LRAB Chapter 16 Lin Yi: What goes around comes around!
Chapter 16 Lin Yi: What goes around comes around!
A cave in the underground rock strata of Kirishima.
The cave was pitch black, with only a faint light emanating from Lin Yi's communication watch screen. This weak green light was inconspicuous in the dark cave, barely enough to make out a blurry shadow of someone sitting cross-legged in meditation.
Lin Yi is currently practicing the second level of the Mist Sword.
Suddenly, two golden vines, like serpents, abruptly coiled around him.
He was startled, then slapped the vines with annoyance.
"Alright, I know you've leveled up."
The Life-Eating Vine successfully advanced to Planetary Tier 2. The central area of the golden vine became twice as thick, and another vine extended from there.
Now, the Life-Eating Vine has two vines that complement each other, increasing its strength, agility, and power by more than double!
"Only level 2."
Lin Yi was slightly disappointed.
Before he came, he thought that this ancient flowing wood heart could help the Life-Eating Vine advance to the 6th or 7th tier, reaching the high-level planetary stage.
"That's a bit greedy!" Lin Yi shook his head and chuckled.
What a single Wood Crystal cannot do, how could the spirit of plants and trees possibly accomplish?
"Little Devourer, are the Thousand-Year-Old Herb Spirits still effective against you?" Lin Yi asked, leaving behind 4 Herb Spirits and tossing the remaining 2 to the Devouring Vine.
Two golden tendrils of the Life-Eating Vine intimately wrapped around Lin Yi's body.
Upon hearing this, the tips of the two vines tapped lightly. "It's useful, but not very effective. You need at least 30 spirits of thousand-year-old plants to advance to the next level."
Lin Yi nodded, "Thirty coins is not a small number."
"However, there are at least eighty plant spirits on this misty island. As long as we are careful with the Cloud-Piercing Vine, we have a good chance of getting 30 plant spirits."
……
The two vines of the Life-Eating Vine wrapped around Lin Yi, leading him away from the underground cave and back to the surface.
"Boom~~"
"Boom!"
A series of violent explosions came from not far away.
In Lin Yi's newly promoted high-level war god vision, the ethereal mist surged in like ocean waves.
"Southeast direction~~" Lin Yi paused slightly, then laughed heartily.
"Haha, what goes around comes around! Now it's my turn to be in the dark while you're in the light!"
"Little Devourer, be careful and get close from underground. Let me see who dares to ambush me and steal my treasure!"
Lin Yi gave the instructions.
The Life-Eating Vine did as instructed, its two golden vines spinning at the tips, transforming into a golden drill that broke through the soil, pushing it to the sides. The central part of the vine protected Lin Yi as it drilled rapidly and quietly toward a place 3 kilometers away.
As the vine continued its journey, it asked in confusion,
"Master, wouldn't it be much more satisfying to just charge in and kill this bandit?!"
"Why go through all that trouble of drilling underground?"
After advancing to the next level, the Life-Eating Vine became increasingly confident in its strength.
Lin Yi, speaking through the master-servant connection, said, "What do you know? It's shrouded in fog here, visibility is less than a hundred meters. What if there are many of them? If they rush in and make a commotion, scaring some away, how am I supposed to capture them all?"
"You dared to ambush me and steal one of my treasures! Not one of you will escape!"
At this point, Lin Yi's eyes flashed with a cold light.
He's not a bad person, but he's not a good person either, much less a saint.
Whether it's ambushing him or stealing his treasures, Lin Yi cannot tolerate it and must kill them outright!
Wilderness adventures are not child's play, where you hit me and I hit you back.
Lin Yi's motto: If anyone dares to mess with me, I'll crush them, crush them directly.
If you can't kill it by pinning it down, get stronger and then pin it down!
Seeing that its cheerful master was actually a little angry, the Life-Eating Vine worked even harder, and the speed at which the two golden vines spun silently increased by three points.
It had already secretly decided that when the fight started, it would go all out and show off its ability to trap enemies in front of its master!
……
Li Yao, Vinina, and Sayueya are currently besieging the thousand-year-old ginseng.
Li Yao, a high-ranking war god equipped with the Black God Set, is the main attacker, with Vinina and Sayya providing support.
The match was surprisingly evenly matched!
The thousand-year-old ginseng was far stronger than the thousand-year-old willow tree, only slightly weaker than the ten-thousand-year-old willow king. Hundreds of green branches transformed into a dense, impenetrable net, lashing out at the three.
Every now and then, the thousand-year-old ginseng would leap out of the ground, its spiritual tendrils whipping up large amounts of soil and gravel, which would then transform into countless bullets that shot towards the three of them.
If Li Yao hadn't relied on the Black God Set's superior defense to withstand most of the attacks, the situation would have been even worse.
Li Yao and his two companions, having fought for a long time without gaining the upper hand, were not alarmed but rather delighted.
Vinina swung her sword again, severing a green branch, and said in the gap,
"Yao, we've really struck it rich! This thousand-year-old ginseng is at least seven thousand years old, and it's almost as old as that ten-thousand-year-old willow tree king."
Li Yao, wielding a long sword, stood in front, engaging in a wide-ranging and powerful battle with the thousand-year-old spiritual ginseng.
Hearing his wife's words, he nodded, his face full of joy, "That's right, I think this thousand-year-old ginseng is seven thousand years old."
At this point, a glint of fervor flashed in Li Yao's eyes, "Once I consume this herbal essence, I have a very good chance of directly advancing to the level of a councilor!"
Sayueya, who was casually strolling by with her pair of shapely, white legs, exhaled softly from her rosy lips, "Member of Parliament level?!"
"My brother-in-law is going to become a member of parliament!!"
Although it may seem that there is only one level difference between a high-ranking war god and a councilor, their status and power are worlds apart.
Even a high-ranking war god is at most comparable to a regional governor.
But members of parliament are different. The world’s five largest countries have only a little over fifty members of parliament in total. Each of them is a core figure at the national level, a super-powerful figure whose every move can make a country tremble.
Seeing that Sayya was lost in thought and absent-minded, Li Yao cautiously spoke up to remind her.
"Although that mysterious powerful figure could appear at any moment, taking some risks for this spiritual ginseng is entirely worthwhile!"
"If there's even the slightest sign of trouble, the three of us will split up and run for our lives!"
Vinina and Sayueya nodded.
Thinking of the threat posed by that mysterious expert, Li Yao intensified his offensive.
"Whoosh!"
He charged forward with a sudden burst of speed, simultaneously swinging his arms wildly! Whoosh! Whoosh! His arms, encased in the Black God Armor, swelled up, and his black hands gripped the longsword, swinging it towards the branch!
Li Yao's sudden outburst instantly severed more than a dozen branches, and the remaining force blasted towards the main body of the thousand-year-old spiritual ginseng.
break!!!
"Squeak~~" The sound, as if cutting through hardwood, suddenly exploded out.
The thousand-year-old ginseng of the water bamboo plant has been torn open!
A pure white, jade-like light faintly peeked out from the rough, rough skin of the ginseng.
The spirit of plants and trees!
"Take the heart of the thousand-year-old spiritual ginseng." Li Yao, Vinina, and Sayya simultaneously and swiftly bombarded the torso.
Boom!
Fragments of the ginseng flew into the air, and at the same time, a breathtakingly beautiful jade-colored piece of it was also thrown up.
"It's the heart of a thousand-year-old spiritual ginseng." Li Yao and the other two were overjoyed.
The three of them moved closer at the same time.
Boom!
Two golden vines, like serpents, suddenly emerged from the ground.
"Sleepy!"
Amidst the falling dirt and stones, the branches and leaves of two golden vines grew rapidly.
Unable to react in time, Vinina and Sayya were instantly bound tightly by branches, like dumplings.