Chapter 187: Who could possibly claim that losing a Vision is not a good thing?

Luo De was not the first to experience losing contact with the Vision.

Previously, when he exchanged his Vision for startup funds.

Dolly had also used means to make him temporarily lose contact with his Vision.

Later he asked Dolly.

Dolly's answer was the contract of the Geo Archon.

Who knows how a Sumeru person, through the simplest and most straightforward method of signing a contract, made the Geo Archon's divine power manifest, thereby sealing Luo De's Vision.

But setting aside that special circumstance,

After that, Luo De never again experienced losing contact with his Vision.

You must know that the Vision is a very special thing.

Once obtained, except for extremely rare special circumstances or the host's death, it basically will not encounter any accidents.

Whether it be slashed by swords, chopped by axes, drowned in water, burned by fire, or even if Luo De now throws his Vision to Liyue, who knows how many thousands of li away from Sumeru.

As long as he wants to use the Vision, it will automatically return to his hand.

That's how miraculous it is.

Furthermore, when the Great Merciful Tree King had just taken over the Grass Element Divine Eye to regrow, Luo De could still normally use grass elemental energy.

But after losing contact with the Vision,

But he couldn't use it! "."

Merely a brief moment of dizziness, Luo De quickly dug up the soil and extracted the newly planted Pati Shalan.

Then he gritted his teeth and cursed.

"Apep! You damn—! Sure enough, it's you messing around!!!"

Luo De remembered this very clearly.

When the Great Merciful Tree King turned into a seed, his Grass Element Divine Eye was wrapped in the elemental energy inside the Gnosis.

And now.

The elemental energy originally belonging to the Dendro Archon has been replaced by another kind of grass elemental energy that feels clearly different to people.

And!

Moreover, there is a very important problem!

That is, the Vision has cracked! Indeed.

Luo De's Grass Element Divine Eye has cracked!!! The clear sound heard when planting the Pati Shalan earlier was the sound of the Vision cracking.

Now not even Luo De,

Nadixa, upon seeing this scene, was equally shocked to the point of being unable to close her mouth.

No one is more familiar with Apep's elemental energy than she is.

Luo De did not curse the wrong person.

The special elemental energy that replaced the Gnosis's elemental energy is precisely the elemental energy of the Grass Dragon Apep.

Depending on the situation.

Luo De's Vision cracking and his current inability to use grass elemental energy are due to this replacement of elemental energy.

"Great Merciful Tree King."

What's more dizzying for Luo De and Nadixa is that the elemental energy the Great Merciful Tree King used for rebirth was also replaced, in the blink of an eye, by Apep's grass elemental energy.

In other words.

Once the Pati Shalan blooms and the Great Merciful Tree King is reborn, its essence will no longer be the Sumeru Archon, but an offshoot of the Grass Dragon.

In physical terms, the Grass Dragon offshoot is roughly equivalent to her offspring.

This is an extremely dangerous matter.

Although Apep, after being healed, did not choose to continue seeking revenge against the gods and humanity, her stance is still clear: she remains hostile toward the gods and humanity.

If the Great Merciful Tree King is transformed by Apep's power into a Grass Dragon offshoot.

Then what consequences it will bring, no one dares to say.

Time is pressing.

We can no longer afford to be shocked by what is happening before our eyes.

Nadixa acted decisively, immediately taking out the Gnosis and, disregarding her own consumption, began pouring elemental energy into the seed, attempting to expel Apep's elemental energy and replace it with the elemental energy from the Gnosis.

Actually, before planting the Great Merciful Tree King beside the Oasis Source,

Nadixa and Luo De had previously speculated many times about the reasons behind Apep's giving of the Oasis Source.

They even truly considered that Apep might have set her sights on the Great Merciful Tree King.

Therefore,

Nadixa has been making preparations all along, starting from planting the Pati Shalan, she has been closely monitoring the Great Merciful Tree King's condition with full concentration.

But this process of elemental energy replacement was simply too fast—so fast that Nadixa didn't even have time to react; almost at the same moment as planting the Great Merciful Tree King, the grass elemental energy serving as nourishment had already been completely replaced.

If Luo De had not discovered that he had lost contact with his Vision and dug up the Great Merciful Tree King, Nadixa would still not have noticed this.

What's worse,

Luo De was also implicated, directly losing the ability to use grass elemental energy.

However, it's already too late.

No matter how hard Nadixa tries, the elemental energy outside the seed remains unmoving; not to mention expelling it, she can't even budge it the slightest.

Nadixa, with sweat beading on her forehead, grew increasingly anxious.

Just see her grit her teeth, her body emanating a faint green light, and the elemental energy used to drive the Gnosis suddenly surged.

Luo De, who had still been racking his brains for a solution, was startled in his heart and hurried forward to try to stop Nadixa.

In order to prevent the Great Merciful Tree King from becoming Apep's offspring.

Nadixa truly gave it her all! With her feeble divine power, she could suddenly erupt with such tremendous elemental energy.

Without a doubt.

She used that unique ability of the Dendro Archon to reverse time in exchange for power.

"Nadixa, stop quickly!"

Luo De stepped forward in a stride, snatched the Great Merciful Tree King's seed from Nadixa's hand, and forcibly interrupted the process of elemental energy replacement.

"Give it back to me!"

Nadixa's face turned slightly pale, but her voice remained firm.

"I won't give it back!"

Luo De's attitude was equally resolute, and he moreover exclaimed angrily: "Sumeru now needs you, not the Great Merciful Tree King! Even if you struggle like this, even if you succeed in preventing her from being assimilated by Apep into the grass dragon faction's Archon, what of it? You are the Dendro Archon upon the divine throne! She is no longer that! Even if she could still retain the Great Merciful Tree King's consciousness and abilities, she would merely be the Archon Great Merciful Tree King, not the Dendro Archon Great Merciful Tree King! Aren't you the God of Wisdom? Where is your wisdom? Where is your reason?"

Regardless of whether Nadixa is willing to admit it.

What Luo De said is indeed correct.

They had discussed the matter of the Great Merciful Tree King's rebirth before, not for the first time.

Both of them also held a very unified view on this.

That is, the Great Merciful Tree King reborn in the form of Patisaran is highly likely to no longer be an incarnation of the World Tree, and there would be no issue of competing with Nadixa for the position of Dendro Archon in legal terms.

This is also the key to the current dispute between Luo De and Nadixa.

The current Dendro Archon of Sumeru is called the Little Auspicious Grass King, and this is registered on the World Tree.

She must absolutely not come to harm.

Because, as an incarnation of the World Tree, if she comes to harm, it would not only mean that Sumeru loses the Dendro Archon's protective umbrella, but the safety of the World Tree would also face great hidden dangers.

This is not like the time when the Great Merciful Tree King passed away, when a pure branch could still be taken to preserve the inheritance for the Dendro Archon.

Moreover.

With Nadixa's power, even if she were to exhaust herself completely, she might not be able to repel Apep's elemental energy.

By then it would truly be a case of losing the wife and losing the troops.

Therefore.

In Luo De's view.

He would rather destroy this sprout of the Great Merciful Tree King's incarnation than agree to Nadixa putting herself in danger by exceeding her limits.

These words had a certain effect.

Nadixa, who had originally been firm in her attitude, began to hesitate, no longer being the sort who thought nobody could stop her today.

However, after a struggle of thought, she still reached out her hand.

"Just let me try."

Her voice no longer carried that unswerving attitude; instead, it was filled with earnest pleading.

"I will not overexert myself."

"I just want to try."

"You don't know how important her existence is to me."

"I cannot stand by and watch her be eroded by the power of the grass dragon, ultimately becoming something that is not her."

"Rest assured." "I will act within my limits, not forcefully overexert myself; if I cannot, I will surely give up."

"Hand her over to me."

Nadixa's tearful, pitiful appearance inevitably stirred Luo De's compassion.

He is this kind of person.

He is by nature one who yields to softness but resists hardness.

If Nadixa continues to insist on forcibly demanding the Great Merciful Tree King's sprout, he will surely refuse to hand it over firmly.

No matter how much he yields to softness and resists hardness.

Luo De now also must harden his heart: "No! I don't believe you can control your own hands!!!"

Nadixa's words have mentioned that Luo De does not understand how important the Great Merciful Tree King is to her.

That statement is wrong.

Luo De actually does know what the Great Merciful Tree King means to Nadixa.

Furthermore, he is quite clear about it.

Nadixa's personality is actually quite terrible.

In her view, many things can take precedence over her own safety.

Therefore, precisely because he knows how important the Great Merciful Tree King is to Nadixa, Luo De dares not return it to her all the more.

Fortunately, Nadixa is not a deity with violent tendencies.

Thus, even if Luo De and she argue ever more fiercely, she has no intention of resorting to violence; instead, she alternates between pleading, reasoning, and putting on a show of threatening Luo De a few times.

This is the fiercest argument they have had since they met.

It continued until a fragmented, unusually weak sound reached their ears, at which point it finally stopped.

"You guys."

"Don't argue."

"I'm fine."

This is a very weak voice.

It can be heard.

The speaker should be a very gentle woman.

And this sound.

Luo De and Nadixa had both heard it before.

"Great Merciful Tree King——!"

"You've woken up!!"

Whether Nadixa or Luo De, they both abandoned their quarrel, gathered above the Pati Shalan flower bud, and stared fixedly at the increasingly solid figure inside.

Hn

I heard everything you said.

Don't argue anymore.

I'm fine.

It seemed to match his words; the figure inside the bud moved slightly, revealing a face that had always been buried between its knees.

Different from the Great Merciful Tree King in the consciousness space that looked exactly like Nadixa.

This face is the adult version of the Great Merciful Tree King.

Originally appearing like an infant's body, it is actually a miniature version of an adult Great Merciful Tree King.

Apep's elemental energy works this well?

Seeing the Great Merciful Tree King's condition, the first thing Luo De thought of was this.

Before, he and Nadixa had tried many methods.

Even if they used the Gnosis to water it, they hadn't seen the Great Merciful Tree King recover this quickly.

But how long has she been in contact with the Oasis Source? Even if you add the time Luo De and Nadixa spent arguing.

At most it hasn't exceeded half an hour.

Moreover, although Nadixa just now couldn't dispel Apep's elemental energy, she did manage to temporarily halt its flow, preventing more elemental energy from entering the Pati Shalan sprout.

Such an effect.

Not disappointing Apep's bragging.

This Oasis Source truly can accelerate the Great Merciful Tree King's recovery, and its effect is far better than using the Gnosis.

Next.

Again hearing the Great Merciful Tree King say there: "My waking time is limited."

"Listen to me."

"The grass dragon's elemental energy will not affect my consciousness."

"You don't need to worry."

This information is already a lot.

Nadixa and Luo De couldn't help but look at each other.

According to what the Great Merciful Tree King said.

Apep's elemental energy will not affect her consciousness.

In other words.

Is Apep's elemental energy truly helping the Great Merciful Tree King's consciousness recover, with no ill intent?

"Really?"

Luo De still isn't entirely reassured.

Mainly because Apep's this elemental energy is too overbearing, plus this grass dragon that wholeheartedly follows the Nibelung King isn't exactly obedient either.

Luo De worries that the Great Merciful Tree King's consciousness is imperfect, thus producing the illusion that Apep bears her no ill will.

"Thank you."

"Luo De."

"Sorry."

The Great Merciful Tree King didn't directly answer Luo De's question, uttered a thanks then an apology, then fell silent again; no matter how Luo De and Nadixa called, she didn't speak again.

"What should we do?"

"Follow what she said?"

To be honest, Luo De is still a bit confused.

Who is the Great Merciful Tree King apologizing to? Herself? Or Nadixa? If it's herself, could it be because her recovery destroyed her own Vision? If it's Nadixa, what is she referring to? Nadixa isn't sure either.

After thinking for a while, she hesitantly said: "Why not, listen to her?"

Saying that.

She also deliberately glanced at that Vision whose crack had expanded a bit more.

The fate of this Vision is still quite obvious.

When the Great Merciful Tree King fully recovers, it will inevitably be completely destroyed.

"Your grass elemental energy?"

Nadixa pursed her lips and asked.

Luo De is a very special person; not only is it much easier for him to obtain a Vision than others, but there is also no limit that a person can obtain only one Vision in their lifetime.

Such a trait.

This brings him an extremely terrifying growth speed and astonishing combat power.

Losing a Vision.

Losing control over grass elemental energy.

For him.

That means he loses about a quarter of his combat power.

And this.

It is also a sacrifice that had to be made to revive the Great Merciful Tree King.

So Nadixa pondered what she could give Luo De as compensation to make up for the loss of this Vision.

Hey—

Regarding Nadixa's worry, Luo De rubbed her head.

I don't know why, but lately he especially likes the feeling of rubbing heads, especially for this petite girl's build—he just wants to keep rubbing, the feel is damn good.

Then Luo De said with a relaxed expression: "Hehe, it's just losing one Vision; I still have three of them, and who can say losing one Vision isn't a great thing?"

(End of chapter)