Having been abandoned in the pollution for so long, they all grew wildly in a near-frenzied state, spreading and intertwining with each other!
Thick, thorny vines coiled like giant pythons, supporting those monstrously blooming flowers.
Sharp thorns were dense and rampant, completely engulfing the original path.
As far as the eye could see, there was only surging crimson and glinting thorns, forming a forbidden zone of life filled with malice and chaos.
"Every single one looks almost the same, except for the size…" Billie's voice trembled with a hint of despair as she looked at this crazy sea of flowers. "How do we know which one is the real Joy Witch?"
"We can't just ask them one by one, can we?"
At the same time, deep within the crimson sea of flowers.
Serie's consciousness was also within the tiny sapling of the Joy Witch.
She couldn't open her 'Ability' panel, her vision was filled with the same crimson, swaying giant petals and grotesque thorns from all directions, she couldn't turn her neck to observe her surroundings, nor could she determine her exact location within this flower-sea maze.
She could only vaguely sense the direction when Zoya and Billie got close, or when they shouted loudly.
Serie's consciousness sighed helplessly within the flower sapling.
"So troublesome!" Billie stomped her foot in frustration outside the sea of flowers. "Zoya, can't you just burn them all down? It would save so much trouble!"
"I can," Zoya retorted faintly, "but only if you want to burn our new friend to a crisp."
She paused, "Let's proceed cautiously. The Joy Witch's pollen is very special, and her siblings might also possess similar abilities."
As Zoya spoke, she instinctively tried to confirm Billie's location.
But when she turned her head—
Her side was empty.
"Billie?!" Zoya's heart skipped a beat. Just how bold was this Billie?
Her gaze swept around, only to see that Billie had, at some point, sneaked up to a giant red flower over three meters tall.
The flower's appearance was unusually grotesque; not only were its thick branches covered in dagger-like barbs, but even the delicate pistil was densely covered with sharp teeth.
Billie showed no fear; instead, she excitedly leaned in to observe, her small face almost touching the tooth-filled center of the flower: "Wow, this flower has a big mouth, just big enough to fit me inside."
The moment her voice fell, an excited girl's voice suddenly rang in Serie's ears.
"Wow, this person is stretching out, just big enough to fit into my mouth."
Serie:...?
Who was speaking?
Neither Zoya nor Billie heard it; only the Joy Witch heard this response.
But before Serie could figure it out, the giant flower's serrated mouth suddenly gaped wide, bringing with it a fishy wind and nauseating slime, like a giant bear trap, biting down fiercely on Billie in front of it with lightning speed!
Billie was about to be swallowed half-body into that terrifying, tooth-filled maw!
"Billie!" Zoya's cry of alarm had just escaped her lips.
In an instant, purplish-blue electric light spread everywhere.
The carnivorous plant only bit into a mouthful of violently leaping electric arc afterimages and scorching air.
The real Billie had already appeared several meters away, narrowly escaping, patting her flat chest, and complaining to Zoya with a look of lingering fear:
"Whoa, Zoya, did you see that?! This bad flower! It actually tried to eat me! It's terrifying!"
Zoya's tense nerves finally relaxed slightly. Looking at Billie's expression, as if she had suffered a great injustice, she remained expressionless, offered no comfort, and merely retorted faintly: "Isn't that obvious… Did you think its mouth was that big for singing?"
But only a few seconds after Zoya finished speaking.
A slightly childish female voice rose from the mouth of the giant flower—
"La—"
Making Zoya, Billie, and even Serie pause for a second.
Wait… Did it just speak?
As if in response to this absurd question—
"La~ la~ la~ da da—"
Several red flowers that had been swaying nearby, also with grotesque gaping mouths, suddenly turned their heads and let out eerie, harmonious chants in unison!
At the same time, their dark roots instantly tore through the soil, rising from the ground like thick tentacles!
Two slender arms covered in sharp barbs waved wildly, while below, two disproportionately comical short legs made of gnarled roots began to clumsily but purposefully step to the beat, approaching Billie and Zoya while humming!
"Holy crap! What in the world are these things?!" Billie's pupils contracted. The absurd sight before her made her scalp tingle, almost making her wonder if she had inhaled some hallucinogenic pollen.
"La na~ la la na~ la la la, la na la~"
The humming was not language, but more like a simple, innocent yet cruel children's song tune.
It echoed in layers throughout the crimson sea of flowers.
Following this melody, three more slightly smaller carnivorous plants suddenly broke free from the thorns' restraint. Their legs were thinner but faster, like stumbling but malicious children, shrieking as they outflanked from the sides!
Sharp, thorny arms wildly grabbed at the two of them!
In the Joy Witch's ears, she could understand what this group of red flowers was screeching about.
As if a group of innocent children were singing—
"Happy~ Joyful~ We are the euphoria rose~"
The moment the song began, directly in front, another crimson flower hidden behind a giant leaf suddenly bloomed. Its pistil instantly split into an abyssal maw filled with spiral teeth, and its roots rapidly extended, rushing towards Zoya's face with a fishy wind!
Zoya stumbled aside.
"Outside guests, please enjoy our song and dance~"
Before the elegant singing faded, on both the left and right sides, two euphoria roses each, as if hearing a dance command, suddenly began to spin. Their barbed branches rotated like a storm of blades, kicking up dry branches and broken stones from the ground, howling as they twisted towards the center to kill!
"We are the euphoria rose, marching forward~"
"On the Rose's parade route, a wonderful party of euphoria."
The singing became cheerful, and the attacks grew more frantic, continuously compressing the two Witches' evasion space!
"We are the euphoria rose~ When we finish our song, as a reward, we'll have a feast~"
The lead giant flower's song suddenly rose in pitch, filled with greedy excitement.
Its mouth, opened to its limit, once again aimed at Billie, viscous saliva dripping like rain.
"Dear guests, please don't be shy, please don't panic, stand still, dance with us, and sing 'Long Live the euphoria rose' with us~"
"Loo doo doo~ The party is about to end perfectly…"
The childlike melody gradually ceased, and Billie and Zoya were already surrounded by them.
"We're going to have dinner now~"
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