Chapter 68: Chapter 66 Upgrade
Chapter 68: Chapter 66 Upgrade
They had co to the heart of the forest, and it was the eighth day. Li Pan and the Star Tree found so wild Dendrobium, which was very valuable. She used her superpower to check and excitedly inford everyone, “It has 800 years of dicinal effects, a real treasure.”
“That’s great.”
Everyone was overjoyed as such old specins were rare, and bringing them back would fetch a good sum.
Li Pan withdrew the vines and waited for the team to clear the dangers.
Such a spiritual dicine definitely had a guardian beast.
Lei Ming, being older, was the captain of this operation. He was in charge of commanding, and the others followed his orders.
An Earth Elent high-level superpower user gently pried the spiritual dicine while the others stood ready. With spiritual dicine of such high age, the guardian beast that guarded it was quite formidable, so they had to be cautious.
“Snake.”
Li Pan was actually the first to realize sothing was wrong. There was a dark brown python blending in with the color of the surrounding trees, virtually undetectable without a careful look.
As a Wood Elent user, she had a natural affinity and sharpness in the forest, allowing her to be the first to spot it and act, using the vines to block for her Earth Elent teammate.
Xue Dong, with fast reflexes, plucked the Dendrobium and tossed it to Li Pan, whose vines quickly retrieved it.
Li Pan quickly backed away while the others imdiately stepped up to shield her.
She instantly put the Dendrobium into a prepared wooden box and sent it into her space, while directing the vines to block the python.
The python was thicker than her waist, its tail sweeping out like a pillar, throwing several team mbers into the air.
Flashes of multicolored light struck the python, causing wounds that weren’t very big, but made it bleed nonetheless.
The sight of fresh blood excited the Star Tree, which took the initiative to attack the python, even absorbing its blood. The vines wrapped around the python, and the python coiled its body around the vines. They entwined, attacking one another.
“Aim for its vital spot.”
Lei Ming roared, rushing forward as the first to attack while one of the team mbers provided long-range assaults, keeping their distance and guarding in front of Li Pan to ensure she wasn’t hard.
The Star Tree showed a terrifyingly frenzied side, incessantly drinking the python’s blood. With attacks from multiple people and blood being drained, the python struggled violently, its tail whipping wildly.
Xue Dong and several other teammates were thrown by the snake’s tail multiple tis, landing hard on the ground and writhing in pain.
“Co on, Kong Kong, devour it.”
Li Pan cheered on the Star Tree.
Lei Ming and a few other teammates continually attacked the python’s vital spot with their superpowers. After a tense battle that lasted for minutes, the Star Tree had absorbed a significant amount of the python’s blood, which eventually rendered the python immobile, leading to its death.
The group was so exhausted they dripped with sweat, collapsing on the ground, unable to get up for quite a while, almost completely spent.
“Quick, get up, brothers, it’s dangerous here.”
Li Pan quickly extended several vines to treat each person in turn.
Lei Ming was the first to get up and helped his teammates, “Clean up the battlefield, let’s hurry and leave.”
There was a bit of flesh left from the python that the Star Tree hadn’t fully absorbed, leaving behind the at and skin for everyone.
The team peeled off the snake skin, which was still in one piece, a good piece to make into an inner armor back ho that could be sold for a handso price, while the at could be brought back for food.
Having absorbed a good amount of python blood, the Star Tree, replenished, swayed back, appearing as happy as a child.
“Let’s keep moving, the Star Tree hasn’t had its fill yet.”
Having co this far, it would be a loss not to let the Star Tree eat its fill before returning.
“Okay, everyone be careful. Let’s rest at another place and hang in there for a bit longer.”
The python had indeed existed for many years, and after the battle, everyone was extrely fatigued. Treatnt couldn’t relieve exhaustion, but for safety reasons, they had to continue on. Otherwise, the sll of blood would attract other animals.
“Brother Lei, how much do you think that Dendrobium is worth?”
“The last auctioned Dendrobium that was five hundred years old went for five million, so this one should fetch more than that,”
“It has remarkable effects on treating injuries and extending life expectancy; plenty of people would scramble for it.”
Thinking of sothing, he turned to Li Pan and said, “Sis, this Dendrobium is too precious. We should leave it to the boss to handle. It’s risky for you to keep it. We can exchange it for other Spiritual dicines for you.”
“I know, I’ll definitely leave it for the base. There’s no use for to keep it; I don’t need it.”
Li Pan indeed had no use for the Dendrobium. Once she advanced to a high-level superpower user, she could cultivate Spiritual dicines, and then whatever she wanted would just be a word away.
“Sis is a sensible person; I’m just being superfluous,”
Lei Ming nodded happily, finding comfort in working with soone who understood the limits without much need for explanation.
anwhile, Li Pan found quite a few dicinal Materials to transplant, and she kept so seeds. She also retained so Poisonous Flowers and Grass to transplant back to the farm.
However, she didn’t find any more Spiritual dicines, but she did co across two high-age ordinary dicinal Materials, which were a pleasant surprise.
The Star Tree devoured several powerful mutant animals and two older mutant plants that had gone through reverse mutations.
But for the Star Tree, they were all great supplents, no difference.
On the twelfth day, the Star Tree devoured a mutant Bole Tree, also known as a Mountain Peach Tree, which had undergone a reverse mutation and attacked them, only to be devoured by the Star Tree.
The Mountain Peach Tree was already ancient before the disaster that caused its mutation. However, its offensive power was not a match for the Star Tree and it got devoured. The Tree had grown for a thousand years, but it managed to satiate the Star Tree.
Li Pan sat on the ground adjusting her overflowing superpower until night fell, before she ca to.
Everyone hurriedly surrounded her, “Sis, how are you feeling?”
“I’m fine, thank you all. I’ve advanced to a high-level superpower.”
“Really? That’s great! Any other issues?”
Hearing this, Lei Ming imdiately grinned, happy that a high-level superpower user, no matter which of the Five Elents, was greatly beneficial for the base, a strength of the base.
“No major issues. The Star Tree nourished back. That Mountain Peach Tree had such imnse energy I was close to advancing. I never expected to encounter it at the crucial mont, benefiting both and the Star Tree. The excessive energy allowed to advance directly.”
Li Pan was also pleasantly surprised.
“We should still have the Water doctor check on you once we’re back, just to be safe,”
Xue Dong said with a smile.
“Sure, let’s go back. There’s no need to take any more risks. We’ll be able to work with this haul for quite a while.”
Li Pan didn’t want the others to continue taking risks on her behalf. It was ti to call it quits.
“Then, let’s head ho. This mission was a complete success,”
Lei Ming was particularly joyful.
Li Pan’s face was alive with the excitent of having advanced.
Advancing to a high-level was an unexpected delight. She had not anticipated advancing to a high-level superpower so soon. Originally, she thought she had to wait at least three or four years, but it happened much faster. It seed the Star Tree was still primarily devouring and then nourishing her. She and the Companion Spirit Plant were in a mutually beneficial relationship.
After advancing to a high-level, she acquired the ability ‘Absolute Healing’, which could treat any illness.
Her space expanded to five hundred square ters, now called a Space Domain.
She could open a Domain Barrier of about one thousand square ters for three hours, with a rest period of twenty minutes.
Inside the Domain is ‘Absolute Protection’, but outside the Domain is not protected.
Another ability was added, devouring and nourishing back. The Star Tree could devour all living beings with energy, whether plants, animals, or human flesh and blood.
Its devouring power was particularly formidable, which is why the Mountain Peach Tree couldn’t defeat it.
Nourishing back is easy to understand; it would transfer a portion of its energy back to the superpower user.
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