As is widely known, every member of the Tree Worship Church, whether a priest, Holy Crusaders, or just an ordinary Tree Worship Church member, can only use one type of Aberration plant.
This statement holds true in the vast majority of cases.
Once two types of Aberration plants appear in the human body, they will begin to Spread and grow wildly in order to compete for nutrients.
At this point, the owner's body is no longer a warm bed, but pure nourishment.
The out-of-control Aberration plants are extremely dangerous; the user will soon suffer a painful death.
But there are always exceptions, and Cuiske is one of them.
In previous battles, he had used no fewer than thirty Aberration plants, and could use more than ten at the same time, switching between them swiftly and agilely without any side effects.
There's a reason for that, of course.
Cuiske was able to disregard the ironclad rules of the Tree Worship Church because his truly Aberration plant was exceptionally unique.
Aberration Plant [ Plundering Weeping Willow ]: A type of Aberration plant with unremarkable basic abilities, but it can actively pierce the bark of other plants to force Grafting, thereby gaining access to the abilities of those other Aberration plants.
A greedy plant paired with a greedy master led Cuiske to spend a long time searching for other plants that could be compatible with his Aberration plant before joining the Adelaide Lineage.
But in reality, Plundering Weeping Willow isn't very selective. After all, plants don't have much of a mind; they'll force- Grafting any of their own kind that's offered to them.
In other words, the reason Cuiske is able to use so many Aberration plants is simple: the other Aberration plants don't actually live on him, but rather on his Aberration plants.
That's Aberration plant of Aberration plants, except Cuiske can use it too.
There was no nutrient-grabbing war among the various Aberration plants because they were already appendages of the weeping willow from the very beginning.
Such an exceptional Aberration plant would naturally attract the attention of many, but after traversing the World of Disorder for decades, Cuiske had never encountered anything with similar or identical abilities to his own.
There are two reasons for this situation. First, the Plundering Weeping Willow was too weak in the early stages. Don't be fooled by Cuiske's ability to manipulate more than thirty kinds of Aberration plants now, because he has already reached High Tier.
If you are just a Low Tier user, you will only have three or four types of Aberration plants at most, and you will most likely be unable to exert your due combat power due to malnutrition and uneven distribution.
Another reason is that when Cuiske defected from the Tree Worship Church, he intentionally destroyed all materials related to himself and [ The Plundering Weeping Willow ].
Much of the material about Aberration plants in the Tree Worship Church contains subjective accounts from users.
As victims of betrayal, the others were unaware whether Cuiske had harbored malicious intentions all along, or what traps he had left in the documents;
As a traitor, Cuiske also feared that others would find fault with his Plundering Weeping Willow in his own account.
As a result, this Aberration plant is now almost never used by Tree Worship Church.
Knowing this, Cuiske was so astonished when he saw Ed so easily copy the [ Split-Pod Pansy ].
If calling out " Tree God " twice before was merely a subconscious act of respect for his previous beliefs, then from this moment on, he truly felt the oppressive feeling of facing a deity directly.
Unlike the tense and terrified Cuiske, Ed opposite him appeared completely at ease.
The situation was too urgent before, and he was unable to fight using his most effective methods.
But now, Adelaide and Margaret are tied down by the Twin Kings, and Cuiske's majority power is with the giants.
Before him stood a Cuiske capable of using a large number of Aberration plants.
Then there's only one choice left!
Following Muller's move to the buffet, Ed is also about to start his own buffet.
As for the dishes, they consist of all the Aberration plants that Cuiske had collected over the past century.
Ed's preferred fighting style has always been "fighting while eating".
The thick armor could withstand most attacks, but it couldn't make Cuiske feel safe at this moment.
He realized a problem: if the Tree God in front of him could so easily replicate his Aberration plant, wouldn't that mean the more he used it, the faster it would learn?
Can I still use Aberration plants?
If he were to use it, he would quickly learn it all, and I might not be able to delay until this " Pseudo·High Tier " falls out of the current state.
But if he doesn't use it, how can I stop him?
Cuiske steadied himself, and the armor on his body flowed, forming a broadsword in his hand.
Fight, just fight, hold this guy back, and buy time for Father's victory!
Some of the Holy Crusaders's training methods came from his compilation, and as a former cardinal candidate, Cuiske's close combat skills were not weak.
Ed was surprised to see the person in front of him adopt a hand-to-hand combat stance:
"No, what's the point of hiding it now?"
He could understand the choice Cuiske made.
Fearing that his Aberration plants would aid the enemy, the opponent only used a few of them to put himself into melee combat.
This move seems clever, but...
Ed raised an eyebrow:
"What kind of Aberration plants do you think I lack?"
Following the example of Cuiske's rapid plant growth, Ed activated all the Aberration plant species that were currently helpful in the battle.
Behind him, countless roots and stems sprouted.
From the initial collection of [ Deadwood Vine ] and [ Strangler Fig ], to the [ Parasitic Boston Ivy ] and [ Empathic Dill ( Green Tooth Headphones )] gathered after conquering town after town, to the [ Resilient Beechwood ] sponsored by Motley, the [ Blood-Seeking Pampas Grass ] brought by Nuolun, and even the [Antiaris Upas Tree ] and [ Forget-Sorrow Mint ] from the two archbishops Antiya Lisi and Luorui'er...
You probably have no idea how the outside world has changed, do you?
Ed looked at Cuiske and asked with a smile:
"If your recovery had been delayed by another six months or so, I might have come to see you with the Cardinal's Aberration plants..."
Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar Aberration plants behind Ed, Cuiske was once again deeply shaken.
But doubt also clouded his mind, and he looked at Ed and asked:
"You don't have the cardinals' plants? They wouldn't even give you their most prized possessions?"
"Ah, this..."
Ed nodded:
"Perhaps it's not what you think, I haven't actually met those three yet."
"So, strictly speaking, you are the first cardinal I have ever met."
Ed's smile twisted into a maniacal grimace, as if he were recalling some unpleasant past:
Hopefully, Sailesi is a bit more durable than you.