Three Years Alone at the Fortress: Lord of the Long Night
Chapter 489

487: A contest of mental power

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The threads on both bodies are actually equivalent to their respective origins.

Connect these threads with similar origins and cross-fuse them, thereby cultivating Spirit Plant, which is essentially compatible.

For example, Lantern Mushroom has some of the characteristics of Fluorescent Moss, or Fluorescent Moss transforms into Lantern Mushroom.

Regarding this new discovery, Lincon's eyes did not waver at all, as if he had returned to the time when he was looking down at all living things from the perspective of an observer.

He took out a piece of his Mental Energy, condensed it into needles and threads, and cross-connected the same red and orange colors on Lantern Mushroom and Fluorescent Moss.

This action is not visible in reality, but the light emitted by the two Spirit Plant becomes more and more dreamy, flickering on and off, emitting some strange and wonderful rhythm.

Energy fluctuations seeped out from their respective bodies, and then instantly exploded into a ripple composed of countless light particles, which were then quickly kneaded and fused together.

Soon, the silk threads on the two plants each changed slightly in color.

The orange color of Lantern Mushroom is stronger and begins to lean toward a soft warm golden color, while the color of Fluorescent Moss dims and turns into a light yellow.

On the contrary, on the red silk thread, Fluorescent Moss is thicker and Lantern Mushroom becomes lighter.

After the connection was completed, Lincon withdrew Mental Energy from the intersection. After being woven by him, the silk thread gradually stabilized in the bodies of the two Spirit Plant.

He waited for a moment, silently observing the changes.

Lantern Mushroom was the first to show visions.

Its original Mushroom Cap edge is translucent and gel-like, scattering a soft opalescent halo outward.

But now, it seems to have inherited some of the characteristics of Fluorescent Moss. When the light seeps out from the inside of Mushroom Cap, it has a warmer texture than before. A hazy soft light occasionally flashes in the halo, as if someone has covered it with a layer of gauze.

At the same time, Lincon also found that the shape of Lantern Mushroom also changed.

It is a little shorter in height, and a mottled pattern similar to Fluorescent Moss appears on the surface of its Mushroom Stalk. As the curtains are blown by the wind, they make noises, as if they are frightened. The light spots at the roots will instantly brighten, and the light emitted by Mushroom Cap will also explode for a moment.

The changes in Fluorescent Moss are quite restrained.

Its original light was bluish, as if a layer of crushed ice had been sprinkled on the walls and gaps, but now it is cold and warm. The blue light is mixed with a light yellow warm tone. The gradient from blue to yellow makes the surface of the moss look like a snow field illuminated by the sunset, which is particularly beautiful.

More importantly, the shape of Fluorescent Moss is much rounder and fuller than the previous flat shape. The tiny new leaves at the top of the leaves are like miniature light bulbs. Not only do they shine brighter than other places, they also emit a certain kind of ripe fruit.

The aftertaste is sweet.

"Interesting."

Lincon crossed his hands and gently placed them on his chin, his eyes were deep and a gleam of sly light flashed through his eyes.

He was able to confirm that Lantern Mushroom and Fluorescent Moss had not experienced changes in their life levels.

In other words, both are still at the same level.

The only thing that has changed is the form and their respective origins.

They share some of each other's characteristics.

This reminded Lincon of the two abilities he missed when he transferred to Nature Saint for the second time.

Return of All Things to Source and Nature Edict.

Return of All Things to Source is an advanced version of another route similar to Cooperative Symbiosis, which can integrate two different types of plants.

The most obvious reference examples are Crimson Water-Drinker and Desert Devourer when the second Ecological Trial was performed.

The fusion of the two, Dark-Red Symbiote, has the two characteristics of Crimson Water-Drinker and Desert Devourer, a dual superposition of vitality and corrosiveness.

Now the phenomenon of Lantern Mushroom and Fluorescent Moss is very similar to Return of All Things to Source's ability.

They are the fusion of two different types of plants, and they inherit certain characteristics of each other during the fusion.

However, compared to Return of All Things to Source, his ability to weave silk threads from Spirit Plant still has some limitations.

For example, if two lines of different colors are forcibly combined, the two Spirit Plant strains will have a high probability of collapse.

"So----is this Eternal Gardener's hidden additional ability?"

Lincon thought for a moment and recalled the ability description of "Nature Edict" in his mind.

Nature Edict has absolute dominion over plants below his level, and can take over and control them by force, regardless of whether they have self-awareness or not, and no matter who they originally belong to, and all attributes of the plants controlled by him are increased by 30%, and are not interfered by any mind control abilities other than his own.

No matter Return of All Things to Source or Nature Edict, they are both quite powerful abilities.

Even after he completed the trial, he struggled for a long time before finally choosing Potential Unleashing.

If this job transfer to Eternal Gardener can unlock two abilities, Return of All Things to Source and Nature Edict, it will really be a huge profit.

Lincon thought to himself that he must find time to try to see if he can use Nature Edict's ability, even if it is a weakened version.

But the most important thing at the moment is the exclusive talent of the Eternal Gardener profession.

Eternal Garden!

Eternal Garden can control the direction of plant evolution and degeneration. Among Spirit Plant of the same level, you can degenerate one Spirit Plant in exchange for the opportunity to evolve one Spirit Plant.

On the surface, this talent may not be as good as Potential Unleashing.

After all, Eternal Garden still needs to pay the price of degenerating one Spirit Plant in order to evolve another Spirit Plant.

But if you think about it carefully, you will find the difference between the two.

Potential Unleashing needs to consume Sunlight and his Mental Energy, but Eternal Garden does not need to consume anything from him. The only cost is to degrade the other Spirit Plant.

Eternal Garden is more like a resource control.

Even more, he can completely degrade the Abyssal Spirit Plant that invaded Blue Star and use it to evolve his own Spirit Plant.

Lincon turned his attention back to the two Spirit Plant plants in the study that he had knitted and fused.

The fusion state of Lantern Mushroom and Fluorescent Moss has been completely stabilized, and they are staying quietly in the corner.

Lincon used spirit to communicate with the two and asked the two Spirit Plant plants if they had any discomfort. The answers given by Lantern Mushroom and Fluorescent Moss were

Ying is quite satisfied.

Strictly speaking, this fusion is an enhancement to both Lantern Mushroom and Fluorescent Moss, and does not destroy their origins.

Lincon turned around and walked out of the study, along the corridor to the courtyard.

He looked at the falling snowflakes in the sky, took a deep breath, and felt comfortable all over.

Sure enough, I am still comfortable in my own world!

For Lincon, this job transfer trial was like a long dream. Although everything in the dream is worth remembering, reality is where his existence is proven.

Ying and Luo Chiyou were already staying in the courtyard. When they saw Lincon appear, they waved happily.

Ying was wearing a thick white cotton coat, and the edge of her hat was a circle of furry fuzz, which made her little face round, making her look like a small animal about to go out for a walk in the snow.

Luo Chiyou also changed her outfit. It was no longer the long palace dress she usually wore, but a dark coat wrapped around her body. Her hair was tied up casually, her hands were in her pockets, her posture was loose, but her eyes kept falling on Lincon.

Violet suddenly appeared in front of Lincon from the side with a cry, trying to scare him, but found that Lincon was unmoved, so he jumped around in circles around him.

"Want to go out and play again?"

After this Ecological Trial, Lincon it became easier to guess the thoughts of all creatures.

He nodded. "Go ahead, but don't prey on the Mutant Animal inside Longwind Territory. Harsh Winter has already caused them enough trouble."

Violet Hearing this, his tail suddenly lifted up, his eyes widened and rounded, and the tiger's face showed obvious happiness.

It ran away as soon as it was done, completely ignoring the person shouting at it from behind.

"Little Tiger, you can't leave, you haven't played enough with me yet!"

Yingying saw that Violet was about to run away in the blink of an eye. He raised his hand to grab it, and a ball of dark green light emerged from his palm, transforming into a Energy Hand, and he was about to capture Violet.

Violet was covered in hair, and his expression changed from surprise to fear. He had been playing with Ying every day for the past few days, and he was a little tired of it. He wanted to go outside and tease the group of Ironfire Wolf.

However, just when the big hand was about to fall, it was blocked by a powerful Mental Energy.

This Mental Energy was so silent that even Yingying couldn't react.

Violet saw that the big hand behind him failed to fall, and immediately disappeared from Crystal Ring Mother Tree in a few jumps.

Ying was stunned for two seconds, then turned to look at Lincon with a face of surprise.

"Lin, you have become more powerful!"

Her eyes were shining brightly, she took back her strength, ran to Lincon in three steps and two steps at a time, raised her head and stared at Lincon, and circled him twice, as if she wanted to get to know him again.

"Your Mental Energy is stronger than anyone I've ever seen." As she spoke, Ying made a special gesture with her hand.

Lincon pretended to be confused and said, "Oh? What other powerful people have you met?"

Ying bit her finger, frowned and thought for a while, then touched her hair and pointed to the sky with a finger.

"That's the guy who flew away from my head with a Fire God Tree branch in his mouth."

"Ruifu?"

Lincon A fragment flashed in my memory.

When I first obtained Charred Branch of the Fire God Tree, the information prompted included information about this Ruifu.

This Ruifu can take away the broken branches of Fire God Tree from the territory of A-Rank Abyssal Flame Demon. Its strength is at least higher than that of A-Rank, but there is no way of knowing whether it reaches S-Rank.

"How does it compare to you?" Lincon lowered his head and looked into Ying's eyes.

"With me?"

Ying was stunned for a moment, thinking about it for a long time, then circled around Lincon a few times, and said seriously, "I can't see it directly, maybe I will know it after comparing it."

"Lin, let's compete!"

There was an excited smile on Ying's face, as if she had finally found the opportunity to compete with Lincon.

Lincon did not refuse when he heard this. This was exactly what he wanted. He just wanted to verify his current strength through the show.

He thought for a while and said, "Without destroying the building or hurting each other, let's purely compete on the spiritual level."

"Your Devil Fruit ability is mainly focused on mental and life control. My Mental Energy happens to be in the same direction, which is exactly the right match."

Lincon stood on the snow in the courtyard, looking at each other about ten steps away from Ying.

This distance is almost negligible for a Epic level fight.

However, Lincon had no intention of going further. He needed to sense the operation of Ying's power at close range and observe how Epic Lord's ability was different from his own.

"Okay! Then I'll start!"

Ying raised her little face, and after saying these words, she closed her eyes gently. One second they were pure and flawless, but in the next moment they were as if they were corroded by the cold wind.

Bones, cold and noble.

Rumble----

The moment Mental Energy was released, Ash Snow above Crystal Ring Mother Tree seemed to be grasped by an invisible hand. Countless snowflakes hovered in the air, motionless, and the entire sky seemed to have turned into a piece of solid glass.

Then, the piece of glass cracked from the middle, and the terrifying energy swept back the wind and snow. Wherever it passed, Ash Snow was crushed into powder, and gathered in the sky to form the phantom of a sacred tree that blocked the sky and the sun.

Lincon's robes rustled under the pressure of the wind created by Mental Energy. He narrowed his eyes slightly and carefully observed the way the light circulated its power.

At this time, Ying is like a ball of light surrounded by countless energies. These energies are dominated by dark green and dark gold, intertwined and intertwined, releasing heart-stopping fluctuations.

And in the center of the light ball stands a Ancient Tree with a deep and dark color.

Lincon tried to analyze Ying's body attributes like he analyzed Lantern Mushroom and Fluorescent Moss, but his eyes were blurry and he couldn't see anything clearly.

Ying noticed Lincon's mental prying eyes, tilted her head, and her closed eyes suddenly opened at this moment.

Her Mental Energy climbed up again, and the entire sky seemed to be immersed in the bottom of the sea. The light dimmed sharply and was dyed black with thick ink. Only the sacred tree that crowned the sky emitted Shaking Light like deep sea phosphorus fire.

"Shashasha----"

Crystal Ring Mother Tree shook violently, like a small tree under the power of heaven, the air became extremely thick, groups of Silent Ice Butterfly rustled down, all Spirit Plant shivered in the storm and thunder, and the terrifying mental pressure enveloped the entire Longwind City.

"What happened!?"

All Longwind City ability users walked out of the room at this moment and looked in the direction of Sacred Court, their eyes full of shock.

Under such terrifying mental pressure, they felt as if they were trapped in a strange quagmire, and even walking became extremely difficult.

The only ones who were not affected were ordinary people.

Because they would only feel dizzy and fall asleep on the bed, completely unaware of the terrifying pressure that could crush all those with abilities below B-Rank.

Lincon stood in the center of the storm, watching Ying quietly, and gradually let go of his Mental Energy.

No testing, no warm-up, just give it your all as soon as you get started.

An invisible spiritual storm erupted from his body, and in an instant it expanded into a spiritual shock that swept through Longwind City.

This spiritual shock was not full of darkness and destruction like Ying's spirit, but life and symbiosis. It passed through the mental barrier laid by Ying with almost no obstacles, covering the past like flowing water.

Wherever the spirit passes, the darkness is torn apart bit by bit, and red-gold flames ignite from the edges, burning the darkness away. The remaining energy turns into countless exotic flowers and plants, which are then fed back into the spirit.

Just like a spring breeze, it melts away the extreme cold and snow brought by Harsh Winter, turning the disaster into nourishment that nurtures all living things in the world.

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