Chapter 1008: Chapter 690: Seven-Element Elemental Form (2)
Dragon Cypress felt unsatisfied and asked, "Azure, can you reach the peak of Star Marks Realm? You’ve completed ’Star Marks’, but you should be fine as long as you don’t break through, right?"
Azure: "Dragon Cypress, I’m afraid not. To advance further in Star Marks Realm, my tree body must correspondingly grow, which requires time, and we don’t have that much time left."
Azure: "Moreover, Dragon Cypress, I feel that the growth in Star Marks Realm is exceptionally challenging. Just based on the consumption of Primordial Energy, it exceeds the combined total for Third Trace Realm and Nine Traces Realm, about three times higher. Dragon Cypress, we can’t gather that many Source Stones."
"I see~"
Dragon Cypress fell silent, performing simple calculations in his mind, feeling a sense of helplessness.
Third Trace Realm and Nine Traces Realm, altogether activated the Ocean God’s Scepter three times, consuming 12 billion Source Stones.
Three times?
billion?
Unimaginable.
The resources of Star Realm are insufficient to support such evolution.
Dragon Cypress performed another mental calculation.
According to the plan, barring any incidents, they would leave in Silver Cypress 848 year.
There are 377 years left.
The Ocean God’s Scepter can be activated 12 more times, which is about enough to gather Source Stones needed for one activation.
In addition, cooperating with the Flame Spider Caravan, exchanging Divine-Given Origin Force Food to gather Source Stones for an extra activation shouldn’t be difficult.
By careful calculation, one activation uses 4 billion Source Stones, twice 8 billion, a quarter of 36 billion.
That means, by leveraging the power of the Ocean God’s Scepter, helping Azure completes a quarter of his growth in Star Marks Realm.
If,
At a normal rate, Azure’s growth in Star Marks Realm would take ten thousand years, then helped save 2,500 years of time?
Dragon Cypress concluded: worth continuing!
Might even consider increasing efforts...
Dragon Cypress turned to the side.
Cypress, Silver Cypress, and Rainbow Apricot were standing watching on the reservoir embankment.
"Great King, did we succeed?"
"Clearly so!"
"What’s next for us?"
"We need many Source Stones."
Dragon Cypress instructed, "Previously, didn’t we speak about searching for minerals under the sea? Cypress, make a trip back to Rainbow Island. Notify the Insect Clan Warriors on the island to form two teams, with White Rice leading one team and Chinese Clematis the other. When everyone is idle, bored staying on the island, go around the underwater mountain ranges to see if any Source Stone mines can be found."
"Remind everyone, don’t approach the coast and don’t clash with the continental kingdoms."
"Got it, Great King."
Cypress agreed, quickly returned to the Ant Nest leading the Ant Army in haste.
...
Five days later,
Cypress returned with news, Second King was also on the island.
Second King, White Rice, and Chinese Clematis divided into three paths to search.
...
Time flies, three years passed.
Searched throughout the seas of Wanglan Continent and found nothing.
It can be concluded, by law, Ocean cannot produce Source Stones.
Ink Orchid went to check bitter cold places in Antarctica at Wanglan and Zhibai Continent.
There were mines, but all occupied by other Insect Race forces.
Continents have dedicated Flame Spider Roving Merchants and Great Tribe Kingdoms organizing teams, exploring and mining in No Insects Zone.
Ink Orchid idly returned to Cloud Trace Continent, searching the desert in the southeast region.
There were indeed discoveries.
Continuously discovering.
But unfortunately, they were micro veins in the tens of millions.
Searched everywhere, the largest one, Source Stone reserves didn’t exceed a hundred million.
After ten plus years of effort,
Dragon Cypress concluded: the resources of Origin Force Star Realm, insufficient to support evolution in Trace Realm.
Everyone needs a broader space for development.
...
Silver Cypress 488 year.
Expedition Year.
Seven-Leaf, Natsumi, Column Spotted, and others left.
...
Silver Cypress 530 year.
The Ocean God’s Scepter was opened as scheduled.
Under Dragon Cypress arrangement, Tie Bush and Rainbow Mulberry, species of Beast Clan, entered the energy field amid the strange gazes of many insects, to comprehend Sea Soul and Tsunami Ability.
Henceforth,
All the insects of Rainbow Island, including Yellow Stem, Ivy, Wuye, Wisteria, Pueraria of Purple Tung Insect Nation, all under Dragon Cypress arrangements, mastered Sea Soul and Tsunami Ability.
Each batch of Sea God Fruit matured, publicly auctioned, Dragon Cypress consistently bought two fruits.
Batch by batch, everyone could eat Sea God Fruit.
Tragically, none seemed too capable.
So far, besides Ink Orchid, not one could comprehend ’Lapping’ Ability.
...
Thirty-year grand event ended.
Ink Orchid escorted Tie Bush and Rainbow Mulberry back to Rainbow Island.
After a few days,
The Nine-Colored Cloud Mist Mantis flapped its wings, arriving with the wind, two or three dozen kilometers away, Ink Orchid then activated Soul-Setting Ability for long-distance greeting:
"Great Leader Dragon Cypress! Look quickly!"
"Hmm—"
Dragon Cypress shifted his mind, instantly happy.
Under Soul-Setting Ability perception, on the Nine-Colored Cloud Mist Mantis, beside Ink Orchid, a weak but distinct ant-like soul.
An Ant capable of advancing to become Assistant King through evolutionary progress!
After the joy,
Dragon Cypress’s expression turned serious.
Many decades ago, he stopped cultivating Specialized Ants, for a simple reason, Specialized Ants have longevity, how to handle them when leaving Star Realm?
The best way is to stop cultivating based on time calculations, allowing existing Specialized Ants to naturally die of old age.
Another reason is the chance if an Assistant King is born...
Dragon Cypress set the target for Assistant Kings to have at least nine Divine Marks.
Those insufficient are worthless, unqualified to continue under Second King...
According to the plan, leaving Star Realm in 300 years, currently this Assistant King still has time to grow and evolve into King-Level, but surely come insufficient time to gather a sufficient number of Divine Marks.
"Ink Orchid, where did you find this little creature?"
"Scarletlight Mountain! I routinely returned to Cloud Trace Continent to check the status of Scarletlight and Southern Sour Jujube, the two Wild God-Given Seeds."
"Oh—"
After successfully condensing ’Mark of Flourish’, Dragon Cypress began large-scale cultivating of Specialized Green Ants.
Scarletlight, Southern Sour Jujube, Swinging Leaf Iron Core Tree, the three Wild God-Given Seeds were arranged afterwards for large numbers of Specialized Green Ants to reside and care.
