We agreed to farm, but you're planting a divine tree in the eternal night?

"With multiple contestants eliminated simultaneously, only three spiritual plants remain. The final round has now begun. Each contestant will have their level 1 spiritual energy increased by 500 units. The last one standing will be the strongest trainee!"

The resounding announcement shook the entire arena, stirring the crowd. Wang Baisheng frowned, and Jiang Qiao was also taken aback. "【Wooden Cage】 single-handedly dragged down more than a dozen 【Spirit-Trapping Vine】plants. Your ability is that strong?"

"It's alright." Jiang Qiu smiled.

"【Wooden Cage】is really completely undamaged?!" Jiang Qiao's eyes widened as she watched the already solitary 【Wooden Cage】grow stronger and stronger, its new leaves gradually revealing their sharpness. She couldn't help but rub her eyes.

In contrast, his own [Healing Lotus] was being torn apart by the "old tree roots." In the short time he had been distracted, it had been crushed into three parts, and most of the nutrients in his body had been absorbed. His heart was beating faster and faster.

"Um, since you're in good shape, could you help me?" Jiang Qiao bit her lower lip, clenched her fist, and said softly, "I was just about to help you get out of this predicament, but I didn't expect to get trapped by the 'old tree root'."

"Really?" Jiang Qiu smiled meaningfully.

"Really...really," Jiang Qiao opened her eyes wide and looked at him sincerely, but her cheeks were as red as ripe apples and glistened with sweat. "If you help me, I can recover quickly after I get out of trouble and team up with you to deal with that 'old tree root'."

Jiang Qiu asked, "In the final round, you have an extra 500 strands of level 1 spiritual energy. Can't you just heal and turn the tables?"

The other party shook his head anxiously, "No, it seems to have absorbed the characteristics of the other [Spirit-Trapping Vine] on the field. [Golden Lotus] cannot receive spiritual energy for the time being. If you don't help me, it will be completely refined into nutrients."

"If I help you, three spiritual plants will survive on the field, but there's only one spot for the strongest trainee. What should we do?" Jiang Qiu asked calmly. [Wooden Cage] silently absorbed nutrients, while the withered yellow vine python formed from the "old tree root" watched from afar, eyeing him menacingly.

"I...I really want to be number one, but I'm already in danger. You shouldn't be afraid of me, right?" Jiang Qiao blinked, and seeing his indifference, she puffed out her chubby cheeks and snorted softly, "We're going to 'blend' later, so I can't lose to anyone else!"

According to Director Jiang's plan, the two will participate in the "battle of procreation". The best result will be the "fusion" between the two who become the strongest trainees. However, if the other is eliminated by others, their cultivation will be damaged and their potential will be reduced.

There was some loss, more or less.

To maximize Jiang Qiaocai's interests.

However, Jiang Qiu still mentioned, "I can help you, but I want to be the one to take the initiative during the first 'intercourse,' how about that?"

"Tch, what's there to say?" Jiang Qiao looked away, hooked her fingers behind her back, and muttered to herself as if trying to comfort herself, "Anyway, you were going to be the one to take the initiative to become the strongest trainee..."

"It's better to make things clear," Jiang Qiu said calmly.

"Hmph, fine, go ahead and take the initiative," Jiang Qiao said, a mix of shyness and pride. "Hurry up and help me, I don't want to lose to anyone else!"

The voices were neither loud nor soft. The surrounding employees stared wide-eyed at the two of them in astonishment. Jiang Qiao's cheeks flushed red all the way to the back of her ears, while Jiang Qiu simply smiled and uttered a single word, "Okay."

As soon as he finished speaking, his words were firm and resounding. Old Tian's eyes narrowed, and while keeping a close eye on the [Wooden Cage], a wisp of azure spiritual energy was injected into the withered yellow vine python. The python was uprooted within a radius of several meters and transformed into several pythons.

With a whoosh, the vines, pulled up one after another, shook off the soil, formed a circle, and looked down at the [Golden Cage of Wood]. Every now and then, they would unleash their long, thin roots, plunging into the ground and turning the fields into a field in their wake.

A gasp rippled through the audience. Wang Baisheng suddenly turned around, a bead of sweat sliding down his forehead. "More than one main root can transform into a vine python?!"

"Brother Wang, isn't that your training path? How come he can use it so skillfully right away? Could he be cheating?" Zhang San ran over to hand over water, also keeping a close eye on the situation.

"Not necessarily," Wang Baisheng took a sip of water, his throat still dry, his gaze focused. "When I went to the front lines, my father told me about Tian Ming's story. Decades ago, a territory was occupied, and he was the only survivor, thanks to his unimaginable ability to control vine-like spiritual plants."

"Huh?" Li Si was stunned.

Du Ziyue's eyes widened upon hearing this. "Really? Old Tian was just bragging, wasn't he? He said he could control vine-like spiritual plants to dismantle blood vessels!"

"I don't know about other things, but my father said that Tian Ming was a promising young talent in the Merit Department. Although he had mediocre talent for cultivation and no physique for cultivation, he developed a rare characteristic by accident and has since become a master of controlling the root system of vine-type spirit plants."

Wang Baisheng paused, a hint of disbelief flashing in his eyes. "It is said that when the territory was captured, he was able to make the vine roots barely replace blood vessels for blood transfusion and waste removal, while connecting the five internal organs to carry out the five elements circulation, keeping him on his last breath, and preventing the monsters from devouring and digesting him for a long time."

"Hiss—" Everyone gasped.

Wang Baisheng exclaimed sincerely, "Now it seems the name is truly fitting. The first time it absorbed the python-transformation characteristic from my [Wood Spirit Vine Python], it was able to easily ambush and kill the [Healing Golden Lotus]. Moreover, all nine main roots that just absorbed nutrients have transformed into pythons, ready to surround and kill the [Wood-Born Golden Cage]!"

Everyone's heart skipped a beat. Du Ziyue frowned, his expression a mixture of surprise and uncertainty. "So Lao Tian is that strong? Doesn't that mean his combat skills are actually above Brother Jiang's, and the strongest trainee is going to fall into his hands!"

The strongest trainees are the protagonists who are selected every three years. For example, Lu Changming went to the front line to gain experience long ago and still managed to make a name for himself. The others are all overshadowed.

Now, Old Tian, ​​whose cultivation level had regressed for many years, had such an opportunity, suddenly becoming the focus of everyone's attention. But the next second, everyone's pupils shrank, their faces filled with horror, for they saw—

*Drip!* A wisp of yellow spiritual energy adorned the [Wooden Golden Cage]. The scarlet light within the single, cage-shaped fruit suddenly blazed, and the layers of sword-like leaves at the base trembled and then burst forth simultaneously!

With a series of cracking sounds, the nine vine pythons, like mud snakes swept by a storm of blades, were instantly shattered into seventy, eighty, ninety, or even ten pieces. The [Yu Jin Ling He] coiled around them was also sliced ​​to pieces with a series of clanging sounds, and a string of sparks vanished in an instant.

"Holy crap!" Most of the audience members covered their faces in shock, the clanging of metal echoing in their ears sending chills down their spines.

Finally, the sword-like blade struck the suddenly sprouting thorny fence, penetrating deep into the wood and gleaming with a sharp metallic light.

Huff and puff, heavy breathing filled the air. Everyone's attention was focused on the field again. The circular field had been plowed through with devastation, and the roots of the spiritual plants, whose nutrients had long been drained, were now pulverized and scattered in the soil.

Only the "golden cage of trees" stands tall and independent.

The four people in the chairman's seat exchanged glances!