The End of the Extreme Dao: I Planted a Sacred Tree and Gained Immortality

Chapter 191 Growth, Fetal Girl, Wood Release
Huo Ying stood in the laboratory with a focused gaze.

Sharing the vision of White Zetsu No. 1, he witnessed the entire battle of Zhang Zhanhong with his own eyes.

On the battlefield, Zhang Zhanhong had just experienced a fierce battle. The air was filled with the smell of blood and the aftermath of the battle had not yet dissipated, but Huo Ying didn't care about that.

He closed his eyes, concentrated, and looked at the sacred tree in his mind.

On the branch of the sacred tree, the leaf representing Zhang Zhanhong has quietly grown a little bit.

That tiny change would be impossible to detect without the Sharingan and Byakugan.

"Really, I've grown up." Huo Ying's throat tightened and he whispered to himself.

The leaves of the sacred tree grew a little bigger, which represented that every time Zhang Zhanhong practiced and every time he fought, he was providing a constant supply of energy to the sacred tree.

The more seriously Zhang Zhanhong practices, the more monsters he kills, and the stronger the infected creatures he kills, the more reserve energy he accumulates for the sacred tree.

If the immortal cells were promoted, even if Huo Ying did nothing, those who inherited the ninjutsu would practice desperately in order to become stronger.

As long as the time is ripe, Huo Ying will use the sacred tree to absorb the energy in every leaf. The progress of the sacred tree will skyrocket instantly, and it may even bear fruit directly.

If everyone works together to accumulate progress on the sacred tree, it will definitely be faster than Huo Ying accumulating progress alone!

For this world, the sacred tree is its end.

A complicated look flashed across Huo Ying's eyes, but there was no further expression. He just let out a breath and walked towards the table.

"Okay, we can proceed to the next step of the experiment."

The old dean sat aside, flipping through the experimental records expressionlessly. Hearing Huo Ying's words, he raised his head with a look of surprise in his eyes: "Don't we need to wait for Zhang Zhanhong to come back and test his body again?"

Finding that Huo Ying had no intention of answering, the old dean sighed and said, "Yes, lickers don't need to be cared for. They are good at moving themselves and healing themselves."

Tell the light bulb Bai Jue to turn up the brightness.

The old dean stood in front of the operating table and extracted optimized cells from Zhang Zhanhong's blood again.

"The second generation of immortal cells has stabilized and can be transplanted."

As the old dean finished speaking, the door of the laboratory was gently pushed open.

Several strong White Zetsu walked in, followed by a woman with her head lowered.

The fetal girl looked around the laboratory with empty eyes, then lowered her eyes and let Bai Jue place her on the cold operating table.

When she was rescued by Huo Ying, she thought she had escaped from the sea of suffering, especially after entering Ailing Town. For a moment, she thought she had got the life she wanted, but she did not expect that her fate was to be locked up in the laboratory in the end.

The girl in the womb remained silent, as if nothing in the world could touch her emotions. She was like a puppet, waiting for Huo Ying and the old dean to do whatever they wanted to her.

"No need to be so desperate."

Huo Ying personally picked up the syringe and sat next to the fetal girl.

"You should understand that you have no chance of resistance in front of me. I am more powerful than the entire XN City."

"If I let you be a test subject, you won't even have the chance to choose death."

The fetal girl is not just an experimental subject, she is the key to the breakthrough of immortal cells and the biggest variable in whether Huo Ying can successfully complete this experiment.

If the fetal girl's willpower is not strong and she gives up resistance, she is likely to die in the frenzy of the immortal cells.

Huo Ying stared at the fetus and said seriously, "But now, I allow you to choose. Either you fail in the experiment or die because of the failure of the experiment."

"Or, try your best to survive the experiment. I promise you, as long as you survive, I can grant you one wish."

Huo Ying did not try to persuade her, but just put the facts in front of the girl. To be able to survive Huang Tianding's hands, the girl must not be a fool. She gave up because she thought she could not resist the powerful Huo Ying, but as long as there was a chance, the girl wanted to live.

"Can I wish for anything?"

The fetal girl's eyes regained some spirit.

Huo Ying's eyes sank slightly, and he stared at the fetal girl.

At that moment, the girl felt a sense of oppression she had never felt before. However, she was not afraid. There was no fluctuation in her eyes. She still looked at Huo stubbornly.

"Okay, as long as you survive."

Huo Ying did not impose any restrictions on his wishes.

The fetal girl closed her eyes and urged, "I'm ready. With the old dean here, the risk of the experiment here is definitely much smaller than that of the guard team."

Huo Ying did not hesitate. He gently inserted the syringe into the fetus's vein, and the second-generation immortal cell gene sample from Zhang Zhanhong was injected into the fetus's body.

The air in the laboratory suddenly became so quiet that you could hear your heartbeat, and even time slowed down.

The fetal girl's body trembled slightly. She did not make a sound, but just took a deep breath.

As the genetic sample was injected, subtle changes began to occur in the fetus' body. Her skin gradually became warm and her pulse beat faster.

Huo Ying's gaze became more focused, his eyes penetrating the fetal girl's skin. He watched the chakra and natural energy grow in the fetal girl's body, and his heartbeat involuntarily accelerated with the changes in her body.

After the immortal cells adapted to the new environment for a while, the violent energy burst out like a torrent. The skin surface of the fetus was instantly alienated, and the blood vessels bulged high, as if there was a raging river hidden inside, which could break through the dam at any time and crush the fetus' body.

But the next second, the continuously dividing immortal cells multiplied to the lower abdomen of the fetus, and a strange vortex was born. The violent immortal energy was actually absorbed by the vortex and slowly became quiet.

The fetus's skin gradually returned to normal and the bulging blood vessels also stabilized.

"I see."

Huo Ying breathed a sigh of relief. The fetal girl's ability was to absorb the genes of powerful infected people and pass his abilities on to the new life.

Although the injection of Zhang Zhanhong's genes did not lead to the inheritance of life, the fusion between cells still stimulated the fetus's infectiousness.

Being able to pass powerful supernatural powers to her own children, the fetal girl's ability is to devour the violent infectious power for her own use.

The most difficult thing to control in immortal cells is natural energy.

The natural energy of this world is infectious.

When the fetal girl's supernatural power came into conflict with the immortal cells, the violent infectious power of the immortal cells was absorbed by the fetal girl, and her monster-like state was eliminated.

Huo Ying's eyes rolled as he saw that due to the special nature of the fetus's ability, the fetus would never be able to practice the Sage Mode, but coincidentally, this also meant that the fetus would never be disturbed by the side effects of the Sage Mode. Therefore, the Sage cells, after being fused with the fetus, were transformed into real chakra cells. The infectious power in the cells was devoured by the fetus, leaving only chakra to slowly nourish the fetus's body.

On the display screen on the experimental table, the data kept changing, the reorganization of cells had begun, and the fusion of chakra and the infected was accelerating, as if the two originally opposing forces had finally begun to find a balance point for coexistence.

Huo Ning hurriedly looked at the fetal girl on the experimental table.

The fetal girl was motionless, with her eyes drooped, as if she was indifferent to the whole world.

Her silence made Huo Ying feel a little uneasy.

The chakra cell experiment was successful, but the fetal girl did not wake up.

Then, everything changed.

Branches emerged from the fetus's back. They were small and weak, but they stretched out quickly from under her skin, growing slowly but urgently, as if countless tiny lives were breaking out of her body.

"Wood Release..." Huo Ying's lips moved, but no sound came out.

The branches continued to extend, growing denser and denser. The fetal girl's hands trembled slightly, but her body still did not move much. The branches were like sharp blades, cutting through the metal experimental bed with a click, connecting it to the ground, and helped the fetal girl stand up.

"What's wrong with me……"

The fetal girl finally opened her eyes, but her limbs had turned into trees and she could not move at all.

"Don't worry, look at me." Huo Ying's kaleidoscope lit up, and his sundial-like pupils were instantly reflected in the fetal girl's eyes. Huo Ying used illusion to transfer the basic application of Wood Release into the fetal girl's memory.

Wood Release: Tree Transformation Technique: Release.

The fetal girl regained consciousness again. This time, she was not panicked. She turned her fingers into branches and gently made seals. The branches stopped growing. A human-shaped mass of soil seemed to split out from the thick trunk. The next second, the soil turned into the appearance of the fetal girl.

The fetal girl miraculously walked out of the tree and left a sturdy tree in the laboratory.

"What a magical power, this is Ninjutsu!"

The girl looked at her palm in disbelief, then turned her head and saw the metal bed she had destroyed. She raised her hand again: "Wood Release: Active Transformation."

A wooden bed that looked exactly like the metal bed appeared out of thin air and fell to the ground with a bang.

Successful.

Seeing the condition of the fetus, Huo Ying finally breathed a sigh of relief. The side effects of the immortal cells were completely eliminated, and the fetus also inherited the power of Wood Release in the cells.

Although the fetal girl's Wood Release was very weak, and was about the same strength as Huo Ying had when he first came into this world, unlike other ninjutsu, Wood Release had great strategic significance.

"Try to activate the ninjutsu and imagine what Populus euphratica looks like in your mind."

Huo Ying looked at the fetal girl who was constantly testing her abilities, and then gave a reminder.

"Poplar? So, the big tree in Ailing Town?"

The girl was shocked. Poplar trees are the most important resource in the apocalypse! She thought it was luck that Ailing Town was surrounded by poplar trees, but she didn't expect that it was created by ninjutsu.

Reaching out her hand and touching the ground in disbelief, the fetal girl released ninjutsu according to Huo Ying's instructions. Sure enough, a poplar tree broke out of the ground and grew taller and taller under the blessing of the fetal girl's chakra, instantly reaching the roof of the laboratory.

"It's really a poplar tree!" The girl examined it carefully and looked at Huo Ying excitedly.

"Okay, the experiment has been successful, tell me your wish."

Huo Ying signaled the old dean to extract the third-generation immortal cells from the fetus. No, after the fetus's transformation, the cells should now be called chakra cells.

“I had a lot of wishes in mind.”

The girl raised her index finger, and a small flower grew out of thin air on the tip of her finger. She sniffed it, then smiled and said:

"Now, I don't have any wishes. I feel that with the power of adults, I have the ability to realize my wishes without relying on anyone else."

Huo Ying looked at the sacred tree in his mind, and the leaves representing the fetal girl had appeared.

"Since you have made up your mind, then I will do as you say." Huo Ying waved his hand, and several White Zetsu walked behind the fetal girl and stood at attention: "From now on, these four White Zetsu are rewarded to you and will serve as your servants. They will carry out your orders unconditionally."

"Also, the significance of Wood Release is greater than you think. I am looking forward to the day when Wood Release will exert unexpected power in your hands."

"Thank you, sir!"

The fetal girl was sure that the experiment was really over and Huo Ying really gave her freedom, so she left happily. As for the four White Zetsu servants, the fetal girl thought it was normal. Wood Release could create poplar trees, which was extremely important for doomsday. Although White Zetsu would monitor herself for Huo Ying, he would also protect himself. Even in Ailing Town, the fetal girl could not be sure whether there would be any infected people who would see her Wood Release and want to kidnap her.

"What a miraculous ability! If other people can also obtain this power, wouldn't the end of the world be over?"

The old dean looked saddened. The chakra cells of the fetus were tens of thousands of times more stable than immortal cells. This proved that large-scale human experiments could be started.

If everyone in Ailing Town transplanted cells to awaken Wood Release, and ten thousand people used Wood Release to plant poplar trees at the same time, it would not take long before the weirdness would be forced to have no place to stand by the power of the sun.

"It's not that simple. The inheritance of Wood Release is more difficult than you think."

Huo Ying shook his head. As the mother of chakra cells, the fetus's ability transformed the immortal cells and inherited the most powerful blood inside. After another transplant, other people would most likely only get chakra.

"Sir, the task you assigned me has been completed."

There was a knock on the laboratory door. It was An Yu who had completed his mission and returned to the laboratory.

"According to your arrangement, I have passed the video of Zhang Zhanhong killing Guiyi to the townspeople and told them that you will impart the power of chakra to those who truly contribute to the town according to their contribution to Ailing Town."

"You came just in time."

Huo Ying took out a chakra cell that had just been extracted and waved at An Yu.

"Let me see your potential. After fusing the chakra cells, what will you evolve into?"

The fetal girl's combat power is very weak. Although she has obtained Wood Release, her combat power is completely inferior to that of a level 3 infected person.

And An Yu is a level three infected person himself, and he practices day after day. His physical potential is simply incomparable to Zhang Zhanhong and Tai Nu.

Huo Ying was very curious about how strong the third-level infected people would become after fusing with chakra cells.

The chakra cells were slowly injected into An Yu's body. Compared with the previous two experiments, this time, the chakra cells were as docile as if a bottle of ordinary glucose was injected.

An Yu found that he did not feel any discomfort in his body, so he sat cross-legged and slowly sensed the power in his body.

(End of this chapter)