Ant Lord in the Star Realm-Chapter 653 - 574: Silver Cypress Year 1_3

Spiked Cypress: "Understood!"

Spiked Cypress: "Great King, I'm a full-time combat Gigantification Soldier Ant."

"Alright, I won't make things hard for you."

Dragon Cypress leaped down and called out, "Let's keep eating."

...

The gathering ended.

Insect Worker distribution adjusted.

Silver Cypress, Fragrant Cypress, and Black Sophora will reside long-term at Xianglan Mountain.

Spiked Cypress, Round Cypress, and Black Persimmon will reside long-term in the Purple Tung Insect Nation, with Giant Cypress temporarily residing there as well.

Cypress, Black Birch, and Tie Bush will first go to Swinging Leaf Island, then clear 10 mu of land on the island to plant a batch of Zhibai Trees. By the way, the fruit trees on the island could use some pruning as well.

Black Leaf, Black Peach, and Black Cory keep their tasks unchanged, in charge of White Lotus Lake, Molan Mountain, and Southern Sour Jujube Mountain respectively.

...

That winter, there was nothing else to do. Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid stayed at Southern Sour Jujube Mountain for two months.

With early spring, time officially arrived at Silver Cypress Year 1.

Dragon Cypress brought Black Persimmon, Black Cory, and Black Leaf along to continue the Silver Cypress tree transplant work at Xuelan Mountain and Banlan Mountain.

Spring was in full bloom.

The Flame Spider Roving Merchant delivered the Divine-Grade Fruit carrying a Fire Talent as promised.

Oval-egg shaped, magma-red with black Origin Force patterns.

The shell was wood-like and scaly. After peeling it, there was a brownish-red kernel inside.

Completely impossible to tell what kind of plant produced this.

If you can't identify the plant species and it doesn't even have a name, there's no way to trace its source.

Many insects, many tribes, don't want their good things made public, and fear it even more if word spreads to every insect.

Dragon Cypress didn't pry; after a simple check, he ate it directly.

A bit of simple preparation, then he entered the sleep of evolution.

After awakening, he shed his old shell, and his new shell quickly hardened.

Age 6 Lord.

He silently sensed the Origin Force in his body. Delight flashed in his heart.

It's done!

Dragon Cypress turned, unscrewed the metal can prepared at his side, took a couple quick licks, took out a giant metal case, opened it, and buried his head, spitting out the Elephant Foot King Orchid Divine-Given Seed he had nurtured. With a flick of his tongue, he swept the King Cypress Divine-Given Seed into his Life Pouch.

After a brief perception, he realized, once it entered the Life Pouch, its rate of absorbing Primordial Energy was more than ten times that of a normal Divine-Given Seed.

Correspondingly, nurturing it into a God-Given Life Seed took more than ten times the effort.

With the help of the Dominating Throne, it's no problem.

Dragon Cypress stowed the metal case, leaped down, and headed out of the Ant Nest.

"Dragon Cypress, how did it go?"

Ink Orchid, guarding the entrance, sensed movement. Pushing aside the door panel blocking the entrance, he asked.

"Successfully awakened the Fire Talent!"

"What about the abilities?"

"Looks like... only two."

"Hurry and try them!"

"Shandong Reservoir."

Together they left the nest and climbed up the ridge.

Dragon Cypress: "The first ability is the usual one—everyone with Fire Talent gets Fire Control."

Ink Orchid: "Oh..."

Dragon Cypress: "The second ability..."

"Ink Orchid, you should step back."

As Dragon Cypress spoke, he spread his membranous wings and waved, driving away a few Specialized Ants following him. He walked to the reservoir embankment, gathered his focus, built up for a few seconds, and the Fire System Primordial Energy surged through his body, then burst all at once.

With a whoosh,

thick magma-red flames covered Dragon Cypress's entire body.

Scorching heat radiated all around, making the lake water in front boil and steam.

With a sweep of his wings, Dragon Cypress hurled a massive burst of flames that shot straight toward the center of the reservoir. A series of thunderous explosions rang out.

"Wow!"

Ink Orchid raised his front legs high and jumped, shouting, "Great King mighty! Great King mighty..."

Ink Orchid paused, then exclaimed, "Dragon Cypress, this flame ability is powerful! So flashy!"

Dragon Cypress: "..."

Dragon Cypress: "Ink Orchid, step back even further. Watch out for stray fire."

With that, he flapped his wings and took off, spiraling down to the center of the reservoir.

After a quick buildup, his aura shot up, and with a huge boom, Hundredfold Strength and Furious Rage activated together. The flames coating his body burst in all directions. In an instant, the entire reservoir was boiling under blazing heat.

Ink Orchid: "!!!"

Ink Orchid: "Dragon Cypress, your Strength System Furious Rage really is omnipotent, works with anything!"

"Not bad—"

Dragon Cypress let out a long sigh and said, "Furious Rage and the newly awakened Fire System abilities both look impressive, but they burn through Primordial Energy like crazy, so they're actually not very practical or versatile."

Ink Orchid: "Well, you can strengthen and refine them through training."

Ink Orchid: "Is the new ability called 'Flame Body'?"

Dragon Cypress: "..."

Noticing the commotion, Silver Cypress, Fragrant Cypress, and Black Sophora rushed over.

Dragon Cypress instructed them to hunt, and held a small banquet to celebrate.

Once they'd eaten and recovered, the Dominating Throne carried Ink Orchid on a night journey to the Areca Rainforest, to plant the Elephant Foot King Orchid Divine-Given Seed first.

One day later, the seed took root and sprouted.

Three days later, the seedling grew just over twenty centimeters tall, and the whorled leaves unfurled.

A tropical, semi-herbaceous plant with a clumping growth pattern—growing at lightning speed.

After half a month, the seedling grew into a small sapling just over a meter tall. Its oldest whorled leaves fell off, and the stem near the roots began to swell and thicken.

Dragon Cypress carefully controlled his strength, activating Flourish and Tranquility Abilities to help it grow.

At the same time,

Ink Orchid wasn't idle either, wandering the forest each day to collect various plant and animal specimens.

After more than three years of development, the Red Leaf Rain Tree Divine-Given Seed had now grown into a towering tree over forty meters high.

Ink Orchid began teaching, starting with real specimens, helping Red Leaf learn to identify things.

...

Ink Orchid stayed behind alone in the Areca Rainforest, also taking care of the Elephant Foot King Orchid Divine-Given Seed.

Dragon Cypress hurried to the Purple Tung Insect Nation, transported the Silver Cypress saplings cultivated there to Cold Orchid Mountain and Banlan Mountain, and had Black Leaf and Black Persimmon command the ant swarms to plant them.

They finished all the transplanting before the heat of early summer.

The optimization and iteration work for the new generation of Silver Cypress trees was complete.

When Dragon Cypress returned to the Areca Rainforest, the Elephant Foot King Orchid had already grown into a tree over 3 meters tall.

Ink Orchid would continue to tend to it.

The development of Fragrant Silk Island could not be delayed any longer.

Dragon Cypress rested for two days before setting out again.