The moment the roots destroyed the body of that level 95 Demigod, the small group of six people who were gathering and studying resources in that area were startled.
The first person to see it screamed and dropped what he was doing to run from where he was.
Crack!
When the first of them noticed it and started to move toward the dead Demigod or their group, more razor-sharp roots emerged from the ground, attacking everyone in their path.
Those experts who moved faster managed to escape the deadly attacks, but those who were weaker and took longer to move met the same end as the level 95 alchemist.
Their bodies were penetrated by roots and destroyed as if they were large pieces of fragile flesh that couldn't withstand even a simple root attack.
"Shit!" Of the original group of six, only three were alive as roots appeared around them, attacking them from various angles.
Two of the three standing men had wounds on their arms and legs, having escaped fatal attacks but still suffering damage to their bodies.
Only the last of the three, who was the furthest away from the others, managed to completely escape the root attacks and ran towards the group in desperation.
'Shit! Shit! Shit!' He felt his sweat run cold amidst the sound of the earth shaking and roots coming out of the ground at high speed.
He looked back for a moment and saw the carnage in the place that had seemed so quiet and peaceful moments before.
'What the hell is going on?' He saw his two companions escape the root attacks more easily after suffering their earlier injuries.
"Are you all right?" The doctor asked as he saw the wounds on the legs and arms of these two, while small roots seemed to be growing in these wounds.
The eyes of one of the two men became opaque, and when he opened his mouth to speak, a root went from his throat to the neck of the uninjured man.
"Fuck!" That was all the man could say as he felt something pass through his throat.
He died instantly after the root returned to the throat of the wounded man in front of him, and he fell to the ground as blood flowed from the hole in his neck.
When they tried to attack the one infected with something, they felt the difficulty of dealing with this new enemy who didn't seem to be affected by the local gravity or the same exhaustion as these men.
Soon, more people were wounded, and a new corpse fell to the ground.
...
Meanwhile, where the 30 or so people were meditating, and a small group was watching the surroundings, the people there had already realized something was wrong.
One group had already left to investigate the situation in the direction of where the alchemists and doctors were gathering resources. At the same time, those who had stayed behind stood guard, worried.
Amidst this, all the cultivators in the area were still in meditation, with some individuals having already recovered interesting fractions of their powers but still focused on cultivating.
Minutes would go from the first strange signs and cries to new signs appearing closer to the area, causing the first cultivators to awaken from their states.
Ruth opened her eyes when she sensed something was wrong nearby, looked around, and saw the few remaining guards in combat positions.
"This... What's going on?" She asked one of the guards.
Meanwhile, five individuals in Black Plain Empire armor appeared on the outskirts of the camp, each with strange auras and signs of injury all over their bodies.
Immediately after their appearance, they opened their mouths much wider than spiritual humans could, and strange roots emerged from them.
More similar roots came out of their fingers and struck out at the people standing guard around that meditating group.
These roots were not simple and could move very quickly.
Even though the group of guards on the outskirts had prepared for the enemies, some of them were killed and wounded as soon as the enemies acted!
"Shit!" Ruth realized the problem and stood up, immediately moving into position to help her companions.
Amidst this, other meditating individuals left their states to see the chaos around them, which had already claimed more than 20% of the crew that had arrived in this world!