Chapter 1718 - 1701: Spirit Stone Tree
The entire perimeter of the Wind Mist Secret Realm is surrounded by these incredibly dense, sun and moon star-like giant trees.
In contrast, the core area of the Wind Mist Secret Realm lies beyond this forest of giant trees.
Looking around, each towering tree, tens of meters high like stone, has lush branches and leaves; they have blossomed and borne fruit. But the fruits they bear are glowing stones emanating green light.
These stones are all unexpectedly Green Stone Milk!
To think that Green Stone Milk is actually the fruit!
Loading this brown-treed forest into one’s vision, they are as numerous as stars in the night sky, stretching out of sight.
"Lord Spirit King, these are Spirit Stone Trees that can grow in the Starry Sky Secret Realm, with the ability to yield Green Stone Milk."
"Of course, there are also Spirit Stone Trees that can yield Purple Light Stone Milk and White Light Stone Milk, but those are quite rare."
"We are fairly lucky; this time in the Wind Mist Secret Realm, most of the Spirit Stone Trees have nearly all blossomed and borne fruit. If we harvest these, we can earn a significant amount of war merit."
Lei Yunhu said with a smile.
With this statement, the other two army commanders also broke into laughter.
An entire series of the Blue Demon Spirit Army mobilized for a mission, with the war merit earned being five parts to the Spirit King, two parts to the commanders, and the remaining three parts equally divided among each of the soldiers.
Whether it’s a commander or a soldier, they can exchange for treasures at the Blue Demon with war merit.
Hence, seeing so many Spirit Stone Trees made them naturally elated.
"You take your men and collect these Green Stone Milk, while I inspect the surroundings," Xiao Ye nodded, instructing the three army commanders.
"Yes!"
The three army commanders nodded, and the Flying Warship sped up rapidly. After an hour, they finally penetrated the layers of overlapping giant trees.
Whizz, whizz, whizz!
The next moment, individual Spirit World Warriors leaped from the Flying Warship, lunging toward those Spirit Stone Trees.
The Eighth Series Blue Demon Spirit Army frequently executes such missions, traversing through the Starry Sky Secret Realm back and forth, and they have long prepared plenty of space treasures.
A million Spirit Army soldiers charged in all at once, with some harvesting Green Stone Milk and others on guard around the perimeter.
Watching his orderly Spirit Army, Xiao Ye had no worries and began wandering within the Wind Mist Secret Realm.
For him, Green Stone Milk, apart from establishing war merit, no longer held much allure. His target was Purple Light Stone Milk, White Light Stone Milk, or even higher-level Cosmic Spiritual Treasure.
The Wind Mist Secret Realm is vast; even with his Spiritual Sense released, he couldn’t sense its end, and a faint mist seemed to waft further inside.
Confident of his abilities, Xiao Ye advanced deeper into the Wind Mist Secret Realm.
Boom!
At that moment, the entire Wind Mist Secret Realm suddenly shook violently. Looking far ahead, the starry sky roiled as countless dark shadows surged rapidly like a sky-covering cloud, imposing and murderous.
The starry sky was trembling anxiously.
"What is that!"
Xiao Ye’s pupils contracted sharply.
From these dark shadows, he sensed aura fluctuations that were in no way weaker than those of Spirit Rank Martial Artists.
"The Exotic Beasts within the Secret Realm have been disturbed. Continue harvesting the Green Stone Milk, the rest, follow us into battle!"
The three army commanders roared, drew their weapons, leading tens of thousands of Spirit Army soldiers to charge towards those shadows.
The Eighth Series Blue Demon Spirit Army frequently enters and exits the Starry Sky Secret Realm, their strength naturally extraordinary, having trained in the same Spiritual Technique and now unleashing it together with earth-shattering might.
"Thousand-Pattern Battle Map!"
Xiao Ye also made his move, he did not use the Devouring Spirit Spear, but his Taichu Spirit Seed within lightly quivered, and instantly terrifying Taichu Spiritual Power poured out like a flood, condensing Spirit Runes in the starry sky, interweaving a Thousand-Pattern Battle Map.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Though Xiao Ye was merely at the late-stage Spirit Transformation, the abundance of Taichu Spiritual Power combined with his recent cultivation allowed him to condense five levels of Thousand-Pattern Battle Map in one go.
Immediately, the invading Exotic Beasts were blasted away, with the five layers of Thousand-Pattern Battle Map going in and killing over a hundred Exotic Beasts in just a few breaths, leaving the Spirit Army soldiers astounded.
These Exotic Beasts roamed the Starry Sky Secret Realm, their strength far from ordinary. Xiao Ye, at the mere late-stage Spirit Transformation, dealing with this group of Exotic Beasts was akin to slicing through melons and vegetables, comparable to their predecessors, the Spirit Kings.
However, relying on Xiao Ye alone could not possibly repel this horde of Exotic Beasts.
A fierce battle erupted; Exotic Beasts were slain one after another, yet the Eighth Series Blue Demon Spirit Army also suffered considerable casualties.
"These Exotic Beasts are too numerous, but fortunately, none are overly strong. As long as we can endure for the time it takes an incense stick to burn, we’ll be fine," the three army commanders gritted their teeth.
They didn’t expect to gain much within the Wind Mist Secret Realm; as long as they could complete the mission and return alive, that would be sufficient.
"What is Lord Spirit King doing?"
At this moment, an exclamation drew the attention of the three army commanders. Their eyes looked, and their faces drastically changed.
Only to see Xiao Ye had already taken out the Devouring Spirit Spear, unexpectedly fighting his way through the surrounding Exotic Beasts towards the depths of the Wind Mist Secret Realm.
"Lord Spirit King, come back!"
The three army commanders hurriedly shouted.
The Starry Sky Secret Realm, even one explored by the Blue Demon, is not to be underestimated, fraught with danger and inhabited by numerous Exotic Beasts.
To truly explore the entire Starry Sky Secret Realm, probably only a being like the Five Law Enforcement Envoys could stand a chance.
In their Eighth Series Blue Demon Spirit Army’s history, a significant number of these Spirit Kings couldn’t resist greed, leading to their downfall.
And now Xiao Ye...
Was he repeating the same mistake?
Despite their desperate shouts, Xiao Ye seemed not to hear, gradually vanishing within the wave of Exotic Beasts.
"Finally broke through!"
Deep in the Wind Mist Secret Realm, a disheveled figure suddenly appeared, panting heavily, with a face full of relief.
This person was Xiao Ye.
"Luckily, I wore the Spirit King Battle Armor, coupled with the Exotic Beasts not being too strong and their attention drawn by millions of Spirit Army, otherwise, I wouldn’t have made it out," Xiao Ye thought with a face full of relief.
His risk-taking was not without reason.
"I sensed the fluctuation of Purple Light Stone Milk; it should be right there." After a short rest, Xiao Ye looked ahead, eyes blazing.
Thanks to the Time Tower, he’d used Purple Light Stone Milk more than once in the Spirit Capital, making him very familiar with the fluctuation of such Cosmic Spiritual Treasure.
The next moment, Xiao Ye’s form flickered, rushing towards the front.
Gradually, the roars and clashing sounds of Exotic Beasts vanished.
The deeper he ventured into the Wind Mist Secret Realm, Xiao Ye felt even his Spiritual Sense becoming increasingly suppressed, but simultaneously, the purple light blooming ahead excited him immensely.
Ahead, on a giant shadowy meteorite, stood Spirit Stone Trees stone-like in appearance, yet the fruits on these towering trees were purple.
Purple Light Stone Milk!
This cluster of Spirit Stone Trees bearing Purple Light Stone Milk was exceedingly rare, sparsely sprinkled on the meteorite, gently swaying as if waiting to be harvested.
"This place is too dangerous; I’ll collect this Purple Light Stone Milk and leave!" Just as Xiao Ye approached, a chilling aura suddenly surged skyward, enveloping him.