Chapter 81: Tree

“No, and I’m not particularly interested in trying right now.”

Luo De looked at the tree’s trunk, stretching endlessly above and below, and fell into a long silence before finally speaking those words.

Although I have the wish to collect various races, a tree is different.

Being omnivorous is one thing, but it still has to be something edible.

“Just asking out of curiosity—what does that have to do with you helping me fight the demon kind?”

“As you can see, Mr. Luo De, my tree body has been pruned and trimmed; much of the power of the Skyborne Ancient Tree cannot be unleashed, especially my leaves and roots. Without them, I cannot grow or absorb the spiritual energy here.”

Eva sighed, lowering her brows and eyes, looking somewhat disappointed.

“I am merely a young lady who has just stepped out of childhood; I do not possess such immense energy. Therefore, I need you to infuse me with spiritual energy.”

“Doing that can increase spiritual energy for a tree. Don’t lie to me.”

When he was intimate with Vivian, the other party showed no increase in spiritual energy at all.

Tree spirits still carry tree genetics.

“No, no, no—it’s not that copulation increases my spiritual energy, but that you, as an external tool for absorbing spiritual energy, connect with me and infuse me. I will teach you a simple human secret technique.”

Saying this,

lines of text appeared on the surface of her trunk.

At the beginning, in bold characters, it read: 【Elibert’s Pleasure Codex】.

Wow.

What an inappropriate name.

Luo De was speechless; his gaze toward Eva shifted slightly.

You’re just a straight, towering tree trunk—never thought you’d keep something like this.

“Don’t look at me like that—it’s not mine! Over a hundred years ago, a human mage somehow broke in, and I instantly drained him dry. This thing fell off him.”

“Why are there annotations on it?”

“I was bored, so I just looked at everything.”

“Then why must you use that? Can’t I just directly transfer spiritual energy to you?”

“It’s too slow. Best is bodily fluid—and preferably the one with the most concentrated life essence.”

“. What about the others? I remember many people entered the domain.”

“I don’t want them. You’re the best—your scent is the most pleasant I’ve ever encountered among all humans.”

Again, 【Tree’s Blessing】.

This skill is clearly designed to charm trees.

Luo De pondered for a moment and decided to comply.

After all, helping her now is the same as helping himself.

If he failed, he wouldn’t be able to leave anyway.

“Then come on—you’ve got to take a human form, right?”

“Why? My mother says I have the best figure among all Skyborne Ancient Trees!”

Eva was just talking big.

From that human face, half her body extended, detaching from the trunk.

This body mimicked human skin and flesh.

Her appearance was that of a gentle, kind, beautiful older sister, with green hair cascading like a waterfall.

Too bad her figure—

“. Can you grow a bit bigger here?”

“Oh, is this enough?”

“Yes, but make your waist thinner—no, not that thin, sister, I could snap you in half.”

“You humans are so annoying.”

Even as she spoke with disgust, Eva’s face showed anticipation and curiosity.

“Not?”

“Huh? Isn’t that how it always is? I remember the Poison Beak birds that perched on me before only had one.”

“Forget it. Make your skin softer—I’ll tell you where to change.”

“Oh.”

Next,

came a tutorial on shaping a body harder than squishing a face.

After a moment, she finally molded a body he found acceptable.

“Here, resin okay? I’ve got plenty.”

“Also… fine.”

“What about this? Enough?”

“By the way, can’t you be a bit more like real flesh? So hard—it’s uncomfortable.”

“You humans are so annoying! I’m a tree—I’m supposed to be hard!”

Luo De activated 【Elibert’s Pleasure Codex】.

You won’t believe it—this was actually a breathing technique.

But being intimate with a tree always made his thoughts wander.

He held Eva in his arms; her now-softened body actually had a faint resemblance to the texture of a normal race.

Two hours later.

Eva’s breathing grew heavier.

Her eyes grew hazy; she clung tightly to Luo De’s shoulders, her nose buried against his neck.

With the powerful boost from her second heart,

according to Eva, this body was a half-finished prototype from before she had once 【taken human form】, possessing a complete biological structure.

The experience was too difficult; Luo De refused to let it fail at the last moment.

“No. No, not like this—no! I can’t hold on!”

Accompanied by a cry of pleasure,

Eva’s rigid body in Luo De’s arms shimmered with a dazzling spiritual light.

Instantly illuminating the entire domain space.

The mortal world.

Georgi stood atop the roof.

Under the effect of the High-Grade Invisibility Potion, no one could see his form.

In his hand was a giant dragon doll from the Dragon Watching Festival, modeled after the bronze ancient dragon.

At this moment, it emitted faint black smoke, and a light sulfur scent continuously radiated from it.

“It’s been two hours, Lady Black Rose.”

The elf’s eyes held no spark.

Across the distant square: collapsed buildings, shattered earth, corpses, broken swords, severed limbs.

He could easily see the bodies of the ladies he had been close to over these days.

In the center stood a massive blue magical barrier.

The hum of magical resonance echoed across the land like an alarm.

Inside was the corrupted Emerald Ancient Tree.

Twelve sixth-rank mages from Jade City had linked their spells to temporarily contain it, but clearly had not fully suppressed it—the Jade Monster still battered the barrier.

Interestingly, three of them wore black robes from Bahadur.

“No wonder Jade City—easily gathering twelve sixth-rank peak mages.”

Black Rose’s mocking voice came from the doll.

She added: “Just a bit more. Our side’s passage is nearly open. Once we retrieve what’s inside the domain, you’ll get what you want.”

“.”

Georgi did not answer.

“Regret? You regret it? Hah, how laughable. Those twelve mutated demon seeds were planted by your own hands on those women—and now you play this card at the last moment? You elves are as hypocritical as ever.”

“No, I’m just—”

“You needn’t explain. What does it matter? It’s already decided. Look—my darling, I can already see inside the domain.”

As she spoke, loud cheers and eerie shrieks erupted from the other side.

Mixed with screams and rising flames, it was pure chaos of demons.

“Look! The material used to build the Tower to Heaven—the Skyborne Ancient Tree from the same era as the ancient dragons! If it falls into our hands, what is this?”

Black Rose suddenly roared.

“Damn! The passage is closing!! But you said the ancient tree’s power was weak!!”

“Who is that?! A human?! What’s going on?! Damn! Damn! Damn!”

Georgi hadn’t yet understood what was happening.

The giant dragon doll in his hand burst into ashes with a pop.

Boom—

In the distance, the massive jade demon collapsed with a thunderous crash.

Amid the crowd’s confusion, black demonic energy rapidly receded from its body, restoring it to its original form as a jade tree.

At the same time, a group of people appeared out of thin air in the square.

They were precisely the high-tier cultivators who had entered the domain.

All of them looked utterly bewildered.

Georgi saw that, in the far corner, a tall human man was hastily pulling up his pants.

(End of Chapter)