Global Catastrophe: I Became the World Tree-Chapter 144 - 131 The Old Chinese Scholar Tree is Gone_1

Having broken through to the Fourth Order and possessing mental power, Ye Feng discovered that mental power could be used for attacking, aiding, and scouting, as well as other wondrous uses.

Such as controlling these roots to harvest Spiritual Energy.

Previously Ye Feng could only control up to 30 roots at a time for this delicate operation when harvesting Spiritual Energy.

But now with mental power, he could simultaneously operate 404 roots to harvest Spiritual Energy.

The speed, compared to before, was unimaginably faster.

In less than a minute, Ye Feng had already harvested Spiritual Energy from all the plants within his territory.

The Spirit Point reserves on the system panel were originally empty, but now they had soared to 1536 points in an instant.

Yes, this was the total amount of Spiritual Energy Ye Feng could harvest in an hour, and just yesterday, he was only harvesting 1000 Spiritual Energy Points per hour.

The reason for such a significant increase was mainly that the majority of the mutated plants had broken through to the Second Stage, plus the concentration of spiritual energy had increased by 20% compared to the very beginning.

All these factors together directly caused a surge in the amount of Spiritual Energy Ye Feng harvested every hour.

Otherwise, he truly wouldn’t have had enough Spiritual Energy to cultivate those contracted animals’ subordinates.

"Good, let’s begin to add points then!"

Soon, all the roots began to grow continuously, and a new round of enhancement started.

Although now Ye Feng needed a full 20,000 Spirit Points to break through a minor boundary, with his current harvesting speed, he could accomplish it in at most 13 hours.

And even that time could be shortened as his roots kept extending and the range of his territory augmented.

The entire night, Ye Feng was busy adding points, and aside from a few powerful mutated beings like the Mutated King Cobra, he did not infuse Spiritual Energy into any of the other contracted animals.

In this "energy-saving" mode, it took Ye Feng only about 11 hours, and by 5 o’clock in the morning the next day, he had finished adding points.

Ye Feng glanced at the system panel, where the length of his roots had increased from the original 1290 meters to 1690 meters.

And with the growth in the length of the roots, the amount of Spiritual Energy he harvested every hour naturally increased proportionately, reaching 2200 points.

"Good, now I can break through. I hope that after the breakthrough, the amount of Spiritual Energy harvested every hour can reach a level that satisfies me," said Ye Feng with some anticipation.

As the strength of his contracted animals continued to rise, the Spiritual Energy needed to fully support them was becoming increasingly frightening.

Even without counting Chen Dalong, the other Mutated Animals combined consumed 687 Spirit Points per hour.

And this was only taking into account the 27 Mutated Animals he had under contract whereas according to his plans, powerful predators like lions, tigers, leopards, and bears from the zoo were also intended for cultivation.

Even on a conservative estimate, the number of Mutated Animals needing cultivation would be well over 100. The thought of nurturing all of them to their full potential sent shivers down Ye Feng’s spine just considering the cost.

Before long, he shook his head, discarding these thoughts, and chose to break through.

"Ding! Please select a direction for enhancement."

Ye Feng, without any hesitation, continued to choose strength.

He soon entered the breakthrough state, his tree body began to grow taller, and branches incessantly sprouted out.

For his current size, the rapid growth was truly astounding.

It was just that at this moment, a thick fog began to envelop Sunset Valley, instantly concealing all the commotion. The only indication of the terrifying changes happening inside the valley was the constant rumble transmitting through the ground.

Time silently passed, and an hour quickly went by.

As the fog in the valley cleared, Ye Feng eagerly opened the system panel to check.

Host: Ye Feng (World Tree)

Tree Height: 385 meters

Trunk Width: 19 meters

Root Length: 1890 meters

Realm: Mid Stage Fourth Order

Evolution Points: 0/400 points

Special Ability: Devour, Capture, Evolution Fruit, Mental Power

Spirit Point: 30/3800 points

Bioenergy: 2500/3800 points

Power of Faith: 21320 points

"I’ve only been reborn for just over a week, right? My height is already nearing 400 meters. I really want to know what height I’ll reach in another month," muttered Ye Feng before directly skipping over the trunk width and looking at the root length.

"Nearly 2000 meters! I’m afraid after a few more breakthroughs, I can convert the entire Sunset Valley into my territory," Ye Feng exclaimed with some emotion.

Sunset Valley was not large, with a diameter of only about 5 kilometers.

Of course, since it was not situated right in the center but closer to the outskirts near the road, his location required that to encompass the entire Sunset Valley, the roots had to reach at least 3000 meters in length.

Besides the transformations within himself, what delighted Ye Feng even more was the enhancement of his "Ability to Control Heaven and Earth" as his strength further increased.

The range he could affect had improved from 10 kilometers to 15 kilometers.

Before, when he used his power to control heaven and earth, he could only reach the edges of the city, but now, if he wanted, he could even cover the entire western suburb of Yang City.

"I really didn’t expect such a surprise after the breakthrough. If my ability to control heaven and earth could spread 20 kilometers, I could directly cover my home and personally protect my family," Ye Feng couldn’t help but look forward to it.

After feeling satisfied with the changes in himself, Ye Feng took out his cell phone and started checking the news.

The current situation in Yang City was almost as he had predicted. By last night, they had already cleared the city of mutated beings.

What was left to do was to clear the corpses of the mutated beings and restore order.

Everything was proceeding in an orderly fashion. Now that one night had passed, at least 70% of the people had returned to their homes, and the rest could go home today.

The factories had also resumed operations, so one could say that order was initially restored.

"Chen Dalong’s security company is to perform its first escort mission today. Just to be safe, I’ll have the Mutated Wolf King lead the pack and escort them," Ye Feng said as he issued the command through the contract.

In the Donglin Mountain Range, the Mutated Wolf King was undoubtedly one of the strongest beings, and with it around, they were basically safe.

After looking through various news articles, Ye Feng got an update on the situation in Yang City, and then he casually opened the danger ranking.

Upon seeing the contents, he couldn’t help but laugh.

Because the first place on the danger ranking had been taken by the Mutated King Cobra, with the Mutated Wolf King in second place.

As for the Mutated Crocodile King, it had been pushed down to third place.

In addition, the mutated animals that had demonstrated their power at the zoo were mostly on the list.

For instance, the Mutated Buffalo was ranked tenth.

There were also Mutated Bats, Mutated Black Crows, and even Mutated Sparrows, all notable entities on the list.

"Tsk tsk! I feel like this danger ranking is an affirmation of the efforts I’ve made lately. Only when the mutated animals I’ve fostered take all the top 10 spots in the danger ranking, will it feel completely satisfying," Ye Feng remarked with a touch of emotion.

At the same time, his gaze kept moving down, and he quickly found himself in 50th place.

"This ranking is moving up pretty fast! I wonder how much higher I could go after I break through to the Fifth Order."

As Ye Feng was talking, he suddenly paused, sensing that he might have missed something.

Where did the Old Chinese Scholar Tree go?

He hurriedly scrolled up, but to his astonishment, he hadn’t missed it because of carelessness; the Old Chinese Scholar Tree that used to be on Small Phoenix Mountain simply wasn’t there.

He scrutinized the danger ranking twice more and still found no trace of the Old Chinese Scholar Tree.

"What’s going on? That shouldn’t be!" Ye Feng was full of question marks.

Normally, disappearing from the danger ranking meant either being squeezed out of the list or death.

Given the Old Chinese Scholar Tree’s previous ranking, it couldn’t simply have been pushed off the list.

But how could the Old Chinese Scholar Tree possibly have died? Other mutated beings might die in conflicts, but the Mutated Old Locust Tree had no natural predators!

Which mutated being would bother attacking a tree?

Moreover, if ordinary mutated beings approached it, it was unclear who would kill whom.

While Ye Feng pondered all the possibilities in his mind, he quickly scrolled through the webpage, looking to understand the situation in more detail.

Soon enough, he really found intelligence about the Mutated Old Locust Tree in a post below the danger ranking.

It was a satellite image with Small Phoenix Mountain as its location. On the mountainside, where the Old Chinese Scholar Tree used to stand, there was nothing but emptiness.

And this unusual sight immediately sparked a lot of discussion among netizens.

Goodness Like Water: "What happened? How can such a big Old Chinese Scholar Tree suddenly disappear?"

Injury: "Didn’t the Old Chinese Scholar Tree truly become sentient and walk away on its own?"

Gao Yifeng: "Are you joking? How can such a big tree walk? And even if it did walk away, there should be a huge pit left behind, right?"

Injury: "Couldn’t it be that the other side cultivated into a spirit and directly transformed into a human to leave?"

Ye Feng read through the comments, finding their speculations somewhat reasonable. Yet, upon closer thought, they couldn’t withstand any scrutiny.

"No, I need to investigate this."

Ye Feng immediately possessed a Mutated Sparrow and flew towards the direction of Small Phoenix Mountain.