Dawn Spider

Mount Sumeru.

Today, the Sumeru Insect King seemed to be meditating and comprehending earth-elemental energy. He lay motionless on the mountaintop, with three earth-yellow energy patterns on his forehead flashing and the energy patterns on his body surface flickering.

As Jin Yi approached, the Sumeru Insect King immediately withdrew its primal energy, scanned the area with its spiritual power, and proactively inquired:
"Jin, did you bring the things?"

"Bring it here."

In the distant, deep forest, a rather unfriendly mental force suddenly popped up, "Blood Fruit Little Sky Bull, how many pieces of that 'Wood King Heart Armor' can you get?"

The giant thorn hedge, a divine gift!
The King-level Life Seed, a divinely bestowed seed, condenses the heart of a tree, awakens a complete soul, and can communicate with Zerg warriors outside of bonds.

"One piece..."

"Only one? Bring it here right now!"

"..."

"The King of Insects!"

"I have met the King of the Sumeru Insects!"

"I've seen the King of Thorn Hedges!"

"..."

The insects greeted them respectfully.

"This way!"

The Sumeru Insect King shook its antennae to signal the insects to go up the mountain and lead the way.

The King of the Sumeru Insects, along with its two divinely bestowed seeds, the Sumeru Kudzu and the Great Fruit Thorn Hedge, sealed off a 60-kilometer stretch of coastline to resist the impact of the fog tide.

Mount Sumeru is located in the center, while the Sumeru kudzu is rooted on a mountain 20 kilometers to the north, and the large-fruited thorny hedge is rooted on a mountain 20 kilometers to the south.

It took 20 kilometers of hiking over mountains to reach our destination.

Among the rolling mountains, on a seemingly ordinary hilltop about four or five hundred meters high, stands a towering tree nearly four hundred meters tall, as if it were a continuation of a mountain peak.

Its massive body absorbs natural primal forces, naturally forming a wood-based primal energy field.

A divinely bestowed seed with a strong aggressive nature. The insects stopped on the ridge two or three hundred meters away and stared intently at it.

Among the dense, dark green leaves, scattered emerald green fruits...

Upon seeing this, Jin's professional instincts kicked in, and he tentatively inquired, "King Sumeru Insect, the fruit of this divinely bestowed seed of the Great Fruit Thorn Hedge is very suitable for equipment processing! It can increase profits considerably every year."

"no need."

The Sumeru Insect King said calmly, "Every year during the fruit ripening season, Mount Suoyu will arrange for warriors to come and pick the fruit, and they will also eat the fruit flesh along with it."

"Where's the treasure?"

The giant thorn hedge, a divinely bestowed seed, asked without ceremony, "Hurry up and bring it over so I can take a look."

"..."

Without a word, Jin conjured a spider silk pouch on his back, which floated up and opened automatically, revealing a dark wooden box inside...

"what!"

"The wood used for this box is extraordinary!"

The giant thorn hedge, astonished by the divine gift of the seed, then exerted a powerful mental force to control the object. The wooden box transformed into a jet-black stream of light, flew up the mountain, and hovered in front of the main trunk.

The wooden box was opened.

The dark green bead floated up, hovered briefly, and then disappeared into the main stem.

“It really is a treasure!”

"Three wood-type abilities, along with two passive functions."

"The first passive function is to form a protective layer on the surface of the tree core, similar to the Force armor worn by alien warriors, which can resist various types of attacks."

"The second passive function can also help store wood-type primal energy..."

As the Great Thorn Hedge Tree, a divinely bestowed seed, explained, it was overjoyed. With a thought, a green disc floated up, hovered atop the tree, and cast a transparent primal force shield, forming a spherical space with a radius of over four hundred meters.

The insects were also enveloped within it.

The next moment, the Wood-type Force poured down like a flood, and the Force concentration in the space rapidly increased to level 2.1.

Meditation cushion!

While excavating the ruins, the Sumeru Insect King obtained at least two meditation cushions, one with an earth-type effect and the other with a wood-type effect, which he immediately gave to the Great Fruit Thorn Hedge Tree's Divine Seed.

The above-ground branches and leaves, as well as the underground capillary roots of the giant thorn hedge, are working at full power to frantically absorb the primal force.

It lasted for quite a while.
The concentration of primal force within the spherical space began to decrease, the primal force barrier became unstable and collapsed, and the meditation cushion suspended atop the treetop roared as it crashed down upon the Sumeru Insect King.

The Great Thorn Hedge Tree, a divinely bestowed seed, roared furiously, "The original crystals are gone again! Sumeru, can't you pack more at once?!"

"No! We've used up all the original crystals; you've wasted them."

The Sumeru Insect King raised its claw, and an invisible shield of pure earth elemental energy easily caught the meditation cushion that was smashing towards it.

“Ci Li, first explain the effects of the ‘Wood King Heart Armor’.”

"It didn't work!"

The Great Thorn Hedge Tree, a divinely bestowed seed, scolded, "You've run out of raw crystals? Then hurry up and dig some more!"

"Where am I supposed to dig for you? There are no more relics worth spending time digging on Ivory Island."

"Nonsense! Didn't these little bugs just dig up a huge ruin? You old longhorn beetle, you're not even as good as a few little bugs? Are you a piece of trash?"

"You're the one who's useless. If you're so capable, go dig it yourself."

“You’re just a piece of trash! If I could move, I would have dug up all the ruins of Ivory Island long ago, and these little bugs wouldn’t even have a chance.”

"..."

Without a word, the Divine Seed of the Great Thorn Hedge and the King of Sumeru Insects started arguing and cursing.

The insects were stunned.

I always knew that the Sumeru Insect King was not a very good insect, but I never imagined that its fate was ten times worse.

Soon, the argument and insults escalated into death threats, showing a fierce determination to fight.

The insects were terrified and silently retreated, standing further away.

"Stop arguing. Stop arguing."

"Sumeru Insect King, Thorn Fence Tree King, stop arguing!" Zi Feng hesitated for a long time, then shouted with a surge of spiritual power, "I still have some primal crystals in my cave. Shall I bring them over for you to use in an emergency?"

"You idiot little longhorn beetle, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and get them. How many do you have? Bring them all to me."

The large-fruited thorny hedge, a divinely bestowed seed, angrily denounced.

The Sumeru Insect King instructed, "Blood Fruit, you're fast, go back to the mountain and get some primal crystals."

"Ok."

The Blood Fruit Lord agreed and turned to run away.

"and many more!"

The giant thorn hedge, a divine gift, called out to him, and instructed, "Then while you're at it, bring over a batch of bean seeds."

"Legume seeds?"

The Blood Fruit Lord asked, "King of Thorn Fences, what do you need the seeds for?"

The Great Thorn Hedge Tree, a divine gift, said, "The power granted by this Wood King's Heart Armor is very special; it requires the seeds of legumes as a medium."

"Understood……"

The Blood Fruit Lord didn't dare ask any more questions and hurried away.

The Sumeru Insect King softened its tone and asked, "Ci Li, what exactly is the power that the Wood King's Heart Armor grants? What is it specifically like? Can't you just show it to me?"

"cannot!"

The giant thorn hedge, a gift from heaven, simply doesn't accept it.

"You tell us first."

"I can't reason with an idiot like you."

"Believe it or not, I'll remove the Force Convergence Shield?"

"Look, a fruit has fallen."

"Stop messing around! I'm angry, and I'm really taking away the Force Convergence Shield."

"Look, ten fruits have fallen."

"..."

The large-fruited thorny hedge, a divine gift, has green fruits falling from its branches with a clattering sound.

Click!

Really!
Jin Yixing was stunned again, silently retreated, and stood further away, not daring to speak.

Fortunately, when 100 fruits fell from the tree, the Sumeru Insect King gave in, retreated in frustration, and stood further away.

...

After half a day

The Blood Fruit Lord carried a Primal Crystal storage box and rushed back, bringing 100 Primal Crystals.

Upon seeing that there were only a mere 100 seeds, the "divine gift" of the large-fruited thorn hedge rose in anger and curses once again.

While cursing, he controlled the meditation cushion to float forward, collect the primal crystal, then took off and hovered on the treetop, casting down a super-large primal force shield with a radius of more than 400 meters, releasing primal force, quickly absorbing and converting primal energy, and storing it in the Wood King Heart Armor.

A bag of wood pod bean seeds sent by the Bloodfruit Lord.

The divinely bestowed seeds of the large-fruited thorn hedge control these seeds as they drift and adhere to the leaves, continuously channeling wood-based primal energy into the beans.

The insects waited patiently.

Half a day later,
The Great Thorn Hedge Tree, a divinely bestowed seed, removed its Force shield and put away its meditation cushion.

"The second passive function of the Wood King's Heart Armor is that it can store the same amount of wood-type primal energy as my tree trunk! This armor, which was specially made for wood-type primal force plants, seems to have growth characteristics and can grow along with the primal force plant's realm. Perhaps, in the future, when I break through and advance to a higher level, it can also improve in sync."

"Grants three Wood-type abilities."

"The first wood-type ability is an extremely sophisticated biomimetic ability that transforms the seeds of legumes into 'plant warriors' that can move."

Saying,

The wood pods that clung to the leaves fell to the ground with a rustling sound, quickly taking root, sprouting, and growing.

From the lower branches and leaves of the divinely bestowed seed of the large-fruited thorn hedge, strands of cyan-green primal energy threads emerge, connecting to the newly sprouted saplings and continuously supplying them with primal energy.

The seedlings grew rapidly, sprouting branches and leaves.

Half a day later, they transformed into pea trees, each four or five meters tall.

The divinely bestowed seed of the large-fruited thorn hedge terminates the input of primal energy, severing the connecting cyan-green primal energy threads.

The pea tree swayed and wobbled, pulling its roots out of the ground and crawling along with them.

One main root and dozens of lateral roots, like centipedes, began to meander and crawl, approaching each other, gathering together, and then dispersing, crawling towards other parts of the mountain.

Some of them waved branches and leaves, attacking indiscriminately.

Some waved their roots, pulling out and clearing away the shrubs and weeds in the mountains and forests.

--Taro!
Jin, Dafeng, and the soldiers traveling with them immediately thought of taro.

Similar to taro, it is a plant that can be moved.

The abilities granted by the Wood King's Heart Armor were not created out of thin air by humans, but rather by imitating the abilities comprehended by Force warriors or plants.

The appearance of taro is not due to the mutation of a wild, divinely bestowed seed parasitized by a wood spirit, but rather to the 'bean-to-soldier' ​​ability possessed by the human ruler known as 'Flower Owl'.
The insects were taken aback and puzzled.

The Great Thorn Hedge Tree, a divinely bestowed seed, said leisurely, "This is the first ability. Starting from the seed form, it cultivates 'plant warriors.' These guys have just been cultivated and are still relatively weak. With continued cultivation, they will gradually become stronger."

"Controlling them requires a strong soul. With my current soul strength, I can control at most a thousand. Their range of activity is consistent with the limit of my mental power's detection range, which is about forty or fifty kilometers."

The Sumeru Insect King asked, "These 'plant warriors' can grow? Wouldn't that be similar to the soldier ants and worker ants in a termite kingdom?"

The Great Thorn Hedge Tree, too lazy to pay attention to it, continued, "The second ability granted by the Wood King's Heart Armor is rather mediocre; it's simply to form a defensive shield with primal energy to block attacks."

"As for the third ability..."

"The third ability is quite powerful. At my current level of evolution, I can only barely unleash it. With my soul strength, I cannot control it. Once unleashed, it is an indiscriminate, area-of-effect, destructive attack..."

The giant thorn hedge, a divine gift, exclaimed excitedly, "Little insects, come, come, hide under my tree. I'll give it a try."

"Old Celestial Bull of Mount Sumeru, don't move. Aren't you supposed to have a thick shell and be very durable? Try to see if you can block this attack."

As he spoke, terrifying wood-based primal energy surged within the tree trunk, causing the surrounding natural forces to violently churn. (End of Chapter)