Astral Cockroach

Two days later, Iron Saber Mountain Master arrived at Li Bamboo Peak with a large number of Crimson Ant Tribe “reinforcements,” lined up, and conducted a thorough search of the jungle to the northwest.

Iron Saber Mountain Master was not so easily fooled. Upon hearing that Banbu had found a wild God-given Seed that had been growing for four or five years, his first thought was whether there were any beast warriors guarding it. He even speculated that the God-given Seed belonged to the escaped black bear warrior.

Iron Saber Mountain Master demanded that Banbu lead the way to the place where the wild God-given Seed was found to investigate.

Fortunately, Banbu was clever. He had found a cliff with a large number of cliff cypress trees growing on it, and had dug up a cliff cypress tree of similar size in advance and threw it far away. Then he led Iron Saber Mountain Master there.

Iron Saber Mountain Master carefully searched it again, and of course found no unusual traces, so the matter was dropped.

Having just been promoted to a Level 3 intermediate warrior, Banbu originally had many important things to do: deducing the corresponding cultivation techniques; trying to devour the Crimson Iron Tree God-given Seed; going to the swamp to absorb the mental power emanating from the metal core; the batch of cliff cypress seeds given by Hua Cypress Mountain Master were mostly stored in ordinary snakeskin bags and were nearing their expiration date, so they had to be eaten as soon as possible…

And what happened? Because of this disturbance, Banbu, as the Mountain Master of Brocade Screen Mountain Range, had to follow the warriors of his tribe, scurrying around in the jungle all day, searching for the bear that had long since fled in the opposite direction.

It was equivalent to wasting half a month of time in vain.

The search in the opposite direction was destined to be fruitless. Iron Saber Mountain Master was also determined, working day and night, and only gave up after tossing around for more than half a month.

The other mountain range warriors who had been invited gradually dispersed.

……

The storm passed.

Banbu sent Big Head back to the ant nest, and the big bear also returned to its original hill to live. The two of them took care of each other, making them relatively safer.

He seized the time to complete the deduction of the "Basic Cultivation Method · Level 3 Intermediate Volume."

After two days of meditation and eating the remaining tung oil fruits, Banbu took out the fruit of the Crimson Iron Tree God-given Seed, a nut that resembled a peach pit.

Perhaps because Crimson Iron County Master was powerful, the fruit was larger in size, about 10 in length and 5 in width at its widest point, with a thick outer shell that was harder than steel.

Banbu used his foreleg toe as a saw and spent a lot of time sawing the shell in half.

A rich and scorching Origin Power aura swept over him, revealing a wrinkled, reddish-brown kernel inside.

"This is a top-quality God-given Seed fruit? This aura… is too damn strong, isn't it?"

In his previous life, as a genius of the Hoss family, Banbu had eaten several Origin Power fruits of excellent quality. However, those Origin Power fruits carefully cultivated using technological means were completely different from the top-quality God-given Seed fruits of this world!

Origin Power plants can absorb Origin Power and continue to grow and evolve. The Crimson Iron Tree God-given Seed of Crimson Iron County Master had not grown long enough and still had a lot of room for improvement.

The God-given Seeds of those cockroach kings must be truly top-quality! How powerful would they be?

"The life sac nurtures the life seed. This ability of the insects on this planet… is unusually strong!"

Banbu shook his antennae, excited, and carefully examined the kernel of the Crimson Iron Tree God-given Seed. Then, he began to feel troubled.

The Origin Power aura was too intense. Just feeling it with his mental power was a bit uncomfortable, so he could only eat it little by little.

Once the kernel was bitten open, the intense Origin Power inside would definitely dissipate quickly.

What should he do if he couldn't finish it?

Waste it?

He couldn't waste even a little bit of such a precious thing.

Banbu tried to close the two halves of the shell. Sensing with his mental power, the gaps could not be perfectly aligned. A few days would be okay, but over time, the Origin Power of the kernel would still slowly dissipate.

"Damn it!"

Banbu cursed inwardly.

"Eat it or not?"

Banbu hesitated.

"Risk it?!"

No matter how good something was, it had to be done in moderation. Origin Power remodeled genes, and if it exceeded the limit that the body could bear, forcibly absorbing it would be harmful rather than beneficial. Banbu continued to hesitate.

"Banbu?!"

"Banbu, I'm here!"

Heisang's voice came from outside the cave.

Banbu was annoyed and asked impolitely, "What are you doing here again?"

Heisang had a thick face and didn't mind Banbu's tone. He crawled into the cave, looked around, and asked, "Where's Big Head? I'm here to teach it knowledge."

Teach your sister! You take Big Head all over the mountains and fields every day, okay?

Banbu said, "Heisang, you know that my territory can't support it. I… sent it away."

"Ah!" Heisang was stunned when he heard this, and then became anxious and furious.

"Banbu, you're bad! You're as bad as Cliff Cypress and the others! You drove Big Head away."

Banbu's heart softened.

Heisang was not bad in essence, just a bit self-righteous with petty cleverness and small thoughts. Born just two years ago, his mind was not yet mature and he was too playful.

From observation, Heisang not only had no bad intentions, but on the contrary, he was very rare and had a great sympathy for weak intelligent life in his nature.

Banbu comforted him, "Heisang, don't worry. I sent Big Head back to its ant nest. The caravan of the Rainbow Flame Spider tribe will come next year, and I will try to get a batch of Origin Power food from them. If things work out and I have surplus Origin Power food, I will bring Big Head back."

"Where is Big Head's ant nest?" Hearing this, Heisang felt a little better. He rolled his eyes and noticed the God-given Seed fruit in front of Banbu. Then, the entire insect's attention was attracted to it.

"Banbu, this is…"

"The fruit of the Crimson Iron Tree God-given Seed."

"Wow, what a powerful Origin Power fluctuation!"

"Yeah!"

"Banbu, you can't finish it!"

"Heh heh."

"Let me help you."

Heisang was still a shameless glutton.

Banbu pondered slightly, nodded his antennae, and said, "I'll eat first, and what I can't finish, I'll give to you."

Heisang said happily, "Okay!"

Banbu peeled open the shell, took out the kernel, stretched out his foreclaw toe, gestured twice, and began to cut it.

He cut off a very small piece and swallowed it carefully.

The Origin Power, which felt unusually violent, only produced a very slight burning sensation after entering his abdomen. It was absorbed into the blood vessels and became very gentle and warm. The most wonderful thing was that this Origin Power was not easily dissipated. Flowing along with the blood, it naturally infiltrated the cells little by little. Even without using cultivation techniques, it could be used efficiently.

"Amazing! Simply perfect!"

"It's worthy of being the Crimson Iron Tree God-given Seed, which is a little famous even in the Myriad Races Continent!"

"No wonder so many caravans flock to it every year, rushing to trade in Crimson Iron County."

"It won't damage the body! No wonder Iron Saber Mountain Master and Crimson Iron County Master dared to confidently hand the seeds over to me to eat, without even a word of caution."

Banbu sighed repeatedly.

"Banbu, is it delicious?"

Heisang looked at Banbu expectantly, smacking his lips involuntarily from time to time, a little impatient.

Banbu said, "It's so hard to eat!"

Heisang said, "Let me help you."

Banbu said, "Not for now."

"Hmph!" Heisang was annoyed.

Banbu began to move around in the cave, not avoiding anything, using his techniques to accelerate the rate of Origin Power absorption, trying to improve the absorption efficiency as much as possible.

It took him a long time to absorb it all.

Under Heisang's gaze, he cut off an even larger piece again and swallowed it without hesitation.

He continued to use his techniques to assist in absorption.

"Banbu, what are you doing?"

Heisang asked curiously.

Banbu replied, "By exercising, I strengthen my physique and improve the absorption speed and utilization efficiency of Origin Power food."

Heisang thought for a while before understanding and asked, "Your movements are regular. Are they recorded in your inherited memories?"

Banbu said, "Yes."

Heisang said, "I don't have them. None of the other warriors on Li Bamboo Peak have them."

Banbu said as a matter of course, "I am favored by the True God of Nature."

Heisang asked hopefully, "Can I learn them?"

Banbu said, "No."

Heisang was sad, turned his head, and silently crawled out of the cave.

It wasn't that Banbu was selfish and wouldn't teach, but that the body structures of the other Crimson Ant warriors were different. They didn't have so many hearts and blood vessels, so they couldn't learn it at all.