Published: February 12, 2025
Ye Zhongming was still on the shoulder of the eighth-level corpse ape, where his view was the best. He saw that the being rushing down to the bottom of the pit was the fully crystallized Yama Tree.
During his time at Cloud Summit, she had successfully progressed towards complete humanization. The tree body surrounding her was now only a thin layer; it wouldn’t be long before she would possess a human body.
However, both Liu Zhenghong and Ye Zhongming understood that to truly have a body identical to a human's or to completely become human, they would have to wait until the Yama Tree evolved to the ninth level. Only then could she use the power of evolution to break through the innate limitations of her physical structure.
The Yama Tree herself was also aware of this.
However, evolving to the ninth level was not an easy feat. The King Water Ghost Vine appeared to have easily met the conditions for evolution to the ninth level and broke through barriers, but the situation was special, related to its rapid evolution characteristics and the vast number of monsters present here.
Upon becoming a ninth level being, it was undoubtedly powerful. Neither the monster legion nor the people of Cloud Summit could deal with it. However, it would certainly not stand out among others of the same ninth-level rank due to its lesser accumulation and hasty understanding of space and energy.
Yet, if given a choice, any mutated life form would willingly choose to evolve to the ninth level as quickly as possible, even if it meant taking a shortcut.
This was just like what the Yama Tree was doing now.
As a mutated plant, the King Water Ghost Vine shared a common origin with the Yama Tree, and although it had been severely beaten, its most vital part — the root system and magic crystal — remained in the pit, attracting the Yama Tree with a deadly temptation.
She finally couldn’t hold back, disobeying orders, and rushed out alone. Timing indicated that she likely moved when the King Water Ghost Vine began to evolve and was ambushed.
Currently, there were not just the Yama Tree in the pit; there were many monsters as well.
To successfully obtain the root of the ghost vine, she had already made her move when she entered, extending several branches from the Crystal Tree and piercing through all surrounding monsters.
For the currently dominant monsters, this was undoubtedly a provocation.
Moreover, in the eyes of these monsters, although the ghost vine was different from them, a root of a life form that was about to evolve into the ninth level, or had already achieved it, would be of great use, making the Yama Tree's actions akin to seizing food from a tiger's mouth.
The life form secretly commanding the monster legion emitted a sound, and the subordinates around the pit immediately attacked the Yama Tree.
Just moments ago, they showed no fear of the half-step ninth-level ghost vine and would certainly not fear the still eighth-level Yama Tree.
“Come back quickly!”
Ye Zhongming frowned, raised his gun to provide cover, and commanded the brain child to allow the remaining zombies to take the initiative to engage the monsters near the pit.
However, soon, he could no longer see the situation with the Yama Tree. The pit was instantly filled with monsters, and more were rushing towards the Cloud Summit battle formation.
Ye Zhongming could only retreat with the brain child and giant ape zombie. Facing the tide of enemies, sometimes having a high level was also very dangerous.
But just a few seconds later, Ye Zhongming stopped, cursed fiercely, and then his eyes began to darken. Mysterious faint patterns appeared on his skin.
He activated his lineage!
Those who knew Ye Zhongming understood that once he activated his lineage, it meant he was about to go all out.
The people at Cloud Summit saw Ye Zhongming, who was retreating, suddenly jump off the shoulder of the corpse ape, heading towards the monster army, causing some chaos in the battle formation until Ye Zhongming's voice rang out through the Merit Medal.