Chapter 2608

Under the sunlight, it actually looked quite beautiful.

Perhaps because it was daytime, it didn't seem eerie at all.

Around the sapling, a large number of tree roots bulged up, buckling the ground into an uneven, bumpy surface.

Some of the fertile soil around it had already disappeared, but there was no need to replenish it now — let it absorb a bit more first before deciding.

Zhao Chi pulled out a Growth Talisman.

He activated them batch after batch.

Vast light burst forth from Zhao Chi's hand, like a waterfall of radiance, flowing diagonally down around the sapling.

The bright light made the sapling's pink color appear translucent, and the reflections of the white light and the pink tree shimmered in everyone's eyes.

As the light flowed in, Zhao Chi felt the ground beneath his feet begin to tremble once more.

This was the tree roots growing.

Thick, pale-purple roots at his feet were like pythons burrowing into the earth, constantly churning and pushing deeper underground — this was also Li Ruanyu's favorite move.

Every time, her toes would curl up tightly, and then she'd collapse.

The light continued.

At this moment, the ground all around the sapling slowly rose.

Qiyue's six arms had already wrapped around Zhao Chi, ready to retreat at any moment.

But this time the roots didn't violently burst out of the ground like last time; they only arched up the surrounding soil a little, and beneath the trunk it looked as if a small mound had grown up from within the earth.

After a period of time, all 8,000 Growth Talismans were used up.

The Eternal Tree had already grown to a height of 4 meters, and its trunk was about as thick as a person.

Large numbers of fresh, tender leaves hung down, somewhat like a willow, but not drooping in quite the same way — and the leaves were broad, wide foliage.

The pink color of the trunk had faded further and was already beginning to spread toward green.

Looking at it like this, it was time for him to bleed…

He immediately switched to Physique and Life mode.

Zhao Chi said to the female soldiers standing guard behind and the female farmers beside him: "You few, fall back 50 meters first, don't come close for now."

Zhao Chi didn't give a reason.

Because there was no need.

Those female soldiers and female farmers immediately retreated, also without asking why.

Zhao Chi then said to those 20 Silk Race female soldiers: "Same as last time — I'm going to bleed on the tree, and you still rotate in groups of 4, using Life healing technique and silk threads to heal me."

"Yes!"

"Qiyue, you do the same as last time too — help me hold open the blood vessels and steady me."

"Don't worry, my lord."

Everything was ready.

Slit the wrist!

Lift the artery, sever it.

Heart-piercing pain.

Light flared in the sky above.

The Healing Light descended in time.

At the same time, Qiyue's arms immediately reached out — 4 to hold Zhao Chi, 2 to hold open the blood vessels.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle~ Splash splash splash~

Fresh blood gushed out, rushing onto the ground, washing the brown earth aside and pouring directly onto the roots below.

Whoosh~

The roots all seemed to tremble for a moment.

Qiyue focused her mind, ready to leap away with Zhao Chi at any moment.

But the ground only trembled slightly, and nothing else ever happened.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle~ Splash splash splash~

Blood flowed.

In the afternoon sunlight, a massive amount of blood poured into the surrounding earth.

Qiyue's high heels sank once more into the damp soil, the soles covered entirely in bloody mud.

"My lord… that's about enough, isn't it? I can feel you've already gone cold."

Qiyue held Zhao Chi tightly, able to feel his body temperature dropping.

The Healing Light from the sky kept falling down — it could heal wounds, restore life, but it couldn't restore the deeper depletion within Zhao Chi.

The healing effect grew weaker and weaker.

The speed at which Zhao Chi's life recovered also grew slower and slower.

He was already feeling dizzy.

And indeed, he felt a bit cold.

Although he could still hold on, growing this giant tree wasn't something that could be accomplished in a single day — there was no need to push to the absolute limit.

Enough was enough.

The key was persistence.

He nodded: "Alright, let go."

Qiyue immediately released her grip.

The healing light continued, and Zhao Chi's wound slowly recovered.

Only his face was deathly pale, like the complexion of a blood-kin.

The red spider silk and healing light replenished a good deal more, and Zhao Chi's HP slowly recovered to full.

"My lord, shall we retreat a bit as well?"

Qi Yue hugged Zhao Chi tightly, her soft, warm body bringing him a trace of warmth.

"Alright."

Everyone quickly retreated.

Leaving a string of muddy footprints in place.

The faint trembling of the ground never stopped — what on earth were the roots doing underground?

Growing wildly?

Or merely absorbing the blood that had seeped in?

Just as he was thinking, cracks suddenly appeared in the mud ahead.

A massive number of roots whipped up madly, flinging blood-soaked mud everywhere, recreating yesterday's scene — it really did look like a tangle of pythons dancing wildly.

And this time the roots were already purple, making them look even more like pythons.

Today's roots were exceptionally thick — the thinnest were as wide as Qi Yue's arm, and the thicker ones rivaled the circumference of Qi Yue's shapely hips.

Looking at it this way…

The roots were actually as thick as the trunk?

And these roots were clearly not the main veins, but the side branches beside them.

The main vein was in the very center and couldn't possibly burst out like this — if the main vein burst out, the tree would topple over.

But if even the side branches were this thick, just how thick was the main vein?

Though curious, Zhao Chi absolutely would not go dig up the main vein to see.

Let it be as thick as it wants.

Whatever.

Just grow well.

The roots that had broken through the soil swayed for a moment, then burrowed back underground, sweeping all the blood-soaked mud on the surface down with them.

The ground all around the sapling was a complete mess, as if a whole colony of rat-men had burrowed through it.

All the roots burrowed into the soil, but quite a few still remained exposed above the surface.

A large patch of earth around the sapling had risen up, lifting the tree another half meter higher.

Then, there was no more movement.

The sapling was this big now — it probably couldn't be called a sapling anymore.

The trunk of this tree had once again turned deep pink, and all the leaves had turned pink as well.