Ning Zheng continued to read, discovering that most of the attack abilities weren't too strong, insufficient to deliver a decisive blow.

But the following one was quite interesting.

[Buried Mine]: A mutated Thunder Spirit Root from the Thunder Stone Puppet species, possessing the attribute of storing and detonating Thunder Energy. The Dharma Aspect can hide and ambush; after laying mines, the Dharma Aspect equals death and needs to recover before laying mines again.

This is somewhat like a weaker version of the Shadow Devouring Dragon next door.

The Dharma Aspect of the Shadow Devouring Dragon can be cut away and sent out repeatedly. Over millions of years, the Shadow Devouring Dragon Emperor gathered over eight thousand Dharma Aspects, which looks terrifying!

Whereas, this one can only cut away the Dharma Aspect to lay a single mine at a time.

It seems much weaker than the Shadow Devouring Dragon Emperor.

But if a trap is set to lure the Shadow Devouring Dragon Emperor to that spot, just a few dozen Dharma Aspect mines exploding could shatter and kill the fragile Shadow Devouring Dragon Emperor's true body.

Even someone with a fragile body like Xin Xichen might get ambushed and killed.

Those who can't be blown up must be super tanks, like the Nine-headed Dragon Emperor, the Hexagon Warrior.

This is also why Ning Zheng's Innate Divine Techniques pairing aims to develop towards the direction of the Nine-headed Dragon Emperor.

After all, with all kinds of bizarre divine techniques ambushing you, high defense provides a margin for error.

"Buried Mine looks like a liability, but it actually has good potential. Pair it with a Spiritual Root that speeds up Dharma Aspect recovery, and accelerate the recovery speed of laying mines; you could blow up the world... but if you pair the Shadow Devouring Dragon Emperor with this recovery root, it would only get stronger."

[Mana Burning]: The attack drains the opponent's Soul Power and physical strength.

It resembles Ning Zheng's toxins a bit.

But Ning Zheng not only depletes but can also transform the opponent's Soul Power into small Embers, dropping from the body.

[Heart of Healing]: The Dharma Aspect becomes a heart, capable of parasitizing within other cultivators to grant them a [Rebirth] upon sustaining fatal damage. The state of recovery after rebirth is influenced by the gap in realms and the severity of the injury.

This is simply the strongest support.

It can be described as going against the heavens, granting an extra life, but on the premise of another cultivator sacrificing their Dharma Aspect.

Ning Zheng completely discovered that most Celestial Spirit Roots are inclined towards a supportive role.

But there's one in front that barely counts as offensive.

[Shadow Divine Arrow (Full Map Pursuit)]: Remotely targets an objective, the Dharma Aspect transforms into a divine arrow that ignores all obstacles, gradually accelerating in a sprint; the further the distance, the stronger the explosive impact.

One Dharma Aspect can shoot only one arrow, and after shooting, the Dharma Aspect explodes on the spot.

This explosive power is very strong, belonging to the assassin type, even stronger than the explosive power of the White Tiger of the Four Great Divine Beasts!

But the margin for error is too low, so it doesn't compare to the Four Great Divine Beasts.

"The tracking arrow across the whole map, shooting you directly from home across the Nine-States and Four Seas, but the weakness is it can only shoot one arrow, after all, there is only one Dharma Aspect."

"However, if this thing is paired with the Shadow Devouring Dragon, wouldn't it be insanely nauseating?"

"The Shadow Devouring Dragon Emperor sitting at home, accumulating one arrow per Dharma Aspect, over eight thousand arrows, shooting remotely until you doubt life."

Ning Zheng's mouth twitched.

Just taking a glance, he already thought of some incredible effects from combining Spiritual Roots.

Only the era of Immortal Spirit Roots is truly powerful!

Now standing from the high-level perspective of the Nine-State, Ning Zheng collected data from various major forces and realized he might have underestimated the races beyond the Four Great Divine Beasts.

Or rather, he underestimated the major forces of the Human Race.

Even the fixed innate abilities of each top-tier Demon Race's Holy Land are so powerful; the Celestial Spirit Roots cultivated by the Human Race hold even more limitless possibilities, definitely only strong, not weak!

So, why are they so weak?

Ning Zheng thought for a moment.

The era of postnatal random spirit roots was pioneered by Jiu Shui, merely a hundred thousand years ago.

Too young!

There were hardly any who rose to the Self-Transformation Realm during Jiu Shui's period, like many who suffered from hidden injuries after Rose King's establishment of the dynasty, too many founding heroes died in battle.

The younger generation, like Xinyi Yun from this batch after the founding, hasn't fully matured yet.

The living Self-Transformation Realm of the Human Race is a bit scarce!

Even though during Ning Zheng's hundred years of seclusion, with the explosive cultivation capabilities of the Immortal Artifact, Xinyi Yun and this batch of young members of the new Rose King broke through to the Self-Transformation Realm.

But it was just a preliminary entry, acting as gatekeepers in the Self-Transformation Realm.

So in the previous battle against Xian, after forbidding the Ancestor of Embers from the Jiushui Dynasty to act, the living humans could only bring forth Xin Xichen, while the contemporary powerhouses of the Four Great Sea Races became the main force.

"To me, not even the Four Great Divine Beasts may be as beneficial as these support types... Of course, excluding the Phoenix Race, the [Baptism of Fire] is too overpowered."

Ning Zheng rubbed his forehead, pondering which race's ancestor to become, feeling a bit indecisive.

He eventually thought it over and found that the full map teleporting Wood Spirit Root seemed quite fun.

After all, the other combat powers weren't too great; frontal battles were just so-so.

Didn't you see that even Su Yuniang with the Sun Moon used the Giant Shell Ancestor's energy storage Giant Shell Divine Technique, making someone as capable as Phoenix Yi flee? Because the divine technique levels are different.

It might be better to choose a support feature.

This thing also has strong mobility, convenient for an ancestor to escape.

Also comes with an on-site remnant image tree clone.

It's also in the Clone Series...

Although currently, this Ancestor Clone cannot be combined with Ning Zheng's own clone abilities.

But Ning Zheng is preparing the Five Elements Spirit Root!

This thing has a chance to become one of the alternative roots for the Wood Spirit Root.

But it needs a round of enhancement.

Transform this Wood Spirit Root, strengthen it.

In Ning Zheng's contemplation, he had made up his mind, "Let's go with the Jungle Tree-man Race."

"Wise choice, my lord." Jiucai Rong complimented without showing any emotion. "The rest are alternative projects for our other blacksmiths. We plan to, within a week, sneak in each one under the leadership of Sun Moon Su Yuniang, secretly infiltrate and conquer their ancestral tombs to become their ancestor."

In their eyes, this is like being a hero with a premium character card!

Archer output, assassin jungling, warding support, full map assistance... in team fights, it's somewhat formidable.

In the future, when their three thousand ancestor Demon Gods cooperate in battles, it will definitely be interesting.

"Handle it yourselves, be careful," Ning Zheng gave a reminder.

These days, busy with the Pseudo-human Calamity.

Now even the various Demon Beast Species can be infected by the pseudo-humans.

So those few Demon Race ancestral tombs would also be neglected in defense, busy applying the Soul-locking Technique to their family's demon race people.

"These days, it should be done quickly."

Ning Zheng directly took out his Dharma Aspect, according to the map's instructions, heading towards the direction of the Jungle Tree-man's family.

Meanwhile, Sun Moon Su Yuniang also began to act, preparing to forge the second Ancestor Demon God. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

After all, the Pseudo-human Calamity sort of helped.

With a clatter.

Three hours later, Ning Zheng stood before a verdant valley, pondering how to enter.

After a while, he came up with an idea, using his Human God Divine Power, pseudo-human possession, directly possessing a body with his Dharma Aspect to enter.

After spending half a day, Ning Zheng successfully infiltrated and arrived at the ancestral tomb of the Tree-man Race.