"Sage Pollen" is temporarily not needed, so I'll pass on that.
Therefore, it's a choice between "Beauty Flower Doll" and "Dong Shi's Imitation."
Ye Ningfu actually wanted to choose "Beauty Flower Doll." She really wanted to see what she would look like after transforming into a human.
She must be incredibly beautiful!
However, Ye Ningfu still had to face Smile Rose and Thorn Whip Rose. If the Rose Flower Doll could also learn her abilities, it would definitely provide assistance in the upcoming potential battles and infections, achieving twice the result with half the effort.
It's still "Dong Shi's Imitation," after all!
Ye Ningfu made the decision with a heavy heart, forcefully suppressing her eager feelings.
Anyway, as long as she infected one of the remaining two mutated Roses, she could immediately learn "Beauty Flower Doll." There's no rush!
Everything for the greater good!
Ability points injected, "Dong Shi's Imitation" unlocked!
Ye Ningfu had no time to savor it and immediately urged the Beauty Flower Doll: "Quick! Contaminated Zone, GOGOGO!"
A few faint rays of sunlight struggled to penetrate the thick miasma of the Contaminated Zone.
The Beauty Flower Doll nimbly opened the barbed wire fence. Ye Ningfu, full of vigor, sat in her palm and once again stepped into this twisted plantation.
Her leaves waved with extraordinary force, aiming directly at the remaining two variants.
Soon, they found their targets beside a ruined house overgrown with thorns.
Just as Billie and Zoya had seen when they first entered, a Thorn Whip Rose and a Smile Rose seemed to have formed a temporary alliance.
They were the largest Roses in the vicinity, over four meters tall, seemingly the overlords of this flower field.
Ye Ningfu thought, since she was going to infect the flower dolls, why not start with the most powerful ones?
The Thorn Whip Rose inside had a ferocious appearance, its main body resembling a wild thicket of thorny bushes.
The true Rose flower body was hidden deep within its core.
Countless thorny vines, covered with barbs and gleaming with metallic cold light, clustered around it, guarding it.
The Smile Rose, on the other hand, bore a massive corolla, almost like a giant man-eating flower.
Its crimson lips were densely packed with serrated teeth, oozing suspicious mucus, and emitting an ominous aura.
"It's them!" Ye Ningfu cheered in her mind, her small hand pointing imperiously, "Let's go together! Infect them!"
The Beauty Flower Doll gently placed her on the ground.
The two individuals… or rather, two flowers, one in front and one behind, cautiously approached this pair of "overlord" Rose sisters.
Pink pollen quietly permeated around them.
However—
"Whoosh—smack!!!"
A pitch-black thorny whip, like a venomous snake emerging from its hole, lashed fiercely at the ground in front of the Beauty Flower Doll!
Debris flew, leaving a deep gash!
The warning was clear!
The thorny whips around the Thorn Whip Rose danced wildly, lashing at the air.
Its hostility was undisguised—any foreign object that approached would be considered an invader!
Invaders would get whipped!
Ye Ningfu frowned slightly. It seemed the Beauty Rose was the most gentle individual.
This Thorn Whip Rose wouldn't even allow proximity, let alone pollination… it had quite a temper.
"Hmm… you handle this Thorn Whip Rose…" Ye Ningfu commanded internally.
Beauty Flower Doll: "..."
The Beauty Flower Doll naturally wouldn't resist the order, but she felt a slight flush of embarrassment.
Her master truly was beautiful and kind…
Ignoring the Beauty Flower Doll's silent complaint, Ye Ningfu cautiously looked at the Smile Rose.
But she never expected that there was always someone better…
The Smile Rose sensed the approaching aura. It suddenly shot up from the ground, bearing its huge, vibrant corolla.
Without a word, it rushed directly at the tiny Ye Ningfu herself with a "clack-clack" sound.
There was an even more irritable one here, damn it!
"La la la~" The blood-red maw emitted a childlike song, but it was not a welcome, but a prelude to hunting.
"Wah?!" Ye Ningfu's flower stem trembled in fright.
She didn't expect this Smile Rose to attack instantly.
Big sister, we are compatriots!
Is it really necessary?!
"I am Ye Ningfu!!" She instinctively shrieked, turning and fleeing!
Her two vine legs swung rapidly, almost kicking up dust on the ground, as she desperately sprinted back the way she came.
It must be said that although Ye Ningfu's body was delicate, with the blessing of "Walking the Human Realm," her speed was indeed not slow.
She ran much faster than an ordinary human.
Seeing this, the Beauty Flower Doll immediately abandoned her attack on the Thorn Whip Rose and turned to rescue her master.
She hurriedly released "Manic Pollen," but the yellow powdery mist was thin as smoke, having little effect.
The Smile Rose's singing was replaced by a strange laugh, but its footsteps did not stop.
As for "Like a Phantom Veil," it had virtually no effect on plants. This was also one of the reasons why the Beauty Rose was the most docile variant, because her stats were pitifully low compared to her other sisters, not supporting her active hunting. In most cases, she could only assist others in hunting and then eat some leftovers.
And so, a highly comical scene unfolded in the Contaminated Zone—
Ye Ningfu, with her two short little legs, ran incredibly fast across the ground, letting out panicked "wah-wah-wah" cries.
Behind her, a Smile Rose with twisted joints and a blood-red maw, was laughing maniacally while pursuing her with unscientific agility, making "clack-clack" sounds. Its eerie laughter grew even more terrifying during the chase.
Holy crap, where did this perverted serial killer come from?!
So terrifying!!!
Ye Ningfu was scared out of her wits. With her tiny size, she wouldn't even be enough to stick in the Smile Rose's teeth.
The Beauty Flower Doll chased in vain from behind, unable to catch up.
Ye Ningfu ran so fast that she kicked up a cloud of dust and scattered petals, making the scene incredibly chaotic.
"Help me!" Ye Ningfu screamed internally, but it came out as: "I am Ye Ningfu!"
The Smile Rose chased even more gleefully: A snack that can announce its name? Interesting!
At the critical moment!
A snow-white figure crashed down between Ye Ningfu and the terrifying man-eating flower!
Dirt splattered!
The Smile Rose slammed to a halt.
Ye Ningfu, still shaken, looked back.
The person was not unfamiliar; it was Goluthos, who was eating the Fear Eater Rose in the neighboring zone!
Saved!
Sure enough, she was reliable when it mattered most!
It was unclear whether Ye Ningfu was too weak or her novice quest was too difficult, but without help from other witch clones, she really couldn't complete it.
Ye Ningfu was so moved she almost shed tears. Although both the rescuer and the rescued were the same person, a special emotion inevitably surged within her.
Lady Goluthos is so cool~
[Ye Ningfu's favorability towards Goluthos +5]
Goluthos struck a fighting pose and let out a deterrent roar: "Awoo—!!!"
The Smile Rose hesitated for only half a second, then its huge maw opened again, charging forward with a maniacal laugh!
Goluthos's eyes sharpened. She leaped up, her slender white leg kicking towards the massive corolla with the sharpness of a battle-axe!
Then—
"Crunch!"
The Smile Rose actually bit down precisely on the kicking leg.
Goluthos froze, and was then dragged into the Smile Rose's mouth.
"Wah?!" Ye Ningfu was so startled her petals flared out!
It was unclear if it was mocking the two witches, or if the effect of the Manic Pollen hadn't worn off yet.
The Smile Rose chewed on Goluthos while laughing maniacally, as if mocking their overestimation of themselves.
However, as it laughed… it suddenly couldn't laugh anymore…
Its petals suddenly twitched violently, and its chewing motion abruptly froze.
This texture… something's not right?!
What on earth did I just eat?!
------------------------
I've posted 70+ chapters in advance on Patreon.
Webnovel updates will still be daily, as usual.
It might not seem tempting right now but who knows what the future holds?
[email protected]/SolyuraMT
"And If you're enjoying it, drop a Power Stone for me!"