Chapter 37
After spending a few minutes digesting the energy of the fruit, Lu Zhishen yelled out in joy, “So much… So much strength, master! I feel like I’ll be reaching the Extraordinary Rank-2 very soon!”
A single Red Pip was not enough to boost him to the next rank straight away. Still, he did receive extra strength when he was summoned to this world, including the time when the “Black Serpent Soul” had also improved his body.
“I wonder how powerful an original Red Pip is. Too bad we didn’t get to see one when the ape messed up the tree,” said Ji Ye.
He moved a fist around and felt an obvious improvement in his strength.
Such simple yet effective elixirs and medicines often showed up in cultivation stories. He wondered how much money he could get if he spent Rare Honor points to transfer a Red Pip back home and sell it to rich people, such as a certain “Middle East prince who had a terminal disease” that often showed up on the forum. He’d probably start a war if he did that.
“If only we could keep it…” Ji Ye glanced at the tree again. “Wait, it’s changing colors?”
While resting, he placed his Black Serpent Sword nearby and accidentally dropped some ape blood near the base of the tree, after which the trunk base became slightly redder.
“The tree relies on beast blood to grow. No doubt the blood of a Mandrill is the best fertilizer. Chief Lu, lets head back and gather all the dirt on the way later, so we don’t waste the blood.”
The ape had lost a ton of blood from all the open wounds inflicted by the sword as it ran away. Apart from this, Ji Ye was planning to ask the setters to deliver the blood of their kills from then on instead of discarding it. Hopefully, the tree would keep giving them fruits.
When the winged bear was pinned down, a particularly big “Eagle Man” raised a weapon that was shaped like a bow and unleashed a blue beam.
Poof!
The beam precisely hit the bear in its back, penetrating its body and coming out at the front.
The bear didn’t slow down. It kept running toward the cliff, attempting to jump over it to escape.
Crash!
Before it could make it, it stumbled into several hidden rope snares and was brought to a stop.
The “Eagle Men” went after it, weapons raised.
The bear howled madly and caused the ground around it to break apart using its sheer voice. It was clearly another Extraordinary monster.
But it had no way of fighting back when all of its limbs had been captured. Also, those “eagle-men” moved way faster and displayed superior strength compared to common humans, which allowed them to suppress the bear with ease.
The bigger member lifted its weapon again and was about to give the trapped bear the finishing blow.
However, it tilted its weapon in the last second, just before releasing the shot.
“Watch out, Chief!” Ji Ye saw the arrow coming and quickly called out.