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Chapter 1340 - Chapter 1340 Chapter 1342 Branding the Breath

Chapter 1340: Chapter 1342: Branding the Breath Chapter 1340: Chapter 1342: Branding the Breath The treasure chest appeared translucent, emanating an illusory, surreal feeling as if it were some kind of projection. Song Jian reached out to touch it, but his hand grasped at thin air.

“This is…” Song Jian’s brows furrowed slightly. It was somewhat understandable for the three-headed demons to appear in the real world, but the appearance of a chest that shouldn’t exist in reality, which then seemed not to be real but an illusionary projection in the real world, was something Song Jian had never encountered before.

Just as Song Jian was at a loss, streams of milky white qi began to materialize around him, continuously flowing towards the illusory chest, seeping into it bit by bit, merging with the chest.

In just a short while, the originally illusory treasure chest gradually became solid, and on top of the chest, a sixty-second countdown timer appeared.

“This is… Destiny!” A realization dawned in Song Jian’s heart, as if a thought had suddenly drilled into his mind. No one told him what this was, but Song Jian just knew.

“The Destiny Treasure Chest, this is the world’s power of the real world, projecting the game world’s treasure chest into reality as a reward for my killing of the three-headed demon!” A smile couldn’t help but appear on Song Jian’s lips.

As the milky white Destiny seeped into the chest, revealing it, a small portion of the Destiny remained unused. This extra Destiny swirled in place for a moment before suddenly flying towards Song Jian, pouring into his body.

Song Jian felt a cool stream of air flow through his entire body, giving him a sense of revitalization, and his condition instantly returned to its peak.

Song Jian knew this was a gift from this world; after condensing the chest, it had also added a slight increase to his Destiny. Although this small amount of Destiny didn’t cause a qualitative change, it could slightly improve Song Jian’s luck in the real world.

As the cool sensation slowly dissipated, Song Jian’s gaze fell upon the huge treasure chest before him. He had never encountered such a large chest, even in the game world.

“I must be the first to open a treasure chest in the real world!” Song Jian thought to himself with a laugh.

He reached out towards the chest, and to his surprise, the moment he touched it, the chest automatically opened. Before Song Jian could even reach in to grab anything, a dozen items flew out of the chest on their own, hovering to his left and right.

“What a jackpot!” Song Jian exclaimed in surprise. Among these items were not only the Scythe of Death used by the three-headed demon but also a variety of body materials, the Evil Dragon Skull, goat skulls, and Skeleton Skulls–these were the most quintessential parts of the demon’s body.

“What a bountiful harvest, I’ve struck it rich!” Song Jian laughed heartily. The Scythe of Death alone was already a legendary-quality weapon, and the three body parts, the skulls, were also legendary-quality materials, equivalent to four legendary-quality items dropping at once. If it weren’t for the real world’s Destiny boost, such drop rates would be very hard to come by even in the game world.

However, storing these items became a problem.

Because the inventory slots in the real world were sealed, most of the slots couldn’t be used. But Song Jian had used several “Inventory Slot Upgrade Gems” to increase the single slot that could be used in the real world to more than a dozen. Even so, there were too many items to fit into the inventory slots.

“The equipment and these body materials must be placed in the bag column; otherwise, it wouldn’t be good if someone saw them. The other miscellaneous items, though, can be carried with me…” Song Jian muttered to himself, just as his gaze suddenly fell on an inconspicuous item.

“Why does this thing look so familiar?” Song Jian picked up the fist-sized, oval object and started to examine it closely.

“This, this looks a bit like the Seed of Life?” Song Jian exclaimed in surprise. He quickly reopened his bag column and took out the Seed of Life that had been parasitized by the Abyssal Magic Vine from a slot that was gleaming with a golden light. Holding both items in his hands, he began to compare them.

“The shape, color, almost identical, only that the one dropped by the three-headed demon has some golden and green patterns on its surface, and it’s a bit heavier…” Song Jian mused. “What’s more important is that this one, the one that dropped, contains a stronger life force, almost more than twice that of the other!”

“Invading the real world, the three-headed demon must have been planning this for a long time. Granite was also deliberately lured by it. It parasitized his spirit through a special method, avoiding the game’s detection… Could this Seed of Life be what it planned to use to plant a new Life Tree in the real world?” An idea suddenly flashed in Song Jian’s mind, and he couldn’t help but exclaim in amazement, “Its ambition is so great–it actually wants to plant a Life Tree in the real world?”

Upon this thought, a similar idea uncontrollably surfaced in Song Jian’s mind. A mysterious expression appeared on his face: “Can I also plant my own Life Tree in the real world?”

After all, in the game, the Life Tree has been around for who knows how many years, and it was no longer possible for another Life Tree to exist. But in the real world, where there has never been a Life Tree, theoretically, it might be possible to successfully plant one!

Thinking this, Song Jian, holding the two Seeds of Life, felt something named “ambition” begin to take root, sprout, and grow vigorously in his heart.

Looking at the two Seeds of Life, Song Jian took a deep breath. In one world, only one Life Tree could be planted. Hesitating for a moment, he put away the Seed of Life that had been parasitized by the Abyssal Magic Vine and only held the newly acquired one in his hand.

After all, this one looked better, contained more life force, and was more likely to take root and thrive!

It seemed as if the sky, which had been clear before, sensed what Song Jian was about to do. Out of nowhere, a large swath of purple clouds drifted over, flashing with rainbow-like, colorful radiance as though the heavens and earth were filled with anticipation for the planting of the Life Tree.

Song Jian held the Seed of Life, first needing to brand it with his own mark; otherwise, the Life Tree that grew from it would not truly belong to him.

In the game, branding was very simple with the system’s assistance, but this was the real world. Even going through the exact same steps here was much more difficult. Moreover, while branding, Song Jian faintly felt a resistance emanating from the Seed of Life, causing him to fail several times in his attempts to brand it.

Song Jian looked somewhat speechlessly at the Seed of Life in his hand. If he couldn’t brand it with his own essence, even if he grew the Life Tree, he wouldn’t benefit from it.

Thinking this, Song Jian sighed and could only open his bag column again and take out the other, slightly damaged Seed of Life to start the branding process.

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