Godly Revival System: I Buy My Killer's Stats

Although the Ancient Heartwood Tree had shown incredible battle prowess a few moments ago, it was still a weakened Rank 7 Spirit Tree.

So, Ethan could not help but feel a bit worried.

'Rawrrr'

On the other hand, the Undead Giant General roared at the sky before looking at the Ancient Heartwood Tree.

'Huh?'

In the next second, Ethan frowned because the expected insane battle between the Ancient Heartwood Tree and the Undead Giant General didn't occur.

The Undead Giant General, despite its terrifying size and power, did not attack the Ancient Heartwood Tree directly.

To Ethan's surprise, it simply stood there, letting the massive roots of the Ancient Heartwood Tree tear into it again and again.

'T-this… don't tell me it is planning to….'

It didn't take much time for Ethan to realise what the Undead Giant General was trying to do, and he wondered, 'Does that mean the Ancient Heartwood Tree is more powerful than a Nascent Soul Realm Entity?'

When this thought came to Ethan's head, he was shocked.

'That Undead Giant General must know that the Ancient Heartwood Tree is more powerful than it, and thus, it decided to use its Special Skill: [Death Rebound] to sacrifice itself to kill the Ancient Heartwood Tree?'

Ethan wanted to let the Ancient Heartwood Tree know about the Undead Giant General; however, thinking back to how it was fighting the Undead Armies for the past 500 years, how could the Ancient Heartwood Tree see through that silly trick?

'Maybe the Ancient Heartwood Tree is confident in blocking the Undead Giant General's [Death Rebound].'

This was the conclusion that Ethan had come to as he watched the Ancient Heartwood Tree relentlessly attack the Undead Giant General without any mercy.

'Kacha'

'Kacha'

Finally, after a few minutes, the final blow fell.

The last massive root slammed into the giant Undead Being, shattering it into a thousand pieces of black bones.

[Death Rebound]

However, in its death throes, the giant Undead Being released a beam of condensed Death Essence—its final strike, aimed straight at the Ancient Heartwood Tree.

'Swoosh'

It was like a thick wave of black Death Essence that was 100 times more powerful than the [Death Rebounds] that Ethan blocked earlier.

It surged forward, like a tide of annihilation.

'Boom'

But just as it was about to reach the trunk of the Ancient Heartwood Tree, the same green barrier from before flared to life again, and the Death Rebound Attack smashed against the barrier.

Nevertheless, it didn't even leave a crack on the barrier, thoroughly shocking Ethan once again.

"Excellent… The Ancient Heartwood Tree is truly powerful."

Ethan's eyes were filled with both shock and excitement.

Even the most desperate attacks of a Peak Nascent Soul Realm Undead Being couldn't harm the Ancient Heartwood Tree.

His mind was already racing. If the Ancient Heartwood Tree could very easily destroy even a Peak Nascent Soul Realm Undead Being, then couldn't he use this to his advantage?

'I could lure more and more powerful Undead Beings here and let the Ancient Heartwood Tree destroy them, turning them into fertiliser for its growth.'

Of course, before they turned into fertiliser, Ethan would collect the Undead Marrow Essence and the Death Cores for his Undead Avatar's breakthrough to the Death Core Realm.

But just as he was excited about his easy way to collect the resources for his Undead Avatar, his expression suddenly changed.

[The Ancient Heartwood Tree has used its Lifespan to use the [Greenheart Barrier]]

[The Life Region of the Greenheart Realm has reduced to 11 percent]

'So… the power that the Ancient Heartwood Tree uses comes at a heavy price.'

Looking at the sudden system notifications, Ethan bitterly smiled and hurriedly checked the information on the Ancient Heartwood Tree.

[Spirit Tree: Ancient Heartwood Tree]

[Grade: Special Rank 7]

[Lifespan: 10 years]

[Status: Exhausted: Hero, please be careful and do not bring the Undead Legions to the Stronghold]

[Status: It doesn't matter whether we win or not, we will be losing too much compared to what we gain]

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After the repeated usage of the [Greenheart Barrier] and the Ancient Heartwood Tree's lifespan decreased by 10 years, which means the Life Region has been directly reduced by 1 percent.

'Although it has lost 10 years of its lifespan, it is not very serious. I will use this as a lesson to not rush things.'

Since he had helped the Ancient Heartwood Tree gain that lifespan once, he could do it again.

Moreover, his plan was to increase the lifespan of the Ancient Heartwood Tree by nearly 500 years. So, he was not sad about it.

Instead, Ethan was happy that he got to see the true battle prowess of the Ancient Heartwood Tree because if he ever needed its help in the future, he knew how to use it.

In exchange for 10 years of lifespan to destroy the Undead Legion… Ethan felt it was not a bad deal as he could get a large amount of Undead Marrow Essence, 10 Death Cores and a Soul Core.

Therefore, in the future, when the Ancient Heartwood Tree's lifespan crossed 100 or 200 years, he wanted to use the tree's battle prowess. 'I believe it is a fair exchange.'

'T-this…. fine. I won't bring the Undead Legion again…. at least anytime soon.'

However, when Ethan read the [Live Status] of the tree, Ethan was a bit embarrassed and decided not to take such unnecessary risks.

'So, I should not cultivate for three sessions; instead, I should only go for two sessions.'

Since Ethan was able to take care of the Undead Armies that appeared after the first and second cultivation sessions, Ethan decided to cultivate for only two sessions, with each session lasting for less than an hour.

'With two cultivation sessions of nurturing the Obsidian Spirit Root, it will mature in just six months. It's still good.'

Until he increased the lifespan of the Ancient Heartwood Tree to above 100 years, Ethan was satisfied with two cultivation sessions per day.

'Now, it is time to collect and extract the Undead Marrow Essence.'

Soon, Ethan brought the Greenfolk People and started working.

After three hours,

Adding to the 13 Undead Armies that Ethan had taken care of before the Undead Legion appeared, Ethan's gains are:

[1) Undead Marrow Essence x 102 Million Drops]

[2) Peak Death Cores x 13]

[3) Peak Soul Core x 1]

Of course, it was the system that calculated and gave the data on such a huge quantity of Undead Marrow Essence.

From the bones of the Undead Giant General alone, Ethan and others extracted 100 million drops of Undead Marrow Essence, whereas the remaining 2 million were from the 13 Undead Armies that Ethan had taken care of earlier.

It was the same for the 13 Death Cores.

'It looks like, after merging with the Undead General, the Death Cores of the 10 Undead Commanders in the Undead Legion must have also merged into the Soul Core of the Undead General.'

Ethan was not surprised because, according to the system, this Soul Core belongs to a Peak Nascent Soul Realm Entity. So, it was obviously due to the merging.

[Ding!]

As he was observing the Soul Core, a system notification appeared that made Ethan's eyes shine brightly as he muttered, 'Looks like I will be bringing more Undead Legions in the future.'

He was determined… determined to increase the Ancient Heartwood Tree's lifespan as soon as possible and then bring the Undead Legions to the stronghold to help him with something.