Published: February 9, 2025
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Suddenly, the Yama Tree in the process of evolution let out a mournful cry.
The main trunk, which had been radiating a silver light, and some remaining branches, first stiffened for a moment and then began to shake unnaturally.
The people squeezed in the shrunken version of the Flower City all looked at Ye Zhongming. The Yama Tree's abnormal state appeared right after he said, "You didn't win". Did this person do something?
Only Ruan Xiao knew the reason why, but her expression still showed no signs of relaxation.
"You... what is this?!"
This was a crucial moment in the evolution process, and disturbances from the outside world were highly frowned upon. The Yama Tree felt an unusual discomfort, making its evolution process somewhat unstable.
For any life form, each evolution is a process of crossing a river by feeling the stones, and the most feared outcome is an accident, which could directly affect the success or failure of the evolution.
The Yama Tree, which had originally thought everything was under control, started to panic at this moment. It immediately checked its body and discovered the cause of its discomfort.
There were several small insects crawling on its trunk, injecting certain toxins into its body!
For the massive body of the Yama Tree, these small insects were too tiny to be noticed at all. If they weren’t biting it, it wouldn’t even pay attention to them.
Celestial star armored bulls.
The small insects that Ruan Xiao had given Ye Zhongming for free before.
In fact, Ruan Xiao had exaggerated the effects of these single-function, yet special, mutated life forms.
It was true that celestial star armored bulls specialized in targeting mutated plants, but their effectiveness was not as significant as Ruan Xiao claimed, as he had never tested them on sixth-level or higher mutated plants.
After all, most mutated plants had a "gregarious" nature and appeared in groups. There were very few like the Yama Tree, which preferred to hoard resources for itself. Thus, the number of mutated life forms of the same type around sixth-level mutated plants was unknown, and asking Ruan Xiao to take risks while wasting these small creatures’ lives was not a business he would engage in.
Due to these somewhat exaggerated facts, Ruan Xiao had been generous in offering these celestial star armored bulls for Ye Zhongming to use.
But who would have thought that Ye Zhongming would actually use them!
Seeing the excited expressions mixed with anticipation from others, Ruan Xiao sighed slightly. If Ye Zhongming was placing his hopes on these small insects, that would be somewhat… unrealistic. An evolving life form pushing towards eighth-level, even if these small insects really had some negative effects on him, as long as they were cleared away, it wouldn’t have too significant an impact.
As long as the Yama Tree's evolution continued and humans couldn’t break through the Flower City, the outcome would be the same as before.
The only effect they could have was probably to delay things a little.
After discovering these celestial star armored bulls, the Yama Tree had the same thought as Ruan Xiao. These insects were annoying but couldn't cause any substantial harm. Its body was indeed a bit stiff and numb, and its perception and control of the surroundings had decreased. However, at this moment, all of that was unimportant. In just a few seconds, its powerful eighth-level life form body could dispel these negative states.
But at a certain moment, the Yama Tree felt a familiar yet strange aura approaching from behind. Due to the toxins from these small insects making it somewhat sluggish, it wasn’t quite sure.