Chapter 495: The Divine Tree's Pain
Chapter 495: The Divine Tree's Pain
"Too weak."
Feng Ye clenched his fists and shook his head at his unchanged palms.
A ghost-level monster was capable of mutating the Divine Tree seed and accelerating its first stage of growth, yet it had almost no effect on him.
If the Divine Tree seed were a small car, then he would be a star battlecruiser.
A liter of fuel might propel a small car to accelerate for a distance, but when applied to a star battlecruiser, it would hardly have any effect.
It was even more impossible to expect any impact on Lilith, as her strength was hundreds of times greater than that of a Divine Tree seed, which was why she could easily kill the mutated Divine Tree sapling nearing its growth phase.
"This evolution is basically controllable for Lilith and me. However, to push for Lilith's evolution, absorbing the power of a single dragon-level monster is mostly insufficient, and wanting me to initiate evolution is even more difficult..."
Feng Ye fell into a brief contemplation.
Although there were quite a few dragon-level monsters in this world, they weren't abundant. Even if he captured and squeezed out all their power, it still wouldn't be enough to propel him to evolve to a higher level.
As for monsters above the dragon-level... they were few and far between.
The Star Dominator, Poros...
The Hungry Wolf, fully transformed into a monster...
The so-called deity that granted power to the Wandering Emperor...
Poros could be ruled out first, as it was an extraterrestrial life form, a different entity from the earth-based monsters. Hungry Wolf's storyline hadn't begun yet, and as for the so-called deity, its whereabouts were unknown.
Moreover, even if he gathered these few dragon-level-plus monsters, it still might not be enough. His power was simply too vast. Compared to Poros, who could barely destroy the Earth, his power was at least ten times greater.
"Looks like I'll have to create one myself."
After a moment of thought, Feng Ye's eyes lit up with a definite plan.
He would continue to plant trees, but his goal had changed. It was no longer about obtaining Chakra fruit but about cultivating the planted Divine Tree into the strongest monster, surpassing even Poros!
Then, he would reclaim the Divine Tree's power, and thus, he would likely have enough power to embark on the path of evolution, propelling himself to evolve to a higher level!
"When an ordinary Divine Tree seed absorbs monster cells, it evolves an independent consciousness. So, there's only one other method..."
Having made his decision, Feng Ye turned to look at the remaining monsters.
Gulp! !
With another reach of his hand, the remaining monsters' bodies crumbled, compressed into spherical shapes, and flew in front of him. Then, he created another Divine Tree seed and tossed it in.
However, unlike before, after creating the Divine Tree seed, Feng Ye didn't leave it to develop on its own. Instead, his eyes flashed, and he brought his hands together in front of him.
Whoosh!
An eerie power surged.
The Divine Tree seed entered the shattered bodies of the monsters and quickly fused with them. But this time, instead of explosive growth, it writhed constantly, eventually transforming into a monster resembling a small humanoid.
It looked a bit like a miniature Ten-Tails.
To be more precise—it resembled a small individual split from the Ten-Tails!
After finally taking shape, a fissure opened in its head, and it opened its eyes, revealing swirling ripples within, identical to the Rinnegan.
"It's done."
Feng Ye slowly lowered his hands and smiled faintly.
Left unattended, the Divine Tree seed would evolve its consciousness. Since that was the case, he could simply use the power of the Rinnegan to create a Pain body under his complete control!
This was the first time Feng Ye had used this ability of the Rinnegan, and he initially thought it was a rather useless power. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be quite handy in this situation.
Feng Ye turned his gaze towards the distance, his eyes sweeping across the mountains and land. He opened the passage to the Yellow Springs of Hira-Sakasu and, one after another, reached into the passage, grabbing strange creatures and tossing them towards the ground.
The Divine Tree Pain caught each one, using its branches that extended from its body to form countless tentacles, wrapping them around the strange creatures like mummies.
After Feng Ye threw over several dozen strange creatures—
The growth of the Divine Tree Pain finally entered a brief state of saturation.
Seeing that the Divine Tree Pain could no longer continue to absorb more creatures, Feng Ye stopped and closed the passage to the Yellow Springs. He looked towards Lilith, who was not far away, and said, "Lilith, stay here for now and act together with my Divine Tree Pain."
The power of the Divine Tree Pain was not weak, but it was still in its growth phase. Dealing with general dragon-level strange creatures might be beyond its capabilities, so having Lilith stay here meant that they wouldn't need him to capture creatures personally in the future.
"Yes, Father."
Lilith responded.
Feng Ye glanced at the Divine Tree Pain once more before his figure flickered and disappeared into the dark spatial passage.
...
For the time being, Feng Ye stopped controlling the Divine Tree Pain and let it fall into slumber. He returned to the A City, the human survival area, and his gaze swept across the entire city, quickly locating the Hero Association.
He smiled as he looked in the direction of the Hero Association and, with a single step, vanished.
A moment later.
The examination branch of the Hero Association received a new application form.
[Name: Feng Ye]
[Age: 20]
[Occupation: None]
[Specialty: Handsome]
[Reason for wanting to become a hero: Interest]
...
After submitting this application form, a staff member of the Hero Association yawned and looked at his companion next to him. "Lately, more people want to become heroes."
His companion took a sip of water, shrugged, and laughed. "It's probably because of the One-Eyed Emperor incident. It's a good thing for our association."
"It's not necessarily a good thing."
The staff member shook the application form in his hand. "Many people who don't have the ability to become heroes are also signing up. There are even those who want to become idols by leveraging their status as heroes and then transitioning into the entertainment industry. What the association needs are heroes with strong powers... Look at this guy; he's not here to be a hero. He's clearly just trying to gain fame."
"Wow, his photo is so handsome..."
The female staff member next to him exclaimed in surprise, then noticed her male colleague's stiff expression and smiled awkwardly. "Our examination system is quite strict, and there's a rule that if you don't engage in heroic activities after passing, your qualifications will be revoked. Such behavior is meaningless, and who knows, maybe this person is very strong."
"I can't see it at all..."
"Do you think he's Mr. Sweet Mask?"
The male staff member rolled his eyes.
Looking at the other applicants, they were either tall and robust, or their muscles were bulging and their bodies were sturdy, or they had some kind of special ability. This particular applicant, aside from his outstanding looks, didn't seem to have any other distinguishing features.
(End of Chapter)
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