While Lin Ruo was feeding the mutated plants, Afu and Ashou had each swallowed an apple and turned to lie on the ground to digest the energy. Alu stood beside them, curiously pushing the apple around, but didn't eat it.
After returning to the fortress, Lin Ruo first scanned Afu and Ashou with his mental energy and found that the energy in their crystal cores was also close to saturation. He should be able to upgrade after digesting this fruit.
Then he squatted down in front of Alu, held up the fruit and said to Alu, "Eating this will be good for you, eat it quickly."
Alu glanced at Lin Ruo before swallowing the fruit. It wasn't that it didn't want to eat, but it was unsure whether Lin Ruo would give it to it. Now it seemed that its master still liked it.
Lin Ruo looked at Alu, who had closed his eyes to digest the energy. This little tiger had been wandering outside for so long that he had become a bit sensitive, and it would take time to soothe him.
She put the remaining fruit into her spatial storage. She believed that all three of them should be treated equally, and the remaining fruit would be shared next time.
A-Liu's willow branches and Lao Bai's tree branches were suspended in mid-air around the three giant mutated beasts, forming a dense protective net to prevent anything else from attacking them.
Lin Ruo didn't put much protection on it; the area outside the fortress was full of powerful mutated plants, making it impossible for anything from the outside to get in.
She turned to look at Lao Bai and said, "Lao Bai, I'll help A Liu absorb the energy in this crystal core first, and then I'll help you absorb it later."
Old Bai had seen A Liu absorb crystal cores before, and he roughly knew what the use of absorbing crystal cores was. After listening to Lin Ruo's words, his branch tapped in the air.
She walked over to A-Liu and then took out the Devouring Ability Crystal Core from her spatial storage. She said to A-Liu, "A-Liu, there's wood-type energy in here. Here, let me help you absorb it."
A-Liu pointed at A-Fu and the others with some concern, worried that it wouldn't be able to protect them while absorbing energy. Lin Ruo patted its willow branch, "It's okay, Lao Bai and I are here."
Ah Liu's willow branch then nodded slightly. Lin Ruo's spiritual power probed into the crystal core, guiding the wood-elemental energy within and injecting it into Ah Liu's body.
Ah Liu's branches swung rapidly, stretching out in all directions. The entire tree began to grow rapidly again. Old Bai's branches formed a net to protect the three creatures on the ground. Seeing Ah Liu growing rapidly, Old Bai's level 4 crystal core was slowly glowing in the tree trunk.
The light enveloped A-Liu, but Lin Ruo did not stop it, because her mental power had already covered the entire mutated forest. Nothing that happened inside could escape her detection. She could now clearly feel that A-Liu was absorbing wood-type energy at an accelerated rate.
Lin Ruo realized that Lao Bai was helping A Liu, and she gained a better understanding of Lao Bai's abilities. Looking at A Liu's rapidly growing trunk, it seemed that it was growing faster as well.
The crystal core contained abundant wood-elemental energy, but because it needed to be shared with Lao Bai, Lin Ruo only allowed A Liu to absorb half of it. As a result, A Liu stopped growing after reaching five meters, and the energy fluctuations on its body began to slow down, while the willow branches that had stretched out also retracted.
The crystal core inside Lao Bai's body no longer glowed. Lao Bai's branches never strayed far away, always protecting them. After digesting the energy, A Liu's branches stretched out and took over from Lao Bai.
Lin Ruo turned around and walked up to Lao Bai, smiling as she patted Lao Bai's thick tree trunk. "Come on, it's your turn now."
The moment the wood-elemental energy entered its body, Old Bai's branches trembled. Under Lin Ruo's mental detection, she clearly "saw" tiny vortexes forming around Old Bai's crystal core. The wood-elemental energy was quickly absorbed into these vortexes, and then Old Bai's body size also grew rapidly. Because of the help of those tiny vortexes, Old Bai absorbed the energy very quickly, even halving the absorption time of A Liu earlier.
This surprised Lin Ruo greatly. What exactly was Lao Bai's ability? Not only could he help the mutated tree next to him grow faster, but he could also help him increase the speed at which he absorbed energy.
Thanks to this wood-based energy, Old White grew to 4 meters tall. Its branches swayed gently, rustling in the darkness, as if it were very happy.
Seeing that the energy that could be absorbed from the crystal core had been completely absorbed, Lin Ruo put the crystal core into her collection box.
As she looked up, a red fruit appeared in front of her. It was a fruit that A-Liu had just picked from her own tree canopy. A-Liu had deliberately left some when she was absorbing the wood-elemental energy to ripen the fruit.
The fruit was handed to Lin Ruo, and the willow branch swayed gently. A-Liu was very happy; it could help its master again. It could feel that its master was very happy every time its fruit ripened, and she really liked its fruit.
Lin Ruo looked at A Liu with surprise. Yes, it's already eight months into the hottest season, and A Liu's fruit is indeed almost ripe.
Lin Ruo took the fruit from A Liu and gave A Liu a big hug on the tree trunk. "A Liu, you're amazing!"
Ah Liu's willow branches swayed even more joyfully, and her master was indeed very happy.
Lin Ruo couldn't wait to absorb the fruit. She turned to A Liu and said, "A Liu, Lao Bai, keep an eye on these three. I'm going to absorb the fruit first."
Ah Liu gently tapped her willow branch, and Lao Bai also swayed the branch twice towards Lin Ruo. Lin Ruo had already used her spatial domain to teleport to the training room, where she sat cross-legged on the futon. Water flowed over the red fruit, washing away the dust.
Recalling the intense headache, Lin Ruo took a deep breath. The stronger her mental energy, the more severe the headache would be after it was exhausted. Last time, she almost fainted. She wondered if she could stay conscious this time.
She licked her lips and looked at the red fruit. Her heart was filled with unwavering determination: she would become stronger, and keep becoming stronger!
Without further hesitation, she immediately put the red fruit into her mouth, and the fruit instantly transformed into a warm current flowing into her stomach.
Then the familiar feeling swept over her again, and her mental energy expanded outwards uncontrollably. This time, the range of her mental energy expanded to 8 kilometers, and at the same time, her mental energy was being consumed at an extremely fast rate.
Soon her mental energy was completely exhausted, and the intense headache immediately overwhelmed all of Lin Ruo's senses. Her face turned ashen, and her whole body trembled. It felt as if her head was being pounded by a heavy hammer, as if countless hands were trying to tear her soul apart. She was in excruciating pain.
Despite the pain, Lin Ruo gritted her teeth and persevered, believing that she could definitely do it!
The pain lasted for a long time, and Lin Ruo's nerves remained tense, not daring to relax for even a moment. It wasn't until half an hour later that the intense pain finally subsided.
A feeling of extreme comfort followed, and Lin Ruo was immersed in it. Her mental strength was rapidly recovering and growing rapidly.
When Lin Ruo opened her eyes and activated her spatial domain, it had expanded to a square kilometer.
A smile appeared on Lin Ruo's face. All her efforts would surely be rewarded. The more intense pain she experienced this time was exchanged for a significant increase in her mental strength.
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