Chapter 41

Secondly, 1 billion points is too expensive. In the current total ranking of the three war zones.

In the entire Primordial Realm, only a dozen people have reached 1 billion points.

Out of 1 billion students participating in the war, only a dozen have earned 1 billion points over the past half-year, and they are all from the high-level zones.

Not a single student from the low-to-mid-level zones has reached this level.

Finally, wanting to enlighten a Thunder Dragon skeleton is not that easy.

The students are all just high-level lords, while the Skeleton Emperor is equivalent to the combat power of a Solar-level martial arts lord!

Wanting to enlighten it? Too difficult, too difficult; it’s almost impossible.

It’s not just this one; for lords of other categories, even high-level students in the high-level zones.

For example, beast lords trying to directly subdue an adult Emperor-level pet to use as a troop—the probability is infinitely close to 0.

Because anything above transcendent-grade has a very strong sense of self-awareness.

Unless you raised it from a young age, trying to subdue something across so many levels is simply a pipe dream.

Like the video Zhao Xing often watches, the Thousand-Star Vine on that ownerless planet.

It’s at least a legendary-grade creature. I don’t know how many lords have tried to subdue it, only to return in defeat.

“Putting this on display is probably just to let the students take a look.”

Zhao Xing didn’t pay much attention and flipped to the list for his own category.

“Let’s see what good things are here.”

【Life Ancient Tree: Recovery-type botanical life.】

【Introduction: The highest known energy level for a Life Ancient Tree is 199, so its highest growth quality is judged to be peak Emperor-grade.】

【Enters maturity period at 1,000 years.】

【Can flower and fruit every hundred years during maturity, producing Life Fruit.】

【Life Fruit provides immense vitality, can regenerate severed limbs, evolve the physical body, and remains effective even for Silver Moon-level lords.】

【The Life Ancient Tree for exchange is a 200-year-old seedling. Required points: 1 billion.】

【Note: The Life Ancient Tree is a strategic material of the Empire and can only be exchanged by plant lords. After exchange, one must sign a contract with the Empire stipulating that Life Fruit can only be used personally or sold to the Imperial authorities.】

“A 200-year-old Life Ancient Tree seedling costs 1 billion points?” Zhao Xing clicked his tongue in secret.

“And there are so many requirements. Even if it survives, the fruit produced can only be used by oneself or sold to the Imperial authorities.”

It was clear that the Life Ancient Tree was also put on display to show the Empire’s strength.

Of course, if a plant lord could earn 1 billion points on the Glory Battlefield.

Then they must be incredibly talented and the most dazzling existence!

It wouldn’t be unreasonable for the Empire to entrust a Life Ancient Tree seedling to such a genius.

Rather than calling it a reward exchange, it’s more like the Empire is searching for a genius capable of cultivating a Life Ancient Tree.

After all, for such powerful botanical life, reproducing offspring and expanding the scale is too difficult.

Zhao Xing flipped to the Life Fruit column.

“Sure enough, one Life Fruit costs 100 million points.”

“But the effect is truly astonishing. One Life Fruit can recover a Solar-level lord from even the most severe injuries, as long as they aren’t completely dead, even if they’ve lost hands or feet.”

“Even a Silver Moon-level lord can have their physical body evolve after consuming this Life Fruit.”

“One Life Fruit can absolutely save a genius’s life on the battlefield.”

“It’s expensive, but there’s a reason for it.”

Zhao Xing looked on with great envy, but he also understood that for now, he could only look.

Wanting to cultivate such a powerful species isn’t just a matter of time; it involves many resources.

The more powerful the botanical life, the harsher its cultivation conditions.

Soil quality, energy supply, environment—none can be missing.

It’s like a beast lord wanting to raise an Emperor-level giant dragon.

You can’t just feed it rice and expect it to grow to the Emperor level.

“Let’s look at King-level life.”

Zhao Xing flipped through the rest of the exchange list.

“King-level Thousand-Sound Bamboo can emit a super-ultrasonic wave covering a thousand miles, killing invisibly.”

“King-level Colossus Tree can gestate Colossus warriors. Once a Colossus warrior reaches adulthood, its combat power is naturally comparable to a transcendent-grade martial arts lord.”

“King-level Water Demon Mushroom—just one can turn a body of water into a highly corrosive liquid, capable of corroding even A-grade alloy armor?”

“Hiss…”

Zhao Xing was dazzled and exclaimed repeatedly.

Although plant lords are obscure, that’s only relative.

Even Anping Academy only had one King-level seed, which was the Cloud-Touching Vine.

But looking at the entire Empire.

The Empire has cultivated countless geniuses, and some powerful plant lords are bound to emerge.

Even if each person only contributes one type of botanical life, that’s a massive inventory!

Not to mention that other types of lords also go on adventures and bring back high-energy botanical life to exchange with the Empire for money.

“There are over 18,000 types of King-level life alone.”

“I never imagined there were so many types of King-level life,” Zhao Xing sighed.

The attributes are also varied, each with its own strengths.

Looking at so many varieties, Zhao Xing wished he could buy them all.

But he could only think about it; after all, he only had 15 million points, just enough to meet the threshold for purchasing.

“King-level life prices generally fall into three tiers.”

“Seedlings and seeds start at 1 million points, ranging from 1 million to 10 million depending on the strength of their attributes.”

“Growth stage, which means the Empire has already cultivated them for a period, starts at 10 million points, ranging from 10 million to 100 million depending on the strength of their attributes.”

“Maturity stage, where the Empire has already fully cultivated them and is just waiting for a lord to subdue them, starts at 100 million points.”

Zhao Xing looked at these descriptions; different stages represent different resource investments.

Seeds and seedlings are relatively cheap.

Growth and maturity stages are expensive due to labor, treasures required for cultivation, and time.

Even raising an ordinary houseplant requires watering! Let alone King-level life?

“I’ll just exchange for these three seedlings.”

In the end, Zhao Xing made his decision.

First, the Water Demon Mushroom seeds, to deal with aquatic environments.

The biggest advantage of a plant lord is crowd control.

Naturally, he needs to enrich the variety of his troops.

Second, the Colossus Tree seedling; the Colossus Tree can gestate tree-man warriors.

Even without comprehending the rudiments of world rules like mimicry or shapeshifting, it can still gestate tree-men.

Mobile troops are also something Zhao Xing lacks.

The third is the King-level Thousand-Sound Bamboo!

The Thousand-Sound Bamboo is of the same lineage as the transcendent-grade Thunder-Sound Bamboo.

The Thunder-Sound Bamboo can fire lightning to attack enemies; Zhao Xing had cultivated one and felt it was very powerful.

So he also chose this Thousand-Sound Bamboo seedling for area-of-effect attacks.

Compared to the Sword Bamboo and Thunder-Sound Bamboo, which are loud and flashy.

The Thousand-Sound Bamboo is more secretive and has even greater lethality!

“Three types of seeds, costing 10 million points.”

“There are still 5 million points left.”

Zhao Xing looked at the treasure category.

He planned to use the 5 million points to upgrade his internal world.

【Five-Elements Stone: 100,000 points each. After use, it can make the internal world more stable.】