120: Chapter 120 Ocean Beasts, Life Detector, Cultivation of [Great Forest Wood]

Wang An was at home, scrolling through the exchange platform and various international news every day.

Since these days, apart from some ocean beasts attacking merchant ships from time to time, the beasts in the Forbidden Zone have been much calmer, and no large-scale beast tides have appeared again.

"The Santanya country has established a toll system for the Forbidden Zone and allows global Exploration Teams to enter the Forbidden Zone within its territory, requiring only a portion of the spoils to be paid."

"Guogang has been invited by countries like the West, France, and England to station military forces in the Forbidden Zone to jointly develop it."

"South Asian countries are calling on the international community to uphold justice and resist the military invitation behaviors of European and American countries."

Regarding this news, one can only say that this world is a place where the weak are the prey of the strong.

The scene of "possessing a treasure is a crime" is currently playing out.

Just as he was scrolling through the news, a piece of news suddenly popped up.

"A USA guided-missile destroyer was overturned by an ocean beast in the Indian Ocean. This is the first case in history where an ocean beast has defeated a modern warship."

"According to the life level judgment, it has reached at least level 9 or above and possesses extremely powerful anti-detection capabilities."

This official news report also included a scene of a guided-missile destroyer being dragged into the seabed by a giant octopus fifty or sixty meters long.

There is no need to guess; this must have been captured by national military satellites that have been keeping an eye on this Indian Ocean deep-sea fleet.

As soon as this news was released, it immediately blew up on the Chinese internet.

"Are the beasts this powerful now?"

"What about the missiles? The submarines? The radar detection?"

"How could it just flip over like that?"

"Inside information says the radar observer only discovered it when it was within a hundred meters."

"How is that possible? With the top-tier global technology of the USA, how could they have discovered it so late? This news must be fake, intended to smear them."

"To the person above, the military satellite photos are right here, are you still trying to defend them?"

Not long after this information was released.

Military news released another explosive piece of news.

"Our country's scientists, after arduous research and the investment of massive resources, have successfully developed a detection instrument for remote detection of life magnetic field intensity."

"It has currently achieved mass production and is being rapidly equipped on major fleets to deal with the threat of ocean beasts."

"At the same time, several ten-thousand-ton destroyers have completed sea trials and have officially entered service in the Navy. They are already equipped with life magnetic field detectors, sufficient to deal with the threat of ocean beasts."

Jumping to international news, official news from other countries is also reporting.

It is not just the USA warships that have been attacked; merchant ships and small warships from other countries have also suffered varying degrees of damage.

Looking at this news, Wang An thought to himself.

"Global maritime shipping is under serious threat, as are some railways that penetrate deep into the mountains, and the world is gradually becoming fragmented."

"The chaos of the nations has begun."

Regarding this situation, even if he had the ability, Wang An could not manage it now, because this is the very meaning of the trial.

The trial team needs to assess a civilization's organizational ability to respond under various crises.

Although it has not yet reached the point of life and death, the response speed and the protection and management of civilization compatriots can roughly reflect a civilization's potential in various aspects.

Fortunately, whether out of interest or national system, the influential and powerful countries in the world still have some means of response.

As for those emerging countries that cannot even figure out their own politics and have entered civilization for less than 100 years, they will naturally not be taken into consideration.

After more than a month of gathering and refining, Wang An finally collected all the materials to cultivate the [Great Forest Wood] Dao foundation.

The Wondrous Qi formed by the combination of Wood Qi, Thick Earth Qi, Yin Water Qi, and Lesser Yang Qi, and the energy crystal of the [sky-supporting green oak] spirit plant heart that carries the [Great Forest Wood] imagery.

Finally, there is the professional law rune that fits the imagery characteristics—grand, endless, and with extremely strong carrying capacity.

Wang An used the [Carrying] and [Shelter] runes he had comprehended to correspond to the [Great Forest Wood] imagery of "reaching the clouds and blocking the sun."

This time, there was no need to reconstruct the Transcendent law rune.

Instead, he successfully embedded the law rune corresponding to the [Great Forest Wood] imagery into the [Heaven-Receiving Qi-Refining Law-Imitating Profound Truth Talisman] to increase the Wood-element power.

By the end of the month, the Incarnation at the Tianhe Dojo was finally prepared.

This time, the [Rootless Formation] was used to provide energy to create the [Forests Touching the Sky] grand structure at Spirit Plant Peak, serving as the venue for the imagery connection.

For this cultivation, the entire dojo had long been planted full of [sky-supporting green oak] and [ten-thousand-fathom red sequoia] to provide a massive Wood Qi environment.

The main body sat cross-legged at the top of Spirit Plant Peak.

This time, cultivating [Great Forest Wood], everyone at the core of the dojo retreated to the river valley area.

The violent energy of the entire ritual process was not something they could withstand.

The people at the foot of the mountain watched the [Forests Touching the Sky] grand structure slowly start up, and the Wood-element Heaven and Earth Qi of the entire dojo gathered at the top of Spirit Plant Peak, presenting the vision of a forest canopy.

The three direct disciples, Daoist Lu Xinyu, Captain Chen Ping, and Academician Ye Li, whose life levels were at level 8, were allowed to observe this ritual under the protection of Tianhe Peak.

This is also what they will need to experience in the future.

Daoist Lu Xinyu's talent [Seeking the Dao] allowed her to carefully comprehend the [Great Forest Wood] "reaching the clouds and blocking the sun" imagery, attempting to comprehend the principles that fit her own from it.

The three of them had long calculated their respective compatible Water-element Dao foundations.

Daoist Lu Xinyu cultivates with a pure mind, agile reactions, and good observation of subtle details, fitting the cold, introverted, and agile nature of [Jianxia Water].

As a soldier, Captain Chen Ping has firm goals and is good at long-term planning, fitting the endless, enterprising, and accessible nature of [Long-Flowing Water].

Academician Ye Li was previously an academician, has a vast perspective, and is good at integrating resources to assist research, fitting the vast, inclusive, and surging nature of [Great Creek Water].

Regarding the Water-element Dao foundations they chose, the Incarnation could not help much.

He could only provide a set of refining theories he had organized, hoping it would be of some help to them.

As time passed, the entire ritual reached its climax in the afternoon.

Ordinary people in the river valley area could not feel such a scene under the protection of the formation domain.

However, the surrounding Wood Qi had already condensed into a towering giant tree, blocking the sunlight of the entire dojo.

"What's going on? It's still broad daylight, but there's no sunlight."

"General, according to the instrument readings, the energy here has exceeded the peak of a small nuclear explosion."

Li Zhenyun from the Bailudong Academy exclaimed.

"Is this the great power of a Transcendent Life?"

Beside him, Councillor Yixiu chanted a Buddhist name.

"Amitabha! This is the true Buddha descending to the world."

Daoist Master Sumu of the Shangqing Maoshan sect immediately disagreed.

"You monk, Daoist Master Tianhe is a Daoist master of our Daoism, how did he become yours?"

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Even so, the spirit plants in the spirit field did not wither but grew even more vigorously, and even kept bowing and paying homage toward the center, where the [Great Forest Wood] Dao foundation was about to be refined and born.

[Great Forest Wood] is known for its Yin Wood ability of lush forests on plains, soft leaves and dense branches, like rolling green ridges, spreading with the wind, filled with vitality, and having long-lasting agility.

Following the center of the ritual, the wood heart crystal absorbed the four Wondrous Qis and the "reaching the clouds and blocking the sun" imagery.

Under Wang An's current magic power, it was refined at an extremely fast speed.

Finally, this wood heart was refined into a small, emerald-green energy seed.