Chapter 1026: Chapter 779: Seeds of Destruction
"Wait!" Long Yi yelled, and those root systems actually all came to a halt.
"As expected, I have analyzed your genes carefully, you possess wisdom," a sweating Long Yi managed to show a faint smile. The girls beside him were terrified. The roots were like metal, and they even had golden arcs on them! Those arcs were unmistakably the Power of Rules!
"You are a Giant," a neutral voice said.
"Yes, I am a Giant. Who are you?" Long Yi asked.
"I am the Tree, the one that nurtures the Tree of Destruction," the voice answered.
"Who created you?" Long Yi inquired.
"I do not know, I awoke from the chaos, trying to destroy everything," said the Tree.
"Then, can you give up on destroying everything?"
"I cannot, it is my mission."
"Who gave you this mission?"
"Unknown."
"Why have you been hibernating here?"
"Without sunlight, I cannot continue to nurture seeds, I must maintain hibernation."
"Why did you awaken then?"
"I sensed life force; I am able to nurture more seeds."
"So, how am I supposed to stop you?" Long Yi asked very directly, betting that the other’s intelligence was lacking and would answer any question.
"You cannot stop me, I am everywhere."
Long Yi appeared helpless, obviously his overt scheme had failed.
Destroying the seed in front of him was clearly meaningless, as he had said, he was everywhere. If he were to stop him, it had to be done from the very essence.
"I need to perform gene modification," Long Yi stated within the contract.
"How do you plan to accomplish that?" Little Zi asked.
"I will offer positive life force; at that moment, I will modify his genes, at least to change its desire to destroy everything," Long Yi explained.
"That doesn’t sound easy," Ai Lin commented.
"Not particularly difficult, but I don’t know how much time or opportunity I will have," Long Yi remarked, "Based on my judgment, the Tree’s own wisdom logic is very simple; perhaps I can make use of it."
"Life force, I need it, give it to me."
A root jabbed towards Long Yi’s fingertip, which he swiftly dodged. Then more roots lunged at him, but he dodged each one.
"I have a method, Tree. Give me one of your seeds; I will imbue it with life force and help it mature," Long Yi said.
"That is an option."
Immediately, the ground in front of Long Yi broke apart, and a three-meter in diameter seed emerged, roots and all. Long Yi approached it and could see a layer of spatial ripples on the surface of the seed’s shell. Clearly, once the seed matured, it could vanish into space at any moment.
Long Yi injected verdant green life force into it, and the seed immediately started to flicker, seeming somewhat excited.
"Yes, just like that, let’s take it slow."
Long Yi took out the Giant’s Scepter and began the gene surgery. The procedure was not quick, and Long Yi was nervously sweating. However, the Tree made no move.
"The life force I am able to cast is limited, so the pace is somewhat slow," Long Yi explained.
"I have an ample lifespan," the Tree stated.
Hearing this, Long Yi was essentially reassured.
Clearly, the Tree had been granted wisdom, but it could not understand deception; all its wisdom operated on simple logic.
Thus, as Long Yi infused life force several times, the gene surgery was finally completed.
At this point, Long Yi truly started to get nervous. He elevated the positive life force to the highest, pouring all of it into the mature seed. Almost simultaneously, the mature seed detached from the roots and fell to the ground, where countless new roots spread out.
"I have lost this seed, I can feel the destruction that resides within this seed," the Tree said.
The newly rooted seed suddenly sprouted numerous roots that pierced into the original one.
"My life is fading; I have been destroyed by my own seed, I cannot understand."
"I am withering, my seed is being devoured."
"My consciousness is fading, I..."
At that point, the Tree’s voice vanished.
Long Yi tracked the magic still present in the seed’s body, sensing that the seed’s roots pierced through countless yet-to-sprout seeds, crazily absorbing them as its own nourishment.
"Are you trying to create a new tree?" Ai Lin asked.
"Yes, but this tree has no seed," Long Yi said as he unlocked the seal of the Giant here with his authority. At the same time, Lingling appeared, her Light Cannon suddenly firing. Instantly, sunlight poured down.
The seed immediately sprouted, followed by branches and trunks soaring into the sky!
At this moment, the surrounding armors also gathered together.
"We could feel the seed below disappearing; you have saved us." The armor that had led Long Yi here spoke up.
"No, I think I have saved the entire Plane!" Long Yi said rather boldly.
"Yes, exactly, you truly have saved the entire Plane," the armor said.
"With that, the departed can finally rest in peace," Long Yi said with a smile.
"Yes, exactly. We, too, can finally rest in peace."
However, just at that moment, the ground began to shake violently!
A deep and massive voice rose up from underground!
"Destruction is my destiny! I cannot be destroyed! Slaughter! Devour everything!"
Boom! The ground burst open, with huge seeds surging forth, snapping the roots that had been draining them of nutrients, instead using their own roots as legs to charge at Long Yi and the others, with countless roots extending toward the central Great Tree!
"I knew it wasn’t that simple!" Long Yi immediately drew out the Cosmic Stone Greatsword, a Destruction Ripple slashing out, severing a series of roots. But even more roots extended, heading straight for Ai Lin and the others.
"Think you can devour us? Try this first!"
Boom!
Flames sprayed forth from Ai Lin’s hands, the roots turning red-hot instantly, then erupting into intense flames. Little Zi tried to use a psychic attack, but these seeds were acting purely on instinct; they had no actual consciousness. In the end, Little Zi could only release all the Female Demon Avatars, attacking through magic.
A seed pounced towards Xiaodie, its roots binding her, attempting to draw energy from her body. But as soon as the energy channel was established, a terrifying suction force came, and the seed’s own energy was instead absorbed by Xiaodie! The seed instantly withered away, turning into ash that scattered into the wind!
As for Silver Dragon, being a Shadow Silver, she had it relatively easy, since those seeds didn’t attack her at all, it was as if they couldn’t even see her. In the seeds’ instincts, Silver Dragon didn’t exist! Silver Dragon launched an attack herself, her arms transforming into battle blades, protecting Ai Lin by severing countless roots, but the seeds still acted as if she were invisible.
Not only here, but throughout the entire planet, countless seeds emerged from the ground, converging on this location. And the members of the Ancient Mage Tower, who were exploring, were suddenly under attack. Although the seeds themselves didn’t possess much offensive power and, despite their remarkable defense, were not indestructible, with the Ancient Mage Tower Guardians’ assault, one seed after another was destroyed. The problem was that there were simply too many seeds.
"What on earth is happening! Where did these monsters come from!" people shouted one after another.
"Look in the distance!" another person cried out.
Within the pitch-black Underground City, a stretch of blinding sunlight was particularly intense, and so was the Great Tree that was growing towards it. Around the Great Tree, countless seeds were attacking, attempting to destroy it!
"Let’s go there!"
Some made the decision.
At this time, the two Guardians of the Ancient Mage Tower who had been following Long Yi and the others were also forced to join the battle. Despite their reluctance, the seeds, which had seemed endless before, would certainly not spare them.
"Damn it! Where are these creatures coming from! Why can’t we kill them all!" someone yelled.
"This has got to be related to that Long Yi! Look, this happened not long after they went in!" another person said.
"It seems Long Yi has really gotten himself into trouble! Let’s get over there quickly and see if there’s a chance!"
"It’d be best if he just died in there!"
The seeds emerging from the ground kept being destroyed, but below the surface of the entire planet were seeds; when would this ever end!
"Thank goodness these seeds aren’t mature yet; the moment they are, they’ll rip through space and fly away, and then we’ll really be in trouble." Long Yi was still smiling.
"You still have the mood to smile; does that mean you have a solution?" Little Zi asked loudly.
"Of course, I have a solution, but it’s not time yet; we need to wait a little longer," Long Yi said.
The surrounding armors began their attack too, these armors conjuring Light Swords with a special kind of energy, continuously severing the roots. Any roots that were cut would rapidly wither, retracting into the seeds, and also leave a gray scar on the seeds. Within these gray areas, the seeds would be unable to sprout new roots.
Clearly, these armors also had special weapons against the seeds.
Members of the exploration team began to gather here gradually, and their addition lightened the burden of the battle somewhat.
"Long Yi! What on earth is going on here!" an explorer shouted. Nearly everyone here had reached a consensus that this had something to do with Long Yi.
"I won’t go into details; all you need to know is that this is an ancient monster sealed here by the Giant, and the original inhabitants of this planet have failed in their attempt to kill it by covering the entire planet. And what you see now is the key tree to annihilating this monster. If this tree is destroyed by these monsters, the entire planet will explode, and inside this planet lie countless such monsters. Each and every one will fly to nearby planets, devouring every creature on those planets, then continuing to explode into numerous seeds, infecting surrounding planets. So, if you don’t want the entire Plane to end up as nothing but an Ancient Mage Tower, you better help me protect this tree," Long Yi spoke very fast, but everyone understood.
The people fell silent and began to fight with all their might.
And the creatures that had been lurking around also rushed out, tangling with the seeds.
However, the strength of those creatures was very limited. Soon, some of them were bound by the roots of the seeds, drained dry of life and energy.
Suddenly, a wave of spatial fluctuation occurred, and one of the seeds tore through space and disappeared! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
