GBP Chapter 574 The Origin of the Banyan Tree's Rise
Chapter 574 The Origin of the Banyan Tree's Rise
"Hmm~?"
After a moment of silence, Cangnian led the little sable deep underground. Following the sound, they twisted and turned, only to find a faint golden light shining through, illuminating the rock walls and making them no longer dark.
Without a sound, Cang Nian floated in the cave, his claws not touching the ground, slowly probing forward.
What came into view was a huge, dark golden sphere covered with countless holes.
Within the giant golden sphere, long tendrils resembling octopus tentacles, but actually tree roots, weakly extended outwards.
The ends of the tree roots all clung to the rock face.
This rock face contains irregularly shaped stones of varying sizes, but all radiating a lustrous sheen.
The light emanating from the cave also comes from this source.
If you look closely, you can see that on the rock wall inlaid with the lustrous stones, there are also faint flashes of dark gold, which make it quite beautiful when the two complement each other.
Gurgling...
At this moment, those tree roots, clinging to the rock face, purposefully touched the stones that emitted a lustrous glow.
Then, a sound like flowing water echoed in the cave, and the shimmering light on the stone surged wave after wave along the tree roots toward the dark golden sphere.
With this action, Cang Nian felt the concentration of spiritual energy around him increase dramatically!
"Who?!"
Just as Cangnian and Little Sable were observing the situation inside the cave, a low, stern shout came from the dark golden sphere, sounding fierce but actually weak.
"They're quite alert."
Upon hearing this, Cangnian no longer concealed himself and walked into the deep underground cave with unhurried steps.
At such close range, apart from Tiger Mom's phantom ability, it would indeed be difficult to conceal information such as scent.
However, there's no need to hide the banyan tree now that it's become a stray dog.
The aura it exuded was too weak.
Clearly, although it survived the [Golden Dragon Break] attack, it was not entirely unharmed.
It could even be said that it is now like a candle flickering in the wind, and it will take a lot of time to recover.
"It's you... How did you find me?!"
Upon seeing the old man enter, the banyan tree was terrified and cried out in alarm.
It thought it had faked its death and escaped perfectly, but it never expected that Cang Nian would still be able to find it!
"You don't need to know that."
However, it seems this is the source of your ability to evolve to the fifth tier as an evolved plant at this stage, right?
The old man blocked the entrance to the cave and paced back and forth.
This place is at least 2.5 kilometers above the ground, and there is no soil, only rock.
The banyan tree, now using its concealed sharpness, transformed itself to a size not much larger than Cang Nian, and burrowed into the dark golden sphere.
Even if it wanted to reveal its true form, it couldn't in this space.
If it were to force itself to do so, it would definitely be squeezed from all sides by the surrounding rock walls and would absolutely die instantly.
And given its current size...
Killing it yourself will be no problem at all!
After observing from outside for a while, Cangnian had some guesses.
This place may be a unique mineral vein that emerged after the revival of spiritual energy!
Stones that emit a soft glow are likely to contain a large amount of pure spiritual energy.
After being activated by the banyan tree, it released spiritual energy, which was then absorbed by the tree.
This kind of stone can be tentatively called a "spirit stone".
If spirit stones were created after the first spiritual energy revival tide, then it's not hard to understand why the banyan tree discovered this place long ago with its roots, grew with the help of spirit stones, and its evolutionary level caught up with the fastest-evolving carnivorous animals.
Moreover, upon closer inspection, the dark gold marks between the spirit stones are clearly the same color as the giant sphere where the banyan tree is currently residing, the dark gold bee that binds it, and the fifth-order bee that can withstand Godzilla's atomic breath!
Now, the answer is obvious!
The dark gold marks accompanying these spirit stones may be a special mineral that did not exist before the revival of spiritual energy!
And those bees, it can be almost certain, have some means of extracting minerals to strengthen their exoskeletons.
Upon closer inspection, the dark golden sphere that the banyan tree is currently nestling in is irregular in shape, with small holes several meters in size on it, making it look like a large hornet's nest!
Clearly, this is the honeycomb that the bees made using that dark gold mineral.
As a result, the bees possessed extremely powerful defenses, allowing them to withstand attacks from fifth-tier bees even at the fourth tier.
The fifth-order bee was thus able to withstand Godzilla's atomic breath and slit its throat.
The banyan tree itself can also use its concealed sharpness to penetrate into the formation at the critical moment when the [Golden Dragon Break] is activated, thereby resisting the terrifying damage of the formation.
However, the honeycomb defense was not comprehensive enough, failing to block all the power, so the banyan tree did not withstand the array's attack unscathed.
Of course, if the defenses were truly flawless, the banyan tree wouldn't be able to get into the honeycomb.
"So what if it is?!"
Unfortunately, the effectiveness of these stones decreased significantly after I reached the ninth level.
Otherwise, let me continue to grow stronger, and I will never lose this battle!
It's all your fault, you damned tiger!
Without you, I should have been the ruler of this world!
Tear your tiger head off and stomp on it under your foot!
Seeing that he had nowhere to escape and that Cang Nian was still acting like a victor, the banyan tree was filled with resentment and spoke hysterically.
"Unfortunately, you won't have that opportunity again."
Upon hearing this, Cang Nian shook his head.
As an evolved plant, this guy's strength is truly excessive for evolving to the fifth rank at this stage.
All I can say is that there really are creatures in this world with incredible luck.
If nothing unexpected happens, this banyan tree was already growing here before its spiritual energy was revived, and it has never been moved at all.
As a result, beneath the roots lay a vein of spirit stones that had emerged during the spiritual revival, along with some other minerals.
Furthermore, it happened to be located on the road from Quancheng to the capital, where it ambushed the migrating procession, enslaved them mentally, and gained many powerful evolved individuals at that time.
This can no longer be described as an opportunity; it can only be said that he was born from an incredible stroke of luck, which created such an outrageous existence.
"Hmph! You think I'm powerless to fight back?"
Since you won't let me live, then you'll be buried with me!
When Cangnian looked at it as if it were a dead man, the banyan tree roared venomously.
As it spoke, its roots surged with spiritual energy, flowing backwards towards the spirit stones on the rock wall!
Stab-! ! !
But before it could finish its movement, the tree roots drooped down.
Cangnian shrank in size and plunged into the dark golden honeycomb, shattering it into pieces.
[Ding~! White Tiger Divine Might skill proficiency +1111 million! (6311 million/10 billion)]
Then, a system notification sounded in Cang Nian's mind.