As he was about to make a breakthrough, Ye Feng opened the system panel to take a look.
In the past two hours, he had added points to his root length a hundred times.
His root length skyrocketed once again, reaching 130 meters.
With the territory range increasing once more, he could now harvest 40 Spirit Points per hour without doing anything.
To be honest, Ye Feng had not expected everything to go so smoothly.
And now, he was about to face the biggest turning point in his tree life.
He took a deep breath and clicked the evolve button.
"Ding! Please select the direction for enhancement."
Seeing the system prompt that popped up, Ye Feng did not hesitate; this time, he directly chose the repair speed.
There were four options for root enhancement: strength, flexibility, toughness, and repair speed.
Since he had enhanced the first three, he did not want to leave any flaws for himself, so he enhanced all four directions in turn.
With his choice made, the evolution quickly began.
This time, the evolution was more intense than it had ever been before.
Moreover, the evolution time had extended from the original 5 minutes to 10 minutes.
After the evolution was completed, he immediately opened the system panel to check.
Host: Ye Feng (World Tree)
Tree Body Height: 35 meters
Trunk Width: 1.75 meters
Root Length: 150 meters
Realm: Stage Two Initial
Evolution Points: 0/40 Points
Special Ability: Devour, Capture
Spirit Points: 0/350 Points
Bioenergy: 115/350 Points
Firstly, there were his own three attributes. In terms of height, it had jumped from the original 25 meters straight to 35 meters.
Honestly, this gave Ye Feng quite the shock.
Surveying the entire valley, his height could now rank within the top five.
Furthermore, at this rate of growth, just two more evolutions would make him first without question.
"It seems I am truly standing out from the forest!" Ye Feng couldn't help but mutter to himself.
Of course, asking him to stop evolving was out of the question; he could only take things one step at a time from here on out.
As for the increase in trunk width, there's not much to say about it.
It increased, but only served to boost the storage capacity for Spirit Points and Bioenergy.
There's no need to mention Spirit Points; he basically never stored them since he would use them immediately to add points.
In contrast, an increase in the storage capacity for Bioenergy seemed to have some utility.
Although he was constantly using Bioenergy, its total amount was still increasing; after all, his Devouring Ability could absorb both types of energy back.
Moreover, the main use for the increased root length was to absorb Bioenergy, leading to his ever-growing Bioenergy reserves.
Not knowing whether Bioenergy had any other uses, all he could do was to save it up.
Lastly, there was the root length, which underwent the biggest change.
Needless to say regarding length, the 150-meter span allowed his territory to expand yet another circle.
Compared to the extension of the roots, he cared more about the "quality" of these roots.
The breakthrough of the Big Realm was akin to an all-around strengthened enhancement.
Compared to before, the roots had undergone a complete transformation.
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Whoosh!
A tree root as thick as a forearm burst out of the ground like a swift whip and directly struck the nearby ginkgo tree.
Bang!
A dull thud echoed, and the ginkgo tree, losing bark, sported a 5-centimeter deep dent on its trunk.
But Ye Feng's root was unscathed, and even the surface of the root system was undamaged.
It was clear that the "material" of the two was not on the same level.
Ye Feng estimated that the force he had exerted with that lash was at least 100 pounds.
He only needed to pull out 10 roots, twist them into a "rope," and a single strike would wield a force of over a thousand pounds, enough to snap the ginkgo tree in half.
"With my current strength, facing those mutated bats again, one root would easily subdue them."
"In other words, my combat power now is at least equivalent to 200 mutated bats," Ye Feng contemplated.
Without a standard reference, he could only measure his strength against the mutated bats.
The reason he said he could defeat 200 mutated bats, not 100, was because...
... upon breaking through to the Second Stage, he had grown an additional main root and 100 side roots!!!
Without any exaggeration, this breakthrough to a Big Realm massively boosted his combat power.
Of course, aside from the aspects mentioned above, there was another point on the system panel that captured his attention.
His gaze fell onto the section for Special Ability.
Besides the Devouring Ability, another ability had surfaced: Capture Ability.
He tapped it with his thoughts, and immediately, the details of this ability appeared in his mind.
"After using the ability, there is a certain chance to capture other creatures. The success rate is determined by the difference in strength between both parties."
"At the current stage, up to 20 creatures can be captured. Death releases the relationship."
While the description was somewhat simplistic, it was enough to light up Ye Feng's eyes.
"After capturing other creatures, can I directly control them?" As Ye Feng pondered, he began looking for a target.
The first things he spotted were, of course, the various insects within his territory.
But he passed over these immediately; capturing such small fry was of no use.
Soon, his gaze shifted to the banyan tree to his left.
In the tree was a bird's nest with two sparrows and several eggs inside.
Originally destined to be his food, he refrained from eating them upon realizing he could Devour Spiritual Energy from other trees.
After all, he quite liked these small birds. He thought it would be nice to raise a couple to alleviate some solitude.
Now, they were proving to be useful. If he could capture these sparrows, his control over the sky would undoubtedly be strengthened.
Acting upon his thoughts, dozens of roots burst forth from the ground. Some crept silently up the trunk of the banyan tree, while others used the nearby trees for camouflage, hiding within their canopies.
Ye Feng was exceedingly careful, setting up a trap even for two little sparrows.
In fact, these two Mutated Sparrows were already very wary of Ye Feng, given that the growth rate of the World Tree was astoundingly fast.
But there were eggs in the nest, and they were reluctant to leave.
As the two approaching roots were spotted, the sparrows immediately took flight.
If this had happened before Ye Feng's breakthrough, they might have escaped.
But now, the speed of the moving roots almost matched their flight.
Moreover, with the extensive trap Ye Feng had laid, roots shot out from the tops of the nearby trees as the sparrows took to the air.
A large net formed in the sky, swiftly enveloping the birds.
Without any surprises, the two sparrows were firmly entangled by the roots.
As the roots entwined the sparrows, Ye Feng discovered he could now use his Capture Ability.
"Do not resist. Become my captives, and I assure you a life more comfortable than before," Ye Feng said as he activated the ability.
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