The pollen of the Bewitching Nectar Flower Gu continuously accumulated within this Iron Vine cage, turning the air into a hazy pink. With every breath, every movement, more pollen clung to his body, invading his system.
Even standing still, he was constantly subjected to the influence of the Bewitching Nectar Flower Gu.
The Ultimate Mutant's gaze began to blur.
Zhou Ming brandished the Serrated Grass Leaf Gu, and sharp serrated grass leaves flew out, continuously cutting through the air around the Ultimate Mutant. This was the invisible wind vortex that always encircled his body, stirring up layers of air ripples.
Whoosh!
A serrated grass leaf successfully cut through the wind vortex, leaving a deep, bone-visible wound on the Ultimate Mutant's arm.
Zhou Ming's eyes lit up, and he continued to conjure more serrated grass leaves. More and more serrated grass leaves broke through the wind vortex's blockade, leaving wounds all over the Ultimate Mutant's body. Soon, the Ultimate Mutant was covered in blood and scars from head to toe.
"Tsk, this amount of damage is completely insufficient!"
A troubled expression appeared on Zhou Ming's face, which was already almost lignified, then his expression suddenly changed.
Crack!
A crisp sound of something cracking echoed in his heart.
"My Aperture..." Zhou Ming realized something and murmured softly, momentarily lost in thought.
At the same time, the Ultimate Mutant, who had originally been dazed and unresponsive despite being covered in cuts, suddenly had a distorted expression of pain mixed with anger on his face.
"Daughter... my, daughter!"
"Roar! Roar, roar, roar!"
The Ultimate Mutant roared to the sky, his body suddenly began to spin. The giant wind blades in his hands shattered, transforming back into a fierce wind that encircled his body, spinning even faster with his rotation!
In an instant, a small tornado formed in this world, carrying countless crushed wood fragments and torn flower petals. As the whirlwind spun faster and faster, its power continuously increased, like a drill piercing the sky, intending to completely drill through and shatter the cage constructed of Iron Vine!
However, at this moment, Zhou Ming no longer had the heart to pay attention to its movements.
As he unleashed the full power of the Ten Extreme Physique without regard for the cost, coupled with the dual pressure of the Wood Charm Gu, his Aperture was already on the verge of collapse in such a short time.
Zhou Ming introspected his Aperture and saw that the originally complete light membrane was now riddled with holes, cracked with countless spiderweb-like fissures, having reached its limit of endurance.
The limit of the Ten Extreme Physique!
If the Aperture wall shattered, Zhou Ming himself would self-detonate!
The illusory sound of the Aperture wall's light membrane shattering, "Kacha, kacha," seemed to echo in his ears. A helpless smile appeared on Zhou Ming's face.
"It still came to this... Fortunately, I had already made all preparations."
His consciousness swept through the Cage Gu, and a jade talisman appeared in Zhou Ming's hand. He activated it, and it floated up, suspended above Zhou Ming's head, emitting a clear light that enveloped him.
Within that jade talisman, two characters, written with flowing strokes like a Dragon and snake, radiating an ancient and profound aura, shimmered. Zhou Ming did not recognize those two characters, but it did not prevent him from understanding their meaning: Deliverance!
Spirit Treasure Deliverance Talisman!
It can repair all injuries, expel all calamities, curses, toxins... A one-time item, requiring 5000 reward points for exchange!
This was the only item among the hundreds of items Zhou Ming had tried at the Main God before the start of this story world that could repair a damaged Aperture without side effects!
The exchange items at the Main God were as vast as the sea, and Zhou Ming could not possibly exchange all of them to test their effects. Perhaps there were better items, but he had not yet discovered them. Therefore, the Spirit Treasure Deliverance Talisman was currently the best item!
The clear light illuminated Zhou Ming's body inside and out, making his body appear like a translucent, crystalline treasure. The Aperture, which was originally heading towards self-destruction, instantly stopped deteriorating and gradually began to repair itself, as if time were flowing backward, with countless fine cracks rapidly disappearing.
However, because Zhou Ming was still in the state of fully unleashing the power of the Ten Extreme Physique, his Aperture continued to disintegrate, yet it was also continuously repaired by the clear light, thus entering a dynamic stalemate.
This state of rapid disintegration and rapid repair coexisting caused a natural change in Zhou Ming's Aperture.
The light membrane gradually transformed through repeated shattering and healing, surpassing the nourishment of true essence on the Aperture, and turning into a higher-level water membrane.
Breakthrough!
The Aperture, constantly oscillating between destruction and rebirth, was undergoing an extraordinary Realm Breakthrough!
"Rather than passively accepting, it's better to act proactively!"
Zhou Ming's eyes burst with intense green light, and his completely emerald-green long hair moved without wind. His consciousness swept through the Cage Gu, and several Jade Leaf Flower Gu fell into his hands.
The Jade Leaf Flower Gu is a one-time storage Gu. It can only store Gu. Its function is to keep other Gu in its flower heart, which can make that Gu enter a dormant state, greatly reducing its food requirements, allowing the Gu to survive for a long time without feeding.
The food source for the Jade Leaf Flower Gu is much simpler; as long as it is cultivated on a large piece of jade, it can take root and survive on its own. In this way, a Gu Master only needs to place the jade in a storage Gu to carry the Jade Leaf Flower Gu around.
Zhou Ming quickly peeled open the jade-like petals of the Jade Leaf Flower Gu and took out the Gu from its heart.
Those were three identical Gu.
Silver Relic Gu!
Zhou Ming unhesitatingly absorbed the three Silver Relic Gu into his Aperture, using them all at once.
In an instant, a dazzling silver light once again lit up within the Aperture, like a silver sun exploding within the Aperture. The silver light infused into the Aperture wall, instantly completing the final transformation of the already evolving Aperture wall.
The light membrane transformed into a water membrane, and Zhou Ming Advanced to Rank Three intermediate at this moment!
But that silver sun had not yet extinguished; or rather, the brilliance of the silver sun had just begun to shine.
The silver light continuously injected the purest essence into the Aperture, causing the foundation of the Aperture wall to continuously increase, soon ushering in another transformation.
From a water membrane to a stone membrane, then from a stone membrane to a crystal membrane, the true essence sea surged. The color of the true essence changed from light silver to variegated silver, then to bright silver, and finally to snow silver. In a short period, Zhou Ming's Realm had climbed to Rank Three Peak!
At this moment, the pressure on Zhou Ming's Aperture was unprecedentedly immense. The snow-silver true essence, carrying terrifyingly vast power, continuously bombarded the Aperture, causing the newly formed crystal membrane Aperture wall to repeatedly fall into the brink of destruction, covered in cracks.
However, the power of the Spirit Treasure Deliverance Talisman remained undiminished, forcefully rescuing the Aperture from the verge of collapse. The clear light seemed endless, pouring out without limit, causing Zhou Ming's Aperture to once again enter the previous state of destruction and repair constantly stalemating.
Zhou Ming, who had just Advanced to Rank Three Peak, was now embarking on a new journey.
His Aperture began to uncontrollably enter the Impact (impact/assault) of a Rank Four Breakthrough!
Boom!
The earth-shattering tremor from outside temporarily pulled Zhou Ming's consciousness back to reality.
As far as the eye could see, fierce winds howled, countless broken vines were carried by the gale, flying everywhere. The world was a vast expanse of darkness, and a colossal tornado shot straight into the sky, tearing apart the Iron Vine cage.
At the center of the tornado, the Ultimate Mutant, whose flesh and blood were also torn and mangled by this uncontrollable power, roared with a gaping maw, and lunged down at Zhou Ming.
Zhou Ming spread his arms and raised them above his head, palms facing the sky.
At this moment, his body was in utter chaos, constantly facing the possibility of collapse and destruction. His body was continuously lignifying, emerald green leaves gradually drooping from his head, step by step sliding into an inhuman abyss. Outside his body, fierce winds howled, and a mortal enemy was desperately trying to take his life.
In this moment of life and death, Zhou Ming's mind was exceptionally calm.
He didn't know what his future would look like, but he knew what he could do now.
Activating the Tree Root Gu, thick tree roots extended from his feet, transforming Zhou Ming's lower body into wood while deeply rooting into the earth, growing and spreading wildly in all directions into the soil. Countless earth Qi converged towards Zhou Ming.
From his left and right hands, dark green Iron Vine and emerald green Bloodsucking Vine surged out. The two types of vines intertwined, growing wildly, expanding, and spreading, completely enveloping Zhou Ming himself. They intertwined with the tree roots at his feet, forming an enormous and bizarre tree.
The power of the Forest Sea Reincarnation Body connected all Wood Path Gu. The Wood Armor Gu caused thick, hard bark to grow on the surface of the entire tree; the Serrated Grass Leaf Gu made countless emerald green serrated leaves grow in the intertwined vine "canopy"; the Bewitching Nectar Flower Gu made vivid flowers grow beside the leaves; the Fiery Pepper Plant Gu caused pepper-like fruits to grow among the flowers and leaves.
In a blink of an eye, this strange tree grew to thirty meters in height, its canopy obscuring an area of several tens of meters. The incredibly thick trunk required three people to encircle it, and a colossal face, ninety percent resembling Zhou Ming, appeared on the trunk.
Rumble!
The gigantic tornado controlled by the Ultimate Mutant finally collided fiercely with the massive tree at this moment, immediately erupting in an incredibly huge explosion.
Countless vines were shredded, fiery red petals flew everywhere, serrated leaves splashed in the wind, and fiery peppers exploded into dazzling flashes of fire.
More vines rushed forth, fearlessly plunging into the tornado. While being torn apart by the powerful wind vortex, they also continuously interfered with the tornado's rotation.
The rapidly spinning tornado was torn apart in an instant, the wind vortex scattered, and broken wood flew everywhere. The Ultimate Mutant, located in the center of the tornado, revealed his form, no longer able to control the tornado's rotation!
Swish! Swish!
Two vines unhinderedly rushed into the whirlwind, firmly binding the Ultimate Mutant, who had temporarily lost the protection of the fierce wind. They pulled him towards the giant tree, directly throwing him into the tree canopy formed by countless intertwined vines.
The next moment, thousands upon thousands of vines completely submerged him!
At the same time, the huge human face on the tree trunk opened its eyes, a highly humanized smile appearing on its face.
"Broke through to Rank Four!"
Crack!
The Spirit Treasure Deliverance Talisman, imprinted on the forehead of the giant wooden human face, finally exhausted all its power at this moment, losing all spirituality and turning into dull jade dust that scattered with the wind.
Within Zhou Ming's body, the Aperture, which had just Advanced to Rank Four, immediately entered the brink of destruction and self-detonation!
The hope that had just risen instantly turned into a Hell-like desperate situation!
"Desperate situation?"
Zhou Ming sneered, and a Gu immediately rose within his Aperture.
This Gu was shaped like a dice, square and sturdy, entirely grayish-white, and incredibly hard.
"Stone Aperture Gu!"
Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching. I'm curious how my fellow readers celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. Do you need to visit relatives? Visiting relatives is really troublesome.