I woke up to find myself transmigrated into a disabled child.

Chapter 510 The Nourishment for Evolution

The dark shadow churned like boiling mist. Its powerless appearance, just cut by lightning, seemed like a dream. Now it truly revealed its ferocious face.

A wave of overwhelming darkness surged towards them, threatening to engulf Lei Xiu and his group, when the verdant branches arrived just in time, erecting a protective shield in front of them and successfully blocking the attack.

"Heh, do you think you, a little guy who hasn't even fully evolved yet, can stand up to me?"

"Whether it's possible or not, we'll only know by trying..." The changes in the newborn mother tree are comprehensive, from the inside out. For example, right now, she hasn't fully evolved yet, and her voice is still very immature.

The hoarse voice of the shadowy figure was in stark contrast to the scene before it; indeed, the current situation was that of a child wielding a sharp blade against an evil, dark-skinned giant.

Regardless of the odds of winning, you must first project an imposing presence.

Lei Xiu was well aware of the principle of not talking too much on the battlefield. He realized that the mother tree could protect them, so he became more and more reckless in his actions.

One beam of lightning after another; the self-torture he had endured at Zixiao Ridge, which had been rejected by Lezhi, finally took effect at this moment.

Seeing this, the mother tree was not to be outdone. Relying on its branches' immunity to electric current, it charged straight at the shadowy figure, throwing its punches like a madman trying to kill a master, aiming to hit the target rather than aiming accurately, catching the shadowy figure off guard.

Yunling continued to scavenge from the rear, determined not to give the shadowy figure any chance to retrieve the severed limbs.

The shadowy figure: "…………"

After this series of attacks, the shadowy figure had no choice but to shrink its energy range and compress its body, which was wrapped around the planet's surface. Otherwise, if they continued to defeat it one by one, it might actually succeed.

The cluster of dark shadows materialized into a pair of hidden eyes, fixedly staring at the planet radiating a lustrous light before them. The greed in their eyes not only did not diminish, but intensified.

Although it encountered unprecedented resistance, it did not come away empty-handed; it detected the scent of its nemesis on these little creatures.

Through the towering branches of the mother tree, the shadowy figure seemed to see the truth.

"You guys are good. You actually absorbed that guy's energy, which is why you were able to evolve so suddenly. I see, I see..."

Lei Xiu, who had been focused solely on attacking, suddenly paused upon hearing the black figure's words. "That guy?"

Who does it refer to?

The shadowy figure didn't notice Lei Xiu's unusual behavior; its focus remained on the mother tree. In its eyes, the mother tree was now nothing less than a sweet-smelling tonic.

Previously, it was just ordinary food, but with the power of its nemesis, it's different. By devouring them, it might be able to advance even further.

A greedy glint flashed in its dark eyes; it seemed to already see its future, more powerful self.

Since that's the case, then we have to get serious.

Before the mother tree could react, the dark shadow suddenly shot out several dark tentacles, which entangled with the mother tree's dancing branches, attempting to penetrate deep into the mother tree's body along the branches and completely take over its essence.

Seeing this, Lei Xiu summoned lightning to sever the connection between the dark tentacles and the shadowy body, then followed the tentacles to try to completely eliminate the threat.

But it was too late; some of the shadowy figures had successfully invaded the mother tree.

That wasn't all. Finding that this worked, the shadow kept shooting out tentacles, entangling the mother tree's branches from all directions. Once entangled, it didn't linger in battle. Even if its escape route was cut off, the remaining shadow would try every means to invade the host.

This is what makes the shadow so troublesome. Its attack methods are almost impossible to counter. Even the strongest defenses will be gradually eroded. Once it finds a crack, it will relentlessly invade the body, making it impossible to eradicate.

Unless... the host itself is not afraid of the shadow invasion.

Deep within the Ji'an Snow Abyss, it had already grown into the shape of a towering tree, but in reality, it was still an undeveloped mother tree. Upon discovering the invasion of the dark shadow, it panicked for a moment, fearing that its foundation would be destroyed before it could fully mature.

The result was that the newborn body was not afraid of the shadows, and its energy was even more solid than before.

Mother Tree: "…………"

So this is the correct evolutionary posture for it!

Having discovered the reason for its delayed evolution, the mother tree no longer retreated and began to roam freely on its branches outside the domain.

Seeing the mother tree's branches go berserk, Yun Ling and the others were initially surprised, but then they realized that if they could evolve, the mother tree could definitely evolve too. Perhaps the mother tree's new ability was to be unafraid of shadows.

Lei Xiu also thought of this.

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Lezhi wandered all over this universe, and whenever he saw a planet with suitable things, he would bring them back to Xiaomiao. The planet had first been ruled by the Zerg, so its resources were already scarce. In addition, the Shadow later devoured another wave, leaving it basically just an empty shell.

The little seedling didn't want to move. To accommodate it, Lezhi has been busy lately, moving around like an ant every day—except this ant is the strongest.

"I'm back……"

"Welcome back! Why did you take so long this time? Did you bring back any gifts?" Xiao Miao has grown to half a person's height and looks much stronger; at least she doesn't look like she would die if you pinched her.

Ever since Lezhi gave Dianguang a gift for the first time, Xiaomiao has been thinking about it. Every time she comes back from going out, Xiaomiao will ask about it and then brag to Dianguang for a long time.

Helpless, Lezhi gave the space stone he had brought back to Xiaomiao. Just as he was about to ask about the whereabouts of the lightning, his heart skipped a beat.

Suddenly turning around, black holes appeared in the void.

--coming.

"What's coming?"

"The guys who are hunting me..." came faster than he expected, but the planet was almost ready by then.

Within the black hole, wisps of dark shadows emerged, gradually coalescing into a misty mass, but it looked quite different from the previous shadows.

"What is this thing..." For the first time, the usually lively branches of the seedling were so stiff, and he also noticed that the dark shadow in front of him was different from before.

Lezhi slowly turned around, blocking the seedlings, and stared intently as the dark figure, having prepared itself, opened a pair of unique, unforgettable eyes.

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Regardless of what the tree spirits think, winning this battle against the mother tree is the most important thing.

With no worries about its invasion, the mother tree had nothing to do, and its branches swayed more and more merrily. As it continued to split and devour, the shadowy body visibly shrank considerably.

At first, the shadowy figure comforted itself, telling itself that what had left would eventually return with the spoils of victory, and that it would only become stronger then.

But as it waited and waited, the leaves on the branches turned from tender green to dark green, the electric grid cutting into its body became more and more intense, the sweet cake remained sweet, but it could not be eaten. By the time the dark shadow finally realized something was wrong, it was too late.

Only then did it realize that it had made a mistake.

"You're using me to evolve... How dare you do this!"

"What's there to be afraid of... hiccup~"

The mother tree, now possessing a youthful voice, let out a burp. It was still a little short of completing its evolution; once it swallowed this dark shadow, it should be almost done…

The roles of predator and prey appear to have been reversed.

But the shadowy figure didn't give up so easily. It couldn't do anything about the mother tree, but there were still so many ants to deal with!

The trajectory of the dark tentacles rushing towards the branches suddenly changed. In a flash, the tree spirits stranded in the universe were all enveloped by the shadow, and black mist invaded their faces and skin.