The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen
Chapter 159 - 73 Admirer and Believer (3k)

Chapter 159: Chapter 73 Admirer and Believer (3k)

"Since reaching Rank 5, the Sunshine Sunflower has undergone a qualitative change; its seed powder cannot be mixed with any materials below Rank 5, otherwise it will ’purify’ the effects of the other materials.

I didn’t expect the Rank 5 superpower mutation to be the same in the Extraordinary System...

However, I currently do not have many Rank 5 materials, only Ju’s cat hair is in abundance, but the potions prepared from it are not very effective, only slightly enhancing Space Element adaptability...

The fur and feathers left behind by the Monkey King and White Feathered Owl from their last visit also had average effects. It seems that these superpower users need relevantly stronger materials, perhaps... blood?"

Bai Yi, feeling the hints from her mind, ended her contemplation and looked out of the tree hollow at the sunlight.

"It’s already noon, huh..."

Before her words fell completely, Bai Yi noticed that the sunlight outside quickly disappeared, replaced by a sudden downpour.

The weather has been quite unstable since waking up today, alternating very frequently. Bai Yi did not go out to transform tree-men but continued yesterday’s potion research.

Intermittently, over the past two days, Bai Yi has produced hundreds of failed potion bottles, neatly arranged in a corner protected by wooden racks, freshly created from Eternal Life City’s laboratory.

Although they are failures for Bai Yi, they are decent consumables for other Lords, quite practical too.

The assumption is that one can find ways to avoid various negative effects...

Also because of these potion studies, Bai Yi feels she has almost completely mastered the abilities of a Pharmacist. Just accurately researching one qualified Rank 5 potion would enable her to start preparing the [Forest Elf] ritual.

During the ritual, Bai Yi needs to consume a potion she created herself that surpasses ranks among many wise trees’ blessings within their forest, and make a contract with one plant.

Naturally, the potion that surpasses ranks refers to Rank 5. Under normal circumstances, crafting such a potion demands at least one Rank 5 material, which poses quite a challenge for a Rank 4 and non-combat adept Transcendent.

But Bai Yi is different, already possessing quite a few Rank 5 materials early on. The hardest requirement for her in the ritual is to maintain clarity of mind after drinking the potion and to finalize the contract.

Bai Yi is very aware of her own potion’s side effects...

This is the reason she has been researching low-side effect potions with low-tier potions these two days.

The other two requirements, having a wise plant, are not very demanding since plants with wisdom, at the very least, require being Level 4 Transcendent, which are Rank 3 or above.

In that Dungeon World, plants can only gain wisdom through Extraordinary Relics but Level 4 relics are rare, making the ritual’s requirements actually very low; just over 10 plants can succeed.

But currently, Bai Yi far exceeds just 10 plants, including those tree-men, Yun Yi even boosted the ritual’s requirements by nearly 400 times, which would help increase the success rate.

As for the contract partner, naturally, it would be Yuktrahill, who has reached Rank 4.

If all goes well, she might even perform the contract exchange with Rank 5 You during the ritual.

According to past rituals’ experiences, these targets that appear in the ritual would influence the resultant Extraordinary Abilities.

From the limited capabilities she’s obtained using branches, clearly, the plants with wisdom would influence her plant-based Extraordinary Abilities, while the potion might be optimized like during the Pharmacist’s promotion to a potent potion.

As for the plant of the contract, Bai Yi is still undecided.

She extended her hand to collect all the potion racks to the Free Market and informed Shang Ji via the Swarm Network to take over the subsequent sales matters.

"To study high-tier potions, I might have to ask those superpower users for some blood; I should be able to make some trades with the Monkey King and others.

The others approaching Rank 5 are only You and those attempting to fuse with the Extraordinary Relic in the Insect Swarm, but all need time..."

This morning, Bai Yi already completed a Level 5 Transcendent ritual for the giant banyan, successfully synchronizing its Transcendent rank with its true tier to Rank 4.

The Transcendent profession granted You stronger Magic Power mobilization capabilities, along with many practical Extraordinary Abilities.

For example, combined with its digestive fluids, You can produce a poison with utterly destructive characteristics and apply this ability during its usual spanking and piercing with vines, greatly compensating for You’s lack of Attack Power.

Other auxiliary spells, such as Shadow Concealment and Virtualization, are somewhat weakened due to its inherently massive size.

Conversely, its size provides an advantage under certain abilities.

The Magic Power gathering effect brought by the Extraordinary Power is significantly enhanced, reaching a constant 500% Magic Power Concentration under its canopy coverage, soaring up to 1000% when using Extraordinary Abilities, though not lasting.

The outside Magic Power Concentration enhancement also reached 100%, with a 10% reduction per thousand meters, but the radiation distance has significantly increased.

Also, as a superior who cultivated Crystal Rice, You’s tree fruit was likewise upgraded, capable of condensing pure Magic Power Crystals like Crystal Rice.

However, You’s Magic Power Crystals, unlike the tiny ones from Crystal Rice, are fist-sized with higher Magic Power Concentration, and cannot be directly consumed like Crystal Rice but must be ground into powder or absorbed externally."

Its further promotion ritual also depends on this, as it must be You himself who condenses a Magic Power Crystal of sufficient quality and concentration, to use it as his own promotion ritual.

Originally, the condensing of this crystal by You alone would have taken more than three days, thanks to his body size which could gather more Magic Power.

But Bai Yi is not planning to wait, instead, using the power of the Fungus Blanket to gather Magic Power on a large scale, and then transform it into crystals with Crystal Rice to supply to You, accelerating the completion of the ritual.

And this process will still take at least one day, likely to be completed by tomorrow morning.

However, if the materials are gathered only then and potions prepared, the ritual will have to be delayed further, and Bai Yi has already decided not to delay any longer.

As for the randomness of the Swarm, so far only two Erosion Worms have reached level 5 Transcendent, with most failing in the final step of devouring the relic.

It seems now that the only materials available are the blood of those Superpower Users and the two Beast Kings...

If she were to lower the requirements by one rank, her choices would increase, such as various Transcendent plants, as well as Bai Sheng, Bai Fa, and Zhan Yi who have recently awakened to their superpowers.

Having reached rank 4, their Superpower Adaptability’s guaranteed awakening ability finally triggered, each awakening one superpower, but since they’ve just acquired the superpower, they are still at rank 1, and not practical to use.

Bai Yi spread the demand through the Swarm Network, and only then retrieved today’s pending information from the Swarm Network.

Yesterday, the two Beast Kings had already organized all their tribespeople and moved them; they have now mostly settled down, and in the future, a city will be demarcated on White Poplar Mountain specifically for these Mutant Creatures.

It’s said that today, the "Pope" has already begun preparations to build an altar in this city to seek new followers for her.

Well, that’s not too bad, at least it would make it easier to convert these newly included people into Admirers.

Although Bai Yi still feels embarrassed to be praised like this, putting that aside, the church organized by that "Pope" is indeed something substantial.

At least, Bai Yi sees on her panel that the number of Admirers is indeed slowly increasing.

And Bai Yi also discovered that Councilman Hong has actually been classified as an Admirer, even though under the surveillance of Swarm Consciousness he has no such intention at all, simply symbolically acknowledging himself as a follower of Bai Yi.

Who the heck would have thought that merely verbally acknowledging one’s belief could convert someone into an Admirer?

Bai Yi suddenly felt hopeful about her promotion to rank 5 with Admirers and thus did not stop the Pope’s proselytizing.

As for additional help...

Bai Yi feels that with so many people in the Swarm Network each carrying out their tasks, the best help she could provide was not to add any more demands...

"Speaking of which, should this Pope also be transformed into a Hero?

After all, looking at it now, this church is going to play a significant role in the future, and as the founder, the Pope should really become one of our own.

Hmm, just wait until he officially establishes the church, using this as an evaluation.

Then use a Parasite on him, making it foolproof.

But he’s just an ordinary person, not even a Superpower User; strengthening-type Parasites should also be put on the agenda, to quickly perfect a useful Parasite.

Let’s complete the last part of the Tree-man fusion this afternoon and start researching...

Before developing a strong enough Parasite, just let him find a way to transition into a Transcendent profession first, to have some self-protection ability.

Sigh, the schedule is still too tight..."

Looking outside, the heavy rain had resumed to scorching sunshine, Bai Yi found the weather change frequency in the Swarm Network and silently calculated.

"The cold has become increasingly rare throughout the day, only leaving occasional rain, and the sunny periods are growing longer, it seems the Beast God is already gaining the upper hand.

However, based on this trend, it probably will still continue for another week before completely ceasing, followed by at least a week of drought..."

She picked up the two-in-one staff lying beside her, took out a tree fruit, and while walking outside popped it into her mouth, starting her afternoon journey of nurturing Tree-men.

Approaching nightfall, with the completion of the last Tree-man reaching the theoretical boundary value, Bai Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The original clearing had expanded more than fifty meters outward, exceeding the coverage of You’s canopy, freeing up enough growing space for You to advance to level 5.

After returning to the territory and having dinner, Bai Yi threw herself back into potion research, having a premonition that she would complete this rank 5 Potion tonight!

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Unnamed Potion · Latest Version (3-tier/Gold): The third generation potion after multiple improvements; the taste changed from the bitter taste of the previous versions, instantly numbing all taste buds and causing loss of taste and smell senses, temporarily increases Life Value and Magic Power Value by 50%, up to 1000 points, All Attributes temporarily +10, effects last 24 hours