Chapter 181 Withered and Lush Branches

The fog was hazy, and the giant dragon roared and soared in the sky.

Their wings whipped up gusts of wind, causing the surrounding fog to constantly change in density.

Among the dragons, a giant dragon is falling...

Together with the dragon master on its back, it kept falling in the mist, and finally hit the ground and fell into a blur of flesh and blood.

"Huh?"

In the small courtyard, Xiao Jian's pupils were burning with red flames. This flame made the fog become one-sidedly transparent to him.

His eyes were staring at the place where the dragon fell...

Neither the giant dragon nor the [Dragon Skull Dragon Controller] who had become one with it in a physical sense turned into mist and disappeared.

But what surprised Xiao Jian was not this, but that a treasure box actually fell among the blur of flesh and blood!

Yes, treasure chest!

It's not the kind of gift box with ribbons that Xiao Jian often sees...

Although it seems to be floating in mid-air, similar to how a gift box floats, it actually looks like a treasure box with wooden copper hoops and shiny copper nails!

However, although Xiao Jian was curious about what was in the treasure box, his primary purpose now was of course to harvest other dragons.

Soon, Xiao Jian took aim at another giant dragon...

"Bang! Bang!"

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661!

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539!

With the sound of two gunshots, another giant dragon exploded with two exaggerated damage numbers.

Then, the dragon fell again.

It let out pitiful whimpering sounds, and then fell into a pulp together with the dragon master on its back.

With the blessing of the [Destroyed] characteristic, Xiao Jian's vision can even cover the entire "Windmill World".

As for the giant dragon flying in the mist, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was very close to Xiao Jian, whose eyes were filled with flames.

Just when Xiao Jian had found his sense and was about to find his next target, he found that the flying dragons in the sky had scattered in all directions!

Some giant dragons that did not throw rams actually dropped huge wooden rams, drew an elegant circle in the air, and then ran away...

"Bang bang..."

"Bang bang!"

"..."

Gunshots rang out one after another, and the giant dragons in the distance fell one after another.

However, the 56.5mm has a limited ammunition capacity after all, and a magazine only has 10 bullets.

The health points of the giant dragons ridden by dragon masters are generally above 1,000, and it takes at least two shots to clear their health points.

Although Xiao Jian hit 10 out of 10 shots with the help of [Po Wan], he only managed to kill 5 giant dragons.

When Xiao Jian reloaded 10 rounds of bullets into the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle, the remaining dragons had disappeared from Xiao Jian's sight...

And not only the giant dragons and the dragon masters on their backs, but also the group of "nobles" standing next to the sawmill watching the battle also ran away.

"Tsk...ran away..."

Looking at the slowly disappearing vortex of mist on the opposite side, Xiao Jian reluctantly lowered his gun.

But when Xiao Jian looked at the five treasure boxes on the ground, his mood improved again.

Xiao Jian recalled the clone and threw it directly.

The clone suddenly turned into a raven and flew into the mist.

"Meow?"

Dahuang came over and gently rubbed Xiao Jian's legs.

"There are spores everywhere over there. I'm afraid you've been parasitized... I'll take you out to play when it's safe next time." Xiao Jian touched the cat's head and comforted him.

"Meow."

Dahuang raised his hind legs and scratched his Tianling Gai with the toes of his right foot.

"You are so fat, but you are quite flexible..." Xiao Jian said in surprise.

Dahuang rolled his eyes at Xiao Jian and finally stopped clinging to him. He jumped to the terrace on the fourth floor and hid among the sunflowers to "watch TV".

"Is the dog smell gone?" Xiao Jian scratched his head and turned back to concentrate on controlling the clone.

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The raven flapped its wings and flew into the battlefield just now.

After getting closer, the bloody corpses looked even more shocking.

But because it had lost its shape, Xiao Jian felt that it was similar to a freshly killed fish in the market...

...After all, dragon scales are scales too! Once the dragon shape is gone, who can tell whether it is a piece of fish meat or a dragon meat?

The raven was very careful not to come into contact with any corpses. It just flew through the air, poked open the "treasure boxes", picked up the things they dropped and flew back.

As usual, Xiao Jian did not touch the clone, but held the piece of plasticine with his invisible hands and threw it into the bonfire for disinfection.

"call--"

The moment Xiao Jian threw the [Forged Body] into the bonfire, a ball of flame burned like an explosion, but it was different from the usual stable burning. After the explosion, it quickly extinguished.

Like a ball of flammable gas, it burns out quickly.

"really……"

Xiao Jian originally wanted to get some dragon meat to show to the researchers in Fortress Town. Now it is confirmed that these dragons have also been "infected", which saves Xiao Jian a lot of time.

Perhaps because there was too little "combustible gas", the branches and leaves of the old nanmu did not continue to grow after this burning.

Just when Xiao Jian was about to give up, he suddenly thought of something - since the gas contaminated by crows can be used as sacrifices, what about those corpses on the ground! ?

Thinking of this, Xiao Jian is no longer sleepy! If those corpses could be burned, it would not only add nutrients to the old nanmu, but also burn out some relics, characteristics, etc., wouldn't it also collect information by the way?

How can we transport so many corpses back? Xiao Jian didn't want those corpses contaminated with parasites to enter the courtyard.

If some blood or something drips in the soil, and it breeds over time, it will be difficult to handle.

"It would be nice to have a bonfire outside..."

Xiao Jian murmured.

"rustle……"

Suddenly, as if a breeze blew by, the leaves on the canopy of the old nanmu tree were blown and collided by the "breeze", making bursts of friction sounds.

Xiao Jian's eyes were also attracted by the sound of leaves, and the moment he raised his head, the dead branch on one side of the old nanmu suddenly broke with a "click"!

Then, it was swirled by the "breeze", flew over, and finally fell into Xiao Jian's hands.

The moment Xiao Jian came into contact with it, this small piece of dead branch, which was only the size of a palm, showed its properties:

【Withered branches】

A section of branch that contains a little bit of Heavenly Dao. Sacrifice to it can cause the Heavenly Dao in it to grow slowly.

"..."

Xiao Jian looked at the dead branch in his hand, then looked up at the old nanmu... What else is there to say?

Ancestor, you really dote on your grandson!

After bowing out, Xiao Jian asked his clone to hold the dead branches and fly over the corpses again.

The raven circled and circled...

"Uh..." Xiao Jian scratched his head. Unlike other cards that come with their own instructions, this dead branch does not come with its own "instructions for use."

How to make a sacrifice?

Xiao Jian thought for a while, grabbed the [withered tree branch] with his raven claws, and silently said "sacrifice" in his heart as he flew past the corpses.

Suddenly, a fire light lit up outside the fog!

At first, the dragon corpse on the ground was ignited, but soon, the air above the dragon corpse was also ignited!

Flames exploded in the air!

Although the air will be extinguished soon after burning, all the "combustible gases" in the air are ignited!

The flames continued to spread outwards along the air, not only igniting more corpses, but even spreading into the "Windmill World!"

The moment the flames appeared in the "Windmill World", an even greater explosion began!

"Boom——"

The earth trembled slightly, and the entire "Windmill World" was completely ignited!

The extremely dense flames instantly swept through everything in the "Windmill World"!

However, the strange thing is that these flames just burned out of thin air, but they did not ignite any wooden buildings, not even the wood piled in the sawmill was ignited!

After the flames burned, they quickly extinguished, leaving only a few scattered flames still jumping.

In the mist, what was still burning after being ravaged by the fire were the corpses of the giant dragons and the dragon masters.

In "Windmill World", what is still burning after being covered by fire are several large pits where corpses are buried.

Among them, the one that burned most violently was where the bodies of the previous red-robed priests were buried.

The chief priest did not realize until his death that he no longer had any free will. He was just a puppet controlled by a powerful god——

——The blazing flame explains everything!

As the "combustible material" was gradually exhausted, the dragon corpse on the ground began to collapse, turning into bursts of fly ash, and gradually disappearing into the mist.

But the [Withered Wooden Branch] in the Raven's hand seemed to be constantly absorbing something invisible.

Its dry bark gradually became plumper, and the dry fibers under the bark gradually became filled with moisture... There was even a hint of green under the bark.

As more and more fires went out, the branches in Raven's claws gradually took on new life.

As all the flames were extinguished, a small green bud even sprouted from one of the knots of the [Withered Tree Branch]!

This is... germination! ?

When Raven handed the [Withered Branch] back to Xiao Jian's hands, he looked at the bud and felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.

"This is a new life..."

Xiao Jian carefully held the branch that was obviously alive, came to the nanmu space, and raised the branch as a sacrifice.

However, Lao Nanmu did not react at all.

"Um... shouldn't we burn this thing?" Xiao Jian originally wanted to throw it into the stone bonfire... but looking at the small bud, he couldn't bear it.

Is it really going to burn?

Xiao Jian was cruel and threw the [Withered Tree Branch] into the stone bonfire.

However... there was still no response.

"Ancestor? This thing... I'll give it back to you!" Xiao Jian shook the branch and threw it on the crown of the old nanmu.

This time, Lao Nanmu finally reacted...

[Withered Tree Branch] was still carried by a "cool breeze" and fell into Xiao Jian's hands again.

This meaning couldn’t be more obvious!