#949 - The terrifying combination of extreme darkness and extreme wood

Whether it's Blue Silver Grass or Blue Silver Seaweed, they are often ignored and looked down upon, whether as a martial soul or a natural existence.

They possess neither great power nor significant utility.

However, there is one thing that deserves recognition: their tenacious vitality, akin to 'wildfires that never truly die, returning with the spring breeze.'

Not long after their near-total annihilation, the seaweed, once thought to be completely eradicated, had already blanketed the entire seabed.

Without the Dark Blue Silver Seaweed King to lead them, the growth of the entire grassland was uneven and imperfect.

It didn't achieve the vibrant scene that Quan Yi encountered upon his initial arrival, nor did it attract a large number of fish or even sea soul beasts.

Quan Yi's eyes sharply scanned the area, which stretched for several kilometers and reached a depth of nearly a hundred meters.

Due to the uplift of the tectonic plates, the area known as the underwater prairie had expanded considerably.

Although this grassland hadn't fully recovered to its original lush state, the light of Blue Silver had already reached the deepest theoretical limits of seaweed growth.

Throughout the entire observation process, the areas closer to the land showed no abnormalities, until Quan Yi approached the depths where sunlight could barely penetrate. He gradually discovered some special individuals among the countless ordinary Blue Silver Seaweed.

In terms of appearance, they seemed completely unremarkable.

However, when viewed through the lens of elemental sight, faint glimmers of spiritual dark elements could be detected within the seaweed.

This elemental glimmer wasn't overtly visible; instead, it lay dormant in a hidden state within, so it didn't emit any energy fluctuations.

If Quan Yi hadn't meticulously compared them one by one with his Dragon Eyes, he could have easily missed these details.

However, upon discovering these unique characteristics, he surprisingly didn't feel unfamiliar.

This was because this characteristic was exactly the same as the blue-golden light spots Quan Yi had seen on Tang San's Blue Silver Grass martial soul.

It was at this moment that Quan Yi realized something.

Blue Silver Grass, or rather Blue Silver Seaweed, possesses the potential to evolve into a higher-level bloodline.

And the Dark Blue Silver Seaweed King was the most reliable evidence of this.

Realizing this, Quan Yi immediately infused the Blue Silver Seaweed containing the hidden factors with his own divine power of Ultimate Wood and Ultimate Darkness, artificially activating the hidden factors within.

Under the complementary effects of the two Ultimate attributes, five strands of Blue Silver Seaweed successfully awakened into higher-level bloodline plants possessing the attributes of Ultimate Darkness and Ultimate Wood.

According to Quan Yi's deduction, the Dark Blue Silver Seaweed's factor originated from the scarce sunlight on the seabed, which couldn't provide enough energy for the seaweed.

Therefore, the Blue Silver Seaweed, with its tenacious vitality, mutated over long periods, developing the ability to survive without light, relying solely on devouring darkness and life force.

And the original Dark Blue Silver Seaweed King was an individual that had evolved through generations of mutations.

Although its terrifying devouring power over life and its treacherous dark power were different from the Golden Tree, wasn't this another manifestation of vitality?

It was precisely the determination not to rot on the seabed that gave the Dark Blue Silver Seaweed a growth rate that exceeded Quan Yi's expectations.

Especially after completely transforming into the two attributes of Ultimate Darkness and Ultimate Wood, its growth rate increased dramatically.

The combination of the two Ultimate elements directly transformed these Blue Silver Seaweed into a bottomless pit for devouring life force.

Quan Yi lamented that he had created a terrifying existence, but also liked the super-strong growth it brought, allowing it to greatly reduce the time required for growth.

From the moment he discovered it until now, he had been constantly sending large amounts of energy to the Blue Silver Seaweed to help it grow.

Today, it had even grown to the point where it could rival the Golden Tree.

Such a terrifying growth rate further convinced Quan Yi to use it as the core of one corner of the grand formation.

Quan Yi emerged from his brief reverie, and then took out the five special seaweed from the crack in the Shadow Space that had opened beside him.

Just as Quan Yi reached out to the crack, before he could do anything, several strands of Blue Silver black light spread out from the crack, transforming into vines and wrapping around Quan Yi's arm.

Instantly, Quan Yi's arm was tightly wrapped by Blue Silver grass covered with black leaf vein patterns.

Using this as a support point, tentacle-like leaves autonomously dragged the arm, eagerly wanting to come out of the Shadow Space.

Blue Silver black light swept across, and five thick grass stems spread upwards from the arm, forming a bizarre scene of growing upwards with the arm as the soil.

The appearance of the Dark Blue Silver Seaweed was truly extraordinary.

Quan Yi could feel the binding force wrapped around his arm, as well as the desire it released to obtain life force from him.

In less than a day, these seaweed placed in the Shadow Space had devoured a large amount of Shadow Power, further strengthening their own power of Ultimate Darkness.

For them, the Shadow Space was simply an excellent place to grow.

Looking at the lively seaweed, Quan Yi was also delighted, but he couldn't let them get too carried away.

Quan Yi revealed a dangerous smile, and just quietly watched them, slightly releasing a wisp of his own aura.

When this wisp of aura swept over, the wildly dancing seaweed seemed to encounter a life threat, the entire leaf trembled violently, and the arrogant flame, along with its unfolded branches and leaves, shrunk together.

In the end, they turned into five small leaves wrapped around five fingers.

Although their power was strong, their intelligence had not grown along with it, so most of their behavior was driven by instinct.

Therefore, once they were out of his control, he really didn't know what they could do.

"Alas."

After a light sigh, Quan Yi's wrapped fingers released green and black divine power, feeding the five small grasses.

The small grasses, once filled with energy, finally settled down contentedly, quietly digesting and growing rapidly.

With the appearance of the seaweed, all the materials Quan Yi mastered were complete.

Now that all the materials were ready, what remained to be done was to arrange these materials and use them to set up the Yin-Yang Five Elements Grand Formation that Quan Yi had envisioned.

The general plan had already been engraved in his mind, but whether the concept in his mind could be realized depended on the practice that followed.

However, before that, these materials still needed to be further processed.

Quan Yi's gaze first fell on the metal ball that sealed the huge Sun Gold.

"Then let's start with the most important part."

The seaweed wrapped around his fingers was temporarily transplanted to the loam.

The body wearing simple casual clothes was covered by the Fire Dragon God Armor emitting a red light in the next moment.

And on top of this, another layer of purple-red full metal armor was covered.