Once upon a time there was a greedy snake

So after sacrificing a group of creepers to fill the giant mouth in his abdomen, David Day began to summon the gaze of the god of life, preparing to report to the god of life what he had encountered.

But just as David Day closed his eyes, preparing to receive a rebuke from the gods...

What resounded from the depths of his heart was only a battle cry and a roar.

"Show me your courage! Let me see what you're capable of!"

Along with such a roar, a strange courage surged within David Day, making him yearn to immediately return to the evil ancient serpent and fight it for three hundred rounds.

But David Day immediately realized that something was wrong.

"Damn it, Casaloran! They attacked at this crucial moment!"

Yes, just as he could disrupt the spiritual energy field near this planet under the command of the God of Life to prevent any messages from being sent out, what he was currently suffering from was clearly spiritual energy interference from the God of Courage. As for the source of this spiritual energy interference, it was all too obvious. Just by listening to those roaring battle cries, who else could it be but Kassalon?

"At a time like this..."

The severing of his connection with the God of Life plunged David Day into true despair. He wasn't helpless when he was lost earlier, but now he was truly desperate and had no one to turn to.

"That means... I have to come by myself."

Thinking this, David Day looked into the distance.

The Seed of Creation was, after all, a gift to him. If he tried hard to sense it, he could still feel the faint connection—but obviously, because of the great distance, the connection was far too weak.

However, being able to feel it is a good thing.

If he can sense it, there's still a chance to retrieve the Seed of Creation. If he can sense it, there's still a possibility of completing the mission. As long as he can retrieve the seed, he can still fulfill the God of Life's mandate. As long as he can retrieve it...

"...Eat?"

It was at this moment that David Day suddenly froze.

This was because, in his consciousness, the seed of creation from the God of Life had already been planted.

Chapter 263 Tree Man

"Is this thing of yours really reliable?"

Outside the distant city of Tatunbuto, Du Yi looked at the immortals from all walks of life who had gathered there.

"Did it die from being raised like this?"

"No, no."

The immortals all nodded in agreement, clearly proud of their skills.

However, Du Yi did not let his guard down. Instead, he kept a close eye on the flowerpot in front of him, afraid that something might go wrong.

After all, he only had one of these rare seeds.

As for the source of the seed, it was naturally the mud ball from before. After popping the mud ball, he picked up this thing from the ground—just like in a story, if a gun appears, it will definitely fire, or if you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

Now that I have a seed, I should definitely plant it and see what happens. After all, it's obviously an alien seed, and who knows what it will grow into.

So at the very beginning, Du Yi planted this thing next to himself. At that time, he thought it was just a seed and there shouldn't be any big deal. It wasn't until the ground next to him started to tremble that Du Yi realized something was wrong. When he dug up the seed, the root system that had grown from it was already over a hundred meters long.

The entire process took less than a minute; Du Yi hadn't even had a chance to water the plants.

Startled, Du Yi immediately uprooted the seed.

Fortunately, after losing the nourishment of the soil, the seed eventually withered, which relieved Du Yi a little. However, the terrifying growth of the seed left a very deep impression on Du Yi.

That's why we have this meeting now.

Having the seeds, they were bound to plant them, but planting them in the ground was obviously a bit dangerous—so after the group of immortals discussed it for a quarter of an hour, they took advantage of the fact that the pottery immortal who jumped into the furnace hadn't been fired yet, and worked through the night to make a huge flowerpot.

"That's no problem."

These immortals from all walks of life patted their chests and guaranteed that those roots could absolutely not break this high-strength ceramic.

So Du Yi planted the seed again.

This time, however, the seed was planted, but the seed itself did not react at all. There was not even a tremor in the flowerpot. The seed seemed to be dead.

"So are you really sure you won't let it die?"

Du Yi was still somewhat worried, even though these immortals from all walks of life still patted their chests and guaranteed that the nutrient soil and nutrient solution they produced were absolutely top-notch, and even foxtail grass could grow into a big tree if planted in it.

But the flowerpot in front of me showed no signs of life even after using the best fertilizer.

"That's not right, it was so fast just now..."

Recalling the terrifying surge just now, Du Yi still felt that something must have gone wrong.

This prompted a group of immortals from all walks of life to offer their advice.

"Although I'm not a flower-growing master, but a carpentry master, I still deal with trees all year round... Even if this kind of thing takes root quickly, it takes a long time for it to sprout. It's not surprising that it sprouts in one or two years, let alone in less than a night."

These words were spoken by Beska, the second-generation carpenter of Tatunbuto, and his remarks naturally garnered widespread approval.

Even Du Yi felt the same way. He thought the woodworking immortal made some sense, so he simply put the flowerpot back on the shelf.

Yes, the frame. This was specially requested by Du Yi. After the first planting, Du Yi always felt that planting this thing in the ground would be very dangerous. So, with the idea of ​​either not doing it at all or doing it thoroughly, Du Yi simply did not allow the roots of this seed to touch the soil at all.

"After all, this is an alien seed. Who knows what it might grow into? It's better to be cautious."

With that in mind, Du Yi sent the immortals back, leaving only himself to watch over the flowerpots.

However, the immortals clearly didn't want to go back just like that. They really wanted to ask for some of the seed's roots. According to them, such a rapid growth rate could potentially yield remarkable results if used in other ways. But Du Yi still refused them righteously and sternly, while repeatedly emphasizing the danger of this alien seed.

"Do you think I don't know what you're doing? You can burn yourself in the furnace while firing pottery... I don't want to be roasting some meat and then turn around to find you all up in the trees like monkeys."

Seeing the snake god's resolute determination, the immortals had no choice but to leave dejectedly.

Du Yi, on the other hand, also vaguely sensed a sense of gratitude.

"……Um?"

Du Yi subconsciously looked at the flowerpot.

Yes, that inexplicable sense of gratitude seemed to emanate from this flowerpot. The seed he planted was expressing its thanks to him for not cutting its roots.

Although there were no words or even any actions, the feeling of gratitude reached the depths of Du Yi's heart.

"This...is it alive?"

Du Yi's gaze towards the flowerpot immediately changed.

If it's just about planting trees, then it's really not very interesting. After all, no matter how big a tree is, it's just something that stands there. But if you plant a tree, then it's a completely different story.

"Can you stand up and walk a few steps?"

Du Yi couldn't help but feel curious, as he had never seen a tree-man before.

Unfortunately, the seed never managed to stand up and show him. But while looking at the flowerpot, Du Yi also felt some other emotions—that if he were to replant the seed in the ground, it would be happy to stand up and walk a few steps to show him.

Du Yi laughed at this response and casually moved the flowerpot a little higher.

He could see the danger of the alien seed; he would be crazy to actually bury such a thing, which could extend roots hundreds of meters long with a turn of its head, in the ground—this thing might even be a biological weapon from some civilization in the starry sea, and if he actually planted it, his whole family would be wiped out.

However, when Du Yi thought of biological weapons, he also thought of the God of Life with whom he had a grudge.

"So... how much longer?"

The thought of the God of Life's methods weighed heavily on Du Yi's mind.

The unknown is the most terrifying, especially since the God of Life hasn't made a move yet. This is a god who has already entered the sea of ​​stars; who knows what terrifying methods he might use?

"I'm not strong enough. I'm still far from being good enough."

The thought of being unable to even leave a planet filled Du Yi with shame.

But this only strengthened his resolve to become stronger.

Chapter 264 Snake Extermination Alliance

To become stronger, you need to know what strength really means.

Strength rarely exists in isolation; as the saying goes, strength only exists when there is weakness. One must compare who is more powerful to demonstrate one's strength—and the best way to demonstrate strength is often through force, since physical destruction is the best way to show strength in most cases.

As for martial arts, to put it bluntly, it's the technique of killing enemies. To kill enemies, you definitely need to use weapons. And for Du Yi right now, the best weapon is naturally his body, which has been tempered and refined over thousands of years.

Although he mostly hammered others during those thousand hammering sessions, this time, he's going to start hammering himself.

However, as a snake, there are not many training methods to choose from. Even though Du Yi has revised the plan many times, he can still only choose abdominal crunches as his temporary training method.

Yes, start with crunches. As for why not sit-ups, it's mainly because he can't get up.

After placing the flowerpots on the shelf to the side, Du Yi began his daily exercise. Taking into account the consumption of food, he now carefully considers his exercise volume to prevent himself from becoming overly hungry—but training must be thorough, otherwise, just going through the motions will definitely not produce any results.

That vague scale, also known as the "strength and power," is where true skill is revealed.

As Du Yi began his training, the city of Tatunbuto, which had been silent all night, finally began to function again, welcoming the rising sun.

It wasn't that the people in the city didn't want to sleep longer; the main problem was that the noise from the snake's body hitting the ground outside the city was so loud that even if they plugged their ears, they could still feel the earth trembling. Since they couldn't lie down in bed, they might as well get up and do something, even if it was just stretching their muscles like the snake god.

But there are always some people who don't want to stretch their muscles at this time, especially those chosen champions who are camped far away. They had planned to rest today after keeping watch for a long time, but who would have thought that the earth would start rumbling so early in the morning.

"Even my wounds were ruptured by the shock..."

Wiping the blood flowing from his chest, Casaloran, knowing he could no longer lie down, simply called for his men again and began to observe the military situation.

Knowing yourself and your enemy is the key to victory in every battle. This time, Casaloron realized that he had underestimated his opponent last time. He thought he knew something about the evil serpent, but now it seems he needs to observe it further to find out its weaknesses.

But this time, he saw something different.

Where did that basin come from?

Looking at the large flowerpot placed next to the giant serpent in the distance, a somewhat confused Casaloran summoned the Chosen Champion, who had been keeping watch the previous night.

"Does anyone know what happened?"

The chosen champion, who was in charge of keeping watch, did see what happened last night, so he roughly told everyone he knew, including how the seeds were planted and then pulled up, how the local natives held a meeting, how the seeds were planted in flowerpots, and how they were even placed on shelves... After all, this was done in the open and without anyone being behind it, so there was no question of hiding anything.

When he heard that the seeds had already spread into a vast root system just moments after being planted, Casaloron frowned slightly.

"Where do I feel like I've heard that before?"

Casaloron tried to search his memory; he should know what this thing was.

But at that very moment, another thought resonated within his mind.

"Kasalon, it's been a long time."

"……Who are you?"

Casalon frowned slightly as he sensed this unfamiliar consciousness.

He had no recollection of having not seen anyone for a long time; everyone who had seen him was dead, except for that evil ancient serpent in the distance.

However, this answer clearly angered that consciousness, and Casaloran could even feel the obvious anger—but soon, this anger was suppressed.

And that consciousness sent out a message once again.

“It’s me, I’m David Day.”

"Haha."

Casalon chuckled and waved his hand, disrupting the spiritual energy field around him and severing the connection with that consciousness.

David Day, he still remembered this person, though now he could probably no longer be called a human being—he had simply accepted the call of the God of Courage and become a legion commander under the God of Courage.

But this David Day… according to the rumors he heard while conquering the stars, this former king of the Ignivas had abandoned his soul and become the infamous incarnation of the god of destruction.

As for this thing, Casaloran could only say that he felt disgusted even if he said another word. As the incarnation of the God of Destruction, its consciousness would only be as rotten and foul as the God of Destruction. If the connection time were any longer, it would probably be infected with some kind of dirty disease.

"What's more, I just blocked his spiritual energy field yesterday, and he came here specifically today. I'm afraid he's just here to annoy me."

With that in mind, Casaloan decided to stop having any further communication with David Day.

But at that very moment, David Day's consciousness once again forced its way in.

"Let me finish speaking, don't disconnect, I have important business to discuss."

Sensing the information transmitted from that consciousness, Casalon's face darkened. Clearly, David Day, as an Ignivas, was quite adept at using consciousness—but just as Casalon was about to wave his hand again to sever the connection.

The thought that surfaced in his mind revealed news he had never expected.

"I'm afraid we'll have to join forces."

That thought came from the depths of my mind.

“My Seed of Creation is lost.”