Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 149 The Golden Apple and the Family's Guardian Spirit Realm

Chapter 148

The mechanical mount folded its wings, like a giant snake diving deeper and deeper into the muddy swamp.

The Hydra prefers to live in swamps, and even when resting, it likes to be completely immersed in the swamp mud.

But the Hydra needs to breathe, and it also likes the rain.

Therefore, if the swamp is divided into layers, the surface layer is inhabited by countless hydras, the middle layer is inhabited by a large number of swamp catfish, which are also the main food of the hydras, and the bottom layer is almost devoid of life.

Rosen shared the Gray Rat's ability to burrow underground, and then used a mechanical mount to perform this burrowing technique.

In less than a few minutes, the mechanical mount had already plunged tens of thousands of meters vertically into the muddy swamp.

At this depth, life fluctuations were almost imperceptible, so Rosen rode his mechanical mount to the center of the muddy swamp.

The closer you get to the center, the higher the concentration of spirituality becomes.

Rosen summoned some cave demons, and dozens of Sequence 7 cave demons easily dried up the water in the surrounding swamp, creating a dry underground space. The area where spiritual energy was highly concentrated, which was detected by the Void Realm Eye Technique, was also revealed.

Rosen stared in disbelief at a magic circle not far away, and the territory buildings on top of it.

There was a stone tablet in front of the territory building, and he knew what was going on after glancing at it.

It turns out that this magic circle continuously draws spiritual power from the spirit world, and then generates nine-headed monsters through troop buildings. Most of the nine-headed monsters in the entire Muddy Water Swamp have slowly multiplied through this territory building.

This magic circle and territory building were constructed by one of the emperors of the Thunder Empire.

Therefore, this place belongs to the official authorities, and any act of sabotage will be subject to an official warrant from the Thunder Empire.

Rosen shook his head. Sure enough, a place like Muddy Water Swamp, which has a name and a place in the natural rainforest, must have been thoroughly explored by predecessors long ago. As for why the truth here hasn't spread, it's probably because of the mentality that they can't let me be the only one who suffers.

As Rosen was about to leave, he suddenly realized that he had overlooked something.

The surface of the Thunder Empire's spirit realm is extremely dangerous because the Thunder God's divine kingdom collapsed there. Entering the spirit realm without the strength of Sequence 5 is tantamount to courting death.

And this magic circle next to it can continuously draw spiritual energy from the spirit world?
Moreover, over the years, no spirit beings have managed to sneak into reality through this magic circle.
Despite being a magic circle left behind by a demigod of Sequence 2, Rosen believes that this magic circle is no higher than Sequence 5.

Because killing a chicken doesn't require a sledgehammer, the muddy swamp is not worthy of the higher-level magic array left by the emperor of that time.

The stable magic circle of Sequence 5, which connects the real world and the spirit world, is theoretically not qualified to block all threats originating from the spirit world.

Therefore, it is highly likely that the spirit realm surface, which is connected by the magic circle, is located in a very safe place.

If he enters the spirit world from here, the danger level should be greatly reduced.

Rosen thought for a moment, if he could think of these things, surely others could think of this possibility.
He immediately studied the magic circle carefully. Although he was not good at magic circles, he had a basic understanding of them. The Divine Realm had also cultivated wizards of Sequence 8 who were good at magic circles.

After several days of research, Rosen discovered the secret hidden in this magic circle.

The level is indeed Sequence 5, but this is a one-way transfer.

Spirits from the spirit world can be transmitted to the real world through this magic circle, but those who try to enter the spirit world from here will be interfered with by the magic circle.

If you enter the spirit world near the Muddy Swamp, finding the other end of the magic circle is not an easy task.

However, none of this was a problem for Rosen, whose Lazy Foot allowed him to ignore all interference and enter the spirit world here.

Rosen unleashed the power of his Slothful Foot, disappearing into the shadows and forcefully infiltrating the magic circle.

Having found the passage between the inner realm and the spirit world, he traveled against the flow of the passage to the spirit world under the protection of the Foot of Sloth.

The moment Rosen arrived in the spirit world, he saw a magic circle beneath his feet that existed on this side of the spirit world.

The surrounding spiritual energy was continuously drawn in and then transmitted one-way to the muddy swamp through the magic circle underfoot.

The surrounding area is a world of thunder spanning dozens of miles, with thunderstorms generating everywhere and illuminating the entire world in a blue-purple hue. Not far from the magic circle is a lake shimmering with lightning, and in the lake stands a golden apple tree hundreds of meters tall that is constantly being struck by lightning.

"Golden apple tree?"

After observing it several times, Rosen rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

Looking at the golden tree not far away, he stubbornly refrained from going forward.

Instead, they immediately contacted the gray rat, who was still in the snowy mountains of the Frosty Coast, through the Nightmare Shackles.

Meanwhile, Gray Mouse received the message and immediately began logging into the virtual world to search for clues.

It turns out that when the Thunder Empire's emperor who built the magic circle in the Muddy Swamp was in power, the Thunder Empire was much closer to the borders of human territory than it is now. At that time, the Thunder Empire was also more vulnerable to attacks from alien gods.

The emperor at that time was very unlucky; he was ambushed and killed by two alien gods.

Having learned this information, Rosen roughly understood what was going on.

The God of Thunder must have planted a golden apple tree in his divine kingdom back then.

When it finally fell, the Golden Apple Tree, along with the fragments of the divine kingdom, scattered across the surface of the spirit realm corresponding to the Muddy Water Swamp.

The king at that time discovered the golden apple tree, but it was probably impossible to transplant it at that time.

So a magic circle was set up to draw away all the spiritual energy around the golden apple tree and transfer it to the muddy swamp in reality.

Before they could make any further preparations, they were ambushed and killed by alien gods.

The reason for setting up such a magic circle is that the Golden Apple Tree does not need any spiritual attributes other than lightning to grow. For the Golden Apple Tree, any excess spiritual energy is harmful and not beneficial.

Over the years, quite a few people must have discovered this magic circle.

However, the extraordinary beings who come to the Muddy Water Swamp to hunt the Nine-Headed Monster are no stronger than Sequence 5.

Those with such extraordinary abilities discovered the magic circle and realized there might be benefits on the other side of the passage. They were also unable to cross the passage, and those who were capable of crossing it wouldn't risk coming here.

Besides, what if the magic circle is accidentally destroyed? Wouldn't it be a terrible injustice to be wanted by the Thunder Empire for no reason?
Rosen spent two days carefully searching the space where the golden apple tree was located.

Then, through the God Network, they searched for all kinds of information about the Golden Apple Tree at any cost.

The results were mixed; the bad thing was that the golden apple tree wasn't as valuable as expected.

This is not the legendary Golden Apple Tree with a quality of Sequence 0. At most, it is a third-generation offspring cultivated from the seed of a Golden Apple Tree, so this Golden Apple Tree is only of Sequence 2.

Rosen melted down a large amount of gold and used the divine power of the Morning Star to shape it into a pair of scissors.

Then, from a distance of thousands of meters, they manipulated golden scissors to cut down the nine Sequence 2 golden apples from the tree.

The moment all the golden apples fell, they were caught in golden nets.

Rosen carefully stored the nine golden apples in nine golden chests before he began to devise a plan to cut down the golden apple tree.

Not all the offspring of the legendary sacred tree can achieve the same continuous cycle as the mother tree.

Once the saplings of the Golden Apple Tree grow, they can only bear fruit once, and will never bear fruit again. However, the Golden Apple Tree itself is a top-tier extraordinary material with the five attributes of gold, wood, lightning, life, and divinity.

It took Rosen half a month to cut the golden apple tree down to the roots.

Only then did he open the scavenging space to collect the golden apple tree, but he had no choice but to abandon the tree roots and the thunder lake beneath them.

Back in reality, Rosen immediately considered how to handle this unexpected surprise.

The trunk, branches, and leaves—for the time being, only the leaves are usable.

Using these leaves as canvas should allow you to create spiritual paintings with special effects.

Then some of the branches might be sold, and the trunk can be kept for future use.

Whether used to upgrade and strengthen territory buildings or to construct extraordinary buildings, it is the best material.

As for the nine golden apples, Rosen didn't hesitate to take one out and prepare to eat it.

The Golden Apple is something that ordinary people can eat. After eating it, one's physique will be greatly improved, and one's extraordinary bloodline will be greatly enhanced. One can regenerate severed limbs, wash away all negative curses and damage, and finally obtain special golden divinity.

Rosen could clearly feel that his physical limits had doubled.

Then look at the three abilities derived from the extraordinary bloodline: Gluttony, Greed, and Sloth. Their upper limits have all changed from below Sequence 3 to below Sequence 2. This one-level increase represents the leap between the extraordinary and the demigod.

This is still the vast majority of the Golden Apple's power, which lies dormant deep within the extraordinary bloodline and has not yet been released.

As his sequence level increases, his extraordinary bloodline will gradually become stronger.

These were the only physical changes; then, the spiritual intensity instantly increased from 31 to 34 points.

One of the three extra points of spiritual strength came from the unique mutually destructive damage inflicted by Count Fritz, and two came from the two deaths and resurrections. The three points of spiritual strength that had been permanently reduced were now restored thanks to the Golden Apple.

Finally, Rosen sensed his own Sequence Tree, where a golden lightning bolt was coiled.

This is the golden divinity that the golden apple bestowed upon him; activating the golden divinity can temporarily transform his spirituality into divinity.

In a sense, the Golden God and the transformed state of Quetzalcoatl are quite similar.

However, this ability of the Golden Divinity is only secondary. If he reaches the limit of Sequence 4 in the future and wants to become a Sequence 3 demigod, this Golden Divinity can reduce the difficulty of becoming a demigod and also give him a higher chance of obtaining a pseudo-divine power after becoming a demigod.

If it weren't for the fact that eating too many golden apples would be useless, he would have liked to eat them all at once.

As Rosen was pondering what to do with the remaining golden apples, he discovered that someone had left him a message through the Temple of God.

It turns out that when he was researching information about the Golden Apple Tree, he posted several bounty posts on the God Network. Some people saw them and suspected that he had Golden Apples from the saplings, so they wanted to make a deal with him.

The entire transaction was conducted through the main temple, so neither party needed to worry about any potential problems.

Rosen glanced at the trade terms proposed in the message and was immediately intrigued. The person wanting to trade with him was a Sequence 2 painter. If he could provide three golden apples, a branch that once grew golden apples, and some sap from the heart of the golden apple tree, the trade would be very attractive.

So, this Sequence 2 painter can paint a Gundam Sequence 3 Spirit Realm painting for him.

Through this painting, he can plant the seeds of the golden apple and continue to cultivate the golden apples for four and five generations.

Once cultivation is complete, the Spirit Realm painting can still be used as a planting Spirit Realm.

The cost of painting this picture was two golden apples, and the remaining golden apple was the reward for this person.

From the perspective of the transaction terms, Rosen is not at a disadvantage, because he will eventually gain 81 Sequence 3 Golden Apples, 729 Sequence 4 Golden Apples, and finally a Sequence 3 Spirit Realm painting.

However, after careful consideration, Rosen still declined.

First of all, the Golden Apple Tree matures very slowly. It takes at least a thousand years for a fourth-generation offspring to mature. After a thousand years, it won't even know what sequence it is anymore. By then, it will no longer need a mere Sequence 3 Golden Apple.

By then, he will be able to freely paint Sequence 3 Spirit Realm paintings.

Unless it's for establishing a family business to leave to future generations, such a transaction is too disadvantageous in the short term.

Rosen had already put the matter aside and was spending his days in the Divine Realm adapting to the surge in power he had gained after consuming the Golden Apple.

As a result, someone messaged him in the bounty post; it was the same painter from Sequence 2.

It turned out that the painter urgently needed a treasure similar to the golden apple. After realizing that he might not be interested in the painting of the spirit realm, the painter proposed to trade a golden apple for other treasures and even listed the things he could use for the trade in a private message.

Rosen had only glanced at it casually, but he actually found something that interested him.

It was a miracle artifact without any level, an ordinary-looking crystal bottle for holding potions.

This miraculous treasure, called the Potions Bottle, can automatically synthesize perfect potions according to potion recipes. More importantly, it feels somewhat similar to the Dragon Blood Bottle.

After pondering for a long time, Rosen replied to the private message, proposing to trade the miracle treasure, the Potions Bottle.

After some haggling, he traded a golden apple for a potion bottle and five thousand God's coins.

After obtaining the potion bottle, Rosen immediately took out the dragon blood bottle and placed it together.

Upon closer inspection, they were indeed very similar, appearing to be individual pieces that originally belonged to a set.

Rosen immediately searched for relevant information on the God Network and easily found the relevant information.

It turns out that this is indeed a set of miraculous treasures, and the name of this set of miraculous treasures is the Primal Potion.

The world's first Sequence 9 potion was created using this set of nine bottles.

The set consisted of nine bottles, all of which transformed into level-free miracle treasures.

No one knows how the nine bottles were separated, but each bottle possesses a unique and miraculous effect.

Many people believe that collecting all nine bottles will have an incredible effect.

After all, the emergence of potions and sequences in the current supernatural system is the starting point of the glorious era.

However, collecting all nine bottles is almost impossible.

Because someone once collected six bottles, and then disappeared with the six bottles, never to be seen again.

The remaining three bottles have all appeared in history, but only the Dragon Blood Bottle is the most valuable due to its singular effect.

Compared to the Dragon Blood Vial, which can subdue dragons, the Potions Vial is somewhat of a waste of its value, since potions can be prepared by wizards, scientists, or pharmacists, making the use of Potions Vials unnecessary.

This is why the Sequence 2 painter had to compensate him with five hundred million spiritual crystals of divine gold coins.

As Rosen was about to put the two treasure bottles away, he suddenly wondered if the two treasure bottles might create a chain reaction.

Nine treasure bottles have incredible effects, so how could two have no effect at all?

Rosen pondered for a moment, then took out a Hunter Sequence Potion Set of Sequence 9 from the Divine Realm.

The potions in the Hunter Sequence are special because there are countless choices for the core ingredients.

He poured out a diluted portion of dragon blood, now only of Sequence 9 quality, from the Dragon Blood Vial. Using this as the core ingredient, he prepared a potion with the Potions Vial. The preparation process only required him to think of the potion recipe, and the Potions Vial would automatically mix the ingredients according to his wishes.

Soon a bottle of Sequence 9 potion was prepared, and Rosen was slightly surprised when he examined it through the main god's computer.

This Sequence 9 Hunter's Potion is not only of perfect quality, but it also grants a faint trace of dragon bloodline. This means that the potion made from two Miracle Bottles has exceeded the limits of a normal potion.

It's hard to imagine the terrifying amplification that would occur if all nine Miracle Bottles were combined to create a potion.

If those six bottles hadn't been lost for tens of thousands of years and never reappeared, he would never have been able to exchange them at a low price for the Potions Bottle, which was likely the core of the nine Miracle Bottles.

Rosen put away the two Miracle Bottles, summoned the Nightmare Slime, and fed it a Golden Apple.

Nightmare Slime benefited even more than him. Although it did not activate the Hand of Greed and the Foot of Sloth, Nightmare Slime gained a Gluttonous Stomach, and this Gluttonous Stomach was somewhat different from his own.

Rosen's Gluttonous Stomach can imprison sequences below 2, while Nightmare Slime's Gluttonous Stomach can digest sequences below 2.

One focuses on sealing, while the other focuses on digestion.

Now that they share, Rosen can clearly feel his gluttonous stomach becoming even stronger.

As well as pets, Lawson also left a golden apple for the gray mouse.

However, he cannot give it to Gray Rat now; he will absolutely not allow Gray Rat's recovery speed to exceed his control.

With the remaining five golden apples, Rosen decided to keep them as treasures.

This kind of treasure has no shortage of market demand; you can easily exchange it for something good you need in the future.

Moreover, the golden apple is a life-saving trump card when one suffers a fatal blow that damages the very source of life.

Through this experience, Rosen realized that the Thunder Empire's spirit realm held countless treasures.

However, acquiring these treasures requires strength, and not all treasures are as safe as the Golden Apple Tree.

Rosen was preparing to hunt down more Hydras when he suddenly felt something was wrong with his condition.

Mysterious murmurs echoed in his ears, and he experienced hallucinations. This feeling was very similar to the mad murmurs he heard from the fallen true god at the source of the sequence when he took the Hunter Sequence Potion.

Rosen's first thought was that there was something wrong with the golden apple, but the whispers in his ear quickly disappeared.

And if there really was something wrong with the Golden Apple, wouldn't that Sequence 2 painter have noticed it when it was traded inside the Temple of Truth?
So the problem isn't with the golden apple, but with his spiritual strength increasing to 34 points.

Rosen carefully recalled the illusion he had just witnessed; it seemed to be a spatial vortex formed by the entrance to a spiritual realm.

After ruling out all the impossibilities, Rosen came up with one possibility.

He thought of the spirit realm guarded by the Howard family, the spirit realm that caused the deaths of young Rosen's parents, and the murdered fifth Lord Howard. Could this anomaly be related to that spirit realm?

Even without reciting the incantation to activate that spiritual realm, it seems that problems will arise when one's strength approaches the limit of Sequence 7.

For a noble of normal sequence 7, the maximum spiritual strength is 33 points.

He currently has 34 points of spiritual strength, which may explain why he suddenly heard the murmurs in his ears and experienced hallucinations.

Since that spiritual realm is not letting the Howard family off the hook, it seems he has no choice but to face the challenge head-on.

However, they cannot go in yet; Rosen is preparing to make some preparations.

The ability to produce babbling similar to that of taking a potion suggests that the spirit realm guarded by the Howard family is likely related to Sequence 0. Otherwise, the Golden Apple's effect of washing away negative curses wouldn't have been completely ineffective.

Or rather, he has already demonstrated his abilities, which is why he hasn't been forcibly pulled into that spiritual realm.

Rosen posted a bounty through the God Network and quickly arranged two deals.

Two golden apples were exchanged for two life-saving treasures.

Rosen tore apart a fixed-point return scroll and quickly disappeared into the rainforest, teleporting back to the wizard tower in Frostsnow City.

Aside from its slow teleportation speed, this type of return scroll has advantages in every other way.

Rosen waited for two hours, but the gray rat had already returned from the depths of the snow-capped mountains.

During their journey, Rosen also discussed the mysterious spirit realm with Gray Rat.

Knowing it was related to the mysterious whispers, Gray Mouse was even more nervous than Rosen.

Because he was once a demigod, he understood the meaning of the mystical whispers better than Rosen did.

He now only hoped that the mysterious murmurs Rosen had heard were a hoax.

After returning to the hotel, Gray Rat digested the golden apple while following Rosen back into the main temple.

Although he already had two trump cards to save his life, Gray Mouse's knowledge surpassed Rosen's.

So after carefully selecting from countless treasures in the main god's hall, he spent another thousand main god gold coins to buy a transcendent artifact, the Void Guardian, which reached Sequence 4, before reluctantly leaving the main god's hall with Rosen.

Having exhausted all his life-saving tricks, Roger will now retreat to the Time Loop Realm to paint.

He would do his best to collect as many spiritual paintings as possible, before he was completely unable to resist the mysterious whispers and had to enter that spiritual realm.

Finally, after two months of struggling in reality and several years in the time loop of the spirit realm, they finally persevered.

Unable to resist the mysterious murmurs any longer, Rosen had no choice but to open his life encyclopedia and recite the secret words that led him to the spiritual realm.

(End of this chapter)