Chapter 506 The Price of Evolution
Chapter 506 The Price of Evolution
The Azure Clan, as the race closest to the sky, has wings that are quite different from those of other races. The entire clan has a single wing, supported by a huge skeleton. When the wings are spread out, they are as smooth as silk, seemingly thin, yet incredibly tough.
Because of these wing conditions, they are naturally able to fly higher, longer, and farther.
Therefore, the Biluo clan, with the fewest members, guarded the largest territory of the entire clan, and has been able to do so with ease for thousands of years without ever making any mistakes.
This moment may be the greatest test the Biluo clan has faced since its founding.
A tall figure hovered in the air with his people. Below, on the open ground, insect corpses of various colors were scattered everywhere, and the lingering smell of rust still lingered in the air.
The news that the wisteria flowers in her hand had withered and the shadowy figure was about to attack would soon spread throughout the continent, but that was a matter for later. What she needed to do now was to protect her territory at all costs.
In just a short while, many dark shadows had gathered overhead, and an ominous aura permeated the air.
With arms outstretched and one hand gripping the bowstring, he aimed at the fastest-rushing black shadows, and the next second, a streak of light shot off the bowstring.
Light and darkness collide, each wanting to devour the other.
The battle quickly came to a conclusion, with the Stream of Light gaining a slight advantage and successfully scattering the shadowy figure.
The initial victory boosted everyone's confidence, and arrows carrying a streak of light were fired one after another, exploding into fireworks in the sky.
The wave of shadows was dispersed by the streak of light, and the air became crisp and clear. Before everyone could rejoice, someone suddenly looked up at the sky and exclaimed, "Look, they're coming again..."
Everyone looked up at the sound and saw an even denser shadow looming over them.
The darkness filled everyone's eyes, almost completely covering their original eye color, but it could not extinguish the light in their eyes.
Yunling remained silent, but once again raised the bowstring and pointed the arrow at the sky.
"Whoosh...whoosh whoosh..."
The shadowy attack was silent, and the resistance of the Biluo tribe was almost silent as well. Only the raised arms and the arrows that were never stopped witnessed that this war never stopped.
After two days and two nights of intense fighting, even those with exceptional physical abilities would inevitably feel exhausted, especially considering they had been continuously battling for the past two days.
In fact, after a day, most people couldn't hold on any longer, but no one complained of being tired.
Extending the arm, drawing the bow, shooting the arrow—the entire sequence of movements flows smoothly and has become muscle memory.
But there are limits to human beings. Yun Li looked at the black shadow that was almost right in front of him and he couldn't stop shooting no matter how hard he tried. He subconsciously wanted to raise his hand to shoot more arrows, but he found that his hands were numb and his body was too stiff to move.
As the dark shadows approached, Yun Li felt as if the sky and the sun were completely obscured, with almost no light visible.
When Yunling saw that some of her people were in danger, she was about to draw her bow to save them when a purple light suddenly flowed from the depths of the sky, heading straight for the dark figure that was about to envelop Yunli.
"Sizzle..."
When lightning meets a shadow, it is even more efficient than a stream of light; it almost instantly obliterates the shadow upon contact.
The sudden turn of events drew everyone's attention. A muffled thud sounded overhead, and Lei Xiu and his men appeared, accompanied by this background noise.
"Chief Yunling, are you all alright?"
The Thunder Clan members who came with Lei Xiu to provide support asked with concern.
Yun Ling shook her head. "We're fine. You arrived just in time."
"We'll take care of things from here, you all get some rest." Lei Xiu said, his hands still moving. The lightning he had just summoned seemed to be contagious, spreading along the shadowy path. Soon, the shadowy path intertwined with the purple light, and its encroaching pace slowed down.
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Ji Anxueyuan
Mushrooms grew one crop after another on the mother tree, and Lezhi was like a robot, absorbing each batch of dark mushrooms without caring whether his body could support it.
At first, the mother tree tried to persuade him, saying that Lezhi hadn't grown up yet, and that forcing him to grow too fast wouldn't do him any good in the future.
But Lezhi couldn't care less about that. "If we don't fight now, then the entire tree spirit race will have no future..."
“So it would be better if you just obeyed and merged with the seed to grow slowly. Anyway, the shadow can’t do anything to you. Then…” The mother tree tried to change Lezhi’s mind and got more and more excited as she spoke, but Lezhi interrupted her.
"When I wake up, I'll find that the Treant Clan and you have all been wiped out. I'll carry this deep-seated hatred and find a way to avenge you, and finally restore the glory of the Treant Clan. That's what you're thinking, right? Don't you think the plan is perfect?"
Although she could tell that Lezhi was being sarcastic, Mother Tree still wanted to salvage the situation, saying, "At least it's a little better than it is now..."
Waaaaah, I really can't beat this shadowy figure...
Lezhi: "…………"
Fool, didn't it realize from beginning to end that it never considered sacrificing him in its plan?
Even now, the mother tree is still thinking about how to keep him alive.
"Sigh..." Fine, even if it was all a conspiracy from beginning to end, he accepted it. Lezhi sighed deeply, admitting defeat at this moment.
"Lezhi, why are you sighing? Is your body reaching its limit..." The mother tree was still nagging, but Lezhi ignored it, closed its eyes, traveled through its sea of consciousness, and then came to the space.
With the replenishment of energy from the shadowy figure, the space is almost becoming a small world of its own, with an endless lake, dark soil, and various plants growing in it.
"Mother tree".
"what?"
Lezhi looked up and realized that, perhaps because he had absorbed too much black shadow at once and his body hadn't had time to process it, his pure white eyes had been stained by the shadow. The colored eyes actually looked more vibrant than before, and the current Lezhi looked more like him from his previous life.
"Can I help you evolve?"
Mother Tree: "!!??"
"How did you know... No, don't talk nonsense, how could that be..."
The ethereal voice was clearly flustered, and Lezhi suddenly guessed the truth, leaving Mother Tree at a loss for how to respond.
How could Lezhi know about this? It had never told anyone.
Judging from the mother tree's reaction, Lezhi knew he had guessed correctly again. Sigh, life is almost like a guessing game. "Okay, I was just talking nonsense."
He reached out and plucked the newly grown mushrooms off the mother tree. He and the mushrooms had worked so hard to restore the mother tree to some of its original appearance, but the dark shadows were spreading rapidly again.
We still need to find a way to give them the ability to resist the shadows; it won't work if he does it alone.
Fine.
"Lezhi, what are you doing?" the mother tree cried out in surprise. It felt an infinite surge of life force suddenly flowing into its body, and upon looking, it saw that it was indeed Lezhi.
"Stop! What good is your little bit of energy?"
"Oh, really?" Lezhi smiled. "I don't believe it."
As he spoke, he increased the output of his hands, and the energy in his body quickly ran out. Lezhi's lips turned a little pale, but he did not stop.
If the body's energy reserves can't keep up, then draw energy from the space—first the lake water, then the vitality of plants, and finally the land...
The small world that had finally begun to take shape collapsed inch by inch, all of which turned into energy that he injected into the already decaying shell of the mother tree.
"I've always wanted to know what I am..." The energy in the space was almost depleted, but Lezhi didn't stop and continued to supply it, so the boundless space began to collapse. "Later, I felt that it didn't seem important whether I knew what I was or not."
"What matters is what I can do."
"Crack..."
That was the sound of space shattering, audible only to the Mother Tree and Lezhi. "Lezhi, stop! Don't do this..."
Not only did Lezhi ignore it, but after draining his energy, he set his sights on the shadowy figure. The shadowy figure that had invaded the mother tree's body had just been forced to flee by its sudden surge of energy and was running around when it bumped right into Lezhi's hand.
As he absorbed the shadows, forcing his body to quickly convert them into energy and then send them to the mother tree, Lezhi had never felt so much pain. His entire body felt as if it was about to split open from the inside out.
"Lezhi..."
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