Chapter 142 - Competing for the Conscious Fruit (1/2)

“Yawn. I have no energy left to do otherwise.”

Zhao Yu went to sleep quickly. Zhou Hao and Zhang Tianche kept watch for the first half of the night while Qin Feng took over after that. It was a peaceful night.

The next day, they continued to advance at an even greater speed.

The number of students from other universities had lowered dramatically at this point. Only the strongest teams, coupled with some good luck, would be able to make it to the center of the hunting ground.

Take the beast general they met yesterday for example. It would be an instant game over if other students were to face the monster.

They traveled for another hour and finally reached the top of a small hill.

On the other side of the hill was a giant plain covered by fertile greeneries. However, no giant vegetation was spotted within sight other than the meadow. This made the crystalline tree that was standing in the middle of the plain extremely eye-catching.

The trunk of the tree was no different from a crystal while its leaves looked like snowflakes. Ice-like vines were seen dangling on the branches.

Among the branches, three black and bulky fruits highly contrasted the other parts of the tree.

Those were the conscious fruits.

“So this is the consciousness tree?” Zhao Yu gasped. The tree was unlike anything she had ever seen before.

Apparently, a lot of students had arrived earlier than them. But those partic.i.p.ants were unable to go any nearer because as soon as anyone entered within a thirty-meter radius of the tree, it would begin to attack ferociously.

The consciousness tree was actually a mutated plant. In other words, it was more like an animal rather than a tree.

At the moment, the tree was visibly ill-tempered. It whipped its vines and launched its snow leaves aggressively to chase away those attempting to approach the fruits.

The consciousness tree was enraged after most of its fruits had been stolen the day before yesterday. It was understandable that the mutated tree would go berserk after more dreadful humans had shown up and were trying to take away its remaining fruits.

“d.a.m.n it! I thought that the f*cking tree is quite tame?”

“How are we going to get the fruits when the tree is attacking such a large area?”

“Quick, hold back its attack. We gotta protect our ability users!”

Everyone was clearly fl.u.s.tered by the tree’s unusual hostility.

Qin Feng scanned the area and realized that students from all other universities were around, except for Xita University.

That was because those from Xita who could have actually made it here had been eliminated by Qin Feng’s party earlier. How unfortunate!

The crowd of more than a hundred students was all elites from Dongling, Hunnan, and Chengyang Universities.

“There’s too many of them.” Zhang Tianche frowned. Luckily, everyone was staying close with their own party to protect their respective ability users. Hence, some vacant s.p.a.ces could still be found around the giant consciousness tree.

“Let’s go!” Qin Feng was the first to stroll forward. “Don’t worry. They are not going to attack us. The battle between universities would only ensue after someone has plucked the conscious fruit.”

“True.” Zhou Hao quickly followed Qin Feng’s footsteps. Zhao Yu and Zhang Tianche also followed suit and soon, they reached the area where everyone was at.

The consciousness tree turned more violent all of a sudden. All its vines struck straight toward Qin Feng. Obviously, the tree recognized the scent of the being that had stolen all its fruits.

Bai Li had plucked twenty-seven fruits from the tree at one go and left only three behind. How shameless of them for showing their faces here again!

No wonder the tree was infuriated.

Qin Feng was focused in the face of the vicious attacks. The consciousness tree must have lived for uncountable years but its attack was still full of vigor. Judging by its moves, the tree was at least an F-tier threat.

Qin Feng did not want to see his comrades being hurt because of him.

He unsheathed the Verdant Emperor Saber for the first time in the Spring Hunting Ground.

“Sword Glare!”

Burning flames immediately wrapped around the saber and extended it by more than a meter long.

Qin Feng swung the saber and dexterously cut off all the incoming vines.

His impenetrable defense was startling but that was not the end of it. He focused and unleashed his conscious energy.

Bang!