Free Web NovelChapter 2111: Chapter 2109: Stellar Fruits on the Stellar Tree
Within the Golden Rice Bowl, two battle groups were fiercely engaged, Lu Ye forcefully wielded the power of the 7th Dao, matching blows with the Flame Race. For a moment, they were evenly matched, with Lu Ye even faintly gaining the upper hand. His opponent had just experienced a major battle, and although there was still Dao force to use, they were greatly depleted and far from their peak.
On the other side, in the Blood Sea, the Talent Tree Avatar, along with allies, was eliminating the underlings of the Flame Race.
The Blood Sea surged. Relying on his tough skin, Chong Yue fearlessly confronted a 5th Dao cultivator, his moves were bold and fierce. The Great Demon Venerable Zi Ji revealed its true form, appearing as a huge purple Eight-tailed Demon Fox, its sharp claws seemed to possess the power to sunder the heavens. Jiu Yan’s Silver Spear flashed back and forth, wreaking havoc in the Blood Sea, searching for a chance to kill. Su Wan held a longsword, her body merged with the sword light, coming and going without a trace. From her usual appearance, no one would have thought she was a sword cultivator renowned for killing.
Water Fairy and Chen Li were slightly less powerful, yet they each entangled a 4th Dao enemy.
The form of the Bewitchment Shadow flickered in and out of view within the Blood Sea, and each time it appeared, it was to deliver a powerful attack on the enemy at the most opportune moment.
With such a lineup, even without Lu Ye’s doppelganger, they could probably hold their own against the enemy. Now, with Lu Ye’s doppelganger’s assistance, the battle leaned overwhelmingly in their favor.
It should be noted that even the Talent Tree Avatar could now display a level of the 6th Dao!
With a miserable cry from the Blood Sea, their side’s advantage grew rapidly like a snowball, with continuous screams resounding one after another, until the last 4th Dao. Then the doppelganger shouted sternly: "Spare his life!"
On this side, they knew nothing about the situation. He had no idea what use that giant tree and the fruits that seemed cast from stars had, but the enemies certainly did. Sparing a life could provide some insights.
During this fierce battle, the main body was also engaged in a fierce clash with the Flame Race. The Flame Race was no fool, sensing his underlings continually dying, he immediately knew the situation was dire and attempted to escape.
How could Lu Ye let him escape? The Blood Sea surged, cutting off all hope of his escape.
Moments later, another Blood Sea, under the doppelganger’s control, merged with this side’s Blood Sea. The concealed Zi Ji and others seized this opportunity to launch an assault.
Except for Su Wan guarding the nearly powerless 4th Dao, everyone else gathered around the Flame Race.
The Flame Race clearly knew this time there was no escape, roaring in anger, displaying a desperate stance.
In the end, two fists were no match for four hands, with Lu Ye’s main body holding him off, others launched a round of attacks that shattered his protective magic. Lu Ye took the chance to strike, delivering a heavy blow.
A similar scene repeated three times before Lu Ye finally found the opportunity to kill the Flame Race thoroughly.
The Blood Sea receded, and Lu Ye took the opportunity to also retrieve the Talent Tree Avatar.
After a fierce battle, there were casualties on each side. Lu Ye had the greatest depletion; main body and doppelganger together depleted nearly a hundred strands of Dao force.
But encountering an evenly matched opponent in Star Abyss, such depletion was unavoidable. This was with companions’ assistance; without them, the situation would be even more serious, possibly turning all painstaking cultivation into nothing, needing to start over.
Without needing instructions, everyone immediately began to clean up the battlefield.
Lu Ye flashed in front of the 4th Dao cultivator being guarded by Su Wan.
At this moment, he was drenched in blood, looking extremely miserable. This was the price of forcefully wielding the power of the 7th Dao, as his entire flesh was riddled with countless tears, now quickly healing.
Glancing at the 4th Dao cultivator, Lu Ye spoke: "Human race?"
Even when life and death were controlled by others, the opponent didn’t seem too afraid, just nodded lightly. Not only that, but he also asked a question: "Are you lost ones?"
The so-called lost ones are those like them, whose stellar space of origin shattered not long ago, still bearing evident traces of stellar space cultivators.
However, as time passes, these traces will gradually disappear, then they will become indistinguishable from Star Abyss cultivators.
Lu Ye paid no heed, raising his hand to point at his chest: "I ask, you answer, no nonsense!"
"What do you want to know?"
"What is that over there?" Lu Ye tilted his head to indicate.
The 4th Dao cultivator turned his head to look, then replied, "Stellar Tree."
"What’s its use?"
This time, the opponent didn’t answer immediately, but asked, "Will I survive if I tell you?"
"Yes!" Lu Ye nodded, "Tell me what you know, then I will let you go."
Upon hearing this, the 4th Dao cultivator’s eyes showed a disdainful look: "In the Star Abyss, there’s no such thing as trust. How do I know if what you’re saying is true?"
"Do you have a choice?" Lu Ye looked at him calmly, "I can totally kill you, pick those few fruits, and then take them out to ask someone."
"Those fruits aren’t ripe." The 4th Dao cultivator chuckled, "If you pick them now, they’re worthless. As for their use, all I can tell you is that they’re greatly useful to us at the Beginner Realm!"
Not mature?
Lu Ye couldn’t help but glance at the Stellar Tree in the distance again, slightly frowning. According to his original guess, the Flame Race had already led their forces to slay beasts and seize treasures, indicating the time was ripe, how could it not be mature?
After a moment’s thought, he felt something was amiss. If the fruit were indeed mature, why didn’t the star beasts eat them? Instead, they left them hanging on the tree? Seven-level star beasts couldn’t be that foolish.
The fruit probably wasn’t mature yet.
"I can tell you what use the Stellar Fruit on the Stellar Tree has," the opponent suddenly spoke while Lu Ye was pondering.
"Let’s hear it."
The 4th Dao cultivator hesitated briefly and then said slowly, "Take me for instance, when forging my Dao foundation, I had the strength of the 3rd Dao. Over the years, I’ve gradually accumulated to enhance my foundation, thus achieving the strength of the 4th Dao. But the 4th Dao is my limit; everyone has their own limits. The Flame Race member you killed had a limit of the 7th Dao, but if I consume a Stellar Fruit, it’ll be different. It can raise our cultivators’ upper limits, giving us the possibility to advance further. If I consume a Stellar Fruit, I could achieve the strength of the 5th Dao."
Upon hearing this, everyone raised their eyebrows. If the Stellar Fruit had such a use, it would indeed be a treasure.
Just as this person said, everyone has their limit, and when that limit is reached, one’s potential is fully excavated. But the Stellar Fruit can raise the upper limit of a cultivator, which is useful to most cultivators.
"The Stellar Fruit isn’t limited to just this use," the 4th Dao cultivator continued, "Earlier, I mentioned the benefits for cultivators like me, who have reached their limits, in consuming Stellar Fruit. If a cultivator who still has room for growth consumes the Stellar Fruit, it can greatly enhance their foundation, providing an opportunity to harness more Dao force. Additionally, the Stellar Fruit significantly aids in honing the Dao Bone, greatly increasing its success rate upon consumption."
These words made Zi Ji’s expression bright—a short while ago he had attempted to hone his second Dao Bone, but ended in failure, costing him two hundred Dao force, leaving him heart-achingly unable to recover.
Had he known earlier, he wouldn’t have rushed to hone it.
"Though Stellar Trees aren’t commonly seen in the Star Abyss, they’re not rare either. They usually only appear within stellar marvels. This particular Stellar Tree has been around for nearly a thousand years and began forming its fruit three hundred years ago. If you simply want to wait for the fruit to mature, it’ll probably take... another ten to twenty years?"
Lu Ye squinted slightly: "So you know how to make it mature quickly?"
The 4th Dao cultivator smiled without speaking.
Zi Ji exchanged a glance with Lu Ye, his Mental Consciousness stirred briefly, and Lu Ye nodded slightly. Zi Ji then stepped forward: "Tell us, what would it take for you to share this method? Don’t play tricks, until we’ve confirmed your method, you won’t get away."
The 4th Dao cultivator seemingly had a plan, and spoke: "It’s simple, you swear in the name of the Will of the Star Abyss, I share the method of hastening maturity, and upon verification, we part ways peacefully, without harm to me."
"So simple?" Zi Ji was taken aback.
The 4th Dao cultivator looked at him meaningfully: "It is that simple."
Zi Ji nodded immediately: "Alright, I, Zi Ji, in the name of..."
"Wait!" Lu Ye raised his hand to interrupt. Zi Ji found the condition simple, but Lu Ye was immediately reminded of the Heaven’s Augury oath of the Nine Provinces, making him realize that any oath in a certain name isn’t to be taken lightly.
He looked at the 4th Dao cultivator: "Does the Star Abyss have its own will?"
If the Star Abyss has its own will, this oath wouldn’t be simple.
The opponent chuckled: "I’m just a 4th Dao cultivator, how would I know such profound matters? Perhaps it does... maybe?"
Lu Ye gazed deeply at him, pondered briefly, and looked at Zi Ji: "I’ll do it!"
He had the Talent Tree to rely on; earlier in the Asura Field, he could even incinerate the power of the Asura Pact. Thus, it was naturally safer for him to swear.
Looking at the 4th Dao cultivator, he followed his request: "In the name of the Will of the Star Abyss, should you inform us of the method for hastening the Stellar Fruit’s maturation, and upon confirming its correctness, we will let you leave unharmed."
As he spoke, Lu Ye remained vigilant, guarding against any possible unforeseen events.
But even after he finished speaking, he detected no anomalies, allowing him to breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed he had overthought things.
"Now, could you tell us how to hasten the maturation of the Stellar Fruit?" Zi Ji asked.
The 4th Dao cultivator nodded: "Certainly. The maturation of the Stellar Fruit, much like us cultivators, requires absorption of Dao force. You all need to take the Dao Bones of the fallen here and place them under the Stellar Tree, which will greatly reduce the time required for its growth. The more you place, the less time you’ll wait. Additionally, Dao Bones void of remaining Dao force are also useful, though less effective. You can even channel your own Dao force to feed the Stellar Tree."
Upon hearing this, Zi Ji felt deeply remorseful: "I should have thought of this sooner."
Lu Ye nodded, finally understanding why the Flame Race had let their underlings die without aid—they’d planned to use the Dao Bones of their fallen subordinates to nourish the Stellar Tree.
"How many Dao Bones are there?" Lu Ye turned to ask.
The battlefield had been cleared, and presently all Dao Bones were gathered in Jiu Yan’s hands. After checking, she replied: "There are twenty-nine pieces with remaining Dao force, and three without, belonging to the star beast."
