I Start with a Mysterious Island-Chapter 99: It Shouldn’t Have Trouble Acclimating
’Someone actually dared to snatch my prize right from under my nose. They must have a death wish...’
At that moment, all traces of a smile gone, the middle-aged man stared grimly at the muddy little pond.
Just as he was about to set off and hunt down the detestable fellow who dug up the Spirit Plant, an explosive roar echoed from behind him.
"ROAR—"
"You treacherous, despicable human! Die!!!"
With bloodshot eyes, the black ape Mutant Beast descended from the sky, crashing down like a cannonball toward the middle-aged man standing by the small pond.
BOOM.
The middle-aged man dodged the black ape Mutant Beast’s furious strike and flew into mid-air. He said to the enraged beast, "Someone took advantage of our fight and secretly dug up the Spirit Plant."
The black ape Mutant Beast’s landing smashed a meter-deep crater into the ground.
Flying out of the crater, the black ape Mutant Beast turned its head to glance at the completely empty, muddy little pond, and the fury on its face intensified.
"You despicable, shameless, treacherous, cunning fiend! Hand over the Spirit Plant now!" The black ape Mutant Beast glared at the middle-aged man, its killing intent almost palpable.
"The Spirit Plant isn’t on me. Someone else secretly dug it up. I was just about to go hunt down the person who took it." At this moment, the middle-aged man truly found himself in a position where no explanation would suffice.
No matter what he said, it was clear the black ape Mutant Beast, which he had already deceived once, would not believe him again.
"ROAR— Do you think I’ll fall for your tricks again? Despicable human, die!"
The black ape Mutant Beast proved with its actions that it no longer believed the middle-aged man’s words.
Completely enraged, the black ape Mutant Beast unleashed its full Spiritual Energy, determined to engage in a life-and-death battle with the middle-aged man who had deceived it and stolen the Spirit Plant.
"Calm down... The Spirit Plant was probably just dug up a moment ago. If we go after the thief now, we can still catch them.
If you keep pestering me, you’ll really let the one who stole the Spirit Plant get away with it."
The moment the middle-aged man’s words fell, the black ape Mutant Beast, its heart filled with killing intent, was already upon him. It swung a fist the size of a sandbag, striking at his chest with lightning speed.
THUD.
The middle-aged man raised his arm to block the black ape Mutant Beast’s attack but was still sent flying back dozens of meters by the force of the punch.
’Damn it, this Mutant Beast has been blinded by rage. It won’t listen to a word I say.’
The middle-aged man, who had been sent flying by the punch, flexed the right arm he had just used to block the Mutant Beast’s attack.
The black ape Mutant Beast’s attack power, now that it was using its full strength, was clearly much greater. That heavy, powerful punch had left his right arm aching intensely.
It was a perfect case of what goes around, comes around. Just moments ago, he had used a trick to lure the black ape Mutant Beast away.
He thought he would be able to smoothly seize the Spirit Plant from the small pond, but the outcome was completely different from what he had imagined.
Now, when he wanted to go after the detestable person who stole the Spirit Plant, his earlier lies had caused the thoroughly enraged black ape Mutant Beast to hound him relentlessly, making it impossible to get away.
BAM, BAM, BAM...
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM...
The man and the beast, both possessing third-rank cultivation, were now at each other’s throats. With blood in their eyes, they both unleashed their full strength, engaging in a savage, life-or-death battle.
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On the Mysterious Small Island, shrouded in a vast white mist, a figure holding an emerald-green plant appeared out of thin air before the island’s black, arched Stone Gate.
Back on the Mysterious Small Island, Lin Li saw the black, arched Stone Gate right before him and subconsciously reached out to touch it.
Just as his outstretched left hand was about to touch the black, arched Stone Gate, he stopped short.
’No need to rush. I’ll try again later and see if I can still go to that unknown Otherworld. The priority right now is to plant this newly acquired Spirit Plant.’
Lin Li pulled back his left hand and turned to grab the shovel resting by the Magical Little Tree.
SCRAPE, SCRAPE, SCRAPE...
Lin Li dug a small pit on the south side of the Mysterious Small Island and placed the Spirit Plant from the unknown Otherworld inside it.
He filled the pit with soil, stamped it firm with his foot, then drew half a bucket of water and watered the Spirit Plant.
After Lin Li had picked the Spirit Fruit that grew on this Spirit Plant, it no longer emitted a faint golden Spiritual Light. At this moment, the Spirit Plant gave off the impression of being just an ordinary plant.
’I dug this Spirit Plant out of that world and transplanted it to the Mysterious Small Island. I hope it doesn’t fail to acclimatize!’ 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎
Lin Li muttered to himself, looking worriedly at the Spirit Plant before him.
Then, he averted his gaze and reached into his pocket, pulling out the Spirit Fruit he had picked from the Spirit Plant, which looked like a cherry tomato.
He brought the Spirit Fruit closer to smell it and found that its scent was quite ordinary, with nothing special about it.
After sniffing it, Lin Li promptly popped the pigeon-egg-sized Spirit Fruit into his mouth.
’Are you kidding me? It’s one thing to look like a cherry tomato, but you taste exactly like one, too?’
A look of surprise appeared on Lin Li’s face after he ate the Spirit Fruit. He truly hadn’t expected its flavor to be so ordinary, far less delicious than the Magical Little Fruits from the Magical Little Tree.
However, a Spirit Fruit was a Spirit Fruit, after all. Although its appearance and taste were both plain, it contained a vast amount of Spiritual Energy that could be easily absorbed by a Cultivator.
Once the swallowed Spirit Fruit entered his stomach, a continuous stream of Spiritual Energy immediately began to emerge within his body. It flowed toward the place where a Cultivator stores Spiritual Energy—the location known as the Dantian.
Lin Li immediately perceived that the Spiritual Energy he had expended was being replenished by the ceaseless influx, and his Dantian was rapidly filled to capacity.
After his Dantian was full of Spiritual Energy, there was still a considerable amount of the Spirit Fruit’s energy left over.
Because the Dantian has a limit to the Spiritual Energy it can hold, once it was full, the remaining Spiritual Energy had nowhere to go and would simply be wasted.
As a fine, frugal young man, Lin Li naturally couldn’t bear to see that Spiritual Energy go to waste.
Thus, he began to circulate a portion of the Spiritual Energy from his Dantian throughout his body, making room for the Spirit Fruit’s remaining energy.
As he circulated the Spiritual Energy, its total amount would decrease slightly with each full cycle it completed through Lin Li’s body.
While the Spiritual Energy was being consumed, Lin Li’s body was also being tempered by it, and his speed, strength, and constitution were all enhanced.
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