Swallowed Star: Copy God

This book is first published on the entire network by 𝕥 𝕨 𝕜 𝕒 𝕟 . 𝕔 𝕠 𝕞

After advancing a kilometer or two into the depths of Fog Island, Ye Yun hadn't encountered a single 'Spirit of Vegetation.' He had a rough idea that the outer areas likely didn't have many 'Spirits of Vegetation,' and the landing point he'd chosen, at least for now, wasn't a densely populated area for them.

Ye Yun wasn't in a hurry and continued onward. He passed a lush green weed, perfectly blending into its surroundings. Ye Yun didn't pay it much attention, but as he walked past, suddenly, the weed's two slender leaves, like two green longswords, fiercely stabbed towards Ye Yun's back.

Ye Yun had been vigilant, his mental force constantly scanning. The moment the weed erupted, he reacted instantly. In their first exchange, Ye Yun didn't underestimate it. A layer of black gloves materialized on his palm as he turned and grabbed for the weed's leaves.

As his right hand touched the green leaf, Ye Yun felt a strong impact, and the leaf's tip possessed a powerful piercing force. Fortunately, the Black God Suit's defense was stronger and negated 90% of the attack, so Ye Yun wasn't injured or impacted. Instead, his black-gloved right hand exerted force, firmly gripping the two long leaves.

After just this brief exchange, Ye Yun had already determined that this strange weed-shaped 'Spirit of Vegetation' was, in terms of raw strength alone, comparable to a mid-level Lord-class monster. With their natural camouflage and sudden ambush, even a God of War-level powerhouse would be in great danger.

Thoughts raced through his mind, but Ye Yun's movements didn't stop. Two throwing knives rapidly sliced towards the weed's main body. With its two long leaves firmly gripped by Ye Yun, the remaining leaves directly collided with Ye Yun's throwing knives. Ye Yun's throwing knives were all SS-grade, and after just a few strikes, they severed all the remaining leaves. Ye Yun's right hand erupted with full force, and with a loud shout, he forcibly uprooted the weed.

Every 'Spirit of Vegetation' has its own core, which is its most valuable part. For 'Spirits of Vegetation' in the form of willow trees, the core is usually a 'Willow Heart,' while for most grass-type 'Spirits of Vegetation,' the core is likely something like spiritual essence.

These 'Spirit of Vegetation' core essences all possess powerful effects. Although the specific effects vary, their value is undeniable. They have some value even for Planet-level powerhouses, let alone God of War-level experts below. A single 'Thousand-Year Willow Heart' can not only enhance cell activity and greatly improve recovery, but after consumption, physical fitness can jump from Elementary God of War to Advanced God of War!

Thousand-Year Black Wugens, when soaked in wine, can improve physical fitness and make the skin incredibly tough. Hundred Dew Grass can quickly heal injuries and neutralize severe poisons.

Most 'Spirits of Vegetation' can play a good role in improving physical fitness. Some top-tier existences can even increase a person's physical fitness by six to ten times. Although the limit is the peak of Advanced God of War, it can be said to be quite exaggerated.

Ye Yun didn't know too much about 'Spirits of Vegetation.' After uprooting the weed and observing it carefully, he realized that even if the grass root wasn't the core essence, the essence liquid was certainly contained within it. He immediately stored the grass root and continued moving towards the center of the island.

Ye Yun wasn't sure how many 'Spirits of Vegetation' were on this island. His goal wasn't to explore the entire island. As Ye Yun explored deeper, he encountered man-eating flowers with blossoms larger than a human face, as well as elusive, small tree-thick vines. Ye Yun remained calm, dealing with them one by one, and hadn't yet encountered a situation he couldn't handle.

Earlier, while exploring the outer areas of the island, Ye Yun had specifically searched and found the location of nine willow tree 'Spirits of Vegetation.' After roughly understanding some information about them, Ye Yun steadily advanced, relying on his powerful God of War-level mental force and swiftly eliminated the outermost, thick willow tree, obtaining a chicken egg-sized 'Thousand-Year Willow Heart' crystal core.

What's the point of getting a treasure without using it? Ye Yun's current physical fitness was far from reaching the peak of God of War, only just breaking into the Advanced God of War stage. According to his estimation, the essence within this 'Thousand-Year Willow Heart' should be enough to help him achieve this step.

Thinking of this, Ye Yun casually launched six throwing knives, arranged in a circle, with the blades' edges touching each other, leaving only a tiny gap. Then, all the knives pointed downwards. Under Ye Yun's mental force control, the six knives rapidly spun.

At a glance, the throwing knives had disappeared. The rapid rotation transformed them into a silver drill. Once the drill was fully formed, Ye Yun's mental force suddenly pressed downwards, and the drill fiercely bored into the soil.

The SS-grade throwing knives were as sharp as mud-cutting tools. The island's soil and rocks couldn't stop the throwing knife drill's advance. In the blink of an eye, it created a one-meter-wide hole in the ground.

Ye Yun continued to control the throwing knife drill to dig downwards. Before long, Ye Yun arrived at a position 3,000 meters below the ground. Here, an underground river flowed. Ye Yun carved out a ten-meter-wide space next to the underground river, sealed the entrance, and slowly sat down.

Taking out the five different 'Spirit of Vegetation' core essences he had obtained, Ye Yun temporarily set aside the other four, including the grass root, and held the 'Thousand-Year Willow Heart' in his hand.

Based on the difficulty of dealing with the 'Spirits of Vegetation,' Ye Yun estimated that the value of this 'Thousand-Year Willow Heart' should be in the middle position among the five cores. At least two others would be more precious than this 'Thousand-Year Willow Heart.' Ye Yun chose to use this 'Thousand-Year Willow Heart' for no other reason than that he knew the correct method of use.

Every 'Spirit of Vegetation' essence core has its own unique method of use. These methods are derived from practice. If one operates randomly without knowing the method of use, there may be immeasurable consequences.

The 'Thousand-Year Willow Heart' was a chicken egg-sized green crystal, completely crystal clear. One could vaguely see the situation inside, where there seemed to be liquid flowing. It looked as if a green glass was filled with fine wine, which was very unique.

Holding the 'Thousand-Year Willow Heart,' Ye Yun could feel a cool sensation surging from his hand to his whole body, and his spirit became refreshed. In addition to improving physical fitness, the 'Thousand-Year Willow Heart' can also enhance cell activity and have stronger recovery abilities.

Taking a light breath, Ye Yun threw the 'Thousand-Year Willow Heart' into the air. The sharp SS-grade throwing knife tip grazed the 'Thousand-Year Willow Heart's' shell. With the SS-grade throwing knife's sharpness and Ye Yun's mental force strength, the 'Thousand-Year Willow Heart's' shell was directly cut open, and strands of crystal-clear green liquid slowly flowed out of the 'Thousand-Year Willow Heart,' wrapped into a ball by Ye Yun's mental force, quietly suspended in mid-air.

The next moment, Ye Yun controlled this ball of crystalline liquid, following his open mouth, slowly flying into Ye Yun's mouth. The amount of liquid was only about the size of a small wine glass. After flying into his mouth, Ye Yun directly swallowed the liquid into his stomach.

The 'Thousand-Year Willow Heart's' core essence liquid, after being swallowed into Ye Yun's abdomen, quickly entered various parts of Ye Yun's body. The energy was surging, but it was not strong or violent at all. Instead, it was full of coolness and gentleness. Ye Yun only felt an incomparably comfortable feeling rising from the bottom of his heart and could not help but make a sound.

"Ah ~ ~"

This was a kind of comfort that penetrated deep into the soul and marrow. His whole body was filled with the huge energy brought by the essence liquid. Every cell inside his body was trembling, and the genes were rapidly improving. Useless genes were detached, and perfect integration was carried out again and again, making the cell activity rapidly increase. The improvement of cells brought about the overall change of the whole body. Ye Yun could feel that every inch of skin, bone, and internal organs were rapidly strengthening. The process was overbearing, but there was no discomfort at all. It was very gentle, filling Ye Yun with massage-like comfort.

In this process, Ye Yun's physical fitness was also rapidly strengthening. With sufficient energy, cells were the foundation. The strengthening of cells meant that physical fitness was also rapidly growing, quickly improving step by step, slowly strengthening, and moving towards the physical fitness of the peak of the God of War step by step.

At the same time, in Ye Yun's sea of consciousness, surging mental force was constantly gushing out. The dark golden sphere rotated smoothly and suddenly turned into fragments, immersed in the sea of mental force that was already full of liquid.

After about half an hour, the energy of the 'Thousand-Year Willow Heart' that initially erupted was completely released, and the changes in Ye Yun's body slowly stopped. However, Ye Yun knew that the core essence of the 'Thousand-Year Willow Heart' had not been completely consumed. Part of it had not been directly absorbed by the body, but remained in the body. It could still play a role in his subsequent training, allowing his physical fitness to improve faster.