Sword Shatters Stars

Chapter 106 It would be a shame to only fool people once.

The group was somewhat worried upon seeing the encirclement formed by the vines.

Suddenly, I felt that the surroundings were filled with dense Heavenly Martial Power!

Lin Xiufeng immediately shouted, "Thank you, Son of the Earth, for bestowing power upon us by the Tree of Life! Believers and messengers of the Tree of Life, absorb the power bestowed by the Tree of Life and fight together for the Tree of Life to conquer the world!"

Zhao Youyue excitedly shouted in unison, "Conquer the world for the Divine Tree!"

"Conquer the world for the Divine Tree!" Renxing shouted as he absorbed the Heavenly Martial Power, repeating the cry twice.

"Conquer the world for the Divine Tree!" Fang Yuan shouted as well.

"Conquer the world for the divine tree." Lin Qiru cooperated, but there was no passion on her face, and her tone was purely cooperative, lacking enthusiasm.

It seems that such a performance is unacceptable to her.

Lin Xiufeng had no choice but to press her head down and say:

"Before the great son of the earth, the sacred tree of life, we should bow our heads in reverence!"

It turned out that Lin Qiru was a bit stubborn and unwilling, so he quickly turned around and whispered to her:

"Watch your expression."

Lin Qiru then stopped being stubborn and lowered her head.

Ren and Fang Yuan both lowered their heads in agreement.

She has very little capriciousness because she can't help but want to laugh.

Zhao Youyue, with her head down, noticed Lin Xiufeng was still standing and couldn't help but ask, "Why are you standing there?"

"Shut up! I am the Son of the Earth, the First Believer and Messenger of the Great Tree of Life, and I possess the highest favor of the Tree of Life. This is the privilege of the First Believer!"

With his back to the giant tree, Lin Xiufeng spoke while making funny and provocative faces.

Zhao Youyue could only watch, unable to speak or kick him. She really wanted to punch him!

As the group absorbed the rich Heavenly Martial Power emanating from the giant tree, Lin Xiufeng discovered that even the Heavenly Martial Power scattered around the giant tree's vines couldn't escape.

After being absorbed by the layers of vines, the giant tree suffered no damage whatsoever.

After the group absorbed the energy for a long time, the giant tree asked, "Have you absorbed enough?"

"Great Son of the Earth, Tree of Life, Heavenly Martial Corps, and the three major organizations are numerous and powerful. We need more strength to fight against them! Please grant us more power!"

"Alright, alright, I got it. Hurry up and absorb it. Humans are such a hassle, absorbing Heavenly Martial Power so slowly."

The giant tree continued to spread its influence for a long time before suddenly stopping.

"That's enough! It's definitely enough! I've given you one-thirtieth of my strength, so there's nothing to be afraid of now!"

"Thank you, sons of the earth, for the blessings of the Tree of Life! We set out immediately to fight for you, striving to bring back new sacrifices and believers as soon as possible to repay your grace!"

Lin Xiufeng considered for a moment and then added:

"But your followers are few in number and need some time. Please, Tree of Life, be patient!"

"Okay, okay, time has meaning for you humans, but not for me. Just do your best and go on!"

The greatest thing a giant tree has in abundance is patience, because it is born without knowing what it means to be in a hurry.

It sprouts here, grows here, and waits for passing prey.

It has no concept of time, no awareness of today and tomorrow, no existence of today, and no expectation of tomorrow.

It is constantly growing; it grows faster when there is prey and slower when there is no prey.

It watched Lin Xiufeng and his group leave the shade of the tree and walk into the rain.

All that remains is to wait for the moment when these believers return with their harvest.

Lin Xiufeng and his group walked quite a distance before suddenly stopping and bursting into laughter!

They laughed, supporting each other, bending over with laughter.

The only one standing and laughing was Lin Qiru. Her laughter was restrained, or rather, she didn't have the same unrestrained and exuberant laughter as the others.

Zhao Youyue laughed and laughed, then hugged Lin Xiufeng and continued laughing. She had been remembering Lin Xiufeng's annoying behavior earlier, but now, laughing, she forgot about it.

He laughed so hard he couldn't stand up straight. He glanced at Lin Xiufei, wanting to say something, but his words turned into a loud laugh.

Lin Qiru seemed to finally be infected by everyone's emotions, and her smile became more and more unrestrained, turning into a continuous giggle with her mouth covered.

Once again, she tried to speak, but it turned into uncontrollable laughter.

Seeing how upset she was, Lin Qiru couldn't help but speak up for her:

"What Renxing is trying to say is that Lin Xiufeng is too good at deceiving people, tricking the mutated beasts into willingly giving us so much military strength, right?"

"Yes! Yes—he, he's so wicked! He tricked the giant tree mutated beast, tricked the mutated beast into giving us, giving us Heavenly Martial Power... How outrageous! Hahahaha..."

After laughing enough, Lin Xiufeng simply said:
"It's really outrageous. At first, I just wanted to catch my breath and find an opportunity to make a move, but then I suddenly had a flash of inspiration and started making things up, hoping to scam a bunch of people."

"Later, I realized I could fool them, so I had a bright idea and decided to fool them a few more times."

"When we have some free time, we'll bring back more beast meat to find it. We'll say we stole it, but we're still not strong enough. We'll ask it to give us some more Heavenly Martial Power. Didn't we only absorb one-thirtieth of its power today?"

Zhao Youyue said with lingering fear:
"This giant tree is too powerful! It absorbed ten layers of my Heavenly Martial Power, which is only one-thirtieth of its power!"

"They should all be at the tenth level, right?" Renxing said, then couldn't help but laugh as he thought about it. He had tricked that powerful giant tree into giving each of them a tenth level of martial arts power!

"Ten floors," Fang Yuan also reported.

"How come I'm on the eleventh floor?" Lin Xiufeng wondered.

"I absorbed thirteen layers." Lin Qiru's absorption efficiency was also strangely high.

"Could it be some kind of acupoint that affects the efficiency of absorbing Heavenly Martial Power? The only overlapping acupoint between you two is the Yongquan acupoint!"

Zhao Youyue still remembered the location of the acupoint that Lin Qiru had reported when Li Li gave her guidance.

“The star acupoints I told Li Li were fake. I don’t trust those who rebel against Heaven, and I’m unwilling to reveal my star acupoints to them. I have three major star acupoints, one of which is the Baihui acupoint, just like the regimental commander’s. Perhaps it’s due to the influence of the major star acupoints.”

After Lin Qiru said that, Lin Xiufeng's impression of her changed.

When Li Li gave her instructions, he knew that Lin Qiru had lied. At this crucial moment, she took the initiative to confess, not wanting everyone to miss the opportunity to verify the special buff effects of the star cave.

Lin Qiru remains reliable within the team.

"I understand. You've encountered troublesome people before, so I can understand! But it's a pity that you missed the opportunity to have Commander Li Li help you with the route."

Zhao Youyue is also reasonable.

Lin Qiru smiled and said, "No! I'll know how to practice once I hear his instructions."

"I see! You're so clever!" Zhao Youyue laughed.

As everyone knows, the Baihui acupoint, a major acupoint, can improve the efficiency of absorbing Heavenly Martial Power.

It's not usually noticeable, but in a confined space like the one just now, where a high concentration of Heavenly Martial Force is continuously absorbed, the difference becomes very obvious.

Looking around with a carefree air, he said expectantly:

Are there any other giant tree spirits?

"Hahaha... Everyone should be more careful."

"Could it be that the trees in the forest are all mutated beasts?"

"That's enough, isn't it! You think I'm going to fool every single mutated tree spirit in the mountain? You can't do this even if you're daydreaming!"

Lin Xiufeng was impressed by them, as if she had gotten a free lunch by waiting for a rabbit to run into a tree stump, and she even became addicted to it!

However, no matter how hard they searched, they did not encounter a second giant tree mutated beast.

Along the way, he would kick and punch the trees from time to time, and even said to them:
"Stop pretending! I know you're a mutated beast! Show yourself!"

Lin Xiufeng couldn't help but say, "It's fine when no one's around, but when people are around, please don't drag us into being treated like lunatics! Thank you!"

"You're the one who's crazy! There's no harm in trying, and you might even find a second one!"

(End of this chapter)