A massive Fleshly Tree burst through the ground beneath the Consulate, its wildly proliferating blood-flesh roots filled the entire architectural space of the Consulate in an instant, then broke through the windows to extend outwards, emitting billowing black smoke under the sunlight.
"What on earth did you do?"
Wang Yunxiao and Veronica clung to each other as they fled through the window. The handguns they were carrying were completely ineffective against such a massive creature, even less effective than the direct sunlight.
"They wanted to sacrifice me directly; what could I have done? I only threw in a grenade," replied Veronica with a sense of grievance. She, too, had been trying to buy time, but she hadn't expected the other side to be so impatient, or rather, so desperate that they drugged her when she wasn't paying attention and immediately took her to an underground chamber for the sacrifice.
