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Clutching the iron spear, Tang Chuan slowly lowered his stance, his gaze as deep as water, fixed on the largest Illusionary Hidden Flower in the center of the cluster. He clearly felt that the familiar bloodline fluctuation was still continuously emanating.
That fluctuation was richer and purer than ordinary Blue Silver Grass, yet it hadn't reached the majestic and vast state of the Blue Silver Emperor. It was as if it were a branch product in the evolutionary path of the Blue Silver Grass, in an intermediate stage of bloodline transformation.
"It's stronger than ordinary Blue Silver Grass, yet weaker than the Blue Silver Emperor," Tang Chuan said, a look of surprise flashing in his eyes. A moment later, he no longer hesitated. He spread his palm again, releasing the Blue Silver Grass Spirit within his body.
Strands of blue-gold vines extended from his palm, slowly moving like spiritual snakes, silently approaching the Illusionary Hidden Flower. And that Illusionary Hidden Flower, as if sensing something, its bud trembled slightly, then stopped its instinctive alert. It actually actively opened some of its petals, as if responding to Tang Chuan's approach.
"Good timing." Tang Chuan's heart filled with joy. He instantly tried to guide his Blue Silver Grass Spirit with his mental force to establish a deeper level of communication with the mutated Illusionary Hidden Flower. A faint mental fluctuation slowly seeped out from his Sea of Consciousness, gently probing toward the Illusionary Hidden Flower's spiritual core. He had originally expected to encounter resistance. However, to his shock, after only a moment, a soft, docile mental fluctuation quietly responded from within the Illusionary Hidden Flower, like a familiar relative from childhood, naturally merging, resonating, and binding with Tang Chuan's mental force.
In an instant, Tang Chuan's mind was filled with brilliant light, and a vast and boundless scroll seemed to unfold before his eyes. In the mental connection, he saw the origin of this Illusionary Hidden Flower's life: deep within a forest with sunlight and thick fog, a bee-type Spirit Beast was flying past countless blooming flowers.
Suddenly, as it flapped its wings through a dense cluster of Blue Silver Grass, it paused on an enormous plant with leaves like a waterfall. That was a Blue Silver Grass several zhang tall, its color a blend of blue and gold. Its leaves trembled gently, and at the center of its main stem, there was a blurry human face. Though faint, that human face was so familiar in Tang Chuan's eyes.
"This plant⊠a human-faced Blue Silver Grass? Could it beâthe Blue Silver King?!" Tang Chuan's heart jolted, his mind like a clap of thunder. He instantly thought of the Blue Silver Grass royal family mentioned in the original story, the Blue Silver King, which had a cultivation of 80,000 years! The bee-type Spirit Beast landed on the top of the human-faced Blue Silver Grass, staying for a short while. In an instant, the bee Spirit Beast's body subtly glowed with blue and gold light. Its body was quietly stained with faint blue-gold pollen particles. Afterward, the bee-type Spirit Beast flapped its wings and flew west. After flying for an unknown distance, it finally landed on a seemingly ordinary Illusionary Hidden Flower, completing a pollination that was otherwise unremarkable. From that moment on, this Illusionary Hidden Flower underwent an irreversible mutation. Its roots and stems became thicker, its color gradually transitioned to blue and gold, and at the center of its pistil, a faint spiritual radiance subtly emerged.
Tang Chuan took a deep breath, his eyes filled with disbelief, shock, and ecstasy, saying: "It's the residual pollen of the Blue Silver King? No wonder this Illusionary Hidden Flower's life aura is between that of Blue Silver Grass and the Blue Silver Emperor. It has absorbed the purest bloodline essence of the Blue Silver Grass royal family! No wonder it can establish a mental connection with me. Essentially, it and my Blue Silver Grass share a common bloodline origin!"
At this moment, Tang Chuan was almost certain. After its mutation, this Illusionary Hidden Flower not only had dual attributes of life and spirit, but its essence could even be regarded as a distant branch of the Blue Silver lineage. Just like the Ancient Dragon Bears in 'Battle Through the Heavens,' which had a trace of the Archaic Void Dragon's bloodline, belonging to a collateral line with great potential for fusion and evolution.
"This type of Spirit Beast is rare and hard to come by. I just don't know what Spirit Ability it can bring me. Never mind that, let's absorb its spirit ring first," Tang Chuan said in a deep voice, gazing at the mutated Illusionary Hidden Flower. The next second, as a gentle breeze rustled its petals, the Illusionary Hidden Flower's originally soft, silk-like leaves, sensing the killing intent, suddenly tensed up, as if it had a spirit.
"Judging by the size of its corolla and the thickness of its main stem, its age is probably around five hundred years. I absorbed the 100,000-year Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone, so my body is much stronger than Spirit Masters of the same rank. It should be perfectly within my tolerance range." Narrowing his eyes, the Blue Silver Grass's perception and mental force rapidly fused at this moment. Tang Chuan's insight suddenly increased, and he analyzed simply.
As his words fell, Tang Chuan no longer hesitated. He stomped his right leg, and a blue-gold spirit power ripple instantly appeared beneath his foot. Boom! Immediately following, his Right Leg Bone released a rich, almost materialized blue-gold light, which then spread like mercury to his knee, leg, and foot. As this blue-gold light ascended, Tang Chuan himself slowly rose into the air, as if freed from gravity! This was precisely the flying ability granted to him by the 100,000-year Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone!
Suspended in mid-air, Tang Chuan looked down with cold eyes at the Illusionary Hidden Flower cluster on the ground. The next moment, the blue-gold light beneath his feet became even more dazzling, like a Heavenly God descending, spreading across the entire swamp. The first to sense this light was precisely that mutated Illusionary Hidden Flower. The Illusionary Hidden Flower instinctively trembled, seemingly in fear, and also in struggle. But to Tang Chuan's shock, the moment the blue-gold light shone upon it, the mutated Illusionary Hidden Flower was instantly immobilized, as if it had been bound!
"Such powerful bloodline suppression!" Tang Chuan's eyes suddenly narrowed, and he said, "The Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone contains the origin of the 100,000-year Blue Silver Emperor. It should have a suppressive effect on all plant-type Spirit Beasts!" "Very good, then I don't need to waste any more time." He slowly raised the long spear in his hand, gripping it with both hands, and infused it with spirit power. Immediately, an ordinary iron spear, under the enhancement of his spirit power, now emitted a faint blue-gold halo!
Swish! Tang Chuan swooped down like a soaring eagle, the spear tip pointing directly at the Illusionary Hidden Flower's pistil! Boom! The moment the spear tip pierced it, the Illusionary Hidden Flower's entire body convulsed violently, and blue-gold light tore through its branches and roots like a blade! With just one strike, this mutated Illusionary Hidden Flower, with dual attributes of spirit and life, was crushed in mid-air before it even had time to struggle. A moment later, the ground fell silent, and the Illusionary Hidden Flower's petals lost their luster, completely withering.
At the same time, a deep yellow spirit ring slowly emerged from its corpse, rotating as it rose into the air, radiating a strong life aura.