Ant Lord in the Star Realm

Chapter 903 - 656: Umbrella Bird (2)

The figure of Dragon Cypress flickered, flipping over the high wall, arriving under the tree, antennae tapping continuously, ten bursts of Flourish Ability descended, green mist rose, enveloping the entire mulberry tree.

"Bicolor Mulberry, on your tree...?"

"Bird nest!"

"I’ll send the Worker Ants up..."

"You dare!"

"..."

A flock of birds came to the Bicolor Mulberry tree, not the common shorebirds that forage on beaches and shallow bays.

Female birds with brown-gray-white spots, male birds with emerald green and red abdomen.

Elegant Umbrella Birds.

A very rare species of bird, Dragon Cypress vaguely recalled, seen in the tropical rainforests of the Northern Hemisphere.

But on Rainbow Island, long before King Ant Goldna, countless insignificant animals had been exterminated by insects, leaving only a few small animals to maintain the plant ecology.

An isolated island far from the ocean, regular animals find it difficult to migrate from other places.

Azure rooted in Rainbow Island, only captured some tropical frogs to raise around the lake.

Dragon Cypress’s spiritual power turned towards Azure.

"Azure, where did these birds come from?"

"Flew over from the north."

"When?"

"Four days ago. They landed directly on the Bicolor Mulberry tree."

Dragon Cypress was certain that this kind of bird had never been seen on the north side of Rainbow Island, most likely migrated from the Cloud Trace Continent.

The Divine Force Barrier only intercepts Origin Force Life, regular creatures are unaffected.

It’s quite a headache.

Ordinary birds could be dismissed.

This kind of Umbrella Bird is omnivorous, mainly feeding on riverside insects and forest fruits.

In the past, there was nothing to worry about, one could cultivate some medium and small Soldier Ants on the tree to guard, just drive them away.

Nowadays, everyone is striving to prepare for war, no spare effort to deal with this.

Azure understood Dragon Cypress’s worries and suggested: "Dragon Cypress, if you’re worried about the fruits being pecked by birds, let Areca weave a batch of breathable Spider Silk Bags, cover the fruits to protect them."

It’s quite obvious, neither Bicolor Mulberry nor Azure agreed to eradicate these ’pest birds’.

"Forget it. I’ll go talk to Areca. Azure, you have to pay attention, don’t let the Divine-Grade Fruits be pecked."

"No problem!"

"Boss Dragon Cypress, rest assured!"

"I am not assured! Don’t bring me any more troubles."

Dragon Cypress spoke, spread his wings, ready to leave, Bicolor Mulberry chased after asking: "Boss Dragon Cypress, what happened to my mantis? Haven’t seen it for a long time, where has it run off to?"

That’s true!

Ink Orchid went out alone to search for the Divine-Given Seed, it’s been two or three months, hasn’t returned.

Is there any harvest again?

Suspended in mid-air, Dragon Cypress pondered for two seconds, asked: "Azure, have you noticed whether the Second King went to the Northern Hemisphere? Or remained in our Southern Hemisphere?"

"This... haven’t noticed..."

"Bicolor Mulberry?"

"Don’t know!"

"Black Sophora? Where’s the Second King?"

"No idea~"

"Southern Gorgon? Northern Gorgon? Sea Blue? Rhubarb? Little Yellow..."

"Don’t know."

"No attention."

"Haven’t seen for a long time."

...

When the Second King was on the island, either training abilities or quarreling with a crowd of Seed Bestowed by Gods.

The Second King mixed too poorly.

Disappeared for so long, no insect or tree noticed where he went.

Dragon Cypress uses the method of elimination, first eliminating the nearby Fragrant Silk Island...

After briefly explaining, Dragon Cypress set off, heading towards Swinging Leaf Island.

Swinging Leaf Island yielded nothing.

Then went to the Thousand Reef Archipelago.

After a search, there was a result.

Just approaching the second largest island, an island with an area of 100 square kilometers, Ink Orchid’s Soul-Setting Ability locked in.

"Dragon Cypress. Here."

"Divine-Given Seed?"

"Of course!"

"Ant! You deliberately came so late again!"

"Too busy. Just had time to come over in the past few days."

Dragon Cypress activated the Flash Strike Ability, accelerating onto the island.

Vast plains and swamps.

A naturally formed pond, near the shore and in shallow waters, a lone water plant stood proudly.

A stalk emerged from the water, hanging a seed that was about to mature, emitting a faint Origin Force Fluctuation.

Crown Grass.

Dragon Cypress: "..."

Ink Orchid sighed and said: "Leave it alone, what a pity, if we care about it, it’s a waste of nearly three months of my precious time."

Dragon Cypress, choking, said: "It’s still alright."

Ink Orchid: "Counting this one, we have two Grass Plant Divine-Given Seeds."

Dragon Cypress: "Good memory by the Second King—"

There’s another White Clover Divine-Given Seed, planned for testing, hasn’t found a suitable opportunity yet...

Dragon Cypress: "The White Clover Divine-Given Seed is kept for testing. As for this Crown Grass Divine-Given Seed... Enhancing comprehensive Wood Element Ability? And inclined towards Wood Element healing type ability? Not bad. It’s barely acceptable."

Dragon Cypress proposed: "Woodberry was discovered right after its birth, it counts as you and I raising it as a junior. Woodberry has no Divine-Given Seed, hasn’t planted a single Life Seed on Rainbow Island. Let’s give this Crown Grass Divine-Given Seed to Woodberry."

Though Woodberry is proficient at managing territories with Wood Element Talent, it hasn’t cultivated a single Divine-Given Seed.

In contrast, other insects that aren’t skilled at managing territories, even have one Seed Bestowed by Gods.

It can only be said that Woodberry’s luck is indeed not very good.

"Alright—"

Ink Orchid agreed, waved her tentacle to pat, warning: "I found it. I’ll deliver it. Ant, you’re not allowed to speak."

Dragon Cypress: "... Naturally."

Ink Orchid: "Two days ago, the Forest Beard Bee army just swept through the island, probably won’t come back in the short term. Ant, you stay and guard, I’ll go around other islands, check out the situation."

Dragon Cypress: "Okay."

Ink Orchid: "When I’m done I’ll go straight back to the Cloud Trace Continent. This year, the Cloud Trace Continent side was delayed."

Dragon Cypress: "Alright."

Ink Orchid reminded again: "When the Divine-Given Seed matures for harvesting, keep it, wait for me to handle it."

Dragon Cypress: "Following Second King’s command."

Ink Orchid fluttered her wings and left.

Dragon Cypress stayed behind, waited for half a month, the seed matured and was harvested, packed up and returned to Rainbow Island.

...

After returning to the island, Dragon Cypress waited for half a month, still didn’t see Ink Orchid return.