Chapter 145: Leaf of Life!
December 16, 2015
Author: Floating Tower (诸生浮屠)
Outside the Jungle Gate.
A rare hint of tension appeared on the Midnight Lady’s face as she remained fully focused on sensing the changes inside.
Ildis had a slightly disappointed expression; he tried to strike up a conversation with the Midnight Lady to inquire about what was happening, but it seemed she had little interest in talking and merely responded with a slight “mm.” For some reason, Ildis felt as though he had missed something very important, and this strong sense of loss brought his emotions down.
About half an hour later.
A strange energy began to emerge. As the goddess in control of magic, the Midnight Lady had an astonishing perceptive ability regarding all energy changes. So when she realized that the ritual had successfully begun, a hint of relief appeared on her face. The next step was to awaken the Divine Power left by Father Oak in this forest; as long as she could awaken Father Oak’s Divine Power, the price required for the ritual would be drastically reduced.
On the other side.
Soren had also entered a unique state.
Kalyena had now wrapped her slender, fair legs around his waist, maintaining a rhythmically rhythmic twisting motion in time with the dance around them. The two had naturally united, but for both, the entire process was not entirely for pleasurable enjoyment. To Soren, the entire ritual felt more like a type of dual cultivation of yin and yang from the previous life, an incredible natural evolution; Soren embodied the yang side, while the treants represented the yin side.
At this moment.
Soren’s body and spirit had separated into two parts; one side maintained control over his body, trying to hold out longer in this sacred ritual, while the other side had become a spiritual entity standing above the altar, with his deity-level perceptive ability allowing him to clearly sense a robust life force surging from both him and Kalyena. It was transmitted through the altar below into the surrounding forest.
Soren’s Killing Experience was gradually decreasing.
Kalyena’s power was also gradually weakening.
This ritual required both parties to contribute considerable power; however, the treants, due to their unique life forms, could recover through other means from the forest. They only lost power in the process, but instead gained substantial benefits.
Fortunately, within this forest, there was another immense Divine Power, the power left behind by Father Oak. Only by activating this power to replace the consumption of the sacred ritual could Soren avoid the fate of losing profession levels. The loss of Killing Experience was quite rapid; it would not be easy to awaken Father Oak’s Divine Power. Soren probably needed to hold out through the first half of the ritual to sustain the treants in awakening the dormant force within this forest.
Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye.
A weary Kalyena released her legs that had tightly encircled Soren’s waist; she lay beside him, somewhat fatigued yet satisfied, resting. Soon, another beautiful treant with fiery red hair approached. This beautiful treant flushed with excitement quickly took Kalyena’s place. With the complete union of both sides, a rich life aura once again emerged from the altar.
“Killing Experience has been exhausted.”
Soren’s spiritual consciousness hovered about twenty meters above the altar, with his mind still maintaining control over his body; however, his awareness was more focused on the changes throughout the entire forest.
The natural aura.
The life aura.
An incredible mysterious realm!
After exhausting the Killing Experience he had accumulated, Soren began to consume Divine Power Value. If possible, he still did not wish to lower his profession level, so he could only hold on using Divine Power Value for now.
Fortunately, the Divine Power left by Father Oak had already changed due to the ritual, and this enormous force was slowly awakening.
An hour passed again.
When the fifth beautiful treant began to take the place of the previous one, Soren’s accumulated Divine Power was finally completely depleted due to the immense consumption of the ritual.
At this moment, the power of Father Oak had emerged.
It was a Divine Power filled with natural aura. It had been awakened by the sacred ritual, but due to Father Oak’s demise, it could not fully replace Soren’s consumption.
It was accelerating the healing of the entire forest, but to maintain its activated state, Soren had to continue to support this ritual!
Soren was already on the verge of losing levels.
However, at that moment, his spirit suddenly began to merge into the entire ritual. As the ritual progressed, he connected to this immense Divine Power, a peculiar sensation washed over Soren; he suddenly felt as though he had fused with the entire forest, perceiving the life auras of those plants that he normally would hardly notice.
Then a series of data appeared before his eyes:
“Ability increased!…”
“In the sacred ritual of [Dance of the Treants], you have obtained partial information in the [Plant] domain!…”
………
New domain information surprisingly appeared!
In this moment, even Soren became a bit excited. He put the scarce amount of energy he had into maintaining the sacred ritual of Dance of the Treants while pouring the vast majority of his energy into perceiving the changes brought about by the entire ritual.
A deep analysis of natural forces!
“It seems I can only burn levels now!”
At this moment, Soren had no retreat. Things had come this far, and he absolutely could not give up halfway. Even if it meant burning levels, he had to hold on until the end. Moreover, considering the current situation, he really might be able to receive information hints in the [Plant] domain three times after completing the ritual.
Level dropping was right in front of him!
When the last bit of his Divine Power was also completely drained by the beautiful treants, a strange green light suddenly emerged at the position of Soren’s heart, forming the shape of a leaf. In an instant, an incredibly abundant life force replaced the consumption of Soren’s Divine Power Value, beginning to maintain the entire ritual process in a lower consumption manner.
The beautiful treants suddenly grew enthusiastic.
They seemed unable to contain themselves as they gathered around Soren’s side. Even the exhausted Kalyena, who had not fully recovered, appeared eager to absorb that purest life force from Soren.
The beautiful treants craved it.
They sensed that within Soren’s body was a flow of power that was incredibly important to them, one that could even lead to a qualitative change.
“What is this?!”
Soren’s expression was equally shocked. He then muttered to himself, “Leaf of Life?! Its power actually hasn’t been completely digested by me!…”
The Leaf of Life from the Druid Church; Soren had once used it to slightly enhance his own constitution.
It seemed its power was not limited to this!
The process of the ritual seemed to be accelerating, with the beautiful treants eagerly desiring the power of the Leaf of Life, and it was replacing the consumption of Soren’s Divine Power Value, maintaining the operation of the entire ritual.
Another three hours passed.
After a brief discussion, the beautiful treants quickly took turns in rapid succession. In a relatively balanced manner, they each took part of the power of the Leaf of Life before continuing with the entire ritual process.
At this moment.
The power of the Leaf of Life had also gradually exhausted.
However, another piece of data reappeared before Soren’s eyes:
“Ability increased!…”
“In the sacred ritual of [Dance of the Treants], you have obtained partial information in the [Plant] domain!…”
………
The second information hint.
As long as Soren held on one more time, he could directly master a new domain, a powerful yet unfamiliar [Plant] domain.
“It seems I still cannot avoid losing levels.”
Just as Soren thought this, he suddenly realized he had not actually lost levels, for another power full of life surged within him. This was the power left by the Water of Life remaining in his body.
The beautiful treants cheered!
They seemed to have discovered limitless treasures within Soren’s body, each one energetic and eager, even the already exhausted Kalyena seemed to want to push through for one more time.
A series of data appeared before Soren’s eyes:
“Ability lost!…”
“In the sacred ritual of [Dance of the Treants], you lost the specialty [Immortality] brought by the Water of Life!…”
“Ability lost!…”
“In the sacred ritual of [Dance of the Treants], you lost the specialty [Extended Lifespan] brought by the Water of Life!…”
………
He actually lost specialties?
Soren was astonished to find that he had lost two specialties. Fortunately, they were both basically useless to him.
The loss of these two specialties provided a substantial amount of life force to the sacred ritual. With the ritual progressing to this point, it had finally entered the most critical part. After a long awakening, the power left by Father Oak had finally completely awakened. The entire Misty Forest began to be covered by immense power, and those withered plants that had been eroded by negative energy were rapidly recovering at an astonishing rate. Father Oak’s immense power had been awakened. It not only gradually replaced Soren’s consumption during the ritual, but also had a small part starting to feedback through the altar to them.
However, one unfortunate point!
Soren’s compatibility with this Divine Power was not high; over seventy percent of the Divine Power Value had transferred to those high-level treants maintaining the ritual. Soren could only recover his Divine Power Value at a very slow speed.
However.
At this moment, a long-anticipated, even somewhat beyond his expectations, information prompt floated before him:
“Ability increased!…”
“In the sacred ritual of [Dance of the Treants], you have obtained partial information in the [Plant] domain!…”
“Ability mastered!…”
“You have obtained a new domain—[Plant]!…”
“Ability increased!…”
“In the process of awakening the Divine Power left by Father Oak, you have obtained partial information in the [Natural] domain!…”
………
Natural domain!!!
Although it was just an information prompt, it made Soren’s spirit tremble. (To be continued ~^~)
