“My lord, the Killer Black Rose was an accident.”
Pinkman explained, “In this Era, plant growth accelerated and the roses grew well. So I expanded the rose garden and also cultivated some new varieties ……”
“In the process, a few little things happened as well.”
“Fish Goo bred a love for Red Leaf.”
Lu Yao pondered in his heart, could it be that the little fish man and the red rose made gave birth to the black rose?
“Unfortunately, Red Leaf, however, fell in love with a human named Shang Xun.”
A smiley face floated above Pinkman’s head, “This is the first pair of interracial lovers to appear after the Rose Envoy’s reappearance, much like the traditional marriages during the Rose Kingdom.”
“Fish Goo was devastated and requested a long holiday. Also because of this, the Rose Garden is missing Fish Goo, an excellent florist, and our manpower has become stretched thin.”
Lu Yao checked in the background and found Fish Goo under the Deep Sea Fishman entry.
At this time, it was in the Crystal City and seemed to still be healing the pain of a lost love.
Fish Goo also participated in the Martial Arts Conference to relieve its bitterness, and it could only be described as brave as a denominator when it came to fighting.
Pinkman continued, “Shaq, White Sword, Red Leaf, and Yellow Lie each take care of a rose garden. Fish Goo is especially good at making fertilisers, and once it went on leave, the fertilisers that everyone made weren’t very effective. So I used the heavy treasure you bestowed, [Scavenger’s Manure].”
The White Sword, or White Rose, the attendant awakened by Pinkman’s Enshrinement Ceremony, was also the first Rose Envoy to be revived.
Lu Yao listened patiently.
“The roses that received the heavy treasure to nourish them, every single one of them grew happily. But not long after, they withered all over again, and only a kind of tiny roses remained in the flower garden, which had light grey petals.”
“They were neither tall nor stout, just like the most common wild roses, and as they continued to grow, their petals became dark …… That’s when I realised that they were black roses.”
A sweating expression appeared on Pinkman’s brain.
“According to the records of the Rose Kingdom and the oral narratives of the successive kings, the Black Rose is a black bloodline born from the union of the Rose Envoys, and it is completely different from the one in front of me.”
“Because I guard the Rose Garden day and night, it is clear that the Killer Black Rose is not born from the union of Rose Envoys.”
“I can only understand it as an accidental variety born in the middle of the Rose Garden under the catalysing of a heavy treasure.”
Lu Yao heard something beyond the words.
That is to say, this Killer Black Rose, is quite different from the traditional Black Rose?
“Yes, yes, you are truly discerning!”
Speaking of this, Pinkman perked up, a double-eyed expression appearing on his head.
“Black Roses, in the traditional sense, are born as Rose Ambassadors, very different from other bloodlines. That’s what makes them dangerous, having too much power without having the self-control or awareness of it.”
“But the Slayer Black Roses here are amazing, they don’t turn into Rose Envoys.”
“I can clearly perceive that they don’t have any budding consciousness, they are in another direction in their evolution, not going down the Rose Envoy path, but intensifying the plant characteristics and roles ……”
Pinkman talked about his various experiments, simply gushing.
Lu Yao boiled it down to one sentence.
The Killer Black Rose was purely a tool flower.
This species does not breed rose makes and has no self-awareness.
Their evolutionary plus points were all on survival and offence.
It was also because of this that Pinkman, although very hesitant, ended up retaining this dangerous species that was accidentally created. Because this was different from regular black bloodlines, it might be possible to improve it into a new and controllable product.
The Killer Black Rose was a natural weapon, even an ordinary person holding a Black Rose could kill a Transcendent. It was also the Yao Clan’s most lethal single weapon today.
Pinkman took a black rose and used a rock as a target for a practical exercise.
With a finger of the rose in his hand, the petals flew out blade-like, slicing into the stone and exploding into pieces.
“It’s hard to resist the Killer Black Rose if it’s a body of flesh and blood. Only if one is clad in a fine armour like the Twin Cities Armour, one can resist the Black Rose’s petal shots and black withering.”Pinkman said so.
The Black Rose’s life value, which was the amount of ammunition, was usually between 12 and 16, which meant that it could fire that many petals. The rate of fire is also quite fast, making it difficult for targets to avoid it as long as they are within its range.
The Killer Black Rose’s weaknesses stand out as much as its strengths.
Once it was picked it would quickly wither, its panel stats continued to decrease, and the limit of time it could be used was 7 days. After 7 days it would completely expire and turn into a normal black withered flower.
“A new era is upon us, plague beasts are infesting everywhere, the Prophets of Yao City and Salt City request the use of the Black Rose. After the Armour Bearer held the Killer Black Rose, he quickly exterminated the Calamity Beasts everywhere.”
Pinkman concluded, “My lord, the Killer Black Rose is indeed dangerous, and I will definitely keep a close eye on it and never let it flow into the world. I think the Black Rose has a lot of room for improvement and great potential, so I ask that Your Excellency can give me some time.”
“With enough time, I will be able to cultivate a more reliable and stable Black Rose.”
Lu Yao approved.
He had always encouraged exposure and trying new things.
The birth of the Killer Black Rose was more like a prototype of the Transcendent Realm’s biological route.
The Yao Clan had Transcendents like the Martial Cultivators, who cultivated in a way that challenged the limits of the individual, belonging to the Extreme Stream.
The Armour Bearers relied on fine equipment, and with a large number of Omnipotent Stones as well as Fire Vapour Furnace augmentation allowed Transcendent Technology to progress rapidly, which was considered the Equipment Stream.
If there could be one more biological tool development route, the entire world’s access and diversity would also be richer, and it would be more beneficial to civilisation’s support and boost.
……
It had been some time since the Martial Arts Conference ended.
Lu Yao went through the Golden Wilderness and found the cave-dwelling monster Stone Little, one of the two champions of the first edition.
It was now in Canopy City and had been hired by the Pine Crawlers to be the city’s guardian.
The plant system was strong in this Era, and the Monstrous Grasses within the Valley of the Gods had gained a substantial enhancement, and Shi Xiao was here, and often wrestled with Monstrous Grasses of various forms to hone his body and strength.
This place was very suitable for the cultivation of martial cultivators, surrounded by strong enemies and free from external disturbances.
Apart from the two champions, several other participants were also enthusiastic. They were all cultivating and honing themselves, and quite a few of them went to the Crystal City Underground Drill Ground to prepare for the next Congress.
Slymod and the other Apostles vigorously pushed for follow-up publicity, thoroughly spreading the transcendent event of the [Martial Arts Congress] throughout the Yao Clan.
Just the divine blessings and transfer rewards alone made a bunch of Transcendents jump at the chance.
According to Slymod, after the non-human Transcendents got the news of the confirmation, one by one, they jumped at the chance, and the next convention would be even more intense.
Five years later in the Yao Race World, the second martial arts convention officially opened.
This time, the number of participants reached 51, and there were not only martial cultivators, but also armour-bearers, Berserk Inferno Birds, as well as Ice and Snow Gargoyles and the Wu Ji Clan.
The eventual winner was a LV26 Ice and Snow Giant, and the Transcendent Race had a clear advantage in physical combat without the aid of props.
Unlike the inaugural edition, this time a follow-up high-intensity challenge was added.
[Eighteen Calamities of Cloud Temple].
That is, the Knowing Monk sends out a team of Calamities to engage in a wheel battle against the challenger, and if the challenger can make it all the way through and defeat all eighteen Calamities, then he will receive a special gift from the gods – becoming an Apostolic Squire.
Apostle escorts were the auxiliaries of the apostles, and the outstanding ones among them would have the chance to be directly granted apostleship by the gods.
This was also a proposal that Lu Yao approved, discussed by Isabelle and Slemod, and consulted all the other Apostles for their opinions and suggestions, before finally arriving at a proposal.
The difficulty of the Eighteen Calamities replica is beyond doubt, nowadays, the lowest level of the Calamities in the Cloud Temple is at the beginning of LV20, and the highest level even reaches LV37. Due to the enhancement of the Calamities by the power of the rules, their panel strength far exceeds that of the same level of Transcendentals.
If you can pass the eighteen plague beasts and prove your strength, it’s normal to serve as an apostle alternate.
This would give the participants a stronger target to chase and also inspire the transcendentalist community.
There were twelve people who challenged the Calamity Beasts.
Including the champion, all the challengers fell at the feet of the first Calamity Beast.
What surprised Lu Yao was the champion winner’s Ice Troll, which refused to be transferred.
“O Great God, I am overwhelmed by your gift, but your insignificant followers wish to continue walking in the name of the Ice Snow Troll clan.”
“Before I left home, the elders told me not to be discouraged by failure, for the world always has an endless supply of strong people. One must keep the heart of a challenger.”
“I love the glaciers and snowy mountains in the north, and I’m proud to be an Ice and Snow Giant, I think that we are no worse than any clan.”
Lu Yao looked relieved for a moment.
This was right.
Competition and rivalry were not only for the purpose of dividing them and obtaining rewards, they were also used to inspire a sense of honour and belonging amongst the group.
Lu Yao remembered the name of this Ice Gargoyle.
Ice Fist.
