Chen Daolin spent about an hour transforming after using the Ten Thousand Year Willow Heart.
He and Ji Xuan had gone hunting Great Strength Demon Apes shortly after noon. After a chase, they fought the Winged Snake King, then made their way to Mist Island Lake, where they battled the monsters in the water. Next, they climbed onto Lake Heart Island and spent more than two hours recovering. After that, they took over an hour to gather twelve Vegetation Spirits... After all that, by the time Chen Daolin emerged from the cave, the sun was already sinking in the west, and the light around them had grown noticeably dim.
But after using the Ten Thousand Year Willow Heart, Chen Daolin had grown much stronger, and his eyesight had doubled. Seeing in the dark was no problem for him, so day and night made little difference.
"Next, I'll keep looking for Vegetation Spirits." Chen Daolin was now brimming with ambition. He no longer cared about the Green-Winged Giant Serpent that might be waiting outside. The Vegetation Spirits mattered more. Eating a King Level Monster couldn't directly increase his strength; most of the time, all he could do was sell its materials. Materials meant money, and money held little appeal for Chen Daolin now.
As the sun sank, bursts of explosive air and the sounds of impacts against plants rang out from the island shrouded in dense fog. Chen Daolin was clearly attacking the Vegetation Spirits he had found. He soon collected three more, bringing his total to fourteen, not counting the Ten Thousand Year Willow Heart he had already used. He was in a very good mood.
"Hm?"
Suddenly, Chen Daolin felt the ground tremble slightly and was taken aback.
"What's going on?"
Chen Daolin quickly realized that it wasn't just