Ant Lord in the Star Realm

Chapter 971 - 678: The Path of Future Evolution

In the Purple Tung Insect Nation, the icy snow is just melting away in early spring.

"Ant!"

"Mantis!"

"Oh~!"

"Even the Spruce is here! Looks like the war is over."

The Jinhe Divine-Given Seed remarked emotionally, "It’s finally over. Damn ants, making us worried for a hundred years."

The Jinhe Divine-Given Seed quickly clarified, "Dragon Cypress Ant King, I wasn’t cursing you; I meant the Stone Hunt Blue Ants."

The Quandong Divine Tree seriously asked, "Dragon Cypress, Ink Orchid, which insects participated in the battle, and did you suffer any casualties?"

Dragon Cypress: "None. The Cloud Trace Insect, just me and Ink Orchid, and the Cypress, Silver Cypress participated. Though the battle was fierce, on our side, we suffered no losses, not even a single Soldier Ant was lost."

Quandong: "..."

Jinhe: "..."

Jinhe asked again, "How was the harvest?"

Dragon Cypress: "Quite abundant. We’ve obtained a Divine God-Given Seed with Wind System Talent named ’Wingless’, and 40 King-Level Wild God-Given Seeds. By using the Divine-Grade Radiant Fruit, we managed to secure three very good top-level Blessed Seeds. Altogether, this battle brought Xianglan Mountain Kingdom about 30 million per year in stable income."

Ink Orchid added, "We claimed back the full 7 billion bounty on the Kirin Beast and Sea Beast, plus an additional 3 billion in Source Stone as immediate cash, making it a neat 10 billion. The Source Stone is stored on Yu’e Island; when we have time, Dragon Cypress will transport it to Rainbow Return Island. Later, we’ll exchange it for Shanglu Fruit and bring it to the Purple Tung Insect Nation."

"!!!"

The trees were speechless, envious, and became respectful.

Across the Star Realm, besides Shanglu and Red Crow Mountain, probably Blue Island is the richest.

Pillaging during war is the shortest path to wealth.

In this battle, ants and mantises feasted splendidly.

The annual income of Xianglan Mountain Kingdom might exceed 70 million.

The overflowing resources were already abundant, and now they overflow even more severely, utterly impossible to spend it all.

...

The Dominating Throne paused under the Quandong Divine-Given Seed Tree.

Dragon Cypress waved its tentacles, fired ten Flourish Abilities in succession.

"Dragon Cypress Ant King!"

"Ink Orchid!"

"Spruce, you’re back!"

Ivy, Pueraria, and Wisteria rushed over.

Night Fragrance: "So many resources, you can’t possibly use them all, right?"

Ink Orchid sincerely felt troubled and said, "It’s impossible to use them all. We even bought 20,000 square kilometers of land on Blue Island. If the Divine-Given Seeds can’t be brought out of the Origin Force Star Realm, in the future, the Divine-Given Seeds will also be left unused."

Dragon Cypress glanced at Pueraria and said, "We can appropriately support the Purple Tung Insect Nation later."

Ink Orchid generously said, "Ivy, Pueraria, Wisteria, from now on, you should all eat Divine-Given Origin Force Food to evolve!"

Dragon Cypress continued, "The Southern Hemisphere is abundant in Source Stone mines; we’ll rotate surplus resources, exchange them for Source Stone cash, and send it over."

"Thank you, Dragon Cypress Ant King!"

"Ink Orchid Mantis King is generous!"

Ivy, Pueraria, and Wisteria cheered.

"It’s nothing."

Ink Orchid grandly waved its tentacles and sighed, "In the Origin Force Star Realm, both wealth and strength have reached the peak for both Dragon Cypress and me. I’ve been pondering that the long future will be quite dull, alas."

"..."

Silence.

The Linnan Divine Tree asked, "What about the Ocean God’s Scepter?"

Dragon Cypress: "It took some effort, but successfully shifted to the desert on Wanglan Continent."

Ink Orchid: "Activated it once. Dragon Cypress was lucky and comprehended the highest legacy ’Jungle’, an ability ten times more powerful than ’Kirin’."

After speaking, it flapped its wings and patted Dragon Cypress.

Dragon Cypress cooperatively activated the Zhen Beast Divine Pattern, showcasing it.

A wave of astonishment.

The ambitious Linnan Divine Tree couldn’t help but compliment, "This is an ability that touches the Origin Force of Water Elements. Dragon Cypress Ant King, with the Zhen Beast Divine Pattern, your future path of evolution will be smooth."

The Quandong Divine Tree chimed in, "You have potential. You have capital. No matter where you go, you are the focus of all insects."

The Huagi Divine Tree, who hadn’t spoken yet, asked, "What’s the probability of the Ocean God’s Scepter granting Sea Beast Devouring and Kirin?"

Ink Orchid: "There are factors of talent and compatibility with Water System abilities. Without using Sea God Fruit, on average, one out of 15 to 20 Insect Kings might understand Sea Beast Devouring. ’Kirin’ is even harder; only the Butterfly King Nupur has successfully comprehended it. In three or four thousand years, barely two or three insects have ever grasped it."

The Hardwood Divine Tree responded and asked, "Ink Orchid, what about you? What did you comprehend?"

Ink Orchid: "My ability direction doesn’t match with Kirin Beast, it’s incompatible."

"There is that factor, but..."

The Linnan Divine Tree firmly said, "It’s not reasonable! Ants aren’t just lucky! It’s not because of ’Vortex Beast Devouring’. I suspect it’s because of the Dominating Throne, right?"

Dragon Cypress vaguely said, "Indeed. Jungle and the Creator Civilization originated on the same planet, nearly identical in power origin. They were likely wiped out by human civilization and then plundered by the Natural God. Two Starships carrying the spoils were thrown into the Origin Force Star Realm together."

"My Water System Talent originates from the Dominating Throne, hence easily triggering the hidden legacy."

A reasonable explanation.

More details, Dragon Cypress did not disclose.

Regarding the memory fragments, Dragon Cypress told no one, it’s just a hassle.

Dragon Cypress’s journey served two purposes: reporting battle status and observing Night Fragrance’s attitude.

Dragon Cypress asked, "Huagi Divine Tree, Linnan Divine Tree, Quandong Divine Tree, Jinhe, Purple Tung, Night Fragrance, now the Southern Hemisphere has stabilized, do you want to visit and experience the beauty of the Otherworldly Continent?"

"I reckon, let’s forget about it."

"We are trees."

"Can trees move casually?"

As expected, the three Divine Trees—Huagi, Linnan, and Quandong—declined.

The Jinhe Divine-Given Seed, being the most whimsical, did not reject and was quite tempted.

The Purple Tung Divine-Given Seed hesitated, saying, "I’ll discuss with Wuye and the others."

Night Fragrance was also somewhat intrigued, asking, "Ant, is it safe?"