Published: February 12, 2025
This change caused the people from Cloud Summit to halt their actions.
When Storm Glaze was transplanted from Black Dragon City to this location, its roots originally carried soil with them, but once they left the ground, it turned to dust.
Fearing that this life form might have other properties, Ye Zhongming did not intend to plant it directly in Cloud Summit during his experimentation.
Not knowing whether it would bring good or bad fortune, Ye Zhongming was hesitant to let it take root and sprout in Cloud Summit.
But now, whether he liked it or not, it had already taken root in the soil here.
Both human evolvers and battle beasts, including Ye Zhongming himself, were observing and sensing the changes after the unexpected event.
While other life forms were unaware, Ye Zhongming immediately felt that as Storm Glaze's root system penetrated underground, its absorption of his life energy slowed down.
Was it... absorbing energy from the soil instead?
Ye Zhongming could not be sure and could only speculate.
The situation suddenly became stagnant; Ye Zhongming's aging rate gradually slowed down, giving him time to continue observing what would happen next.
Ye Zhongming knew that if Storm Glaze could grow by absorbing energy from the soil, then it wouldn't be stunted to only three centimeters of growth per year in Black Dragon City; the current situation was likely just a temporary phenomenon.
It was no wonder Ye Zhongming thought this way, as Storm Glaze had not performed well before in Black Dragon City.
Perhaps it was because Ye Zhongming's life force was almost depleted; Storm Glaze's ability to drain it became weaker. At a certain moment, Ye Zhongming discovered that he could move, but his frail body lacked strength.
However, being able to move his hands was enough.
He began to release Nourishing Life Soil from his storage.
Ye Zhongming wasn't sure if this national specialty would have any effect on Storm Glaze, but driven by a desperate hope and the knowledge that Storm Glaze was absorbing energy from the earth, he decided to do it.
For the sake of hope, Ye Zhongming scattered all the Nourishing Life Soil he had accumulated over time.
Given that Nourishing Life Soil was known for its significant growth-promoting effects on plants, Storm Glaze immediately exhibited noticeable changes.
It began to grow rapidly, even faster than when it had been absorbing Ye Zhongming's life energy, with its branches thickening and numerous forks emerging, sprouting clusters of bright green leaves.
Ye Zhongming maintained his grip, keeping his ability activated, since Storm Glaze had stopped draining his energy earlier.
Now, as Storm Glaze grew rapidly, it gained about half a meter in mere seconds, emitting a stronger life wave that caused many battle beasts to tremble slightly.
In the outer circle of the battle beasts, there were some at lower levels, around levels three to four. These belonged to those with limited racial talents, remaining in Cloud Summit due to certain abilities, or those with special abilities that found it difficult to evolve, or those who had just arrived at Cloud Summit and hadn't been nourished by the rich feed yet.
Although they were on the outer circle, they still received sufficient energy nourishment.
As Storm Glaze entered a second phase of frenzied growth, emitting even richer energy, many of them fell into a slumber, entering an evolutionary process.
The owners or caregivers of these battle beasts watched with elation.
Among them were some from the red dress guard, who were auxiliary-type battle beasts with difficult evolution. Seeing them suddenly begin to evolve brought joy to these usually serious female warriors.
Liu Zhenghong and her researchers immediately began observing these battle beasts, cautiously drawing blood from some less important ones.
Many evolvers, witnessing this scene and then looking back at Storm Glaze, altered their gaze.
This energy could allow mutated life forms to evolve directly; it was practically unheard of.