Number One Earthworm

At this moment, Zhang Tie had just emerged from the water, soaked from head to toe and looking a little bedraggled, though his spirits were high. In the first round of his clash with Dawson, the level-ten Strong Warrior from Demon Snake Island, he had won. He had humiliated that fellow and escaped right under his nose, so he naturally had every reason to be pleased. This was not a battle skill—it was a victory of spirit and will.

Dawson had not said that he was level ten, but judging from the way he dodged the crossbow bolts and the movement technique he displayed while fleeing into the distance, he was little different from that Zhen Clan bastard who had hunted Zhang Tie through Island Dragon Cave. From that alone, Zhang Tie could determine his level.

Just as he had expected, Demon Snake Island had sent a level-ten expert to take his life. While it put pressure on Zhang Tie, it also set the wildfire in his heart completely ablaze. This Dawson would be the first stepping stone on his road to becoming strong.

"Have those sea buckthorn seeds begun catalysis?" Zhang Tie asked Heller.

"The first batch, four hundred seeds in total, has already begun catalysis according to different investment plans. The earliest results should be known within three weeks. If seeds of evolved and mutated sea buckthorn trees appear, we can then increase the Spirit Qi Value invested to make those seeds grow rapidly, bear fruit, and obtain a large number of evolved, mutated sea buckthorn tree seeds!" Heller said calmly. "The Spirit Qi Value and Basic Energy Reserve of Castle of Black Iron can still support this, but the rate at which Merit Value increases each day is rather slow now. At present, its main source is