Chapter 980: A Godspirit Tree Sapling (1/2)

According to the agreement between the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace and the Star Behemoth, Nie Tian wasn’t allowed to take a single blade of grass from this floating continent this time.

However, since the withered Godspirit Tree was in desperate need of wood power, and Nie Tian’s wood power core didn’t contain enough wood power for it to finish the change, he decided to provide it with the wood power it needed first.

As the Wood Thriving Formation continued to work its wonders, rich wood power madly converged on it from all directions.

As the bottom part of the Godspirit Tree continued to shed its shriveled bark, the tree trunk, which wasn’t very thick to begin with, grew thinner and thinner.

“Nie Tian!” Jing Feiyang called out as he glanced around nervously. “What you’re doing now might be a bit inappropriate.”

Nie Tian smiled bitterly. “I know.”

Even though he remained inside the Wood Thriving Formation, he didn’t cast any incantations to channel the rich wood power into himself.

That was because he knew that the withered Godspirit Tree needed the converging wood power much more than he did.

“This may alarm the outsiders,” Jing Feiyang warned him.

“But this is far too important,” Nie Tian replied.

“This tree is...?” Jing Feiyang asked.

Since he didn’t practice wood power, and Heaven Nourished grade spiritual materials were extremely hard to find, even he had failed to identify this Godspirit Tree.

“This tree was a treasure when it was alive,” Nie Tian explained. “It’s a Godspirit Tree, a Heaven Nourished grade spiritual material.”

A shudder ran through Jing Feiyang. “A Heaven Nourished grade spiritual material?! But isn’t it dead now?”

“Yes, it is. But... some profound change is taking place.” Nie Tian didn’t know how to explain this either. After all, even he couldn’t tell what kind of change its roots that had stretched deep into ground were going through, and what would happen eventually.

This forest of ancient trees covered a vast area, and contained a copious amount of wood power.

Originally, the Wood Thriving Formation could only channel wood power from the plants within a fifty kilometer radius.

However, whether it was because of the three Godspirit Tree leaves or some other reason, Nie Tian felt that the Wood Thriving Formation’s sphere of influence had somehow expanded to a great extent.

Now, trees and plants within a several hundred kilometer radius were subject to the spell formation’s influence, as rich wood power was being channeled out of them towards Nie Tian’s location.

CRACK! CRACK!

The bottom part of the tree continued to shrink as it shed its bark.

After a short while, emerald green light suddenly burst forth from under the dried-up ground where the Godspirit Tree had taken root.

The three leaves that had left Nie Tian’s wood power core seemed to have long since vanished.

Nie Tian sensed a familiar aura spewing from underground, where the emerald green light was blossoming.

All of a sudden, a small, fresh green sapling stuck out of one of the cracks in the ground.

It exuded a heavenly aura as it grew out of the withered Godspirit Tree’s roots, as if it had its own awareness.

Before Nie Tian came out of his daze, it wobbled towards him like a baby learning to walk.

SHEW!

It flew into Nie Tian’s abdomen in a flash.

Nie Tian’s jaw dropped. He hastily examined himself, and realized that the sapling had entered his wood power core.

Immediately afterwards, the rich wood power that was converging from all directions seemed to be drawn by the sapling as it started to pour madly into his wood power core.

Wisps of emerald green aura could be seen swirling around within the core, refining the incoming wood power before fusing it into the sapling.

Jing Feiyang’s eyes lit up. “Is that...?”

“That’s a Godspirit Tree sapling,” Nie Tian said, looking amazed himself. “The Godspirit Tree leaves within me must have stimulated it, allowing it to channel wood power from its surroundings, and eventually grow out of the withered Godspirit Tree’s root.”

“How will it help you?” Jing Feiyang asked.

“I don’t know yet,” Nie Tian answered frankly.

He realized that as soon as the emerald green sapling took root in his wood power core, it stopped taking the wood power the Wood Thriving Formation was gathering from its surroundings.

Furthermore, he was surprised to find that the Wood Thriving Formation seemed to be holding back as it channeled wood power from its surroundings.

Before, whenever the Wood Thriving Formation had been activated, all trees within a fifty kilometer radius would soon wither and die as they lost every last wisp of their wood power.

But this time, due to the existence of the Godspirit Tree sapling, the wood power the Wood Thriving Formation was channeling from the nearby trees only took up a small portion of the total amount.

Even though the trees and grass had turned yellow and shriveled to some extent, they didn’t die.

At this moment, the tips of Jing Feiyang’s brows flickered as he received a message from Quan Zixuan. Without the slightest delay, he said to Nie, “Quan Zixuan has discovered a black lake!”

“Great! Take me there!” Nie Tian exclaimed joyously.

“Sure. We’d better get there as soon as possible, lest the outsiders notice something and become prepared.” Jing Feiyang also knew that time was of the essence. Without hesitation, he unleashed more than fifty magical symbols that joined the other ones in carrying Nie Tian forward. The two of them flew towards Quan Zixuan’s location at full speed.