Chapter 2347

But it seemed it really wasn't for attacking—rather, it was because the vines were too long and too heavy.

The two vines didn't retract; instead, they drew together and merged.

At the same time, they stretched toward Zhao Chi again, as if wanting to get close to him.

Immediately after, two more vines slammed down, still landing ahead.

The new vines merged together with the previous two.

Then another two vines.

Quickly, ten vines fell one after another, merging into a five-meter-wide "vine raft."

At this moment, the raft extended forward, reaching right beneath Zhao Chi's feet.

"Creak!"

The giant tree cried out again.

Zhao Chi guessed this was meant to invite him aboard.

At this point, Zhao Chi already felt basically at ease.

It seemed the giant tree let the vines fall two by two instead of all ten at once precisely to signal safety, to put Zhao Chi at ease.

Since that's the case…

Zhao Chi stepped onto the vine raft.

The next second, the vines contracted, and Zhao Chi shot upward along with the raft.

In the blink of an eye, he reached an altitude of 200 meters.

Looking down from this height, the four-meter-tall Tang Ruan and Qi Yue had shrunk to the size of ants.

The entire dim rift space was laid out in full view.

From this height… falling would probably kill him, right?

Maybe not—he now had the Soft Body Gene, so he wasn't afraid of falling. And he still had plenty of health…

While he was thinking, the vines approached the giant tree.

Quickly, they pressed against the trunk.

Looking at the sky from this position, he couldn't see it at all.

On the ground, calling this giant tree's canopy "blotting out the sky" was just a figure of speech—but now… it was literally happening.

As far as the eye could see, there was nothing but thick branches and broad leaves.

Ahead were forked limbs.

The thick main trunk split into a great many limbs from here—dense and packed, every one of them.

But the vines had already stopped, and there was no other movement; it seemed to want Zhao Chi to climb up.

Zhao Chi held onto a limb and stepped onto the giant tree.

Zhao Chi walked and looked around as he went, but by the time he reached the middle of the tree, he hadn't noticed anything unusual.

"Creak!"

At this moment came another tree-roar.

Immediately after, a half-meter-thick green branch suddenly dropped down from above.

This was the giant tree's original color.

The contrast with the current dark purple was striking.

Zhao Chi looked at that green branch, somewhat puzzled.

What is this for?

Just as he thought that, the branch suddenly snapped and fell, and inside the broken branch was a basin-sized enormous seed.

Right after, the branch extended to Zhao Chi.

This is… for me?

Zhao Chi immediately took it out.

【You have obtained item: Eternal Tree Token ×1】

Holy shit!

A token!

Eternal Tree!

This freaking thing is an Eternal Tree?!

Isn't it an Ancient Giant Tree?

No, no…

This tree isn't the same one as before.

It's far thicker than the previous one, and far more lush.

After he had just irrigated it with a massive amount of blood, the entire tree had begun to glow.

Then it grew explosively.

The experience of being launched into the sky by tree roots that had suddenly burst out was still vivid in his mind…

And when Ren Yunchuan had summoned the Ancient Giant Tree earlier, the seed he threw out was only palm-sized.

But this seed was basin-sized.

Clearly not the same tier.

So…

It seemed the earlier guess about advancement was true—this tree had advanced from an Ancient Giant Tree to an Eternal Tree.

This giant tree had advanced by absorbing his blood?

Is my blood really that nutritious?

I'll ask Qi Yue later—she used to eat it almost every day, so she should know.

"Thanks!"

Zhao Chi patted the great tree.

Whether it was because Zhao Chi had saved it, or because Zhao Chi Gang had helped it advance, at the very least it counted as a return gift.

This is definitely a good thing.

Although the movement speed of this summoned great tree is very slow, its attack power isn't top-tier, and its attack method is also very single-minded, its defense and vitality are just too strong.

It's absolutely the meat shield among meat shields.

It's simply even better than the Bone Dragon's token.

Very nice!

After Zhao Chi thanked it, he hugged the enormous seed and headed back, but upon reaching the tree's edge he didn't see the vines that had joined together into a raft.

There were none around.

Surely it can't be expecting me to jump down on my own...?

Zhao Chi braced himself against the trunk and leaned out to look.

A height of 200 meters...

Even with the Soft Body and Hard Skeleton genes, my legs would definitely break, right?

My spine might break too.

How thrilling...

No!

No, no, don't be reckless...

Tang Ruan's masochistic talent is really too dangerous...

Tang Ruan can go courting death, but Zhao Chi can't...

Fortunately, reason is still online.

Otherwise, once Zhuang Ya's sadistic impulse kicks in, I'd really jump down...

Let me look again, there should be another way.

Since this Eternal Tree could give Zhao Chi a token, it must be friendly—it wouldn't refuse to let Zhao Chi get down.

Zhao Chi turned back to look for another way down the tree, but never found one.

Climbing down isn't realistic either.

Although the bark is very rough, with plenty of footholds, the problem is that the trunk is perfectly straight.

It's completely vertical, no good at all...