At once, Ricky also eased his power down.
Since Rodger could not destroy his array, Ricky naturally won the battle. In fact, even if he hadn't used that array, he believed that he would still defeat Rodger in the end.
He was that confident of himself.
"That explains it. However, I didn't expect you to use it on me. Anyway, regardless if you used it or not, this power still belongs to you. I am defeated, and your incredible strength has sincerely convinced me," said Rodger.
Ricky nodded gratefully in return, answering, "Thank you!"
"I hope you two can join us after you finish your task here and get out of this place. We will wait for you in the forest outside. If you don't mind that our talent is not enough, Ricky, we want to make friends with you. What do you think?" proposed Rodger in a friendly manner.
Honestly, they weren't happy that they had failed to obtain the chance of obtaining the grand humanoid evil tree, but they had no regrets. After all, they got to fight Ricky, and it was an honor to be defeated by such an incredible fighter.
"Ha-ha, it will be my pleasure!" Ricky replied with a bright smile.
Then, Rodger and the other three left the core area, for it was better that they weren't there for the next part, which was the process of refining the grand humanoid evil tree. After all, it was a top-secret process.
What was more, if they were present, they would envy Ricky and Queenie and feel upset.
"Queenie, the grand humanoid evil tree belongs to you now.
Hurry up and refine it while I can still control myself. Otherwise, I might fail to restrain the greed in my heart," Ricky said in a teasing tone.
"Thank you. Without you, I might have already died," Queenie told Ricky sincerely. "From now on, you have my approval. I've said that I'll do three things for you, and you can count on these words."
"My, my! It's not your style to say these words," Ricky teased her as his lips curled with an evil smile, making Queenie frown in irritation.
"Humph!" she snorted and rolled her eyes at Ricky, knowing that he was just goading her for fun.
She turned away from him and jumped to the core area to take the seed of the grand humanoid evil tree.
By this time, Queenie had been accepted by the grand humanoid evil tree, so the suppressive force on the seed had disappeared.
"Finally! The grand humanoid evil tree is mine!" Queenie couldn't help but yell in her excitement, as she clutched the seed in her hand.
"Just refine it quickly. You can be excited after you do that," Ricky urged with a smile, walking to her. "I will stand guard for you."
"Okay!" Queenie nodded, intending to merge the seed at once.
Buzz!
At this moment, one more change suddenly took place. The mass of light, where the seed of the grand humanoid evil tree had been, suddenly surged and split into two groups of light. Then, two more seeds appeared out of nowhere.
"Th...These..." Ricky and Queenie exchanged dumbfounded looks. They could not believe their eyes!
"What the hell! Are there three grand humanoid evil trees here?" Ricky blurted out in a stunned voice, blinking his eyes as if he was trying to wake up from a dream.
"That's impossible. The ancestral land could not produce two grand humanoid evil trees in one era. Two trees would already be unthinkable, let alone three!" Queenie exclaimed in disbelief.
"That has happened only once from the past eras. The last time there were three grand humanoid evil trees, the ancestral land was established, and that was the most primitive era," she continued.
"But there are indeed three seeds. Look!" Ricky gestured to the seeds, although both of them had not taken their eyes off them since they started surging earlier.
"Wait... No! Those two are not seeds of grand humanoid evil trees!" Queenie suddenly said in surprise, shaking her head.
"What?" Ricky said.
"Ricky, look carefully and feel them with your heart," Queenie urged him in a surprisingly patient voice. "The grand humanoid evil tree's seed is checkered, with black and white stripes, but those two seeds have a solid color. One is pure black, while the other is pure white.
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