2221 a.s.similation
“A better body?”
Liu Ping smiled bitterly, thinking that Su Zimo was comforting him. “This is the Nine Heavens. There’s no physical body to replace mine.”
Su Zimo remained silent and escorted Liu Ping’s Essence Spirit back to the willow tree.
The willow tree seemed to have realized something as well and was a little afraid, causing its drooping branches to sway slightly.
!!“I’ll give you two choices now,”
Su Zimo said indifferently, “First, I’ll kill your Essence Spirit. Your soul will disperse and all your memories will be erased!”
The Creation Green Lotus was the only G.o.d among plants in the world!
The plants in this s.p.a.ce might not recognize the Creation Green Lotus. However, when they sensed Su Zimo’s aura, they felt a fear that came from the depths of their souls and chose to submit.
As for the willow tree, its greed caused it to want to make use of the Jupiter Wood to devour Su Zimo when it sensed the powerful lifeforce emanating from him!
Initially, Su Zimo had no intention of letting it off.
The willow tree trembled and its tender branches caressed Su Zimo’s clothes continuously, as though it was begging for mercy.
Su Zimo continued, “Second choice, don’t resist and let my senior brother of the same sect a.s.similate you! Your Essence Spirits will fuse and he will inherit your memories as well.”
“From a certain perspective, you will be reborn in another way. Furthermore, you will leave this place and see the wider world outside.”
Actually, it was not a problem for Su Zimo to kill the willow tree Essence Spirit and let Liu Ping’s Essence Spirit reside in the body of the willow tree.
However, Liu Ping was a human while the willow tree belonged to the Flora race.
Even if Liu Ping could control the body of the willow tree, he would feel immense discomfort and rejection—he would not be able to unleash the full power of the body!
The body of the willow tree had lived for a long time and devoured countless Earth Immortals in Level 4.
Its lifeforce was immense and unimaginable—even Heaven Immortals of the human race could not compare to it!
All these years, it had even taken over the Jupiter Wood to cultivate. The power contained in this body was extremely terrifying.
Otherwise, it would not have dared to challenge Su Zimo.
The only way to unleash the full power of the willow tree body was if the willow tree Essence Spirit did not resist while Liu Ping a.s.similated it.
Although the willow tree would die, Liu Ping could inherit its memories—it was equivalent to the fusion of two Essence Spirits.
That way, this body would not reject Liu Ping’s Essence Spirit!
This was the best of both worlds for Liu Ping and the willow tree.
After a moment of silence, the willow tree released a spirit consciousness and agreed to the decision.
If it did not agree, it would be killed by Su Zimo.
It might as well be a.s.similated by Liu Ping and leave this world!
“Junior Brother Su…”
Liu Ping listened at the side and gradually understood what Su Zimo meant.
“You can inherit this body first. If you don’t like it, you can replace it if you meet something better in the future.”
Su Zimo said.
“Alright!”
Liu Ping agreed excitedly.
Without the protection of his body, his Essence Spirit could meet with danger at any moment.
Furthermore, the body of the willow tree before him did not seem bad.
At that moment, Liu Ping had yet to realize how terrifying and vast the power contained within the body of the willow tree was!
This was the greatest opportunity for him up till this point of his cultivation!
Su Zimo sent Liu Ping’s Essence Spirit into the willow tree’s consciousness.
Although time was tight, he was in no hurry to leave. He stood on the spot and guarded silently with a burning gaze.
The willow tree was way too bold. It was not impossible for it to change its mind and devour Liu Ping’s Essence Spirit after he left.
Sensing Su Zimo’s gaze, the final ripple in the willow tree’s heart calmed down as well. It gave up on resisting completely and allowed Liu Ping’s Essence Spirit to a.s.similate it!
The two Essence Spirits began to make contact and gradually fused!
The Essence Spirit of the willow tree was a gigantic green light.
Although it was still an Earth Immortal, the power of its Essence Spirit released by the ball of light was much stronger than Liu Ping’s Essence Spirit!
In the face of that gigantic green light, Liu Ping’s Essence Spirit was at most a fingernail-sized spot of light.
If it had not given up on resisting completely, Liu Ping would not have been able to succeed in his a.s.similation!
Under Su Zimo’s gaze, the light spot absorbed the energy of the green light bit by bit and grew stronger.
Before long, the energy of Liu Ping’s Essence Spirit finally surpa.s.sed the willow tree and his devouring speed increased significantly.
After a while, there was only an Essence Spirit left in the consciousness!
The a.s.similation was successful!
Of course, the memories of the willow tree were complex and it would take Liu Ping some time to digest them completely.
After the two Essence Spirits fused, they were not too stable and had to continue waiting.
No matter what, Liu Ping’s life was no longer in danger.
Furthermore, after he controlled the body of the willow tree completely, there should be no one in Level 4 who could threaten him!
Su Zimo turned around and walked towards the teleportation formation expressionlessly, prepared to ascend to Level 5.
“Junior Brother Su, don’t go…”
Right then, Liu Ping’s spirit consciousness sounded.
His Essence Spirit was not stable yet and his spirit consciousness seemed ethereal.
“Tai Hua and the others sealed disciples of the academy. It was because Senior Brother Ye sacrificed his life to break free from the seal and warn me that I had a chance to escape…”
“Sacrificed his life?”
Su Zimo paused in his tracks and frowned slightly.
“Senior Brother Ye is dead…”
“He released the Lifespan Sacrifice Art and broke free from the seal on his body, reminding me to be careful and to have me stop you from ascending…”
“Senior Brother Ye Fei called Tai Hua shameless and spat out blood on his face before being killed by the latter.”
As Liu Ping sent the messages one after another with his spirit consciousness, Su Zimo’s expression turned increasingly cold.
Senior Brother Ye Fei was dead!
Although Su Zimo had joined Heaven and Earth Academy for a thousand years, the two of them had only met for the first time at this 10,000 Year Meet.
The two of them did not have much of a relations.h.i.+p. At most, they were sect mates.
In fact, Su Zimo did not have a deep impression of Senior Brother Ye Fei.
However, he had not expected Ye Fei to die tragically at Level 5!
He had once thought that as long as Heaven and Earth Academy did not interfere in his feud with the Great Jin Immortal Sect and Flying Immortal Sect, disciples of the academy would be spared from the killing and fighting.
However, he had not expected that the Great Jin Immortal Kingdom and Flying Immortal Sect would not only want to kill him, but also teach Heaven and Earth Academy a lesson!
Su Zimo’s expression darkened and his killing intent surged as he walked towards the teleportation formation.
“Junior Brother Su, why are you still heading over?!”
Liu Ping watched as Su Zimo walked further and further away, feeling increasingly worried.
However, his Essence Spirit had just been synthesized and was not stable enough. He could not control the body of the willow tree completely and could not take on human form. As such, he could not leave and could only worry.
“Nothing much. I’m just going to bring Senior Brother Ye’s corpse back,”
Standing on the teleportation formation, Su Zimo paused for a moment with a cold glint in his eyes before saying slowly, “Additionally, some people will have to die with him!”