Chapter 440

Main text Chapter 441 A formidable scallion

Congcong Shi Zui Bang Nuo tilted his head a little……if leaves count as head.

Then he replied: "Only you flesh-and-blood lifeforms need eyes and ears to sense the world around you; every cell of our plant-like life can serve as a sensory system. As for leveling up, it's pretty much the same for us—if you clear a few more floors and earn some rewards, you'll level up quickly."

Ah, I see!

"Do you guys have brains?" Xiao Feng asked again.

That was quite rude; he thought Congcong Shi Bangna would get angry.

The other party just answered indifferently: "Of course not; brains are something only you flesh-and-blood lifeforms need. We plant civilizations, as well as stone civilizations and other types of beings, think with spiritual intellect."

Oh, I see—many extraterrestrial intelligent beings actually have no brains!

Xiao Feng suddenly understood.

But what is "spiritual intellect"? He just couldn't figure it out.

Without brains, what do they use to store wisdom?

The nucleus of a cell?

The amount of information a single cell can store is probably nowhere near enough to support a full mental computation system.

Moreover, stone lifeforms don't even have cells, making it even less plausible.

Perhaps... this is the marvelous workings of the cosmos—not every lifeform needs to grow using humanity as a template.

"Human Xiao Feng, is your challenge over?" Congcong Shi Bangna asked.

"Not yet, I'm taking a halftime break. And you—are you planning to keep going?" Xiao Feng replied.

The other party said: "I haven't made any progress lately, and challenges aren't helping. I came this time to exchange rewards—I just got killed in the Myriad Heavens Battlefield, so I need to swap for a powerful magic spirit to fight back."

"Uh... with your strength, probably few players could beat you, right? Could it be a high-level monster in the Myriad Heavens Battlefield?" Xiao Feng asked curiously.

Congcong Shi Bangna sighed, his scallion leaves drooping: "It's a really annoying Machinate tribe player—he's not even on the Myriad Heavens leaderboard, but he's incredibly strong; I estimate he can reach floor 500 and smashed my magic spirit to pieces."

"Floor 500! That's indeed impressive—this Congcong guy is only on floor 435."

"Magic spirit... is that your equipment?" Xiao Feng asked again.

Congcong Shi Bangna replied: "No, our herb tribe's combat style mainly has two types: one is physical, strengthening the body through genetic modification and then extending the body to grapple with the enemy; the other is magic spirit incarnation—finding a powerful magic spirit to merge with, transforming into that magic spirit during battle to gain formidable combat ability."

The combat styles of the major tribes are all different; for example, the Machinate tribe mainly relies on

mechanized weapons and thermal weapons; the Behemoth civilization mainly relies on strengthening the physique and enlarging the body; the Stone civilization mainly relies on weaponizing the body or releasing energy.

However, each tribe also distinguishes between melee and ranged; overall strength-wise, they're actually about the same.

Congcong Shi Bangna, afraid Xiao Feng wouldn't understand, added: "Wait a moment, I'll swap in a new magic spirit for you to see—then you'll know!"

Saying that, he opened the Myriad Heavens Tower points shop.

The items in this points shop are also set according to race; the human shop won't display exclusive items from other races.

Soon after, Congcong said: "All right! My luck was good this time—I exchanged for a Divine Rank 1 forest succubus magic spirit."

As he spoke, a burst of green light suddenly shot out from his body, the light swirling into a cocoon shape.

After five seconds, the light faded, and his form had undergone a major change.

Originally a giant scallion, he had turned into a female demon 1.5 meters tall, with two arms and two legs.

He moved his body a bit; his limbs were slender and petite, the exposed arms, legs, and face all bore golden magical patterns—splendid and exquisite. He wore a deep-green lace dress, his ears pointed like those of legendary elves, his hair deep green like lake weeds, tied into twin tails.

If you didn't know his true form was a scallion, judging by his looks alone, he'd be extremely handsome!

"Hmm, huh... this magic spirit isn't bad; after fusion it boosts output by 25%, and it's level 330, usable for a long time." Congcong Shi Bangna said.

After transforming into the magic spirit, he—or rather she—was now virtually indistinguishable from a human.

Xiao Feng, astonished, circled her and said: "What a novel playstyle. But your transformation takes five seconds—if you were ambushed, wouldn't you be left unable to fight back?"

Congcong shook his head: "No way—only the first fusion's transformation is slow. Don't believe me? Look!"

As he spoke, with a bang, a puff of white air flashed by, and she turned back into a scallion.

Then another bang, a green light flashed, and she returned to the magic spirit form.

Watching this back-and-forth transformation, Xiao Feng was extremely envious.

Compared to the other tribes, the novelty of humanity's equipment-swapping mode is really poor.

Of course, that's not to say it's bad.

Freely swapping equipment is also a major advantage—greater flexibility, allowing sensible attribute combinations to suit one's needs.

"Let's spar a bit—I'm curious about your magic spirit incarnation combat style." Xiao Feng proposed a

sparring request.

Congcong replied: "Sure, but if you lose, don't cry. You humans love to cry—I don't want to waste time consoling you."

"Uh... that's not really the case." Xiao Feng said embarrassedly.

I never expected humans to have the label "love to cry" in the eyes of other tribes.

Probably because there are too many NPCs and players like Dai Ni Si!

After the two submitted a sparring request, they immediately entered sparring mode.

At this moment, Xiao Feng still had the "Greed of Life" status active, his HP exceeding 2.1 billion (which will slowly increase upon leveling up).

The surrounding tribe players, seeing the two leaderboard bigwigs about to spar, immediately cleared the area, daring not to get too close for fear of affecting their performance.

"You go first—I'm on a higher floor." Congcong spoke politely; after entering combat mode, he tapped his foot, floated one meter off the ground, and gestured for Xiao Feng to make the first move.

"Sure."

Xiao Feng was also polite; although he verbally agreed, he didn't immediately use magic.

After all, the opponent only had a little over a million HP—he was afraid of instantly killing them.

"Flame Fist!"

As a proper meteorologist mage, to show deference to his opponent, he didn't even pull out his staff, instead throwing a punch that released a burst of flame.

"Strong!"

"Although this punch didn't get the magic attack power boost, after all, rising tide lifts all boats, now his physical attack is also not inferior to a level 120 warrior; after the talent boost, the damage is over 100 million."

"Feeling the pressure from the fire fist, Congcong dared not be careless, crossing the backs of his hands, he lowly shouted: 'Shield!'"

"Swish swish swish"

"In an instant, a large amount of vines sprouted out of thin air around them, forming a vine shield."

"Xiao Feng's fire punch smashed into it, emitting a loud boom."

"The vine shield instantly shattered."

"But Congcong, who was behind, was completely unharmed."

"\"Try my magic spirit. \" She waved her right hand, and two arm-thick green vines shot up from the ground, wrapping around Xiao Feng's legs."

"【Battle Info: You have been affected by the earth vine entanglement effect of player 'Congcong is the best', temporarily unable to move.】"

"Xiao Feng's Weather Divine Boots have a special effect, allowing them to ignore the immobilization and slowdown effects."

"But this vine is a physical entanglement, which cannot be dispelled."

"Being immobilized doesn't matter, after all, he's a ranged damage dealer, not a warrior."

"Xiao Feng's thought moved, a water arrow formed, flying toward the magic spirit Congcong."

"(End of chapter)"