Published: February 9, 2025
Wisdom Mark: By using this ability on mutated plants, it will grant them moderate intelligence and automatically obtain control over that plant. The cooldown time is one thousand hours. This ability consumes a large amount of mental energy.
This is a plant-related skill that Ye Zhongming obtained after acquiring Nature Essence. One could say that this is an incredibly overpowered ability. For mutated plants, it is undoubtedly akin to the hand of God.
Moderate intelligence means granting the mutated plant consciousness, which is almost equivalent to bestowing life.
Although before using this skill to 'transform' the mutated plant, Ye Zhongming had no idea what the so-called moderate intelligence would entail, it was clear that it should be quite impressive, representing a level of thought that surpasses instinct. Perhaps it might even learn the human language.
Just imagine, a mutated plant speaking—it would be an extraordinary event.
After acquiring this skill, Ye Zhongming's mind began to contemplate applying this skill on the Yama Tree.
Not to give it moderate intelligence, but rather for the latter function of the skill—control.
If he could control the Yama Tree, then all the troubles in Linhai, the dead city, would become trivial. He would gain complete control over a city and countless obedient and fearless dry corpse warriors!
Thus, Ye Zhongming found a guide and, at a critical moment after the feast day began, he separated from the gathered team and arrived here, intent on applying the Wisdom Mark to the Yama Tree. Success or failure, he had to try.
The trunk of the Yama Tree was cool and smooth, and when he placed his palm on it, it felt like touching polished metal.
The moment the Wisdom Mark skill made contact, the Yama Tree let out a scream that shook the entire space, while simultaneously, the Nature Essence skill was automatically broken, and the green mist above began to dissipate.
From the moment Ye Zhongming used summoned beasts and battle beasts to create a time buffer for himself, to when he slapped the Wisdom Mark onto the Yama Tree, the duration was extremely brief—only a few seconds. Yet, in that brief moment, he had already exhausted a Edge of the Moon, his defensive equipment was destroyed, and his body was cut by the leaves of Nature Essence, leaving countless wounds. His tattered clothes were soaked in blood, and he had become a bloodied figure.
However, Ye Zhongming's expression and gaze were unwavering. He knew that success or failure hinged on this one action.
Upon hearing the scream of the Yama Tree, Ye Zhongming thought he had succeeded. But then, his expression changed drastically, and he quickly raised his palm.
His mental energy surged out like a dam breaking, and in an instant, it was depleted!
One of the requirements for the Wisdom Mark skill is that it consumes a large amount of mental energy. Ye Zhongming hadn't paid much attention to this before because his mental energy was far beyond ordinary people's imagination.
But whether it was due to the overwhelming power of the Yama Tree, even with Ye Zhongming's mental energy, he could not withstand the ocean-like consumption when using the Wisdom Mark.
In just one second, Ye Zhongming's mental energy was completely drained!
Even though his mental energy wasn't at full capacity due to previous battles, this level of consumption was still astonishing.
Ye Zhongming’s body was unexpectedly blasted backward, flying a considerable distance before colliding with a wall and then crashing hard onto the ground, unable to get up for a long time.
Meanwhile, the Yama Tree uprooted all its roots from the ground. Its trunk shook violently in space, and the lattice membrane atop it broke with a loud snap, causing the entire slime lake to collapse!
At the same time, the city of Linhai trembled as if experiencing an earthquake. People in the underground Dark River, mutated rat farming areas, and the underground city all stopped their fighting and actions, feeling a frenzied killing intent ravaging their minds.