Cultivation : I'm an Ancient Giant Bear

Good grief, it's like having an extra life!

Wang Wu was overjoyed, this was exactly what he wanted.

However, he also noticed that beneath the small attribute bar of the Companion Demon Vine, there were still many blurred bits of information yet to be revealed.

This might require further growth, or, more likely, he needed to grant greater access to this Companion Demon Vine to receive these benefits.

Wang Wu didn't mind, though. For now, this was quite good. He set a crucial threshold for the vine's companionship—he must always have the upper hand, and it can only nest on the back of his hand, exceeding this limit is forbidden.

No matter how attractive the companion talent was, he didn't envy it.

Next, Wang Wu observed this Companion Demon Vine for a time and found it basically operates in two modes: one where it grows tender green branches on its own, sunbathes by itself, absorbs Spirit Essence, and acquires nutrients for growth—it could be considered a guest residing on the back of Wang Wu's hand.

The advantage of this mode is that Wang Wu does not shoulder any meal costs, only lodging, and even collects rent.

The downside is slow growth.

The other mode is when it's completely invisible from the outside and nobody knows it's there; in this case, Wang Wu has to provide food and lodging.

And it directly consumes his Vitality.

The safety line for the vine's Vitality is 200 Points; below 200 Points, it will actively draw Vitality from Wang Wu, requiring him to provide food and lodging.

If Wang Wu's Vitality is abundant, it will consume till full.

If Wang Wu is only half full, it also maintains half fullness.

In short, it keeps highly consistent with him, the host.

It absolutely won't happen that the host is eating scraps while the companion vine feasts lavishly, unless the host agrees.

Overall, Wang Wu was very satisfied.

Following this were two comfortable days, eating roasted chicken, drinking Spirit Wine, living quite happily, he almost forgot he was in a state of war, then, without warning, the second round of war broke out.

But this time, offense and defense were reversed.

The initiator of the attack was the Human Race.

The entire sky suddenly filled with boundless flames, scorching lava poured down from above like a waterfall.

And just as Wang Wu was feeling apprehensive, a shield of nine layers of emerald green, akin to green leaf water, unfolded and blocked the boundless flames.

But it seemed the Human Race had more than this trick, soon, the ground started shaking, trees swaying, and the earth cracking open in places.

Some of the cracks were quickly stitched back by countless dense roots, restoring the ground to its original state.

Yet some cracks had no time for mending, torn completely from below, with Grass and Wood Zombies digging their way out.

Wang Wu was stunned, feeling baffled, where did these Grass and Wood Zombies come from?

And from where did the Human Race launch the attack, what exactly was this Forest Camp of the Demon Race?

It felt as if space itself was in chaos.

"Seek Death Camp! Gather immediately, block the gaps nearby! Destroy Human Race war chariots!"

A majestic and grand voice suddenly emerged, simultaneously Wang Wu felt the Desire for Death Seal on his chest heating slightly, injecting a peculiar feeling that made his emotions volatile and irritable, wanting to indulge in a killing spree.

He was like this, the small new recruits of Seek Death Camp were even worse off, their Desire for Death Sub-Seals were fully activated, turning them into fireballs, shouting hysterically, jumping excitedly, engaging in mutual slaughter.

This is outrageous!

Wang Wu hurriedly took out the Command Flag, shaking it furiously, finally gathering all the Seek Death Camp recruits, then turned around and started running away, wherever didn't matter, just had to start running, or else these fellows would indeed turn on each other.

Heaven have mercy, these quickly-grown Little Demons, couldn't withstand such high-grade Hallucinogenic Poison!

Now the entire Forest Camp had become a battlefield, the Human Race's attack was omnipresent, even the well-trained elite troops of Great Snow Mountain were somewhat disordered.

The main issue was that the Human Race emerged from underground; oh dear, such tactics were truly sinister.

Impressive, true to being the crafty ones of Human Race!

"That Seek Death Camp, follow orders, come here to block the crack!"

A squad of Demon Soldiers suddenly shouted; they were gathering, forming formations, attempting to take out the Grass and Wood Demon Soldiers one by one. But nearby dozens of big trees had already fallen, rotting, as if a dreadful toxic plague was spreading.

Hundreds to thousands of Grass and Wood Zombies surged out, running for a while before they decayed themselves.

This must be a venomous tactic against Grandpa Tree's branch!

Wang Wu thought quickly, yet didn't hesitate even slightly before rushing over, because at this very moment, the Desire for Death Seal on his chest was fully activated, Hallucinogenic Poison infusion almost depriving his will, he could still think normally, but his body didn't fully obey actions, deadly poison injected, instantly transforming him into a blazing fire Xiong Xiong tens of meters long.

Not certain how such Fire Poison was sealed inside this Desire for Death Seal, anyhow at this instant he was like a meteor, unleashing incomprehensible roars, charging into the crevice, flames passing through, directly igniting dozens of Grass and Wood Zombies.

However, the next second, countless filament-like tentacles flew out from these Grass and Wood Zombies, grasping hold of Wang Wu against the scorching blaze, completely ensnaring him, trying to restrain him in place.

Forcing him to burn himself to death!

Because right now, Wang Wu was suffering 500 Points of Fire Poison damage per second.

And simultaneously he inflicted 5,000 Points of Fire Poison damage on surroundings, very terrifying.

Indeed, the Desire for Death Seal almost transformed him into a powerful, terrifying, self-destructive weapon.

But actually, Wang Wu felt quite relaxed.

Firstly due to the Passive Burning branch Bloodline Talent, he could reduce 150 Points of Fire Poison damage, then perfectly equipped with Fire Poison Resistance, another 250 Points.

Coupled with the Demon King Level Poison Resistance, he could directly exempt 1,500 points, well, it overflowed.

Not to mention he could also operate Ice Spiritual Qi.

And operate Red Flame Spiritual Qi.

Let alone losing life, not a hair on his body was actually singed.

When the hallucinogenic effect of the Hallucinogenic Poison faded, he basically regained normal movement ability.

At this moment, only five seconds had passed.

The Grass and Wood Zombies crawling out of the crevice seemed to be either controlled or, like moths to a flame, had a strong tendency to chase light, and continuously pounced towards Wang Wu. In just a few seconds, over a hundred Grass and Wood Zombies piled on him.

Sadly, Wang Wu was not Old Niu. Even with a power of 64, without acquiring the Bloodline Secret Technique of the Power System, he was unable to break free.

Of course, both sides had achieved their purpose.

Because behind Wang Wu, the ten thousand or so Seek Death Camp newcomers were like fireballs of varying sizes. Wherever Wang Wu went, they followed him.

They offered their short and insignificant lives at this last moment, transforming into flames, burning themselves and everything.

In less than ten seconds, Wang Wu's Ninth Seek Death Camp was virtually wiped out, leaving only him.

The blazing flames ignited more Grass and Wood Zombies and also ignited various unknown toxins. The poison fire surged, sealing the crevice, temporarily preventing the Human Race from emerging, despite possible war vehicles below.

The fire was too fierce, and gradually, this burning flame also began to undergo a qualitative change, mainly because both the Grass and Wood Zombies and the Seek Death Camp newcomers had a certain amount of Spiritual Qi in their bodies.

In this state of mutual accumulation, the Spiritual Qi was ignited and transformed, changing from ordinary Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to Red Flame Spiritual Qi.

And when a large mass of Red Flame Spiritual Qi formed and spread out for a more comprehensive burn, Wang Wu could no longer take it.

"Warning! You are being burned by an excessive amount of Red Flame Spiritual Qi, and you are suffering from 3,000 ~ 3,500 points of fluctuating poison fire damage per second."

"Due to your Demon King Level Poison Resistance, you exempted 1,500 points of poison fire damage."

"Due to your Fire Poison Resistance and passive burning talent, you exempted 400 points of poison fire damage."

"Due to the Ice Spiritual Qi you are operating, you exempted 500 points of poison fire damage."

"Due to the Red Flame Spiritual Qi you are operating, you exempted 1,000 points of poison fire damage."

——

Ah, he really couldn't take it anymore.

Wang Wu was very anxious, such an opportunity was hard to find even with a lantern, he really worried about what to do if the Red Flame Spiritual Qi dissipated in a while.

So, at this moment, he really gave it his all, his Inner Breathing Technique began to operate autonomously.

The operation of Ice Spiritual Qi also followed, mainly to prevent damage from exceeding exemption thresholds.

At the same time, he began to try to open the second Red Flame Meridian.

To pave the way for the Fire Spirit Root!

It was almost too easy.

Because when he started operating Red Flame Spiritual Qi, he felt a sort of inward pressure created by the Red Flame Spiritual Qi burning wildly outside.

He just needed to accelerate the operation, as fast as he could, this external pressure would automatically inject the Red Flame Spiritual Qi into his body, forming a greater inertia.

Then through this inertia, he broke through the second Red Flame Meridian in just a few seconds.

Honestly, this was even better than a cheat.

Wang Wu then quickly stopped the operation of Ice Spiritual Qi, this behavior had already equated to hindering the progress of the brother Spirit Root.

He needed more Red Flame Spiritual Qi to form the operating inertia, bursting from outer to inner and from inner to outer, to open the third meridian.

But this time, it was a bit slow because the Red Flame Spiritual Qi outside was burning and also dissipating quickly. It wasn't a flame, but a higher level of energy, so it had some characteristics of fire, could be downwardly compatible, but fire couldn't upwardly compatible with it.

So Wang Wu was really anxious, the opportunity was fleeting, once the external Red Flame Spiritual Qi wasn't enough, the internal pressure wasn't enough.

To put it this way, this pressure was almost equivalent to Master Wu Ya transferring a lifetime of power to Xuzhu.

It was truly harmless, with no side effects.

Missing this opportunity, he'd have to cultivate bit by bit in the future.

Wang Wu felt regret for the first time, why did he enhance his Demon King Level Poison Resistance so much?

What a great opportunity it was.

Fortunately, he indeed had good luck.

Outside the crevice, a clever demon somehow brought several kegs of Spirit Wine, pouring them down.

Bang!

Flames rose, and a large amount of Spiritual Qi was again transformed into Red Flame Spiritual Qi, creating enormous pressure downward in a short time.

"Boom!"

The third Red Flame Meridian in Wang Wu's body was opened at this instant.

The Fire Spirit Root progress became 3/10, and the maximum storage limit of Red Flame Spiritual Qi broke through to 400 points, matching the Ice Spirit Root.