Chapter 1282 - 776: Ultimate Umbrella Bird (Part 2)

Dragon Cypress exchanged one of each of these two Divine Grades, and together with Dead Water State, Life Tide, Wild Growth, Restless Wind and other abilities, he meditated on them all at once.

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Ten years and then another ten years,

The Divine-Grade Dual-Colored Mulberry Fruit completed its third and fourth swelling, then completed its fifth and sixth swelling.

White Ivy counted the time, stayed on Xianglan Mountain, and together with Ink Orchid, kept watch beneath the Double-Colored Mulberry Tree.

Bicolor Mulberry:"..."

Bicolor Mulberry:"I was harassed by two stupid insects, the ripening time of the fruit has been delayed by at least two months..."

Late autumn,

The Bicolor Mulberry grumbled as it announced the fruit was ripe and could be harvested.

"Bicolor Mulberry, watch your mouth when you talk. I'm a stupid insect? Chairman White Ivy is one too? Where do the Primordial Gemstones you use come from? All of them are earned by Chairman White Ivy, the Roving Merchant..."

Ink Orchid scolded angrily, raising his head as a Hydra Tentacle extended from his mouth, coiled, plucked the fruit from the treetop, and pulled it straight back into his mouth.

A slick slurping sound.

He first ate the outer Fruit Pulp.

Burying his head, he spat out a milky-white Fruit Core, a little over ten centimeters in diameter, its surface covered with tiny granular tumorous protuberances, a rounded core bearing red-and-white dual Origin Force tracery.

The Primordial Energy that grants abilities was condensed within the Fruit Core.

"Chairman White Ivy, look!"

The Hydra Tentacle coiled around it, presenting it before White Ivy.

White Ivy lifted a claw, a clear stream swept past, washing off the saliva stuck to it. She stared closely, used her Perception, and praised:"Bicolor Mulberry is really incredible, it has a faint flavor of the Law Divine Tree!"

The Bicolor Mulberry was deep and steady, remaining indifferent and silent.

Ink Orchid then presented it before Dragon Cypress.

Dragon Cypress waved his claw, urging:"Ink Orchid, hurry up and use it, test the specific abilities."

"I'll obey the Great Leader's command!"

Ink Orchid snapped his tentacle back like Lightning, swallowed the core in one gulp, and his figure flickered out of sight.

He returned to the tenth-layer nest of the Short-Handled Horn Tree, absorbed the Primordial Energy, and slept to comprehend it.

Six days later,

Ink Orchid woke from his slumber.

Dragon Cypress, White Ivy, and a bunch of insects had been waiting the whole time at the North Mountain earthen square, a gilded cauldron set up, eating, chatting, and waiting.

Ink Orchid crossed space and arrived.

"How is it?"

White Ivy asked eagerly.

"Almost exactly as we predicted!"

On Ink Orchid's Carapace, a spread-wing bird pattern lit up, outlined by red, blue, and white lines.

Normally, the abilities granted by Divine Grade treasures are just a simple single Trace, a single simple ability or one compound ability.

The Divine-Grade Dual-Colored Mulberry Fruit, however, had granted a relatively complete pattern, clearly showing that it was a systematic set of abilities.

"Let's test the Defensive Ability first! Who's going to attack me and give it a try?"

Ink Orchid called out as his Waterfire System Primordial Energy erupted. The umbrella-bird pattern's red, blue, and white light flared, circulating as thousands of umbrella birds, each four to five centimeters across with wings spread, covered his whole body, stacking like scales to form defensive armor.

"Let me try!"

White Ivy lightly flicked her foreleg.

A pebble shot out, flying toward Ink Orchid.

Pa!

The umbrella birds' eyes seemed able to see; as the pebble approached, scarlet light flashed in their pupils, then erupted and exploded.

A淡 blue metallic jet shattered the incoming pebble, and dozens of razor-sharp feathers shot back toward White Ivy.

At extremely high speed, cutting through the air and making sharp 'chi-chi-chi' whistles.

White Ivy's eyes narrowed slightly, the air in front of her compressed into a thick, heavy wall of gas.

The flying feathers were blocked by the gas wall; crimson tracery flared, and the extreme-cold Primordial Energy attribute instantly shifted. The feathers melted into high-temperature liquid like viscous magma, clinging and corroding.

"Not bad!"

"A forceful and powerful counterattack."

"Again!"

Blue-violet light flowed in White Ivy's two eyes as she aimed at Ink Orchid; two bolts of blue-violet Lightning shot out.

Pa! Pa!

On Ink Orchid's body, two umbrella birds were triggered; they exploded, and over a hundred feathers shot back, stabbing toward White Ivy.

A Defensive Ability with its own sharp counterattack ability—this perfectly matched the prickly personality of Bicolor Mulberry.

"A Defensive Ability that's very effective against both physical attacks and pure Element attacks."

White Ivy gave an objective assessment.

"Let's test the offensive ability next!"

Ink Orchid spoke as the umbrella-bird Traces on his Carapace shone. The umbrella birds attached to his Carapace all beat their wings and took off, instantly turning into a flock.

The Waterfire System Primordial Energy continued to erupt, the umbrella-bird 'Trace' continuously flashing.

Endlessly, thousands upon thousands of umbrella birds took wing, circling and dancing around Ink Orchid.

The more they gathered, the denser they became, and soon Ink Orchid was submerged in the bird flock.

With this ability, the number of umbrella birds was directly linked to the strength of spiritual power.

Around thirty-six thousand, it reached Ink Orchid's limit of control.

Wha! La! La!

The dense umbrella birds spread out, lining up into a single formation, heads raised as they climbed straight up toward the sky, charging into the clouds and plunging directly into a drifting white cloud.

Pi! Pi! Pa! Pa!

An unending series of explosions.

The leisurely drifting white cloud was blasted to pieces; under the influence of the wings' extreme-cold temperature, it turned into great sheets of snow, which in an instant were then evaporated by extreme heat.

On Ink Orchid's body, the Waterfire System Primordial Energy continued to erupt, the umbrella-bird 'Trace' kept flashing, and the dense umbrella-bird patterns attached to his Carapace all lit up together as thousands of umbrella birds took flight.

Very quickly, another thirty-six thousand umbrella birds formed, spiraling around Ink Orchid.

Ink Orchid used his Mind to control them,

The flock surged like a raging tide, howling as it charged into the forest, at times gathering into large masses, at times dispersing into small groups, at times lining up into a single formation.

The flock sped along, weaving and dodging, threading through the forest, then suddenly slowed as they all beat their wings, alighting on the trees.

As if catching their breath,

They rested for a few seconds, then all pushed off into the air again, flapping their wings, wheeling around and returning to circle above Ink Orchid's head.

"There's another powerful move!"

Ink Orchid spoke as the flock suddenly contracted, merging into a single giant umbrella bird with a wingspan of a hundred meters.

It opened its beak, let out a strange 'waa' cry, and spat out a mass of淡 blue Frost Fog.