Ant Lord in the Star Realm-Chapter 647 - 572 Divine-Given Overlay_3

The other was a tightly nestled, plump flower bud.

Dragon Cypress bowed his head, falling into a tangled contemplation.

Ink Orchid, Spiked Cypress, Silver Cypress, and Giant Cypress saw this and, all at once, understood Dragon Cypress's thoughts, holding their breaths.

Azure, Black Yellow, and Southern Gorgon also quieted down.

Tie Bush looked left, then right, then lay down low.

In fact,

there was still a riskier option: to keep only the flower bud already showing Origin Force traits, confirmed to have the potential to nurture a Divine-Given Seed.

—Could a flower bud that already has Origin Force fluctuations still trigger a Law Divine-Given?

—If it could trigger a descent of Law Divine Power, then, could the powers stack, life be sublimated, and thus give birth to a Divine Grade?

No one was certain; it needed to be tested.

If the answer to all was 'yes,' then they would successfully obtain a Divine Grade.

But,

if a flower bud already with Origin Force fluctuations could not trigger a Divine-Given, then there would still be a chance to get a Divine-Given next spring when it bloomed.

So it would still be two Divine-Given Seeds.

The loss would be a single chance at a Divine Grade, though, in theory, its probability was tiny. But it was still a chance nonetheless.

If the flower bud already showing Origin Force fluctuations could trigger Law Divine-Given and Law Divine Power was bestowed, but could not mutate again, nor sublimate life, nor yield a Divine Grade, then only one Divine-Given Seed would be obtained.

That would be equivalent to losing a Divine-Given Seed.

And what they might lose was most likely a top-level Divine-Given Seed.

This loss was somewhat unbearable for Ling Chong.

—Actually, once evolved to King-Level, in terms of Source Stone reward alone, many top-level Divine-Given Seeds are not inferior to some Divine God-Given Seeds.

—A truly difficult decision~

After wrestling for ages, Dragon Cypress still couldn't decide, and raised his head to ask, "Second King, what's your view?"

Ink Orchid: "How about..."

Having grasped the stakes, Ink Orchid too hesitated, not daring to make a rash decision.

Suddenly inspired, Ink Orchid suggested:

"This brand new cypress variety was cultivated by the diligent and clever Fragrant Cypress; the choice should be Fragrant Cypress's to make."

The hardworking Fragrant Cypress nearby was called over.

Fragrant Cypress: "..."

Fragrant Cypress pondered for a moment, then asked, "Great King, do your promised rewards still stand?"

Dragon Cypress: "What rewards?"

Fragrant Cypress: "If I cultivate a top-level Divine-Given Seed, the reward is doubled. If I cultivate a Divine God-Given Seed, ten times the reward!"

Dragon Cypress: "Of course! When has your Great King ever gone back on his word?"

According to the reward rules, if Fragrant Cypress cultivated a Divine-Given Seed, the base reward would be as high as 500,000.

Tenfold would be five million!

Fragrant Cypress: "Great King, Second King, how about we go for it? While ordinary Divine-Given Seeds are rare, opportunities are everywhere—we have chances every year. In the future, we'll definitely obtain plenty, and certainly some top-level ones among them. On the other hand, a Divine God-Given Seed is vanishingly rare; an opportunity like this may not come a third time in our lives!"

Ink Orchid: "Fragrant Cypress is right!"

"Fragrant Cypress is right!"

"Let's gamble! Tenfold reward!"

Spiked Cypress and Silver Cypress strongly agreed, already celebrating as though the reward had arrived.

Dragon Cypress gravely nodded his tentacle and said, "Then it's settled, we'll take the gamble."

Dragon Cypress waved his tentacle to issue the command.

The small Worker Ants clinging to the flower branch moved, carefully clipping off one flower bud.

The other ants kept working; very soon the cypress forest clearing was cleaned, leaving only one small flower emitting a faint Origin Force fluctuation.

Night fell.

No one had the appetite for food tonight.

Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid, with a group of ants, stood at the edge of the clearing, heads raised to the night sky, not saying a word, not moving a muscle, quietly waiting.

In the deep of night,

a glimmer of white lit up the black sky.

A stream of vast Divine Power poured down from the heavens, flashed, and struck right onto the white flower bud in the woods, which was already radiating Origin Force fluctuations.

"Is it done?"

"Did it work?"

"Wow!"

"Second King, take a look!"

...

The group rushed toward the cypress forest.

Ink Orchid was the fastest and in a flash was under the tree, looking up.

Dragon Cypress soon followed, focusing his perception, heart filled with joy.

It was obvious—compared to daytime, the Origin Force fluctuation from the bud on the tree was ten times stronger, rapidly absorbing the Natural Primordial Force.

Ink Orchid: "Dragon Cypress, it looks like we... we did it?"

Dragon Cypress: "It seems so."

"We did it!"

"Success!"

"Congratulations, Great King!"

"Felicitations, Great King!"

"Second King, you are wise!"

The whole ant group cheered.

"Wait, isn't that odd?"

Ink Orchid wondered aloud, "If I remember right, last time, when Senior Orchid and Junior Orchid were still flowers, their Origin Force fluctuations showed no difference."

Ink Orchid: "Isn't this flower absorbing Natural Primordial Force a bit too quickly?"

The celebrating ants stopped in their tracks.

It did seem that way!

After a brief silence,

Dragon Cypress was the first to say, "The Divine-Given came as wished, Law Divine Power stacked, and the bud has clearly changed! That's an excellent sign! At least, this is ninety-nine percent done—once the seed is nurtured, we'll know for sure, won't we?"

Dragon Cypress added, "Most likely, this will be a particularly formidable Divine Grade!"

—Right!

—Great King is correct!

—A Divine God-Given Seed!

The ants cheered again.

Azure, Southern Gorgon, and Black Yellow sensed something happening and projected their spiritual power over.

Spiked Cypress and Silver Cypress scrambled to explain the situation to them.

Dragon Cypress called out, "Fragrant Cypress, this flower bud is absorbing Origin Force too quickly. Hurry up the mountain and bring down a batch of Source Stones!"

"Understood, Great King!"

Fragrant Cypress dashed toward the South Mountain Ant Nest.