Start as a Spiritual Planter: I Have a Game Panel

A small grin spread across his face as he muttered to himself, "Yes, it's a success… just as I thought."

The teleportation had worked, and he could return to the Red River Domain without re-initiating a full territory projection or transferring his entire territory.

To confirm it he also checked around him, this time there was no familiar feeling of his territory around, which means he came alone and was not bound to the same place as other Lords.

As he looked around, he also found that this was not the same place he was standing before, but hundreds of meters away from the previous location.

But this didn't bother him, he immediately opened his attribute panel, to check the amount of spiritual power he consumed, and found that it was not a small amount.

"Hmm, the consumption of spiritual power was not small, it took about 170 points for a single teleportation, which should be impossible for any other Tier 3 professional unless they have more spiritual power inside their bodies like me."

He also sensed that the cost would increase if he were to transport others along with him. "However, it's not a big issue for me who has the support of both Recovery and Life Spirit Body talents."

"Now that I know I can come and go… time to see if there's anything worth finding," he murmured, his gaze sharpening as he scanned the gloomy, rain-soaked landscape.

He flexed his fingers, feeling the strange energy in the rain once more, "If this strange energy is the same as before, after purification, I should be able to get the special energy that I used to improve Groot before."

But the energy inside these raindrops is not even close to what he found inside the Necrotic Fiend's core.

So, Ram picked a direction and strode forward, searching around for any signs of corrupted creatures like the Necrotic Fiend he had previously encountered.

The darkened terrain seemed endless, but he pressed on, moving quickly, even in the darkness and rain he could see things clearly thanks to the help of his Spiritual Eyes.

After fifteen minutes of nonstop walking, he covered a solid thirty to forty miles, finally spotting a small city in the distance.

It was surrounded by a five-meter-tall stone wall, and within the perimeter, a group of stone buildings rose like skeletal remains against the stormy sky.

As he approached, the city's devastation became more apparent.

Most buildings lay in ruin, many partially crumbled, overtaken by thick, blood-red vines that coiled across every structure like monstrous veins.

Each vine was nearly as thick as a bucket, spreading across the broken walls and spilling over the edges, adding a sinister, pulsing look to the dead cityscape.

His eyes narrowed. There were no signs of life visible amidst the ruins; no movement, no sounds other than the relentless patter of blood rain.

Yet, something about the scene gave him pause—it felt anything but abandoned, as if something lay dormant, watching him from just beyond his reach.

He tried activating his Spiritual Eye and focusing on the nearest of the red vines.

But from this distance, he wasn't able to find much.

"Well, I should be able to escape before something goes wrong." While contemplating his decision, he gradually approached the ruins of the city.

As Ram neared the city wall, just twenty meters away, a chilling sensation crept over him, setting his nerves on edge.

He stopped and instinctively raised his head, scanning the city wall and the murky skies above, but saw nothing out of the ordinary.

With his recent increase in Spirit attribute and Soul power, he could tell, that feeling of impending danger didn't fade, though, and Ram quickly controlled his spiritual power to form a thick wooden shield in front of him.

An inch-thick shield sprang to life, covered with dense spiritual runes.

Thanks to his Plant Lord affinity, he was able to summon it with barely a thought, almost instantly.

Barely a heartbeat later, a sharp, thorn-like projectile came rocketing toward him from somewhere unseen, tearing through the air with incredible speed, like a sniper's bullet.

"Boom!" The sound of impact was deafening, and before he could even brace himself, the force of the hit shook his entire body.

Strong airwaves spread across all over the place, while thorn struck his shield with explosive force, and before he could fully react, it tore straight through, only holding up a fraction of a second before the projectile burst through and plunged into his right shoulder.

Pain erupted all over his body as the thorn punctured deep, tearing through his joint and leaving a bloody hole.

The force of the hit sent him tumbling back, flung through the air like a rag doll until he landed hard on the rain-soaked ground tens of meters away, dazed and motionless, pain radiating from his shoulder and ribs, with blood flowing down from the wound.

Still, he managed to stay somewhat conscious, he tried to move, realizing that his shield had at least deflected the thorn enough to spare his heart—but just barely.

Gritting his teeth, he could feel that most of the bones near the impact zone were either fractured or shattered, and his internal organs were in even worse condition due to the impact of the violent shockwave.

The Mind Shadow Parasite that was attached to his heart, protected his heart from the residual shockwaves, but its own condition was also not good.

"Who the fuck... was that?" he growled through clenched teeth with shock and anger.

His eyes narrowing, he forced himself to glance at his health stats, he saw the drop—more than eighty-five points lost in a single hit.

If not for the enhancements from his Life Spirit Body, he would likely be a heartbeat away from death.

The huge amount of Life energy of his Life Spirit Body kicked in before he could even reach for his reserve life energy, sending waves of restorative power surging through his body.

The energy snaked along his spiritual lines, targeting his broken bones and injured organs, wrapping around them like warm, healing threads.

Slowly, his shoulder joint began to mend, the bleeding stopped, and the raw pain dulled to a throb as his body worked tirelessly to repair itself.

Ram looked at his attribute panel and found that his health points were decreasing, but his broken body was healing itself faster than he could imagine, similar to the effect of using his reserve Life Energy.

Ram took a few steadying breaths, feeling the life energy stabilize him bit by bit. It took another eighty-five points, before his wounds were completely healed, and returned back to how they were before.

And all of this happened within a matter of few seconds, during which he also helped the Mind Shadow parasite to heal its body with his own life energy.

However, even after his body was completely healed, he didn't try to sit up, but still remained motionless waiting for the enemy's next move.

Whoever—or whatever—had launched that attack had incredible speed and power, he didn't even clearly see the previous attack, and he was already shot.

Unexpectedly, he did not bring Ling'er along, which limited his attack methods to those such as utilizing his spiritual power to create various wood-based attacks.

So, while waiting he concentrated his spiritual power, imagining sharp wood spears, to attack back or ready to escape back any time.