Chapter 004
Su Mu looked at the wounded animals on the ground and couldn't help but to smile joyfully.
It was like seeing a golden ear of wheat in the autumn of an old farmer toiling in the fields on a hot summer day.
"It wasn't in vain for me to plough through the lands and reap the rewards. I didn't waste my time and effort waiting for such a long time."
Su Mu tried his best to whip up the mutated branches, starting from the injured rabbit, and killed every single one of them.
Killing one rabbit gave him 20 points of evolution.
Killing one Zokker rat gave him 8 points of evolution.
Killing one bird gave 3 points of evolution.
"..."
Su Mu was immersed in the joy of the system's scrolling. He was unable to extricate himself from it.
In just a few minutes, Su Mu had reaped a huge harvest. Adding all the points he had before, he had earned a total of 230 evolution points.
Su Mu waved his hand and turned on the system.
"Ding ~ Do you want to use 150 points of evolved roots?"
"Tsk, the number of evolution points required to consume an evolved root is 15 times that of an evolved branch. So expensive."
Even though it was expensive, Su Mu had spent 150 evolution points on the biggest and thickest root of his body.
The most important part of a tree was definitely its roots. Without the branches, the tree could still survive, but without the roots, it was like a human without its heart.
Furthermore, Su Mu remembered that rats can punch holes in the ground. Su Mu didn't want the branch to evolve so strongly and be stolen by that nest of rats in the end.
Rather than remedying a disaster such as this one, it is better to guard against it.
The pure energy quickly transformed Su Mu's roots, causing him to grimace in pain.
After an hour, Su Mu's body felt light. He finally felt free from the endless pain.
Skills: Variant Tree Root (LV0): It can temporarily move on the surface of the ground and has great attack power.
Upgrade condition: Requires all roots to complete their first evolution.
With a thought from Su Mu, the flat land rose up. A thick black root pierced out from the ground. This root was like a giant python crawling on the ground.
Su Mu was testing out the biggest range of his roots.
When the root hairs reached a distance of five meters, they would reach their limit.
"The largest attack range is no more than five meters. Next, we should test the attack power of the roots."
His mutated tree branches could leave grey-white marks on the rocks. He wondered how the tree roots, which had consumed 150 evolution points, would perform.
The thick tree roots retracted, and when they were stretched to their limits, they shot out with a loud bang. An explosive sound rang out in the air, and a large hole appeared in the rock three meters away from the tree roots.
"This power is really strong, 150 points of evolution isn't a waste." Su Mu praised the strengthened roots in his heart.
After the test, Su Mu, following the principle of not wasting time by moving around on the CD-ROM, swept all the corpses on the ground into the soil and slowly absorbed them as nutrients.
Su Mu didn't plan to keep the remaining 60 evolution points, as they were all used to strengthen the other branches.
Su Mu's attributes panel was as if it was brand-new and became more luxurious.
Name: Su Mu
Race: Unknown Tree Species
Level: Unranked. Level Three
Lifespan: 3 years 10 days
Innate Skills: Super Regeneration (Able to absorb energy and recover quickly), Vital Fluid (Not Activated)
Skills: Controlling Thunder (LV0), Variant Branch (LV0), Variant Root (LV0), Informational Hormone (LV1)
Evolutionary ability: None
Evolution point: 0
Su Mu closed the system in satisfaction, forcefully suppressing his mental exhaustion. Without any rest, he started another round of hunting.
Time flew. Two days of monotonous hunting passed in the blink of an eye. It was the third day of Su Mu's rebirth.
In these two days, Su Mu had earned a total of 340 evolution points.
In order to cope with the upcoming crisis, Su Mu didn't use his evolution points to deduce new skills. He just used the rest of the evolution points on the tree roots and branches to evolve once, turning himself into a lethal weapon.
Su Mu's strength had also completed two leaps in a row during this period and grew to Common Stage. Fifth level.
"With my current Common Stage … I wonder if a warrior of the fifth rank will be able to deal with that damn nest of rats. "
Su Mu could not help but feel a little uneasy in his heart. He hoped that the mouse king was not a ruthless character above Common Stage.
"..."
In the afternoon, the sky was ten thousand miles long and quiet. The clear blue sky made Su Mu want to fall asleep.
Squeak ~
The squeaking of rats came from the distance. Su Mu woke up with a start and immediately retracted his powerful aura. It was as if he had returned to the tree that was on the verge of death three days ago.
A mouse king with lightning stripes on its tail, shiny fur, obsidian eyes, and a physique comparable to a three year old walked over with a swagger. It looked like a mouse world's Connor, with more than 30 mouse subordinates following behind it.
The younger brothers were about the size of a newborn baby's head. They were about the size of a baby, but they were still far from their elder brother.
This group of rats could be said to be the bullies of this area. Normally, even the top hunters like cheetahs didn't want to raise their eyebrows.
He didn't know if it was just Su Mu's imagination, but he felt that the Rat King had become more intelligent after not seeing it for a while.
The Rat King seemed to have sensed something, and it stopped ten meters away. Raising its thick and powerful forelimbs, it pointed forward. The lackeys behind it swarmed forward, while it cautiously stopped to watch from behind.
Su Mu frowned: "Did you smell the scent of my blood because of the constant killing these days?"
"You're really cautious, but I don't believe that you can resist the temptation of evolving!"
A strong life force exploded from Su Mu's body, and a hint of greed and doubt appeared in the Rat King's eyes.
With his poor brain, he couldn't understand why a dying tree would suddenly burst with such a strong life force. However, this did not stop him from peeking at Su Mu's body.
Other organisms did not have Su Mu's connections. They could grow stronger quickly through the evolution point. Other than slowly absorbing the Heaven and Earth Essence, the only other way for them to evolve was to eat some Spiritual Beings.
To them, Su Mu's body was a precious treasure.
However, most Spiritual Beings knew that divine objects were obscured from sight. Only during their birth would the mysterious aura on them be exposed, and after a period of time, they would automatically conceal their magical properties. Unless it was a lucky coincidence, it would be very difficult to discover them.
This Rat King had great luck. If Su Mu Hun didn't pass through, it would have risen up quickly and become the overlord of a region after eating the tree.
Unfortunately, it met Su Mu.
The closer they got to Su Mu, the denser the aura became. The little brothers that the Rat King used to scout the road immediately went berserk and ran towards Su Mu with squeaking sounds.
Seeing this, the Rat King couldn't sit still any longer. If he let his little brothers eat up such a precious item, it would be better for him to find a place to kill himself.
As for the sense of crisis he felt before this?
The Rat King thought disdainfully, "I'm a Rat King, and I'm so agile that I'm invincible in the forest. What am I afraid of? If you have anything, just kill me!"
Squeak squeak squeak!
The Rat King's four legs grasped the ground as the muscles on his body bulged. In the next moment, he turned into a streak of black lightning and charged forward.
The distance of ten meters was just a blink of an eye. The Rat King's obsidian eyes flashed with human-like joy, his mouth was wide open, and two large alloy front teeth gleamed under the sunlight.
Su Mu sneered, and the roots hidden in the ground shot out!
Its black roots transformed into sharp spears one after another, ripping apart the earth and rising high into the sky as if about to pierce the sky.
Shua shua shua!
After a series of rapid piercing sounds, the ground was full of the Rat King's lackeys, painting an abstract picture of Su Mu's roots.
"Killing the mouse will result in 10 evolution points."
"Killing the mouse will result in 15 evolution points."
"Killing the rat will reward you 50 evolution points."
"..."
The moment the tree root pierced out, the Rat King's hair exploded, and his small black eyes were filled with shock and panic.
Damn it, isn't this tree a dying weak chicken? How did it suddenly become like this!?
A thick root hair brushed past the Rat King's body. That huge force directly ripped off a large chunk of his flesh, causing the Rat King to grimace in pain.
The Rat King's four limbs kicked wildly as he endured the pain from the wound. His body bent and he quickly descended. He urgently wanted to return to his home, the Earth.
This was because it was not an ordinary mouse. It was a mutated mouse that was filled with emotions and wholeheartedly pursued the path of evolution to awaken its thunder-attribute superpower!
Under the stimulation of the power of lightning, the Rat King's agility was comparable to a kitten's, and the power contained in its body was comparable to a top predator like a cheetah.
Today, this strange big tree was no exception. No matter how big he was, he couldn't do anything to this young lord!
The moment the Rat King landed on the ground, he immediately raised his butt and twisted his hips, wanting to use his own wind. He nimbly moved away from the thorns of the trees.
But today it had clearly chosen the wrong person.
These mutated roots and branches were woven into a tight net, giving the Rat King no chance to breathe.
There were many animals these days that were even more agile than the Rat King, but no matter how agile they were, they had an egg. Useless! With Su Mu's mutated tree roots and branches working together, even God would not be able to save them!
In the end, they still didn't obediently accept their fate and became Su Mu's point of evolution.
Su Mu twitched his mouth in disdain, "Typical way of thinking."
Squeak!
The Rat King suddenly rolled onto its side and twitched on the ground. Just now, a piece of Su Mu's root hair accidentally brushed past its lower abdomen, turning its pitiful male symbol into a pancake.
The Rat King rolled his eyes as his body twitched and foamed at the mouth. At this moment, he could clearly feel the pain coming from the depths of his soul.
Su Mu's mouth twitched. He didn't know what to say. In the end, out of humanity, he pierced its head with a branch, ending its short and painful life as a eunuch.
Killing the mutated rat king resulted in 430 evolution points.
The Rat King walked very peacefully, without the slightest pain. His eyes were filled with the joy of having been released.
Su Mu looked at the Rat King, who was still twitching even after death, and thought: "I won't be a eunuch maker in the future, right?"
I just want to be a big tree that can run merrily in the sunset. How could I have accidentally made it this far?
Qing Ye carried an indescribable feeling with him as he swept the corpses all over the ground.
Without any worries, Su Mu opened the System Panel and started a new round of evolution.
The Rat King and his lackeys had dedicated a total of 930 evolution points to Su Mu, which was more than the total number of evolution points they had gained in the past few days.
From this, it could be seen that the benefits of the evolution point was directly proportional to the amount of organisms killed. The stronger the organisms that were killed, the more evolution points they would obtain.