readease Chapter 890 - 652: The Rapid Growth of the Second King
Chapter 890 - 652: The Rapid Growth of the Second King
The sea breeze howled, the waves roared.
As usual,
Dragon Cypress stood on a reef, activating the Airflow Barrier ability to fend off the wind and waves.
Suddenly, there was an unusual Origin Force fluctuation behind him.
Law Primordial Energy, some insect is condensing a divine mark!
Dragon Cypress withdrew the ability, carefully perceiving towards Xianglan Peak’s Ant Nest.
Is the Assistant King condensing a divine mark?
Could it be Ink Orchid?
Dragon Cypress flapped his wings and soared into the sky, Red Moonseed came towards him.
"Dragon Cypress Ant King, good news! Ink Orchid has condensed a divine mark!"
"Great—"
"Let’s go take a look..."
Dragon Cypress felt a bit uncomfortable.
Both he and Ink Orchid evolved into 3rd Age Period Insect Kings around the same time, both planning to condense three divine mark abilities.
Ink Orchid was already done, and he himself hadn’t condensed a single ability divine mark yet.
The gap was so big it made the insects despair.
Sensing the commotion, other insects rushed to Xianglan Peak.
"Is this the third ability divine mark of the 3rd Age Period Insect King Ink Orchid Mantis?"
"Seems so?"
"It’s not seems, it’s indeed the third one."
"Can she evolve into a 4th Age Period Insect King?"
"Should be, right?"
"It’s not should be. It’s definitely."
Areca raised his claw, questioning, "Dragon Cypress Ant King, I remember you all said, Ink Orchid’s nurturing in the 3rd Age Period was a Bicolor Mulberry? Suspected to be a Divine God-Given Seed?"
Dragon Cypress: "It’s possible. But don’t get your hopes too high."
As long as there’s hope!
The insects awaited eagerly.
—Don’t just sit and wait, let’s celebrate first.
Dragon Cypress waved his tentacle to issue instructions.
Silver Cypress and Rainbow Parasol Tree were sent to catch some fish from the sea.
Black Sophora led the Worker Ants to carry the golden cauldron down from the mountain.
Behind the mountain, the icehouse still held a batch of wild boars, wild cattle, and pythons and other wild game hunted from the Cloud Trace Continent.
Black Birch went to the icehouse to fetch food.
Everyone gathered under the White Poplar Divine Seed Tree, eating, drinking, and chatting away, until it unknowingly became late at night.
Law Primordial Energy settled.
Ink Orchid emerged from the Ant Nest.
"Congratulations, Second King!"
"Second King, mighty!"
"Second King, let’s see the ability divine mark."
"Ink Orchid, what’s the additional effect of the divine mark?"
"Ink Orchid, you can evolve into a 4th Age Period Insect King now."
"I knew it, Second King is the strongest, surpassing the Great King effortlessly..."
...
The insects and trees eagerly greeted and questioned.
Ink Orchid spread her wings, the Water System Primordial Energy gently rippled, and on the main vein of the four wings, four snow-white divine marks lit up.
The Explosive Jet Divine Rune was distributed on the wing veins, which roughly meant that Ink Orchid’s ability was mainly activated through the pulse wings.
This was very different from Dragon Cypress’s Explosive Jet, whose divine mark was on the tentacle.
The abilities constructed on the same principle, yet Ink Orchid walked a different path.
Ink Orchid explained: "The additional effect of the ability divine mark is... I can instantly generate a larger number of ice pillars! As for how many exactly, it’s something I need to test to find out."
Black Yellow quipped: "Mantis mimicking ants, surpassing ants, crushing ants. At this rate, ants can only act based on the mantis’s whim."
Red Moonseed sighed: "That Kirin Beast Ant King never attacks Rainbow Island, if it drags on until the next Wave Tree Bay and Blue Island war, by the time it comes, Ink Orchid could have taken it down even without Great King Cypress and Azure exerting power."
"Heh~ heh~ heh~"
Ink Orchid modestly replied: "Even if paired with five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten Sea Beasts, I might still not manage to beat it."
Dragon Cypress: "..."
Ink Orchid quickly rushed to the golden cauldron, snatching food with her claw, eating a few mouthfuls hastily, and then called out: "Come! Let’s go to the beach and test the divine mark effect!"
...
Walking along the ant path, they all arrived at the coastal beach.
Ink Orchid leaped into the air, hovering above the sea, the Water System Primordial Energy surged like a tide, the four wings fiercely flapped, whoosh, a thousand in total, about 10 centimeters in thickness, and over half a meter in length ice pillars shot out.
They crashed into the sea surface, automatically triggering.
Scarlet firelight flashed densely, and the rumbling explosions drowned out the sound of the crashing waves.
The ice pillar attack occurred in staggered speeds, concluding only after two or three seconds.
—Second King is formidable!
—Second King is strong!
The insects couldn’t find better words of praise, almost perfunctory in their compliments, no longer surprised by such feats.
Yet, Ink Orchid was relentless, accelerating as she dove to the sea surface, the seawater surged, Little Ink Orchid on her forehead disappeared, below her, an Ice State Great Ink Orchid of over three hundred meters formed, Ink Orchid’s body sunk, merging into the Ice Mantis.
Flapping the wings, soaring into the sky.
Covering the sky, the icy wings fiercely flapped, an ocean-like vast Primordial Energy burst forth instantly.
A vast expanse, a thousand in total, with a diameter of about forty to fifty centimeters, and over three meters in length giant ice pillars howling downward towards the sea surface.
The Thunderfire light burst out intensely, dense explosions splashing the sea water high, the sea surged chaotically.
"..."
The insects were stunned silent.
Ice Mantis circled and gently landed on the coast, Ink Orchid’s form emerged from the Ice Mantis forehead.
On Ink Orchid’s head, Little Ink Orchid condensed.
"This ability isn’t perfect, the energy consumption is too intense."
Ink Orchid muttered, dissatisfied, her tentacles shaking as she leaped to the ground.
Behind her, the Ice Mantis, drained of energy and vitality, collapsed with a crash, turning into a pile of shattered ice.
"..."
"Ink Orchid..."
Dragon Cypress wanted to advise Ink Orchid to be more low-key, thought it over, then reconsidered and asked: "Second King, in the 4th Age Period stage, which elemental system will you focus on?"
Out of the Elemental Seven Systems, Ink Orchid’s fire, thunder, wind, and water were already enhanced, only the earth, wood, and gold systems remained.
Ink Orchid: "The Gold System, I suppose. My gold system abilities are few and rather weak, so it’s best to strengthen the weak points first."
Dragon Cypress agreed with this idea.
In the 3rd Age Period stage, Ink Orchid had reserved about 30 million Divine-Given Origin Force Food shares.
Ready to start consuming.
Dragon Cypress turned and instructed: "Black Sophora, move quickly, go to the treasury and bring 1 million Gold System Ant King Pearls for the Second King."
Dragon Cypress then called out: "The feast has just begun, let’s go back and continue celebrating."