Astral Cockroach

Qing Gang was born in the wild and able to survive there. Ban Bu thought it was a smart little fellow, so he kept it by his side, intending to teach it more knowledge.

However, the reality was not as he guessed. Qing Gang didn't like learning at all. It liked to go to the rice fields to hunt rice locusts, look for bamboo leaf worms in the bamboo forest, and learned without being taught how to scoop up toad eggs in the river ditches to add to its meals... Its advantages were that it was gluttonous, could eat a lot, was strong, and could work hard.

It was destined to farm for the rest of its life.

Ban Bu was about to be busy improving his strength. Seeing that Qing Gang had been promoted to an intermediate warrior and possessed some self-preservation ability, he sent it to Guanli Peak to let Guanli teach it some knowledge of managing and cultivating arbors.

...

Ban Bu had used Soul Absorption to absorb a large amount of the unowned mental power overflowing from the Dominator-realm metal core, and his soul had always been much higher than warriors of the same level.

After eating 200 Ghost Mist Lotus seeds, his soul strength was comparable to that of an L9 County Lord.

Baba was right, at this time, his soul growth encountered a bottleneck and could not continue to improve.

The primal force contained in the Fire Scale Pine nuts was more ferocious than it felt. Eating one required lying down and resting for a long time, and he couldn't even eat other primal force foods for the next two days. This thing deserved to be called a "divine product". In terms of accelerating growth, eating one was equivalent to a month of good food and drink in the past.

Without Baba's inspection, Ban Bu could feel that the primal force genes related to flame abilities were increasing significantly. After molting and evolving once, the primal force patterns on his carapace would change, and the corresponding flame abilities would be enhanced.

...

In the spring of Ban Bu's 33rd year, the Divine Dragon Bamboo's God-given Seed continued to derive 512 bamboo poles.

The caravan received the news last year that Ban Bu was preparing to be promoted to County Lord, and this year they sent a large number of high-quality primal force foods. They controlled the trading capital of Sacred Bamboo Bamboo Fruit and connected with some wealthy county territories. They couldn't get "divine products", but the various supreme-quality primal force foods were obviously richer.

In early April, after eating 30 Fire Scale Pine nuts, Baba checked and found his condition was extremely poor. According to Baba's request, Ban Bu no longer idled every day, participating in labor and performing some high-intensity physical exercises regularly.

After spending a month adjusting his physical condition to "good", Ban Bu continued to consume a large amount of high-quality primal force foods sent by the caravan.

...

Spring of Ban Bu's 34th year.

With particularly good luck, a small warrior was born in the territory of the Light Bamboo of Fire Bamboo Mountain. If it liked bamboo, it would stay in Fire Bamboo Mountain and manage the bamboo forest together. If it didn't like bamboo, it would be sent to another small mountain about 20 kilometers northwest of Qinggang Peak to survive.

Good news also came from the Iron Blade Mountains. A small warrior was born in the spring, and the number of mountain warriors officially exceeded 50.

Iron Blade Mountain Lord planned to be promoted to L9 Mountain Lord in the autumn of this year, only one step away from County Lord. However, even if it was promoted to County Lord, the Iron Blade Mountains were still very far from the county territory. First of all, the number of warriors was not enough, far from the minimum of 200.

The situation in Jinping Mountains was the same. Including Bluebell Peak in Jinping Mountains, there were less than 30 Crimson Ant warriors in total.

Ban Bu had already felt the signs of molting and evolution, and his condition was extremely poor, requiring time to recuperate, so he reduced his intake of primal force foods and increased exercise.

With the Divine Dragon Bamboo God-given Seed, his insect life was too valuable to allow for mistakes.

It wasn't until March that the probability of evolution failure was controlled within 10% that he dared to enter a deep sleep with confidence.

Li Bamboo Peak entered a state of high alert. No mistakes were allowed during this process.

The Iron Blade Mountains received the news, and Iron Blade Mountain Lord brought Cliff Cypress and Black Mulberry to help guard.

...

It was very dangerous for a Mountain Lord to break through and be promoted to County Lord, that was for poor warriors.

Ban Bu had eaten too many high-quality primal force foods, so he didn't feel much.

It was a familiar weakness from a long sleep.

"Rat King!"

Awakening, he called out with his mental power.

The Rat King, who was guarding outside the cave, flashed into the cave, and Jin Zhu followed closely behind. Without wasting words, the metal ability was activated, the cabinet door opened, and 10 bottles of energy drinks and 5 boxes of compressed biscuits floated to the ground.

Jin Zhu opened them one by one and fed Ban Bu.

Iron Blade Mountain Lord was also guarding outside the cave, poking his head inside to take a look, and said happily: "It seems that being promoted to County Lord is not that difficult! Ban Bu, you rest, I'll go to the jungle to hunt some fresh food back."

"That's great, I have to respectfully call you County Lord Ban Bu now."

Iron Blade Mountain Lord made a rare joke, but did not leave immediately. He shook his antennae to communicate wirelessly, notifying the other warriors on the mountain of Ban Bu's awakening.

Ban Bu recovered some physical strength and asked, "Rat King, how long have I been asleep this time?"

Rat King replied: "51 days, less than 2 months."

This could be considered a smooth evolution.

Ban Bu asked again: "Where's Baba?"

Rat King replied: "Half a month ago, it determined that you could successfully complete the evolution and left. It's summer now, with a lot of rain, and the hydropower station is running frequently. It always has electricity to fly and play with, and rarely returns to the mountain."

Ban Bu continued to ask: "Are my life-bound plants all right?"

Rat King replied: "They began to molt and grow half a month ago, and they all passed smoothly, but..."

Rat King said: "So far, more than half of our stored primal stones have been consumed, and they are still being consumed continuously. Mainly the Divine Dragon Bamboo God-given Seed, it has consumed 2 million primal stones!"

Jin Zhu interjected and said, "Secondly, there is the Blood Thorn, which has also consumed hundreds of thousands of primal stones."

The Divine Dragon Bamboo and Blood Thorn were both planted outside Li Bamboo Peak, and the natural primal force was insufficient, so the consumption was expected.

"Understood." Ban Bu was relieved.

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Insectoid tribes, in general, warriors will not nurture more than 3 God-given Seeds. The phenomenon of Ban Bu nurturing 8 God-given Seeds is completely unheard of.

With a large number of God-given Seeds, each molting and evolution will cause a big commotion, and the natural primal force concentration of Li Bamboo Peak has begun to decline.

The consumption of primal stones has increased sharply.

There were preparations before the evolution. 30 of the remaining 36 primal force crystals were exchanged for 3 million primal stones. Together with the 3 million from the sale of Dragon Bamboo deformed species, a total of 6 million primal stones were specially stored in two warehouses on and off the mountain for this breakthrough.

The preparations were sufficient, and there would be no major problems.

...

Ban Bu successfully promoted to County Lord, and the members of the mountain came to visit one after another.

After celebrating happily for half a day, they dispersed one after another.

Iron Blade Mountain Lord also left in a hurry, it was also preparing for its autumn promotion to L9 Mountain Lord. Seeing Ban Bu succeed smoothly, it became much bolder: The good things that Ban Bu had eaten, it had basically eaten along with him. Ban Bu was growing rapidly by taking risks, while it had been growing steadily and slowly. In comparison, its probability of success was even greater, and there was no reason to fail in the future promotion to County Lord!

When Ban Bu was an L9 Mountain Lord, it nurtured a Divine Dragon Bamboo life-bound seed. When promoted to L1 County Lord, it chose an ordinary Longevity Peach seed as its life-bound seed.

After recovering slightly, he led Big Head and Rat King to inspect the territory and check the changes of various life-bound seeds.

The evolution of ordinary life-bound seeds also consumed primal stones, but the amount was relatively small, adding up to a total of only 50,000.

The Fire Oil Tea, Dark Bamboo, Rain Bamboo, Steel Bamboo, Emerald Bamboo, and Purple Gold six God-given Seeds consumed a lot of primal stones, among which Fire Oil Tea consumed the most, and has already used 200,000 primal stones, and will continue to consume them.

The Fire Oil Tea is currently 70 meters tall, and the next step should be the growth of the tree body.

The Blood Thorn is also like this. In recent years, the thorn vines have almost stopped growing. This time, Ban Bu broke through and evolved, and it also followed suit. Next, it will enter a period of vigorous growth.

The bamboo-type God-given Seeds led by the Divine Dragon Bamboo are completely different. The bamboo poles have not changed much. They are frantically accumulating nutrients and transporting them to the bamboo shoots and underground stems.

The changes of the Purple Gold God-given Seed are a bit similar to bamboo. The underground roots have long been lignified and are also accumulating energy and transferring it underground.

All God-given Seeds also have similarities. After evolution and molting, there is a growth period that lasts for a long time. Not only do they need a lot of nutrients, but they also need primal force. They are brewing this big change.

The Divine Dragon Bamboo consumes 50,000 primal stones every day, even under the premise of frugality, barely meeting the demand.

The Blood Thorn needs 8,000 stones per day, the Fire Oil Tea needs 5,000 stones per day, and the other God-given Seeds have different numbers. The lowest demand is for the Purple Gold God-given Seed and the Emerald Bamboo. As the natural primal force concentration of Li Bamboo Peak recovers, an investment of 3,000 stones per day is enough.

The amount of primal stones required after the evolution and molting actually directly shows the quality and grade of a primal force plant.

The Rat King, with 5 bamboo rat warriors, does nothing else all day long, but is busy replenishing primal force for the 8 God-given Seeds.

Big Head commands the ant colony to irrigate and fertilize the God-given Seeds, and occasionally has to loosen the soil for the growth of underground roots.

Ban Bu is relatively relaxed. He patrols around every morning and evening, and spends most of his time basking in the sun at the entrance of the cave. Being promoted to County Lord, the weakness period after the breakthrough is a bit long, and it is estimated that it will take a month to reach its peak state.

PS1: There will probably be two more updates later tonight.

PS2: Regarding the level of Iron Blade Mountain Lord, it was mistakenly recorded that it stopped growing at L7 Mountain Lord, but it was actually L5 Mountain Lord. Thank you book friends for reminding me, it has been revised.