Chapter 952 - 617: Birth of the Strawman (Part 2)

Chapter 952: Chapter 617: Birth of the Strawman (Part 2)

After several tens of minutes, a tiny blue flame began to burn on its body.

The blaze was small, burning slowly.

Yet wherever it burned, the wounds on its body were being repaired.

It continued to burn like this for another ten or so minutes.

The scarecrow’s body suddenly moved slightly.

This movement was akin to when someone dreams of something intense while sleeping.

[Grass!]

Suddenly, its broken upper body sprang upright.

The red on its body began to fade from the feet.

More accurately, this was not fading; the colors were gathering upwards.

Soon, an unusual sight appeared on the scarecrow.

The lower body was green, while the upper body was extremely red.

And this trend continued; the red areas became fewer but more vibrant.

Throughout the entire process, the scarecrow remained motionless.

Ultimately, the red all gathered at the top of its head.

Poof~

A seed with a nuclear shape was ejected.

Whoosh~

The seed traced a parabolic arc in mid-air, then plunged deep into a mud pit.

[Grass?]

At this point, the fully restored green scarecrow wasn’t even aware it had expelled something; it only knew it had had a very strange dream, seemingly with another scarecrow in it, one with flowers growing on its head. ℯ

It engaged in some very peculiar behavior with that flower scarecrow, behavior it seemed to have seen on Wu Guinan’s computer screen.

[Grass...]

Thud!

Then it exhaustedly collapsed onto the ground again.

The severe injuries caused by the massive energy explosion were beyond what the [Small Fireball] could salvage.

So eventually, the scarecrow couldn’t hold on, and began to dissipate into blue light.

But what it didn’t see was, after it left, that seed took root in the soil.

By early the next morning, a hint of green emerged from the earth.

At first, it was just a thin blade of grass.

Later, more grass gradually extended upwards.

They twisted and intertwined, as if woven by nature.

Soon, a blurry humanoid figure started to emerge under the weaving.

About as high as a person’s knee, it was a little grass man.

Then, in the continuous, woven-style growth, the parts and details of its body became more defined and clearer.

Finally, a pair of dark eyes slowly opened.

Besides the dark eyes, there was also a dark mouth, shaped like an O.

[Grass?]

The little grass man gazed around with a curious expression.

At this moment, it had a thought: to wander around and attempt various things.

For instance, that verdant weeping willow, with branches swaying beautifully when the wind blows.

Could it tear off those branches or perhaps stick a few leaves onto its head?

Or that half-buried stone, sitting still, seeming very solid.

It wanted to flip it over to see if anything was hidden beneath.

And then these flowers and grasses, could they be stepped on, broken, chewed, snapped, or crushed?

Once the thought arose, it couldn’t be suppressed.

[Grass!]

Thus, the little grass man decided to take immediate action.

Just as it was about to move forward, it toppled over entirely.

Thud~

Its face plunged into the dirt, and this sensation was quite novel.

It stuck out its tongue to taste the soil; this flavor, uh... was awful.

[Ptooey, grass!]

It stood back up, only then realizing its feet were still buried in the dirt.

[Grass?]

It looked at its hands.

Curiously waving them, it discovered these appendages were completely under its control.

With the help of its two hands, it arduously pulled its legs out.

"Hu Wei, if we go this way, it might be a shortcut."

At this moment, a voice rang out.

[Grass?]

The little grass man was drawn, turning to face the source.

It was a young man with a small horn on his right forehead, draped in a windproof cloak.

The cloak was stained with soil, grass fragments, and other outdoor debris.

"Ji Jiao, we’ve been out training for almost a year, why haven’t you shaken off the habit of acting alone yet?"

A similarly cloaked woman caught up quickly, complaining as she spoke.

"Wow? There’s a little magical beast."

Ji Jiao noticed the presence of the little grass man.

"No, it seems it’s not a magical beast."

Hu Wei frowned slightly.

"Looks like a child, so pitiful."

"At such a young age, has it traversed to the Cubic Metaverse?"

"Wonder if it has any parents or elders to look after it."

"This desolate wild, how about we take it with us first?"

"Sounds good, we shouldn’t be far from the nearest town anyway."

The two exchanged words between themselves.

...

At Imperial University, Li Pu sat cross-legged in the center of the training ground.

For the past two months, he had swept through all the dungeons at Imperial University with Ah Hui.

He even ventured out on several long trips, scouring other monster gathering grounds for related materials.

With Ah Hui around, accompanied by a bunch of skeletons and beasts, the efficiency at slaying monsters had greatly increased.

Additionally, he visited the border Alien Town, locating Boss Yellow the lizard, who had a warehouse there.

He still owed Li Pu a ton of junk, which Li Pu chose and then returned.

This day, just as he returned to Imperial University, he telepathically discovered that the scarecrows had all finally perished.

Thus, once resurrection time permitted, he fished them all out using reviving charms.

"Where’d you steal this stuff from again..."

Staring at the giant jade bed in front of him, Li Pu was quite taken aback.

This time, he wasn’t wrong; it truly was stolen.

[Caocao, Caocaocao!]

The scarecrow gestured animatedly.

"Oh, then it’s alright."

Upon hearing the item originally belonged to the Master of Sacred Void, Li Pu thought it was pretty satisfactory.

Actually, the momentary revival of #2 had roughly relayed the entire void journey to him.

"But this item doesn’t seem to be of much value."

Knocking it with his knuckles, Li Pu felt it wasn’t even hard.

It was very smooth, like a giant mirror stone.

Standing in front of it, one could see their reflection as well as those of a group of summoned beasts.

Bu Bu had a watch in his bag, which he took out to scan it.

And found it was a material named Void Jade.

Judging by volume and estimated weight, it could fetch about 2 million Crystal Coins.

"Void Jade inherently possesses adhesive properties, so even breaking and selling it at the trading station won’t impact the price."

Having read the watch’s description, he instructed the scarecrow and Fufu to go ahead.

[Grass!]

[Quiet!]

The two summoned beasts followed orders and immediately got to work.

Under their disassembly, the Void Jade bed turned into fragments, all stored in Bu Bu’s pocket.

As for Li Pu himself, he wasn’t idle, either.

The scarecrows’ void journey lasted quite long, accumulating a large amount of void monster-related materials.

After thorough screening, Li Pu selected usable materials.

The leftover included some valuable core materials he planned to keep for the scarecrow’s reincarnation.

The rest was set aside for sale as trash; he put it into Bu Bu’s pocket first.

In the past two months, he’d amassed a significant volume of related materials on Bluestar.

And the scarecrow’s void journey brought unexpected gains to Li Pu.

First, there were unplanned void-related materials, and secondly, Bu Bu’s giant pile of void carrots.

Once Bu Bu finished the void carrots, it would nearly reach its full level.

The conversion rate of 10 Devour attributes was remarkable.

Indeed, it owed its success to the Master of Sacred Void’s wealth; otherwise, they wouldn’t have been able to purchase so many carrots.

After spending considerable effort, Li Pu finally maxed the level of the 5th transfer summoned beasts.

Plenty of materials remained, and he upgraded everyone’s skills to LV6.

[Caocao! Caocaocaocao!]

At this point, the disassembly of the Void Jade bed finally reached its last part; the scarecrow suddenly called Li Pu.

Because it discovered a very special material at the core of the Void Jade bed after all.

This material didn’t look much different from other Void Jade and could reflect scenes like a mirror.

But it was exceptionally sturdy and shaped like an oval full-body mirror.

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