Alternate Dimension Game: Happiness is all that matters!
Chapter 475 - 317

Chapter 475: 317

"Besides, I just feel like this tree has grown a bit."

The others were stunned for a moment. Looking around at the tree, they discovered that what Li Qingshan said was true. The tree was growing rapidly, its dense branches had increased by about 30%.

The color drained slightly from people’s faces, yet they found themselves in a dilemma. Humans had the upper hand against monsters not because of their strength but because they could use tools effectively. Now, without any tools, how were they supposed to fight?

Then they glanced at the two turtles.

Clearly, the pair of turtles had no good ideas and could only stare at each other, furiously and helplessly scratching at the ground.

Especially the Turtle Spirit Mother, who had once come so close to being enslaved, she was terrified and sincerely believed she couldn’t defeat the opponent.

"If it really comes down to it, we can try using the trebuchet to hurl it... Though I doubt it will be much help, delaying for a while is better than nothing."

Lu Tianming finally made up his mind, "If it really climbs out, then we’ll have to execute a strategic retreat. If the hills are there, there’s no worry of lacking firewood. We shouldn’t lose our lives here."

At that moment, Li Qingshan had a sudden inspiration as if he thought of something, "What about leaving it to the Emperor of Heaven to deal with? Is that possible?"

"That City God Temple might not only be able to absorb bound monsters, but unbound ones as well, right?"

"You mean to say... throw the City God Temple on the turtle’s back into the pool?" Lu Tianming swallowed hard, incredulously asking, "Could that work?"

"This is the only viable method. Otherwise, we’ll just have to retreat."

Everyone discussed for a while.

This method was somewhat odd.

Normally, monsters were bound and then forcibly stuffed inside. The City God Temple would be taken in along with them.

But now, were they inviting the enemy in? It wasn’t exactly inviting the enemy in, but rather tossing the temple directly in.

This temporarily built temple, although it enshrined the Turtle Spirit Mother and the Boil Birth Mother, was also the anchor for the "Heavenly Gate."

These two turtles have patrons!

At the location of the anchor, with the backing of their patrons, they could exert even greater power.

"Inside the temple, there are still the spirit plaques of Turtle Spirit Mother and Boil Birth Mother." Mr. Carl, the S-level Investigator from the Mysterious Bureau was very interested in the plan, excitedly saying, "Should they be taken out?"

Spirit plaques are the foundation through which local deities gather the power of incense, and the older they are, the more effective they become.

Initially, even when the temple burned down, the Turtle Spirit Mother had risked her life to escape with her century-old spirit plaque.

If destroyed, her spiritual progression would suffer greatly.

Even if a new one were made, it would lose a significant amount of the power of incense.

"No, we can’t. Those two plaques are the anchors for ’Heavenly Gate.’ Once removed, this temple will become just an ordinary house, useless."

Lu Tianming turned his head and asked, "I’ll ask you two turtles if you’re willing to take the risk. We don’t know whether this plan will work or not. If it does, most of the credit will go to you; if not, the plaques will be gone and some of the power of incense will be plundered by that tree."

"Willing... willing! Gah!" Boil Birth Mother scratched at the soil with her claws, her head held high, and without a second thought, she agreed in human speech.

This turtle seemed to be a typical representative of adventurism, always willing to charge headlong into danger.

However, Turtle Spirit Mother beside her trembled with fear, somewhat reluctant. Unsure how to object and seeing her superior agree, she could only meekly consent.

There was no helping it; the other was a lieutenant, she was just a lieutenant, one rank higher in the hierarchy!

Turtle Spirit Mother wailed inside, "My fate is hard... so hard! Please don’t let this fail!"

So it was settled. After discussing the whole plan, the small City God Temple was mounted onto the trebuchet.

"My fate is so hard... so hard!" Watching her spirit plaque being placed onto the trebuchet, Turtle Spirit Mother couldn’t help but grumble, tears streaming down her face. That was her hundred years of fortune.

But no one paid any attention to her, because her leader "Boil Birth Mother" raised her head high, shouting loudly, "My lord... is coming!"

Lu Tianming waved his hand, "Fire!"

The small wooden temple drew an arc in the air.

The countless blood vessel-like branches in the Blood Pool sensed the incoming object and immediately reacted, bubbling up from the Blood Pool collectively in a gentle manner, catching the wooden temple in a way that kept it from completely falling apart.

Following that, a few blood vessel-like branches extended into the temple.

"It really sensed the incense inside and wanted to plunder the power!"

Lu Tianming was a bit tensed, turning to look at Turtle Spirit Mother.

The old turtle was withdrawing into her shell again.

Even Boil Birth Mother, who used to hold her head high, felt something was amiss.

She sensed a blood-red taint emanating from the anchor point, seeping into her body.

She began to withdraw slowly, eventually managing to retract her limbs perfectly inside her shell.

"Hey, turtle, how’s it going? Turtle? Doesn’t your patron have any moves?"

"Where’s your patron now?"

Boil Birth Mother fell silent, chilling everyone present.

seconds, 20 seconds, 30 seconds... The bubbles in the Blood Pool intensified, making the whole pond seem like it was boiling. The blood vessels on the tree twisted tightly together, writhing incessantly.