Chen Bugu followed Han Badou to the southwest corner of the Goblin tribe.
Unlike other areas that were open spaces and wooden houses, this section within the fence unusually contained several large trees.
Han Badou stopped, his brows furrowing inadvertently.
Because at this moment, the few trees before them, like the common arbors found everywhere in the Starting Forest, had lush branches and leaves but no fruit.
"Chen Dage, I did detect a different energy reaction here, but I don't know why..."
Han Badou quickly explained, worried that Chen Bugu would think he was playing tricks.
"It's fine, are you sure it's these few trees?"
"Yes, according to my Energy Monitoring, it's these!"
"Good, leave it to me."
After hearing that, a purple light flashed in Chen Bugu's eyes.
Han Badou was surprised to find that the trees before them suddenly changed their appearance; blue, round fruits, the size of plums, appeared on their crowns.
The blue of these fruits was a crystal-clear blue, sparkling like gems and emitting a faint glow.
"It's just a Goblin Shaman's illusion."
Looking at the five six-to-seven-meter-tall yun ling fruit trees, Chen Bugu suddenly understood how this Goblin tribe had developed.
In reality, the scale of this Goblin tribe was not large; it could even be described as barren and backward, with only some simple wooden houses. The only thing they could boast about was the smelting house, whose location was unknown, but even so, it was incredible that it could nurture a Black Iron Five-Star Goblin Shaman and a dozen or so Goblin Berserkers.
But looking at the four yun ling fruit trees that were almost stripped bare, everything seemed to be explained.
Fortunately, the last tree still bore about thirty yun ling fruits, which was a considerable harvest.
Chen Bugu pushed off the ground with his legs, leaping into the air, grasping a thick branch with both hands, using his waist for leverage, rotating 180 degrees, then adjusting his posture, finally landing steadily on the tree.
With his current physical quality, completing this set of movements was not difficult.
Chen Bugu picked a yun ling fruit and took a bite.
The fruit pulp felt cool, but there was very little juice, even a bit dry and not sweet, with a slightly spicy taste.
However, the energy intake was very obvious. Although Chen Bugu's oral experience was not top-notch, the feeling of gaining energy without needing to fight was quite good.
After one yun ling fruit, Chen Bugu could roughly determine the amount of energy contained in each yun ling fruit.
Although he had eaten this item once in his previous life, yun ling fruits of different ages contained different amounts of energy.
Simply put, the longer this item hung on the tree, the more energy it contained.
A yun ling fruit that was about one year old contained energy equivalent to, at most, a Black Iron One-Star monster.
But a yun ling fruit over ten years old contained a hundred times the energy of a one-year-old yun ling fruit.
And a yun ling fruit over a hundred years old would have its peel transform into a golden color, and the energy it contained could even allow a newly Awakened to instantly cross the Black Iron stage.
However, Chen Bugu had never seen a yun ling fruit over a hundred years old. The one he ate in his previous life had barely reached the ten-year mark.
He didn't expect to see a hundred-year-old yun ling fruit here. If one truly appeared, the top ten exotic beasts of the Initial Forest would probably gather here.
Those Goblins deliberately left the yun ling fruits on this one tree, probably to let them mature longer, but they didn't expect to be making wedding clothes for Chen Bugu. Unfortunately, the age of these yun ling fruits was generally not long, probably only four or five years.
Chen Bugu plucked all the yun ling fruits in one go, leaving only ten, and put the rest into his storage ring.
He roughly estimated that after killing the Goblin Shaman, he would only need 10 yun ling fruits to break through to Black Iron Five-Star.
The rest would be distributed as evenly as possible among Bai Ting and the others, according to their needs.
So, without waiting for Han Badou who was still waiting under the tree, Chen Bugu began biting into the yun ling fruits, one in each hand.
Two minutes later, after ten yun ling fruits, Chen Bugu sat on the tree and broke through to Black Iron Five-Star.
Not only that, but to his even greater surprise, his Space-Time had comprehended a new skill.
Originally, when crossing from Black Iron Three Stars to Black Iron Four Star, putting aside the Virus Type Ability: Cracking, the Element-type ability: Space-Time should have comprehended a new skill, but it did not.
Although he was puzzled, his dual-ability was inherently somewhat unreasonable, plus he already had many skills, so he didn't pay too much attention to it.
Fortunately, this time, Space-Time finally comprehended a new skill: "Recall."
Recall: A fallen leaf in the river of time is no longer the original leaf. Envelop yourself with the power of time, reverting your state to 10 seconds ago. Mental power required: 30 points. Skill cooldown: 24 hours.
Another divine skill!
Although the cooldown was as long as 24 hours, what did it mean to revert one's state to 10 seconds ago?
As long as he couldn't be killed within 10 seconds, one "Recall" would restore him to his initial state.
This meant that as long as Chen Bugu wasn't shot in the head, he essentially had a death-exemption token, and one that refreshed.
Although the mental power consumption was as high as ever, fortunately, he really wasn't lacking in mental power now.
Chen Bugu's current status was:
"Virus Type Ability: Cracking"
"Element-type ability: Space-Time"
"Strength: 45"
"Vitality: 57"
"Speed: 51"
"Mental: 218 / 320"
"Skills: Fireball, Bullet Time, Recall"
"Genetic Lock: Eye Decipher 100%"
"Unlocked: Inference, Weakness Detection, Mental Shock"
Three skills, coupled with the three abilities brought by the unlocked eye genetic lock, although he had just entered Black Iron Five-Star, Chen Bugu could briefly unleash the strength of Black Iron Six-Star.
This current strength, in his previous life, he had spent at least a year to reach, while in this life, it only took a short five days.
Chen Bugu leaped down from the tree. He was as light as a leaf, landing on the ground without making much noise.
Han Badou saw it and immediately understood that Chen Bugu had broken through to Black Iron Five-Star, his strength reaching a new level.
"Congratulations, Chen Dage."
"Ba Dou, you did allow me to reach Black Iron Five-Star, thank you."
"Chen Dage, what are you saying? You also helped me kill Ding Wenli. This is a fair trade."
A light flashed in Chen Bugu's hand, and three more yun ling fruits appeared. He handed them to Han Badou.
Han Badou quickly shook his head, pushing them away in refusal.
He had eaten one before, and naturally knew how miraculous this fruit was, so he couldn't take more, especially since he hadn't helped much in this battle.
"Even if you didn't ask me, I would have killed Ding Wenli. This isn't a fair trade, so take them. This is your reward."
Chen Bugu grabbed Han Badou's hand and placed the three fruits in his palm.
Han Badou was about to refuse again, but was interrupted by Lin Ye, who came running from a distance...
Lin Ye jogged along, shouting to Chen Bugu from afar.
"Found him!"
"The Goblin Blacksmith you mentioned, I found him!"