Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 74 Kirishima

Qin Mu, unaware of the situation below, maneuvered the Golden Flame Divine Eagle beneath his feet to descend.

Just as Qin Mu descended, a thick blue bolt of lightning suddenly lit up the lake below.

"Sizzle!"

Densely packed, streaks of blue lightning instantly illuminated the sky above the lake, twisting and radiating outwards like electric snakes as they attacked the descending flying lord-level monster.

In a flash of lightning, long, blue, monstrous creatures, their bodies crackling with electricity, suddenly burst out from the water!

"They've got some nerve! Attacking with so many flying lord-level monsters gathered together!"

Qin Mu raised an eyebrow slightly, somewhat surprised.

The lightning strike was so fast that even a high-level lord-level flying insectoid would have a hard time dodging it.

The black-crowned eagle, struck repeatedly, froze, its wings stopped moving, and it fell to the ground.

If it were just one or two bolts, the power of this lightning wouldn't be that great, but there were just too many of them!

Even a high-ranking lord-level monster would be instantly paralyzed or even electrocuted if hit by these consecutive blows.

Fortunately, another black-crowned golden eagle pulled it out of its predicament; otherwise, its fate would have been uncertain.

"This ability?"

Qin Mu's eyes lit up; this attack seemed to be quite effective!

They can even discharge electricity together!

"Electric eel monsters? There are so many!"

After being attacked, Qin Mu was actually quite happy to see the dense swarms of wire eels, unicorn eels, and other monsters below.

There are over a hundred species of fish-like monsters in the world capable of generating electricity. Qin Mu had previously encountered electric monsters during the first-level beast tide, but those were all solitary monsters and did not have the ability to attack in unison.

This attack is perfect for swarms; Qin Mu has rarely used the swarm's combined attack capabilities so far.

The only two times they attacked were when they tried to extract their mental energy.

Is it Qin Mu who is unwilling?

of course not!

It's simply because there's no suitable attack method, no good way to launch a coordinated attack!

So far, most units in the swarm only have melee attack capabilities, so how can they coordinate attacks?

Qin Mu had previously envisioned that, besides psychic powers, the most suitable combined attack capabilities for the insect swarm at this stage would be various lightning or light-based attacks.

The combined attack capability of these electric eels is quite impressive.

The electric eels that attacked the high-level lord-class black-crowned golden eagle were only a thousand in number, most of them were beast soldiers or beast generals, and there was only one lord-class beast, which was a low-level lord.

Under the combined attack, they were able to shoot down the black-crowned eagle from a height of 100 meters.

"Kirishima is truly a wonderful place! We've already made some gains on our very first visit!"

Qin Mu was overjoyed; what a great start!

Instead of rushing to capture the electric eel monster below, they controlled the swarm of insects to raise their altitude a little.

These electric eels were a pleasant surprise, but the main focus is still on Kirishima!

"As expected of Kirishima Hobo, we encountered more than ten high-level lord-class monsters in such a short distance."

When Qin Mu arrived at the island in the center of the lake, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Before this, he had never seen a place with such a high density of lord-level monsters.

Not only were they densely packed, but they were also exceptionally fierce, daring to launch an attack even against a large number of high-ranking flying lords.

Qin Mu was attacked three times on such a short distance!

However, the attack disappeared when Qin Mu stepped onto the misty island in the middle of the lake.

The entire island in the middle of the lake is like a primeval forest, with tall trees and lush vegetation.

Strangely, such lush vegetation should have been a breeding ground for all sorts of monsters, their roars echoing everywhere. But the reality was utterly silent; the entire jungle was eerily quiet, almost completely devoid of sound.

Faced with this unusual situation, Qin Mu instead smiled.

Because he knew he had come to the right place.

The reason why this misty island is so quiet is because it contains a large number of plant spirits. These newly awakened plant life forms killed or drove away all the monsters, which is why the current eerie silence exists.

Covered in a black suit, Qin Mu flew through the jungle on the Crescent Moon Disc, with 256 crescent moon blades flying out and hovering around him.

"Go, find all the spirits of plants and trees!"

Three hundred flying insectoids scattered and flew towards the island in the center of the lake.

The message from the spirits of plants had already been transmitted to the mother nest and shared with the entire swarm.

The island in the middle of the lake isn't very large, and with their help, finding all the spirits of the plants and trees shouldn't be difficult. Besides finding the spirits, they also have another task: to stir up trouble and lure out the Cloud-Piercing Vine, which is hiding somewhere.

"The scenery on Kirishima Island is quite nice."

In the jungle, beautiful flowers bloom all around, especially some pink flowers that are bigger than a face.

"Man-eating flower?"

Qin Mu flew straight over, and as he passed the flower, the pink flower suddenly swelled and bloomed, trying to devour Qin Mu.

A crescent-shaped blade sliced ​​through the air, easily severing the man-eating flower, from which bright red liquid flowed out.

Such an attack posed almost no threat to Qin Mu.

After the RR virus, almost all animals mutated and turned into various monsters, but plants mutated very little.

The man-eating flower is one of these few mutated plants.

Ignoring the incident, Qin Mu continued flying forward.

"Ugh~~~"

A violent roar suddenly erupted from the center of Kirishima, accompanied by the angry cries of a black-crowned eagle.

A giant willow tree with a diameter of over three meters has thousands of branches that lash out like long whips, producing a loud cracking sound.

Under the attack of the willow tree, a high-ranking black-crowned golden eagle took to the sky, with a bloody wound on its belly.

The other flying high-level lord monsters circling around it let out cries and pounced on the giant willow tree.

"brush--"

"brush--"

Around that giant willow tree, there were eight smaller willow trees that actually knew how to coordinate their attacks in the face of the flying high-level lord monsters swooping down from the sky.

"Rip—"

"Click—"

The sounds of willow branches snapping and flesh tearing could be heard intermittently.

Qin Mu stepped onto the crescent moon disc and flew into the sky. Looking at the nine willow trees fighting against the insect swarm not far away, a smile appeared on his lips.

The willow tree in front of them is the spirit of the plant, which is the thousand-year-old willow heart that Qin Mu had consumed before.

The heartwood of that thousand-year-old willow tree allowed Qin Mu's strength to rise directly from a mid-level general to a mid-level god of war.

Not only is it a thousand-year-old willow heartwood, but the largest willow tree among them has reached the level of a ten-thousand-year-old willow heartwood. If Qin Mu had consumed this ten-thousand-year-old willow heartwood back then, he could probably have directly become a martial artist at the peak of the high-level war god.

The spirits of plants are different from ordinary plants; they possess some degree of sentience and have basic instincts for attack and self-defense. The more powerful the spirit of a plant, the more precious it is.

That ten-thousand-year-old willow wood heart is probably comparable to a typical planetary-level powerhouse.

Unfortunately, while the spirits of plants can boost the strength of war gods, they cannot enhance the strength of planetary-level powerhouses.

The continuous battles shook the entire Fog Island, but Qin Mu did not rush to make a move. Instead, he observed carefully.

"Whoosh!"

Just as the swarm of insects and the nine spirits of plants were fighting, a dark purple vine with a diameter of at least twenty centimeters shot through the mist in the distance.

The vine, which Qin Mu could see, was over a thousand meters long. Like a terrifying giant python, it easily coiled around a high-ranking black-crowned golden eagle and then suddenly dragged it back into the mist.

"Moyun Vine!"

Qin Mu's eyes lit up; the hidden Cloud Vine had finally appeared!

I spent the whole day on the car on my way home today, so I'm not feeling very well. That's all for now.

Tomorrow's update might be released around 8 PM tonight, just to get a break.

(End of this chapter)