Terraria: Cruel World Legends

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After arriving underground in the jungle and wandering for some time, Xi Yao brought the two to the entrance of the Changchun Corridor that had been dug through earlier.

"Everspring Corridor, this is it, but it's a bit dark inside." Xi Yao said to the two people behind him while looking straight ahead. Then he took out three bottles of Night Owl potion from the storage space and distributed them to Prism and Elias.

"I say, this place doesn't look like a good feng shui location. Are we going to pick a flower that can kill people here?" Elias leaned over and looked at the Everspring Corridor. Then he opened his mouth, pried open the bottle cap of the Night Owl potion with his back molars, and then poured it down his throat like drinking wine.

"Although this place is very dark, the space is particularly wide, and there are many vine walkways that can be used as footholds. It is very suitable for combat." As he said this, Xi Yao quickly drank the bottle of exploratory potion, and then slowly walked into this terrain.

Because the Night Owl potion enhanced vision in dark spaces, Xi Yao could roughly see the entire terrain... Now, several months have passed, and the Everchun Corridor is still the same as before, surrounded by darkness. The torches he had lit have long since burned out, and only the oil lamp hung in front of the door by the indigenous people long ago is still emitting a faint green light.

"Oh, right." Xi Yao suddenly remembered something, looked around the ground, and noticed those huge flower buds... But unlike his memory, these huge flower buds were no longer green, but the same girlish pink as its prototype, the snapdragon flower.

Xi Yao came to a familiar location, where there was also a flower bud. There were obvious scratches on the mud next to the flower bud, but it was no longer possible to see what the scratches were.

"It's you." Xi Yao murmured, and then he remembered the scene when he was sprayed in the face by the disgusting gas of this flower bud...

"I said, when I have the right tools, I will smash you first." Xi Yao said with a smile, then reached out and touched the flower bud... At the same time, he noticed that the texture of the flower bud, which was once as tough as steel, had become soft, and was no different from the texture of a normal flower bud.

...At this time, Elias, who came to the Everspring Corridor for the first time, flew around the entire terrain with his high maneuverability, and happened to come to Xi Yao's side together with Prism who was slowly walking towards him.

Seeing that the two were beside him, Xi Yao turned around and explained: "According to the Book of Terra, the flower bud is the method to attract the snapdragon flower that is affected by the essence. As long as it is destroyed, a certain substance can be released to attract its arrival."

"Then, what is the principle behind this?" Elias asked, pinching his chin lightly.

"The Book of Terra doesn't specifically explain this... In fact, we don't need to know the principle behind this. Otherwise, I'd also be curious about the principle behind the space compression and object expansion in the storage pocket."

Elias waved his hand. "Alright... Also, I just flew around this corridor. This space is indeed vast. There are even no enemies because of the calming oil lamps hanging there... But, that floating island-like thing in the middle is a bit of an obstacle to movement and blocks the view, right?"

"It's okay. It's also good to use it as a shelter." After saying that, Xi Yao walked a few steps and looked around, then asked the two people: "How is it? Have you adapted to the dark environment here?"

"It's okay. The Night Owl potion you gave me is just the right amount to improve vision in the dim light here." Elias said as he grasped the Hell's Coming in his hand and flew diagonally up to the high-altitude vine walkway.

"Same." Prism nodded slightly, and at the same time she entered stealth mode, then shot her grappling hook into the sky and up to the nearest vine walkway.

"Okay." Xi Yao nodded, then he took out the Ancient Ark and pick axe from the storage space. He first inserted the former into the soil, then rubbed the pick axe's pick with his index finger and thumb, and then slowly walked towards the flower bud with the mark.

"Get ready, we're starting now." Xi Yao shouted, and then without any hesitation, he raised the pickaxe high up and smashed it hard on the flower bud, smashing the entire bunch of closed petals into pieces. At the same time, some green gas escaped.

Xi Yao endured the disgusting smell of the gas and raised the pickaxe and smashed it down again. This time, he directly smashed a hole in the closed petals... Then, a large amount of green gas sprayed out like a humidifier.

Seeing this, Xi Yao rushed back quickly, grabbing the Ancient Ark and pulling it out in the process, then launching his grappling hook into the sky and quickly climbing up to the vine walkway.

"It still stinks just as bad..." Xi Yao murmured.

"It... is it spraying something?" Prism's voice suddenly came from the side, and Xi Yao nodded: "A kind of foul-smelling gas, perhaps it is used to attract the mutated snapdragon flower."

As he spoke, Elias also walked over from another vine walkway connected to the floating island, and just heard what Xi Yao said.

"Snapdragon flower? Is this the flower we want to kill?" Elias asked.

"I'm not sure what it will look like after the mutation." Xi Yao said, noticing that the gas emitted by the flower bud was decreasing rapidly, presumably because the reserves within it had become scarce.

"... Let's disperse first. I always feel that the flower that has mutated due to the essence is a little unusual." Xi Yao said.

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Not long after——

"You call this a snapdragon flower??!!"

Elias held the gun in one hand, pulled out a hand and pointed downwards, and suddenly broke through the mud and came to the Evergreen Corridor. A snapdragon flower as big as the Eye of Cthulhu...? ?

"...Maybe..." Xi Yao murmured, and then shouted: "Start fighting."

"Oh, my God, what did this thing eat to grow like this? Is it because of the escaped essence of gods?" Elias said gritting his teeth. At the same time, he took the lead in attacking, pouring a large number of explosive bombs on it.

"In fact, the plants growing underground in the jungle are quite large..." Prism on the other side murmured, and then threw out the Spear of Destiny. A beam of light flew out at a high speed and hit the budding snapdragon flower.

While slashing the Ancient Ark, Xi Yao quickly went up to the second-level vine walkway to attract the [Flower of the Century] to chase after him... Fortunately, the movement speed of the [Flower of the Century] was not fast, it could even be described as slow.

I saw it stretching out a huge flower hook towards the floating island in the air, and then slowly moving away while pulling. During this process, its closed petals were still wriggling... just like... the lips of a pouting girl... ?

Suddenly, the Plantera launched a long-range attack, and continuous pink seeds suddenly shot out from its "lips". Fortunately, Xi Yao did not predict it, and dodged it by moving quickly.

Looking at the wall hit by the flower seeds, I saw that these flower seeds that were planted in the mud at a high speed actually took root and sprouted very quickly, and then small snapdragon flowers grew out. They quickly released a pink spore in the direction of Xi Yao, and then withered and died at a very fast speed.

Seeing this, Xi Yao first stabbed the Ancient Ark at a nearby spore to block it. A colorful light flashed from the crystal in the middle of the gauntlet, and the charging was successful. Then he sprinted backwards to dodge the spores, and swung the charged Ancient Ark again, and the barrage released changed from the Ancient Star to the more powerful Ancient Sword Qi.

It seems that these launched flower seeds will pose a substantial threat regardless of whether they are dodged or not... Xi Yao thought to himself and shouted again: "Unless it is absolutely necessary, it is best not to get close to the mud hit by the flower seeds."