Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 415 Terrain Control! War Escalates

"Lord Seeking Wood! Is this the unit you created among the Orcish race to fight against Leviathan?"

"This...the ancient tree of war can actually nurture such powerful life!"

The King of the Universe was speechless as he looked at the colossal tree-man on the battlefield, which was a full 300,000 kilometers tall.

It's terrible.

Its sheer size alone is enough to crush any life on the battlefield.

Even the strongest ground unit in the Zerg swarm, the Thunder Beast, is only 10,000 kilometers tall. Compared to the Forest Lord of Seeking Wood, it is like a tiny insect that can be crushed with a single stomp.

The spore forest he cultivated caught the eye of the Universal King.

Even the three special beings who entered the battlefield with Qin Mu—King Dongyang, King Qingfeng, and King Heihuang—were stunned.

"This is too strong! With such a huge size, even the Great Giant wouldn't be a match for it!"

This Forest Lord of Seeking Wood is already stronger than most special life forms.

King Heihuang stared in amazement at the Forest Lord of Seeking Wood, who moved like a mountain on the battlefield, and exclaimed in astonishment.

"No, the Forest Master of Seeking Wood is not as powerful as you think."

He was merely large in size, belonging to the strategic unit category; in terms of combat ability, he was inferior to the Savage Giant.

Upon hearing the Black Emperor's flattery, Qin Mu shook his head.

These giant tree-like beings, which are over 300,000 kilometers tall and resemble humanoids, are genetically the same as the Orcs.

It is composed of a plant spiral and an animal spiral.

However, unlike the Orcs, Qin Mu focused on strengthening his plant-based abilities.

Because of the genes of the Tree of Life and the World Tree, it is exceptionally large and full of endless vitality.

This is why he can scatter countless spores as he walks, turning every place he passes into a forest.

However, due to the characteristics of plants, his movement speed is not fast, especially compared to real combat units like the Savage Giant, he is even more sluggish.

Seeing the four puzzled people, Qin Mu gave a brief explanation.

"The combat power of the Forest Master is not actually that strong; it's just that the characteristics of plant life are quite large."

His role is similar to that of Leviathan in the Zerg race, serving as a mobile mothership for the Ork while spreading more spores, using his endless life force to propagate the spore forest, and nurturing more Ork.

At the same time, spore forests can also compete with fungal carpets for terrain.

Turn the battlefield into our home ground; you're at a huge disadvantage fighting the Zerg.

The three-race alliance requires a massive investment of resources, but can rely on creep and the tearing swarms. The Zerg, however, can snowball their numbers by devouring corpses on the battlefield.

Upon hearing Qin Mu's words, the eyes of the Universal King and the three special beings immediately turned to the spore forest that had been propagated.

On the edge of the battlefield, the spore forests and fungal carpets were already extremely fierce.

Just moments before, the fleshy tentacles on the fungal carpet were torn off by the miniature ancient war tree, turning into nutrients for growth. Subsequently, the root system spread and drove away the fungal carpet.

But the next moment, the miniature war tree's body was pierced and devoured by another fleshy vine, and the occupied ground was once again covered by fungal carpet.

The two forces clashed violently, and the terrifying power made the earth seem to surge and come alive, with waves rising and falling.

The King of the Universe swept his divine power over the area, and a look of horror appeared on his face.

Compared to the struggle on the surface, the struggle among the underground root systems was even more intense, resulting in a complete entanglement.

One second, the fungal carpet devoured the roots of the ancient war tree; the next second, it was strangled. The battlefield stretched for tens of thousands of miles underground and was still breaking through downwards.

Above the creep and spore forest, the three-race alliance, the Ork orcs, and the Zerg swarm clashed fiercely, with severed limbs constantly falling to the ground.

These corpses, containing extremely rich energy, sparked fierce competition between the spore forest and the fungal carpet.

The shattered body of a hundred-meter-tall Zerg immortal warrior fell, but before it even touched the ground, it was entangled by fleshy tentacles that sprang out from the creep, trying to drag it back onto the creep to be digested and absorbed.

But the next moment, a miniature branch of the ancient war tree grew out and transformed into an arm that firmly grasped the head of the Zerg warrior's corpse.

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The hundred-meter-tall corpse was torn in half, with one half falling into the fungal carpet and the other half into the spore forest.

The body imbued with divine power was like the greatest tonic, causing the miniature ancient war tree to grow at an even faster pace, sprouting more branches and developing a stronger root system.

The fungal carpet spread at a sudden speed, growing more fleshy tentacles, and then the two sides became even more entangled.

On the edge of the battle between the spore forest and the creep, the corpses of Zerg warriors, demons, Zerg swarms, and even the remains of mechanical warriors will ignite fierce fighting between the two sides.

Everything is for the purpose of absorbing more nutrients and completely overwhelming the opponent.

The Ork were different when they died. These warriors with emerald green skin and ferocious faces would actually explode with a loud bang after they died.

Then spores rained down, quickly multiplying into a new spore forest.

Even if they don't have time to self-destruct, as long as their remaining limbs and fragments still have a trace of vitality, they can grow into new miniature war trees, just like the roots and stems of a plant.

The King of the Universe witnessed firsthand how the arm of a powerful Orc warrior, about a kilometer tall and with strength comparable to an ordinary Immortal, was torn apart by a swarm of Zerg insects resembling a giant dragon.

When the hundred-meter-long severed arm fell to the ground, a miniature ancient war tree rapidly grew from that section, intertwining with the surrounding fungal carpet.

It wasn't until then, when the King of the Universe looked toward the heart of the battlefield, that he realized the war between the spore forest and the fungal carpet had already begun.

At the start of the war, the combined attacks of the Mech Race's turrets and the Zerg Race bombarded the entire battlefield, tearing space apart.

Most of the creep tissue was destroyed by the powerful impact, and although the creep continued to spread, there were still large areas of blank space.

As the Ork army charged into the heart of the battlefield and clashed fiercely with the Zerg swarm, the bodies of the fallen Ork scattered across the land, forming patches of scattered jungle.

The battlefield situation changed too quickly, and nobody paid any attention.

"This Forest Lord of Seeking Wood is too powerful!"

Before even stepping onto the battlefield, the spore forest that has sprung up is already so terrifying that the fungal carpet has been completely devoured.

Moreover, these Orcs are truly plant life forms, capable of growing one generation after another from the Spore Forest.

Orcs can not only fight against Zerg swarms in direct combat, but their bodies can also reproduce into spore forests after they die, giving birth to more Orcs.

The Orcs' method of reproduction is too fast and too terrifying!

The King of the Universe looked at the patches of spore forest on the battlefield and exclaimed in admiration.

There are such terrifying creatures in this world!

This reproductive ability is even better than that of the Zerg swarm!

The Zeg swarm also needs to hatch via Leviathan, or by projecting Leviathan into the flesh chambers within the creep.

Orcs are different; each Orc is a walking breeding machine.

Whether it's battle or death, spore forests will quickly proliferate, giving birth to new Orcs.

The King of the Universe discovered that although the Ork had suffered extremely heavy casualties in the battle against the Zerg swarm, the number of Ork that could be reproduced through the Spore Forest was even greater!

"It's still not enough! The Zerg have thrived on this land for too long. Although the Ancient Tree of War and the Ork army are very strong..."

However, their foundations are not as deep as theirs, and their reserves are depleted very quickly!

Most of the spores fall onto the fungal carpet and are engulfed before they can expand.

Although they managed to create a spore forest by relying on the Wood Seeker, it wasn't enough to compete with the creep covering most of the battlefield for home ground.

Deep within this land, the roots and nodules of fungal carpet tissue abound, and the spore forests are at a severe disadvantage in their struggle against them!

Qin Mu looked at the battlefield. Although there were spore forests formed by the seeds sown by the Forest Master of Seeking Wood, these spore forests were only a drop in the ocean compared to the area occupied by the fungal carpet.

At best, it's a purple landscape with a touch of green.

"I'm going to start expanding the Spore Forest. Go and inform our allies, the Mechs and the Zerg."

I want all the open space behind the battlefield!

The spore forest needs more space to absorb nutrients.

During the battle, if warriors of the three-race alliance are injured, they can take refuge in the Spore Forest or have the Ancient Tree of War heal them.

The ancient war tree possesses a powerful life force, which can help them heal quickly.

Qin Mu looked into the depths of the battlefield and said solemnly.

The three-race alliance is actually quite strong. Even if the Zeg swarm tries its best to expand, it can only occupy half of the Yanji Continent.

If the War Tree's spore forest can occupy the other half, then the battle will become interesting.

No matter how the fight goes, the corpses of both sides will be digested and absorbed by the swarm.

Even better, they can use the fight against the fungal carpet as a pretext to demand a large amount of resources from the three-race alliance.

The three-race alliance had already consumed a massive amount of resources to combat the spread of the fungal carpet.

Shouldn't these resources be given to the ancient war trees?

When the Ork Orcs fought against the Zerg swarm, every enemy they killed was recorded in the Three Races Alliance's military merit system, which was a huge resource!

Qin Mu could even transfer these resources to the Zeg swarm on the opposite side through the entanglement of the fungal carpet and spore forest.

In this way, the battle losses inflicted by the Zerg swarm can be borne by the three races alliance!

A similar pattern, if executed well, can even be replicated across the entire extraterritorial battlefield!

"Expansion? The spore forest can cover our soldiers and also heal?"

No problem! I'll go and discuss it with the other two major groups.

The King of the Universe looked at the battlefield and his face lit up with joy.

To deal with the creep of the Zerg, they devised countless methods, even having some plant races' immortality fight against the creep.

Even the immortal powerhouses among the plant race, rooted in the earth, can only barely resist and restrict it. Over time, under the continuous onslaught of the fungal carpet, their divine power is exhausted, and they can only retreat.

Despite expending countless manpower and resources, the fungal carpet was barely kept under control on the edge of the battlefield.

At this moment, the Spore Forest created by the Forest Lord of Seeking Wood could not only counteract the Fungal Creep, but also provide support and protection to the Three Races Alliance, which was perfect.

Moreover, the War Tree joined under the name of their demon race's ally, and was in the same camp as him. The higher-ups also made special arrangements to pay attention to it, so of course he wouldn't object to such a thing.

Just as the Universal King was contacting other races to discuss the bestowal of the title of King Wudi, a strong energy fluctuation suddenly occurred on the battlefield, and a long spear pierced through the void, its target being the Seeking Wood Forest Master on the battlefield.

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The spear, carrying the venom of the Netherworld Serpent, slashed through the massive body of the Seeking Wood Forest Master.

The terrifying poison instantly invaded the body of the Forest Master, eroding and destroying large areas of tissue.

This poison is so terrifying that even a powerful, invincible expert would be severely injured if it were pierced into their body.

It's the Hive Tyrant that's made its move!

"WAAAGH!"

The Forest Lord roared, and the bark of thousands of kilometers of trees on his massive body instantly peeled off automatically, expelling the deadly poison by cutting off his own flesh and severing his own arm.

"Protect our Lord of the Seeking Wood!"

The King of the Universe's expression hardened, and he roared.

The true powerhouses on both sides are finally about to be deployed, and the war is escalating once again!

(End of this chapter)