Plant Life, Star-Eating Vine!
As endless energy overflowed from the Dark Book, the entire sky above the island darkened. Moonlight and starlight vanished behind heavy clouds.
The massive magic circle on the ground glowed with a deep purple radiance. In the pitch-black environment, it was as if hell itself had descended.
Black energy sank into the runes etched into the earth before rising again, condensing into strange symbols.
One after another, the symbols arranged themselves in mid-air, forming a massive, intricate pattern.
The moment it completed, the world fell silent. Even the air stopped moving.
Xu Mo's lips curled. He immediately began chanting in a difficult, ancient tongue.
The pattern in the sky compressed. Smaller, smaller, until it reached a singular point—
Boom!
The pattern exploded, unleashing an invisible wave that expanded across the world.
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New York
In a dark bar, a girl no older than nineteen was bound to a heavy frame.
Dozens of men and women encircled her, their gazes hungry, greedy.
The leader, a woman with burning eyes, stepped forward and slid a dagger across the girl's pale wrist.
Blood welled out.
The scent drove the crowd mad. Fangs sprouted from their mouths—vampires, hiding among humans.
"Enjoy the feast of blood!" the leader roared.
They lunged.
The girl squeezed her eyes shut in despair—
Then, a strange ripple swept through the room.
The vampires froze.
A moment later, their bodies crumbled into ash, disappearing into nothing.
This scene repeated across the globe.
Within a single minute, every vampire in the world had turned to dust.
From this day on, vampires no longer existed.
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The Island
Xu Mo descended slowly, the night returning to normal around him.
He shifted into the Star Tower's training room and opened his system panel.
Points: 3.32 billion.
A staggering three hundred million gained from the extinction of vampires alone.
"Enough to purchase something powerful."
Without hesitation, he opened the system's mall and searched plant life.
Dozens of results appeared:
Netherworld Vine — can reach Domain Master level. Cost: 2 million.
Poison Dragon Grass — toxic, can reach Domain Lord level. Cost: 10 million.
Moyun Vine — defensive, regenerating, peak Marquis Immortal level. Cost: 50 million.
Star-Eating Grass — strangling vines, comparable to a King. Cost: 100 million.
And then—
Star-Eating Vine — Devours metal to evolve. Can grow into a top-tier cosmic overlord. Cost: 300 million.
Xu Mo's eyes sharpened. "This one."
The system voice echoed:
Congratulations! The host has obtained the Star-Eating Vine. 300 million points deducted.
A massive black vine, dozens of meters long, appeared before him, filling the training hall.
"To bind it, I'll need blood."
Without hesitation, Xu Mo cut his arm, letting his blood drip onto the vine. It was absorbed instantly, but the recognition wasn't complete.
With a grimace, he slashed deeper. Blood poured freely into the vine.
Minutes passed. Finally, the Star-Eating Vine accepted him as its master.
Xu Mo felt the connection instantly—the ability to command it as easily as his own arm.
The massive vine shrank, coiling smaller and smaller, until it became a sleek black mark on his arm.
The Star-Eating Vine had become a part of him.
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