Legend of the Pinnacle of Online Games

Chapter 161 That's Ruthless! (10K views, please subscribe)
The vines and leaves fell off, and the old man slowly began to take on a human form. His face was aged and wrinkled, his eyes were slightly bright, and there was a large red flower pattern on the chest of his clothes.

He was slightly hunched over, and when he walked, his body leaned forward, but fortunately, a vine cane in his hand supported his weight.

Lin Hanchuan looked at him.

The demonic plant is essentially another form of fairy, capable of transforming into human form.

The stronger the demonic plant, the more realistic the human it transforms into.

The old man before them was a human form transformed from the Divine Luo Demon Plant, and he looked exactly like a real person, making it impossible to distinguish between them.

"Zer's Divine Plant should be in its late stage."

Lin Hanchuan pondered this in his heart.

Only late-stage demonic plants can transform into such an indistinguishable form.

Shinra, leaning on his cane, took two steps toward Lin Hanchuan and said in a gentle voice, "Young Master Mero, which family does this young friend belong to?"

As Shinra spoke, he looked up at the stars.

He noticed it when Lin Hanchuan brought it over.

"Little kid!?" Lin Hanchuan looked at Shinra with a puzzled expression.

Shenluo, a demonic plant with a guaranteed rank of eight or nine, should be able to tell that Xingchen's race is of the Star Descendant race, right?

However… looking at Shinra, whose eyes revealed curiosity, Lin Hanchuan seemed genuinely unable to discern it.

When Zell left, he only glanced at the stars and didn't pay much attention to them.

It seems they've treated her like an ordinary human child.

so……

Zell and Shinra's understanding was also emasculated because of the level of [Plant Master's Obsession]?
Under normal circumstances, even if they didn't recognize the Starborn race, they could tell at a glance that Starborn was not human, but a half-elf.

"Young Master Merlo, don't you know which family it belongs to?" Shinra asked, seeing that Lin Hanchuan hadn't replied.

"Hmm, I don't know either!" Lin Hanchuan came back to his senses and nodded in response.

Since they believe that the stars are human beings.

Let's continue like this.

Forcibly revealing Xingchen's identity would actually affect the plot and mission.

At the same time, he was also very curious about the connection between the two dungeons, [Demon Plant World] and [Demon Plant Master's Obsession], and Wangyue City.

What is the relationship between the city lord's family here and Sharp, the current city lord of Wangyue City?

Could it be one of those instances where the dungeon affects the "game reality"?

Game reality refers to the game world outside of the instance.

Some instances interact with the "game reality." The story rewards within an instance can be further explored through NPCs or storylines in other game realities after the instance is completed.

Of course, there are also parallel storylines, with the world and characters in the dungeon being based on NPCs or a story in the "game reality" to create entirely new dungeons, where the two sides do not interfere with each other.

As for the specifics, that depends on the planner's intentions.

"Oh!" Shinra nodded like a real old man and didn't ask any further questions.

In his view, Lin Hanchuan was just a child, and he probably met the little girl somewhere by the roadside.

It's perfectly normal for Melo to have no playmates at the city hall and to occasionally meet someone his own age and develop feelings for them.

Shinra said softly, "Young Master Merlo, you guys have fun! Just don't run out of the City Hall again."

"The job transfer ceremony can't be postponed any longer."

Shinra did not intend to completely restrict Lin Hanchuan's freedom.

Because he won't be able to play for long!
After the ceremony, he will grow into a true demon plant master.

Enjoy your childhood to the fullest, so that when you look back on it in the future, you can relax a bit.

"Anywhere in the city hall is fine?" Lin Hanchuan asked, his gaze particularly fixed on the stone building.

In Messi's memory.

The stone building was my father's residence, his forbidden place, and he was never allowed to enter it.

Shinra hesitated for a moment, then glanced at Shilou, before finally nodding and smiling, saying, "This whole city is yours from now on, and of course, you can go anywhere else!"

Shinra had just finished speaking.

Lin Hanchuan then pulled Xingchen straight to the stone building.

Push open the door of the stone building.

The interior furnishings are similar to those seen in the [Demon Plant World] instance, except that there is a teacup on the stone table, which Ze'er probably uses to drink water.

A new stone painting appeared on the wall—an old man standing at the foot of a cliff, looking up, and halfway up the cliff, a vine with red flowers blooming.

Judging from his appearance, the old man was that of the plant master deity.

The vine with blooming red flowers must be a divine demon plant.

After showing Xingchen around the first floor and finding nothing else, they went straight up to the second floor.

The second floor has a much wider variety of items.

Inside were rows of stone barrels filled with a viscous green liquid, a nutrient solution specifically for the demonic plants.

The plants are soaking inside.

They're all demonic plants!

This was the first time Lin Hanchuan had ever seen such a large-scale cultivation of demonic plants.

However, besides this, Lin Hanchuan made a new discovery: in some stone buckets where the nutrient solution was almost gone, there were still unmelted fingers and hair.

"Um?!"

Lin Hanchuan frowned, then checked the information directly through the system; it consisted entirely of human fingers and hair.

"Humans are actually part of the raw materials for the nutrient solution of the demonic plant?"

Lin Hanchuan was not surprised.

In online games, human NPCs have a terrible time.

It was either eaten by demons, or torn apart by goblins, and now it's become nutrient solution for demonic plants.

That's perfectly normal.

"No wonder Zell has been preventing Melo from entering here!" Lin Hanchuan exclaimed in realization.

He examined each of the stone barrels one by one, while simultaneously using the system to check the information of each of these demonic plants.

Most of them are two or three-star monster plants.

The best one is a medium-sized five-star demon plant.

If it weren't for the fact that non-reward or dropped items from the dungeon couldn't be taken out, Lin Hanchuan would have already started clearing out the demonic plants here.

These demonic plants have low star ratings.

But they have already been cultivated.

This can at least save plant master players a large amount of training costs in the early stages.

It is still very popular among players of the plant master genre in the current market.

Lin Hanchuan can quickly convert his assets into cash.

Just as he was looking at the demonic plant, Shenluo's voice suddenly came from behind him, "Young Master Meruo, have you seen it all?"

Shinra appeared out of nowhere in the background.

Lin Hanchuan turned to look at him, knowing what he was referring to, nodded, and said, "I saw it!"

"What are your thoughts on using humans as a raw material in the nutrient solution for demonic plants?" Shinra asked Lin Hanchuan seriously.

A system notification suddenly sounded in Lin Hanchuan's mind.

"Ding! Congratulations! You have obtained the side quest—[Shinra's Problem]!"

[The problem with Shinra]

Difficulty: Asura level, side quest "The Obsession of the Plant Master"
You, as Merlo, finally enter the forbidden Stone Tower, a place your father Zell has always forbade, after obtaining permission from the Shinra plant. Here, you discover a cruel truth, and Shinra wants to use this opportunity to test you.

Completion reward: determined based on Shinra's final satisfaction level.

Looking at the information that appeared on the panel, Lin Hanchuan thought for a moment and replied, "If there is no alternative, then using humans as one of the raw materials for the nutrient solution of the demon plants is something that can't be helped."

"If you want to stand tall and see far, you need someone to stand below you and support you."

Lin Hanchuan was thinking from Shinra's perspective.

Although the Shinra looks like a human, it is essentially a demonic plant, and those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts.

They don't care about human life at all, otherwise they wouldn't have allowed Ze'er to make these demon plant nutrient solutions.

As seen in the previous [Demon Plant World] dungeon, demon plants have a significant impact on demon plant masters, and can even control them, turning the master and servant roles upside down, and using the demon plant masters as nourishment.

Shinra and Zell are both planning to groom Melo as the next city lord, following the path of a plant master, and they very much hope that Melo's worldview is consistent with theirs.

"Well said!" Shinra smiled with satisfaction.

Messi and Ronaldo are the successors.

He highly valued this successor's idea of ​​using humans as raw materials for nutrient solutions.

Because the nutrients contained in human flesh and blood are very suitable to become nutrients for demon plants, they are absorbed quickly and are rich in nutrients, allowing demon plants to achieve extremely fast growth.

"You must maintain this mindset from now on. When cultivating demonic plants, demonic plant masters must never be soft-hearted. They must spare no effort to make your demonic plants grow."

"The power of a plant master comes from the plant. The stronger your plant becomes, the stronger you will become. This is the law of growth for plant masters!"

"Yes, I understand!" Lin Hanchuan nodded, his expression unchanged.

However, the system notification sound for mission completion did not immediately ring in Lin Hanchuan's mind.

Obviously, Shinra will ask other questions later.

Shinra pointed to the demonic plant in the stone bucket next to Lin Hanchuan and said, "This is a medium-grade three-star hundred-leaf demonic plant. If it were placed in a natural environment to grow normally, it would take at least three years from seed to its current form."

"But if we use nutrient solution made by humans as fertilizer, the time will be shortened to one month. Moreover, after being soaked in this nutrient solution, there is a very high chance that it will mutate and advance into a higher-level demon plant."

"and this……"

This time, Lin Hanchuan didn't need to check through the system; Shenluo took the initiative to explain the demonic plants in the stone barrel to him.

Throughout his speech, he repeatedly emphasized the importance of nutrient solution for the demonic plant.

It was as if they were brainwashing Lin Hanchuan, forcing him to accept the idea of ​​using humans as raw materials for nutrient solutions no matter what.

Lin Hanchuan nodded in agreement from time to time, but remained calm inside.

Although he was not a plant cultivator, he knew that plant cultivators would not use nutrient solution alone when cultivating plants, or rather, nutrient solution was only one of the methods for cultivating plants.

Otherwise, according to Shenluo, if three- or four-star demonic plants only grow to level twenty or thirty after being soaked in nutrient solution for one or two months, wouldn't demonic plant players go crazy?

If this growth rate continues, by the time the regions are finally merged, players of other professions will have already reached the eighth or ninth reincarnation, or even become gods, while the plant master players will still be stuck at the fourth or fifth reincarnation.

Who would still play Plant Master then?!
Although most players who choose the Plant Master are relatively laid-back, they like to spend money on resources in the early stages, develop slowly and peacefully, and focus on cultivating their plants.

Like a martial arts hero who secludes himself to cultivate.

But when those heroes were cultivating, who didn't hope that one day they would master their martial arts, kill gods and Buddhas alike, and be the only ones who mattered in heaven and earth?

Hiding is for the sake of future domination.

Instead of being blocked at the door and slapped to death before even leaving the mountain.

If Xingchen becomes a plant master in the future, Lin Hanchuan will naturally not use human NPCs to make nutrient solution, plant the plant in the spirit field, find a professional array master to set up a cultivation array, and then continuously pour resources into it.

The growth rate is much faster than simply soaking in nutrient solution.

The rooms on the second floor of the stone building were all used to store stone barrels for cultivating demonic plants.

But one room's door was closed.

Lin Hanchuan remembered that in the [Demon Plant World] dungeon, there was a workshop with some simple tools.

The door was not locked.

Lin Hanchuan arrived at the door.

Shinra, standing behind him, chuckled and said, "Young Master Melo, that's your father's workshop. It holds his great secret!"

"Would you like to go inside and take a look?"

Lin Hanchuan immediately nodded, "Of course I want to!"

“Then let’s go in and take a look. Don’t worry! Everything we’re doing is under your father’s watchful eye,” Shinra said softly. “Once you’re inside, you’ll understand why the city guards always find you the moment you run out of the city hall.”

Lin Hanchuan pushed open the door and entered.

The studio room was filled with books and scrolls. In one corner, there was a workbench with a huge map on it.

The map has no name, but it's clearly a city map.

However, to be precise, it is a map of the city's underground.

Upon seeing this, Lin Hanchuan, though he already had some guesses in his mind, couldn't help but be shocked.

The map shows a tree.

A tree standing in the church, but nearly dead, has roots that extend from the church into the ground throughout the city.

The tree roots are huge, long, and dense!

The entire city seems to have been built on tree roots.

In addition, upon closer inspection, Lin Hanchuan could see a large number of sharp roots growing from the ground and precisely inserted into the homes of most urban residents.

Lin Hanchuan looked at Shinra and asked directly, "What is this?"

Shinra just explained a lot to him outside.

The fact that they let him in this time was clearly a deliberate attempt to tell him Zell's secret, or rather, the biggest secret in the city.

"Just like what you see, this is the underground map of Wangyue City!" Shenluo came to Lin Hanchuan's side, stretched out his withered hand, pointed to the big tree inside the church on the map, and said, "This is a Realm Demon Plant, a demon plant cultivated by the Demon Plant Master God from an ordinary oak tree. The entire city is in its embrace."

"The God of Plant Masters once used it to absorb the flesh and blood of all the humans in the city to nourish his own natal plant."

"Later, before the God of Plant Masters left, he gave him to your father, but now he has withered and is about to reach the end of his life."

"But there is still some value that can be utilized!"

When Shinra was speaking.

Lin Hanchuan's gaze sharpened slightly.

Using the entire city's population as his own sustenance, this Demon Plant Master God is truly ruthless!
Zell is his apprentice, no wonder he feels at ease doing something like using humans as raw materials for the nutrition industry.

"What other value does it have?" Lin Hanchuan then asked.

Shinra looked at Lin Hanchuan for a long while before saying meaningfully, "I'll help you become a plant master who surpasses even the city lord!"

"Huh?!" Lin Hanchuan looked puzzled.

Shinra laughed, "Young Master Merlo, to be honest, your talent in plant cultivation is rather average. If things continue as they are, it will be difficult for you to surpass your father in the future. However, we do have a shortcut here."

Shinra stopped talking halfway through, looking like he was keeping someone in suspense.

Lin Hanchuan immediately pressed, "What shortcut?"

"Use the Boundary Demon Plants to condense the flesh and blood of all the humans in the entire city into the purest nutrient solution, helping you become a powerful Demon Plant Master in one step!" Shenluo said slowly, his eyes fixed on Lin Hanchuan. "And after those humans have their flesh and blood drained, their corpses and their souls will be refined into demon plant puppets, at your command."

"Young Master Melo, what do you think?"

This information was deliberately leaked.

He wanted to see Lin Hanchuan's reaction.
After a slight tremor in Lin Hanchuan's eyes, he realized why the demonic plants in the [Demon Plant World] instance smiled and said, "That's their honor!"

"Excellent! Excellent!!" Shinra was overjoyed with Lin Hanchuan's answer; his smiling brows were so wide they could crush a fly. "Very good! You are destined to become a god!!"

"That's what I think too!" Lin Hanchuan's answer this time was very frank.

Players who enter the realm have two dreams.

One is god-slaying!

One is the Investiture of the Gods!

Whether in his previous life or this one, Lin Hanchuan has always held fast to these two dreams, never wavering.

However, he is not the god of plant cultivation.

It is the god of mages!

"Your father should be very satisfied with your answer now!" As Shenluo spoke, he took out a token and said with a smile, "After the Realm Demon Plant completes its mission, I will parasitize its body and use its original roots to regain control of this city. Your father can then use this to teleport freely within the city."

"And this token can help you gain the same rights as your father, allowing you to reach any corner of the city with just a thought."

Looking at the token handed over by Shinra.

The system notification sound rang in Lin Hanchuan's mind at that moment.

"Ding! Congratulations! You have completed the side quest [Shinra's Question]. He is very satisfied with all the answers you provided and is willing to give you a Realm Teleportation Token!"

No experience points, no gold coins.

Only one token is awarded.

[Realm Teleportation Order]

Quality: Special Item

With this item equipped, you can teleport anywhere you want within the range of the Boundary Demon Plant, using its roots.

Number of uses: Unlimited

Assembly requirements: None
The moment Lin Hanchuan saw the token information, he was already filled with anticipation. The real-world city of Wangyue in the game was the same city from the [Demon Plant Master's Obsession] and [Demon Plant World] dungeons!
Or, to put it another way, the roots of the Boundary Demon Plants still control the Moon Gazing City in the game's reality.

In this way, he wouldn't need to travel back and forth in Wangyue City all the time; with just a thought, he could reach any place he wanted to go.

This is much more convenient than the city's teleportation portals of the future. "Thank you!!" Lin Hanchuan said sincerely.

“Young Master Melo, there’s no need to be so polite!” Shinra shook his head, unconcerned. “You are Zell’s son, and I will give you this token sooner or later.”

"It's just that I was very satisfied with all your answers just now, so I couldn't help but give it to you ahead of time."

“Zel knows about this, but the fact that he hasn’t intervened proves that he thinks the same way I do.”

At this point, Shinra paused, looked at the star that had been closely following Lin Hanchuan, smiled, and then continued.

"Young Master Melo, please wait here for the ceremony to begin. I'll go and add some nutrient solution to the demon plants that are being cultivated."

"Okay!" After watching Shinra leave, Lin Hanchuan's gaze fell back on the map on the table, and he began to study it carefully.

One minute later.

Lin Hanchuan sighed.

Many of the city buildings on the map do not match the real-world Wangyue City in the game. It is highly likely that these two dungeon city maps are based on the ruined city at the bottom of Green Light Lake.

"What a waste of time!" Lin Hanchuan shook his head and casually tossed the token into his spatial ring.

While wandering around the studio, Lin Hanchuan received a message on his control panel.

Ding!
It was a message sent from the [Heavenly Path Squad Chat Group].

Long Xiaochen: "Captain, where are you now? We've already reached the outskirts of the City Hall."

Lin Hanchuan: "Inside a stone building in the city hall. Don't worry, I'm safe now. I just completed a side quest."

Cao Renjie: "What good stuff did you get?"

Lin Hanchuan: "A token that may or may not be useful. [Image] This is the token's information. It can probably only be used in the [Demon Plant World] instance."

The "[The Demon Plant Master's Obsession]" instance is destined to take place before the "[Demon Plant World]" in the timeline.

Since the Divine Luo Demon Plants had not yet parasitized the Boundary Demon Plants in [The Demon Plant Master's Obsession], the token was naturally useless.

In the [Demon Plant World] dungeon, Shenluo should have completed the parasitism. Lin Hanchuan clearly remembered that after Xing Pangpang completely emptied the pool, the exposed bottom revealed the roots of Shenluo demon plants and boundary demon plants, which were intricately connected.

The two-faced demonic plant achieved its goal of controlling the entire city's demonic plant puppets through this connection.

Long Xiaochen: "This is great! With this token, we can directly fight bosses in the [Demon Plant World] dungeon. As soon as we enter the dungeon, we can teleport to the boss's location with just a thought."

Lin Hanchuan: "Not really interested!"

The rank of the two-faced demonic plant in the [Demon Plant World] dungeon changes depending on when the player arrives at its location. If you arrive too early, it may only be a regular commander-level BOSS, or even a general-level BOSS.

Moreover, the first kill has already been achieved, the unique reward of the dungeon has been obtained, and there is no experience gained beyond the level required.

Lin Hanchuan had absolutely no interest in it.

Long Xiaoyue: "Captain, do you need us to go into the city hall to support you later?"

Lin Hanchuan: "I'm going to attend a job change ceremony for a plant master. I'll let you know as soon as possible if anything happens."

Lin Hanchuan then shared his current coordinates in the group.

It's mainly just in case.

After all, both Zell and Shinra are using humans as raw materials to make nutrient solutions for demonic plants.

If the stars encounter any danger.

We must let Long Xiaochen and the others in.

Long Xiaoyue: "Then we'll head to the outer perimeter of the city hall, which is closest to the coordinates, to ensure we can provide support as soon as possible."

The message has been sent.

Long Xiaoyue looked up and glanced to the left and right.

The number of city guards surrounding the city hall building exceeded her expectations.

There was a city guard standing guard almost every two meters.

Although the city guards in the level 25 companion dungeon are not very strong, they can be easily killed with their combat power.

But once action is taken, it will have far-reaching consequences, bringing all the city's guards and the city lord to the scene.

That will inevitably affect the storyline and missions!

Unless there's a specific need to take action, they'll choose to keep a low profile to ensure they don't disrupt the progress of Lin Hanchuan's storyline.

After determining the coordinates.

Long Xiaoyue and the others rushed to the nearest city hall building as soon as possible, while continuing to chat with Lin Hanchuan in the chat group.

Long Xiaochen: "How's Xingchen?"

Lin Hanchuan glanced at Xingchen, who was hunched over the table studying a map, and replied in the group chat, "She's very calm!"

"When the job change ceremony begins, you can simply barge in and take away Star!"

"The job change ceremony was arranged by Melo's father, Zell, but he hasn't shown up yet to tell me where it will take place."

"Moreover, given Zell and his demonic plants' attitude towards humans, it's highly likely they won't allow Star to enter the place where the job change ceremony is held."

Before entering the city hall, Lin Hanchuan had oversimplified things, never expecting that Ze'er was truly ruthless and heartless.

The Starborn race, who couldn't even recognize the stars, mistook her for a human.

Now he's starting to regret bringing Xingchen in.

The ceremony began.

He will most likely be separated from Xingchen.

It doesn't matter if the dungeon fails.

We can come again.

The stars absolutely cannot have any accidents.

Long Xiaochen: "Okay!"

Time passes minute by minute.

While Lin Hanchuan was discussing next steps with Long Xiaochen and the others, Shenluo's voice came from outside the door.

"Young Master Melo, come on! The Demon Plant Master job change ceremony is ready!"

Lin Hanchuan followed Shenluo to the lawn outside the stone building.

Lin Hanchuan, holding Xingchen's hand, looked at Shenluo and asked, "May I bring her in?"

"No! This is your job change ceremony, no one else is allowed to enter!" Shinra crouched down, looked Lin Hanchuan straight in the eye, and said softly.

Lin Hanchuan sighed, then opened the chat group and sent a message, "Make your move!"

Shinra then tapped the ground twice with his cane.

The next moment, the earth churned.

Vines sprouted from the ground, intertwining and forming an expansion container that forcefully opened a downward-sloping passage in front of Lin Hanchuan.

Under Lin Hanchuan's watchful gaze, the vines wove together into steps in the passageway, forming a ladder leading underground.

The ladder had just been formed.
boom! ! !
A loud roar erupted in the distance.

Lin Hanchuan then saw a huge, ferocious rhinoceros monster charging towards them, its body covered in blood, probably from the city guards.

Immediately following, a figure descended from the sky.

It landed in front of the stone building.

Cao Renjie looked at Lin Hanchuan.

Lin Hanchuan released Xingchen and took two steps back.

Just signal them to take the stars with them.

Cao Renjie understood immediately and rushed over.

With a flick of his staff, vines burst forth from the ground, striking Cao Renjie with tremendous force. However, this was a level 25 dungeon, primarily a story-driven companion dungeon, so the damage cap was limited.

Therefore, this damage was no different from a tickle to Cao Renjie, and it didn't even break his shield.

Shinra looked flustered. He hadn't expected such a powerful enemy to appear at the City Hall. He grabbed Lin Hanchuan and threw him toward the entrance of the passage.

"Young Master Melo, you go first. The city lord is waiting for you there!"

"I will deal with these powerful humans!"

After seeing that Cao Renjie had already received the star, Lin Hanchuan let Shenluo launch him into the passage in a parabolic arc.

Lin Hanchuan stepped onto the steps and walked down the ladder.

The ladder is very long.

It took more than ten minutes to reach the bottom.

The environment, filled with stalactites, was extremely familiar to Lin Hanchuan; it was the cave in the Asura-level [Demon Plant World] dungeon.

Unexpectedly, the plant master ritual that Zell prepared for Melo was held here.

Lin Hanchuan didn't forget to share his whereabouts in the group chat.

Lin Hanchuan: "I'm currently in the cavern of the [Demon Plant World] instance. The Demon Plant Master job advancement ceremony will most likely take place here. How are you all doing?"

Long Xiaochen: "We've left the city hall with Xingchen. The Shenluo Demon Plant was almost blown up by us; it's really weak!"

After sending the message, he sat on the back of the berserk rhinoceros monster and glanced back at the scene behind him.

The place was a complete mess.

The city guards were too fragile; a single touch to the hoof of a running, ferocious rhinoceros would turn them into corpses.

If Shinra hadn't escaped quickly at the crucial moment, he would have killed Shinra long ago.

Cao Renjie: "This is a level 25 companion dungeon. The strength of the Divine Luo Demon Plant is infinitely compressed, with a maximum level of 25. You're almost at the second job advancement, have some shame!"

Long Xiaochen: "What's the point of having a face? I, Long Xiaochen, have never made a living based on my looks."

No reply was received.

Following the passage inside the cave, Lin Hanchuan had arrived at the edge of a deep pit.

The deep pit is the pool filled with green liquid in the Shura-level [Demon Plant World] dungeon.

However, the pit was empty at the moment, without a drop of water. At the edge of the pit stood a thick old tree with cracked bark, and Lin Hanchuan could clearly see that the bottom of the pit was covered with a complex network of roots.

The old tree is the Boundary Demon Plant inside the church on the map.

Unlike plants, demonic plants do not remain stationary in one place.

It can go anywhere it wants.

Besides the roots and old trees, the pit was also filled with dense black inscriptions, which formed the array ritual for the transformation of the demon plant master.

Zell sat beside the old tree, gently stroking it. He only stood up after seeing Lin Hanchuan arrive.

Before he could even speak, vines suddenly began to tumble on the ground, eventually coalescing into the form of Shinra. His face was pale, and his body, which was holding a cane, was trembling uncontrollably, clearly indicating that he had suffered a serious injury.

"What happened?" Zell asked quickly.

“Several very powerful enemies broke into the city hall. I was almost killed by them in one encounter,” Shinra replied, still shaken. “The job change ceremony may have been leaked, and they probably came to stop it.”

[The Obsession of the Plant Master] The level 25 dungeon level allowed them to control the combat power of Shenluo and his team to the extreme. As a result, the combat power displayed by the Heavenly Path Squad, whose members were all level 30, was magnified infinitely in their eyes.

If Shinra is at the eighth level.

In his eyes, Long Xiaochen and the others may have already reached the ninth level, or even demigods.

"Damn it!!" Zell roared angrily, then said to Shinra, "You're in charge of the upcoming job change ceremony. I'm going outside to stop those intruders."

“It’s very dangerous!” Shinra emphasized.

“We’ve already come to this point, now is not the time to talk about danger. Melo’s transformation into a plant master must be successful, otherwise he will never have another chance,” Zell said urgently.

Shinra looked at Zell.

As his plant spirit, Shinra knew very well how much Zell had paid for Melo's plant spirit master transformation ceremony.

If this isn't done soon, will the Edward family even exist in this world?

“Alright!” Shinra nodded emphatically without trying to dissuade him further.

Zell breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Lin Hanchuan, "Mero, if I hadn't come back, you would have been the new city lord!"

Done.

He disappeared from the spot.

“Young Master Merlo, let’s begin!” Shinra sighed and pulled out vines from under Lin Hanchuan’s feet, weaving them into a staircase leading to the center of the bottom of the pit.

Lin Hanchuan descended the steps one by one until he reached the center of the deep pit.

[The Obsession of the Demon Plant Master] Ultimately, he still needs to experience the process of becoming a Demon Plant Master in place of Melo.

"Master of the Realm, let's begin!" Shenluo said respectfully to the Realm Demon Plant in a soft voice.

The Boundary Demon Plant did not respond.

However, Lin Hanchuan saw that the inscriptions carved in the deep pit began to tremble like tadpoles, slowly connecting to form a three-dimensional ink painting pattern.

I am in the center.

The roots of the demonic plant below the pattern, which were originally somewhat withered, began to throb continuously, like a beating heart.

Immediately following, drops of dark red liquid began to seep out from the swollen roots.

Pat pat!
The liquid fell to the bottom of the deep pit.

The sound is getting louder and louder.

The dripping liquid gradually formed a line, and those lines gradually merged together to form a dark red waterfall.

The volume of water in the waterfall gradually increased.

Knowing what these liquids were made of, Lin Hanchuan slowly closed his eyes.

The system notification sound rang in his mind.

"Ding! Please note that you are currently undergoing the hidden job change for Plant Master - Master of Plants!"
Note: This job change is for trial purposes only and will not affect your current job.

"Job transition in progress, 1.25% complete!"

"Job transition in progress, 1.26% complete!"

……

Under the system's voice, Lin Hanchuan felt his body rising higher and higher, with gentle energy flowing into his body, as if it were transforming him.

Outside the City Hall.

Long Xiaochen and the others stared in shock at the scene before them.

Shortly after they replied to Lin Hanchuan's message, sharp wooden spikes suddenly emerged from the ground!
The wooden spikes are hollow in the middle and connected to the ground.

They were like mosquito proboscises, each one precisely inserted into every dungeon NPC in sight.

The moment of insertion.

Those people's bodies were like deflated balloons, shrinking at a visible rate, with the flesh under their skin being sucked into the ground through the straw.

"Holy crap, is the job advancement ceremony for a plant cultivator this brutal?" Long Xiaochen exclaimed in surprise as he came to his senses, "They literally extract the flesh and blood of everyone in the city!"

Cao Renjie shook his head and said, "I don't know anything about plant masters, and I've never fought one. But this is the most terrifying job change ceremony I've ever seen since I entered the Descent Realm."

While they were speaking.

One by one, the dungeon NPCs turned into corpses drained of everything, lying paralyzed on the ground. Even the city guards did not escape this fate.

Less than two minutes.

The once bustling city was now so quiet you could hear a pin drop, and everywhere you looked, there were corpses lying on the ground.

They looked like sheets of skin stuck to the ground.

The straws that were originally inserted into their bodies returned to the earth after completing their mission.

"They really didn't let a single one escape!"

Long Xiaochen gasped and said, "It's really hard to imagine that those residents who were just praising the city lord's greatness are now just skin and bones! The city lord of this city truly deserves to die!"

the other side.

Inside the cave.

"Job change in progress, 100% complete, helping Melo become a level 100 plant master!"

Lin Hanchuan suddenly opened his eyes.

He had returned to normal and was in a deep pit, but there was no liquid around him, and even the three-dimensional pattern in front of him was slowly fading away.

Everything in sight was covered with a layer of mosaic, and as the mosaic slowly disappeared, it left behind an endless pure white space.

Lin Hanchuan stood inside.

A familiar voice came from behind.

"Thank you!"

Lin Hanchuan turned around, and there stood a middle-aged man named Mei Luo not far away, bowing deeply!
Before Lin Hanchuan could say anything...

Messi and Ronaldo then became phantoms and vanished silently.

The system notification sound continued.

"Ding! Congratulations! You have successfully completed the main quest of the [The Demon Plant Master's Obsession] dungeon! Completion: S-rank!"

"Ding! Congratulations! You have successfully led the Heavenly Dao Squad to the first clear of the Asura-level [Demon Plant Master's Obsession] dungeon!"

"Ding! Please note that, according to the reward distribution method before entering the dungeon, you will receive all the rewards for the first clear of the Asura-level [Demon Plant Master's Obsession] dungeon!"

"Ding! Congratulations! You have obtained the first clear reward for the Asura [Demon Plant Master's Obsession] dungeon: 6 experience points, 3 gold coins, 100 reputation points, one [Demon Plant Master Job Change Scroll], and the right to the rewards of the [Demon Plant Master's Obsession] dungeon."

(End of this chapter)