Chapter 281 - 116: Immortal Golden Body, Ancient Divine Seed

Chapter 281: Chapter 116: Immortal Golden Body, Ancient Divine Seed

’It’s too conspicuous... This life force fluctuation is practically a beacon in the night.’

Lin Yi’s mind raced, and he quickly devised a plan.

The Mosquito Avatar immediately used its sharp forelimbs to rapidly dig up a large amount of reddish-brown mud from nearby.

Layer by layer, it evenly covered the white seed.

It carefully packed and molded the mud.

Eventually, it encased the seed completely, transforming it into an inconspicuous, fist-sized, rough-surfaced, reddish-brown rock.

The once-striking life force fluctuation was now insulated by the thick mud, vanishing completely.

In its current state, the "rock" was indistinguishable from the ordinary stones scattered across the mountainside, both in appearance and aura.

’Hmm... this should be foolproof!’

Looking at the ordinary stone on the ground, Lin Yi felt a great weight lift from his mind, a surge of joy at his success. The operation had been risky, but the rewards were immense!

’The life force is perfectly concealed, and the energy fluctuations are minimized. Hidden among the dirt and rocks, not even an immortal could detect it!’

The next part was simple.

All that was needed was for the Mosquito Avatar to find a suitable opportunity to secretly place this "rock" in an inconspicuous corner along the exploration team’s path.

When the time came, Lin Yi’s main body would just have to pass by and stealthily sweep it up with his Storage Ring. This peerless treasure from the thousand-year-old tomb would then be completely his!

The plan was set.

The Mosquito Avatar temporarily hid the camouflaged "rock" deep within the crevice of a massive boulder to ensure it was absolutely safe.

After finishing all this, Lin Yi’s gaze once again turned toward the Zombie Tree, a sharp glint in his eyes.

The seed was a great treasure, of course.

But the Golden Body skeleton of that Qi Cultivator was also a peerless treasure not to be missed!

’I’ll go scout again! That Zombie Tree Demon and the Golden Body skeleton... maybe there are other secrets?’

The Mosquito Avatar beat its wings once more, turning into an invisible Ghost and silently speeding toward the dried-up lakebed where the great battle had just erupted.

...

「A moment later.」

The Mosquito Avatar returned to the edge of the deathly silent lake.

At this moment, the rampage of the giant Zombie Tree and the five zombie vultures had subsided.

But the cold, deathly qi permeating the air seemed even denser than before, as if warning off intruders.

The Zombie Tree’s enormous black trunk rose and fell slightly, like the breathing of a slumbering behemoth, exuding a dangerous aura.

The Mosquito Avatar remained perfectly invisible.

It once again cautiously approached the golden skeleton sitting cross-legged at the base of the tree’s roots.

This time, without the interference from the white seed, the Tracking perception skill gave clear feedback.

’Just as I thought!’ Lin Yi understood. ’This golden skeleton itself emits an extremely powerful and pure energy fluctuation!’

This fluctuation was like a dormant volcano, containing an unimaginable essence. Though quiescent, it was profound and majestic.

Previously, because the golden skeleton was next to the white seed, its energy signature on the Tracking map was obscured by the seed’s larger one, so it hadn’t been discovered.

Now that the seed had been taken away,

the energy signature of the golden skeleton was fully visible on the Tracking map.

Lin Yi’s mind raced.

’That Zombie Tree is far too terrifying. A direct confrontation would be suicide. The Mosquito Avatar is nowhere near strong enough right now!’

He assessed the risks.

’But this Golden Body skeleton is just an inanimate object... This is the Golden Body of a Pre-Qin Qi Cultivator, refined to the absolute limit! If I could extract the essence deposited within the bones... it would be an incredible aid for the Refinement of my own skeleton! I might even ascend to the heavens in a single step!’

Greed... no, a powerful desire to become stronger, instantly took over!

’Let’s do it!’

Lin Yi steeled himself, intending to pull the same trick and steal the golden skeleton as well.

He controlled the Mosquito Avatar, having it fly quickly to a position directly above the golden skeleton.

Several of its forelimbs locked firmly onto the Golden Body skeleton’s shoulder blades, and with a great exertion of force, it began to lift!

’So heavy!’

Lin Yi felt as if the Mosquito Avatar was trying to lift a small mountain!

The weight of the Golden Body skeleton was far beyond imagination, easily tens of thousands of pounds!

However, for the Mosquito Avatar, a Fourth Grade Demon Beast with equally astonishing strength, it was still within its lifting capacity.

The Golden Body skeleton was slowly lifted, separating from the tree roots it had been sitting on.

However—

The instant the Golden Body skeleton broke contact with the surface of the roots!

BOOM!!!

The giant Zombie Tree, which had seemed to be slumbering, went berserk once again!

Even more furiously than when the seed was taken!

Its massive trunk trembled violently.

Innumerable pitch-black, thick roots and branches, wreathed in viscous deathly qi, shot out madly from the ground and the air like millions of enraged black pythons, surging forth with the force of a thunderbolt!

In an instant, they tightly coiled around and bound the golden skeleton that had just left the ground!

It was as if they were clamping layer upon layer of indestructible black shackles onto it!

The Mosquito Avatar felt an irresistible, immense force pull from below, accompanied by a bone-chilling, deathly qi that frantically corroded it!

It struggled with all its might, its six legs and wings bursting with power, but it couldn’t budge the skeleton in the slightest!

The Zombie Tree’s power was like the abyssal ocean!

’Damn it! I can’t take it?!’

Lin Yi was both shocked and enraged. A ruthless streak surged within him.

’Fine! If I can’t take this golden nugget with me, then I’ll just suck you dry!’

He commanded the Mosquito Avatar. Its proboscis, glinting like cold metal, aimed for a joint in the Golden Body skeleton’s arm. Like the sharpest drill bit, it plunged down with the full force of a Fourth Grade Demon Beast!