Ant Lord in the Star Realm

Chapter 889 - 651: Crystal Cluster Growth_3

The multitude of insects gathered under the tree,

The gilded giant cauldron from Xianglan Mountain was brought over, initially holding a grand celebration banquet, indulging in food and idle chatter.

Patiently waited for seven days,

At high noon when the sun was bright in the sky,

The King Cypress sent a telepathic message: the Cypress Fruit was ripe.

"Ah~"

Ink Orchid cheered, her figure flickered, rising vertically, hovering before the Wangbai Seed fruit, her tentacles gently swayed, extending the Hydra Power’s invisible tendrils, cautiously plucking the fruit.

She landed softly.

"Law Fruit!"

"Wangbai Seed!"

Ink Orchid raised her tentacle energetically, holding up the fruit for everyone to closely inspect.

The fruit’s shell was too hard, too thick, spiritual power couldn’t probe it, nothing discernible was evident.

"Alright! Everyone has seen it now. I’ll use it first!"

"Dragon Cypress, arrange for guards! Don’t disturb me!"

Ink Orchid could hardly wait any longer, she packed away her things and swiftly returned to Xianglan Peak’s King Nest, with a booming sound, the metal door shut tight.

The randomly birthed Law Fruit wasn’t that easy to digest.

The ant nests and their swarms were cleared out, Giant Cypress and Rainbow Parasol Tree stood guard with their troops.

The other insects went about their own business.

After a full twenty-one days,

Ink Orchid awoke from her slumber, quickly consuming two White Refining Beads to replenish her physical strength, then fell back into sleep.

Inside the King Nest, waves of Origin Force fluctuations emerged, growing intense, forming a vacuum of Origin Force, expanding rapidly.

Initially, it was the absorption of Primordial Energy from the Wangbai Seed, a preliminary transformation of her physique, now it started the formal condensation of Divine Patterns.

The randomly birthed Law Divine Tree wasn’t sheltered by the Natural True God, could only absorb Origin Force to condense Law Divine Patterns, a rather painstaking process.

After another eleven days of waiting...

Dragon Cypress calculated the time and arranged for Rainbow Parasol Tree and Black Sophora to hunt a batch of fresh sea fish and sea birds, positioning the gilded giant cauldron at the foot of the White Poplar Divine Seed tree.

Summoning the multitude of insects, everyone feasted as they waited.

At midnight,

Ink Orchid emerged from the cave, flapping her wings, spiraling down to land under the tree.

"Second King?"

"Is it done?"

"Succeeded?"

"Of course!"

Ink Orchid spoke, Origin Force faintly fluctuating, a snowflake-shaped silver-white Divine Mark Print glowing on her carapace.

——Indeed!

——Adaptive Evolution Divine Pattern!

——Mantis, test out the molting?

——Second King must be hungry?

——Second King swiftly eat!

...

The resting Blessed Seeds were awakened, they all projected spiritual power.

The tranquil moonlit night became instantly noisy.

The multitude of insects and trees enthusiastically greeted and urged.

"Alright, alright!"

Ink Orchid was equally eager to test her abilities, swept away the remaining food in a whirlwind, rested briefly, and jumped up.

"Let’s first test... high-temperature adaptation?"

The multitude of insects turned in unison, looking at Mulberry: you’re good with fire

White Poplar reminded: "Don’t test near me, in case residual heat damages the fruit on the tree..."

Dragon Cypress waved her claw, calling out: "Take the cauldron along! Go to the seaside! Test slowly!"

Ghost Fan immediately activated the Metal Ability, controlling the gilded giant cauldron to levitate in mid-air.

The multitude of insects set out.

Arriving together at the southern beach of the island.

Ink Orchid stood firm.

Mulberry first tested with a gentle wing flap, a large swath of ordinary flames engulfed Ink Orchid.

After two or three seconds, quickly retracting.

"..."

Ink Orchid stood her ground, not reacting, her carapace glossy, unscathed.

Mulberry paused for a few seconds, tentatively asked: "Ink Orchid, shall I use the Divine Mark Ability?"

Ink Orchid: "It must be the Divine Mark Ability! I’m strongest with the Fire System, regular flames can’t burn me."

"...Alright!"

Mulberry hesitated little, a round spot on the carapace, an orange-red flash, a fireball the size of an apricot floated up, hovered to the side, and shot towards Ink Orchid from the side.

The fireball hit Ink Orchid’s Pulse Wings, with a whoosh, exploding open, orange-red flames surged, instantly engulfing Ink Orchid.

Mulberry dared not be careless, only lasting a second, quickly using ability to extinguish the flames.

Ink Orchid’s white carapace dimmed in gloss, filled with black fissures.

On her back plate, the silver-white Divine Mark shimmered.

Crackling sounds resonating, splitting a gap, swiftly spreading from head to tail.

"Mulberry’s Fire System ability is quite awesome~"

Ink Orchid said with amazement, deftly shedding her old shell, the newly-grown carapace rapidly hardened.

Spreading her wings, she flapped them; feeling couldn’t be better!

"Mulberry! Try again!"

Ink Orchid greeted.

"..."

Mulberry said no more, its carapace gleaming with round spots, launching an orange-red fireball head-on.

With a crash, the scorching flames engulfed Ink Orchid.

The burning lasted for two seconds.

Mulberry activated its ability, extinguishing the flames.

This time, Ink Orchid was unharmed!

——Is this the ability granted by the Law Fruit?

——Absolute Adaptive Evolution?

——Any ability, if it can’t kill once, becomes ineffective next time?

——Too strong!

The insects of Cloud Trace were dumbfounded.

Silver Cypress and Rainbow Parasol Sea returned from fishing.

Spiked Cypress jumped up and down excitedly, calling: "Second King, hurry up and eat! Recover your physical strength, let’s continue the trial..."

...

The only downside of the Adaptive Evolution ability is the excessive consumption of physical strength.

Eat to recover, rest until dawn.

"Let’s try again!"

Ink Orchid’s gaze wandered between Snakebark Maple and Dragon Cypress, directing: "Snakebark Maple, try your Thunder System ability first!"

"Oh——"

"Be careful, Second King!"

Snakebark Maple had long been eager to try, and without wasting words, its forehead’s lightning divine mark suddenly brightened, crimson lightning shooting from the tips of its six legs, winding and twisting, spreading across the sand, branching continuously, forming thousands of tiny electric beams, instantly surrounding Ink Orchid with a crackling burst of electricity.

On the beach, white smoke rose up, and waves of heat rolled out.

Snakebark Maple, seeing that Ink Orchid’s carapace was charred and smoking, satisfactorily retracted its ability.

"Snakebark Maple, you wait and see!"

Ink Orchid, annoyed, its carapace adorned with silver white snowflake divine marks, cracked open.

Quickly shedding the old shell, the new one hardened, catching up with Snakebark Maple and giving it a beating, afterward, aggressively eyeing Dragon Cypress.

"Ant, where’s your Touch of Silver Light? Try that."

"Alright... Second King..."

Dragon Cypress had been thinking of mischief, but seeing Ink Orchid unwilling to suffer even slightly, quietly retracted its thoughts, cautiously activating its ability...

...

For five days, abilities like lightning, flames, frost, dead water, wind blades, toxins, and so on were tested.

Finally,

Ink Orchid looked at Dragon Cypress again, solemnly, "Dragon Cypress, what about your devouring ability?"

"Adaptive Evolution has a carrying limit..."

"I have a feeling, King Level Adaptive Evolution is hard to resist ’Sea Beast Devouring’ ability..."

Dragon Cypress said, spreading its membrane wings, gently fanning them, slightly activating its ability, thousands of tiny ants surged towards Ink Orchid, transforming into a dense fog that enveloped it.

Try the relatively weaker ’Nosh Remnants’ first.

Lasting for a few seconds,

Dragon Cypress waved its large wings, the fog rising and dissipating.

"..."

Ink Orchid stood dazed, its entire carapace riddled with holes.

"Not good——"

Ink Orchid screamed, its figure flashing, returning to the King Nest at Xianglan Peak.

Even the Nosh Remnants ability triggered Adaptive Evolution’s ’Pupa Transformation’.

After half a day,

Evolution was complete.

Dragon Cypress activated its full ’Whirl Beast Devouring’ ability, testing again.

As expected, Ink Orchid’s carapace had some countermeasure ability, but could not completely resist, the strength of the ability exceeded the current limits of ’Adaptive Evolution’.

After resting for about ten days,

the tests continued.

In an enclosed suffocating environment, triggering Pupa Change, evolving once.

Ink Orchid also gained the ability to survive in suffocating environments.

Returning to Xianglan Mountain, entering the Origin Force vacuum environment, triggering Pupa Change again, evolving once more.

Ink Orchid can now leave the Dominating Throne and freely soar over Cloud Trace Continent.

From then on, every spring and autumn, the search for Divine-Given Seed across the Land of Origin Force could be completed solo by Ink Orchid, saving Dragon Cypress the time from accompanying.

PS:

Time passes by leisurely, fireworks brighten every year.

Happy New Year to all readers!

A year of time flies by in an instant, the updates of this book are also nearing the one-year mark, thank you to all readers for accompanying without leaving for the past year, you are my motivation to persist.

About extra updates...

In the short term, there might not be the capacity for additional updates.

Firstly, there’s a bit of writer’s block.

Secondly, the book’s word count is nearing two million, the Star Realm arc is nearing its end, preparing to gather more drafts and carefully plan the Universe arc’s settings and plot, to avoid another collapse in the Universe arc.

After entering the Universe, there’s an opportunity for a major adjustment, currently two styles are under consideration:

The first style involves farming and trade, with Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid developing their own independent civilization.

The second style incorporates farming, trade, plus some combat plot, with Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid growing through battles, becoming the leaders of a new era in the Natural God System.

If you have a preference for either style, you can reply with 1 or 2