Chapter 511: 512: Planting the Wutong Tree, but the Phoenix Doesn’t Come.
“Great! Great! I’ve been simulating Planetary Instantaneous Movement but always lacked some power. With Qingluan’s help, I must succeed now!”
He immediately started simulating the move in the Dimensional Space and soon came out.
“Ahahaha! Hahaha! I made it!”
“Thanks to Luan’er, I will definitely marry you. Lin Zhen, do you see the gap between us now?”
Ye Hua said, not forgetting to mock Lin Zhen, who was sitting on the side. Advancing, defeating opponents, and winning the heart of a beauty – all these good things happening at the same time made him feel like the happiest person in the world.
Arranging his clothes, the barrier blocking his way was about to be broken, and Ye Hua was about to advance to the tenth row.
However, just at this instant, a figure flashed in front of his eyes. Someone had reached the tenth row before him.
It was Lin Zhen!
The world seemed to fall silent at that moment!
Ye Hua’s foot hung in the air, not knowing whether to step forward or withdraw it.
He could hardly believe his own eyes. Lin Zhen had made a last-ditch kill. Just as he was about to advance, Lin Zhen completed the task one second ahead of him, completely throwing him from heaven into a bottomless abyss!
This was not an illusion. Lin Zhen had indeed completed the task before him. But how could this be… He had received Luan’er’s power and completed his own comprehension and upgrade, yet Lin Zhen still managed to finish one second before him. Could this be a coincidence?
“I don’t believe it! This isn’t real! This isn’t real!”
Ye Hua lost his composure for the first time, screaming loudly.
Thunderclouds filled the sky, and golden lightning was brewing among them.
The rumbling sound of the thunder forced Ye Hua to calm down, but there was still a raging fire in his heart, and he dared not show it.
It had been nearly eleven months, and his hard work for nearly a year had been in vain. He had almost clinched the first place, only to change the outcome when Lin Zhen arrived.
He lost. The most outstanding genius of the Fire Kirin Empire lost thoroughly.
He didn’t even dare to look up at Feng Qingluan. Although she had helped him, he still lost. He felt deeply ashamed.
He felt that the people of the Fire Kirin below were looking at him with pity, sympathy, disdain, mockery, schadenfreude, and so on. None of them were positive, and they were all laughing at him!
The raging anger burned in Ye Hua’s heart. He looked up at Lin Zhen, who had already reached the tenth row.
“Lin Zhen! You won! But a single victory doesn’t mean you’ll always win. When we get to Chaotic Star River, we’ll still compete for the number of kills. Even if you succeed in your comprehension on Suspended Island, you’ll still lose to me in other areas.”
“A beautiful last-ditch counterattack, a perfect interception. Lin Zhen, you taught me a lesson today, but I’ll pay it back soon.”
Ye Hua fiercely shook his clothes, jumped down from the stone pillar, and quickly left the Suspended Island.
There was no point in staying, as the tenth row had already been occupied by Lin Zhen.
After Ye Hua left, most of the Fire Kirin’s Martial Artists also left.
No one expected such a result. Ye Hua, who had received Feng Qingluan’s help, actually lost to Lin Zhen. Worse still, the difference was just one second, making the loss incredibly frustrating.
On the other hand, Feng Qingluan remained calm and continued her comprehension and cultivation, seemingly unaffected by the situation, making people puzzled.
Only Lan Yuer stayed behind but was cultivating far away. Now there were only Lin Zhen and Feng Qingluan left in the Heaven Stele area.
Lin Zhen opened his eyes and looked at Feng Qingluan on the other side.
“Thank you. Although your power seemed to help Ye Hua, I was actually the one who benefited the most from it, allowing me to break through one step ahead.”
Feng Qingluan’s eyebrows moved slightly, but she didn’t open her eyes or respond, as if she didn’t want to see Lin Zhen.
Lin Zhen also didn’t say anything more, closing his eyes and continuing his comprehension.
Upon reaching the tenth level, everything he had learned became clear and comprehensible. Lin Zhen just needed some time to fully master Planetary Instantaneous Movement and Spatial Slash.
It was now the eleventh month since the Suspended Island opened. There was less than two months left before the meteorite belt resumed operation outside, so Lin Zhen didn’t have much time.
“Chris, is my Star Power now over 1,000?”
“Yes, Master. When you gained Feng Qingluan’s power just now, it stimulated the growth of your Star Power and reached exactly 1,000.”
“So, I can now use World Teleportation?”
“Yes.”
Lin Zhen nodded. Being able to use World Teleportation meant he could enter the inner worlds of other World Kings through his own Dark Star World. Of course, those World Kings had to open their inner worlds to him.
This kind of world transmission can be used by both the main body and the avatar.
“Connect with the interdimensional universe company that provides Wutong tree seedlings.”
Soon it was connected, and Lin Zhen talked to the person he had communicated with last time again.
“Sir, are you ready to decide to buy the Wutong tree seedlings now?”
“Yes, but the price of one hundred billion Cosmic Crystals is really too high, can’t it be cheaper?”
“I’m very sorry, this one hundred billion Cosmic Crystal price is mainly for the risk of opening the inner world of a World King level expert. You see, those who can use world transmission are all World King level experts, and opening up their inner worlds to let another World King in bears a huge risk. The value of every World King level expert is immeasurable, and one hundred billion Cosmic Crystals is just a basic guarantee fee.”
“So, there’s no room for a discount?”
“If you are sure to purchase, we can provide you the Wutong tree seedling’s 500 Kirin Coins for free.”
Lin Zhen was speechless for a moment; having spent one hundred billion Cosmic Crystals, who would care about those 500 Kirin Coins.
“I’ll buy it now, please let your World King open up his inner world.”
“Alright, our World King is prepared, and his world coordinates are X.”
Each World King’s inner world has its unique coordinates, so when he opens it, transmission can be used according to those coordinates.
Lin Zhen’s avatar locked the coordinates in the Dark Star Space using Star Power.
“World transmission!”
The Dark Star suddenly stagnated for a moment, and a huge output of Star Power broke through the space barrier instantly, revealing a corner of a brand new world before Lin Zhen’s eyes.
With a flicker of his figure, Lin Zhen’s avatar entered a new world in the next moment.
This is a barren world filled with boundless wastelands, only beneath the point where Lin Zhen entered, there was an old man with white hair standing there, holding a small tree in his hand.
Seeing Lin Zhen come in, the old man was obviously taken aback.
“Are you the one who wants to buy the Wutong Tree?”
“Yes, what’s your name?”
“People call me Moon Venerable World King; why didn’t the World King from your side come over, but instead sent such a young fellow like you?”
“Uh… the World King is busy right now, so he sent me over instead. Okay, we can trade now.”
This Moon Venerable World King didn’t ask much and handed the Wutong Tree to Lin Zhen.
Lin Zhen stored the Wutong Tree carefully, transferring one hundred billion Cosmic Crystals and 500 Kirin Coins. His original wealth of three hundred billion Cosmic Crystals had now been reduced by two-thirds.
After acquiring the Wutong Tree seedling, Lin Zhen immediately left this world, after all, facing a World King level expert like him, Lin Zhen still felt somewhat unsafe.
Breaking through the world barrier once again, he returned to the Dark Star Space.
The Wutong Tree seedling in his hand was full of vitality, but it was not yet big enough. Lin Zhen placed the seedling next to the Star Fruit Tree.
This was where the Heart of Plants and Trees was originally placed, with abundant energy. Although the power of the Heart of Plants and Trees had been almost exhausted now, the initial location still had surging vitality, enough to make the Wutong Tree grow rapidly.
“Here, it won’t be long before the Wutong Tree grows into a big tree, and then I can move it away.”
“I’ve got the Wutong Tree, but I don’t know if I’ll ever have a chance to see my Little Phoenix again.”
Having done all of this, Lin Zhen’s gaze fell on Feng Qingluan again.
Feng Qingluan was wholeheartedly cultivating, the Cui Mang Rank Spiritual Power occasionally flashing, making Lin Zhen feel a bit of pressure.
“Now Feng Qingluan is almost considered the top expert in the Chaotic Star River, neither Ye Hua nor the Mantis Commander could be her opponents in a one-on-one fight.”
“I need to cultivate quickly too, in just over a month the Insect Clan outside or even Ye Hua won’t give up. As soon as I leave here, there may be a fierce battle!”
Lin Zhen closed his eyes and began a new round of cultivation.
Upon reaching the tenth floor, Lin Zhen had learned the secrets of Spatial Slash and Planetary Instantaneous Movement, focusing on practicing them repeatedly in the dimensional arena.
Spatial Slash was an extremely powerful move, one that produced endless spatial rifts when used, making it very difficult to resist. However, this move’s power was accompanied by a tremendous consumption of Star Power.
This move was divided into Ten Slashes, One Hundred Slashes, One Thousand Slashes, and Ten Thousand Slashes.
Currently, Lin Zhen could perform Ten Slashes and was striving to practice One Hundred Slashes.
On the other hand, Planetary Instantaneous Movement was easier to learn. After mastering the final secret, although Lin Zhen still couldn’t move instantly between two planets’ distance, moving tens of thousands of kilometers was no longer a problem.
In the end, it was still a factor of Star Power. These two moves were prepared for Star System Stage experts, especially Spatial Slash. Lin Zhen’s current Star Power level of over a thousand was at most equivalent to the strength of Star System Level 3, so naturally, he could not unleash the maximum power of these moves.
Over more than a month’s time, Lin Zhen practiced Spatial Slash while continuously absorbing Constant Star Crystals from the Star Fruit Tree, allowing his realm to progress from the early stage of Constant Star Level Nine, advancing towards the Peak of Level Nine.