Chapter 115

"First, let's prepare some wages for Da Xiong Mao!"

Su Hao smiled slightly, taking out three hearts of the flesh-and-blood guard from his Storage Bag.

According to Su Hao's plan, moving Pu Wenyao's belongings tomorrow, a small matter, will be left to Da Xiong Mao.

Therefore, Su Hao intends to leave today's final synthesis opportunity to Da Xiong Mao.

"Synthesize!"

As Su Hao's thoughts turned, a golden light wrapped the three flesh-and-blood guard hearts, forming a golden light ball.

About half an hour later, the golden light ball emitted a blinding golden light, and a heart roughly the size of an infant's head appeared before Su Hao's eyes.

【Blood Guard Heart】

Supernatural Grade: Third Tier

Effect: After consumption, it can greatly enhance the user's physique, raising it at most to Third Tier.

It also has a relatively high chance to grant super regeneration ability; as long as the user's heart is not destroyed, they will not truly die.

But there is also a small probability of falling and becoming a Bloody Guard.

……

"Still can't be obtained with 100% certainty?"

Su Hao frowned slightly; after synthesis, the effect of the Blood Guard Heart granting super regeneration ability increased from an extremely low probability to a relatively high one.

As long as luck isn't too bad, one should be able to obtain the super regeneration ability.

However, Su Hao does not want to leave this to fickle luck; without the favor of the goddess of fortune, luck is hard to rely on.

"Forget it, let's synthesize again tomorrow!"

After a moment's hesitation, Su Hao still dismissed the idea of directly giving the Blood Guard Heart to Da Xiong Mao for use.

In order to prevent Da Xiong Mao from continuing to slack off, Su Hao has made up his mind to take it along next time he goes to the dark dungeon, so it can hone its combat skills and strive to become a demon king as soon as possible.

"Exactly! I'm doing this all for Da Xiong Mao's own good; I've made a lot of mental preparations for this decision!"

Su Hao nodded firmly, vehemently denying that he brought Da Xiong Mao along because he felt unbalanced inside.

Therefore, to ensure Da Xiong Mao doesn't encounter accidents during exploration, we must first boost its survivability; super regeneration ability is undoubtedly the best option currently.

Su Hao certainly doesn't want to ride Da Xiong Mao out and then have to carry it back.

After making the decision in his mind, Su Hao lightly tapped the table with his fingers, pondering what to use for synthesis.

"Let's try the stone person's heart and the ice crystal of the extreme cold ice wolf tomorrow."

Su Hao nodded, temporarily set this aside, and walked downstairs.

Now in the vegetable garden, many First Rank Supernatural plants have matured; it's time to see what changes occur in Xiao Anni's transmuted plants.

After reaching the first floor, Su Hao picked up Xiao Anni, who was spacing out with Huayao on the sofa, and headed toward the vegetable garden beside the shelter.

Seeing this, Huayao and the others followed curiously, also wanting to know what changes Xiao Anni's plant-transmuting ability could bring to plants, and whether it shares any common ground with their own ability to enlarge plants.

"Xiao Anni, transmute this purple-gold bamboo."

Upon arriving at the vegetable garden, Su Hao pointed to a purple-gold bamboo ahead and said.

He was also curious about what Xiao Anni's transmutation ability is like.

According to the description of 【Plant Rampage】, any plant transmuted by Xiao Anni.

will undergo permanent mutation, unlike skeleton warriors that revert to bone medium when their summoning time expires.

Furthermore, the transmuted plant can also possess simple sentience.

From this description, Su Hao felt that this is essentially turning an ordinary plant into a demon tribe member with some combat capability.

"Okay, big brother."

After hearing Su Hao's instruction, Xiao Anni nodded seriously.

Immediately, she followed Su Hao's taught method, trying to mobilize the mental power in her mind to communicate with the talent runes deep in her soul.

The next moment.

A green light then wrapped the purple-gold bamboo, about three meters long, forming a green ellipsoidal light ball.

After lasting about ten minutes, the green light ball burst with extremely dazzling light, and a figure about 1.5 meters tall appeared before Su Hao and the others.

The figure's body is composed of a purple-gold bamboo about half a meter in diameter; the lower part of the body wears a battle skirt made of bamboo leaves.

At the top of the body is a solemn human face; slightly above the middle are two arms made of purple-gold bamboo and bamboo leaves.

On these arms, one hand holds a spear about two meters long, likewise made of purple-gold bamboo; the other hand holds a shield made of purple-gold bamboo.

"How come I feel a bit familiar..."

Looking at the transmuted purple-gold bamboo, Su Hao stroked his chin, showing a thoughtful expression.

Plants, rooted in the soil, with a simple humanoid shape...

"Isn't this just the Spartan bamboo from Plants vs. Zombies that just came out?!"

Soon, Su Hao widened his eyes, realizing why the transmuted purple-gold bamboo felt familiar.

Judging by the overall appearance, the transmuted purple-gold bamboo is indeed extremely similar to the Spartan bamboo in Plants vs. Zombies.

In this new world with supernatural powers, could we be playing a supernatural version of Plants vs. Zombies? "Could it be that Xiao Anni has been playing Plants vs. Zombies too much lately, causing her transmuted plants to change in this direction?"

Su Hao stroked his chin and gave Xiao Anni in his arms a thoughtful glance.

It seems we need to hurry and find a teacher for Xiao Anni; her education also needs to keep up appropriately.

Although Su Hao's educational philosophy has always been against overburdening children with studies, when it's time to play, they should play properly.

But spending all day playing isn't good either; when it's time to study, they must study.

With the Third Tier Bloodsucking Demon Vine and the Fifth Tier Xue Nv guarding the place, Su Hao's shelter is also one of the safest spots in the entire dark forest.

In such a safe environment, Su Hao naturally has the qualifications to let Xiao Anni experience the joy of learning in this new world.

The only trouble is figuring out where to find a teacher; Su Hao is rather torn about it.

In such a background world, the teachers originally on Earth are no longer within Su Hao's consideration.

What he wants to find is a teacher who has some understanding of the supernatural world, so that he can also be a classmate with Xiao Anni and play the role of a student.

"Let's talk about this later; first, let's see what's special about this mutated purple-gold bamboo."

Afterwards, Su Hao stopped thinking about it and opened the attribute panel of the mutated purple-gold bamboo.

The mutated purple-gold bamboo belongs to Xiao Anni's summoned beast, and Xiao Anni is a member of the shelter, so Su Hao can also view the purple-gold bamboo's attribute panel.

【Purple-Gold Bamboo Warrior】

Supernatural Grade: First Rank

Introduction: A warrior formed by mutating a first-rank purple-gold bamboo, possessing simple spiritual intelligence, able to obey Annie's commands and attack all nearby enemies.

The purple-gold bamboo warrior's mental power is extremely low, but its physique is quite strong, having physical attack and defense not inferior to that of an ordinary first-rank supernatural being, and it feels no pain or fear.

……

"Ah? First rank? So it becomes a first-rank demon tribe?"

After reading the introduction of the purple-gold bamboo warrior, Su Hao couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Originally, the sole use of a first-rank purple-gold bamboo was to feed it to the giant panda, increasing its physique, strength, and defense.

But now, after Xiao Anni's mutation, it has gone from being a single-function purple-gold bamboo with no combat power.

It has permanently become a being with simple intelligence, able to obey Xiao Anni's control, possessing first-rank combat power as a supernatural demon tribe.

Moreover, the purple-gold bamboo warrior feels no pain and has no fear!

Even if the two sides in battle have equal strength, a purple-gold bamboo warrior that feels no pain and knows no fear will surely win in the end.

More importantly, there is no limit to the number of plants Xiao Anni can mutate.

If we could fill the surroundings of the shelter with purple-gold bamboo and then let Xiao Anni gradually mutate them into purple-gold bamboo warriors, the scene…

Just thinking about it is exciting!

Tens of thousands of purple-gold bamboo warriors that know neither pain nor fear would make it difficult even for thousands of second-rank supernatural beings to approach Su Hao's shelter! And this is only the initial stage; once the purple-gold coiling dragon bamboo is planted on a large scale and Xiao Anni's supernatural grade rises further.

By then, even third-rank supernatural beings would find it hard to break through the plant army's defenses!

"Xiao Anni, how many bamboo like this purple-gold bamboo can you mutate in a day?"

"Um… my remaining mental power should still allow me to… um… mutate another twenty or thirty, and if I have mana potions to replenish mental power, I could probably mutate a hundred in a day…"

Xiao Anni counted on her little fingers, her small face scrunched up; obviously, her math isn't very good.

"Kids aren't allowed to drink mana potions; if you mutate twenty or thirty plants a day, you'd better go rest obediently—did you hear me?"

Su Hao pinched Xiao Anni's slightly baby-fat cheeks and said firmly.

Based on Xiao Anni's recent statement, Su Hao estimated that relying on her naturally recovering mental power, she could mutate seventy or eighty, even a hundred purple-gold bamboos in a day.

However, the talent that consumes mental power to activate places a burden on the body, and Su Hao does not want Xiao Anni to overwork herself.

He certainly doesn't want to become a heartless dog capitalist who exploits child labor.

Moreover, the planting scale of purple-gold bamboo and Spirit Fruit Water Honey Peach hasn't gotten off the ground yet, and we also need to pick some for daily use, so there isn't that much for Xiao Anni to mutate.

It's estimated that before Xiao Anni becomes a supernatural being, there won't even be twenty or thirty first-rank plants a day for her to mutate.

Furthermore, the territory currently has a third-rank supernatural blood-sucking demon vine and a fifth-rank supernatural Xue Nv stationed there, so we don't need to worry about safety.

Being able to field the plant army before the undead calamity arrives would be enough.

Afterwards, Su Hao had Xiao Anni use mutation once on the Spirit Fruit Water Honey Peach tree beside him.

After mutation, the water honey peach tree looks somewhat like the watermelon shooter from Plants vs. Zombies.

Its overall height is about two meters, the main body being a large water honey peach with a simple set of facial features on top.

At the top of the water honey peach, a branch extends outward, forming a launching device together with half a water honey peach, and inside this device there is also a blue water honey peach made of water.

Su Hao: ……

Indeed, this is clearly influenced by Plants vs. Zombies! Su Hao shook his head and immediately opened the information panel of this water honey peach.

【Water Honey Peach Shooter】

Supernatural Grade: First Rank

Skill: Water Flow Cannonball (absorb water elements from the surrounding environment or draw energy from energy crystals, then fire a water flow cannonball to attack targets up to one kilometer away).

Introduction: A plant demon tribe formed by mutating a first-rank Spirit Fruit Water Honey Peach tree, possessing simple spiritual intelligence, able to obey Annie's commands and attack all enemies entering its attack range.

The water honey peach shooter's defense is low, but its mental power is relatively strong, giving it attack power greater than that of an ordinary first-rank supernatural being, and it feels no pain or fear.

……

"A long-range magic attack unit, and its attack range is even one kilometer?!"

When Su Hao saw the mutated water honey peach tree turn into the watermelon shooter's appearance, he faintly guessed that it might be a long-range attack unit.

At that time he was also curious whether the mutated water honey peach tree's attack method was the same as the watermelon shooter's, and how to replenish its ammunition.

As it turned out, not only is it a long-range attack unit, but it also comes with its own skill as a long-range magic attack unit, with a full one-kilometer range!

Replenishing the ammunition is also simple: just absorb surrounding water elements or the energy from energy crystals, and the water flow cannonballs will automatically refill.

However, the power of the water flow cannonball still needs to be tested to know.

Afterwards, Su Hao put Xiao Anni, who was in his arms, on the ground, walked up to the purple-gold bamboo warrior, took off his blood-wolf long robe, revealing his sturdy chest, and said to Xiao Anni: "Let the purple-gold bamboo warrior and the water honey peach shooter attack me so I can see their combat power."

The most direct way to know the attack power of these two plants is naturally to experience it firsthand.

"Okay, big brother, be careful then!"

Regarding Su Hao's words, Xiao Anni always chooses to believe them unconditionally.

Moreover, in her heart, Su Hao is the strongest person in the world, and she doesn't think an attack of this level could cause him any harm.

"Attack, purple-gold bamboo warrior!"

Puff! Following Xiao Anni's command, the purple-gold bamboo warrior hesitated not, raised its spear, and fiercely stabbed toward Su Hao's chest.

However, given Su Hao's current physical strength, a first-rank supernatural attack doesn't even qualify to pierce his skin.

The Purple Gold Bamboo Warrior's full-force thrust only made Su Hao's skin sink in slightly before being bounced back by a powerful recoil.

Even so, the Purple Gold Bamboo Warrior's attack still left Su Hao very satisfied.

Not bad, it's much stronger than a First Rank skeleton warrior, roughly on par with a First Rank heavy-armored goblin warrior.

As a Purple Gold Bamboo Warrior that can be summoned infinitely as long as there is purple gold bamboo, being able to match a First Rank heavy-armored goblin warrior is already quite good.

Continue!

Su Hao brushed off his chest and gave Xiao Anni a faint smile.

Big brother, be careful!

The next moment.

The Peach Pitcher turned its gaze toward Su Hao, and after aiming for about two seconds, a projectile made entirely of water was launched from its device, flying straight and heavily striking his chest.

With a 'bang', the water peach projectile exploded, generating a powerful shockwave; water droplets sprayed out, leaving pits of varying depth on the surrounding ground.

This attack power is far greater than that of the Purple Gold Bamboo Warrior!

Looking at the distant Peach Pitcher, Su Hao raised his eyebrows slightly, showing surprise.

The water flow cannonball fired by the Peach Pitcher is significantly stronger than the Purple Gold Bamboo Warrior's attack.

The power of this water flow cannonball even exceeds the wind blade that the Wolf-Head Stitching Monster used to try to behead Su Hao.

An ordinary First Rank Supernatural being, if directly hit by this water flow cannonball, would either die or suffer serious injury.

The only drawback is the long preparation time.

Just now, aiming the water flow cannonball that struck Su Hao took two to three seconds,

and after firing one water flow cannonball, the time needed to refill is even longer.

It had to wait a full ten seconds for the Peach Pitcher to absorb enough energy from the nearby energy crystal to regenerate a water flow cannonball on its launcher.

If this were an ordinary battle, a preparation time of around ten seconds before and after would likely mean the battle is already over, but……

"For the Peach Pitcher, this isn't really an issue."

Su Hao glanced at the surrounding peach trees and purple gold bamboo, a faint smile appearing on his face.

As long as the number of Peach Pitcher's Purple Gold Bamboo Warriors is sufficient, this little preparation time is no problem at all.

All fear stems from insufficient firepower.

If there were hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of purple gold bamboo in the front line, couldn't they buy the rear Peach Pitchers tens of seconds? With enough preparation time, thousands or tens of thousands of Peach Pitchers could unleash a volley of water flow cannonballs at distant enemies.

Not to mention Second Rank Supernatural beings; even Third Rank Supernatural beings would probably have to drink a potion from this.

Moreover, we have only two mutated plants now; in the future, when we mutate things like dragon fruit, corn, bloodsucking vines, and so on,

Attack, defense, control—once we have plants with all kinds of functions fully equipped, our combat power will increase geometrically! 'Huh? Wait, bloodsucking vine?'

Su Hao turned his head toward the direction of the meat mountain, looking at the massive vine clump on the summit, his eyes flickering slightly.

The Bloodsucking Demon Vine is also a plant; could it also be mutated by the Plant Frenzy? A peach tree with no combat power, after being mutated by Xiao Anni, becomes a Peach Pitcher with such attack power.

If we were to mutate the Bloodsucking Demon Vine as well, its combat power...

"We'd probably have to wait until Xiao Anni's Supernatural Grade rises to Second Rank before we can try."

The Bloodsucking Demon Vine is basically a Third Rank Supernatural demon race; asking Xiao Anni to mutate it now is still quite difficult.

Even before becoming a Supernatural being, Xiao Anni could mutate First Rank Supernatural plants, which is already a remarkable talent.

To mutate the Bloodsucking Demon Vine, we likely need to wait until Xiao Anni reaches Second Rank Supernatural.

However, as long as we plant that batch of seeds, Xiao Anni and the others won't be far from reaching Second Rank Supernatural.

Thinking of this, Su Hao summoned Hua Yao over.

(End of Chapter)