Chapter 1163: The Demon Monarch's Arm (First update, requesting all)

Li Zhangsheng put away the branch of the World Tree. Well, although it was a full several dozen meters long and no worse than an ordinary large tree, it could really only be called a branch.

At this moment, Li Zhangsheng couldn't wait to open the final gray Treasure Box.

This was also a long, rectangular Treasure Box, similar in size to the yellow Treasure Box.

Creak—

When the Treasure Box opened, Li Zhangsheng's brows knit together subconsciously as strands of rich, profound black Qi surged out from the box.

This was Demonic Qi, Demonic Qi from the Abyss.

Under the cover of the Demonic Qi, Li Zhangsheng could not see clearly what kind of treasure was placed inside the box.

What was certain was that this treasure must be a "specialty" of the Abyss; otherwise, how could there be such rich and high-quality Demonic Qi?

Before this Demonic Qi could dissipate, the Gate of Light and Darkness suddenly appeared above Li Zhangsheng's head.

The Hell Gate slowly opened, and a massive suction force emerged, swallowing all the leaking Demonic Qi in one go to be purified by the Gate of Heaven.

Only at this moment did Li Zhangsheng finally see the treasure in the box clearly.

At this sight, Li Zhangsheng was visibly startled.

What was placed in the Treasure Box was not a treasure at all, but a hideously abnormal severed arm, covered in a large number of runes.

Similar to the runes on the World Tree branch, these runes primarily possessed the effect of shrinking objects.

Just by taking a single look, Li Zhangsheng felt dizzy and dazzled. Even though this feeling was very slight, the fact that it could exert an effect on a King showed how extraordinary this severed arm was.

Besides this, there was a deep-seated Pressure, giving one a feeling as imposing as a prison.

"Abyss Consciousness!"

Li Zhangsheng could be said to be very familiar with the Abyss Consciousness; he could sense that quite a bit of Abyss Consciousness was attached to the severed arm.

He immediately projected his Mental Power, and when he sensed the feedback from his Mental Power, a look of shock could not help but appear on his face.

This severed arm radiated the fluctuations of a Mid-grade World Wonder.

If a mere severed arm was exaggerated to this degree, then to what extent would the owner of the arm be?

Although this severed arm seemed even more exaggerated than the World Tree branch, there were countless World Tree branches. If one were to compare a branch to the severed arm, even the smallest branch would have energy fluctuations comparable to the severed arm, and in all likelihood, even exceed it.

"I'm afraid that even the severed arm of a Demon Lord couldn't be this exaggerated."

Li Zhangsheng thought to himself, as he considered a possibility.

Above a Demon Lord, there was only a Demon Monarch, and only the severed arm of a Demon Monarch would be this exaggerated.

The question was, how did Dou Cangqiong obtain this severed arm?

Li Zhangsheng did not dwell on it, because thinking more would only be speculation. He reached out and pointed a finger; the runes on the severed arm collapsed with a boom, and the volume of the severed arm began to skyrocket.

After a few breaths, the severed arm grew to seventy or eighty meters and then stopped growing.

Judging from the length of the severed arm, the owner of the arm was definitely a behemoth hundreds of meters tall, though such exaggerated body sizes were common among Demon Monarchs.

The next moment, the severed arm flew up and was directly swallowed by the Hell Gate, which had also grown larger, to begin receiving the essence of the Gate of Light.

This severed arm possessed high-quality Demonic Qi and Abyss Consciousness; given the rank of the Gate of Light and Darkness, it would take at least several months to fully purify it.

As for why he was purifying the severed arm, Li Zhangsheng mainly valued the quality of the arm; even if its rank dropped after purification, it could not be lower than a Lower-Grade World Wonder.

Moreover, it would not be an ordinary Lower-Grade World Wonder material; in terms of hardness, it would definitely far exceed materials of the same rank.

This time, Li Zhangsheng's harvest was bountiful; the biggest items were the World Tree branch, while the Demon Monarch's arm and the two volumes of "Du Tian Divine Evil" were of no immediate use.

At this time, Li Zhangsheng went straight into the Secret Realm and first placed a Temporary Contract on all the dragons, including the sub-ancestral Red Dragon and the sub-ancestral Blue Dragon.

Mihalovich went without saying, and the sub-ancestral Blue Dragon had clearly undergone some "education" and was full of awe toward Li Zhangsheng, so it also did not refuse.

After completing these Temporary Contracts, Li Zhangsheng expanded the area of the Dragon Lair. Now that the number of dragons had exceeded one hundred, the previous layout naturally seemed crowded.

As the Secret Realm Master, with just a single thought from Li Zhangsheng, the Dragon Lair began to undergo huge changes.

Li Zhangsheng left the Dragon Lair directly and came to the Central Medicine Garden, taking out the World Tree branch for the Tree of Life to absorb.

The Tree of Life had once absorbed a small leaf of the World Tree to suddenly grow to a height of several hundred meters, and the energy contained in the branch reached several dozen times that amount, so it would definitely provide huge help to the growth of the Tree of Life.

As for whether it could raise the rank of the Tree of Life, to be honest, the probability was not high. After all, a Mid-Grade Top-Grade Spirit Root + a Lower-Rank World Wonder-level World Tree branch would be hard-pressed to make the Tree of Life advance to a Superior Quality Top-Grade Spirit Root.

It must be said that Spirit Roots of the same rank far exceed Strange Treasures in value; the value of a Superior Quality Top-Grade Spirit Root could even be compared to a Langhuan Supreme Treasure.

Before this, Li Zhangsheng specifically had Xiaoguai and other Spirit Planters move all the spiritual plants near the Tree of Life a distance away, so as not to damage other spiritual plants when the Tree of Life changed too much.

By the time the Shift was completed, more than half a day had passed.

When the World Tree branch touched the Tree of Life, the Tree of Life suddenly erupted with a brilliant, dazzling ink-green radiance that rapidly spread onto the World Tree branch.

In the blink of an eye, the two seemed to become a single entity, connected together.

From Li Zhangsheng's sensing, the energy of the World Tree branch was being continuously Devoured by the Tree of Life.

After a few breaths, the Tree of Life suddenly underwent a change; its body began to grow rapidly, and its trunk became even thicker.

Four hundred meters, five hundred meters, six hundred meters...

During this process, the World Tree branch gradually became withered, and the three leaves on it quickly shriveled as all the nutrients and energy were absorbed by the Tree of Life.

From the feedback of his Mental Power, the light spot representing the Tree of Life began to become brighter and brighter.

Crack—crack—swish—

When the Tree of Life officially crossed the thousand-meter height mark, the World Tree branch could no longer maintain itself and fractured with a boom, then turned into ashes and slowly disappeared.

This meant that the Tree of Life had reached the Mature Stage, which not only greatly improved the stability of the Secret Realm and increased the speed of absorbing void energy, but also allowed it to bloom and bear fruit, cultivating primordial spirits.

The only pity was that the Tree of Life did not enter the ranks of Superior Quality Top-tier Spiritual Plants; it just barely exceeded the Holy Tree, reaching roughly the peak stage of a Mid-Grade Top-Grade Spirit Root.

Taking advantage of the Tree of Life entering the Mature Stage and making the entire Secret Realm more stable, Li Zhangsheng immediately invested the World Power purified during this period into the Secret Realm to continue expanding the area of the Secret Realm.

(End of this chapter)