God's Gift

The pomegranate seeds that had fallen into the soil quickly sprouted, their roots taking root underground and their branches reaching toward the sky. In an instant, a towering tree had grown where they had just been.

Fortunately, Yu Youyou reminded Lu Keming and he dodged in time, otherwise he would have been pierced by the overgrown branches.

Without waiting for Lu Keming to rest, rows of pomegranate trees broke out from the ground at a speed that ordinary people could hardly react to.

Yu Youyou snorted, rolled over from Lu Keming's arms, held Lu Keming's hand, and moved lightly with her toes, like a hare running through the forest, avoiding the pomegranate tree.

The two of them were moving at such a fast speed that they only left behind a shadow. Even though the pomegranate tree grew faster, it did not hurt them at all.

But hiding like this all the time is not a solution. Yu Youyou looked at the dense trees and realized that there was almost no place to step.

Lu Keming looked up, grabbed Yu Youyou's hand, and whispered, "Youyou, go up there."

Yu Youyou thought for a second, turned around without hesitation, and grabbed the branch of the pomegranate tree behind her.

As the branches grew rapidly, the two were carried higher up by them. Until they were level with Forrest, Yu Youyou and Lu Keming exchanged a glance, then leaped forward in unison, landing on top of Forrest.

After Yu Youyou grasped Forrest's antlers and stood still, she clasped her hands together devoutly and prayed silently in her heart: "Mom, I really didn't mean to come up this time."

When she was young, Forrest often came to the sea to see her, and she would take the opportunity to let Forrest carry her around, while she would completely free her fins and tail and could circle the ocean while lying down.

But later her mother found out. She thought she was a pervert and bullied the honest deer just like her father, so she never allowed her to ride on Forrest's head again.

I didn't expect that I would step on Forrest's head again under such circumstances.

Yu Youyou finished mumbling, opened her eyes and looked around, then heard Lu Keming's calm voice: "Youyou, we're surrounded."

The surrounding pomegranate trees had grown into a circle, and the dense branches blocked the sky, trapping the two of them like an airtight cage.

Lu Keming used the same trick again, continuing to use his mental power to chop at the tree trunk. However, as soon as the tree was cut, before it fell, new branches immediately replaced it, like infinitely dividing cells, with endless life.

Lu Keming tried many times but still couldn't break a hole in the tree cage. He looked at this scene with some hesitation in his eyes and withdrew his mental power:

"How could this be?"

Yu Youyou shook her head and said crisply, "Forrest's body has been contaminated by the fire here. The alienated divine power has caused the newborn to lose control."

Lu Keming frowned, but soon understood.

"Just like in Endless Country, your new divine power resurrected the dead villagers, which was also contaminated by the fire."

"Yes." Yu Youyou gave Lu Keming an admiring look, "That's it."

No matter what kind of divine power it is, it follows the laws of nature. Even a new life cannot allow life to grow indefinitely.

Because of pollution, those who should die come back to life, and those who should disappear have endless life.

Yu Youyou touched her chin, and the expression on her palm-sized face became more serious. Before she could figure out what was going on, she found that Forrest, who was above her head, began to bump around, trying to shake them off.

Amidst the violent shaking, Lu Keming quickly picked up Yu Youyou, and dragon wings extended from his shoulder blades, carrying him and Yu Youyou hovering in the air.

Although this airtight tree cage trapped them, in another sense, it also gave them the freedom to reveal their true selves.

The dark brown dragon wings flapped slowly, the rugged skeleton was connected to the pitch-black leather membrane, hot blood flowed in the winding blood vessels on the wing membrane, and the barbed bone protrusions at the wing bone joints were like cast iron hooks for execution in a dungeon.

The huge shadow cast by the dragon wings fell on the ground, and together with the decaying body of the deer god below, it formed a strange picture in the mottled and scattered light spots.

"Lu Keming..." Shen Minghua, who had just broken into the tree cage with Ye Li before it was closed, grabbed the branches with both hands and managed to keep his balance.

The expression on his face was blank, as if he was in a dream, and he looked at Lu Keming in the air in disbelief.

"Hmm? Brother Minghua's voice?" Amidst Forrest's furious roar, Yu Youyou's ears keenly caught Shen Minghua's voice.

She grabbed Lu Keming's arm, looked behind him, and saw Shen Minghua and Ye Li hanging on the tree.

Yu Youyou's eyes widened as she asked curiously, "Brother Minghua, A-Li, are you trapped in there too?"

My attention was all on Forrest just now, and I didn't notice the existence of Brother Minghua and Ali.

Hearing Yu Youyou's words, Lu Keming turned to look at Shen Minghua and Ye Li, frowning subconsciously, and said in an unhappy voice:

"Didn't I tell you to leave first? Why are you coming back..."

Lu Keming looked at Shen Minghua's dull gaze towards him, and the words he hadn't finished speaking got stuck in his throat. He turned his head to look at the bone wings behind him, and his eyes gradually turned cold.

He turned around and looked at Shen Minghua and Ye Li expressionlessly. The coldness in his eyes made Shen Minghua feel as if he had returned to the time when he and Lu Keming were confronting each other.

Shen Minghua had no time to care about these things. He tried his best to remain calm, but his voice was trembling a little.

"Lu Keming, you...what exactly are you..."