Global Catastrophe: I Became the World Tree-Chapter 422 - 267 Botany Essence and Spirit Stone_1

The Big Yellow Dog sprinted at a swift pace, dashing toward a clump of grass along the direction of the vines and arriving there in the blink of an eye.

However, after rushing inside, the Big Yellow Dog blinked in confusion because as it dug down following the soil, it found only vines and couldn’t locate the root at all.

Meanwhile, amid the Animal Legion’s formation, exactly nine vines broke through the ground, winding their way towards the weaker Mutated Animals.

In an instant, 3 Mutated Ants, 2 Mutated Mice, 2 Mutated Dogs, and some Mutated Wild Wolves met with disaster; their bodies were penetrated by the vines, and their life force was rapidly draining away.

"Impressive, it even knows how to feint one way and strike another and specifically targets the weaker creatures." Ye Feng’s eyes turned cold.

These animals had been caught off guard and successfully ambushed without Ye Feng having to arrange anything.

Now, having recovered from the surprise, the Elite Mutant Creatures in the formation sprung into action immediately.

Especially the fastest Mutated Cheetah, which had reached the emerging vines before they could find their next target after killing 9 Mutated Animals.

Its claws snapped out, unleashing over 300 tons of force, severing all the newly surfaced vines in a flash.

At this moment, all the Mutated Animals were vigilantly watching their feet, afraid that vines would shoot out from the ground the next moment.

Ye Feng also took control of the Mutated Wolf King, leaping to the center of the formation, his spiritual power probing directly into the soil below.

He quickly detected the traces of the vines.

But upon the spiritual power penetrating the soil, the probing range was severely limited, and he could only see to a depth of just over 100 meters.

"The root of the vines is nowhere near here," Ye Feng observed, looking in the direction from which the vines had come.

With a thought, he immediately issued orders to both the Mutated Big Yellow Dog and the Mutated Eagle.

The Mutated Big Yellow Dog began to run underground, chasing from beneath the surface.

The Mutated Eagle, on the other hand, flew up into the sky, using its keen vision to search from above.

However, the dense foliage of the forest greatly hindered its sight. Fortunately, the Mutated Eagle was not acting alone.

The Big Yellow Dog quickly searched underground, digging in the direction of the tree roots, effectively guiding the Mutated Eagle’s search from above.

After about three minutes, they found the main body of these vines in a valley about 2 kilometers away and killed it.

It wasn’t long before Ye Feng arrived with the main force.

He carefully examined the corpse of the vine; frankly speaking, it was the first time Ye Feng had seen a plant that could attack creatures.

"Judging from its overall strength, this vine plant must have reached at least the Fifth Order Peak."

"Moreover, it’s quite cunning. The vines can extend underground and attack silently. I’m afraid even a Sixth Order Mutated Creature would have trouble dealing with it."

"The question is, does it have any treasures inside?" Ye Feng mused while searching the body.

After the incident with the piranhas, he had come to understand some of the rules of the Land of Inheritance, where opportunity coexisted with danger.

Thus, conversely, dangerous things should also contain opportunities, just like the piranhas.

Soon enough, he indeed found a green crystalline object within a severed vine.

When Ye Feng stretched out a paw and touched the crystal, a stream of information entered his mind.

After digesting the information, Ye Feng instantly knew what it was, "So this is Botany Essence, containing a great amount of energy that can rapidly enhance one’s strength."

"Besides, different types of Botany Essence have different effects. The Botany Essence from this Bijuo Vine can quickly heal injuries."

He then ordered his subordinates to search swiftly, as each vine of this Bijuo Vine should contain a Botany Essence.

Sure enough, after a thorough search, more Botany Essences were found on several other vines.

Looking at the 10 Botany Essences in front of him, Ye Feng felt a hint of anticipation as he used a claw to pick one up and placed it into his mouth.

As the Botany Essence dissolved in his belly, he immediately felt a surge of vast, pure energy spreading to his limbs and bones, which also possessed a substantial healing capability.

But Ye Feng’s gaze bore a tinge of disappointment, "Absorbing one Botany Essence is only equivalent to absorbing 1000 Spiritual Energy Points, which seems a little less for the difficulty of the hunt."

Of course, he understood that if the rest of the Mutated Animals could get their paws on this, they would cherish it immensely.

Because the healing power of this object could certainly rival his Fruit of Life.

Unfortunately for him, the most important healing ability of the Botany Essence was of no use to him.

"To me, these 10 Botany Essences are only equivalent to 100 kiwi fruits, but they required so much effort to obtain—it’s somewhat disappointing," Ye Feng frowned slightly.

If he had been in the outer regions, the time spent could have yielded him at least a thousand kiwi fruits.

"However, according to the information just received, there should be more than one type of Botany Essence. I hope the ones to come won’t be disappointing."

Ye Feng murmured to himself and then continued to lead the team forward.

Next, they encountered two more attacks from the Bijuo Vines, but Ye Feng was prepared this time. His spiritual power was not only covering the surroundings but was also attentive to the underground.

Therefore, he was able to detect them in advance each time, allowing the vines to return without success, and then he dispatched the Big Yellow Dog and the Mutated Eagle to quickly locate and kill them.

Finally, after advancing nearly 5 kilometers, the team stopped once again.

A fruit tree had appeared before them.

The tree somewhat resembled a peach tree, especially its fruits which, aside from being more translucent and sparkling, were shaped much like peaches.

What’s more, there were a considerable number of these fruits. Ye Feng counted them and estimated there were no less than 800.

Even from a distance, he could feel the immense energy contained within these fruits.

"Seems like we really found something good," Ye Feng said excitedly.

However, he didn’t immediately go over, because he sensed a dangerous feeling nearby.

And what surprised him most was that the source of the danger was actually the dozen or so boulders in front of the peach tree.

Although it felt a bit odd, Ye Feng didn’t mind and continued to lead his team forward.

When they came within 500 meters of the peach tree, the 15 boulders began to tremble slightly and then, to Ye Feng’s astonishment, they came to life.

To be more precise, they transformed into rock monsters.

Some turned into Rock Giant Apes, others into Hellhounds, while some grew wings and became Two-winged Monsters. There were even some that took on a human form, complete with weapons.

As he looked at the 15 rock monsters before him, Ye Feng soon got over his initial surprise and felt they were no big deal.

Because the aura emanating from them was only at the Fifth Order Peak, they posed no threat to them at all.

Roar!

The rock monsters took the initiative to let out a furious roar, then charged at the Animal Army.

Ye Feng didn’t even budge and simply sent out a group of elite mutated creatures to suppress them in combat.

Although it was a one-sided fight, Ye Feng’s expression turned serious as he watched.

"These rock monsters really are quite tough; their defensive power must be at least comparable to that of the Sixth Order!"

"And they seem to have no weaknesses. Even with their heads pierced through, they can move normally."

Even though his elite mutated animals clearly outmatched the monsters in terms of speed, strength, and defensive power, it took them a full minute to dismantle the rock monsters into pieces before the battle was over.

"Although these rock monsters are only Fifth Order, even a Sixth Order Mutated Creature would probably find it difficult to kill them."

Ye Feng advanced and started rummaging through the corpses, indeed finding something special.

It was a diamond-shaped crystal stone the size of a chicken egg.

Ye Feng stretched out his claw, and almost immediately, a stream of information entered his mind.

According to Ye Feng’s guess, this method of information transfer must be a special feature of the Land of Inheritance, designed to allow those who come here to understand the use of each item.

"So this is a Spirit Stone, a cultivation resource from Ancient Times, that can also be used to drive Formations, or Puppets."

Ye Feng looked at the pile of rubble before him; these must be the so-called puppets.

He also carefully sensed the Spirit Stone he held and discovered that it housed roughly 10,000 Spiritual Energy Points.

With a thought, he tried absorbing it immediately.

"Just as the information described, the Spiritual Energy within is very pure, using it to cultivate is indeed much faster, but at most, it’s on par with my Spirit Fruit."

So while this thing would be an invaluable treasure for others, for Ye Feng, it was just so-so.

Of course, if later on he could find Formations within these Ancient Ruins, or a method to create Puppets, that would be a different story.

Ye Feng collected these Spirit Stones. Inside the stone puppets, he found 3 Spirit Stones each, so 15 puppets yielded 45 Spirit Stones for Ye Feng.

Even if he was only to absorb them for their Spiritual Energy, that would be 450,000 points, which was pretty good.

Of course, what Ye Feng cared about most was the peach tree before him.

He controlled the Mutated Wolf King, and with a blink, he appeared in front of the peach tree and plucked a peach.

Quickly, information entered his mind, and to his surprise, the fruit was actually called a flat peach.

Of course, the effects were nowhere near as exaggerated as the legendary flat peaches, but according to the description in the information, creatures below the Seventh Order could greatly increase their Realm just by eating one flat peach.

"Increase Realm? I have to see just how effective it really is," Ye Feng muttered to himself, and then popped the flat peach into his mouth.

The next moment, he felt a surge of immense and pure energy spreading throughout his body.

After a brief estimation, his eyes couldn’t help but widen; consuming one flat peach equated to absorbing 10,000 Spiritual Energy Points.

To think that 10,000 Spiritual Energy Points could allow a Fourth Order Mutated Creature to break through a Minor Boundary.

As for Third Order Mutated Creatures, half a flat peach would enable them to leap an entire Big Realm, moving directly from Third to Fourth Order.

"It really can cause a significant increase in one’s Realm!"

Ye Feng’s gaze heated up as he looked at the entire flat peach tree laden with roughly 800 flat peaches.

What he wanted to know most now was how many more of these flat peach trees there were in this central area.