Suspicious Sprout

"By the way, don't you feel something's a little strange?"

"What?"

Faced with the King of Ten Thousand Monsters's question, Xiong Jun scratched his head in confusion.

"This strange bear isn't afraid of us at all."

The King of Ten Thousand Monsters said calmly.

The King of Ten Thousand Monsters could tell that this Armored Bear was Soul Beast from the outer edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, with only 50,000 years of cultivation. It was quite unbelievable that it didn't run away in fear when facing two Ferocious Beast here that were over 300,000 years old.

"Uh... maybe he's not very bright."

The King of Ten Thousand Monsters shook his head speechlessly after hearing this.

I think you're even worse off.

Roar!

As the two Ferocious Beast chatted, the Armored Bear covered in strange trees roared again and then pounced on the King of Ten Thousand Monsters and the Xiong Jun.

"Court death!"

Xiong Jun was reckless and not very bright, but that didn't mean he had a good temper. Seeing that this Armored Bear was only 50,000 years old, dared to attack him, he immediately roared back and unleashed the pressure emanating from his 470,000 years of cultivation.

Then, he casually raised his hand and unleashed a Dark Gold Dreadclaw at the Armored Bear that was charging at him.

This seemingly casual strike stirred up the surrounding space, showing signs of tearing it apart.

The Dark Gold Dreadclaw's attack struck the Armored Bear, instantly tearing it into three pieces.

"Hmph, courting death!"

Xiong Jun didn't even glance at the Armored Bear's corpse, letting out a cold snort. From the moment he became Ferocious Beast, he couldn't remember how many years it had been since he had been provoked by such a low-level Soul Beast.

"Let's go back. There's nothing here except for this strange Armored Bear."

Seeing that the search was fruitless, just as the bear and the tree were about to return to the Lake of Life to report, the King of Ten Thousand Monsters suddenly heard a noise behind him.

Looking back, they were shocked to see that the carcass of the Armored Bear was undergoing changes.

The Armored Bear's corpse, which had been torn into three pieces, began to grow flesh and blood continuously.

This proliferation is neither a cure nor a way to piece the three pieces of flesh back together; rather, it is the growth of new individuals on the originally missing parts.

The upper section of the corpse began to rapidly grow its lower body, the middle section began to grow its head and feet, and the lower body began to grow its abdomen and chest from bottom to top, finally resulting in a complete head.

The ten-meter-tall Armored Bear, after being split into three pieces by the Xiong Jun, miraculously transformed back into three complete Armored Bear in just a few dozen seconds.

Although their physical size has shrunk somewhat, their cultivation level has actually skyrocketed to 60,000 years!

A 50,000-year-old Armored Bear actually split into three 60,000-year-old Armored Bear.

This bizarre scene left both Xiong Jun and the King of Ten Thousand Monsters dumbfounded.

"W-What's going on?!"

The King of Ten Thousand Monsters made a startled sound.

The Armored Bear, which should have been torn apart and killed by Xiong Jun, not only survived but also transformed into a three-headed creature, and its cultivation level even increased by ten thousand years.

Even Bi Ji, the Emerald Swan, wouldn't possess such a skill, would she?

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Three more roars followed.

The resurrected Armored Bear attacked them again, but this time it attacked the Xiong Jun and the King of Ten Thousand Monsters from both sides, while the other side ran behind them, not to attack, but rather... as if it was searching for something.

Faced with the attack of the two small Armored Bear, the Xiong Jun originally intended to tear them apart as before, but was stopped by the King of Ten Thousand Monsters beside him.

"Don't move, let me do it. Who knows if you'll split into nine heads after you kill them?"

As he spoke, he began to manipulate the trees on his body to attack the two Armored Bear.

The enormous branches became as supple and resilient as vines.

The King of Ten Thousand Monsters did not use a powerful ability to kill them, but instead used vines formed from tree branches to firmly bind their entire bodies.

The bound Armored Bear began to struggle, but the vines created by the King of Ten Thousand Monsters, who had cultivated for over 500,000 years, were not so easy to break free from.

"Let's take them back to Di Tian and Bi Ji to see. The Armored Bear's ability just now was truly unbelievable."

As he spoke, the King of Ten Thousand Monsters looked at the third Armored Bear behind him and saw it kneeling and bowing to a large tree.

And it could even faintly utter human language, "Roar... Medicine... King... Roar... Blessing... Roar..."

Armored Bear finished speaking, a green light began to emanate from his body.

Roar----

Bathed in the green light, the Armored Bear roared to the sky once more, and its size increased dramatically.

What is that?

The King of Ten Thousand Monsters was startled again. He had scanned the area within a hundred miles using all the trees and his spiritual power no less than ten times. He and Xiong Jun had also personally explored the area once more, yet they had not noticed such a magical tree here.

Thinking this, he flashed and instantly appeared beside the Armored Bear, tying it up before beginning to examine the tree.

Upon closer inspection, the King of Ten Thousand Monsters realized that the strange thing was not the tree itself, but the thumb-sized seedling beside its roots.

The seedling floated quietly on the soil, its silvery roots entwined with flowing runes, and its two gilded tender leaves swayed gently. Upon closer inspection, the two leaves even faintly emitted a light.

The King of Ten Thousand Monsters frowned as he stared at the tender sprout.

"Strange... what exactly is this thing?"

Even the King of Ten Thousand Monsters, whose true form is the Demon Eye Demon Tree and who rules over all Plant-type Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest, couldn't discern what this tender sprout actually was.

Moreover, if that Armored Bear hadn't appeared here kneeling in worship, he probably wouldn't have noticed it at all.

At this moment, Xiong Jun also came to his side.

"What's wrong?"

The King of Ten Thousand Monsters did not answer, but continued to stare intently at the spot. He then bent down to pick it up, but unexpectedly, his hand passed right through the seedling, as if the seedling were a projection.

But the King of Ten Thousand Monsters felt that it had a physical form, so he reached out and tried again. However, this time he did not directly attack the seedling, but instead reached for the handful of soil below it that was floating.

Unexpectedly, he actually picked up the seedling along with the handful of soil.

"Let's go back. This might be the reason why the Asura God appeared here, as our lord Di Tian mentioned."

"What? This is all you have? Are you out of your mind?"

"Roll!"

The King of Ten Thousand Monsters, too lazy to bother with this burly idiot any longer, took the three Armored Bear and the seedlings, and immediately set off towards the Lake of Life.

Watching the departing King of Ten Thousand Monsters, Xiong Jun murmured, "What I said wasn't wrong. Even I, Old Bear, wouldn't even look at a piece of vegetable leaves. Do you think the gods would be interested?"

Then, looking completely bewildered, he followed in the footsteps of the departing King of Ten Thousand Monsters and returned to the Lake of Life.

"So, did you find any traces or anything unusual?"

Upon seeing the return of the King of Ten Thousand Monsters and the Xiong Jun, Di Tian, who was sitting alone on the lake shore, opened his eyes and asked.

"The most suspicious thing I found there was this."

As he spoke, the King of Ten Thousand Monsters displayed the seedling to Di Tian.