34: Chapter 34 Procurement Resources

Lin Ye had a clear goal and headed straight for the black market's exclusive miasma-type material zone, beginning targeted purchases of scarce core resources.

Category one: Miasma-exclusive spiritual plants.

He traversed almost the entire black market to acquire a substantial amount of rare plant seeds that only grow in extreme yin-miasma lands, such as Soul-Miasma Grass, Blood-Miasma Flowers, Netherworld Deadwood, and Spirit-Eroding Vines.

These spiritual plants do not fear miasma erosion; instead, they devour miasma to grow, taking root in the Miasma Wasteland to form a unique miasma ecosystem that can both stabilize the miasma foundation of the Divine Kingdom and produce miasma-spirit essence, continuously nourishing miasma-craving thralls like the Marrow-Eating Demon Hound, Qi-Blood Underworld Python, and Rot-Blood Mosquito, perfectly adapting to his Divine Kingdom environment.

Category two: Extreme yin-miasma mineral materials.

Purchasing the black market's exclusive miasma crystal cores, pitch-black meteoric iron, and miasma-eroding raw stones, these ores carry natural slaughter attributes and can be buried deep within the Divine Kingdom to form natural miasma mineral veins, replacing ordinary spiritual qi veins and allowing the Divine Kingdom to autonomously produce miasma-energy crystals suited for thralls' cultivation, thoroughly achieving self-sufficiency in miasma power resources.

Category three: Extreme environment ecological nutrients.

Purchasing miasma-blood nutrient solution, yin-miasma balance crystals, and soul-devouring fertile soil, specifically used to cultivate miasma-type spiritual plants, stabilize the extreme landscapes of the Divine Kingdom, prevent conventional materials from conflicting with miasma, perfectly balance yin-yang spiritual qi and slaughter miasma, and construct a unique dual-state closed-loop ecosystem.

Category four: Arcane gain materials.

Purchasing a small amount of concealing miasma runes and shadow spirit-gathering array disks, adapted to the shadow stealth and soul attack traits of the Shadow Fox and Soul-Crying Crow, allowing the construction of shadow secret realms and soul-slaying arrays within the Divine Kingdom to further strengthen the thralls' exclusive combat power.

Throughout the entire procurement, Lin Ye remained decisive and neat. As long as items adapted to the Divine Kingdom and fit the traits of his thralls, he took them all without hesitation and was not stingy with resources in the slightest.

Wang Hu followed along with his eyes opened wide, taking the opportunity to scout a few unorthodox resources rare on the market to make up for the shortcomings of his own Divine Kingdom, while also stockpiling high-tier emergency supplies needed for the league.

Half an hour later, the two swept clean the necessary scarce resources, quietly left the black market, and returned fully loaded.

Returning home, Lin Ye once again went into seclusion and entered the Divine Kingdom.

Lin Ye's mind sank into the Divine Kingdom, pouring all the materials purchased from the Federal Market and the black market into the entire Miasma Wasteland.

At first, the moment various conventional spiritual plant saplings, ordinary mineral vein cornerstones, and standard spiritual spring cores landed, they did indeed take effect rapidly. Tender green branches and leaves broke through the soil, underground mineral sources surged slightly, and running water trickled, adding a bit of vitality to the barren wasteland.

But the next second, a sudden change occurred.

The towering miasma permeating the entire Divine Kingdom swept over all foreign materials instantly like the most overbearing origin rule.

Those conventional spiritual plants purchased from the legitimate market were fundamentally unable to adapt to this extreme land of slaughter. Their emerald green branches and leaves withered, blackened, and shriveled at a speed visible to the naked eye, and their roots were forcibly eroded and rotted by the miasma.

In just a few breaths of time, a large batch of spiritual plants directly withered and died, turning into black ash all over the ground and dissipating with the wind.

Only a tiny fraction of saplings with extremely tenacious vitality survived by luck, but they were also limp and listless all over, with dim, lusterless leaves and vitality nearing severance. Not only could they not absorb spiritual qi to feed back into the Divine Kingdom, but they were continuously eroded by miasma, barely dragging out an ignoble existence.

Forming an extreme contrast with this were the miasma-exclusive spiritual plants purchased from the black market.

Soul-Miasma Grass, Blood-Miasma Flowers, Netherworld Deadwood, and Spirit-Eroding Vines took root the moment they landed. Far from being damaged by the miasma, they frantically devoured the rich miasma around them to nourish themselves, rapidly sprouting branches and growing. Black-red plants spread across every corner of the wasteland, growing luxuriantly and brimming with a violent aura, perfectly adapting to this heaven and earth of slaughter.

While ecological vegetation underwent bipolar differentiation, the water system also underwent a complete alienation.

The originally clear and warm spiritual spring water, as soon as it gushed out, was frantically eroded and tainted by the miasma filling the sky. The clear stream instantly became turbid and dim, gleaming with a faint black-red luster, completely transforming into viscous and cold yin-miasma water.

The originally pure nourishing spiritual qi, at this very moment, thoroughly blended, fused, and transformed with the Divine Kingdom's origin miasma, giving birth to a completely new special energy—miasma-spirit qi.

This aura was cold, overbearing, and monstrous in slaughter. Should any gentle creature be tainted by even a fraction, its soul would be eroded and its vitality would wither. It was a taboo energy that ordinary vegetation, orthodox divine lords, and ordinary spirit beasts would never dare to touch.

But for the miasma-type fierce beast thralls under Lin Ye's command, such as the Marrow-Eating Demon Hound, Qi-Blood Underworld Python, and Rot-Blood Mosquito, this was instead the top-tier sacred cultivation energy.

Innumerable thralls stirred and rose to their feet one after another, greedily breathing in and out the miasma-spirit qi filling the sky. The auras around their bodies steadily climbed, and their flesh, bloodlines, and divine bodies were all being nourished and tempered to the extreme.

Lin Ye stood in the vault of heaven, quietly overlooking the alienations of the entire Divine Kingdom. There was no panic in the depths of his eyes, only complete clarity and understanding.

He finally understood completely.

His own Divine Kingdom was destined to be extraordinary from the very beginning of its birth. It was innately a slaughter dao fetus and miasma dao origin, fundamentally incapable of being compatible with an orthodox, gentle spiritual qi ecosystem.

Wanting previously to balance miasma, harmonize spiritual qi, and forge a balanced ecological closed-loop of a conventional Divine Kingdom was wrong from the very beginning.

This land was naturally intolerant of gentle vitality, raising only fierce beasts of slaughter and engendering only yin-miasma violent auras.

Since the environment could not be changed, there was no longer any need to forcibly pander to orthodox rules.

"Since you force me down the miasma path, I will walk it straight through to the very end!"

A faint light flashed in Lin Ye's eyes. He thoroughly discarded the last trace of the idea of golden-mean checks and balances in his heart, and his state of mind underwent a complete transformation.

There was no need to force yin-yang balance, no need to deliberately nourish orthodox spiritual plants, and no need to imitate the ecological systems of ordinary divine lords.

"Others seek neutrality, peace, and endless reproduction; the Divine Kingdom of I, Lin Ye, shall seek endless slaughter and miasma devouring the heavens!"

His thoughts now settled, Lin Ye simply and thoroughly abandoned all conventional spiritual plants that were listlessly surviving, letting them be assimilated and extinguished by the miasma.

He spread out all the black market miasma-type mineral materials, yin-miasma fertile soil, and miasma-blood nutrient solution, wholeheartedly nourishing the entire wasteland and thoroughly consolidating the miasma-spirit qi and yin-miasma water system.

The originally out-of-place semi-raw ecosystem was thoroughly overthrown and reconstructed.

In the current Divine Kingdom, yin-miasma water sources flowed endlessly, miasma-spirit qi permeated the sky, miasma-type spiritual plants quietly poked their heads out, and miasma mineral veins were hidden deep underground. All layouts thoroughly adapted to the miasma-dao slaughter system.

There was no gentle vitality, but there was endless slaughter momentum; there was no orthodox spiritual qi, but there was exclusive top-tier cultivation miasma power.

A unique, ultimate miasma-dao closed-loop ecosystem belonging solely to Lin Ye had completely taken shape.

But this joy did not last long before a strong trace of hidden worry quietly crept into Lin Ye's heart.

As the Divine Kingdom completely completed the miasma-dao closed loop, the concentration of miasma-spirit qi filling the sky continued to surge and stack layer upon layer.

The most intuitive change was the temperament of all the thralls under his command.

The thralls, originally ferocious yet strictly observant of order and absolutely obedient to commands, had all become restless, violent, and bloodthirsty at this moment.