Chapter 284: Extracting The Plants Principle
[Using his X-rank Death Touch innate talent and Death Authority, Morvane used it to corrode the surging life force within the Goddess of Plants, thereby weakening her.]
[As the Goddess of Plants, her life force was way stronger than the average Initial Starlight rank Wild Gods.]
[Although Morvane could easily kill her, especially with her being weakened to this state, he knew that you needed her to be alive in order to extract her Plants Principle.]
[So, he could only resort to using his Death Authority to kill her life force, the energy of her body, and whatever made her powerful.]
[It was to ensure that when you were to use World Order, the Goddess of Plants’ power would be weakened to the greatest extent, preventing her from resisting your extraction.]
[Although the Goddess of Plants was a genuine Initial Starlight rank Wild God, you and Jade had teamed up to weaken her Plants Principle, which was what she mostly relied on for power.]
[Not to mention, Old MacDonald acted as the main combatant and distracted the Goddess of Plants, allowing her to focus all her attention on Old MacDonald.]
[Taking advantage of that opening, Morvane, who had previously planned to act as the main combatant, could only act as the assassin and use his Death Authority to kill his presence.]
[With his presence killed and the Goddess of Plants concentrating her attention on Old MacDonald and the injury Old MacDonald had inflicted, Morvane sneaked up behind her without getting caught, successfully landing his attack.]
[Morvane’s X-rank Death Touch might only have the straightforward usage of bringing death to whoever he touched, but its effects were further improved by his Death Authority.]
[He was no longer limited to bringing the death of living beings, but also inanimate objects, or even concepts like "presence".]
[After Morvane killed the life force of the Goddess of Plants, you saw her supple white skin becoming as dry as a mummy.]
[For Wild Gods like her who were not only the enemy of the universe but also possessing Principles your train crewmates needed, you naturally didn’t hold any sympathy towards them.]
[With Order King pointing its scepter towards the mummified Goddess of Plants, who was on the verge of death, you didn’t hesitate to use World Order, "Order! For a defeated Wild God who had fallen from grace, forfeit your Plants Principle!"]
["King’s Decree! Effective immediately! The victor shall acquire whatever the defeated have as their Principle!"]
[After you further amplified World Order with King’s Decree, you witnessed a vibrant green-colored light orb being pulled out from the Goddess of Plants’ soul.]
{Hint Prompt: The vibrant green-colored light orb is the Goddess of Plant’s Plants Principle. This Principle is at 31.214% since the Goddess of Plants had just recently become an Initial Starlight rank Wild God several hundred years ago.}
{Hint Prompt: Anyone can absorb the Goddess of Plants’ Plants Principle without any side effects. However, forcibly absorbing it would yield fewer law fragments than using it as a resource object for analysis and comprehension.
With enough time, this extracted 31.214% Plants Principle can allow anyone with enough talent and comprehension to step into the Starlight rank with the Plants Principle. But if used as nourishment for an Authority related to the Universal Law of Plants, it can instead increase the chances of sublimating a higher-grade Authority to a Principle.}
[Seeing that the Plants Principle you’ve extracted didn’t have any hidden side effects or curses planted by a Wild God, you used your power to store it and prevent the extracted Plants Principle from leaking back to the universe as unowned law fragments.]
[Storing it inside a gem, you tossed the gem containing the Plants Principle to Old MacDonald while informing, "I’ve checked with my hint prompt, and there’s nothing wrong with it. You can use this with confidence."]
["You can either use this Plants Principle to quickly become an Initial Starlight rank powerhouse, or take your time in using it as a nourishment for your Farming Authority."]
[Hearing your words, Old MacDonald decisively replied, "I’ve been a farmer for most of my life. I’ve decided to attain Starlight rank with the Farming Principle."]
[Old MacDonald knew this would take more time, but he didn’t regret making this decision.]
[Acquiring the Farming Principle would not only allow him to be stronger than with the Plants Principle, but it would also allow him to improve his Special Identity Spark as The Rancher.]
[Farming was still synonymous with his identity as a Rancher. And since it was a mid-grade Authority, sublimating it to a mid-grade Principle would allow him to have an advantage over most Starlight rank powerhouses who took the shortcut with a low-grade Principle.]
[Seeing that you’ve successfully extracted the Plants Principle, Morvane threw the Goddess of Plants’ mummified corpse towards the ground with disdain, "Even against a Starlight rank Wild God, our Zenith Train Crew came out as the victors."]
[Scarlet complained, "I haven’t even summoned my Wolf Night Realm, and the battle already ended."]
[Morvane shrugged, "Old MacDonald took the role of the main combatant, and I could only act as the assassin. Our plan has deviated, but it was for the better as we’ve expended less resources and effort in defeating this Starlight rank Wild God."]
[For the Zenith Train Crew, it was a must to be cautious and always act with a plan. However, the plan wasn’t absolute and could be changed depending on the judgment of each train crewmate when executing it.]
[Let alone Scarlet, even Astraea, Magnus, and Cecilia, who were secretly watching from the dark, hadn’t made a move yet.]
[Although this was achieved due to fighting the Goddess of Plants when she was caught off-guard, you and the others never planned to play fair, as what mattered was that you all won.]
[Whenever you all fought, you all formed a habit of never talking or delaying the battle. Always finishing it quickly and decisively allowed the Zenith Train Crew to win most encounters.]
[Satisfied with the results of hunting your Zenith Train Crew’s first Starlight rank Wild God, you suggested, "For the next decades, we can start hunting Starlight rank Gods as resources for authority comprehension."]