Baby with Daoist Monarch System-Chapter 467 - 176: Wood Heart Harvest

The team’s strength improved, and everyone was happy.

Xu Ran immediately focused on the two of them, "How have you two improved?"

Zhu Yuheng, "Still the same as before, [Time Acceleration] and [Time Needle] each improved by one percent."

Tiger Girl, "I’ve mastered more of the Power of Time, and the energy consumption for the mass teleportation skill has been significantly reduced!"

Xu Ran nodded, "Hmm, not bad!"

Then he looked at Tiger Girl, "Tiger Girl, you probably absorbed too few Space Gems, which is why the enhancement is significant, but the more Space Gems you absorb, the less the improvement will be!"

Zhu Yuheng had previously absorbed a Time Gem as large as a house.

As they talked, the palm-like thorny vines slowly dissipated, and the green light on Tang Chichi also faded, with Tang Chichi landing steadily on the ground and opening her eyes.

Upon opening her eyes, she saw everyone around her, "Everyone’s here!" Tang Chichi exclaimed excitedly.

Xu Ran asked, "How’s the improvement this time?"

Talking about the improvement, Tang Chichi was even more delighted.

"The defense of the [Three-Phase Transformation Shield] has increased by ten percent, and the counterattack effect has increased by ten percent!"

Whoa!

Everyone was stunned by Tang Chichi’s words!

The enhancement was enormous!

You know, previously, when facing a Divine Level centipede with 19 million Qi Blood, she could endure it to death with her defense and counterattack.

Now, with defense increased by another ten percent, it’s even more unbreakable.

The main point is that the counterattack effect has also increased by ten percent.

Previously, the counterattack of the [Three-Phase Transformation Shield] was thirty percent, now it’s forty percent.

This means, as long as she’s not killed in one hit, she can return almost half of the damage to the enemy.

This effect is practically heaven-defying!

Keep in mind, whether it’s humans, Crystal Beasts, or the Resentful God, high attack usually means weak defense.

To let someone with weak defense directly endure forty percent of their own attack is as good as directly killing them!

After the excitement subsided, Xu Ran looked at Yuanyuan Dragon.

"Does Aries City only have one Divine Level treasure?"

Yuanyuan Dragon nodded, "Yes, the rest are Yue Realm Treasures!"

Yue Realm Treasures were not collected by them and would be left for future Cultivators.

Then, Xu Ran threw the Teleportation Array Stone Pillar to Yuanyuan Dragon.

"We still need nine more stone pillars to complete the Teleportation Array!"

Tiger Girl eagerly said, "Let’s head to the next city!"

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They walked until they reached a valley.

Looking at the valley before them, Xu Ran revealed a nostalgic look.

Tiger Girl noticed Xu Ran’s unusual expression and asked, "Big brother, what’s up?"

Xu Ran put away his nostalgic look and explained, "The first time entering a Catastrophe-level Contamination Zone was in a valley like this, where we discovered an Exotic Giant Wood and consumed its Wood Heart, reaching a million Qi Blood!"

Now, everyone understood what Xu Ran was talking about.

After all, although they hadn’t seen such Exotic Giant Woods in a Catastrophe-level Contamination Zone, they had cut down a hundred Giant Woods in the first Secret Realm and achieved the Yue Realm.

"I wonder if there are Exotic Giant Woods inside. If so, maybe it’ll help me officially break through ten million Qi Blood, truly reaching the Divine Level!" Xu Ran anticipated.

Tiger Girl was also eager, "What are we waiting for, let’s go in directly!"

She was equally curious about what was inside the valley.

After all, this wasn’t a Secret Realm; if there really were Exotic Giant Woods, there would be no restrictions here.

They could also gain a substantial enhancement here.

With that, they all went in.

As they entered, a rotten smell hit them.

Also, there were trails on the ground like car tracks.

"As expected!" Xu Ran said with a mild exclamation.

He couldn’t hide his excitement in his words.

Then, he looked up and around, a giant, petroleum-like contaminated pool was formed, and behind it, Exotic Giant Woods over a hundred meters tall rose high.

Standing over a hundred meters high, like a fifty-story building, the sight was immensely spectacular.

The waist of the Giant Woods required ten people to barely encircle it.

Being so large, the tree bark was solid by nature.

Underneath the solid bark, crimson Wood Hearts emitted a faint red glow through the bark.

Near the roots, there were spiraling patterns.

It was where the Beautiful Snake resided.

But as all Exotic Star creatures had vanished, the Beautiful Snake was no exception, leaving behind tracks of hasty escape and the lingering smell of decay.

The squad members also saw the Giant Wood Forest ahead. Although it’s slightly different from the Secret Realm, Xu Ran’s reaction showed that these Giant Woods could also provide them with significant cultivation.

But what were the tracks on the ground and at the roots? They didn’t know.

Tiger Girl pinched her nose, applied a [Little Purification Treasure Talisman] to herself, then pointed at the tracks on the ground and at the roots, and asked.

"Big brother, what are those tracks? Could they be vehicles?" 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Xu Ran laughed, "Those were left by the Crystal Beasts with snake bodies and human heads as they resided and escaped. The rotten air was also left by them!"

The group nodded, then focused on the Giant Wood.

"Big brother, do these Wood Hearts enhance our cultivation?" Tiger Girl asked again.

Xu Ran nodded, "That’s right; these Wood Hearts can also enhance cultivation!"

"However, these Giant Woods’ bark is extremely tough, and breaking it open will be somewhat challenging!"

These Giant Woods were more polluted than those in the first encounter, so the bark became tougher.

"You need to break it yourselves to obtain the Wood Hearts!"

The group nodded.

Through Divine Sense, Xu Ran sensed this Giant Wood area wasn’t large, just enough for the six of them to enhance their cultivation.

So, Xu Ran wasn’t going to help them. He wouldn’t want them to develop a habit of having everything handed to them on a plate.

Moreover, Xu Ran also needed this forest of Giant Woods to break through ten million cultivation and reach the Divine Level.

After instructing them, everyone started using their methods to strip the bark and obtain the Wood Hearts.

Except for Xu Ran, the others unleashed their full combat power, trying every method, but even then, struggled to peel off a sheet of bark.

Xu Ran, on the other hand, had a much easier time.

With a light pull of his knife, he easily broke the bark open, and the Wood Hearts were revealed.

One tree, two trees, three trees...

Ten thousand, twenty thousand, thirty thousand...

Soon, half a day had passed.

After intense harvesting by the "Miracle" squad, two-thirds of the Giant Wood Forest had been cleared.

By now, Xu Ran had collected two hundred Wood Hearts.

While the other five had long sat quietly on the ground, waiting.

It wasn’t that they wanted to give up; they simply had no way to keep breaking the bark.

Unlike the Secret Realm, there’s no number limitation here.

But as the number of peeled bark increased, so did the difficulty.

After collecting fifty Wood Hearts, they couldn’t even deal with tree bark fragments.

At this point, their Qi Blood Cultivation had reached 3.5 million.

Satisfied, they just gave up and waited for Xu Ran.

Seeing Xu Ran put down his knife, they quickly gathered around.

"Big brother (Xiao Ran, Captain), is it done?"

Xu Ran wiped the sweat off his forehead and said, "Yes, I’ve collected two hundred Wood Hearts, enough for my breakthrough to Divine Level!"

Hearing this, everyone jumped in excitement.

The Divine Level—no human had reached this level yet.

Furthermore, Xu Ran’s Divine Level would be different from the ordinary.

At 8 million, with various augmentations from squad members, he could slay a Supreme.

Once he achieved the Divine Level, he wouldn’t need any augmentations to do so!

Currently, based on the strongest form of the Supreme, Xu Ran was invincible in the world.

Even if two or three Supremes appeared at once, he wouldn’t flinch.

"Big brother, what are you waiting for? Absorb the Wood Hearts already! We can’t wait any longer!"

"Yeah, yeah!" they echoed.

Xu Ran nodded, "Alright!"

Upon hearing this, they retreated to the back.

Immediately after, the previously collected Wood Hearts floated into the air, suspended before Xu Ran.

"Refine!"

Xu Ran shouted in a low voice.