Swallowing the Stars: Sacrifice to Become Stronger, Fiancée is Alluring

Chapter 96 can be summed up in one word: awesome!

A few minutes later.

Jiang Lan walked through a grove of trees, and the view in front of her suddenly opened up.

This is an open space, and on this open space grow nine willow trees.

Eight of these nine willow trees are of normal thickness, appearing to be the size of the thicker willow trees in the base city.

The one in the very center is much thicker, with a diameter of seven or eight meters, requiring four or five people to encircle it.

Jiang Lan frowned slightly.

willow?

He tentatively took two more steps forward.

Instantly, the nine willow trees, which had been calm, began to wildly lash out with their countless branches, creating a series of violent whooshing sounds as they hurtled towards Jiang Lan.

The speed at which the branch swung was far beyond the speed of sound.

Moreover, it wasn't just one or two streaks, but a dense, countless array that almost completely obscured Jiang Lan's view.

However, when Jiang Lan saw these willow trees, she felt something was amiss, so she was prepared.

With a flick of his wrist, the halberd appeared in his hand. Instead of retreating, he charged straight at the willow trees.

To catch a thief, first catch the king. Once the main body of these willow trees is dealt with, the branches will naturally stop attacking him.

Moreover, these willow trees appear to be at most at the lord level. Even if they were struck by those branches, with the combined blessing of the Black God Set and the Steel Skin Manual, it wouldn't cause them any harm at all.

In the blink of an eye, Jiang Lan had arrived next to the thickest willow tree in the middle.

Immense strength!

Mountain-Crushing Strike!

Jiang Lan leaped high into the air, and a dazzling light burst forth from the blade of his halberd as he slammed it down towards the willow tree.

"boom!"

A tremendous sound rang out, and the giant willow tree was blasted apart, splitting into two pieces.

The section of willow tree at the top flew out under the enormous impact, smashing into another willow tree and breaking it in two.

Awesome.

Jiang Lan once again marveled at the power of the Mountain-Crushing Strike.

If his power were any greater, he might have been able to flatten a mountain range in an instant.

Jiang Lan's momentum did not diminish; he continued to swing his halberd, smashing it against other willow trees nearby.

"Boom boom boom!"

In just two seconds, all nine willow trees snapped in two and lay on the ground.

The branches also stopped attacking at the same time.

[Sacrificeable items detected: 1 Ten-Thousand-Year Willow Wood, 8 Thousand-Year Willow Wood. Would you like to sacrifice them?]

Jiang Lan's eyes lit up.

Sure enough, his initial guess was correct.

The previous man-eating plants were charred by lightning and deemed worthless by the system, which is why there were no prompts for them to be sacrificed.

However, Jiang Lan did not choose to offer sacrifices directly to the willow tree, but instead walked to the side of the thickest willow tree.

He could vaguely see a hint of green at the broken end of the willow tree.

As Jiang Lan approached, she looked closely and saw a crystal the size of a fist.

The crystal was almost transparent on the outside, and inside it was mostly a viscous green liquid that was slowly flowing. Jiang Lan could also faintly see some pale gold in the liquid.

Just one glance at the crystal was enough to make Jiang Lan feel refreshed and relaxed.

Picking up the crystal, Jiang Lan pondered for a while before finally recalling what it was from his distant memories.

The spirit of plants and trees!

There are many kinds of plant spirits, and their effects are also different.

And the one in his hand is called the Ten Thousand Year Willow Heart.

Effect……

Jiang Lan is now a planetary-level being, and has also become a mentalist.

It can be said that he has now reached the point of having a photographic memory; he can clearly recall anything he sees at a glance.

Unfortunately, this ability doesn't seem to work on his past memories.

It can't be said that it has no effect at all, but rather that the effect is negligible.

In addition, reading the original novel was something from a past life, so the memory is even more distant.

Therefore, although Jiang Lan can still recall some important plot points from the novel, he cannot remember the unimportant ones no matter how hard he tries.

However, Jiang Lan still had some impression of this ancient willow heartwood.

In general, it can enhance strength and increase cell activity.

Cell activity is linked to self-healing ability.

If Jiang Lan were to suffer a very serious injury and had not taken the Ten Thousand Year Willow Heart, it would take him ten days to fully recover, relying on his body's original self-healing ability.

If he takes the Wannian Willow Heart, this time can be shortened to five days, or even three days.

Most importantly, this herbal essence has absolutely no side effects after being ingested.

If there is any effect, it is that if one takes the same herbal essence after taking it, the effect on one's own improvement will be greatly reduced, or even completely disappear.

Without much hesitation, Jiang Lan flipped her wrist, and the halberd in her other hand vanished instantly, replaced by a dagger.

Holding the dagger, Jiang Lan plunged it directly into the heart of the ancient willow wood, creating a gash.

Then, Jiang Lan covered the crack with her mouth and gulped down all the juice inside.

The juice was incredibly sweet, and although it didn't have any special flavor, it gave Jiang Lan a strange sense of comfort.

As the juices flowed into Jiang Lan's stomach, a cool and comfortable sensation instantly spread throughout her body.

Jiang Lan narrowed her eyes and shivered.

Cool!

So cool!

If he had to use a metaphor, the pleasure he was experiencing now was only slightly less than when he was fighting with the alluring woman.

With his eyes closed, Jiang Lan could clearly feel the cells in his body greedily absorbing the essence of the juice.

He exhaled and stood there, squinting.

It took more than ten minutes for that pleasant feeling to almost disappear.

Jiang Lan's physical condition has also improved to some extent.

Compared to his original physical condition, the improvement is not significant, but it's better than nothing.

Most importantly, his cell activity has undergone a qualitative leap compared to before.

Moreover, this increase is not short-term, but permanent.

After stretching his body, Jiang Lan walked towards the other willow trees.

There was only one ten-thousand-year-old willow heartwood, but there's also a thousand-year-old willow heartwood.

Although he no longer needs it, taking this thousand-year-old willow heart back would be a good choice, whether as a gift or to help Hong Huanxingchen.

Jiang Lan walked up to the willow trees and searched through them for a while. Soon, he had several emerald green crystals in his hand.

This crystal was only the size of an egg, much smaller than the ancient willow heartwood from before, and the liquid inside was pure green, without any of the wisps of gold.

Thousand-year-old willow heartwood, obtained!

(End of this chapter)