Chapter 292

The existence of the Holy Giant Tree was far older than the forest of giant trees. It had existed almost as soon as life was born on Forget-Me-Not.

It was precisely because of the discovery of this giant tree that a powerhouse buried the spirit soil seed he had obtained in the soil layer near the Holy Giant Tree more than thirty million years ago, turning the surrounding land into spirit soil. The Holy Giant Tree did not disappoint the human powerhouse's expectations and successfully advanced to become a Higher Deity. It was also several times larger than before.

Other plants planted in the spirit soil had also changed. Under the nourishment of the spirit soil, those plants soon advanced to Deity Level. Due to the changes in the plants here, many animals were also attracted and settled down.

Over time, the animals in this area became more and more powerful, and it became a restricted area on the entire planet.

Until one day, the Federal Government discovered the uniqueness of this planet. They developed the planet and slowly allowed humans to migrate there.

But later, someone planted the seed of a carnivorous vine in the range of the spirit soil. The vine slowly grew into a huge predator. After devouring the beasts within the range of the spirit soil, it underwent a huge mutation and began to become abnormally bloodthirsty.

More than fifty thousand years ago, when Willis, who had just broken through to Higher Deity, discovered this Vampiric Vine, he did not pay much attention to it. He only thought of it as an ordinary carnivorous vine with only the combat effectiveness of a Lower Deity. He chose to set up a barrier in the forest of giant trees because there were many huge animals in the forest. Sometimes, they would escape the forest and cause panic and harm to the humans living on this planet.

However, he did not expect that after more than fifty thousand years, this Vampiric Vine would grow to this extent.

Although the Holy Giant Tree could not move, it was aware of everything that happened in the forest. He remembered clearly how many beasts the Vampiric Vine had killed over the years. Originally, he thought that as long as the Vampiric Vine did not threaten the nature of the forest, he would turn a blind eye to it. However, he did not expect that fellow to have already set its sights on other plants. He was afraid that as long as it was strong enough, one day, it would target him.

With that in mind, he quickly extended his roots out at Gu Ding's suggestion.

As soon as the roots of the sacred giant tree moved, Gu Ding and the others heard a strange whisper coming from deep underground. The sound sometimes sounded like leaves rubbing against each other, and sometimes it sounded like branches and leaves lashing against each other.

His roots glowed with a golden light as they extended in all directions. Wherever they passed, the Vampiric Vines' roots would retreat. The Vampiric Vine tried to resist a few times, but every time it touched the golden light, it felt as if it was being burned. It could only cut off its connection with the other plants and give up its territory.

In reality, it did not expect the Divine Tree to be so powerful, so powerful that it could not resist at all. Not only did the golden light have a burning effect, but even the roots that he couldn't dodge in time were directly crushed by the Holy Tree and torn to pieces. He couldn't resist at all.

As the Holy Tree's roots continued to spread, the ground beneath everyone's feet suddenly trembled, and a sharp roar rang out. "Holy Tree, you're actually helping those humans against me!"

"You've done enough evil in the Giant Tree Forest. In the past, I saw that you didn't cause any damage to the ecological balance here, so I let you be. However, you've secretly entangled the roots of other plants and extracted their vitality. You've done such a despicable thing, and now you're accusing me of attacking you? "The Holy Tree's deep voice reverberated in all directions.

Seeing that the Vampiric Vine had escaped, Willis quickly chased after it.

Gu Ding and Kane immediately followed suit.

The Vampiric Vine did not escape far before it was hit by a blade. It seemed to have been severely injured by that blow, and its speed of escape was much slower. Soon, the three of them caught up to it.

"If you continue to run, I'll kill you and sell your body to a friend of mine to make into a specimen for people to look at." Willis shouted at the Vampiric Vine. "If you surrender now, I'll keep you alive and sell you to a friend of mine who likes strange things to guard the house."

"I can surrender, but I have a question!" The Vampiric Vine suddenly stopped running and said.

"Tell me." Willis did not expect that there would be a chance. Compared to an inanimate object, of course he would prefer to bring back a living one.

"Gu Ding, be careful. Two of its vines have already extended to your feet." Neptune's voice suddenly sounded.

"Only he can answer my question," the Vampiric Vine said as it raised one of its vines and pointed in Gu Ding's direction.

However, Gu Ding was already prepared to escape. He knew that the Vampiric Vine would probably attack soon. "If you have any questions, just ask. If I can give you an answer, I won't be stingy with it."

"Did you kill my child?" The Vampiric Vine finally spoke.

"Yes!" Only then did Gu Ding know that Neptune's previous guess was completely correct. The Vampiric Vine's will projection and its pursuit were all for revenge. As soon as he said that, the Vampiric Vine suddenly attacked. Two vines as thin as hair shot out from the ground and attacked Gu Ding.

Gu Ding was already prepared. He quickly rose into the air, and ten black chains shot out from his fingertips and wrapped around the two vines.

Willis was stunned at first because the two vines were so thin that it was difficult to see them with the naked eye. However, he soon saw the abnormality and flew into a rage. He swung his palm and a blade flashed, directly cutting off the two hair-thin vines. Then, he turned his body and swung his giant axe at the Vampiric Vine. This time, he did not hold back.

The gigantic blade light streaked across the sky, heavily bombarding the huge body of the Vampiric Demon Vine. A miserable howl soared into the sky, but it was quickly silenced. The Vampiric Vine's huge body finally collapsed, stirring up a cloud of dust on the ground.

"That Vampiric Vine has lost all signs of life," Neptune reminded Gu Ding after a round of investigation.

Only then did Gu Ding relax a little and slowly descended to the ground.

"Gu Ding, take the broken vines back. I want to study its genes. When the Advanced Gene Bank is opened, see if we can extract any useful abilities, "Neptune suggested.

"It's a pity that we didn't find any energy spheres at its roots. It's good stuff for both of you." Willis fiddled with the roots of the vines and did not find any energy spheres. He guessed that the energy spheres were directly consumed when he attacked it.

"Uncle, the Vampiric Vine is dead. Can I take the broken vines?" Gu Ding asked.

"Up to you. I have the main body here," Willis said as he put the huge vines into his Inventory.

"I'll only take one of these broken vines." Kane bent down and picked up a piece of vines that had been splattered by the explosion. He waved it at Gu Ding and then put it into his Inventory.

Gu Ding nodded and picked up a few other pieces of vines from where he was and threw them into his Inventory.

Just then, the voice of the giant tree came into their ears. "The three of you, come here for a moment."

Although the three of them did not know why the holy giant tree had called them over, it could not be anything bad. The three of them had nothing urgent to do anyway, so they quickly sped over.

"I know. The Vampiric Vine has been killed by you. Its aura has completely disappeared." Seeing that the three of them had arrived, the holy giant tree said, "You should also know that its roots will condense some energy knots. I snatched those energy knots when I used my roots to expel it. There are more than two hundred of them in total. I'm now a Higher Deity. These energy knots are useless to me. The three of you can take them and divide them among yourselves. "

"I don't want them. The two of you can each take half." Willis waved his hand. He was also a Higher Deity and had no use for these energy knots.

Gu Ding and Kane did not raise any objections. After all, Willis was the one who killed the Vampiric Vine. Since he had divided the energy knots that way, the two of them naturally had no objections.

Several roots of the holy giant tree poked out of the ground and picked up the black and gold energy balls. The balls were like tumors growing on the roots. They were indeed the knots that the holy giant tree had mentioned.

The two of them counted and found that there were two hundred and twenty-eight of them. Each of them took half and kept them in their Inventory.

"Since we're fated to meet you this time, there's something else I can give you." The holy giant tree continued with a smile.

"There's a gift?!" Gu Ding grinned, revealing his pearly white teeth. This trip had been fruitful enough, but the giant tree said that it had gifts for them and the others.

"Yes, these are my fruits." The holy giant tree's tone was calm. "Every hundred thousand years, I bear fruits, and only ten fruits each time. If the fruits are not plucked that year, they will automatically fall and be reabsorbed by me. This year is the year I bear fruits. Since you're here, I'll give these ten fruits to you. "

Even Willis' eyes widened when he heard about such a good thing. The fruits of the holy giant tree were also effective for him, but he still had no intention of taking advantage of Gu Ding and Kane. "How about this, you two take three and I'll take four. How about that?"

"Two is enough for me. It'll be safer when I'm a Middle Deity breaking through to a Higher Deity." Kane shook her head. She would not be able to use these fruits for the time being. Under normal circumstances, one fruit would be enough for her to advance from a Middle Deity to a Higher Deity.

"Two is enough for me," Gu Ding nodded. "We've already received the energy knots of the Vampiric Vines, and these fruits are also effective for you, uncle."

"Then I won't stand on ceremony!" Willis was not a pretentious person and immediately nodded in agreement.

"Pick the fruits yourself, but don't let them fall to the ground. They'll be gone once they fall to the ground. There's nothing else to avoid," the holy giant tree reminded them.

The three of them climbed up the tree to pick the fruits.

Under Neptune's guidance, Gu Ding quickly plucked two fruits and kept them in his Inventory.

The other two were also done quickly and returned to the holy giant tree.

"Thank you, giant tree!" Willis cupped his hands. His trip this time could be considered an unexpected harvest.

"I'm done here, so I'll be taking my leave." Kane waved goodbye at the two.

"Alright, I'm going to start consolidating this restriction. Gu Ding, I'll take you and your companions away in ten hours. Hurry up and get the beast blood, "Willis said and turned to leave.

After Gu Ding said goodbye to the giant tree, he sped toward the next beast colony under Neptune's guidance.