Chapter 1268 - 772: Dual Extremes of Ice and Fire

"Dragon Cypress! It's over! The Bicolor Mulberry is finished!"

"Ant! This mantis is beyond saving! Just dig a hole and bury it."

"The Bicolor Mulberry only condensed 17 traces!"

"The mantis is violating the rules! It used the Heart Realm of Tree Blossom to read my soul consciousness! Ant, what do you say? Didn't you promise to kill anyone who uses abilities to read memories of their own insect and tree associates? Everyone's watching, does the Ant Great Leader's word count? If not, you shouldn't be in that position of Great Leader; let the King Cypress take over. If the King Cypress isn't interested, I'll do it..."

"If I weren't defying the rules, I'd let you keep muddling through as a worthless being."

"Mantis, if you attack again, I'm going to fight back."

"You wasted 10 Primordial Gemstones!"

"What's called wasting? If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense."

"17 traces!"

"What's wrong with 170 traces?"

"I'm talking about 17 traces! You spent twenty thousand years, 10 Primordial Gemstones, and only condensed 17 traces! Oh my god! Across the universe, is there any tree more useless than this?"

"Foolish! Ignorant! I can't explain this to you. Ant, aren't you going to take action? Drag the mantis down for me!"

"Hehe, 17 traces."

...

Dragon Cypress had just returned to the mountain, also intending to check the situation of the Bicolor Mulberry, when the fierce arguing spiritual power thoughts surged forth.

Instantly overwhelmed.

Stupefied.

Solemn.

17 traces?

What's the Bicolor Mulberry trying to pull?

Don't say...

Could it be said...

The Bicolor Mulberry is one of those rare useless trees that you'd find in one in a million?

"Foolish mantis, I can't be bothered to explain to you."

"17 traces."

"Both foolish and vile mantis."

"17 traces."

"Low intelligence and incompetent mantis."

"17 traces."

"I'll kill you."

"Hehe, 17 traces, you think you can kill me? Naive!"

"Killing you is simple with one move?"

"Come, come, try to kill me. One move isn't enough. I'll let you make a hundred moves."

"One move is enough. Mantis, don't you dare dodge!"

"I won't dodge! I'm standing still."

"Don't move!"

"If I move, I'll change my name to 17 Traces..."

"Ah! Ah! Ah! Prepare to die, Mantis!"

Dragon Cypress: "..."

Amidst the whistling wind,

The Waterfire System Energy Field swept through, and the Natural Primordial Force abruptly contracted.

Countless red and blue Umbrella Birds emerged from the energy field, aggressive, aiming at Ink Orchid.

The argument evolved into a martial fight.

Whoosh~la~la~la~

Ink Orchid was submerged among the Umbrella Birds.

Bang! Bang! Bang...

The Umbrella Birds exploded.

Countless red and blue bird feathers shot out like blades.

The crowd of insects who stood by happily watching the commotion scrambled to dodge.

Giant Cypress, Black Peach, White Willow, and Purple Three Leaf all activated their abilities for defense.

Dragon Cypress's tentacles swung repeatedly, a dual-element water and wind primordial energy burst forming a barrier, protecting the little warriors behind.

Extreme cold hardened into ice and metallic bird feathers shot through and punctured,

Silently colliding,

The flying feathers attack was blocked by the barrier's thick air currents, losing kinetic energy momentarily. As its surface original energy patterns brightened, the atmosphere reversed, instantly melting into a magma-like viscous liquid, possessing a strong corrosive nature, sticking to the barrier, continuously burning and destroying.

"Huh—"

Dragon Cypress's eyes sparkled, surprisingly amazed.

The extremes of cold and heat swapping!

It also borrowed features from Thousand-Layer Flame Feather, Explosive Jet, Corrosive Wind, and even some traits from Sea Beast Devouring.

This maneuver by the Bicolor Mulberry is quite impressive!

17 traces?

Concerning any set of combined abilities, strength isn't determined by the number of abilities.

"Mantis, do you yield?"

"Why would I yield?"

"Why are you dodging?"

"What did I dodge?"

"Hmph! You phased out, avoiding the attack."

"I ask you, am I standing still?"

"Right. Correct. Yes. You didn't move. I also ask you, are you scared?"

"Scared? Scared of what?"

"Then what are you dodging?"

...

The Bicolor Mulberry and Ink Orchid were in an endless argument.

The crowd of insects hurried away, hiding on distant hills, standing on hilltops, stretching their legs, and peering in.

"Alright! Alright!"

"Quiet! Quiet!"

"Stop arguing. Stop arguing."

Dragon Cypress stepped out to smooth things over and said, "Pointless argument. Ink Orchid, let's go, let's have a celebration by the lakeside."

"Alright. I won't argue with 17 traces."

Ink Orchid vigorously waved its tentacles calling: "Black Emperor! Zhibai! Er Bai..."

"Humph. Humph."

"Scared now?"

The Bicolor Mulberry was relentless, "Mantis, today I'll let you go, remember this, don't do it again."

"Let me go?"

Ink Orchid was furious with rage: "You better not let me go. Come, let's fight..."

"Alright! Stop fooling around!"

"Black Emperor! Zhibai! Er Bai! Don't just stand there watching the fun, hurry up, seal the Bicolor Mulberry!"

Dragon Cypress quickly dashed to block Ink Orchid, taking it out of the Bicolor Mulberry's territory range.

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"Ink Orchid, did you notice? The 'Umbrella Birds' of the Bicolor Mulberry are quite extraordinary!"

"I noticed indeed. It borrowed all sorts of abilities we mastered, didn't it?"

"Not just that. It has created a waterfire dual-systems ability framework, and found its own path of evolution. The key is...streamlined and refined! This should maximize avoidance of future breakthrough to Half Star Realm, fruit granted abilities mutating, becoming unremarkable and worthless."

"Yes. Each trace is dual waterfire systems, it has also grasped the essence of extreme cold and excessive heat. It's following a path similar to Huagi Mountain's single-system extreme evolution path, a tree taking an extreme route."

"Do you know?"

"Of course, I'm aware."

"Then you..."

"The spirit cannot be lost."

"Ink Orchid, this is just unreasonable of you."

"Ant, are you silly or what? Argue with reason? Is that arguing at all? That's debating."

"...Second King is right!"

Dragon Cypress turned thoughts toward King Cypress and inquired, "King Cypress, you've been watching, right?"

King Cypress: "I've been following. The situation of Bicolor Mulberry's elements is similar to Black Lotus. It's studying the perfect fusion of dual waterfire systems, which is more complex than Black Lotus."