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Translator: Ashish
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As Yu Zi Yu carefully examined the sheepskin scroll, a cold system prompt suddenly interrupted his contemplation.
<Ding, detected a Grand Divine Ability – Enlarging and Shrinking at Will. Would you like to spend Evolution Points to comprehend it….>
“Huh?” Dumbfounded, Yu Zi Yu was speechless for a moment.
However, after a brief pause, he finally reacted as a look of ecstasy appeared on his face. “Yes.”
Just as Yu Zi Yu gave his confirmation, his Evolution Points started depleting at a visible rate.
In just a few breaths, over a hundred thousand Evolution Points had vanished.
Currently, Yu Zi Yu had a little over 2 million Evolution Points.
Subtracting 140,000 Evolution Points he spent to comprehend the Five-Color Spirit Flower’s Innate Talent–Instant, he was left with near about 1.8 million Evolution Points.
Now, these Evolution Points were depleting at a terrifying speed. Meanwhile, Yu Zi Yu fell into a trance at some point.
However, just at this moment, a crisp System prompt’s ring rang in his mind, followed by another prompt in the cold and artificial voice.
<Ding, you’ve consumed 720,000 Evolution Points, and you’ve comprehended the Grand Divine Ability–Enlarging and Shrinking at Will.”
With this prompt, Yu Zi Yu’s entire body shook.
Immediately after…
A deafening clap rang in his mind as if his brain had exploded and countless profound pieces of information flashed in his mind.
[All things in this world are divided into Principles and Techniques. Divine Abilities are Principles, the very rules governing the changes in all things, the Principle of Constant Harmony and Universal Balance. Whereas the Abilities are Techniques, the concrete external method of application. Thus, the Principles constitute the foundations; hence, Divine Abilities are fundamental, and Techniques are the means. It is through the means that Dao is realised.]
[The Enlarging and Shrinking at Will is one of the thirty-six Divine Abilities. It belongs to the Art of Transformation, along with ‘Embryonic Transformation’, and ‘Turning Stone into Gold’. All of them constitute the Dao of Transformation.]
[The Enlarging and Shrinking at Will is further divided into internal and external aspects. Internal means changing oneself, and external means changing substance. Changing oneself means altering one’s size, capable of controlling one’s body. At the elementary-level, one can grow to the size of hills and mountains, or reduce to the size of a grain or dust. At the advance-level, one can grow to the size of sun and moon, or reduce…]
With the influx of this information, Yu Zi Yu’s understanding of the Enlarging and Shrinking at Will Technique became even more deeper.
And along with this, a mysterious force started coursing through Yu Zi Yu’s body.
After some unknown time…
*Haaaaa…* Yu Zi Yu heaved a long, deep breath as his eyes on the canopy slowly opened.
“So, this is the real Grand Divine Ability, huh!?” Murmuring to himself, the corner of Yu Zi Yu’s lips rose slightly.
After a moment, he shifted his gaze, looking at his status screen.
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Grand Divine Ability–Enlarging and Shrinking at Will (Elementary-level): Consuming a certain amount of Spiritual Energy, one can reduce their size to the size of a dust particle, or grow to the size of mountains and hills. Simultaneously, the user’s defense remains unchanged, only the size changes. (Note: The bigger the transformation, the greater is the Spiritual Energy consumption.) |
After going through his status screen, a smile gradually bloomed on Yu Zi Yu’s lips.
At this moment, a surge of Spiritual Energy erupted from Yu Zi Yu…
*Boom, boom, boom…* Accompanied by surging waves like roars, the Spiritual Energy started boiling as if it had reached a boiling point.
Moments later, much to Yu Zi Yu’s astonishment, his tree body began to undergo a gradual transformation.
With each breath, his body shrank by 3 metres.
In just a few breaths, Yu Zi Yu’s tree body had shrunk by a staggering 30 metres.
“What a strange feeling!?” Yu Zi Yu muttered to himself, as his body continued to shrink at a terrifying speed.
By the time Yu Zi Yu came to his senses, his 200 metre colossal body now stood only several dozen metres tall.
At the same time, Yu Zi Yu’s field of view had also been reduced to just 1000 metres from tens of kilometres.
However, that was not the most crucial change.
The most glaring thing was that the Great Beasts under Yu Zi Yu’s command had transformed into behemoths.
The creatures that used to be tiny in Yu Zi Yu’s eyes were now several times larger.
Fortunately, the three Great Beasts had already left. Otherwise, with Yu Zi Yu’s current size, he would have been easily crushed by them.
“I just shrank, didn’t I!?” Yu Zi Yu mumbled in a voice filled with astonishment. He had yet to fully comprehend the situation.
In just a moment, he had shrunk from hundreds of metres to a dozen metres, a gap so immense that even Yu Zi Yu could not accept it momentarily.
What was even more terrifying was that not only the exposed trunk had shrunk in size, but even the countless roots hidden deep within the earth beneath the entire island had also shrunk significantly.
Even the primary root, resembling a Wood Dragon with a length of 10,000 metres, was now only 40-50 metres long.
40-50 metres might not be that long, but it was not that short either.
However, compared to its size a moment ago, Yu Zi Yu’s current primary root was terribly short.
However, there was one silver line in all this.
This state was temporary.
At least, Yu Zi Yu’s Spiritual Energy was depleting at a pace visible to the naked eye.
Although the consumption of Spiritual Energy was almost on par with Yu Zi Yu’s terrifying recovery, he could still clearly feel that this state relied on the support of Spiritual Energy.
In other words, the very moment Yu Zi Yu cancelled the supply of his Spiritual Energy, he would return to being a towering tree that covered the sun.
However, before Yu Zi Yu could fully explore this miniature form, a voice filled with confusion echoed in his mind, “Divine Tree, how did you shrink?”
“Wow, I can’t believe it; you’ve become so small.” The Five-Color Spirit Flower cried in surprise, again and again, her petals shaking non-stop.
On another side, terrifying figures rushed over in succession.
“Master, are you okay?”
“Master, what’s wrong with you?”
“Lord Divine Tree….”
With deep concern and confusion, the Bull-headed humanoid Bull Demon, and the straw hat-wearing Brewmaster dashed over from beneath the snowy peak.
“I’m fine.” Yu Zi Yu waved with his branch, attaching his terrifying Spiritual Energy on the ten-metre-or-so -long silver-white branch.
*Boom…* Yu Zi Yu’s size might have shrunk, but the terrifying Spiritual Energy coursing through his branch remained as formidable as ever, maybe even more terrifying than before.
In just an instant, even someone as mighty as Bull Demon and Breamaster were pushed back about a dozen metres by a gentle force.
They did not even have the time to react.
Before this force, they felt as tiny as ants.
No, it was not as simple as ants.
The Spiritual Energy attached to a single branch far surpassed the Spiritual Energy they possessed.
It was like the difference between the brilliance of a firefly and the bright moon; it was simply incomparable.
In the face of the power on a different level, they could not muster any resistance.
However, feeling this terrifying power, many Mutant Beasts felt a sense of relief.
[Thankfully, Divine Tree is as mighty and awe-inspiring as before.]
Exchanging glances, the numerous Mutant Beasts, including Brewmaster and Bull Demon, revealed a trace of relief in their eyes.
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