"Huala …"
In the canyon below the cliff between the Twin Dragon Mount and the Eagle Men's settlement …
At this moment, the tide was rising, and half of the canyon had been drowned by seawater.
A lot of fish, mussels, crabs, prawns, and many other strange species that couldn't be found on Earth surged into the canyon with the tide and crawled in and out of the black mud that used to belong to the Sludge Monsters' settlement core.
As an Extraordinary resource, the "Black Mud" was naturally attractive to many marine creatures.
Gulu!
A blue fish about half a foot long was about to dive into the black mud to look for food while blowing bubbles.
Hum!
Exactly at this moment, a "snake" that was as tiny as the black mud dashed out of the black mud and lunged at it!
Gulu!
Under the sudden attack, the little fish that looked like a sapphire emitted a strange wave of energy.
Then, its body suddenly expanded, turning from half a foot long into a ball that was almost one meter long. The scales on its body even protruded into thousands of hard spines that looked like those of a hedgehog.
It even opened its enlarged, tooth-filled fish head and bit at the "snake" that was lunging at it!
Creak!
However, the "snake" was rather weird. When the creature that looked like a large porcupine bit it, it didn't break.
It didn't break. Instead, it became even more slender. The tip that rushed into its mouth was like a slender "western rapier". It pierced through the swollen body of this "large porcupinefish" creature from the inside. Then, it drilled out from the top of its head while being stained with blood.
"Huala …"
After that, the red pufferfish's body quickly shrank. It wasn't just because it was leaking.
It was because a lot of fish blood had been sucked away along the "snake" as if it were a transfusion.
However, upon closer inspection, one would discover that it wasn't a "snake" that attacked the porcupine, but a weird plant root that could change its color according to the environment.
This "root" that had turned red after sucking the blood extended for dozens of meters, transporting the fish blood all the way back to the shore of the canyon, where it converged into a "demonic tree" that was about three meters tall. Its entire body was purplish-red, and it had blood-red leaves that resembled maple leaves.
"Pu, pu!"
This large pufferfish wasn't the only one that was attacked by the snake whiskers. Next to it was a tiger-striped shark that could reach Extraordinary Rank-4 when it was an adult and Extraordinary Rank-1 when it was still a juvenile. Two roots had pierced into its heart and head.
At first, it was still struggling crazily, stirring up the black mud and turning the seawater murky. However, it quickly lost its strength, and after a short ten seconds, it stopped moving!
"Huala …"
It wasn't just Extraordinary creatures. Ordinary sea creatures were also "attacked".
In the black mud under the seawater, a huge net made of color-changing roots appeared!
At this moment, it was rapidly shrinking toward the center, trapping hundreds of marine creatures within.
"Puff, puff, puff …"
The tips of the dozen or so "blood tentacles" continuously pierced into the bodies of these sea creatures and extracted their blood.
As the blood of a large number of sea creatures poured into the tree on the shore through the 'blood tentacles', the color of the entire tree became brighter. Moreover, blood-red maple leaf-shaped leaves grew at a speed visible to the naked eye at the tip of some branches of the tree!
[Mutated Tree Demon]
[Level: Extraordinary Rank-5]
[Rarity: Commander]
[Description: This is the clone seed that the Thousand-Year Tree Demon refined for herself. Under the effect of the Soulblood Spirit Aggregation Art, it molded a soul and sprouted. During its growth, it absorbed the blood of a large number of creatures and had a symbiotic relationship with the Bloodsoul Vine Tree, which was unique to the Soul race. As a result, it mutated to a certain extent.]
That's right. This "blood tree" in front of him had sucked up hundreds of sea creatures in the blink of an eye.
It was the seed of the Thousand-Year Tree Demon that Ji Ye asked Yan Qing to take care of before he entered the City of Humans!
The seed of the Thousand-Year Tree Demon that he obtained in A Chinese Ghost Story was a weakened version of the Battlefield of Providence.
Although it had a certain degree of demonic power and the potential to become a Transcendent creature, Granny Tree Demon's soul was injured by Yan Chixia and devoured by the Soul Alpha Wolf.
Therefore, the seed couldn't germinate at first.
That was until Ji Ye organized the people of the Twin Dragon Mount fort and used the shark oil that the tiger-striped shark dropped as bait to kill a large number of sea creatures.
Then, by destroying the Perfect Soulblood Spirit Aggregation Art that dropped from the Soul race's settlement core, he molded a soul for it. Then, he had Yan Qing water it with the Sweet Dew from the top of the Eagle Man Peak every day. The Thousand-Year Tree Demon seed successfully condensed a soul and sprouted.
However, what Yan Qing did not expect was that …
Back then, Ji Fu planted the seed of the Thousand-year Tree Demon and four Bloodsoul Vine Tree seeds where the Bloodsoul Vine Tree used to be. After the Thousand-year Tree Demon's seedling absorbed the nutrients in the Bloodsoul Pit and officially reached the Extraordinary stage, it actually "devoured" the four Bloodsoul Vine Tree seedlings through its underground "roots".
As a result, the Thousand-Year Tree Demon seedling mutated!
Not only did it have some of the characteristics of the Bloodsoul Vine Tree, but it also actively attacked the creatures that entered the range of its roots.
Because the Thousand-Year Tree Demon was a target that Ji Ye had asked him to keep an eye on, Yan Qing couldn't deal with it directly.
He could only temporarily send people to block the area around it to prevent the Mutated Tree Demon from hurting anyone!
However, this method didn't work in the next two days.
After reaching Extraordinary Rank-5, the Mutated Tree Demon gained the ability to move and no longer needed to be rooted to the ground.
It could even kill the fish monsters in the seawater and continue to increase its strength!
"Little Yi was too careless. I didn't expect the Tree Demon's seed to be so aggressive as soon as it gained self-awareness …"
At this moment, Yan Qing was full of self-blame and shame on the top of the cliff.
"It's not all your fault. I was the one who insisted on planting them together. I didn't think it through … Well, interesting. It's only been less than twenty days, but they've grown to such an extent."
Ji Ye shook his head and didn't blame Yan Qing.
Looking down at the Mutated Tree Demon that was "fishing" on its own, his eyes were full of interest.
"I'll go down and take a look!"
Roar!
A white dragon-shaped Dragon Aura appeared under Ji Ye's feet, and he directly descended from the hundred-meter-high cliff to the top of the Mutated Tree Demon.
Hum!
As if sensing that a creature was approaching, some of the blood-colored leaves on the Mutated Tree Demon suddenly glowed.
All of a sudden, a red energy shield appeared and stopped the Dragon Aura from descending.
This red "energy barrier" was grasped by the Bloodsoul Vine Tree back then.
After the Mutated Tree Demon devoured the Bloodsoul Vine Tree, it had mastered this ability too!
Was it because of the Bloodsoul Essence-breeding Technique, or was it because of some Transcendent feature of Granny Tree Demon?
Ji Ye was even more intrigued.
Hum!
Moreover, the Dragon Aura in his body had reached Extraordinary Rank-7.
Although he didn't activate it with all his strength, the intimidating feature of the Dragon Aura made it impossible for normal energy to resist it.
The Mutated Tree Demon was only Extraordinary Rank-5, but it could resist the Dragon Aura with its red energy shield.
It was obvious that the red shield was of a high quality!
Kacha!
However, there was still a gap between them in terms of level.
As the Dragon Aura let out a vague roar and continued pressing down, the red shield shattered without any suspense.
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