Chrysalis

Having severed the stem of the plant the huge flower on top topples to one side, its comically oversized mouth thrashing about, trying to bite me until the final bit of energy leaked out of its body.

[You have slain level 6 Flos Fame]

[You have gained experience]

Muahahaha! After smashing through the kingdom Animalia it’s time to reap Biomass from Plantae!

There are dozens of plants scattered about the tunnel engaged in this battle, some of them attacking with vines, trying to cut and control their prey so they can bring to their cavernous mouths, whilst others employ different methods of attack. Towards the back I can see a completely different looking plant. A long tube like flower head sits atop a bulbous base, the tube on top seems to be rotating as if tracking the action. All of a sudden a huge jet of liquid erupts from the flower, gushing straight at me!

LEAP!

Pushing hard with all legs I jump upwards and to the right, narrowly dodging the spray that I can see is a very familiar sort of attack. Some of the fluid splashes over the creature I’d just killed and begins to eat away at the body at a ferocious pace. That is some serious acid!

The damned plant is aiming at me again. Quickly legs, dash!

["Hold on tight back there!"] I shout at my passengers as my legs once again fire into top gear, moving so quickly they completely blur out of sight.

"Weeeeeee!" giggles Vibrant as the air pressure has her clinging onto my carapace with only a few claws, the rest of her legs dangling behind her in the air.

I thought I said hold on you moron!

Checking on my other passenger I can see that Crinis has also extended out of a few extra tentacles to let them be blown backward by the wind. At least she was sensible enough to not let go with any of her other limbs...

I can’t wait until these troublemakers are too large to ride on my back. Not long now Anthony, hold on a little more!

Somehow the tube plant is able to track my movement and fires several short bursts of acid towards me as I race toward it, forcing me to zig and zag to throw of its aim. I can almost smell the fear of this aggressive vegetable as I close in, mandibles slowly opening wide!

*Splintering chomp!*

penetrate the plant with my ethereal mandibles and not my own physical ones I crunch down savagely on the bulging sack at the base of the plant. As I expected, the moment my jaws puncture through the

plant sways violently like a drunk as it’s precious acid leaks away but it hasn’t taken any fatal damage. Aiming another shot at me, from point blank range

I’ve already raced away. The usual jet of fluid doesn’t materialise, instead a rather sad dribble of acid pours

Gweheheheh.

vines and puncturing their weak points. Tiny continues his berserk rampage, ripping plants apart with his bare hands, smashing their main bodies to pulp, even shoving his arm into the gaping mouth of

could have just punched it in the face, but no, pulling it inside out from

order we manage to cull this particular section of tunnel, handing most of the experience off to Tiny and letting Vibrant take the last hit on two of the plants to

for

life I’m ready to try something new, a bit of leafy greens,

down on this new cuisine. Hmmmmm. Chewy, rough, extremely fibrous, almost like eating a rope... and oh! .. The

a nice pie on legs?! Or a monster that fires roasted chicken out of its face cannon? Surely

have had Tiny rob the kitchen

particularly care as they rip into the Biomass with gusto. I’m still confused at how Crinis, despite being so much

Oh well.

new source of Biomass: Flos Flame, you

of the

A basic type monster of the plant kingdom, the hunger flower uses heat sensitivity to track

consumed a new source of Biomass: Acidum Ollam, you are awarded one

the

attack and defeat its foes. The main body of the creature is actually mobile, allowing it to drag itself towards the remains of its victims

have consumed a new source of Biomass: Vinea Bestia, you are awarded one

of the

beast is a curious cross of both plant and animal, being a mobile vine nest that doesn’t have a distinct main body but spreads its vital organs around its network of vines. Whilst this does make the creature difficult to fight, with no central

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vines of the wall and flattened them until they stopped