Chapter 446 — The Might of the Time Element System

The Thunder Crown Rubber Divine Tree, Renn, and its contractor, Carney, both had a glint in their eyes.

"Can we really eat that ginseng baby…"

In all of Ina Thera, there was scarcely a lifeform that did not covet the ginseng baby Kay.

Even the owls and gem cats of the same camp drooled at the sight of the ginseng baby; even the divine beasts were roused from sleep by its fragrance—let alone the enemies among the totem factions.

What restrained their desires was mainly Shi Ying's strength and Donghuang's strength. But the Thunder Crown Rubber Divine Tree had never expected that the Genesis Tree God would actually tell it to go all in, devour that ginseng baby, and grievously wound Shi Jin.

For a moment, the Thunder Crown Rubber Divine Tree's mind stormed. In the end, the desire to become a god conquered all.

"The bold feast while the timid starve."

"To hell with it—I'm going for it."

The Donghuang region.

While the Eternal Divine Tree was constructing the trial barrier, Shi Jin was receiving warnings from the Shenyuan Legend and Lin Shuo.

"You need to be prepared."

"In this trial, you are very likely to be targeted by all the major factions at once—especially now that your ginseng baby has revealed its divine-grade tonic qualities."

"The Black Dragon Sovereign has probably already gone to see the Genesis Tree God."

Both seniors were rather tense.

After all, this was a trial in which neither the Azure Dragon nor the Panda could be used.

Though the ginseng baby was no weakling either, it was still somewhat unreliable.

Self-detonation...

Shi Jin must be thinking of self-detonation to squeeze the maximum profit from the trial.

Ginseng Baby's self-detonation had long since earned a record of slaying totems; that much they knew.

The Black Meteor Yak had been killed by Ginseng Baby's self-detonation.

But Shi Jin ought to first think about how he himself would dodge the blast damage!

"Mm, I will." Shi Li said.

"And it's a good chance to see who's got designs on us."

"That's easy to say..."

Lin Shuo's mouth twitched. "Our worry is that your Ginseng Baby can't control its power."

"You saw it yourself—that trial barrier isn't big.

"If it ends up blowing the contestants from all seven nations to bits—or even you yourself—then that would be..."

Shi Jin: On the Donghuang side, only Shi Jin and Lu Heng were eligible to compete, and only those two had contracted plant-type beasts.

Lu Heng's Imperial Consort Flower, however, was only at Monarch rank; even paired with Mythic Revival and psychic force, it could at best display Overlord-level strength—too risky to enter the trial.

So Lu Heng had no intention of competing.

But among the other six nations, beastmasters with contracted plant-type beasts would hardly be few.

If Shi Jin happened to wipe them out all at once, the trouble would be enormous.

"Hmm..."

Shi Shuo paused, then said, "On my end, I'm confident I can avoid the blast damage."

"When I lure the monsters, I'll hold back too—only draw in the Starry Void Insects."

"But if contestants from other nations still insist on courting death and come join the fun... that I truly can't control."

"If the contestants from Totem Nation come to gang up on me, getting blown up together serves them right—but as for the seven nations..."

"If they came to help me fend off enemies and only then entered the blast range, I'd cry myself to death." Shi Jin shed tears.

"So I'd like you to have a word with the Legends of the other six nations—tell them to keep their distance when the time comes. The Legends of the six nations surely don't want their contestants getting hurt in the trial either, do they?"

The Divine Source Legend fell silent.

"I'd better go sound out the other nations' Legends first."

A moment later, Donghuang's Mechanical Legend, Divine Source, spun up a psychic network connecting the Legends of all seven nations.

An online conference began.

"Divine Source, what are you up to?"

"You're not here to beg for help, are you?" the Divine Wind Legend snorted coldly.

In his view, Divine Source calling them together at this moment was most likely out of fear that Shi Jin would be targeted in the next trial.

Pleading with their contestants to lend Shi Shuo a hand and team up to farm monsters together.

The Divine Source Legend said, "I merely wish to discuss the next trial with you all."

"Just as I thought." Z Legend said, "That's possible enough, but the technology of the Mechanical Illusion Beasts—you'll share it with us without reservation."

The Divine Source Legend said:

"Hear me out first."

"For the next match, I don't know how many of your contestants will be competing, but I'd ask that they keep their distance from Shi Jin when the time comes."

The Divine Wind Mechanical Legend, the Seven Isles Valkyrie, the Gardenland Elf Empress, the Underworld Death God, the Snowfield War God, the Hero King of Glory: ?????

"Shi Ying's Ginseng Baby is actually very strong."

"Months ago, it successfully slew a Meteor Clan totem."

"The skill's power is immense."

"I'd estimate it's no weaker than that meteor strike."

"And just like the Azure Dragon's meteor earlier, it's not easy to control."

"No—to be precise, it definitely can't be controlled."

"I'm merely worried your contestants will be too close to him, caught in the blast, and suffer undeserved disaster—so I came to give you a heads-up."

"That's all. Hanging up."

Beep, beep, beep...

The legends of the six nations stared blankly.

W-wait a moment—what did that old scoundrel just say?!!!

That King-rank ginseng baby had slaughtered a totem of the Meteor Clan months ago?!

What the hell kind of joke is this?!

Rumble, rumble.

Before long, the Eternal Divine Tree had finished constructing its colossal tree barrier.

The barrier occupied a tenth of the island; within it, branches and leaves flourished thickly, and all manner of strange plants grew.

At this very moment, if the many contestants and spectators wished to see clearly what was happening inside the barrier, they had no choice but to fly high into the sky and watch from above.

"Trial-takers, come before me."

Having constructed the barrier and revived the starry void insects, the Eternal Divine Tree spoke calmly, turning its gaze upon the contestants of every nation.

Mm.

On the Totem Nation's side, the many contestants of the Plant Kingdom stepped forward one after another.

One, two, three... Among them, the transcendent lifeforms were uniformly Overlord-rank, and the human beastmasters were likewise essentially all Legend-rank.

Among them, the strongest were, without question, the Thunder Crown Rubber Divine Tree of the Land of Origin, and the human beastmaster flying beside it in the form of a tree spirit.

In but a brief moment, twenty-eight Totem Nation contestants had answered the sixth trial.

Yet...

On the side of the seven nations, apart from Shi Jin, who stepped out to follow, the other six nations... remained silent for a long, long while. One after another, the contestants of the six nations stayed obediently within their own nations' zones and did not take a single step forward—as though they no longer wished to take part in the trial.

At this moment, Donghuang's Shenyuan Legend, Lin Shuo, Shi Jin, and the others were all struck dumb.

What was going on?

Why aren't they coming over? This is a rare trial in which every trial-taker has a chance to share in the spoils!

At that very moment, the contestants of the remaining six nations who were qualified for this trial were themselves in a most complicated state of mind!

Because just now, the legends of their respective nations had urgently transmitted their voices, ordering them to give up this trial.

"You will die."

In any case, with the Rubber Totem Tree present, the odds of securing the final inheritance were...

To risk themselves in a hunting game whose feedback intensity was unknown—not worth it, not worth it at all.