Chapter 438: [Star Shepherd]

For Li Ang, modifying a special playground for Iris was not difficult—after all, with his combo techniques he could easily conceal any noise she made.

The same went for the phenomena triggered when the Divine Tree bore fruit; now he didn't have to worry too much about the Chakra Fruit attracting the covetous attention of certain beings.

Watching Iris begin to let loose in the distance, Li Ang shook his head slightly, then shifted his gaze to the Divine Tree before him.

Two days earlier, after ordering Lu Ke to temporarily suspend the operation of 【The Sims】, the area around the Divine Tree had been cleared; at present he was the only one present.

Then, without any visible movement from Li Ang, an invisible ripple instantly enveloped the planet Morabis.

Unlike the earth-shaking spectacle when he was settling war criminals in the One-Person World, this time he was doing it for the Divine Tree's fruiting phenomena, so naturally he couldn't make too much of a commotion.

【Principle of Zhou Tian's Transformations】 and 【Qi Mechanism Sorting】 were used to conceal the Chakra Fruit's aura, while 【Great Luo Cave Observation】 constantly monitored the planet Morabis, ensuring the fruiting process wouldn't be interrupted.

'But these alchemists still haven't left?'

In Li Ang's line of sight, five robed figures were gathered in a house somewhere in the central city—precisely the Taiyi Miracle personnel who had previously assessed his alchemy workshop qualifications.

After 'recruiting' Karina, he hadn't paid further attention to this group; he hadn't expected them to still be lingering on the planet Morabis, reluctant to leave.

Li Ang knew exactly what these alchemists were thinking—nothing more than scheming against the 【Seven Great Kingdoms】.

After a brief moment of thought, he immediately made his decision.

Once the 【Star Shepherd】 class change was complete, he would use the Dual-Complete Hands to see exactly what they were up to, then decide whether to control them.

As Li Ang withdrew his gaze, the alchemists inexplicably felt a chill run through them, as if being watched by some terrible beast.

But the feeling came and went quickly, so none of them paid it any mind.

Meanwhile, Iris, who was frolicking on the grass on the other side, seemed to sense something. She skidded to a halt, stood still in place, and began twitching her nostrils repeatedly.

"Mmph—is that Li Ang's scent?"

The massive black dragon whined softly, half suspecting she had smelled wrong.

Before she could think it through, a voice drifted from afar, pulling her back to reality: "Iris, are you tired of playing? Shall we head back and rest?"

At this, Iris immediately gave a start: "No!"

Saying so, she charged once more toward the metal ball in the distance, completely casting the anomaly she had just sensed out of her mind.

At this moment, Li Ang, who had 'heard' their exchange, couldn't help but glance at Iris—he hadn't expected her to be able to faintly detect him while he was in the 【Great Luo Cave Observation】 state.

And just as he had guessed, this black dog-dragon was indeed no simple creature; he just didn't know exactly why she had come.

Although Li Ang could use the Dual-Complete Hands to check, it would be rather foolish to fall out with 【Aio Logistics】 over this.

He didn't think the two dragons, Sophia and Iris, were without protective measures of their own. If they were enemies, fine, but since their relationship was currently quite good, he naturally couldn't do such a thing.

On the other hand, for alchemists like those from Taiyi Miracle, he didn't need to consider such consequences.

Thinking of this, Li Ang took a light breath to calm himself, swept the jumbled thoughts from his mind, and took out Kaguya, who was in a sealed state.

As if sensing the aura of the Ōtsutsuki clan, a ferocious maw abruptly split open on the Divine Tree's thick trunk.

'Indeed, this is the correct procedure.'

Seeing the Divine Tree reveal an appearance completely different from its last fruiting, Li Ang thought to himself.

After one final glance at the Goddess Rabbit, her eyes tightly shut in his hands, he fed her into the giant maw without the slightest hesitation.

The next moment, the Divine Tree, as if having tasted some rare delicacy, began trembling all over uncontrollably.

Boom—!

Amid the tremendous roar, a terrifying aura far surpassing that of the Divine Tree on planet Fesa instantly spread across the entire planet Morabis.

Fortunately Li Ang had learned 【Principle of Zhou Tian's Transformations】 and 【Qi Mechanism Sorting】; otherwise such an exaggerated spectacle would undoubtedly have drawn the attention of interested parties.

As for now—

Facing the massive energy ripples on the sky like surging waves, the creatures on planet Morabis saw nothing.

And at the very center of this surging energy tide, a giant fruit—its surface inscribed with the pattern of the Rinne Sharingan, its entirety flowing with seven-colored radiance—was slowly condensing.

Finally, after one last towering wave of energy, the fruit was born.

Looking at the enormous Chakra Fruit constantly drawing in the surrounding energy, Li Ang couldn't help but show a slight smile.

If the 【Immortal】 class could compensate for his lack of methods, then the Ōtsutsuki line of classes was the main source of his frontal combat power.

With an excitement somewhat hard to put into words, Li Ang began absorbing the fruit before him, following the experience from last time.

【Currently consuming Chakra Fruit, Base Energy Attribute +559】.

【Currently consuming Chakra Fruit, Base Energy Attribute +784】.

Just like on planet Fesa, information began refreshing nonstop on the class panel; the difference was that the values provided by the two were on entirely different levels.

Of course—the Chakra Fruit from planet Morabis was inherently of higher quality than the one from planet Fesa, let alone having been fed Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.

Don't forget that this Goddess Rabbit had also eaten a Chakra Fruit herself; even in her extremely poor state, she still far surpassed an ordinary Ōtsutsuki branch family member.

As her hair fluttered, the Chakra Fruit grew smaller and smaller, until at last it vanished without a trace.

At this moment, Li Ang actually felt as if he had overeaten, a strange sense of fullness arising within him.

Looking at the several prompts that finally popped up on the panel, he couldn't help but let out a burp.

【Successfully devoured an extremely perfect Chakra Fruit, Base Energy Attribute +42161】.

【Successfully planted a Divine Tree and made it bear fruit, Class Experience +52315】.

【Heaven-Human Unity, Class Experience additionally increased +10421】.

【Descendant of the Rabbit: lv20】.

42161

Li Ang hadn't expected this Chakra Fruit to boost his Base Energy Attribute by so much—before eating it, his Energy Attribute had only been 79110.9.

Is 79110.9 low?

Not low—even among Fifth Energy Level practitioners it would rank as mid-tier.

Note: mid-tier refers to practitioners who also specialize in Energy Attribute. If compared among all practitioners, Li Ang's Energy Attribute was undoubtedly on the high side.

This naturally couldn't be separated from the boost of various specialties, and the Base Energy Attribute gained from eating the Chakra Fruit could benefit from these bonuses.

Therefore, when he calculated it out,

his energy attribute had nearly doubled.

Faced with such an exaggerated boost, even with Li Ang's state of mind, he felt for a moment that it was somewhat outrageous.

Fortunately, with the help of 【Calm Heart and Quiet Qi】, he quickly regained his composure.

At this moment, Li Ang only felt that his decision to develop the great enterprise of planting trees in the Journey world was incomparably wise. Although the chakra fruit he had just eaten was unreplicable, even an ordinary chakra fruit was already tempting enough.

One who often walks by the river will eventually wet his shoes; if he kept planting trees in the main universe, sooner or later he would be discovered.

With somewhat relieved thoughts, Li Ang looked at the next two prompt messages.

【Bloodline of Mao】 had reached max level.

Originally, he had thought that after eating this fruit he would need to grind experience for a while longer; who would have expected that under the effect of 【Heaven and Man as One】, it had directly reached max level.

Without much hesitation, Li Ang immediately chose to change class.

As a new message popped up on the class panel, time and space seemed to freeze at this moment.

【You have successfully taken the class: Shepherd of Stars】.

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【Class: Shepherd of Stars】

【Level: 1/20 (0/1 million)】

【Attribute Bonus: Body Strength 2000 per level, Spirit Strength 2000 per level, Energy 40000 per level】

【Class Skills: Blood Inheritance Net, Tally, Divine Art · Infinity, Divine Art · Great Sun Noble Spirit God】

【Class Proficiencies: Visitor from Beyond, Enemy of the Starry Host, Energy-Devouring Body】