Saine reached into the center of the crater where the Absolute Vine Treant's main body had fallen.
The first thing he retrieved was an extraordinarily precious level-9 mid-stage plant-element tree heart!
Compared with the two Level-9 Tree Crystals he had previously seized, this level-9 tree heart was worth far more than a hundred times as much!
This was the true source of the Absolute Vine Treant's life.
It was also the core where most of its power and life energy had gathered after it advanced to level-9.
As for the Ten-Thousand-Year Level-9 Tree Crystals it had previously formed, those were merely life-element treasures slowly condensed over some ten thousand years from the "scraps" of energy left over by this tree heart.
"Not bad." Saine nodded as he looked at the tree heart in his hand.
In terms of value, this tree heart was probably the greatest prize Saine had acquired in this round of Dimensional Hegemony.
Even among all the treasures Saine possessed, only the Magic Cube ranked somewhat higher.
His other equipment, including a Civilization Supreme Treasure on Skynet's level, was probably only on par with the tree heart before him.
Moreover, Skynet had its limitations: only the Mechanical Civilization could achieve perfect compatibility with it, though it could also help Saine disrupt the power of hostile Technology Side Civilizations.
But this level-9 tree heart was different! It was a genuine, top-grade life-element raw material!
Saint Laozi had already managed to produce Nine-Turn Golden Pills before.
If this level-9 tree heart's potential were brought out to the fullest, there was no telling what astonishing pills Saint Laozi might refine!
However, since Saint Laozi himself had yet to advance to level-9, refining pills that surpassed Nine-Turn Golden Pills would clearly be no easy task.
He would not be able to