Chapter 526: Chapter 11: Rose’s Arrival

"Yes, my lord!"

Chenxi was helping nearby. Hearing Lin Yu’s command, she obediently canceled the Summoning Technique.

After packing the last sample, Lin Yu sensed the Undead Energy in the air growing denser. He said to Chenxi, "Chenxi, you should head back too!"

"My lord, can’t I stay here with you? I already took care of all the territory’s affairs before I left."

"But it’s dangerous to stay here!"

"My lord, I’m a legendary-grade hero! Besides, look, I can hide my presence."

As she spoke, Chenxi retracted her entire aura. To Lin Yu’s senses, the Chenxi before him seemed to have turned into a statue. However, he could still clearly see her every frown and smile, so he knew she hadn’t actually become one.

Lin Yu was overjoyed. "How did you do that?"

"My lord, I found a book in the Scripture Pavilion on the Turtle Breath Technique. Its effect is quite amazing. It masks your aura and drastically slows your metabolism. As long as you don’t engage in strenuous exercise or use skills, people will think you’re a dead object."

"I thought it seemed fun at the time, so I learned it."

"I never expected I’d use it here."

Chenxi, as if showing off, used Magic to project the contents of the Turtle Breath Technique.

Lin Yu began to read it happily, quickly memorizing the entire Turtle Breath Technique.

Afterwards, Lin Yu took advantage of the lull before the virus creatures arrived to practice it with all his might.

The Turtle Breath Technique was both difficult and not difficult.

It was a method that induced a state of suspended animation by circulating energy in a specific way, combined with a special breathing method.

It required fine energy manipulation and self-control. The more precise the control, the better the effect.

To master the Turtle Breath Technique, Lin Yu’s main body, while deeply fused with the World Tree, mobilized all of his and the World Tree’s remaining power to help his avatar practice the technique.

Before the virus-laden fog and creatures arrived, he finally succeeded in his training, perfectly mastering the Turtle Breath Technique.

This meant Lin Yu no longer needed to turn into a small bug to hide, so he didn’t try to send Chenxi away anymore.

The two of them went over to Baining’s side together.

"Baining!"

"Baining!!!"

"It’s getting dark! If you don’t rein it in, I’m afraid you’ll be stuffed to death tonight!"

Seeing the needles at the top of Baining’s canopy still glowing green and emitting natural energy, Lin Yu had no choice but to shake Baining’s massive trunk. At the same time, he used Magic to communicate with its consciousness, repeatedly calling its name in its mind.

However, Baining seemed to have lost consciousness, giving no response no matter how Lin Yu called.

Lin Yu and Chenxi exchanged a glance. No longer holding back, they both joined in, shaking Baining’s trunk back and forth until it swayed wildly.

After a good deal of shaking, Baining finally woke up.

"Ahhh~"

"That was such a nice nap~"

"Who’s interrupting my sleep..."

"Ah! Lin Yu, what’s wrong?"

Baining’s voice was full of the grogginess of someone who had just woken up.

"It’s already dark, and you’re still sleeping! Look at your ’hair’—it’s still emitting energy! Do you still want to have a big meal tonight?"

"Yikes!!!"

Prompted by Lin Yu, Baining also noticed its needles were emitting natural energy and hurriedly tried to turn off the lights in its needles.

But after just a few seconds, the needles on its crown began to glow again.

"Oh no, oh no!"

"I can’t turn it off! What do I do? What do I do?"

Baining cried out anxiously. Its body began to sway back and forth, trying different positions to turn off the light, but nothing worked.

"What’s going on? Is there something wrong with your body?"

Seeing Baining in this state, Lin Yu grew anxious too.

Just then, Chenxi tugged on Lin Yu’s arm. With her higher grade and skills, she had noticed something unusual inside Baining.

"My lord, Baining still hasn’t digested a lot of the water from the River of Souls it drank during the day. It’s now continuously converting into natural energy inside its body."

"Baining’s current situation is actually the best thing for it. It will constantly absorb natural energy during the digestion process, strengthening itself."

"Only the excess natural energy that can’t be absorbed is being released."

"If it forcibly closes the release channel, natural energy will still be generated inside it. This energy will build up and cause harm to its body."

"Furthermore, once it accumulates to a certain point, it will burst open its release vent anyway."

After hearing Chenxi’s explanation, Lin Yu sighed and shouted to Baining, "Baining, stop struggling. Just leave it."

"But, Lin Yu, if I don’t do something about my ’hair,’ those things will keep feeding me! An old companion of mine was literally stuffed to death."

Baining’s voice was filled with fear.

"It’s okay, it’s okay! Don’t be afraid! If you can’t handle it yourself, we can help you deal with those viruses. Worst case, we’ll just have to fight them."

"Since I was already planning to clear out these viruses, I’m certainly not afraid of them."

Lin Yu’s words calmed Baining down. It then remembered why Lin Yu wanted to find the virus nest, which restored its confidence in what was to come.

"Then what should I do?"

"Nothing. Just stay put and don’t move."

Baining did as it was told. Under its expectant gaze, Lin Yu began to summon again.

This time, his target was the territory’s only Death Devourer hero—the legendary-grade Rose.

Amidst the light of the summoning, a Tree-man appeared before Baining.

"What... is this?"

Baining was completely stunned by Rose’s appearance. It never imagined a creature could look just like a tree.

"Hahaha, Baining, let me introduce you. This is my subordinate, the Tree-man—Rose!"

"His profession is Death Devourer. He’s a bit like you; he can devour the Undead Energy within those viruses."

"Rose is about to release some Death Qi. Don’t get greedy and try to eat it, or you’ll get indigestion!"

"Okay!"

On Lin Yu’s command, Rose released the Death Qi from his body. The dense Death Qi quickly enveloped Baining, and all the natural energy radiating from its needles was neutralized by it.

’So fragrant~~~’

’I really want to eat it!!’

Sensing the Death Qi around its body, the slightly dopey Baining muttered to itself ceaselessly.

If Baining were a person, it would probably be drooling by now.

But even so, its trunk began to tremble intermittently while surrounded by the Death Qi.

Lin Yu could tell that Baining was desperately fighting the urge to take a bite of the Death Qi. He used his consciousness to communicate, constantly soothing it to prevent it from taking a huge gulp and getting stuffed to death. That would have been a ridiculous way to go.

Fortunately, under Lin Yu’s calming influence, Baining managed to resist. It shut down its senses and focused all its effort on digesting the water from the River of Souls within its body.

Outside the shroud of Death Qi, the thick virus-laden fog and the virus creatures arrived as expected.

Faced with this dense Death Qi, they didn’t swarm it like moths to a flame as they would with a life force, but they did gather around, intrigued.

Then, the Undead Energy within their bodies was absorbed and assimilated by the Death Qi. Without the protection of the Undead Energy, these viruses were turned directly into flying ash by the Death Qi’s influence.

All the viruses and virus creatures that tried to approach the Death Qi died the instant they got close.

However, dying this way under the Death Qi meant the viruses and the puppet-like chunks of flesh they controlled all turned into useless ash, which seemed like a bit of a waste to Lin Yu.

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Soon, a night had passed. Rose drew all the expended Death Qi back into himself.

Baining also awoke to Lin Yu’s call. The previous night, through its own efforts, it had successfully immersed itself in digesting the water from the River of Souls, eventually falling into a deep sleep while its body instinctively continued the process.

"Baining, can you move now?"

Baining twisted its body, pulling its roots out of the hole, and then wiggled a few times.

"I can. I feel great now, much stronger than before. Let’s set off!"

Now that it had found a substitute for food, it was time to fulfill its promise. Lin Yu had been so loyal and dependable, so it couldn’t be wishy-washy either.

After receiving Baining’s affirmative response, Lin Yu and the others quickly made their preparations.

Before they left, Baining reluctantly returned the half-full bucket of water from the River of Souls to Lin Yu.

"Lin Yu, you should hold onto this half-bucket of water for now. We’re leaving this forest, and if I leave it here, who knows who might steal a drink. I wouldn’t feel at ease."

Lin Yu laughed as he took the half-bucket of water from the River of Souls. "Leave it with me. You can rest completely assured—I guarantee not a single drop will be spilled!"

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