Xie Anan led them to the mysterious tree. (?
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It looked like an ancient tree that had grown for billions of years, but it also looked like some sort of animal that had taken root deep underground. Translucent lumps were growing all over the rough trunk, which were beating like hearts.
The branches that were waving in the wind sensed the vague spiritual gas on Long Yunxin and the rest of them like thousands of tentacles and swept toward them.
The leaves of the tree blossomed like mimosas and bared the sharp tusks of a ferocious beast.
Thankfully, three defense rune arrays had been deployed around the weird tree. When the rustling treetop was more than ten meters away from them, it was hit by a few electric arcs that appeared out of nowhere and retreated unwillingly.
"It's so dangerous. It's a carnivorous plant, isn't it?"
Long Yunxin secretly clicked her tongue.
No wonder no tourists were allowed within dozens of meters of the tree, and Cultivators were guarding nearby.
"Yes. Most demonic plants are carnivorous. This one has an even bigger appetite. It is very ferocious!"
Xie Anan smiled. "However, it can be of great use, too. Look!"
Xie Anan pointed at a few fully-armed Cultivators.
With the most advanced superstring shields on their bodies, they approached the trunk of the tree cautiously with chainswords in their hands.
The tree unceasingly brandished its branches, ferociously lashing at them, but they were all blocked by their flux energy shields. Instead, they took advantage of the situation to cut into the tree trunk, their chainswords leaving a few shallow cuts on the tree trunk.
From the wound, some multicolored, liquid-metal-like mucus immediately flowed out.
When the tree was injured, its branches danced even faster. They were like whips tearing through the air, producing a "Pa Pa" sound.
It was not until the staff next to it threw a few slaughtered cows and sheep at it that it swept all the food into the depths of the branches and devoured it contentedly.
The workers took the opportunity to collect the liquid metal that was secreted from the tree's body.
The whole process was similar to harvesting natural rubber, but it also felt like they were 'herding' the weird tree!
"This tree has been specially modified. Its roots are extremely deep, and it can grow thousands of meters underground in its natural environment. It also has a special suction ability. It can absorb all the essence of the underground mineral vein into its roots. After being refined, it can be continuously transported to the trunk."
"It is safe to say that it is a piece of pure natural 'mining magical equipment' that is even more advanced than the mining facilities that we are using right now!
"The liquid metals secreted from the trees are all Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures of a very high purity. They can be directly refined into magical equipment without further processing. Or, they can be sent to a piece of three-dimensional printing magical equipment for spraying and molding.
"Currently, we know of more than 180 kinds of common metals and crystals, as well as more than 500 kinds of rare metals and crystals. More than 90% of them can be collected and refined."
"In many mining areas where the environment is harsh and the geological structure is complicated, and mining in the traditional way will cause serious safety risks. It is the best way to mine resources!"
It was the fruit of her master's hard work, so Xie Anan knew it like the back of her hand.
As a matter of fact, the weird plant was not Li Yao's original creation, either.
Li Yao was not a botanist himself, and he did not know the first thing about the refinement of demonic plants. It was impossible for him to study such things in a different field.
The egg of apocalypse was a weird existence that was driven by mysterious microbes and was somewhere between a living creature and a non-living creature.
The egg of apocalypse looked like hills, but the part above the ground was only the tip of the iceberg. Most of its volume was buried deep below the ground. Also, countless' roots' could be extended to the underground to absorb the spiritual mother lodes, metals, and other nutrients below the ground so that they could be refined into 'apocalyptic beasts' that boasted the features of metals!
On Iron Plateau, the apocalyptic beasts that the egg of apocalypse released had given Li Yao a lot of trouble.
However, the way that the egg of apocalypse collected and utilized resources was indeed very efficient. It was especially suitable for the shallow areas where the resources on the surface of the planet had run dry and the resources deep below the ground were extremely difficult and costly to collect.
After Li Yao advanced into the Yuanying State, especially after his trip to Kunlun, he had seen countless unbelievable ideas, civilizations, and worlds. His previous stubbornness had gradually changed, too.
All the technologies and techniques were double-edged swords. Whether they were good or evil depended on how they were applied.
Before, he had been deeply wary of the techniques of the Blood Stripe Virus. He had hidden all the secret arts and evil techniques deep inside his brain, unwilling to use them.
Right now, he was willing to run experiments on a small scale and see if the 'evil' techniques could benefit human beings.
Li Yao did not dare produce the entire 'egg of apocalypse' recklessly. Instead, he invited the Fire Ant to participate in the project and melded the techniques of the egg of apocalypse with the technologies of the refinement of demonic plants. After a few years of experiments, the weird plant that could absorb resources from below the ground was finally produced!
Naturally, Long Yunxin did not know the inside story. She only felt that Li Yao was indeed a monster. Not only was he strong and adept at refining, he was even capable of refining demonic plants. He was almost omnipotent!
Thinking of Li Yao, Long Yunxin felt that something was amiss. She sniffed and asked, "Right. Where is your master?"
Xie Anan blinked her big eyes. "He is in the exhibition area of the Colossi."
As the ultimate magical equipment that could literally slay any god or devil that stood in its way, the Colossi were undoubtedly the focus of the entire Magical Equipment Exposition.
It was especially so when the competition between the two Colossi was on, which attracted the attention of almost a million visitors in the entire park!
Illuminated by the blue sky and the white clouds, a ball-shaped arena almost a thousand meters in diameter that was outlined by defense rune arrays and arc-shaped electric nets was floating in midair.
The two Colossi, one red and the other black, were confronting each other on the diagonal lines of the arena.
Before they moved at full strength, the furious flames around the two Colossi had already raised tides of exclamations.
The flames around the red Colossus looked like a crimson eagle that was flapping its wings and about to take flight. On the body of the eagle, a few hideous dragons that were baring their fangs and brandishing their claws ferociously were entangled!
The black Colossus was slightly smaller in size. It was about fifteen meters tall, but the flames of spiritual energy that it was emitting were hundreds of meters high, too. They were condensed into glamorous spells and complicated primeval stripes!
Swoosh!
The two Colossi turned into two streaks of brilliance and crashed into each other brutally!
Although buffer rune arrays had been installed around the arena to reduce the spiritual waves and noises, the tsunami-like collisions and the waves of spiritual energy that felt like a passing hurricane still made a lot of spectators narrow their eyes and cover their ears involuntarily with their facial muscles shivering. They could not help but open their mouths to the maximum and exclaim in shock.
The two Colossi were extremely fast. Even with her naked eyes, Long Yunxin could only see that the two streaks of brilliance, one red and the other black, were splitting, proliferating, and expanding, until they turned into two clusters of black and red light that were mixed in each other!
Only when the picture was captured by the advanced crystal cameras and slowed down by twenty times could it be seen that the two fuzzy shadows were having a soul-stirring competition!
Although the Colossi were almost five floors tall and were out-and-out iron giants, their movements were as smooth and agile as running water. They were even more agile than the reconnaissance Crystal Suit.
Countless very sensitive sensors had been installed on the plate armor of the two Colossi, which recorded the damage caused by their every attack in the form of parameters and displayed them on the light beam in midair.
The laymen enjoyed the show, and the experts appreciated the tricks. Watching the parameters of the damage surging to unbelievable limits time and time again, Long Yunxin could not help but swallow hard.
"Such terrifying damage!"
"Such an enormous body can perform eighty-seven irregular dodges in a small space in only one second? How can the joints and the transmission shaft bear it? "
"I'm afraid that even ten Cultivators of the same level wearing the most advanced Crystal Suit might not be enough to stop a Cultivator in a Colossus, right?"
Xie Anan introduced, "The red Colossus is the first Colossus that we found on Kunlun, 'Draconic Phoenix'! Although it was blown into smithereens in the first battle, the most critical control unit, or 'spiritual residence', was not damaged at all. After a year of maintenance, it was put to use again!
"After that, our relic exploration team searched the depths of Kunlun on a large scale and found hundreds of usable units, from which a few new Colossi were assembled!"
"The black one is the latest one that was assembled. It is named 'Phantom'!"
Hardly had Xie Anan concluded her sentence when the outcome of the battle between the two Colossi in the sky had been decided!
The hundreds of spells that were spreading out of the black Colossus' Phantom 'suddenly swept toward Draconic Phoenix like tentacles. When they touched the flames of spiritual energy of Draconic Phoenix, they expanded into clusters of black fog!
Like a black cloud, they swallowed Draconic Phoenix completely!
Judging from the changes of parameters on the light beam, it could be seen that the black fog seemed to be highly corrosive and hallucinogenic. It invaded Draconic Phoenix and attacked the brain of the user directly!
However, the rigidity of Draconic Phoenix only lasted one second before it was ripped apart by the flames of spiritual energy that were spurting out like a volcanic eruption!
Behind Draconic Phoenix, nine furiously burning dragons seemed to be raising their heads and lunging at Phantom, piercing through its chest instantly!
In cracking noises, the Fancy Ghost's every joint was tied up by the fiery dragons. It fell from the sky and floated in midair with the help of the anti-gravity rune arrays, unable to move at all.
Draconic Phoenix slowly landed and raised its arms, accepting the cheers of the audience.
The fiery dragons flew back to its arms and slowly circled around its body, making the iron giant less than twenty meters tall emit an intimidating aura that was as overwhelming as a tsunami!
"Your master … is truly a monster!"
Long Yunxin was silent for a long time. With a complicated expression, she said, "He is so good at refining, and his crystal suit combat arts are among the best. Even the legendary 'Colossi', the ultimate treasure of the primeval era, is like a child's toy in his hands.
"Yes. Master is indeed an out-and-out monster."
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