Ant Lord in the Star Realm

Chapter 759 609 Refinement Divine Inscription_2

At the same time, a multicolored water curtain barrier slowly unfolded.

Cypress drew its two tentacles back, pressed closely to its sides.

A 'U'-shaped water curtain barrier spread horizontally in front.

Ink Orchid's form flickered, appearing directly in front of Cypress, raising its claw to jab.

The seemingly flimsy water curtain barrier turned out to be highly resilient, caving inward and quivering slightly, but not pierced through.

Ink Orchid activated Wind System Primordial Energy, gathering it at the tip of its toes, slashing laterally to cut.

The water curtain barrier was like mucus; it could be cut open, but instantly healed.

"Eh—"

Ink Orchid was surprised, its gaze shifted, crimson electric arcs gathering on its tentacle, suddenly striking toward the water curtain barrier.

With a crash, the barrier shattered.

The water system defensive ability had strong tenacity, but was clearly restrained by fire and thunder element abilities.

"Cypress, not bad, this ability is pretty good!"

This affirmation came from the Second King.

Cypress looked toward Dragon Cypress.

Dragon Cypress said, "Cypress, you can continue to try combining Huagi Mountain's 'Frost Thorn' ability."

Dragon Cypress asked, "Cypress, what else?"

Cypress faced the reservoir, two tentacles bending, drawing power in, then swung suddenly.

Whoosh~ whoosh~ whoosh~

Dense water droplets leapt up from the surface, transforming into countless ice beads that shot toward the opposite bank.

Then there were crackling, popping sounds.

Trees planted across the bank were hit, punctured, left riddled with holes, the ground a scene of devastation.

—A very powerful water system offensive ability!

Dragon Cypress: "Cypress, after you evolve to King Level and eat Origin Force Food, take a nap and you'll get one hundred percent of the strengthening effect. Your water system enhancement isn't strong enough yet. Starting next year, have four million units of Water System Divine-Given Origin Force Food every year, across nine years—eat 36 million first, save four or five million as reserve, adjust depending on circumstances to evolve to 2nd Age Period Insect King."

Dragon Cypress: "As for Divine Marks, just do your best. Prioritize Refinement Divine Inscription, then Frostfall and Frost Thorn. In the future, if I succeed with my 'Vortex Worm Devour' ability and you also get to eat Ghost King Sophora Seeds and Divine-Grade Six Paths Fruit, maybe you can give it a try!"

Dragon Cypress: "Of course, you don't have to always follow my path. You can consider your own circumstances, use your brain to think, and try blending and evolving your own way."

Cypress: "Understood, Great King!"

So far, Dragon Cypress had not comprehended condensing Divine Pattern, feeling uncertain, so there weren't many places where he could guide Cypress.

Dragon Cypress: "Cypress, go to the Purple Tung Insect Nation and study under the Linnan Divine Tree for two years. If you have any questions, the Linnan Divine Tree will surely be able to clear your doubts."

Cypress: "Alright, Great King!"

Dragon Cypress swayed his tentacles, calling out: "Our Xianglan Mountain has its very first King Level Assistant King, worth a banquet and celebration. Silver Cypress, Giant Cypress, go hunting. Fragrant Cypress, Black Sophora, you get ready too!"

...

The celebration ended.

Dragon Cypress first sent Cypress to the Purple Tung Insect Nation.

Returning to Xianglan Mountain, it was already early summer.

The search for the Divine-Given Seed could not be neglected.

The Dominating Throne carried Ink Orchid and set off.

"Dragon Cypress, how about my earlier suggestion? Have you decided?"

"Which suggestion?"

"To sponsor White Willow and Red Moonseed. When they settle on Rainbow Island and the Thousand Isles in the future, they'll handle scouting and messaging. And Snakebark Maple, it can help garrison the island and safeguard everyone's Life Seeds."

"White Willow is fine. We'll allocate one million units of Source Stone Divine-Given Origin Force Food every year to help it evolve better. Later, if we can contact the Snow Velvet Spider King, we can also trade for a Thunder Zelkova Seed to help it awaken Thunder System Talent."

"Oh—"

Ink Orchid asked, "What about Red Moonseed and Snakebark Maple?"

Dragon Cypress wobbled its tentacles and said, "Red Moonseed and Chinese Clematis live together, Snakebark Maple is with Blue Catalpa. If we sponsor Red Moonseed and Snakebark Maple, what about Chinese Clematis and Blue Catalpa? It's hard to handle."

Ink Orchid was also stumped, "That's really tricky…"

Dragon Cypress: "How about this, for now let's give Red Moonseed, Chinese Clematis, Blue Catalpa, and Snakebark Maple each two hundred thousand units of Source Stone Divine-Given Origin Force Food every year. After a few years, Ink Orchid, after you break through to Insect King, our resources will be in surplus. By then, however much surplus we have, we'll use all of it to aid other warriors on Cloud Trace Continent, sound good?"

Lord-Levels are also crucial during growth and evolution. If they don't eat enough Origin Force Food and don't comprehend enough abilities, after evolving to King Level it'll be extremely tough.

Ink Orchid twitched its tentacles in agreement.

Dragon Cypress: "At the winter gathering next year, I'll formally inform everyone. Hold off evolution a bit, eat more Divine-Given Origin Force Food, evolve to 7th Age Period, advance to Insect King, comprehend one or two more abilities, or comprehend a couple of better abilities, and the King-Level phase will go much smoother."

...

Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid quickly finished searching for Divine-Given Seeds, but found nothing.

Together they arrived at Jianlan Plain.

Ink Orchid, with Black Birch, was busy tending to the orchids and grapes planted in the forested mountains.

Dragon Cypress trained hard alone in the cypress forest, refining his ability.

Day after day of repetition, time slipped by unnoticed until the end of summer.

In the orchard, grapes ripened on a large scale, along with some late Hairy Peaches and early kiwis—a season of concentrated harvest of all kinds of fresh fruit.

At twilight,

Large groups of Worker Ants and Green Ants lined up in the orchard for harvesting, and a great quantity of fresh fruit was delivered to Dragon Cypress in front, stacked in small, neat piles.

Using fresh fruit as raw material, the refined Blue Refinement Beads thus produced contained better nutrients, serving as top-quality rations for nurturing larvae.

Dragon Cypress activated his refinement ability, refining them into small beads the size of grape seeds.

In front of a pile of peach fruits, Dragon Cypress's movement suddenly froze. Its tentacles bent, Hydra Power activated, the tip of its invisible tendril split into the shape of crab pincers, delicately picking out a seemingly perfect peach.

This peach had been ruined by fruit flies, its insides already bored out by over a dozen fruit fly larvae.

The tendril swayed gently and tossed it away.