"Xiao Gang, there seems to be a valley 800 meters ahead. Should we go there and have a look?" Flanders said to the master in the air.
"We're going forward anyway, so there's no harm in going over there and taking a look." The master thought for a moment and said.
Flender nodded, flapped his wings and took the lead. Ma Hongjun quickly flapped his phoenix fire wings to follow. Grandmaster and Tang San also quickly moved forward, following closely.
After more than half a day of continuous flying, Ma Hongjun's flying skills have made great progress, and Flender is not cheating him like last night. When he is flying, he will tell him when he sees problems that need attention, and teach him. How should he fly and so on.
Ma Hongjun is not afraid of depleting his soul power. If his soul power is insufficient, he will eat Oscar's recovery sausage to restore his soul power.
Oscar's recovery sausages can be stored for seven days, so when he left this time, Oscar gave Ma Hongjun three hundred sausages.
However, this time limit is only because Oscar is still a soul master now. When his realm improves in the future, this time limit will be reduced.
Why is this happening?
Ma Hongjun understood this problem after listening to the explanations from Oscar and his teacher Shao Xin. As his realm has improved, it also means that the quality of his soul power is higher. When the time comes, the first restoration intestine produced will definitely be more effective and require more soul power. It makes sense that the time limit is lowered, otherwise it would be a bit too awesome.
But similarly, Oscar's realm has improved, and making a recovery sausage of his current soul master level will not only consume less soul power, but also increase the sausage's storage time, and the effect will be better. The higher the realm, the longer the time limit.
The effect and time limit have also been improved, also because the quality of his soul power is higher.
However, no matter how good the effect is, there is a limit, and this limit depends on the age of his soul ring. After all, his first soul ring was just a century-old soul ring.
For a team, the higher the level of the food soul master, the better the food they make and the more popular it will be. As for whether the storage period is long, this is not important. It is usually used on site.
But for the army, a powerful food-type soul master is very popular.
Most of the troops are ordinary people or low-level soul masters. Therefore, the food-type soul master does not need to make food that suits his realm, he only needs to make food that meets the needs of army soldiers and low-level soul masters.
In this way, the higher the realm, the better the quality of soul power. Making the food required by low-level soul masters not only consumes less soul power, but also can produce more, and the storage period is longer, and the effect is also better than that of low-level soul masters. The effect produced by the master is good.
The same goes for Oscar's sausages. If he waits until he becomes a Titled Douluo and then makes the large recovery sausages needed for the soul master stage, he will probably be able to make hundreds of them at once, and they will probably be able to store them for a few years. But the recovery sausages needed to make Title Douluo at that level would probably be the same as now, with a maximum of ten sausages being made at a time. Even the soul power consumption is even greater, and even a dozen of them cannot be made. The storage time limit may be only a few minutes or ten minutes, or it may need to be taken on the spot.
These are what Oscar and his teacher Shao Xin told Ma Hongjun. There has never been a food system at the Title Douluo level, so the specifics are just Shao Xin's guess.
But Ma Hongjun already understands the truth, that is, making food required by a low realm at a high realm consumes less soul power, produces more quantities, and has a longer shelf life, and the effect is better than food made at a low realm.
On the contrary, making high-level food requires a lot of soul power, and the quantity produced will not be too much, but the effect will be better and the storage time will be shortened.
But no matter what, the food produced will be limited by the age of the food soul master's soul ring. What if Oscar's soul rings all became ten thousand year soul rings, or one hundred thousand year soul rings, or one million year soul rings. I'm afraid it's hard to say. As for what will happen specifically, Ma Hongjun doesn't know.
Flanders didn't want Oscar's sausage. First, he was very strong. If he took Oscar's sausage, he would have average effect. Second, he is one of the teachers who doesn't like eating Oscar sausage.
The master originally thought that Ma Hongjun ate ordinary sausages. According to his calculations, Ma Hongjun should have exhausted his soul power long ago. Unexpectedly, after eating the sausage, he was almost as stunned as when he had enough soul power, and even his physical strength seemed to have recovered. Knowing that the sausages he ate were not simple, the master asked.
After this question, Flender began to show off to him how talented Oscar was from Shrek Academy. However, following the hint given to him by Ma Hongjun, Flender did not reveal Oscar's soul curse.
This suddenly made the master even more surprised. The food system was innately full of soul power, which was even rarer than Tang San's twin martial souls. As far as the master knows, Oscar is probably the only soul master in the world with innate soul power in the food system.
Under the explanation of the master and Flanders, Tang San also understood what was going on, and at the same time he became more and more curious about his master's Shrek Academy.
As far as he knew, his senior brother Ma Hongjun and his senior brother's friend were both born with full soul power. And one is from the food system, and the other is from the top beast martial spirit, the strange fire phoenix.
During the conversation between Grandmaster and Flanders, they both knew that Ma Hongjun became a disciple earlier than Tang San, and was also a disciple of Tang San's master, Flanders. So both Tang San and the master recognized that Ma Hongjun was Tang San's senior brother. Flanders also recognized Tang San as a smart, well-behaved and sensible nephew.
It didn't matter that Tang San was curious, but as soon as he asked, he fell right into Flanders and Ma Hongjun's trap.
Flender took the opportunity to promote his Shrek Academy and extended an invitation to Tang San, with Ma Hongjun also lending his support.
Tang San was very moved, and the master didn't object. In this way, he decided to apply for early graduation when Ma Hongjun returned to school and go to Shrek Academy with his senior brother.
But Flanders would never have imagined that when Ma Hongjun came back, he would bring more than just Tang San.
But that's all a story for another day. Since Ma Hongjun let Tang San see Oscar's sausage, how could he not treat him to it?
You know, when Oscar expressed his welcome to his friend, he invited him to eat his big sausage, so Ma Hongjun also said that he wanted to invite Tang San to eat his big sausage, which was a welcome to his friend.
Tang San readily agreed, and he and the master ate one each. After finishing the meal, he was full of praise for Ma Hongjun's Oscar brand sausage.
As he walked, Flanders noticed something unusual. He frowned and said, "Huh? Why is this road so strange? How come there isn't even a slightly more powerful spirit beast at more than 800 meters?"
"If anything goes wrong, there must be a monster, Flanders, please pay more attention!" Flanders discovered the problem, and the master naturally discovered it too.
This place is full of weirdness. There is not even a hundred-year-old spirit beast that can walk and move. They are all spirit beasts that are about ten years old. This is obviously very abnormal in this century-old spirit beast area.
Ma Hongjun fell from the air, looked at Tang San with a confused look on his face, and followed him obediently.
At a distance of more than 800 meters, the four people arrived quickly. What appeared in front of them was a small valley with a radius of 500 meters.
The valley is surrounded by lush greenery, but the further you go inside, the more desolate it seems for some reason.
Both Master and Flender noticed something was wrong and became increasingly cautious.
Flanders no longer even flies at high altitudes, choosing to fly at low altitudes so that he can react at any time if there is a problem.
Gradually moving forward, within a hundred meters around the center of this small valley with a radius of one mile, for some reason, all living things died, turning into a completely dead place.
The vegetation within a hundred meters of the surrounding area all seemed to have been drained of life and died.
There was silence within a hundred meters, all of which were dead vegetation and plant spirit beasts. There are also some animal soul beasts that have been drained of their soul power and vitality. Huge skeletons and dry vegetation are everywhere.
Moreover, the death of these creatures does not seem to be very far away.
Grandmaster and Flanders frowned. There must be something fishy in such a strange terrain, or there must be a strange spirit beast.
"Xiao Gang, look what that is. Why is there a vine there when all the surrounding creatures are dead?" Flanders frowned and pointed to the center of the valley, "What on earth is that?"
Looking around, in the center of the valley a hundred meters in front of them, among the dead trees, stood a tall dry green tree. Judging from its size, it was probably a thousand years old.
It is rare to see a thousand-year-old greenwood tree in the century-old soul beast area. Moreover, the characteristic of a soul beast like Aoki Tree is unparalleled toughness.
However, the strange thing is that this thousand-year soul beast is dead like other creatures here.
What's even weirder is that a purple-black vine is wrapped around the dead green tree. The purple-black leaves look a bit like enlarged leaves of Blue Silver Grass.
It's the only living thing around here.
Such an unexpected scene makes people feel that everything here is so weird and abnormal, full of deep weirdness.
"Xiao Gang, do you think that vine is purple wisteria? Is it suitable for Mistress?" Flanders looked surprised, thinking that the other creatures around him were dead, but why was that vine still alive? Looking carefully, the vine was purple-black and looked like purple wisteria, but he wasn't sure.
The master looked at it carefully, frowned deeply, and said after a long silence, "This vine is not a purple wisteria, and I have never seen such a spirit beast. But looking at the surroundings, it is definitely not a purple wisteria. Tengluo is not so domineering."
Ma Hongjun and Tang San looked at each other, completely unsure of what to say.
"Forget it if I don't know. Let's go and find a suitable soul beast for Xiao San!" Flanders said with a frown.
The master stared closely at the purple-black vine, thinking quickly and not knowing what he thought of, and said, "Flanders, go over and take a closer look. Are the exposed rocks under the vine a meteorite?"
"What's the matter? Is there any significance in this?" Flanders asked doubtfully.
"I'm not sure either, but I need to verify it before I can confirm it!" the master said.
Flanders restrained his aura and touched it carefully. It was so weird here that he couldn't help but be careful, lest he capsize in the gutter.
Afraid of disturbing the strange purple-black vine, after a while, Flanders looked at it, then quietly returned and nodded to the master.
For some reason, the master's expression suddenly became a little excited, and information about a certain soul beast emerged in his heart.
Concentrating his breath, the master carefully moved fifty meters forward, not daring to breathe out. He stared closely at the purple-black vine.
Further forward was the dead zone. He didn't dare to go further. He was careful not to make a big mistake.
Seeing this, Flanders told Tang San and Ma Hongjun, and led the two of them to touch it cautiously.
"Fland, I probably know what kind of spirit beast this is!" After observing for a long time, the master whispered carefully.
When they got here, they could no longer communicate like before and had to be careful, otherwise they might disturb the purple-black vine.
It's just that the master's expression is a little strange, and he is excited and regretful, as if he has seen some treasure, but he has no chance to do so. In short, he is very entangled.
"What is it?" Flanders asked in a low voice.
Ma Hongjun and Tang San looked at the master eagerly, they didn't even know what it was.
What makes Ma Hongjun feel weird is that if that thing is shrunk and then changed to blue, it will probably look no different from the blue silver grass on the roadside.
The master had a troubled expression and said slowly with an ugly face, "If what is recorded in the book is correct, this should be the legendary Sky Star Vine!"
"What? Star Vine?" Flanders said in horror. That kind of soul beast actually exists?
Ma Hongjun and Tang San looked at each other in confusion, Tianxing Vine? What it is?
"No, retreat quickly!"
With his excitement, his aura leaked out, and the master's face turned extremely ugly, and he quickly reminded the three of them.
Flanders didn't dare to neglect. He held Tang San in one hand and Ma Hongjun in the other, and quickly retreated. The master also ran quickly behind with Luo Sanpao.
The purple-black vine in the center of the valley seemed to be alive, dancing crazily, like purple-black poisonous pythons, rushing towards Ma Hongjun and the four of them.
Flender and the master retreated a hundred meters away with the two children, and then the vine seemed to shrink back unwillingly, dancing wildly in the center of the valley, as if it was annoyed that it had not caught the prey.
At this time, the master breathed a sigh of relief and watched Flanders put down Tang San and Ma Hongjun, turned around and stared closely at the purple-black vines in the center of the valley and said, "That should be the Sky Star Vine. Other spirit beasts in the age of the Centennial Spirit Beast, It is impossible for the vines to extend to a hundred meters in length during an attack.”
"A hundred-year-old Sky Star Vine? I didn't expect that such a thing actually exists. A hundred-year-old one should be the most suitable soul beast for Xiao San, right? Why do you look so ugly?" Flanders asked puzzledly, this kind of soul beast He had only heard the master talk about beasts occasionally. Before, he was not even sure whether they existed, let alone how to recognize them.
The master seemed to have figured something out, and his face became slightly better. He sighed and said, "This should be a star vine that is about 500 years old. It is beyond the limit that Xiaosan can absorb."
"Teacher, what is the Sky Star Vine?" Tang San asked, and Ma Hongjun looked at the master with the same confusion.
The master clarified his thoughts and explained to the three of them, "The Sky Star Vine is a rare soul beast that only exists in legends. I have only seen records about it in a incomplete ancient book that I occasionally obtained. This kind of There are basically no soul beasts on the mainland. Only when meteorites fall from the sky, there is a certain chance that they will come to our world from the outside. So it may appear anywhere. I just asked you to see if those exposed rocks are meteorites. , that’s why.”
Flanders, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San looked astonished. No wonder this kind of spirit beast was so rare.
"Teacher, what are the characteristics of this spirit beast?" Tang San asked.
The master stared at the strange purple-black vines in the distance with an inexplicable expression, and said, "The soul beast of the Sky Star Vine is the hardest and most resilient among the plant soul beasts I know so far. It is recorded in that ancient book that the Sky Star Vine It has very strong physical immunity, can absorb any energy, has the same infinite growth characteristics as the Azure Vine, and can evolve indefinitely. It does not evolve with the growth of normal plant soul beasts, but evolves with the growth and devouring of plundering and devouring. If If it is allowed to grow and evolve, it will definitely bring extremely terrible disasters to the world."
Ma Hongjun and the others stared at the purple-black vine with horrified expressions. There was such a terrifying spirit beast?
The master nodded and continued, "You don't have to worry too much. Although there are records like that, I estimate that without tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of years of growth, it would be impossible for it to reach that point. And since there is something about Its records show that it appeared before, but was eventually eliminated. You see, it has a total of five vines, and all five of them are about ten meters long. Before the thousand years ago, the Sky Star Vine would produce one vine every hundred years. , grows one meter every ten years, indicating that this plant is exactly the 500-year-old Sky Star Vine. The stems and leaves of the Sky Star Vine are purple-black, so it looks like a purple wisteria. If it shrinks and turns blue, it will look particularly like a purple wisteria. Blue Silver Grass. Only when it is thousands of years old will mysterious golden lines appear on the stems and leaves. If you look at the creatures around it, they are all dead, which means that this is indeed the Star Vine. After all, Wisteria will not be so domineering. , the growth will not suck up all the vitality around it. Unfortunately, the age of this Star Vine has exceeded the limit of the first soul ring, so it is not suitable for Xiao San. Flanders, kill this Star Vine, and we will find a suitable one for Xiao San. The soul beast."
"Wait a minute, uncle." Looking at Flanders who was about to rush forward, Tang San quickly stopped him and asked the master, "Teacher, if you don't choose it, why do you want to kill it?"
The master explained, "The Sky Star Vine is very special. As you can see, this thing is very domineering. Generally, as long as a plant-type martial spirit is absorbed, there is an 80% chance of inheriting all its abilities perfectly. However, precisely because of these characteristics of the Sky Star Vine, then If it is allowed to grow, it will probably bring devastating disaster to the world. This kind of soul beast is completely an intruder and plunderer from outside the sky. I don’t know how this Sky Star Vine has not been discovered by anyone. Did it just grow up in the past few years?" The master said with a wry smile in his heart. It's a pity that few soul masters can recognize this kind of soul beast, let alone the soul beast.
After listening to his explanation, Ma Hongjun and the others also understood that this kind of soul beast was indeed too terrifying. If it continued to grow, I am afraid it would really bring unimaginable disasters to the world.
"Uncle Master, does Tianxing Vine grow very fast?" Ma Hongjun asked doubtfully after hearing the master's last words.
The master nodded, shook his head, and said in the puzzled eyes of the three people, "The Sky Star Vine comes to this world with the meteorite, and it may not necessarily land there, so it could happen anywhere. This kind of soul beast may be very cunning. , there will be an incubation period of thousands or even tens of thousands of years when it first lands. It may be adapting to our world, but no one can say for sure. I estimate that even if this kind of soul beast has appeared before, it is definitely extremely rare. . Some of them may have been directly destroyed by sky fire when the meteorite fell. Just like this one, it may have survived by chance. The best way to identify the Sky Star Vine is to see if there are meteorites around it, and whether it is It grows on meteorites and is confirmed based on its characteristics. After the incubation period, the seeds of the Star Vine will begin to take root and germinate quickly. Because of its domineering characteristics and the ability to absorb any energy, it grows very quickly. I think this Star Vine is probably It has only grown in these years. However, after the Sky Star Vine grows to the ten thousand year level, its growth rate will slow down and become like ordinary Bluesilver Grass, growing extremely slowly. Maybe this is the case, the Sky Star Vine that occasionally appeared in the past , will they all be wiped out in the end!"
After finishing speaking, the master looked at the dead creatures a hundred meters away in front of him, shook his head, and said, "This Star Vine and even the thousand-year-old greenwood tree have been drained of their soul power and vitality. I'm afraid it has died." It’s not even a year, and most likely not even half a year.”
"hiss!"
The three of them took a breath. Isn't Xingteng too scary today? Fortunately, fortunately, it will slow down after reaching the ten thousand year level, otherwise it would be really terrifying.
But this way, Ma Hongjun had new questions, so he asked the master, "Uncle Master, you said that the Tianxing Vine grows very fast, but why does its growth slow down when it reaches the ten thousand-year level?"
The master frowned and thought for a while, then said, "I don't know much about this, but according to the description of the Star Vine in ancient books, I guess it should be at the ten thousand year level that the Star Vine will really start to develop into that terrifying form. level of transformation, so it requires more energy. Perhaps this is the reason why it grows slowly after reaching the ten thousand year level."
The three of them nodded in understanding, feeling that the master's analysis made sense and that this might be the truth.
But that's fine, otherwise once the Star Vine grows, it will probably be a devastating disaster.
"Teacher, I want to choose this as my first spirit ring. I feel that I should be able to absorb this spirit beast's spirit ring." Tang San thought for a while and said, he felt that it would be a bit too much to ruin such a powerful spirit beast. pity. Just let him absorb it, and treat it as eliminating harm for the people. Maybe it can make up for the shortcomings of his blue silver grass, which is a useless martial soul, as the master said. Moreover, with the righteousness and peace of Xuantian Kung, the condensation of soul power, and his long-term training, he felt that absorbing this soul ring was still very promising.
"Xiaosan, how sure are you?"
Tang San's extremely serious look made the master frown. He refused in his heart, but he didn't want to give up such a precious soul ring. Tang San didn't look like he was unsure, so he directly asked about the chance of success.
"Eighty percent!" Tang San solemnly uttered two words.
"Okay. Flanders, you cut off all the vines of the Sky Star Vine, as well as all the five underground roots. As long as you don't destroy the golden ball in the center between the roots and the vines, that's it. Heart," the master said to Flanders.
"Hehe, let's see. Such a domineering invader can use Xiao San's soul ring to eliminate harm for the people. I can't wait to see the changes in Bluesilver Grass after Xiao San absorbs this soul ring. And you too Really, now that we know it’s the Star Vine, why did we run just now?” Flanders smiled slightly, knowing that it was the Star Vine, he understood the weirdness here, and he felt relieved. Moreover, it would be a pity to give up such a precious soul ring. It's only five hundred years, and it's seventy-seven years beyond the limit of the first soul ring. It's still possible to give it a try.
"The Sky Star Vine has the characteristic of infinite growth. Although this five-hundred-year-old one can only extend a hundred meters, but if we take action, who will protect Xiaosan and Hongjun?" the master asked.
"Okay, you are the master and you are right!" Flanders shrugged helplessly and walked towards the Star Vine.
The slovenly figure watching in secret was also startled by the Tianxing Vine. He also hoped that this spirit beast could be Tang San's spirit ring, but unfortunately the year was not suitable. He silently decided in his heart that if Tang San was in danger later, he would take action in time and save him at all costs.
There is no living creature within fifty meters around Tianxing Vine, which shows its dominance, because almost all the energy is monopolized by it, leaving no room for other spirit beasts to survive.
The eagle's claws are flying across the sky, fierce and fierce, and the iron wings are slashing horizontally and vertically, indestructible.
The purple and black vines danced, whipping the sky and splitting the earth, like a giant python turning over and a dragon dancing wildly.
Seeing that Flanders was already fighting with the Sky Star Vine, the master began to explain the attack methods and weaknesses of the Sky Star Vine to Ma Hongjun and Tang San.
"The power of the Sky Star Vine is very powerful, comparable to the Titan Giant Ape and the Purple Scale Sky-Swallowing Python of the same level. Its main attacks in the early stage are whipping and strangulation. If it grows to the 100,000-year-old level, it will have terrifying and domineering devouring attack capabilities. . Perhaps it is because it grows slowly after reaching the ten thousand-year level. As a result, it will be eliminated as soon as it is discovered by someone who knows it. Therefore, relevant records about it are handed down on the mainland. I also got it by chance during an expedition. That incomplete ancient book was later written into the soul beast book. You can take a look when you go back. Although Tianxing Vine only has these two early attack methods, its defense and vitality are also very terrifying, so this makes it very It is difficult to deal with. Moreover, the Star Vine can absorb any energy, so most of the physical elemental attacks of the same level and level are not much different. Of course, if you have physical or elemental attacks with extreme properties, you can not only attack the Star Vine It can cause damage and just restrain it. But fortunately, only the Heavenly Star Vine that has reached the 100,000-year-old level can produce intelligence, and those below 100,000 years old can only have instinctive attack and defense. To deal with the Heavenly Star Vine, one must either have extremely powerful attacks In terms of power and destructive ability, either it can only rely on level suppression or extreme attack power. Otherwise, for the same level and level, Tianxing Vine has almost no weaknesses. It is very difficult to deal with and often costs an extremely high price. Only then can it be killed.”
Tang San heard the highlight of the master's words and asked, "Teacher, you said that Tianxing Vine has almost no weaknesses when facing soul beasts and soul masters of the same level. That means it still has a weakness. What is it?"
"There is a weakness. The weakness of Tianxing Vine is to find its main root. The ancient book records that there is a golden node like a tumor on its main root. That node is the life gate of Tianxing Vine, which is equivalent to the human heart. It is the golden ball I just mentioned. As long as this golden ball is punctured or broken, the Tianxing Vine will die. But for many soul masters, this weakness is equivalent to none. One is that they cannot get close; I don’t even know which one is the main root. Thirdly, I found the main root, and ordinary attacks can’t break through the defense of Tianxing Vine. So the best way to deal with Tianxing Vine is to use extreme attribute attack power and cross-level kills.” Master. explained.
"Indeed, if it is not a cross-level kill, with this level of tenacity, for ordinary soul masters, it is really not something that ordinary attacks can break through without repeatedly attacking one place."
While the master was explaining, Flanders also solved the Star Vine and came over with a wooden stake with only a few remaining roots connected to it.
As he said this, Flanders quickly urged Tang San, "Xiao San, hurry up and finish it off. Otherwise, it will take a lot of effort to wait for this thing to slow down, with its characteristics of unlimited growth as long as it has sufficient energy!"
Tang San nodded seriously, took out the dagger given by the master, pointed it at Flanders' hand, and pierced the golden ball with a diameter of five or six centimeters in the middle of the wooden stake.
"Pfft!"
Star Vine, die!
"Xiao San, you must remember that no matter how the power of the soul ring impacts, you must hold on and never give up no matter what. Only in this way can you have a chance to absorb it successfully." The master watched as the yellow light began to shine on Flanders' hand. Condensation formed above the wooden pile, giving Tang San a serious warning.
"Teacher, I can!" Tang San nodded in agreement.
"Don't worry, absorb it. As long as I'm here, no one can disturb you!" Flanders said, handing the wooden stake in his hand to Tang San.
"Thank you, Master!" Tang San thanked him seriously.
"Junior Brother Xiaosan, come on!" Ma Hongjun encouraged Tang San. Tang San nodded seriously and walked aside to absorb the spirit ring.
