Even three Universe Overlords would have found that Flame Star Vine troublesome, let alone three Elementary Venerables.
With Xiao Yang's help, the Flame Star Vine's Gene Level had reached a terrifying three thousand times the norm!
Add the hundredfold Enhancement Secret Technique and Hundredfold Amplification granted by the Durian, and it possessed a terrifying three trillion times the power of a Peak World Lord!
The three Elementary Venerables, by contrast, had only tens of millions of times that power, approaching a hundred million at most.
The limit for an ordinary Venerable—even one with a hundredfold Gene Level—was only a hundred billion times the power of a Peak World Lord.
Someone at that level was considered powerful even among Universe Overlords.
Beyond that level stood the Top Universe Overlords!
The only reason the Flame Star Vine lacked the strength of a Top Universe Overlord was that it knew nothing but how to overwhelm its enemies with brute force.
Once it had a corresponding Secret Art, it would be a true Top Universe Overlord!
But even without one, it was still a Universe Overlord-level being!
The main problem was that Xiao Yang's level was still too low—or rather, the Flame Star Vine's Gene Level was not high enough.
Once Xiao Yang advanced further and obtained better Wild Ginseng, that would change.
He could raise the Flame Star Vine's Gene Level to Perfect Gene Level, then feed it a Level-9 Farm Crop that granted a Combat Secret Technique. The Flame Star Vine might even gain Universe Master-level combat power!
The only reason he had not done so yet was that the quality of the Flame Star Vine's Divine Power was insufficient.
The Secret Arts granted by those Level-9 Crops required Immortal Divine Power of at least Perfect Gene Level to use.
But against