Chapter 553

Fortunately, he won in the end.

Soon,

the full view of the Tree of Life appeared in his field of vision.

"Wow!"

Shang Shang Yana's exclamation rang out from the badge.

"So beautiful."

"Beautiful? The monsters inhabiting it might be more numerous than anything you've ever seen," Li Yao laughed.

"Uh..."

"Not beautiful anymore."

Li Yao looked up at the towering tree with a smile.

The life energy was much less than the last time he came,

but the aura of monsters hadn't diminished at all!

The dandelion hadn't reached this far yet,

or perhaps

it felt that these monsters inhabiting the tree couldn't touch the mud on the ground and couldn't pose a threat to it, so it hadn't killed them.

Regardless of the reason,

his luck was good!

He could finish the tasks in the [Abyss Compendium] while he was at it.

"Flap."

Gainer-At flapped its wings, and Li Yao reached out to grip its scales.

The view shifted rapidly as the dragon shot upward.

Strange-looking monsters came into view.

Li Yao didn't let Gainer-At stop.

The monsters beneath these clouds were low-level and had no hunting value.

"Whoosh."

A fierce wind blew past.

The dragon pierced through the clouds.

Scorching energy erupted.

The moment it broke through the clouds,

a breath of dragon fire swept across like a ray.

The monsters preparing to ambush were instantly turned to charcoal.

A few treasure chests fell down.

Level 60 boss monster chests.

Li Yao found it hard to muster the desire to go down and pick them up.

The dragon flew at high speed.

The surrounding air gradually became thin,

but the life energy became increasingly rich.

As the altitude continued to rise,

monsters lurking on the mysterious tree began to appear at the Lord level.

Several chess pieces descended,

locked onto targets, rushed toward them, and began hunting!

[Hunt 0/400 Life Tree-dwelling monsters, obtain Ring of Life]

A rough estimate

was that there were over a thousand monsters here,

not to mention

the back of the giant tree, where Li Yao couldn't see.

Soon,

the system panel refreshed.

[Killed Lord-level creature, Wuluo Giant Mosquito, EXP +15%]

Oh?

That's not a low amount of EXP!

Li Yao was somewhat surprised.

The strength of the monsters here was actually quite average;

compared to monsters elsewhere, they just had terrifyingly high health.

"Is that the reason?"

"Whatever, forget it."

Originally, he had planned to kill four hundred and leave,

but now he thought,

missing even one would be a loss!

Gainer-At continued to speed toward the high altitude.

The faint connection with Xiao Bai gradually deepened.

Li Yao could be sure Xiao Bai was at the top of the tree!

Gainer-At dove into the clouds again.

If he remembered correctly,

above was the habitat of the [Raw Beast],

but he had casually killed it.

It was an unintentional success.

Xiao Bai's army had the ability to kill Overlord-level creatures,

but at this altitude,

only the Dragon-Blood Magic Worms counted as combat power.

If the Raw Beast were still there, Xiao Bai would have had a hard time seizing territory.

Passing through the clouds,

the night sky of the Abyss was different from Blue Star.

He didn't see any stars;

three 'moons' hung in the high sky, presenting a dull scarlet color.

The life energy contained in the air was still rich,

but precisely because of that,

Li Yao could easily feel the difference from when he came last time.

"So, unspeakable things are also attracted by life energy?"

"How much energy did that guy actually absorb?"

"No, that's not right."

"That guy's target was the Resuscitation Rice!"

"Going to such great lengths, it couldn't have been just for one plant!"

Li Yao picked up the badge. "Xiao Na, can you hear me?"

"Yes," Shang Shang Yana replied quickly.

"There's no danger on the island now. You guys drive the Silver Tree and search the island to see if there's any rice that looks like the corn I encountered before."

"Okay!" Shang Shang Yana's voice was very excited. "Since we're already on the island, can Student Li Yao wait for me later?"

"We'll take a group photo under the Tree of Life!"

It was clear that Shang Shang Yana had been planning this for a long time.

"No problem."

Passing through the clouds,

Li Yao let Gainer-At slow down.

With the cover of life energy,

it was hard for Li Yao to find Xiao Bai through perception;

he could only rely on his naked eye.

His current position was already close to the top of the tree,

where there were many tree crowns.

For a creature of Xiao Bai's size, if it wanted to stay here comfortably, it would definitely find a larger crown and inhabit the treetop.

Just like that,

under Li Yao's direction,

Gainer-At passed through one tree crown after another.

Li Yao took the opportunity to collect some energy from the leaves,

refilling the storage of the [Spirit-Devouring Wind Cloak] back to '99'.

Ten minutes passed,

and finally, on the other side of the Tree of Life, he saw countless 'black leaves'.

Perhaps because there was no food source,

the Dragon-Blood Magic Worms suppressed their life signs to the minimum, crawling on the leaves.

Looking from afar, it was as if the leaves had turned black,

shimmering with a faint, cold light under the moonlight.

Gainer-At flew toward them.

Many magic worms raised their heads, glanced at the giant dragon and the human on its back, then laid back down on the leaves.

Xiao Bai had branded them when they were born;

these two guys were on their side.

Entering the tree crown,

the life energy was even richer.

A milky-white worm, dozens of meters long, lay on a giant branch.

The worm also noticed Li Yao

and slowly raised its head.

Li Yao walked over and reached out his right hand to touch the worm's body.

A cold, emotionless voice rang out:

"Master, you've come."

"Have you been okay during this time? Hmm, you've lost a lot of weight," Li Yao laughed. Seeing Xiao Bai, the heavy stone in his heart finally landed safely.

"Not very well," as always, Xiao Bai's voice had no inflection. "A powerful existence descended on the island. I had to go against Master's wishes and, in a short time, devour all the food I could."

"Even so, I still lost a large amount of food."

"Moreover, except for the Dragon-Blood Magic Worms remaining here, all my soldiers were killed by it."

"It's okay, that guy wasn't something you could deal with."

Li Yao looked Xiao Bai up and down and asked suspiciously:

"By the way, didn't you say the more you eat, the bigger you get?"

"You ate so many bugs, why is your size not even as big as when I left?"

"Replying to Master, because of that existence's presence, if I bred too many soldiers, I would likely be discovered by it."

"Numbers cannot defeat it."

"I could only compress my energy as much as possible; losing some energy is better than being killed for nothing."

So that was it. Li Yao nodded in satisfaction:

"Just as well, too many bugs would be hard to take back to Blue Star!"

"Xiao Bai, I need your help. Come with me?"

"With pleasure."