Chapter 242: Mutated Tree Demon
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Splash…
In the canyon between the Twin Dragon Mount and the Eagle Men’s settlements…
It was the time of the rising tide, and half of the canyon had been drowned by seawater.
A lot of fish, clams, crabs, lobsters, and strange species that didn’t exist on Earth flowed into the canyon along with the tide, crawling in and out of the Black Mud that used to belong to the Sludge Monsters.
As an Extraordinary resource, the Black Mud naturally attracted many sea creatures.
“Gulu!”
A blue fish about half a foot long spitted out bubbles and was ready to look for food in the Black Mud.
Hum!
Exactly at this moment, a tiny snake that was in a color very similar to the Black Mud dashed right towards the fish!
“Gulu!”
Under the unexpected attack, the fish that looked like a sapphire emitted strange energy waves.
Then, it expanded all of a sudden from a half-foot-long stick into a round ball about one meter in diameter. Its scales also erected into thousands of hard stings as if those on a hedgehog.
It then opened its mouth that was full of teeth and bit the “snake” that was coming at it!
Creak!
However, this “snake” was quite weird. When bitten by the creature that looked like a large hedgehog, it wasn’t broken but further lengthened, and its sharp tip pierced through the “hedgehog” like the thrust of a sword, breaking the expanded body of the “hedgehog” from within and then stabbing out from the top of its head with blood.
Splash…
After that, the red “hedgehog” quickly constricted, not just because it was “leaking air”, but also because a lot of blood in the fish had been absorbed by the “snake”.
However, on a closer look, it could be found that what attacked the fish was not really a snake but the root of a weird plant whose color could change with the environment.
The “root”, which had turned red after absorbing the blood, extended dozens of meters long and transported the fish blood all the way back to a violet demonic tree on the sh.o.r.e, which was about ten feet long and had blood-red leaves like those on a maple.
Pew! Pew!
This fish wasn’t the only creature attacked by the “snake root”. A tiger-striped shark, which would be Extraordinary Rank-4 as adults and was Extraordinary Rank-1 when it was little, was also stabbed in its heart and chest by two “roots”.
It struggled crazily at first and stirred the Black Mud, making the seawater dirty. But very soon, it stopped moving!
Splash…
Not just the Extraordinary creatures, the regular sea creatures were attacked too.
From the Black Mud at the bottom of the sea, a net of color-changing roots was emerging!
At this moment, the net was quickly concentrating and tying up a hundred sea creatures.
Pew! Pew! Pew!
The sharp tips of the b.l.o.o.d.y roots, on the other hand, kept stabbing into the sea creatures and extracting their blood.
As the blood of abundant sea creatures was transmitted to the tree on the sh.o.r.e through the b.l.o.o.d.y roots, the tree became even brighter than before, and b.l.o.o.d.y maple-shaped leaves grew on the tree at a visible speed!
[Mutated Tree Demon]
[Level: Extraordinary Rank-5]
[Rarity: Commander]
[Description: This is a cloned seed that the Thousand-Year Tree Demon made for itself. It has created a soul with the Soulblood Spirit Aggregation Art and sprouted. Because it absorbed the blood of a lot of creatures and the Bloodsoul Vine Tree, it has somewhat mutated.]
That’s right. The b.l.o.o.d.y tree that had drained a hundred sea creatures in the blink of an eye was exactly the Thousand-Year Tree Demon seedling that Ji Ye had asked Yan Qing to take care of before he entered the City of Humans!
The seed of the Thousand-Year Tree Demon that Ji Ye received from A Chinese Ghost Story was weakened by the Battlefield of Providence.
Although it had some demonic power and the potential to grow into a Transcendent creature, it couldn’t have sprouted because Granny Tree Demon’s soul was hurt by Yan Chixia and swallowed by the Soul Alpha Wolf.
But Ji Ye organized everybody at the Twin Dragon Mount fort and killed a great number of sea creatures with the oil that the tiger-striped sharks dropped as bait.
Then, he created a soul with the Soulblood Spirit Aggregation Art, the Perfect technique that was dropped when the Soul race’s settlement core was destroyed. He asked Yan Qing to irrigate it with the Sweet Dew from the peak of the Eagle Men’s settlement. So, the seed of the Thousand-Year Tree Demon successfully rooted and sprouted.
However, what was beyond Yan Qing’s antic.i.p.ation was that the seedling of the Thousand-Year Tree Demon, after absorbing the nutrition in the pit and reaching Extraordinary, would swallow the four seedlings of the Bloodsoul Vine Trees that Ji Ye had planted at the same location through its roots.
As a result, the seedling of the Thousand-Year Tree Demon had “mutated”!
Not only was it given some features of the Bloodsoul Vine Tree, but it would also promptly attack the creatures within the range of its roots.
Because Ji Ye had specifically asked him to take care of the Thousand-Year Tree Demon, Yan Qing didn’t know how he should deal with the situation.
He could only send someone to lock down the area in case the mutated tree hurt anyone!
However, that expedient measure didn’t work any longer these days.
It was because the Mutated Tree Demon gained the ability to move after reaching Extraordinary Rank-5, and it didn’t have to be rooted on the ground the whole time.
It would even voluntarily kill the fish in the seawater to continue increasing its strength!
“I was too careless. I didn’t expect the seedling of the Tree Demon to be so aggressive the moment it gained self-consciousness.”
On the top of the cliff, Yan Qing’s face was filled with guilt.
“It’s not all your fault. I was the one who insisted on planting them together. It was not very considerate of me… Well, it’s rather interesting how fast it has been growing in the last twenty days.”
Ji Ye shook his head, showing no intention of blaming Yan Qing.
Staring at the Mutated Tree Demon that was catching fish on its own, he was greatly interested.
“I’ll go down and take a look!”
“Roar!”
White Dragon Aura appeared under Ji Ye’s feet and carried him from the hundred-meter-high cliff to the top of the Mutated Tree Demon.
Hum!
Sensing that a creature was approaching, some of the b.l.o.o.d.y leaves on the Mutated Tree Demon glowed all of a sudden.
A red shield of energy appeared out of nowhere and stopped the Dragon Aura from falling.
The red energy shield was exactly one of the Bloodsoul Vine Tree’s abilities.
After swallowing the Bloodsoul Vine Trees, the Mutated Tree Demon had gained their ability too!
Was it because of the Bloodsoul Essence-breeding Method, or was it one of the Tree Demon features from Granny Tree Demon?
Ji Ye was even more intrigued.
Hum!
Also, the Dragon Aura on himself was itself Extraordinary Rank-7.
Although he didn’t activate it fully, the Dragon Aura was still too domineering to be stopped by regular energy.
The Mutated Tree Demon was merely Extraordinary Rank-5, yet it was able to stop the Dragon Aura with the red energy shield.
It was clear that the red shield was of a high quality!
Crack!
However, the level gap between them was not negligible.
After the Dragon Aura let out a dragon roar and continued pressing down, the red shield fell apart without any suspense.