Adrian snapped his fingers and he got spit out of the shadows as he immediately registered an attack. The monster plant, the Blood Orchid (Graft), shrieked as it got surprised by the attack and the vines that guarded the bulb swung frantically which made Sirius swipe the bulb with its mouth.

[Your soulbound, Sirius, has obtained the Unknown Bulb]

[Your soulbound, Sirius, has plucked the bulb from its nourishing environment. The growth will be halted until it is returned to a better environment.]

"Run!" Adrian shouted as he applied Chrono Shift on himself and flew towards Mariposa's direction.

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Mariposa's soulbounds were busy guarding against the vines when those same vines became frantic. She viewed it as a chance and commanded her crystal praying mantis to cut all the vines covering the Compound Eye Orb. She then followed up the command with the centipede to get the Compound Eye Orb.

"Finally!" Mariposa stated as the orb is now within her hands, but a loud high pitch shriek is heard from the direction where Adrian headed to. She could then see that the person in question is riding his giant wolf away from what looks like thousands of vines.

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Kroagah!

"What was that!" Poison Ivy stated as she is descending the treasury with Rosei.

"That is the guardian of the treasury! Hurry! Someone must have angered it or else it would run rampage until everything is destroyed." Rosei stated as she picked up the pace leaving Poison Ivy behind by a few meters util she summoned a monster plant that looks like a snake then rode it to catch up to her master.

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The monster plant, Blood Orchid (Graft) tried to entangle the perpetrator of stealing its prized food that will help its main body evolve. It was busy cultivating the bulb in a suitable environment since it was discovered as the main body wanted whatever that sprouted from the bulb to be eaten by it.

The Blood Orchid (Graft) will eat the thing that comes out of the bulb while the main body which is the Blood Orchid will eat the Blood Orchid (Graft) to absorb the nutrients. It will then prompt the Blood Orchid to ascend to a higher plane of existence to become equivalent to a godly monster plant like its master wanted it to.

It might look like it is a cannibalistic species but that is what happens when monster plants graft themselves. As the grafted monster plants cannot live for a whole year away from the main body. There are instances that the grafted body will become more powerful than the main body which would then prompt a battle for who will become the new main body.

The Blood Orchid (Graft) could not catch the culprits with its vines as they successfully dodged every vine that it shot towards them. The Abyss Fenrir is too much when it comes to speed as it has a six sense that can predict where an attack could land on its body.

The Blood Orchid (Graft) is left with no choice as some of its vines are only limited in length and the culprits are now escaping. Even the other treasure that the main body told it to protect has been stolen by an Insectoid, but its priority is the bulb that was stolen.

The Blood Orchid (Graft) could only dislodge itself from the wall it is grafted into. A red viscous liquid could be seen pouring out of the wall when the Blood Orchid (Graft) pushed its body out of the wall. It even produced a screech so high pitched that Adrian almost fainted from the tone. Sirius even got damaged just from that screech.

The Blood Orchid (Graft) managed to separate itself from the wall and it started to slither on the ground with its vines propelling it forward. Needless to say, the movement of the Blood Orchid (Graft) is fast that it almost caught up with Adrian.

"You're a plant! You are not supposed to be that fast!" Adrian complained as he saw Mariposa with the Compound Eye Orb on her hand.

"What did you do!" Mariposa stated as she sealed back her soulbounds since they are not suitable for outrunning that thing that is following Adrian at the moment.

"No time to explain. Sorry for the rough handling." Adrian stated as he used Blink to teleport Mariposa to his arms. She blushed a little because of the sudden interaction but she calmed herself as she is a bit older than the kid and they are on a quest right now.

"Tell me what happened." Mariposa stated as she maneuvered herself to the back with the help of Sirius' shadows.

"Long story shortthat is the guardian of the treasury and we pissed it off by stealing its food. Or I think it is food for it." Adrian stated as he showed the Unknown Bulb.

"Even I do not know what that is but seeing its reaction I can say that you did your job right." Mariposa stated.

Adrian is about to laugh when Sirius suddenly told him that a great deal of bloodlust is then directed towards them. The next moment, Adrian told Sirius to dive into the shadows as a red streak of light is now heading towards them.

Sirius immediately heeded the command, but the attack is too fast to avoid using the descent. Adrian had no choice but use one of his prized skills.

"Time Stop!" Adrian shouted as only he and Sirius could move in the world frozen in time. He looked back at Mariposa and noticed that she is also affected by Time Stop. He thought that she will be unaffected because they are of the same party, but it looks like only Adrian and his soulbounds are unaffected by Time Stop.

Adrian saw that the red streak of light is actually a Plantae with a thorn whip heading towards them. If Adrian did not make time stop then the whip will definitely hit Sirius in the neck and stop them in their tracks.

"I am burning too much mana from stopping time. Blink!" Adrian stated as a purple light covered him, Sirius and Mariposa. They then appeared behind two Plantae's that rushed to the treasury.