Snowflakes fell gently and softly, pattering onto the ground, but none landed on Lin Ruo's head. Even though A Liu and Lao Bai were about to level up, they didn't take back the branches that were draped over Lin Ruo's head.
Her spiritual power had already penetrated into the wood-type crystal core in her hand, guiding the energy inside and injecting it into A Liu's trunk. In an instant, A Liu's hundred-meter-tall body was enveloped in a faint green light. A Liu's willow branches, which were swaying in the air, suddenly stopped and then grew wildly outward.
Lin Ruo was multitasking, using her mental power to guide the wood-elemental energy while simultaneously using a wisp of her mental power to observe A Liu's condition, making sure that A Liu wouldn't be in any danger because of this energy.
Although the process was complicated, it was carried out very quickly. In just over ten minutes, Lin Ruo had already fed all nineteen wood-type crystal cores of different levels to A Liu. This energy was enough for A Liu to level up, and there was even a lot of energy left over to allow A Liu to consolidate her strength after leveling up.
Sensing that it was about time, Lin Ruo stopped taking out the wood-type crystal core. She removed her hand from the trunk of the willow tree, which continued to grow taller, its branches swaying and growing wildly.
With a thought, she expanded her spatial domain, and A-Liu's enormous body vanished before her eyes, leaving only a large tree pit on the ground.
Then Lin Ruo walked over to Lao Bai and placed her hand on Lao Bai's trunk. Perhaps because Lao Bai's special ability would disperse and consume its energy, Lin Ruo gave it the same food and crystal cores as A Liu, but its energy was slightly less than A Liu's.
Since Lao Bai was taken home by Lin Ruo, he has made a lot of contributions to the family. Without Lao Bai, the plants in those mutated forests would never have been able to upgrade so quickly, and even A Liu has benefited a lot.
Besides its ability to aid growth, Lao Bai can also produce fruits imbued with rich water energy. Over this long period, Lao Bai has produced fruits five times, two fruits each time. The abundant water energy within them makes Lin Ruo extremely happy every time.
However, Lin Ruo did not eat them directly. She stored them all in her space, planning to absorb them when her water-based ability reached level 9.
Lin Ruo had used both this fruit and the water-type crystal core, so she understood the difference between the two. The water-type crystal core could only enhance the water-type energy in Lin Ruo's crystal core, but Lao Bai's fruit could not only enhance the water-type energy in her crystal core, but also improve her physique.
This is very similar to the effect she had when her water-based ability was upgraded. It's a rare and valuable item, but Lao Bai's fruit matures too slowly. One or two isn't enough. Now Lin Ruo has collected ten, which should be enough for this time.
"Old Bai, try your best to absorb as much as possible this time. We still have a lot of wood-type ability crystal cores at home, so don't worry. Just absorb as much as you can."
When absorbing the crystal core last time, Lin Ruoneng could clearly feel that Lao Bai was holding back. Later, she thought back on it and realized that it might be because Lao Bai was the first to absorb it, so it was afraid that if it absorbed too much, there would be no more crystal cores for A Liu to absorb. That's why it was holding back. Even though it still had some energy left in its body after the last upgrade, it was not the limit of its energy storage.
Old Bai's personality has always been to put others first. Among these five, he has always taken care of them quietly. He usually has little presence, but he is the one who spoils them the most, like a patriarch.
Old White's branches rubbed against Lin Ruo's arm, but its owner still noticed. This showed that its owner cared about it. Its thoughts were directly reflected in its branches, which were now swaying on their own even without wind.
Two minutes later, it composed itself and then carefully tapped the branches in the air.
With a thought, Lin Ruo took out 30 wood-type crystal cores from her spatial storage. These were all the wood-type crystal cores she had in her storage space. She had only obtained a few dozen wood-type crystal cores when she destroyed the Qinglin Base last time.
Thinking about Ah Liu and the others' next upgrade, a dark light flashed deep in Lin Ruo's eyes. Many ideas flashed through her mind in an instant, but now was not the right time. She took a deep breath and turned her attention back to Lao Bai.
Immediately afterwards, she used the same method to extract the wood-elemental energy and infuse it into Lao Bai's body. Perhaps because Lin Ruo's words had an effect, she could clearly feel that Lao Bai was in very good condition, and several small energy vortices had even formed around the crystal core in the middle of the tree trunk.
The energy that had just entered Lao Bai's body was affected by these vortexes and quickly "rushed" into Lao Bai's crystal core, which was emitting a strong light.
The tree, already over a hundred meters tall, grew rapidly upwards under the intense energy, its branches extending wildly out of control. However, the branch blocking Lin Ruo's head remained unmoved, steadfastly protecting her from the snow.
At this moment, two huge claws emerged from Lin Ruo's head. Afu and Ashou simultaneously raised their own huge claws to block her head. They had now returned to their original forms, and each claw was much larger than an umbrella.
Old Bai seemed to have noticed, and he retracted the branches, then began to focus on absorbing energy.
Seeing this scene, Lin Ruo couldn't help but smile. When she was with the five of them, they always took the best care of her, afraid that she might make a mistake. Even though they knew that she wouldn't feel cold even if they didn't block the snow, and that she could even control the snowflakes, they still did it.
Even when Lao Bai is distracted while leveling up, he will continue to do it; this is probably what genuine concern looks like.
The entire absorption process was very short, taking only a few minutes. Old Bai absorbed 23 wood-type crystal cores in a row, but his speed was faster than A Liu's.
Throughout the process, Lao Bai's overall appearance was constantly changing, and even white light was overflowing around the trunk, continuing to spread outwards.
Lin Ruo turned her head to look at the branches of the mutated plants in the mutated forest that were constantly extending toward the white light. She narrowed her eyes slightly and used her spatial ability to put Lao Bai into her space.
It's not that we're preventing these mutated plants from absorbing the energy; it's all overflowing. We're just afraid that these mutated plants will go out of control because of this energy.
After Lao Bai disappeared from the spot, the branches of the mutated plants around him paused, as if they had regained their senses, and then all of them retracted.
Afu and Ashou stood on either side of Lin Ruo, warily watching the mutated plants around them, staying close to Lin Ruo without leaving her side for a moment.
"It's okay, relax," Lin Ruo turned to look at the two of them and reassured them, "I'm here for you."
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