Published: February 9, 2025
In the cave where the Yama Tree's main body was located beside Branch Mountain, Ye Zhongming used the wisdom mark on the Yama Tree. For this, he prepared for the worst-case scenario and had a clarity ball ready.
In fact, Ye Zhongming did fail; his mental strength was insufficient to control a grade 8 abnormal mutated plant like the Yama Tree with this skill.
After consuming the clarity ball, Ye Zhongming escaped.
Before returning to the Surge Power Camp, Ye Zhongming actually visited another place, which was the Luo Shen Cypress he had cultivated. Taking advantage of the recovered mental strength and cooldown time from the clarity ball, he used the wisdom mark on the Luo Shen Cypress for the second time.
Since the Luo Shen Cypress was cultivated by Ye Zhongming himself and had not yet reached its complete form, the skill succeeded. After gaining absolute control, he endowed the Luo Shen Cypress with moderate intelligence, and then Ye Zhongming activated it.
This was also the reason why Garan noticed that Ye Zhongming seemed a bit weak when he returned to the Surge Power Camp; his mental energy consumption was tremendous at that time.
The Luo Shen Cypress, now possessing intelligence and some abilities of the Yama Tree, was Ye Zhongming's real trump card.
It would be better to kill the Yama Tree with everyone's strength, but if that was not possible, he would let the Luo Shen Cypress take action to see if it could devour the Yama Tree. Even if it failed, it could still cause significant trouble for this grade 8 creature, providing an opportunity for humanity.
Of course, the timing of the attack had to be well-controlled; otherwise, it might not only be ineffective but could even strengthen the Yama Tree.
Thus, Ye Zhongming waited for the best opportunity to arrive, and fortunately, the moment finally came.
The Yama Tree was evolving openly under a situation it believed it completely controlled, presenting a chance for the Luo Shen Cypress to strike.
However, as Ye Zhongming looked at this creature he had personally nurtured, while leading the attackers of the Flowers in the City, he was filled with confusion.
After the wisdom mark, the Luo Shen Cypress, relying on Ye Zhongming's mental strength, raised its evolution level to grade 6. This likely involved a limitation based on the skill user’s level; under the effect of the wisdom mark, the Luo Shen Cypress's level would not exceed Ye Zhongming's.
Of course, it was impossible for Ye Zhongming to elevate it to grade 7, as his mental strength was insufficient, and evolving to grade 6 already left him feeling weak.
Nevertheless, the current Luo Shen Cypress, while still at grade 6, was much taller than when Ye Zhongming had left, and the energy fluctuations emanating from it were significantly stronger.
What exactly had this creature done to enhance its power so rapidly in less than half a day?
Now was not the time to seek answers, and for Ye Zhongming, a Luo Shen Cypress nearing grade 7 was certainly better than one at grade 6.
However, even if the Yama Tree’s evolution was interrupted, preventing it from temporarily crossing the threshold into grade 9 and losing many of its abilities due to evolution, it was still more formidable than the Luo Shen Cypress.
The two massive trees crashed to the ground, causing mutual damage, with the Yama Tree holding the advantage.
The current situation was that either humanity would break through the Flowers in the City first and assist the Luo Shen Cypress in killing the Yama Tree, or the Yama Tree would eliminate this kindred spirit, absorb its energy, and then turn around to evolve or eliminate humanity.
The scenario had once again transformed into a race against time.
"The crack is getting bigger!"
Someone shouted excitedly as the cracks in the Flowers in the City expanded, and the combined attack from thousands of humans was not to be underestimated.
Over there, the Luo Shen Cypress was already in a bit of trouble; if not for the Yama Tree's current poor condition, it might have already been consumed.