Chapter 29: Wildvine's New Use
The powerful medicinal properties of the earth star vine, combined with his DNA, merged into every inch of his body. A warm current flowed through every meridian, bringing an extremely comfortable sensation.
However, since it was summer, the warmth was a bit too intense, leaving him drenched in sweat.
Soon, the medicinal power was completely digested.
Su Ke's Realm surged forward as if riding a rocket. His Realm advanced from the peak of the seventh stage to the eighth stage, making roughly 40% progress and taking a large step toward the ninth stage.
One had to know that it had only been 1 month since the holidays began. By then, others would still be at the fourth or fifth stage, while he would likely already be at the second tier.
A cliff-like gap.
'Is this the difference between having resources and not having them? I love it!'
After finishing, Su Ke immediately checked the newly acquired Alien Hero.
"Wildmutt, not bad. A perception-type Alien Hero, especially effective against invisible enemies."
Su Ke was quite satisfied with this Alien Hero. After all, eyes could not see everything, and that was when powerful perception was needed.
Su Ke said, "Alright, I'm done. It's your turn next."
The 2 of them consumed the earth star vine, sat down to cultivate, and refined the medicinal power together.
To be safe, Su Ke transformed into Wildvine and grew a large number of vines. They twisted around each other and eventually formed a strange, massive tree that firmly enveloped the 2 of them.
Su Ke then attempted to communicate with the surrounding plants to gather information from afar. Instead, he sensed emotions of sadness and anger coming from them.
After carefully perceiving it for a while, Su Ke understood. It was because they had harvested and consumed the earth star vine, angering the surrounding plants.
Plants also had emotions; humans simply could not perceive them. Now that one of their kind had been taken, these plants had begun to dislike him.
"Hmph!"
Su Ke also had a temper. Feeling the continuous waves of anger transmitted by the surrounding plants made him angry as well.
Although he had harvested the earth star vine, there was nothing wrong with that. This world had always been like this: without the strength to resist, one could only be slaughtered.
Wasn't that how the Yao Beast invasion of Blue Star happened back then?
To protect oneself, one had to possess strength. The earth star vine only hid itself and did not arrange any protective measures, so who could it blame?
Survival of the fittest. For Su Ke and his companions to survive, they needed strength, and to obtain strength, they needed resources.
No one was wrong; it was merely a difference in standpoint.
They could eat the earth star vine today, and tomorrow, a powerful plant Mutated Beast could eat them.
The difference was that if such a situation occurred, Su Ke and his companions would definitely resist with all their might and struggle to survive.
Therefore, Su Ke felt no guilt.
'Blame this world.'
Listening to the incessant curses from the surrounding plants, Su Ke's temper flared.
'In Wildvine form, I am equivalent to a first-tier ninth stage advanced plant Mutated Beast with clear consciousness. How dare you ordinary plants, who don't even have a Realm, act so presumptuously before me!'
Su Ke instantly released his plant magnetic field. The powerful Mental Energy pressure made the surrounding plants feel as if they could not breathe.
At that moment, he could no longer sense their anger. All that remained was fear.
In the eyes of these plants, Su Ke was like a king gazing down upon the world, the sovereign ruler of all plants here.
Their emotions were stripped of anger, leaving only fear, reverence, and instinctive submission to a powerful being.
This was not the end.
Su Ke extended his vines underground, connecting to the roots of every nearby flower, blade of grass, and tree, and began absorbing their Life Qi.
In an instant, large numbers of flowers withered, and the leaves on the trees gradually turned yellow.
The remaining plants hurriedly transmitted pleading signals to Su Ke.
Hearing their pleas, Su Ke stopped.
He spoke in a majestic tone, "Now tell me, are there any other Spirit Medicines like this nearby?"
The plants conveyed that there were none.
Su Ke did not doubt their response. Plants were not highly intelligent, and after being intimidated so thoroughly, the likelihood of deception was extremely low.
Moreover, many people had already explored this area. The earth star vine had only survived because it was well hidden.
Su Ke did not press the matter. Finding one was already an unexpected gain.
The plant magnetic field earlier was a method Su Ke had devised on a whim.
According to established knowledge, Wildvine was a plant life form. In the context of this world, it was essentially a plant-type Mutated Beast.
With cultivation and human consciousness, Su Ke was equivalent to a plant Mutated Beast that had cultivated to a very high Realm and developed spiritual intelligence.
Based on information he had previously searched online, high-Rank plant Mutated Beasts could release special magnetic fields to control lower-Rank plant Mutated Beasts.
He tried it, and it worked.
This magnetic field was also known as a plant Mental Energy field, a special ability possessed only by plant Mutated Beasts with advanced spiritual intelligence.
Earlier, Su Ke had also used Wildvine's characteristics to connect his vines to the plants' root systems and absorb their Life Qi.
This led to another unexpected discovery.
After absorbing Life Qi, Su Ke found that it could be converted into spiritual energy.
This spiritual energy could be used for cultivation and also to replenish reserves when spiritual energy was insufficient.
However, the Life Qi provided by ordinary plants was far too little. Even after absorbing so much just now, it was not enough to replenish 10% of his spiritual energy.
'Perhaps I should focus on Mutated Beasts instead.'
As he was thinking this, a fluctuation suddenly came from within the vines.
'It seems they've finished refining.'
Su Ke withdrew the vines, revealing the 2 figures inside.
Wang Zhong was the first to open his eyes.
"Hoo~ The feeling of the eighth stage is really good."
He felt his entire body brimming with power.
Not long after, Lin Ning also woke up.
Although her talent was inferior to Wang Zhong's, she had consumed a larger portion of the earth star vine and barely reached the eighth stage.
She stood up and stretched.
"Coming out this time, just this one earth star vine already counts as a full harvest."
Wang Zhong said, "When summer vacation ends, we'll definitely break through to the second tier."
"When others see us then, their jaws will surely drop."
As he imagined the shocked expressions of his classmates, a smile unconsciously appeared on Wang Zhong's face.
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