The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 408 World Mushroom Evolution

Although the World Tree had been subdued by the great wizard Garlon, he did not clean up the remaining World Tree offspring, but instead allowed it to take root in the Green Forest World.

It’s not that the great wizard Garlon is kind-hearted, it’s just that he is simply too lazy to deal with these small characters.

Moreover, since the barrier between the inner and outer worlds is broken, the spatial structure of the inner and outer worlds is changed, and spatial turbulence and elemental storms will enter the inner and outer worlds from time to time along the spatial cracks.

Although the abilities of these world tree offspring are not as good as those of their parent bodies, they can also absorb some disasters as nutrients.

With them around, these storms will cause much less damage, which will help the world recover.

However, the great wizard Garlon did not prohibit wizards from hunting the offspring of the world tree, he just set a quota.

A wizard, or a group of wizards, can only hunt up to three World Tree offspring.

This rule was very rough and had many loopholes. However, none of the wizards who participated in the Plane War chose to exploit these loopholes.

Challenging an old six-ring wizard is not a wise thing to do.

……

Boom!

A huge roar sounded in the forest, and in an instant, countless fine thunders spread out from a giant dark tree to the surroundings, like a Tesla ball.

But as soon as these thunders appeared, they were completely absorbed by the mycelial tentacles.

Immediately afterwards, countless hyphae tentacles emerged from the ground and rushed towards the pitch-black giant tree like a tide. No matter how the pitch-black giant tree attacked, their spreading speed did not slow down at all.

The white mycelium tentacles quickly crawled all over the energy barrier of the giant black tree like worms.

They absorbed the energy of the energy barrier like parasites, and soon the energy barrier of the dark giant tree dimmed.

Soon, there was a crisp cracking sound, and the entire black giant tree was actually arched out of the ground by a hyphae tentacle.

In the distance, Richard and Ulysses watched this scene quietly. Beside him, the Salamanders were silent as iron.

"This old mushroom is getting stronger and stronger." Ulises said casually, "All these years of feeding it have not been in vain."

"That's normal. World Mushroom told me that he's going to evolve soon." Richard replied, "I remember that World Mushroom was a level 4 creature in its heyday. Now that it's evolving, doesn't it mean it's going to be promoted to a level 5 creature?"

"Almost." Ulises replied, "However, the combat effectiveness of creatures following the evolutionary path of the World Tree cannot be divided according to the conventional life levels. The area they control is the most important.

If your secret realm can really expand to the size of a small world, then even if Old Mushroom is only at the fourth level of life, he can still rival the Lord of the sixth level world."

"Huh? Didn't World Mushroom say before that the secret realm has reached its limit of expansion?" Richard asked in confusion, "How can the secret realm expand to a whole world without evolution?"

Ulises: “…It’s just an analogy.”

While chatting and laughing, the World Mushroom had already grabbed the giant black tree and returned to the secret realm.

This giant black tree is not a sub-body of the World Tree, but one of the remains of the battle between the World Tree and the great wizard Garlon.

Due to the exaggerated vitality of the World Tree, its fragments quickly took root in the ground after falling to the ground.

If left untreated, it won't be long before these debris grow into a degraded version of the World Tree's offspring.

These degraded versions of the World Tree's offspring do not have the ability to protect the forest and summon insect swarms that all World Tree's offspring have.

But their individual combat effectiveness is not weaker than that of ordinary World Tree sub-bodies.

If they are allowed to grow, within a few years the jungles of the Green Forest World will be more dangerous than before.

But fortunately, these things are very attractive ingredients for many biological weapons. Before they formed a climate, the creatures in the Green Forest World had already cleaned up those very small fragments.

Those that are slightly larger have formed a symbiotic relationship with biological weapons.

Only those with strong strength like now are still surviving in the forest.

For the World Mushroom, the degraded bodies evolved from these World Tree fragments also have very high value.

Devouring a large amount of these debris has made his strength advance by leaps and bounds, and now he is on the verge of evolution.

Seeing that the World Mushroom had finished its action, Richard ordered the Salamanders beside him:

"Okay, keep exploring."

"Yes!" the Salamanders said in unison.

……

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is already the tenth year after the final battle.

Susu!

Three fire lizard warriors wearing camouflage individual armor were quickly shuttling through the forest. Behind them, a second-level biological weapon that looked like a spider was approaching.

This biological weapon was completely black, with a surface like the bark of an old tree, and its eight limbs were covered with something like moss.

puff.

The biological weapon suddenly spit out a sticky purple venom, and the forest was instantly filled with a sweet and fishy smell. Just smelling this smell was enough to make a level 1 creature dizzy.

But the Salamander warrior being chased did not stop for the slightest.

After years of modification, the air filtration device of individual armor can now filter out most poison gases.

The last one of them casually pulled out a thick, trumpet-shaped pistol and fired a shot behind him without even looking behind him.

The next moment, a thick flame instantly burned away the venom in the biological weapon.

They have hunted this kind of biological weapon too many times over the years.

With the help of anatomy, they understand the body of the biological weapon even better than the biological weapon itself.

Suddenly, a vine net suddenly rose up under the feet of the biological weapon. Then, eight thick steel ropes that looked like living things emerged from the forest on both sides and tied up the eight legs of the biological weapon tightly.

There are some runes engraved on these steel ropes, and these runes combined together form a witchcraft called activated ropes.

On the other side of the rope, four Salamander warriors tightened the rope, instantly rendering the biological weapon immobile.

Then, a tall fire lizard warrior fell from the tree canopy, holding a sharp chainsword in one hand and a thick steel cone covered with gold patterns in the other.

His chainsaw sword made a buzzing sound, and with one strike, he split the shell behind the biological weapon. But the strange thing was that the shell of this biological weapon was actually like wood, and when the chainsaw sword chopped it, wood chips flew everywhere.

Following the gap, the one-meter-long gold-patterned steel cone pierced into the body of the biological weapon as easily as piercing tofu, instantly destroying its nerve center.

To be on the safe side, the tall fire lizard twisted the steel spike a few times. After making sure that the biological weapon was not moving, he spoke:

"knock off."

After saying that, the two fire lizard warriors took two sticks and tied the biological weapon to it. Then they used the sticks to lift the biological weapon up.

Although the biological weapon is dead, it is still highly toxic, and it is not a wise decision to come into contact with it rashly.

A Salamander warrior tore open a scroll, and a secret rift appeared before them.

The two fire lizard warriors first delivered the spoils into the secret realm, followed by ordinary fire lizard warriors, and the tallest fire lizard warrior was the last.

In the secret realm, energy fluctuations continuously emanate from the huge World Mushroom, like a heartbeat, carrying vigorous vitality.

Suddenly, a crack in the secret realm opened, and the Salamander warriors entered the secret realm carrying the biological weapons they had just hunted.

They carried the biological weapons to the side of the World Mushroom, and then began to remove their individual armor with the help of the Holy Tree Elves.

The World Mushroom grabbed the biological weapon with its mycelium tentacles and threw it into the mushroom stem like a snack.

On the other side of the World Mushroom, Richard stood in front of the test bench, carefully observing the green algae under the microscope.

He was fascinated by the various qualities displayed by this Gestalt creature that he had obtained by accident.

Stimulated by Richard's magic, these green algae constantly change their shapes to cope with sudden changes in the environment.

Richard exclaimed: "Such efficient cellular collaboration and such efficient energy utilization, this creature is simply the ultimate form of life!"

But just when Richard was immersed in the experiment, the voice of the World Mushroom suddenly sounded in his ears.

"Master, I may have to sleep for a while."

"Oh...ah?" Richard reacted and asked in surprise, "Why did you suddenly fall asleep?"

"I'm going to evolve, Master." The voice of the World Mushroom was dull but with a hint of excitement that was hard to suppress, "I found the direction of the breakthrough from that World Tree.

I am about to break through the boundaries and enter a new level of life."

Richard was stunned when he heard this, and then he was overjoyed.

"Okay, okay, what else do you need?"

"No need," the World Mushroom replied, "but my sleep this time may be quite long. During this time, my body can have some simple reactions under the manipulation of the Holy Tree Spirit.

They can assist you in gaining access to that fuel ring.

But they can’t provide cross-realm support like before.”

Richard nodded slightly: "Okay, I understand, just focus on evolving."

Seeing that Richard had nothing else to do, a strong energy wave suddenly erupted from the World Mushroom. Then, the huge World Mushroom's body began to flash with light like ripples.

Ulises flew out of Hallownest and landed on Richard's shoulder.
"Is the old mushroom going to evolve?"

"Ah."

"Gah, it really didn't follow you in vain."

A trace of envy flashed in Ulysses' eyes. He had put in a lot of thought and effort in order to evolve before he succeeded.

And the World Mushroom was lying in the secret realm, and the chance to evolve fell into his mouth.

Fate is so unfair.

"It's just luck." Richard replied with a smile, "Who would have thought that I would come across a world with a world tree."

Ulises sighed slightly, and then said with high morale: "It's okay, when you become a great wizard, I can also be promoted without any effort!"

"Hahaha, fine. When I become a great wizard, I'll let you get promoted without any effort."

……

As the World Mushroom began to evolve, the Salamanders' mission came to a halt.

Prior to this, the Salamanders had been in the jungles of the Green Forest World, capturing biological weapons that had fragments of the World Tree parasitic in their bodies.

As for why he didn't look for those degraded offspring of the World Tree, Richard could only say that the power of an individual could not compare with that of a group.

Nine years ago, the Underfire Legion, along with some individual wizards, totaling nearly 700,000, entered the jungle and began to clear out the degraded offspring of the World Tree.

So in the first two years, Richard made some gains by relying on his first-mover advantage.

But as time goes by, the degraded offspring of the World Tree in the jungle become increasingly rare.

Richard can only obtain the fragments of the World Tree by hunting creatures that coexist with the fragments of the World Tree.

But even though the mission was stopped, these fire lizard warriors showed no sign of relaxing.

They were still alert to their surroundings, and would be awakened by any slight movement. Their daily training was also real combat with real weapons.

They are taciturn, calm but violent.

The environment of the Green Forest World jungle, where enemies could be everywhere, seemed to have permanently changed these Salamander warriors.

This also made Richard think about the future of these salamanders.

According to his original plan, after these fire lizards fought in a plane war, most of them would retire to the rear and become coaches.

Only a small number of operations will remain in the group.

But the current situation of this Salamander Legion member forced Richard to change his mind.

Sending a group of PTSD patients back will definitely undermine the enthusiasm of the reserve troops.

"Salamanders, assemble! I have something to announce."

(End of this chapter)