climbed up the branch where the Bottle Gourd was hanging, and suddenly wrapped it up completely in its own body.

“Why are you eating everything? My gourds! Let go of them!”

Although Zhang Mu was yelling in frustration, Blood Lotus completely ignored him and focused on consuming Bottle Gourd. Zhang Mu felt his importance diminish instantly.

A very awkward scene unfolded: a man with vines extending from his left arm, writhing around sothing, looking helpless.

He had planned to cheat by using evolutionary primal liquid to quickly advance once he obtained the Bottle Gourd. But he realized that even if he reached the third rank, he would still be at a disadvantage compared to others due to his innate abilities and the competition.

This wasn’t what he wanted. He aid for much more. To avoid being left behind, he knew he had to continuously gather resources to compensate for his natural limitations.

The Bottle Gourd presented a huge opportunity. It was known that the Ice Queen rapidly grew because of it. People envied it but didn’t dare to covet it openly due to its importance to evolvers.

It enhanced an evolver’s energy and abilities without side effects. By consuming the evolutionary primal liquid from the Bottle Gourd, one could improve significantly. It was crucial to find a mutated beast with similar attributes, rge with it using the final step from the gourd, to advance rapidly and reach the final goal.

However, the Bottle Gourd seed defenseless. Once the roots were consud, Blood Lotus targeted the energy-rich core without resistance.

Without any resistance, Zhang Mu couldn’t react in ti as Blood Lotus swallowed the Bottle Gourd.

A large Bottle Gourd was forcefully swallowed.

Zhang Mu felt really sorry that he couldn’t keep an eye on it, things happened too fast.

But after seeing how aggressively Blood Lotus was fighting with Bottle Gourd just now, Zhang Mu realized sothing important. He and Blood Lotus only had a parasitic relationship, and when it ca to crucial interests, this guy wouldn’t listen to him. He might even extract from his blood like just now.

Despite the huge help Blood Lotus usually gave him and its absolute dominance over all flesh and blood creatures at the sa level, it was also a double-edged sword. One wrong move could hurt itself.

Now he finally understood why Blood Lotus’s existence was taboo in later generations. If its owner couldn’t provide enough energy for it, being drained dry and dying was not uncommon. No wonder the Era rchant in Xi An City warned Zhang Mu to be careful after learning the true nature of Blood Lotus.

This situation couldn’t go on. He needed to find a way to change this relationship, to make Blood Lotus, which was parasitic in his body, completely beco a part of his own power, instead of now, dangerously threatening his life.

Because he felt that one day if he couldn’t get external energy, this Blood Lotus might backfire. Originally, he only used his body to nurture the Blood Lotus Seed, but by then, he might also beco part of the nourishnt.

Zhang Mu’s heart tightened as he watched Blood Lotus, slowly tightening its grip around Bottle Gourd, looking complex.

When he couldn’t change the relationship between and it, letting it grow so unrestrainedly, was it good or bad after all?

Hard to say, but now he knew he couldn’t interrupt the devouring process of Blood Lotus. He knew that forcibly stopping its evolution process might directly trigger a backlash.

The relationship of parasitism is equal and involves the most fundantal interests that cannot be adjusted.

This Bottle Gourd, for Zhang Mu, is a treasure to ensure future advancent in speed. But at the sa ti, for Blood Lotus, it is an important companion to enhance its own abilities.

They are both mutant plants, with similar abilities of devouring, drawing each other together like magnets.

So, the current Zhang Mu can’t do anything, just wait quietly and hope the battle between White Fox and Long Qi doesn’t end too soon because Zhang Mu himself has no way to resist if any of them arrive here. He can only delay ti with Obsidian Beetle and mutated wolfhound.

They definitely can’t resist Long Qi’s ntal abilities, and although Zhang Mu doesn’t know the evolving ability of the second-rank mutated white fox, both the Obsidian Beetle and mutated wolfhound are more towards attacking, so they can confront, but if a real fight breaks out, it will definitely affect them.

Of course, he himself isn’t a problem, but his ntal shield range is only one ter around himself. He can’t cover the high Blood Lotus on the branches at all. If the fox gets angry and can’t break the ntal shield, directing the attack towards Blood Lotus, disrupting its evolution, as the host Zhang Mu will also not be in good shape.

Ti is ticking away, Zhang Mu is starting to feel anxious because the rumbling outside the city is almost gone, with only occasional sounds, but they also seem distant from his location.

Without saying anything else, the mutant beast group might be coming back, even if only half remain, Zhang Mu won’t be able to handle it.

Blood Lotus, hurry up! If you’re too slow, we’ll beco soone else’s food.

Now, Blood Lotus suddenly heard Zhang Mu’s urging clearly, and then it shrank violently, causing the part that had bulged out of the Bottle Gourd to collapse instantly.

Has it finally been crushed?

Zhang Mu felt a twinge of pain and relief in his heart, urging Blood Lotus repeatedly to co back. They needed to retreat, or they would be too late.

However, it seed that Blood Lotus did not hear his calls. After finishing its al, its body began a earth-shattering transformation.