"But no matter what, this isn't a bad thing for me." Babata revealed a faint smile.
"With his exaggerated growth rate, perhaps it won't be long before he grows into a World Lord."
Apprentice, Planet-level, Star-level, Universe, Domain Lord, World Lord...
A World Lord was countless times stronger than a Star-level being. Even when he cultivated Luo Feng to break through to World Lord, it had taken 100,000 years. This showed just how highly he thought of Yang Wu.
But seeing Yang Wu remain unmoved, Babata grew increasingly anxious.
Actually, Yang Wu's indifference wasn't only because he had yet to break through to Star-level. There was another reason.
What if he went in first and Luo Feng entered afterward? What would he do then?
In the void, Yang Wu continued quietly sensing the transformation brought about by absorbing the True Mu Ya Crystals and breaking through to Star-level First Order.
Even though his bloodline and aptitude were both exceptional, absorbing cosmic energy from the universe and converting it into Origin Force and Telekinesis was still far inferior to cultivating with True Mu Ya Crystals.
At most, after his aptitude improved, he could absorb True Mu Ya Crystals more quickly, and his absorption speed would also be faster than that of someone with the same cultivation level but poorer aptitude.
"Based on the energy of the True Mu Ya Crystals, I should only need to absorb two more Mu Ya Crystals before my realm can rise to Star-level Second Order." Yang Wu smiled.
"If that's the case, I'll probably need just over 500 True Mu Ya Crystals to reach Star-level Peak."
"Rumble!"
A muffled sound suddenly came from deep underground, as if an earthquake had occurred, or as if something were racing through the underground rock layers.
At that moment, the entire Mist Island and the surrounding lakes began to tremble.
"What a powerful life fluctuation." Yang Wu revealed a trace of surprise. "It isn't the Beast Emperor. It should be the Moyun Vine."
"Because of the interference underground, I only discovered the Moyun Vine now."
"If that's the case... even I only discovered it now. Without anyone guiding it, its target should be Luo Feng underground, rather than coming directly toward me."
"After all, no matter how stupid the Moyun Vine is, it knows that my strength is far greater than Luo Feng's."
"The Moyun Vine... Although I can't be bothered with this thing now, after a Ten Thousand Times Amplification, it might become even more terrifying."
"Not to mention anything else, selling it after amplification would be enough to exchange for an enormous amount of resources. Buying Earth wouldn't even be a problem."
Suddenly, a dark-purple vine twenty-five centimeters in diameter swept madly toward Yang Wu from the shattered rock layer.
It moved at an extreme speed. If an ordinary Planet-level expert had come, they probably wouldn't have had time to react before being swept to death.
But Yang Wu neither dodged nor evaded. With ease, he unleashed his domain.
Within the domain, the Moyun Vine's tendril could not move an inch.
Just as an ordinary person might grip a pair of chopsticks, Yang Wu seized the enormous, seemingly endless black-purple vine in one motion.
After Yang Wu caught it, the entire black-purple vine struggled and twisted wildly, but it could not escape.
"Rumble~~~"
Unable to break free, the Moyun Vine caused the entire Mist Island to shake violently.
One black-purple vine after another extended from Mist Island. Each vine was over 2,000 meters long. One, two, three... seven, eight...
"There should be sixteen in total." Yang Wu revealed a faint smile.
No matter how many black-purple vines swarmed toward him, once they approached within several hundred meters of Yang Wu, they immediately fell into the powerful Gold Domain.
Once the black-purple vines entered the domain, it was as if they had sunk into an endless swamp. They could not break free at all.
Yang Wu formed a blade with his left hand and gently swept it across the Moyun Vine.
The black-purple vine was immediately cut open, leaving a wound ten centimeters long. Yet after only two or three seconds, the wound vanished completely.
"Impressive vitality." Yang Wu's gaze sharpened.
[Congratulations, Host. You have obtained the spoils of war, Moyun Vine. Would you like to perform a Ten Thousand Times Amplification?]
"What the hell?" Yang Wu's mouth twitched.
Yang Wu had never tried capturing a monster alive, so he hadn't known that a Moyun Vine captured alive by him would also count as spoils of war...
But he didn't care. Yang Wu still chose to amplify it.
[Ten Thousand Times Amplification of the Moyun Vine successful. A Lucky Critical Hit was triggered. Congratulations, Host. You have obtained a Life Tree Sapling.]
He had never encountered the so-called Lucky Critical Hit even once.
However, the reward obtained after this critical hit was simply too terrifying, so he didn't pay attention to that point.
"A Life Tree?!" Yang Wu was immediately stunned.
If Yang Wu remembered correctly, Luo Feng had once schemed to obtain a World Tree in order to nurture his third clone!
However, the World Tree's Life Gene Level was too high. Even the Golden Horned Beast, which had cultivated the Nine Kalpas Manual, was unable to nurture the World Tree into a clone.
Moreover, according to the records, no life-form in the Original Universe had ever been able to nurture a World Tree into a clone.
However, the Zu Shen Jiao's Manduo Divine General had once begged a branch from the most powerful World Tree.
Manduo Divine General planted that branch in his divine kingdom, and the branch eventually grew into a colossal divine tree.
This divine tree, formed from a branch of the World Tree, was also known as the Life Tree.
The Life Tree could stabilize a divine kingdom. The more stable the divine kingdom was, the stronger its suppressive restraint would become—ten or even a hundred times stronger—once an enemy entered it.
Back then, Manduo Divine General had relied on this move to drag an enemy he could not defeat directly into his divine kingdom.
With one effective trick, he had used this method to kill quite a few enemies. That was why the news had spread.
Under normal circumstances, when a God Spirit was in his own divine kingdom, the divine kingdom's enhancement of him would generally only increase his strength several times.
But with the Life Tree planted in his divine kingdom, the divine kingdom could provide him with a far stronger enhancement while also exerting far greater suppression on his enemies.
With one side waxing and the other waning, it was equivalent to a hundredfold increase in strength.
From this, one could see just how terrifying the Life Tree Sapling was.
"Besides amplifying my divine kingdom, if I gain the ability to create clones in the future, nurturing the Life Tree into a clone would also be a good choice." Yang Wu smiled.
"I just don't know whether my ordinary human Life Gene Level will be enough to nurture a Life Tree clone."
"But no matter what, the Life Tree definitely can't be revealed now. This thing is far too terrifying. Even a Universe Venerable would covet it."
Yang Wu understood the principle that an innocent man came to grief because of his wealth, so the Life Tree could only remain in the System Space for now.
Of course, since Yang Wu had not obtained the spoils of war by killing the Moyun Vine, even though he had obtained the Life Tree after amplification, the Moyun Vine still existed.
As for the Moyun Vine before him, Yang Wu naturally no longer cared about it at all, but he still put it away.
After entering the universe, he could sell it and exchange it for quite a lot of resources.
The Meteor Star.
Actually, Babata knew without looking that the Moyun Vine was nowhere near being Yang Wu's opponent.
Setting aside whether he had comprehended a domain, Yang Wu's raw strength at Star-level alone was enough to crush the Moyun Vine.
And that was indeed what happened. Yang Wu easily suppressed the Moyun Vine, though he did use the power of his domain.
"As expected, he comprehended a domain. Moreover, judging from the strength of his domain, he has already reached the Domain Fifth Order!" Babata was utterly shocked.
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