Astral Cockroach

With two towering arboreal God-bestowed seeds, the mountain lord's promotion to county lord, and the tribe's warrior count exceeding one hundred, the rise of the Sheep-Hoof Mountain Range was an inevitable certainty.

However, Banbu still harbored a question, asking, "What kind of arboreal tree is the large-fruited fig? Is it a banyan tree?"

Hei Sang explained, "The geography and climate of the Water Banyan Mountain Range are most suitable for banyan trees to grow. Many banyan trees have been planted, and they have been cultivating high-quality banyan tree varieties. The large-fruited fig is a brand-new variety that Red Banyan Mountain Lord successfully cultivated many years ago."

Li Zhu added, "The fruit is tart, slightly sweet, and very large, comparable to an apricot. The fruit ripens later than other banyan trees, maturing in autumn. It's likely that some migratory birds pecked at the fruit and then carried the seeds to the Sheep-Hoof Mountain Range."

"Red Banyan Mountain Lord is probably furious!" Hei Sang giggled, "They painstakingly cultivated the tree species in the Water Banyan Mountain Range, but it ended up benefiting the Sheep-Hoof Mountain Range."

Banbu was also speechless for a while.

After chatting for a while and eating five-leaf redwood pine nuts, Li Zhu and Hei Sang hurriedly bid farewell and left. Iron Saber Mountain Lord was guarding the snake vine God-bestowed seed, and Cliff Cypress and Yun Tao were seriously injured, so Li Zhu was now the main fighting force of Iron Saber Peak. Hei Sang, on the other hand, was excitedly returning to teach that newborn junior.

Life was peaceful, but not easy.

The threat of beast warriors had not been eliminated.

In the height of summer, various fresh fruit life seeds planted by Wind Chime matured one after another, but no beast warriors were attracted by the scent of the fruit.

Banbu's courage grew again, and he frequently ventured down the mountain.

The amount of Origin Power food he consumed daily increased, accelerating his growth. Before long, he ushered in a molting evolution.

A high-level warrior's molting evolution required a longer period of slumber, and he only woke up after two days.

He stored the newly conceived hairy peach life seed and chose a large-fruited fig seed as a life seed to nurture.

Banyan trees, as a type of towering tree, like water, grow quickly, have a vast mature scale, and produce many fruits, making them a relatively good life seed choice.

After resting for half a day, Banbu immediately set off for the swamp to absorb the mental power emanating from the metal core.

Having advanced to an L2 high-level warrior, his strength had increased, and the mental power concentration around the resonance field was no longer sufficient to meet his needs. Banbu began to move closer to the interior, stopping near the edge of the lake.

Calming his mind, he unleashed his secret technique.

Immediately, the resonance field surrounding him collapsed due to the lack of mental power, and the metallic black mist dissipated, transforming into ordinary hydrogen gas and rising upward, forming an elliptical blank area with a long diameter of 3 meters.

The hydrogen gas floated upward, entered the resonance field, was immediately transformed back into metallic black mist, and sank downward, spreading over, again and again.

Banbu drooped his antennae, gently tapped the metallic ground, absorbing while pondering the problem.

According to the current trend, advancing to an L3 high-level warrior would require being at the edge of the lake, where the mental power could meet his needs.

If he continued to grow and advance to an L4 high-level warrior, he would have to enter the lake!

An L4 high-level warrior could barely manage it, just taking more time, but if he continued to grow, he would have to go underwater!

Cockroaches are not good at swimming.

"Get a bamboo raft? Too troublesome. Use local materials, wood? I don't know if the wood can still float after it's been metallized."

"I'll get some wood from the nearby mountains when I leave, and use it directly next time."

Just as Banbu was pondering, his antennae on the ground sensitively captured a slight vibration.

The wind was light and the clouds were pale, so how could there be vibrations in the resonance field?

Just as Banbu was preparing to focus his mind and carefully sense the source of the vibration, his soul suddenly gave a warning.

A death threat!

Flapping his wing membranes and kicking off with his legs, he soared into the air.

Turning his head to look, a jet-black python had somehow crept up behind him and launched a sneak attack from behind.

His instantaneous preemptive reaction avoided a fatal blow.

The python was extremely fast, flashing into the lake and disappearing.

The water-savvy python quickly submerged into the lake, only creating a few ripples, without any sound of splashing water.

A black python?!

Banbu was a little unsure.

Black pythons are a type of python that lives in swamps. They are smaller than both the rosy boa and the Gouju Mountain python, and are not considered overlord-level beasts. An ordinary black python should only be 4 meters long as an adult, and a small number of strong individuals can reach 5 meters. After evolving into an Origin Power creature, its body length should be around 6 meters.

The python warrior that had just attempted to sneak attack Banbu should have been over 7 meters long.

In that fleeting moment, Banbu didn't have time to carefully sense its aura.

"It's not afraid of the resonance field?"

"It's normal for beast warriors to be ignorant and fearless."

"Genetic mutation? Very likely! The resonance field stimulated a genetic mutation, causing its body size to explode."

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"But there's no way it could absorb unowned mental power from the resonance field."

"Black pythons like to lurk in puddles. It must have made this place its lair!"

"It sees me as an intruder, so it launched a sneak attack?"

"Then how can I absorb mental power in peace?"

"This place isn't too close or too far from Li Zhu Peak. It's a threat!"

Banbu's mind raced, and he quickly thought of a series of questions.

"I don't have any malice towards you!"

"Come out! We can communicate."

Banbu stirred his divine sense and shouted towards the lake.

The huge python head slowly emerged from the water, its cold snake eyes staring at Banbu, without any response of divine sense, seeming to threaten and warn, slowly sinking back into the lake.

In that brief eye contact, Banbu made a conclusion: it was not a kind creature, full of hostility, and even hatred.

Judging by its aura, it was not a genetic mutation caused by the radiation of the resonance field, as he had previously guessed. It should have been consuming some kind of God-bestowed seed fruit in large quantities for a long time, and after several evolutions and growths, its body size had become significantly larger, and its strength was approaching the mountain lord level.

Banbu's heart stirred, and he made another judgment: he hadn't encountered it when he came before, so it must have only appeared in the last two or three months, and therefore, it was very likely that it had fled from the Yulan or Shinan Mountain Range.

It was good at hiding and ambushing.

Banbu also guessed that Shan Nie was very likely ambushed and killed by it when it passed by.

The reason was even simpler: it might be hatred for the roach tribe, or it might be coveting the snake vine God-bestowed seed, wanting to take it for itself.

Banbu also noticed its scales, which were completely different from the rosy boa's, very fine and dense, with rhombic shapes, one pressing against another, forming an airtight defense. Origin Power circulated between the scales, perfectly converging the Origin Power fluctuations, generating a stealth effect, which was why it was able to approach Banbu silently without being noticed.

It was more difficult to deal with than the rosy boa!

Banbu thought for a while, flapped his wings and left, heading to the cliff where the snake vine God-bestowed seed was located, to find Iron Saber Mountain Lord.

PS1: Chapter 10 was written late last night, but the revision is too slow, please wait.

PS2: This chapter was actually 37 words short of 2000 words. I didn't pay attention when I was writing it. Sorry!