Chapter 615: Chapter 615: Spring of Life and the Serpent

"The World Tree Seed. is it guiding me?" Duke pondered in his heart. The World Tree is one of the symbols of life and nature in the Endless Plane, and its seed has an innate desire for pure and powerful life energy, along with extraordinary perception. That which can evoke such a reaction from it is definitely not ordinary. This is undoubtedly a tremendous opportunity, but it could also be an unpredictable peril. However, the guidance of the World Tree Seed holds immense value in itself. Even if others were to come here, without the guidance provided by the World Tree Seed, they would likely find it difficult to discover what is hidden here. Duke contemplated for a moment and decided to follow this intuition from the World Tree Seed. He suppressed all emitted energy fluctuations, operating his Dark Attribute Affinity Talent Ability to the utmost, blending his entire presence almost completely into the shadows of the ancient trees around him, nearly merging into the Shadow Space, becoming obscure and hard to detect. Duke moved like the most agile phantom in the forest, avoiding the soft humus that could leave traces, choosing instead to leverage exposed tree roots, rocks, or thick moss to silently proceed in the direction the intuition pointed. The deeper he went, the taller and more robust the ancient trees became, and the aura of life grew more intense and pure. Along the way, he saw many magical plants emitting waves of magic power, some even reaching the standard of Level two Magic Potion Materials, but he did not linger to harvest them. Because he always remembered that this was a competition field, and he was not the only one here. If he missed the opportunity to acquire more important treasures because he picked some ordinary Magic Potion Materials, it would be a case of losing big for something small. The guidance of the World Tree Seed became increasingly clear, the goal seemingly within reach. Finally, after passing through a natural curtain formed by hanging aerial roots, and bypassing an enormous silver-leaf ancient tree emitting a serene moonlight-like glow, a small forest clearing appeared before Duke's eyes. In the center of the clearing was a pond, no larger than a basin, crystal clear. The water was an indescribable, vibrant green, with a faint milky white mist floating above its surface, where tiny points of light seemed to dance. Standing just meters away, Duke could feel the most pure life energy emanating from the spring, and just breathing a few vapors of that mist made his spirit uplifted, soothing the subtle mental fatigue accumulated from frequent battles over the past month.