Lu Yin looked at his cosmic ring and saw that the sapling was currently inside Mount Supreme.
Was it really the Mother Tree?
According to Ye King, it was possible that Lu Yin had upgraded the Astral Source Pill's substance, which was unique to the Mother Tree. Was it because of that substance that the sapling had been created?
"Is it very difficult to extract the Mother Tree's substance?" Lu Yin asked.
Ye King heaved a sigh of relief, as Lu Yin's question gave him hope of survival. He was valuable, "I've lived for so many years and tried, but aside from my innate gift, there's no other way to absorb it."
"I dare say that as long as I die, no one in this universe will be able to obtain the Mother Tree's substance, and no one will be able to help you achieve immortality."
This was Ye King's greatest value, and it was his innate gift of absorption.
Lu Yin nodded, "I believe you. If it was possible, this news would have spread long ago. Then, show me how valuable your innate gift of absorption is."
Ye King heaved a sigh of relief. If Lu Yin was tempted, then he wouldn't have to die. As he thought about it, he suddenly looked at Yu Er, and his broken arm suddenly twisted as he slammed a palm into Yu Er's back. Yu Er was shocked. "Alliance Master Lu, save me!"
Lu Yin didn't move, as Ye King's attack hadn't been heavy. He hadn't intended to kill Yu Er, but rather to display his innate gift of absorption.
He had heard Yu Mu speak of Yu Er before, and although Yu Mu's words were biased, this woman had betrayed Ye King without hesitation. She had no loyalty, and this was a good opportunity to intimidate her.
Yu Er's face paled, and her body fell to the ground. Ye King's broken arm flew back to his body, and his cracked body recovered slightly, "This is absorption. I absorbed part of her vitality."
Lu Yin was surprised, "If you were given enough people, you would be able to recover directly?"
Ye King shook his head, "It's not that easy. Most people wouldn't be able to withstand it. If she was an Emissary, I would be able to recover even more."
"So your innate gift of absorption can only be used on your own body?" Lu Yin asked.
Ye King replied, "That's right. Only I can extract the substance."
Lu Yin was disappointed, "Destroyed."
Leaf King was shocked. "Alliance Leader Lu!" Before he could finish, the Second Nightking did not wait. A finger pierced through Leaf King's body, tearing him apart. At the same time, the tree that had trapped the Second Nightking was also torn apart. Leaf King was now completely dead.
Lu Yin sighed. If the innate gift wasn't directly used on him, then he could use his die's Possession to borrow the Leaf King's innate gift. The Leaf King wouldn't have to die, and he could be imprisoned in Mount Supreme. However, if the innate gift was only used on him, then it wouldn't have any value.
Even if the sapling was the mother tree, it would take some time before it could take root in the stellar source universe and absorb the stellar source. Who knew how long it would take? Relying on the Leaf King's materials alone was like trying to put out a burning cart of firewood with a cup of water. He had no interest in nurturing more saplings, so he could only try one method, which was to extract the materials directly from the Leaf King's body.
He remembered that the sapling had grown slightly after absorbing the Star Source Pill.
Thinking of this, he took out Mount Supreme and was about to release the sapling, but before he could do that, the General Appointment Platform appeared again. "In my name, General Appointment."
With that, the Leaf King's image imprinted itself onto the platform, and a true expert appeared on it.
The Leaf King was an expert that could rival the Flying Willows. In a one-on-one battle, Lu Yin was certain that none of the Flying Willows would be a match for him.
Seeing the Leaf King's vivid image imprinted on the platform, Lu Yin stared deeply at the platform.
Sometimes, he wondered what the General Appointment Platform was. Some people said that the Lu Family's General Appointment Platform was inhumane, as it killed its opponents but still used them without end.
But was that really the case?
Lu Yin looked at the Leaf King's corpse. Even after being summoned, the Leaf King's corpse didn't change at all. The corpses of the people who had been summoned didn't change either. The summoned corpses weren't enslaved corpses, and the summoned corpses were either made of stellar source or death qi. There was no flesh or blood.
The General Appointment Platform was like a replicator in battle. Anyone who had fought with him would be recorded by the General Appointment Platform. Their movement patterns, combat skills, cultivation methods, talents, and secret techniques would all be copied. Once the General Appointment Platform was called, these abilities would be displayed.
The strongest evidence was that these people hadn't used any battle techniques, and they wouldn't be able to use them even after being summoned. This was the true nature of the General Appointment Platform. It was merely a replication, or rather, a recording, not enslaving.
The reason why those people hated and feared the General Appointment Platform was because the person who summoned the General Appointment Platform even had their appearance copied. Who could stand their parents, relatives, and disciples of the same sect being enslaved, even if they were enslaved in appearance?
Lu Yin retracted the platform and released the sapling.
The moment the sapling was released, it looked around and saw Lu Yin. Its leaves curled up in joy and it jumped onto Lu Yin. Lu Yin laughed, "Stop playing around and look at this."
The Leaf King was dead, and his body was torn apart. However, there was no flesh or blood, and it looked more like a tree that had been torn apart.
The sapling's leaves swayed, and it leaped over to the Leaf King's corpse. It circled around the corpse, and when its branches touched the corpse, it began to visibly grow.
The Second Nightking was shocked, and his worldview was turned upside down.
Lu Yin was delighted, as it had indeed worked. The Leaf King had absorbed the mother tree's matter, and the sapling that had been born from the mother tree's matter could naturally absorb the matter from the Leaf King's body.
The matter would eventually return to the mother tree's body, but it would still be a small mother tree.
Lu Yin inexplicably recalled the Leaf King's words. Could that matter really allow one to live forever?
No matter how the Leaf King changed, the matter remained the same. Whether it entered his body, dispersed into each of his Astral Origin Pills, or was absorbed by the sapling, nothing changed.
What kind of matter was that?
Could the mother tree really be immortal?
If a person could perfectly absorb that matter, would that person really be immortal?
Lu Yin was somewhat tempted, but he didn't want to become a tree.
He watched as the sapling grew at a rate that could be seen with the naked eye. In the blink of an eye, it was already dozens of meters tall, and it was still growing.
He looked at Balsam. "How big is the Leaf King's main body?"
Balsam's face was ashen, and she looked at the Leaf King's body that had been torn apart like a tree. "Alliance Master Lu, I'm no threat to you. Can you let me stay in this broken world and guard the Leaf King's coffin?"
Lu Yin quietly watched the sapling grow taller and taller, and he didn't know how big it would become. It wasn't cute at all; it had turned into a tree.
"In exchange, I can give you the resources that Shamrock Enterprises has accumulated over the years. The Leaf King doesn't have the habit of wearing a cosmic ring, and only he and I know where those resources are."
Lu Yin looked at her. "Are you threatening me?"
She calmly replied, "I'm just speaking the truth."
It was obvious that she had lost all hope. Threats were useless against such a person.
Lu Yin thought about it. "You can't leave this world, but I can let you live."
Balsam wasn't surprised. Rather than kill her, it would be better to exchange her for a huge amount of resources. Anyone would know how to calculate this, as those were the resources that Shamrock Enterprises had accumulated over the years. It was an enormous amount that far surpassed the Innerverse's Eight Great Flowzones.
After all, those organizations weren't in the business world. Shamrock Enterprises' medicine was spread all over the Fifth Mainland, and although they couldn't compare to the Mavis Bank, they were still considered wealthy.
Lu Yin looked forward to Shamrock Enterprises' resources and watched as the sapling continued to grow. In the blink of an eye, it was already as tall as the outside world, and it was still growing.
Lu Yin was worried that this world wouldn't be able to contain it.
Fortunately, it seemed to be able to control its size, and it no longer grew. Instead, it shrank, but it was still absorbing the Leaf King's body.
Lu Yin didn't know how much the Leaf King had absorbed over the years.
That tree had been able to trap the Second Nightking, which was quite terrifying. Lu Yin believed that the sapling's usage of that material far surpassed the Leaf King's.
After all, the Leaf King was a human and relied on his innate gift to absorb and fuse, while the sapling was born from that material.
Right, the sapling had taken root in the Astral Source Universe, so didn't that mean that it was absorbing Astral Source Liquid?
Lu Yin's breathing quickened when he saw the Path of Light that had been used to cheat in the Envoys' cultivation.
Wait, he seemed to have forgotten something.
Lu Yin looked around, and his gaze suddenly locked onto the tree that had trapped the Second Nightking. His figure disappeared, and when he reappeared, he was beside the tree.
Although it had been torn apart, Lu Yin could still tell that this was the mother tree. Lu Yin's eyes lit up. How many arrays could such a large tree create?
His breathing quickened, as this wasn't a few dozen or a few hundred. There had to be at least ten thousand of them!
He could almost see himself leading the Lu Xuanjun Army and releasing the arrays as tens of thousands of Enlighters swept through the universe.
Although the attacks of tens of thousands of Enlighters couldn't affect the Envoys, that was only in terms of destructive power. With the top experts of both sides restrained, the attacks of tens of thousands of Enlighters would be enough to determine the outcome of the war.
No matter how strong an absolute expert was, they were still just one person. One person could be invincible, but they couldn't conquer an entire civilization.
And this was just the beginning. Once the number of arrays reached tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, Lu Yin was confident that he could defeat the Eternals even if he transferred this army to the battlefield on the other side of the Astral Trees.
Lu Yin immediately contacted the Aurora Corporation and asked them to send someone to Shamrock Enterprises' world to take away the mother tree.
When Zhi Dong saw the mother tree, his excitement was no less than Lu Yin's. Although the Aurora Fort had to serve Lu Yin and help him create the new universal armor, they could still keep the leftovers.
This was crucial for his research.
Even after hearing about the miraculous nature of the mother tree, Zhi Dong didn't give up on his research and tried to find the core materials that could replace the mother tree in creating the arrays.
Lu Yin looked at the sapling and rubbed his chin. This fellow was also a mother tree, and since it was so big, its branches should be able to create arrays as well!
Perhaps it had sensed Lu Yin's dangerous thoughts, but the sapling suddenly shrank until it was as small as it had been in the beginning. It then hopped over to Lu Yin and jumped onto his shoulder, looking very happy.
Lu Yin was puzzled. "You've absorbed so much, but you haven't changed at all?"
The sapling was very happy and hopped around, its leaves becoming even more verdant. It was very pleasing to the eye, and it was very comfortable to look at.