Chapter 549

"Flap!"

The giant dragon flapped its wings,

flying rapidly at low altitude.

Target:

The far north region, the Tree of Life!

As he continued to go deeper,

there was still no movement around him.

Li Yao expanded his domain;

the water grass was covered by the gradually spreading chessboard.

Facing an unknown creature,

Li Yao maintained sufficient vigilance.

He needed Gainer-At to travel,

and the chessboard could keep Gainer-At from dying.

Just then,

Li Yao suddenly sensed a rich life aura.

This feeling

was just like when he was on the canopy of the Tree of Life before.

But the Tree of Life was clearly still some distance away.

As he gradually approached the source of the life aura,

he noticed a small area of the swamp a few hundred meters away that had no water grass.

It was circular, about ten meters in diameter,

with clear shallow water underneath.

In the middle grew a plant similar to wheat, and the fruit that grew at the top was an unknown object similar to corn.

The kernels were snow-white, each one distinct.

The life aura was emanating from this 'corn'.

He could guarantee

that this plant absolutely did not exist on the previous Lost Continent.

Li Yao had Gainer-At slow down

and approach this plant.

A plant with such a rich aura appearing abruptly in the middle of the water grass—

he didn't need to use his brain to know that this was that guy's handiwork!

A hundred meters, fifty meters, twenty meters...

The closer he got, the more cautious Li Yao became, preventing any ghost thing from suddenly jumping out.

However,

when he reached out to touch this unknown corn, still nothing happened.

Li Yao felt it was even more strange.

In such a large swamp,

a plant that was obviously not simple, he took it into his hand, and yet there wasn't even a shadow of anything?

Li Yao didn't believe it.

"Snap."

The unknown corn was snapped off by Li Yao.

He tried using [Staff - Crystal Ball].

[Resurrection Rice (Prop)]

[Quality: SR-level]

[Effect 1: Consuming it can significantly increase lifespan.]

[Effect 2: Consuming it for the first time can permanently increase stamina attribute by 5%.]

[Introduction: The final bloom of the Tree of Life.]

"Lifespan, permanently increasing attributes..."

Without a doubt,

this thing was the rarest spiritual object he had ever seen!

Li Yao put it into the newly acquired storage ring.

Everything he obtained in the Abyss,

Li Yao intended to put into this ring.

"The final bloom, this introduction is somewhat intriguing."

"Because of that guy's appearance, the Tree of Life is about to wither?"

Thinking more was useless;

once he reached the Tree of Life, he would know everything.

"Flap."

Gainer-At flapped its wings and flew into the sky.

The outline of the Tree of Life had already faintly appeared in his field of vision.

"To be able to see the full picture from this position

means that this island has been leveled by that thing.

The forest should also no longer exist."

Suddenly,

Li Yao's pupils constricted.

In this instant,

he felt an unprecedented sense of threat.

There was no movement or sound,

but Gainer-At's dragon head and body slowly separated,

turning into a blue phantom and drifting to the periphery of the chessboard.

Li Yao soared into the air,

looking down at Gainer-At's headless corpse slowly falling below, his face showing shock.

If he didn't have the [Chess Player] talent,

then his current fate would be no different from Gainer-At's.

"That guy has already come."

"I just can't find it."

Li Yao landed in the swamp; the surroundings were terrifyingly quiet.

"Huff, huff, huff." His breathing was the loudest sound in this swamp.

Without knowing when,

a thin thread coming from nowhere wrapped around Li Yao in an extremely gentle posture.

Li Yao couldn't feel it, couldn't see it,

but that sense of threat that went straight to his crown appeared again.

"Zheng!"

A low bell chime rang out.

On the surface of Li Yao's body, a pale yellow shield appeared.

The skill [Shield Protection] attached to the Verdant God Waist Guard.

Adds a shield to a friendly unit, with a shield value of 2000% of the spirit attribute.

The moment the shield appeared,

its surface immediately twisted,

and with a 'snap', it turned into fragments filling the sky.

[-]

Li Yao's normal spirit attribute was over ninety thousand;

this damage value simply cleared the shield instantly.

"In other words, I died once again?"

The thin thread that was gently shaking seemed to pause for a moment,

wondering why the prey hadn't been killed yet.

The next second,

the thin thread rioted.

It no longer hid its figure.

Li Yao's gaze fixed as he saw the thin thread in the air beside him, shaking in a wave-like manner and rushing toward him at extreme speed.

"Swish!"

Li Yao retreated violently.

The thin thread moved the whole body with a single pull;

countless thin threads emerged from the surrounding swamp, all heading toward Li Yao.

"So many?"

"With this quantity, I'm afraid it doesn't want to kill me,

but to imprison me!"

"Shackles, designate Kai'Sa!"

In an instant,

Li Yao's agility attribute soared.

With the crisis at hand,

Li Yao didn't retreat but advanced, dodging the first thin thread and rushing to the unknown plant that bore the Resurrection Rice.

He was intentionally provoking the thin thread.

To reveal its figure so easily—

if the thin thread had consciousness, it was definitely the type that was easily provoked.

He grabbed the plant and then sped forward.

His feet stomped hard, and he leaped into the air.

Facing Li Yao, who was rising rapidly, the rioting thin threads turned back and charged straight up.

The speed was so fast

that it even surpassed Li Yao, who was linked to Kai'Sa!

Behind this thin thread,

it was as if the entire space was twisting in waves;

thin threads filled the sky, covering this entire area!

And the thin thread charging at the very front had already appeared in his field of vision.

At this moment, it was as if time had stopped;

there was only the twisting body of the thin thread.

It was extremely fast, yet it wrapped around his legs in a gentle manner.

The scarlet mask on Li Yao's arm suddenly erupted with scarlet light.

The next moment,

all attributes increased by 50%,

and dynamic vision increased by 200%.

Just as the thin thread was about to close in,

Li Yao disappeared with a 'swish'.