Chương 492: Chapter 492: The Monster: Larva of the Sacred Tree
What Yeruashi saw was something completely different!
With the Rinne Tenseigan, the whole world was now in black and white, and everything in front of him was penetrated by Yeruashi's gaze, which clearly saw the image of the seedling of the sacred tree devouring the life force inside the monsters after tearing them apart.
The strange life force of the monsters, swallowed by the sacred tree, was not dissolved by the sacred tree immediately, but penetrated inside and began to react violently with the power of the tree itself.
The tree has mutated!
No!
Perhaps it would be more appropriate to call this state of being a 'monster'!
"The power level is so high..."
Yeruashi's eyes glowed at the sight of the tree's transformation, and he did not stop the process, but continued to watch it.
He had thought that the sacred tree was completely superior to the monsters and that he could use them all for sustenance, but now it didn't seem so simple!
On second thought, it was not surprising.
The nature of the rules of this world is.... evolution!
Both becoming a monster and breaking the limiter by Saitama are considered a form of "evolution", with the difference being that becoming a monster is only a small step in evolution, and then he keeps finding new limits, while Saitama is breaking the limits of evolution, evolving without boundaries and limits, evolving to a higher level every day.
The power of the monstrous cell cannot override the Sacred Tree, but "evolution," which is the most essential rule in the world, overrides it!
Although the full power of the Sacred Tree can create some worlds, but they were small, not even the size of a planet, and often only with basic elements like ice and fire, far from being comparable to a full universe.
Even he and Lilith had been affected by the "evolution" rule when they first came to this world, resulting in a brief loss of power, so it was no wonder that the sacred tree planted there had been affected by evolution as it devoured the monsters' cells.
And for Yeruashi, this was not a surprise, but a happy thing!
The power of evolution could have an effect on the sacred tree, which meant that the sacred tree was more than capable of evolving to a higher level in this world.
That meant...
The power it had could also evolve to a higher level in this world!
The power of the sacred tree that Yeruashi had accumulated in his body was already a lot, and if Lilith's total power beside him registered at 10 points, then his power would be at least 300 points.
A normal planting of a sacred tree and the final absorption of its fruit would have increased her power, but it would have been a small increase, better than nothing.
That's why he experimented with the fruit of the sacred tree in the One Piece world, creating Lilith instead of eating her and absorbing some of her power.
The same is true now.
If nothing else had happened, planting a sacred tree would have been better than nothing. Even if he had planted ten sacred trees, it would have increased his power by a fraction of what it was now, which seemed like an increase, but to go beyond that, to have the power to destroy the sun, would have been too far away, and even if he had planted a hundred more sacred trees, he would not have been able to reach that level.
But now it was different, if the tree could mutate in this world and evolve to a higher level, it would mean that a path of evolution had also opened before it!
"Evolution..."
A small flash of excitement shone in Yeruashi's eyes.
He knew that with his current power, if he didn't cheat by using his ability to travel through time and space, he would probably still be unable to beat Saitama with his full strength alone, because Saitama was a man who had broken the limiter and had the ability to evolve infinitely.
When Saitama went bald, it didn't look like he had changed much, but in reality his body was changing all the time, and the reason it wasn't noticeable on the outside was that no one could hurt him anymore.
In other words.
Even if Saitama's body was blown to pieces now, he would regenerate his broken body and evolve to a higher level, just like monsters!
For other monsters, this process would only happen once or twice, but for Saitama it was infinite, he could evolve to a higher level without limit, this was the essence of Saitama's "invincible" power!
So Yeruashi knew very well that even if he, with his current power, could fight the current Saitama to a 50/50 situation, he would be gradually overwhelmed by the continuously evolving Saitama as the battle would continue, and would eventually lose to Saitama.
But.
If it also had the power to evolve, it would be a very different story!
At this point, Yeruashi had already figured out what he should really be doing in this world, and that was mastering the power of 'evolution'!
Buzz!!!
The mutation of the sacred tree seedling was continuing its course.
A normal seedling of the sacred tree would have taken the form of a bamboo shoot with a flower at the top, rising skyward and its roots extending underground.
But now, with the passage of time, the shape of the seedling has changed drastically, it is no longer like a bamboo shoot, but has sprouted a large number of dense branches and leaves, and even on those extended branches have sprouted bright red bumps!
All the bumps were moving in the direction of the flowers.
"..."
Lilith watched this scene, nine tomoe appeared in her amber pupils and linked, staring at the sacred tree seedling.
Gradually she sensed a dangerous atmosphere.
Buzz!
Almost in the next instant, the mutated sacred tree seedling tore off a large number of branches and headed towards Yeruashi and Lilith.
It had evolved!
Upon beholding this scene, Yeruashi's demeanor did not change, but merely snorted slightly, and the blue light in his eyes intertwined into a pattern and flashed briefly.
Whoosh!
Yeruashi used the Rinne Tenseigan to eliminate his evolution.
The power of the Rinne Tenseigan is to control life and death, it can create an individual like Lilith and it can also erase that individual.
The trunk of the seedling stopped, regained a stable state and came back under Yeruashi's control.
But...
Before Yeruashi could perceive the change, the seedling twisted once more, evolving, becoming an individual again!
"How interesting."
There was a flash of light in Yeruashi's eyes, and the blue pattern in the pupils flickered again, erasing once more the evolution and consciousness born from the sacred tree seedling.
But just two seconds after erasing the evolution and consciousness of the seedling for the second time, the seedling evolved and gained consciousness a third time, and the third time it was born, it had developed a strong resistance to the power of the Rinne Tenseigan!
It had evolved in the direction of resistance to life and death!
After evolving again, the offspring could no longer be called an offspring, but a monster: the larva of the sacred tree!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
This time, instead of trying to attack Yeruashi and Lilith, the sacred tree larva twisted and tore at the earth, burying itself all at once.
The huge body, just like that of an anaconda, sank into the torn earth and disappeared at great speed, leaving only a large black hole in the ground.
It had escaped!
The newly evolved consciousness was no longer a mere consciousness, but had the ability to think, and it judged that it could not defeat Yeruashi, so it immediately chose to flee!
Yeruashi looked at the black hole left on the ground, and gradually calmed down.
"You can even resist the power of the Rinne Tenseigan, the evolution is truly remarkable, but I didn't give you life, don't become an independent individual without authorization..."
"I don't need a rebellious son."
When he finished speaking.
A golden light flashed in Yeruashi's right eye, and the pattern of an illusory clock appeared.
Whoosh!
Yeruashi turned time back on itself!
The larva of the sacred tree, which had burrowed tens of thousands of meters into the ground and fled deeper, suddenly entered a state of rigidity.
Its huge body quickly became opaque and illusory.
"Hiss!!!"
The sacred tree larva hissed, frantically trying to evolve, trying to resist, but to no avail.
In less than a second, all that was left was a mass of monstrous cells belonging to the flowers and trees, while the part belonging to the sacred tree disappeared completely.
It had disappeared from the scale of time.
The power of time is far greater than that of "evolution," and even the highest levels of evolution cannot fight against time.
Above ground.
Yeruashi slightly closed his eyes and felt the small part of the power of the sacred tree seed he had separated earlier return to his body.
It was impossible to become an individual without his consent.
As long as he did not approve, no matter that came out of him could become an independent being, because he could always use the power to go back in time on himself and retrieve the separated part.
"It's really stupid..."
Lilith looked at the huge pothole in the ground and commented quietly.
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