Chapter 448 — A Mountain of Stat Points

They had originally been very much looking forward to this trial.

Looking forward to the life forms of the future being slaughtered by the Starry Void Insects, chased around and run ragged.

True, these Starry Void Insects were mere foot soldiers, but in their eyes, dealing with this bunch of rookies was more than enough.

Even that totem tree—though it could hold its own against Overlord-rank Starry Void Insects, if it came to blows with a totem-rank Starry Void Insect, it would absolutely be no match.

Yet what none of the many gods had expected was that the trial had barely begun before it was already over.

Shi Jin and his rookies, relying on self-destruction and the Time Element System's revival skill, had wiped out every last one of the targets along with the trial participants—all in one sweep!

This was a situation none of these gods could have predicted even if they had beaten themselves to death before the trial began!!

"Do as you please."

The Eternal Divine Tree, at this moment, had no desire whatsoever to speak—and in fact, somewhat regretted bringing out so many Starry Void Insects.

So now it could only watch helplessly as that Ginseng Baby used Plant Control to conjure up a giant tree.

"Eeya!!" The Ginseng Baby pressed its palms together and bowed in gratitude toward the Eternal Divine Tree.

Thank you, Grandma Eternal Divine Tree, for the feast.

It would not stand on ceremony—it was packing it all up and taking it with it.

If these things could be packed up and taken away, Shi Yan and the Ginseng Baby would both be overjoyed.

He could sense that this essence of life was extraordinarily nourishing, especially for life energy.

What did that mean?

It meant that once gathered, Shi Jin would have all the supplements he needed for adding quasi-divine skills and for skill fusion.

Rumble!

The giant tree began absorbing the life essence that filled the sky, and one green fruit after another grew upon it.

Plant Control + Mutation Fruit + Nutrients!

"Ginseng Baby, finish them off."

At the same time, Shi Cen did not forget to have the Ginseng Baby utterly annihilate the four Starry Void Insects that had not been completely blown to death.

This swarm of Starry Void Insects still had formidable physical strength.

Shi Jin felt that the physical strength of certain totem-rank Starry Void Insects was already catching up to Chongchong and Eleven.

Among totem-rank beings, that was exceedingly rare.

After all, a totem like Maomao might not even possess a tenth of the physical strength of Eleven and the others.

Yu!!

One fruit after another condensed.

"Yi... (Die.)"

Meanwhile, the Ginseng Baby delivered finishing blows to the totem-rank insects that had not fully died.

Though these totem-rank insects had formidable constitutions, and even in perfect condition an attack from the Ginseng Baby in its Time-Brewed Fruit state might not have broken their defenses, now they had been nearly blown to pieces,

so rubbing salt into their wounds was much easier.

In its Time-Brewed state, the Ginseng Baby simply made the giant tree extend countless branches that pierced into their bodies, and through nutrient plunder it effortlessly ended their life activities while absorbing their life nutrients.

At that moment, the eyes of every contender from the totem nations turned toward the interior of the trial barrier, filled with terror.

Those few totem-nation contenders who had sensed the danger and withdrawn from the trial at the last moment felt their minds roar, their faces turning ghastly pale as lingering fear washed over them.

Looking upon the carnage within the trial barrier, they could not help but fear; every overlord-rank contender had been reduced to not even dregs.

Even among the totem-rank, two had been blown to death, and the four barely clinging to life were now undergoing a slaughter crueler than any insect had ever known.

How terrifying...

Had they harbored even a sliver of wishful thinking back then, they too would likely have become wandering souls among them.

"Not bad."

At this moment, as more and more fruits condensed, Shi Cen grew happier and happier.

The life essence condensed from each overlord-rank Starry Void Insect was comparable to a legendary-quality tier-eight resource, while the life essence condensed from a totem-rank Starry Void Insect was fully equivalent to a legendary resource.

So with that one blast, the Ginseng Baby had directly produced five legendary resources and over forty quasi-legendary resources.

And if one added the Eternal Flower that the Eternal Divine Tree would later bestow...

As for the Eternal Flower, Shi Jin thought it over, and after studying it, he would certainly be the one to eat it.

That way, his own constitution would be further strengthened, and adding quasi-divine skills would become even easier.

This trial had, so to speak, blasted out every supplement Shi Jin might need for adding quasi-divine skills in the future.

Now this was more like it.

Shi Jin felt that this was the correct way to self-destruct.

There had to be benefits!

One could imagine that after he received the World Tree's blessing and broke through to Legend rank, he could directly use these supplements to first accomplish a massive leap in strength.

The foundation for adding points had grown.

From then on, he could become a ruthless point-adding machine.

Only then would his strength be presentable; right now it was still a bit lacking. Shi Qi looked toward the outside world, as if trying to see through the void toward the Black Dragon Sovereign, the Tyrant Dragon King, the Genesis Tree God, and those other fellows scheming against him.

For the time being, he certainly could not beat them.

"Damn it."

Meeting Shi Ying's gaze, the Genesis Tree God felt a jolt in his heart and was given a fright.

To think that a nine-generation demigod would be frightened by a tier-six beast tamer.

"The Tyrant Dragon King! The Black Dragon Sovereign!!!"

At this moment, the one most furious of all was still the Genesis Tree God, its heart filled with boundless regret. It could not fathom why it had ever climbed aboard the pirate ship of these two dragons.

Shi Jin had already displayed so much combat power that defied all logic—so why had it still clung to a fool's hope?

It truly had no feelings to spare for the Rubber Divine Tree's death; its only worry was that Shi Jin would now fix its gaze upon the Origin Land. The potential and strength Shi Jin had demonstrated were already enough to make even them, the demigods, wary.

The stronger one's power, the greater one's fear of death.

And besides, the chance for mythological revival was right before their eyes.

The divine legacy was gone, the World Tree's blessing surely gone as well, and on top of that they had offended such a monster—a complete loss on every front, throwing good after bad.

It had been a fool. Truly a fool...

"ROAR!!!" The Black Dragon Sovereign vanished straight into a deeper layer of space, while the Tyrant Dragon King watched Shi Ying's figure with wavering eyes.

It had never imagined that even after going to such lengths, they still could not affect Shi Jin in the slightest.

"Now there is truly no one left who can stop him." The Tyrant Dragon King's pupils contracted sharply, and it felt that it would be hard-pressed indeed to affect Shi Jin under the multiple layers of protection of Shenyuan City and the Eastern Radiance.

The champion of the World Tournament was, in all likelihood, Shi Ying.

Was there any point in continuing this World Tournament?

The two greatest favorites for the title, totem-rank contenders, had not even made it to the main bracket before being struck dead on the spot.

Dead before the campaign had begun.