Virus King - Chapter 348

Chapter 348: Greedy Lottery! The Branch of the Tree of Life!

TL: YYang

Midnight.

In the villa during the late night, despite the continuous enhancement of physical constitution due to the improvement of Evolvers’ strength, which made them require less rest and sleep to maintain their state—

At this moment in the villa, the women of White Emperor Palace from White Emperor City were all in a state of drowsy exhaustion and dizziness.

Especially Song Ge, who had the weakest constitution and the lowest level, and hadn’t even undergone her first profession transfer yet. She completely passed out within three minutes due to the influence of the Darklight Virus.

She had no ability to resist whatsoever.

This situation wasn’t unique to Song Ge; although the others were slightly stronger, they were still limited in their capabilities.

Even Leng Shuang, whose combat effectiveness was relatively decent in this area, had fallen into a deep sleep under the current circumstances.

Chen Bai, however, stepped out of the room under the deep night sky, slowly extending his hand into the radiant moonlight.

His palm gradually turned golden, shining brilliantly under the moonlight.

It resembled a golden sculpture—resplendent and magnificent.

The Hand of Greed.

With this, Chen Bai’s abilities had gained unimaginable enhancements.

Though he couldn’t fully unleash the Authority of Greed yet, even its current capabilities were already sufficient.

Previously, the killings in the Demon-Sealing Pagoda and the acquisition of the Soul Pearl were all thanks to the Golden Hand. Without it, even Chen Bai couldn’t guarantee that he could have forced the Soul Pearl to drop.

Otherwise, if things had dragged on, Liu Huai’s awakening might have become a significant problem. If the awakening failed and resulted in the same half-human, half-ghost state as the previous life, it would have been too late to fix.

In addition to enhancing drop rates, the treasures within the entire Vault of Greed, located on the Path of Life and Death in Hell, were his for the taking.

However, he still needed to pass the so-called trial to retrieve these treasures from the Vault of Greed.

Perhaps as his strength increased, this restriction would gradually lift in the future. But for now, Chen Bai was like a man guarding a mountain of gold without being able to access it.

Besides these effects, the Golden Hand had two other abilities.

And now, as of this moment, twenty-four hours had passed since Chen Bai obtained the Golden Hand. A day had finally elapsed!

When this day arrived, there was no doubt—the first ability of the Golden Hand was about to activate!

[Mammon’s Hand: Once a day, you can randomly obtain an item, piece of equipment, skill book, or other specific object from across the multiverse. The item will be randomly ranked between B-Rank and SS-Rank.]

This ability was nothing short of heaven-defying!

Though, its method was rather shady.

Previously, the Golden Hand also had this ability, but any treasures acquired in this way were automatically sent back into the Vault of Greed, the King’s Treasury.

Now, however, Chen Bai had completely replaced Satan, inheriting the Authority and Power of Greed. Naturally, anything obtained through the daily lottery now belonged solely to him.

This overpowered skill was beyond comprehension.

The power of Authority was something only a True God could truly resist.

Otherwise, the treasures obtained through the Golden Hand’s daily lottery would be utterly unstoppable.

Sure enough.

As Chen Bai focused on the Golden Hand, a faint golden light began to glow on his palm. The next moment, the air before him rippled like water. A golden portal opened up from his hand, and Chen Bai instinctively reached inside, guided by the Golden Hand.

His fingers grasped something.

It felt hard.

And rather slender.

But most intriguingly, the object radiated a strange heat—similar to body warmth, but even hotter.

For a moment, Chen Bai thought he had grabbed onto some part of a living creature. When he pulled it out, however, he was stunned.

It was a tree branch.

No, calling it a branch might be too generous.

It was more like a sapling.

Only the size of a palm, its emerald-green glow immediately illuminated the entire villa the moment Chen Bai retrieved it. The faint green light radiated an indescribable vitality.

The scorching heat emanating from the sapling confirmed its extraordinary nature!

This was…

If it had been anything else, Chen Bai might not have recognized it. But this item, he knew at first glance—even without consulting the feedback from the Eye of Secrets.

[Branch of the Tree of Life (A-Rank)]

[Special Item]

[The Branch of the Tree of Life can be used as equipment or consumed by extracting its sap…]

[As equipment: Constitution +240, Spirit +240, gain the abilities “Life Healing,” “Tenacity of Life,” and “Life Overflow.” Required Level: 40.]

[As a consumable: Permanently increase Constitution and Spirit by 25 points each…]

This item—

Chen Bai was quite familiar with it.

In his previous life, the bloodline power he fused with was that of the Elves. The Tree of Life was a unique and vital plant for the Elven race.

Every Elf, aside from those born of the second generation through natural reproduction, originated from the Tree of Life.

And the progenitor of the Tree of Life was the primordial Supreme God of Life, an ancient being regarded as the most ancient biological entity in the universe—the Ancient Tree of Life.

It was also known as the Tree of Antiquity and Knowledge.

Helrose’s mastery of the Authority of Life was partly due to her identity as an Elf. She had seized a portion of the Ancient Tree of Life’s authority.

Of course, this was one of the reasons many Elves disapproved of, despised, and even hated her.

And now, Chen Bai had obtained such an item through the lottery!?

If this were a branch from the legendary Ancient Tree of Life, its value would be incalculable. However, as just an ordinary branch of the Tree of Life, its value was still high but not particularly significant for Chen Bai.

As equipment or as a consumable?!

With attributes like this, eating it was pointless!

It wouldn’t even fill the gaps in his teeth.

As for equipping it, that was even more ridiculous. A level 40 requirement rendered it useless for the time being.

Shaking his head, Chen Bai tossed the item into his Spatial Backpack. If nothing else, items from the Elven race held great value and symbolic significance.

Reining in his thoughts, Chen Bai shifted his focus back to the other ability of the Golden Hand: the conversion of gold coins into attributes.