Ling'er, with this portion of power, quickly broke through to the Totem level.
Zheng Dong was now a titled legend, and contracting a Totem-level pet beast that was higher in level was not difficult.
Moreover, Ling'er shared his life force, and the burden on his body was not significant.
With his current powerful physique, even if Ling'er grew to the Quasi-Divine level, it would not cause his body to collapse.
It was just that Ling'er might not be able to enter the Beast Taming Space again.
It would need to wait until Zheng Dong's Beast Taming Space was upgraded before it could enter normally.
Besides this, Ling'er had also pilfered a very small portion of the World Tree's origin power from the World Tree's roots.
This gave Ling'er the opportunity to evolve into a World Tree.
It plundered the World Tree's origin power and utilized its nascent divine spark, slowly fusing it, attempting to evolve again.
The entire process was also very slow and required a long period of time.
The sacrifice continued, and the extraordinary creatures within the cage were all still alive, but as more and more life force was lost, they would gradually fall.
In the blink of an eye, over a month passed, and new trunks began to grow on the World Tree's roots. The pseudo-World Tree was taking shape.
However, it was not yet as thick as an arm, and the power it possessed was not enough to help Taylor Peter perfect his origin power.
Taylor Peter frowned.
He felt that the growth speed of the pseudo-World Tree was becoming slower and slower.
However, he did not harbor too much suspicion.
After carefully inspecting the great array and finding no issues, he continued the sacrifice.
Fortunately, he had prepared over five million lives.
One-fifth had already been sacrificed.
If he sacrificed all the remaining ones, perhaps the pseudo-World Tree could be resurrected.
As he saw the pseudo-World Tree gradually grow, his confidence also increased.
Zheng Dong was also somewhat nervous.
He was not afraid of Taylor Peter.
He was just afraid that if Taylor Peter discovered the problem, he would interrupt Ling'er's absorption of the pseudo-World Tree's origin power, affecting Ling'er's evolution.
After all, such an opportunity was rare.
Seeing that Taylor Peter had not discovered anything, he breathed a sigh of relief.
He secretly observed Ling'er's changes.
Ling'er had already integrated a trace of the World Tree's origin power and was slowly evolving.
Zheng Dong decided to help Ling'er.
He was currently disguised as a legendary beast tamer, and one of the controllers of the great array.
The original legendary beast tamer had been brainwashed by him and was hiding in the mythical relic space, ready to be swapped back at any time.
He planned to use all the resources he had collected that Ling'er could use for herself.
He secretly controlled the hidden great array, having his clone deliver all the resources to Ling'er.
Ling'er absorbed the World Tree's origin power while refining various resources, continuously condensing her divine spark.
Ling'er had possessed a nascent divine spark for a long time.
However, it had not yet been fully condensed.
After absorbing the World Tree's origin power this time, her nascent divine spark became more complex, seeming to possess incredible power.
Ordinary divine sparks were usually centered around one element and one law.
Ling'er's nascent divine spark was centered around all elemental attributes and the law of life, making its condensation relatively difficult.
Fortunately, this also matched the World Tree's origin power, accelerating Ling'er's condensation speed.
As Ling'er's growth level increased, Zheng Dong's physique and Beast Taming Space also improved due to Ling'er's feedback.
Because of this, the power Ling'er absorbed gradually increased from ten percent to twenty percent.
This also made Taylor Peter a little anxious.
The growth speed of the pseudo-World Tree was much slower than he had anticipated.
Without discovering any anomalies, he believed it was due to insufficient resources and life force supporting the pseudo-World Tree's growth.
Therefore, he accelerated the sacrifice speed and brought out a large amount of resources.
He hoped to speed up the growth of the pseudo-World Tree.
Unexpectedly, it did speed up a little.
However, Ling'er also absorbed more power as a result.
In the blink of an eye, another month passed.
Ling'er was on the verge of complete evolution, with the potential to break through racial limitations and evolve into a mythical extraordinary creature.
It would also increase its growth level and reach the Quasi-Divine level.
However, Zheng Dong's Beast Taming Space had not been upgraded, and influenced by Zheng Dong, Ling'er had been slow to evolve and break through.
Therefore, Ling'er continuously accumulated power, preparing for the breakthrough.
Meanwhile, the pseudo-World Tree resurrected by Taylor Peter had grown to over five meters tall and was as thick as a bowl.
However, it still did not meet Taylor Peter's requirements.
It needed to be at least eighteen meters tall, as thick as a thigh, and reach the Quasi-Divine level in growth to have a chance to perfect his origin power.
So, he had to continue investing a large amount of resources and sacrificing more lives.
Taylor Peter ordered the surrounding Totem Kingdoms to send more resources and suitable extraordinary creatures for sacrifice.
All the Totem Kingdoms around the Glorious Kingdom had surrendered to Taylor Peter, and the Quasi-Divine extraordinary creatures within these Totem Kingdoms were even more obedient to Taylor Peter.
They had no choice but to scour for more resources and organize more suitable extraordinary creatures for sacrifice, entering the Glorious Kingdom to participate in the sacrifice.
Thus, the great array continued to operate, and more life force surged into the pseudo-World Tree.
The pseudo-World Tree continued to grow taller, gradually reaching twelve meters.
Taylor Peter's mood also improved significantly.
Under his continuous sacrifice, the pseudo-World Tree had now grown to the Totem level.
It was still some distance away from the Quasi-Divine level.
He still needed to continue sacrificing.
However, before that, he had to find a way to control the pseudo-World Tree.
Only then could he better utilize the pseudo-World Tree to help him recover his origin power.
He used the divine skill of the Angel God, Angel's Blessing.
All extraordinary creatures that had been brainwashed by Angel's Blessing would become the most fanatical followers of the Angel God.
The effect of the divine skill Angel's Blessing could be comparable to the Holy Grail of Faith.
However, the consumption was greater, and for Taylor Peter, who had not yet recovered his origin power and condensed his divine spark, it was a heavy burden.
He also rarely used this skill because of this.
Just as Taylor Peter was controlling the pseudo-World Tree, Ling'er had also accumulated to the extreme. Quantitative change led to qualitative change, and no longer affected by Zheng Dong, it evolved into an Elemental World Tree.
[Name] Ling'er (Elemental World Tree)
[Attribute] All Attributes
[Race Level] Divine Level
[Growth Level] Quasi-Divine Level
[Energy Value] 120 billion
[Skills]:
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Super Tier: Life Guard, Dimensional Absorption, Vine Sea Constriction, Forest Cage, Spatial Teleportation, Eternal Freeze, Explosive Fruit, Forest Control
Quasi-Divine Tier: Elemental Symbiosis, Annihilation Purification, Elemental Dimensional Sea, Solar Guard, Life Guard
Divine Tier: Life Revival, Life Creation
After successfully evolving, Ling'er gained three skills from the World Tree's origin, including the Quasi-Divine skill, Life Guard.
All targets protected by Ling'er's Life Guard would share life and soul with Ling'er, and even if they were on the verge of death, they could obtain Ling'er's life force and recover quickly.
Even if only soul fragments remained, they could be gradually revived under Ling'er's Life Guard.
The Divine Tier skill Life Revival could awaken extraordinary creatures on the verge of death, allowing them to quickly recover to their peak state and unleash their strongest attack power.
However, using Life Revival would consume origin power and cause permanent damage.
The Divine Tier skill Life Creation allowed Ling'er to consume life force to create extraordinary creatures with a race level no higher than her own.
The higher the race level of the created extraordinary creature, the greater the consumption.
Furthermore, the created extraordinary creatures could not disobey Ling'er's commands and would become Ling'er's most fanatical followers.
All three skills were very good, but unfortunately, none of them were attack skills.
At the same time, as Ling'er grew, Zheng Dong's physique and Beast Taming Space were further enhanced by Ling'er's feedback.
Zheng Dong's Beast Taming Space was upgraded to level nine, making him a legendary beast tamer, capable of contracting Totem-level pet beasts.
His physique, even without using the Nether God Body, surpassed that of most Quasi-Divine extraordinary creatures.
When using the Nether God Body, his physique could rival a lower god, and he could unleash corresponding attack power.
This was an unexpected surprise for Zheng Dong.
He had not expected Ling'er to steal so much power this time, allowing him to break through to the Quasi-Divine level.
However, Taylor Peter's expression became somewhat grim.
The growth speed of the pseudo-World Tree he had resurrected had become even slower than before.
He felt something was very wrong and re-examined the great array.
He felt that at least fifty to sixty percent of the life force had inexplicably disappeared.
When Ling'er evolved, it not only intercepted a large amount of power but also extracted more of the World Tree's origin, causing the pseudo-World Tree's growth to become extremely slow.
Seeing that Taylor Peter was suspicious again, Zheng Dong was no longer afraid.
Ling'er had already successfully evolved, so he was not afraid of Taylor Peter interrupting it.
Therefore, he instructed Ling'er to extract more power from the pseudo-World Tree, preferably all of its World Tree origin before Taylor Peter discovered it.
Immediately, Ling'er not only intercepted all the sacrificed power but also continuously extracted the pseudo-World Tree's own power and its World Tree origin.
Instantly, the pseudo-World Tree became listless, and a large number of its leaves began to wither.
This also led Taylor Peter to quickly discover Ling'er.
His face contorted in rage, not expecting that the vast resources he had invested and the lives he had continuously sacrificed in these past few days had been secretly intercepted by someone.
He unleashed the Quasi-Divine skill, Angel's Wrath.
In an instant, the sky turned white, so white that it was blinding.
Countless white light orbs descended, striking towards Ling'er.
The destructive power contained within each light orb exceeded that of a forbidden bomb.
The sheer number of light orbs falling was enough to kill Quasi-Divine extraordinary creatures.
Seeing this, Zheng Dong no longer hid.
He used the Nether God Body and moved above Ling'er, blocking Taylor Peter's attack.
As Zheng Dong's body was surrounded by the phantom images of the Azure Dragon, Vermillion Bird, Candle Dragon, and others, various bloodline powers erupted instantly.
Any light orb that approached Zheng Dong was shattered by the power erupting from his body.
This also surprised Taylor Peter.
The power he felt from Zheng Dong was no weaker than his own, and perhaps even stronger.
"Damn it, who are you?" Taylor Peter questioned.
Zheng Dong did not answer, but instead, instructed Ling'er to continue extracting the pseudo-World Tree's origin power.
Although the pseudo-World Tree had grown to the Totem level, its self-awareness had just been born when it suffered Taylor Peter's Angel's Blessing, making its self-awareness like that of a newborn child with very low external defenses.
It instinctively wanted to stop Ling'er from extracting its origin power, but it was unable to do so.
Ling'er's power was far superior to its own.
However, Ling'er only managed to extract eighty percent of the origin power in the end.
Then, the enraged Taylor Peter took the pseudo-World Tree into the relic space.
This relic space was a divine kingdom left behind by the Angel God, and its level was no less than that of the Underworld Ghost King Realm.
After taking away the pseudo-World Tree, Taylor Peter no longer had any reservations and began to fight Zheng Dong.
The two sides clashed continuously, neither able to defeat the other.
Zheng Dong had the upper hand throughout, but he could not heavily injure Taylor Peter.
At this moment, the enraged Taylor Peter took out the divine artifact Angel God Armor and the Angel Sword.
Wearing the Angel God Armor, Taylor Peter wielded the Angel Sword without restraint, slashing at Zheng Dong.
Zheng Dong did not resist directly and used spatial teleportation to evade.
Ling'er also returned to Zheng Dong's body and used various skills to protect Zheng Dong.
"Bastard, die!"
Taylor Peter raised the Angel Sword high and fiercely swung it down towards Zheng Dong's head.
With a single strike, a white light flashed, and everything seemed to be split in two.
However, Zheng Dong had already dodged.
Zheng Dong utilized the bloodline power of the Candle Dragon, accelerating his own time, making his movement and evasion speed faster and more erratic.
Following that, Zheng Dong took out the Holy Grail of Faith and the Prison Suppressing Pagoda to counterattack.
The Holy Grail of Faith emitted a strange power, causing the legendary beast tamers of the Glorious Kingdom, who had been brainwashed by Zheng Dong earlier, to attack Taylor Peter one after another.
Taylor Peter frowned upon coming into contact with the strange power emanating from the Holy Grail of Faith.
This power was attacking his soul consciousness, attempting to brainwash him.
He quickly used Angel's Blessing to counterattack.
However, using the Divine Tier skill Angel's Blessing consumed a great deal.
This caused his other defensive powers to decline.
The massive Soul Suppressing Pagoda descended, almost crushing him.
Taylor Peter hurriedly dodged, looking at the Soul Suppressing Pagoda with lingering fear.
If he were to be struck by the one-hundred-and-eight-story Soul Suppressing Pagoda, he would be severely injured, if not killed.
He looked at Zheng Dong with a cold expression.
Having obtained the memories of the Angel God, he also recognized the Holy Grail of Faith and the Soul Suppressing Pagoda in Zheng Dong's hands.
He knew that it was impossible to gain any advantage from Zheng Dong.
Yet, he was extremely unwilling.
If Zheng Dong had not stolen the power he sacrificed, his pseudo-World Tree would have likely succeeded long ago, allowing him to recover his origin power and advance further, condensing a divine spark.
The enraged Taylor Peter unleashed his strongest attack once more.
A colossal phantom image of the Angel God appeared behind Taylor Peter.
He used the Divine Tier skill, Angel's Divine Punishment.
Instantly, the surrounding space and time seemed to freeze, and immense pressure felt like countless mountains pressing down on him.
It was extremely difficult to move and evade.
Facing Taylor Peter's strongest attack.
Zheng Dong also unleashed his trump card.
From his numerous bloodline powers, he comprehended Bloodline Awakening.
He used various bloodline powers to their extreme.
The phantom images of the Azure Dragon, Vermillion Bird, Candle Dragon, Earth Titan, Prison Suppressing Divine Elephant, and others flashed around him incessantly.
The numerous phantom images eventually merged into one, transforming into a Bloodline Divine Spirit.
The aura of the Bloodline Divine Spirit was no weaker than that of the Angel God, and perhaps even slightly stronger.
Taylor Peter was shocked.
He stared intently at the phantom image of the Bloodline Divine Spirit behind Zheng Dong, sensing the aura of the Law of Destiny from it.
This was also the law he wished to master.
Unfortunately, the Law of Destiny had never been truly mastered by anyone.
Only a very small number of Divine Level extraordinary creatures had mastered parts of the Law of Destiny.
The Angel God, however, had never mastered it.
Zheng Dong unleashed his bloodline power to its extreme, triggering a portion of the Law of Destiny, but he had not mastered the Law of Destiny.