Chapter 2864

"Qiyue, begin. The rest of you come help too—spread open the blood vessels on my arms."

"Alright." Gu Qing and the others gathered around, each taking one arm. Qiyue handled two, so she still had one pair of arms free.

Can't waste it…

Zhao Chi thought for a moment, then said: "This great tree is already too big now—the blood vessels on my arms spray too slowly. In a bit, besides cutting open all six arm blood vessels, also pull out the major artery on my neck and snap it off. Spray them all together!"

That sentence startled all five women.

Qiyue shook her head and said: "Th-that can't do? The blood vessel on your neck will affect your brain. I'll just slice open the arteries on your two arms for you, alright?"

Zhao Chi laughed and said: "Don't worry. I now have all of your genes. It'll be fine."

Gu Qing said softly: "My lord, you're currently under the combined influence of 'Masochistic Attachment' and 'Sadistic Attachment,' so your judgment is somewhat extreme. Please trust us now and listen to our suggestion, may you? Just do the blood vessels on both hands, alright? Please?"

Zhuang Ya and the others were also trying to persuade him.

Zhao Chi was taken aback.

What Gu Qing said was correct—Zhao Chi had an intense urge to kill churning inside him, as well as a desire to hurt himself.

Zhao Chi now genuinely felt that snapping the major artery in his neck was no big deal.

But Gu Qing and Qiyue and the others all said so…

"Fine, you just snap the blood vessels on my arms then…"

Zhao Chi stared at his chest, considering whether to just pull his heart out directly?

Drilling a hole in the heart shouldn't be a big deal, right?

The heart is very powerful, and the flesh on it is very thick too—it should be safe.

And that's the heart, after all—how thrilling would that be?

Simply too romantic!

Huh?

That's not right…

Holy shit…

Calm down…

Don't be like this…

Zhao Chi closed his eyes and took a deep breath, suppressing the overwhelming self-destructive urges brought on by the dual attachments.

"Mm, I'll listen to you. Everyone, get to it."

"Alright." Qiyue let out a breath of relief, lowered her head, and was about to use her tongue to slice open the blood vessel.

Zhao Chi said: "Qiyue, just snap it off."

Qiyue stopped short: "Snap it off?"

Zhao Chi laughed and said: "At least give me some pain."

Qiyue gave Tang Ruan a complicated look, then nodded and pulled out a dagger.

Gu Qing and the others also each pulled out a dagger.

But Zhao Chi stopped them again.

"I'll tear it off myself."

Zhuang Ya narrowed her eyes and said: "My lord, let us use the daggers. If you tear it off yourself… it'll hurt terribly."

Zhao Chi smiled and shook his head: "That's exactly the pain I want."

Saying so, Zhao Chi gave a hard tug!

Snap snap!

Several faint sounds rang out. Zhao Chi only felt several piercing jolts of agony shoot straight into his heart. His whole body trembled involuntarily, and he cried out at the same time: "Ah, fuck—"

Several streams of bright red blood gushed out, carrying a faint white vapor as they struck the massive tree trunk.

The blood flowed very fast, yet not a single drop splattered—every bit was completely absorbed the instant it touched the tree trunk.

Zhao Chi stared at the blood vessels, still shaken. Though it had felt exhilarating, the pain was truly extraordinary.

"Why does it hurt so much…"

Zhuang Ya smiled and said: "Did you forget? After this battle my 'Pain Amplification' skill was enhanced. Now it adds 600% pain…"

"There's such a thing?"

Zhuang Ya sighed: "You didn't know? You really don't pay any attention to me at all."

Zhao Chi hurriedly shook his head: "How could I? It's mainly that from the end of the battle until now, I really haven't had a single moment free. I truly had no time to look."

Zhuang Ya laughed and said: "What's there to be nervous about? I'm just teasing you."

Though Zhuang Ya was a bit proud, she was indeed broad-minded and wouldn't get angry over small matters.

In fact, one could say she was quite tolerant.

Zhao Chi laughed and said: "That's good. Who else among you had a skill advance?"

The other women all shook their heads.

After all, in that battle only Zhuang Ya and the Warm Clan could be said to have gone all out, so they could advance. The rest were just coasting.

Su Qin also went all out, but it still wasn't enough for an advancement.

While they were talking, the great tree grew once more.

Thunder rumbled across the earth again.

But this time, no one retreated.

Soil churned, tree roots lashed.

Zhao Chi nimbly leaped up and easily vaulted over.

For Zhao Chi, who possessed the Vaulting Gene, this situation was entirely a minor scene.

Gu Qing and the others were equally light and agile, dodging it perfectly was no problem at all.

The speed at which Zhao Chi's blood nurtured the giant tree's growth was slow and steady, nowhere near comparable to the explosive growth the Taiyi Wheel fragment could induce.

So although the ground was unstable, it was much better than before.

Zhao Chi only needed to dodge occasionally.

Sss sss sss~

Blood kept gushing out.

The great tree kept growing.

The bark that had just freshly formed split open again and fell off.

It came crashing down like a giant wall of glowing wood.

It wasn't fast, easy to dodge.

Then he stepped onto the bark and continued spraying blood.

Zhao Chi felt a bit dizzy; the scene before his eyes had overlapping shadows, and everything he saw was turning dark.

The frequency of the healing light from the sky began to increase, strands shooting onto Zhao Chi's body one after another.

Zhao Chi felt he had perhaps reached his limit, his body somewhat uncomfortable, but his heart grew more and more excited.

The giant tree's fluorescence lit up again, and the green new leaves at the top slowly took on a pink glow.

The giant tree was now close to 85 meters, its trunk having grown to a massive 8.5 meters thick.

It seemed next time he nourished it with blood, even with his bloodline energy activated, he'd have to split it into two sessions.

This time... barely passed.

"Alright, everyone let go."

The several women immediately released the fingers gripping the blood vessel, and Zhao Chi's wound rapidly healed.

"My lord, how are you feeling?"

Gu Qing asked with concern, the other women all watching closely as well.

"I'm alright."

Zhao Chi squinted, waiting for the tree spirit Fuyao's appearance.

Almost instantly, Fuyao's figure appeared before him.

Zhao Chi and Gu Qing and the others were all startled.

Because Fuyao had grown up.

Not into an adult.

But much bigger than before.

The baby fat on her cheeks hadn't faded, she still looked very young, but her figure was already very close to Tang Ruan's.