Ant Lord in the Star Realm
Chapter 872 - 646: Thousand-Year Tree (Part 2)
Dragon Cypress: "King Cypress, give it a try!"
The King Cypress did not say much, and a dark green beam shot out.
It flashed by.
The Ice Vortex Beast was left with a penetrating wound two centimeters in diameter.
The Ice State Vortex Beast of the Dragon Cypress, combined with the Frost Thorn Armor of the Silver Cypress, had no resistance at all.
Indeed, it was indefensible!
This was power at King Level, but not ability at King Level!
The insects and trees were filled with astonishment, discussing fervently.
Dragon Cypress waved its tentacle vigorously, signaling everyone to be quiet, and then asked: "King Cypress, can you fire multiple beams simultaneously?"
King Cypress: "Yes, but limited, and it depends specifically on the strength of the soul consciousness."
Dragon Cypress: "Shoot at the clearing, be careful not to hurt anything. Try to instantly unleash all the accumulated Primordial Energy."
"Alright—"
King Cypress locked onto the clearing a hundred meters away, and instantly, a series of dark green beams flashed past.
"Dragon Cypress, 100,000 Source Stones are gone."
"Excellent!"
Dragon Cypress: "King Cypress, the treasury still has two to three million Source Stones, right? Use them directly."
"Black Birch, lead ten thousand Specialized Blue Soldiers and set off to Red Banyan Mountain. Transport the Source Stones stored there... Make multiple trips and transport a total of one hundred million as backup."
"Problems solved by Source Stones are not problems. King Cypress, make sure to keep the Thousand-Year Tree fully energized daily, you can also practice releasing your abilities properly. From now on, the safety of Rainbow Island relies on you."
King Cypress said steadily: "No problem!"
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On the Rainbow Island side, Xianglan Peak's treasury holds three million Source Stones for daily expenses.
Everyone helping together, constantly, steadily breaking Source Stones to replenish Origin Force.
Various tests are conducted simultaneously.
King Cypress tries to activate the defense function granted by the 'Thousand-Year Tree.'
The underground roots, the branches above, coated with a thin layer of metal, the mental power sensing, formed by a mix of Exotic System, Wood Element, and Life Element Primordial Energy defense power, similar to the defensive power principle of Insect Clan Warriors.
The King Cypress hangs fruit that is nearing ripe for harvest, not daring to test the strength of the defense.
However, judging from the attack abilities granted by the Thousand-Year Tree, the defense should be comparable.
Then test the second function...
Spikemoss manipulates the mind, exuding numerous deep green metal-textured tentacles from the underground roots and branches above, freely retractable, can extend up to three hundred meters, can change thickness, can reach up to half a meter in diameter.
Move freely, more flexible than the tentacles of Insect Clan Warriors, can change shape and do many things. For example, the tentacle tips mimic the pincers of crabs, turning into claw shapes to remove surrounding weeds; another example, tentacle tips mimic Worker Ant mandibles, capable of picking up Source Stones, exerting force to crush.
An artifact designed specifically for plants.
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Continue testing attack capabilities.
Dragon Cypress activates the Vortex Beast Devouring ability, controlling the Whirl Beast around a hundred meters in length, changing four forms: Living Water, Dead Water, Biomimicry, Cloud Mist, deploying Hydrology Shield, Airflow Barrier, and other defensive abilities.
King Cypress launches beam attacks, trying one by one.
All were knocked down easily.
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Test attack distance again.
Accurate measurement, King Cypress's current mental power range is 5300 meters.
Where the spirit mind reaches, the attack is instantaneous.
However, this beam attack surpasses the mental power coverage, losing consciousness control, the Primordial Energy quickly collapses, becoming ordinary green light without any attack power.
Cannot attack far.
The attacks granted by the Thousand-Year Tree are invincible, but the range is rigidly limited to a radius of 5300 meters.
The range of plant spirit power is directly related to the scale of the tree body, the grander it is, the wider the spirit power coverage.
However, King Cypress's tree height, after surpassing 400 meters, grows slowly.
The current tree height is about 450 meters, growing only about 0.2 meters annually. This is still due to ample Source Stone supply, having Black Peach and a group of Specialized Green Ants releasing Flourish, Tranquility, and Red Crow Pattern abilities to assist.
King Cypress's tree body scale has reached the limit of the King Level, there is no way, no possibility of significant improvements in the short term.
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Spiked Cypress raised claws and proposed: "Great King, we need a major adjustment to our island defense strategy! In case of invasion, especially by Stone Hunt Blue Ants, we can fight and retreat, luring them into the territory of King Cypress. King Cypress activates the abilities of the Thousand-Year Tree, swiftly annihilate them!"
Azure Cypress said indifferently: "No need to lure. Stone Hunt Blue Ant Army attacks always with a Tsunami leading, the Ant Army rides the giant waves, lands behind the Tsunami, directly rushing into King Cypress's attack range."
Spiked Cypress countered: "What if they attack from the north of the island?"
Azure Cypress nodded the tentacle.
If they land from the north of the island, making a turn southwards to attack, it is not fighting and retreating, but swiftly packing up and fleeing with the Divine-Given Life Seed rooted in Azure Blue Reservoir.
Silver Cypress followed by raising claws, proposing: "Great King, think of a way to lure or compel the Kirin Beast Ant King to attack Rainbow Island!"
Spiked Cypress lamented: "So long, Blue Island has made no moves, what Great King and Second King analyzed earlier was quite accurate. That Kirin Beast Ant King indeed does not dare to act rashly, Blue Island dares not attack Rainbow Island impetuously."
Silver Cypress: "So, how about we deliberately release some information?"
Spiked Cypress: "Makes sense!"
Silver Cypress: "But, what information to release..."
"Ant silence! Ant silence! Listen to my analysis!"
The resourceful Black Yellow eagerly said: "If we release information, true or false, it can be categorized into two types: the first type, applying pressure to Blue Island, forcing them to attack Rainbow Island; the second type, showing weakness to Blue Island, letting them think we are easy to bully, naturally sending themselves upward."