Ant Lord in the Star Realm-Chapter 673 - 581: Second Harvest of the Divine-Grade Molan Seed

Dragon Cypress activated its Water Escape ability, hiding in the river gully at the foot of the mountain, using the water flow to conceal its presence, remaining completely still for eight days, bored out of its mind, secretly observing the movements of the bees on the island.

The King-Level Specialized Professional Bees of the Forest Beard Bee Kingdom possessed relatively high intelligence. They would lead the bee swarm to patrol the orchard, hunt insect beasts and birds, promptly pick ripe fruits, and pack them to send back to the sub-nests.

When there was a surplus of food in the sub-nests, they would organize teams to send them back to the main nest of the kingdom.

However, their intelligence stopped there. Without the Assistant King's command, they would not proactively gather Wanglan Seeds—these inedible, poisonous fruits—and would never approach the fields where Rift Leaf Orchid Kings were planted, letting the ripe fruit fall to the ground unchecked.

After several days of good weather, the Divine-Given Fruit of the Rift Leaf Orchid King, emanating with Origin Force aura, gradually shifted in color from blue-green to blue-yellow, with a hint of orange-red.

About to ripen.

Just as Dragon Cypress thought nothing could go wrong, his heart suddenly leapt late one morning.

He activated his Soul-Setting ability, using it to reverse-anchor Molan's position.

"Second King?"

"Great King, something's wrong! I saw a huge swarm of bees heading for the island! At least five thousand! Coming from the direction of the Forest Beard Bee Kingdom on the Mainland."

"Received—"

Dragon Cypress kept his Soul-Setting ability going, shifting his awareness to sense, and indeed, a densely packed swarm of bees came flying onto the island.

All of them were Lord-Level.

The Lord-Level Bee King had brought two Assistant Kings: one also Lord-Level, the other Mountain Lord Level.

After landing, the Bee King remained motionless.

The bee swarm split in two, each led by an Assistant King, moving in separate directions.

Their intent couldn't be clearer,

This was the younger generation Bee King of the Forest Beard Bee Kingdom personally leading a swarm to the island to gather seeds and search for Divine-Given Seeds.

They were conducting a sweep—the bee swarm would gather every single ripe fruit and seed along the way in one go, piling them in one place for the Bee King and the Assistant Kings to inspect and screen.

Under this method, not a single plant on the island could escape disaster.

Molan: "Great King, do you see that?"

Dragon Cypress: "I sensed it."

Molan: "What do we do? Will you get discovered?"

Dragon Cypress: "I won't be discovered, but with their numbers, the Mottled Remnant Realm ability won't help us now..."

Molan: "Then..."

Dragon Cypress rose up, a thin frost of azure-white water condensed on his surface, held his breath to avoid leaving any scent, rushed at full speed to the orchard on the hillside, swept his tentacle to knock the Divine-Given Fruit of the Rift Leaf Orchid King from the tree, shoved it into his mouth, and turned to run.

Activating his Soul-Setting ability to detect the bee swarm's location, he steered far clear of them, sprinted all the way to the coast, dove into the sea, and swam away from the island in stealth.

Molan kept his Soul-Setting ability active, constantly sensing Dragon Cypress's movements, followed him across the water, and blinked closer.

Dragon Cypress released the Dominating Throne, enlarged it, carried Molan a hundred meters beneath the sea, and sped away from the island.

"Dragon Cypress? You picked... the Divine-Given Seed?"

"I did. The Dominating Throne can help repair it, there shouldn't be an issue."

Dragon Cypress bent over and spat out the half-blue, half-yellow fruit.

Molan hooked it with his toes, carefully sliced it open, and peeled out the seed inside.

The brownish-red seed coat was covered in faint, pale-white lines of Origin Force.

By the looks of it, it would take another ten days or so to fully ripen.

—Will this work?

Molan silently worried.

Dragon Cypress focused on navigating the Dominating Throne, distanced them forty to fifty kilometers from the island, and surfaced.

Molan placed the seed in the center of the Throne and, together with Dragon Cypress, leaped off the seat.

After letting it sit motionless for a dozen seconds, Dragon Cypress twitched his tentacle.

The Dominating Throne relayed a prompt: [Detected Natural System Origin Force Plant Seed, status critical, would you like to heal it?]

Critical?

Worse than expected.

Dragon Cypress decisively chose [Yes]

The Dominating Throne released blue Water System Primordial Energy, wrapping the seed in an azure light cocoon, infusing it with Primordial Energy...

After a long time, the Primordial Energy light softly dimmed, and the light cocoon faded away.

On the surface of the brownish-red seed coat, a layer of fresh, bright white Origin Force lines appeared.

Huu—

Dragon Cypress and Molan let out a long sigh of relief at the same time.

Molan happily praised, "The Dominating Throne is incredible!"

Dragon Cypress flicked his tentacle in agreement.

Molan: "This Divine-Given Seed... Great King, would you like to go first?"

"I can reach the 8th Age Period and 9th Age Period sooner, and get ready to make my breakthrough to King-Level."

Without hesitation, Dragon Cypress leapt atop the Throne and quickly swept the seed into his Life Pouch.

Dragon Cypress: "I might have accidentally left traces on the island, let's go!"

...

Dragon Cypress and Molan ran all the way back to Swinging Leaf Island. They stayed on the island for five days to make sure everything was fine.

After drifting to Fragrant Silk Island, they lingered for a month. Dragon Cypress personally commanded the ant swarm to tend the orchards on Fragrant Silk Island.

They returned to Cloud Trace Continent,

patrolled the Areca Rainforest to check the situation. Fortunately, the King Cypress Divine-Given Seed grew steadily, consuming forty to fifty thousand Source Stones per month, with its growth rate remaining normal.

Dragon Cypress and Molan headed again for Molan Mountain.

Before the Dominating Throne had even landed, the spiritual power of Great King Molan, Thunder Oak, North Elm, and the other Divine-Given Seeds had already come out to greet them.

Junior Orchid demanded, "Where did you two run off to? Senior Orchid Mantis's fruit is about to ripen."

Dragon Cypress: "..."

Dragon Cypress calmly explained, "Things have been hectic in the Southern Hemisphere this year, I had to deal with them."

Junior Orchid: "What could possibly be more important than harvesting Divine-Grade Fruit?"

Dragon Cypress: "Picked up a Divine-Given Seed. I'll soon evolve to Lord-Level at the 8th Age Period, which brings me much closer to King-Level."

Junior Orchid: "Oh—"

Junior Orchid: "What kind of Divine-Given Seed?"

Your nonsense is even more than Southern Gorgon's and Black Yellow's put together~

Dragon Cypress: "Rift Leaf Orchid King."

The Dominating Throne docked at the edge of Great King Molan's Divine-Given Seed's offshoot roots.

"Great King! Second King!"

Black Peach hurried over, proactively reporting, "Everything's normal!"