A Top Scholar in Everything-Chapter 846 - 832: Hidden Enemy

The sudden change did not disrupt Baiyu's plans. As he watched the vines constantly entangling him, the Chain Saw Blade immediately transformed into a Chain Saw state and began to cut through them with a loud grinding sound. In an instant, the surrounding vines were severed by the Chain Saw.

Taking advantage of the moment, Baiyu quickly got close to Wang Shenghua and cut away the vines entwining her.

"The opponent can manipulate trees and soil, you need to be careful of the underground. That's how I was defeated by her."

Wang Shenghua quickly said to Baiyu.

"Yeah, I know. Right now, the main issue is that we don't know where he is. It looks like the opponent had already planned to fight in this kind of terrain."

Baiyu surveyed his surroundings but found no trace of the enemy.

In this terrain, the opponent must have corresponding concealment abilities and won't be easily discovered. If the battle continues in this kind of terrain, it's quite possible to be toyed to death by the opponent.

"What should we do next?"

Wang Shenghua looked at Baiyu.

"It's simple, there's only one word for dealing with such people," Baiyu said calmly.

"What is it?" Wang Shenghua tilted her head.

"Run!"

After speaking, Baiyu dashed towards the edge of the woods without looking back. Wang Shenghua, initially unresponsive, quickly followed suit when she saw Baiyu had already run dozens of meters ahead, desperately sprinting towards the forest's edge.

The two of them ran wildly through the forest, one following the other.

During the run, countless vines stretched out from all directions, but for the two who were determined to escape, these vines struggled to restrain them. Before long, Baiyu reached the edge of the forest, with Wang Shenghua close behind.

Just as they were about to step out of the woods, countless vines reached out to entangle them.

Immediately afterward, several towering trees began to writhe and transform into one giant tree person after another, pursuing and blocking their path.

"At a time like this, the person can still remain calm?"

Baiyu thought to himself.

His aim in running was to escape from this terrain advantage of the opponent, so the battle wouldn't be as disadvantageous, and also to lure out the enemy hiding in the dark. This person was as elusive as a rat, showing no trace, making it nearly impossible to find him.

The simplest way is to make him come out by himself.

However, the opponent was even more composed than Baiyu expected. Even under such circumstances, he didn't reveal the slightest flaw.

Baiyu and Wang Shenghua escaped from the forest.

All those densely packed attacks disappeared entirely, as if they had never happened. The enormous tree men began to calm down and transformed back into towering ancient trees, rooting themselves firmly in the ground once more.

After the wasteland.

These trees instead grew more lush and dense, mostly consisting of trees dozens or even hundreds of years old.

Therefore, when they transformed into tree people, they appeared even more terrifying.

However, once the two dashed out of the forest, those rampant trees instantly calmed down, and the Extraordinary who manipulated the trees must have realized that without the terrain advantage, it would be more challenging to kill Baiyu and them.

So he decisively gave up, ceasing the pursuit.

Such a calm enemy made Baiyu feel uneasy. If the opponent pursued them, everything would be easier. But if he didn't pursue and kept hiding in the dark, it would be as sickening as if someone ate a fly.

At a critical moment, if the opponent suddenly appeared, it might lead to a catastrophe.

But right now, there's no use in saying more. Baiyu and Wang Shenghua returned to the caravan, where the attack had caused significant harm, and the surrounding poisonous gas had not yet completely dispersed. Most people were treating their wounds with emergency antidotes, but the effect was minimal.

The opponent's poison gas was evidently not just a simple poison gas.

Attempting to detoxify with ordinary antidotes was clearly unrealistic, so these people could only delay the onset of poisoning. But the ultimate result was still pretty much death.

This attack resulted in about two-fifths of the people being poisoned.

At this moment, Boss Bei was in a state of existential crisis, thinking that if he hadn't brought so many people, perhaps the casualties wouldn't have been so severe. Yet, if he didn't bring so many people, he might not have survived the previous wave of attacks.

Baiyu expressed his sympathy to Boss Bei, then realized an important issue.

Cangying and the Grand Commander were missing.

The situation was too chaotic earlier, and he couldn't keep an eye on these two, while Wang Shenghua was entangled by another trainee, unable to break free. This meant these two completely lost supervision, with no one overseeing them. Cangying wasn't the type to leave on his own, so the only possibility left was that the Grand Commander took Cangying away.

"That bastard, I didn't expect him to slip away quietly at this time. Just don't let me catch him again."

Wang Shenghua gnashed her teeth.

Baiyu wasn't too concerned: "If he ran away, he ran away. Anyway, we don't need him to go to the Pure White Commune."

The departure of the Grand Commander was no skin off their nose.

The caravan began to clean up the battlefield and tend to the dead. For those who died outside, they were generally cremated on the spot, preventing animals from digging them up, and their ashes would be taken back as some semblance of closure to their families.

Of course, most people didn't have families.

Ordinary flames couldn't burn the bodies, but Boss Bei, who had brought many strong incendiary bottles, handled the corpse disposal with skill and experience.

The raging flames, along with the mourning voices of some people, burned all the bodies to ashes.

"Let's go."

Boss Bei looked at the raging fire, remaining silent for a while, lost in thought.

Under Earth Fire's arrangement, the caravan restarted, but this time the atmosphere was much heavier than the last. Seldom did anyone talk on the vehicle; each person remained silent, engulfed in a shroud of profound sorrow.

"Accept fate's designs with patience and forbearance. Many times, ordinary people cannot resist genetic abilities."

Baiyu patted Boss Bei on the shoulder.

"It's my fault they're gone; they believed in me." Boss Bei lit a cigarette, leaning against the car seat back: "I want to take the remaining people back alive. We cannot afford such heavy casualties anymore. These are my brothers who have been through thick and thin with me. Mr. Bai, could you guarantee me that we won't face this again?"

Baiyu thought for a moment and said, "I'm not sure, but likely, we will. This trip was never meant to be peaceful. But you don't have to do much, just get us to the Pure White Commune.

If we encounter fighting again, just focus on protecting yourselves, don't engage the enemy.

I'll handle the rest."

Hearing Baiyu say this, Boss Bei nodded: "Alright, thank you, Mr. Bai, for understanding my difficulties."