Chapter 269 : Law of Growth
Chapter 269: Law of Growth
"Clack—"
Seeing that the two Mist Tower apprentices had no intention of leaving anytime soon, Janna, with her emerald butterfly wings spread, decided to relocate to a more secluded spot to continue experimenting with the power of the 【Growth Law Fragment】.
"According to the trees' guidance—it should be this direction."
Under the concealment of the aura of the 【Hidden Nook】, the Mist Tower apprentices didn’t detect anything unusual.
Even after Janna had completely left, the two apprentices were still diligently digging the soil with iron shovels, showing no signs of stopping.
"This should be good enough."
After flying for a full ten minutes, Janna came to a halt in a more remote corner.
"Growth, one—"
As her butterfly wings retracted into her back, emerald light once again surged from Janna’s hands.
But this time, instead of affecting the surrounding trees, Janna cast the power on the vine seeds she had just scattered from her hands.
"Crack-crack-crack—"
The sound of vines breaking through the soil continuously emerged around Janna. As the light in her hands grew stronger, dozens of vines as thick as arms rampantly sprouted under her control, showing no signs of stopping.
"So this is the power of the 【Law of Growth】."
From arm-thick to thigh-thick—at this point, the vines surrounding Janna had likely reached the limit of the 【Growth Law Fragment】's capacity.
Nearly fifty meters long, with a girth as thick as water vats, the mass of green vines looked from afar like dozens of emerald serpents poised to devour their prey. The sight was spine-chilling.
"This isn’t even on the same level as the witchcraft I used before—【Vine Bind】."
Aside from the vines, Janna noticed that a large patch of green grass had sprouted under her feet once again, and even a few bright yellow flowers were hidden among them, forming a lush and vivid picture of life.
"This… might be hard to deal with—"
Seeing the surrounding scene resembling a primordial forest, Janna, who had unleashed the power of the law without holding back, now found herself in a bind.
When she had previously used the power of the law on a single tree, because the target was singular and Janna deliberately shifted the power of 【Growth】 from the trunk to the leaves, she had been able to easily simulate the cycle of life and death from leaf birth to decay.
After all, unlike trunks, leaves don’t grow indefinitely. Once they reach a certain stage, they wither and fall.
Therefore, when the dead leaves turned back into soil, Janna could easily conceal the traces of law usage.
However, this tactic didn’t work on the surrounding giant vines.
After all, the law power Janna currently possessed was only 【Growth】, not 【Withering】.
Theoretically, if Janna continued to apply the law to these vines, they would only grow endlessly, without any means of restraint.
"As it stands, the power of the 【Growth Law Fragment】 is purely limited to 'growth'. To freely control it, I’ll need to delve deeper into the related authority—"
The 【Growth Law Fragment】, being the most compatible with Janna’s 【Witch Talents】 among all fragments she had, held strategic value far beyond that of the 【Purification Law Fragment】 or the 【Beauty Law Fragment】.
Especially since she was an apprentice specialized in both plant-based and summoning magic, Janna's only viable directions for deep study were those two fields.
Moreover, compared to laws from the "Contract Domain", Janna, who possessed the “System” as her golden finger, undoubtedly had a greater advantage in the "Nature and Life Domain".
After all, the very essence of the “System” was derived from a fragment of authority imbued with life energy.
Even though Janna still didn’t know whether this fragment’s original form was the 【Law of Nature and Life】, one thing was certain—it was definitely related. Even if it wasn’t a 【Primary Law】, it was certainly an important 【Secondary Law】.
Thus, under such uncertain conditions, Janna’s focus would undoubtedly remain on the 【Growth Law Fragment】.
Even after becoming a full-fledged witch in the future, Janna would continue to concentrate on comprehending other 【Secondary Laws】 that were closely tied to the 【Law of Nature and Life】, never straying from this predetermined path.
"Besides, the most crucial reason is that the 【Primary Law】 of the 'Contract Domain' doesn’t exist in the 【Primary Material World】. It is controlled by the Lord of the Spirit Realm—"
Gently shaking her head to cast away these unrealistic thoughts, Janna looked once more at the wildly growing vines around her.
In the end, Janna decided not to bother with them.
If this scene were discovered by other witch apprentices, they would at most assume that some formal witch was conducting a magical experiment and would wisely keep their distance.
If it were discovered by a formal witch, they might detect traces of 【Law】 usage, but would likely not pursue the matter deeply.
After all, a few strangely shaped vines in the forest didn’t damage the ecosystem—they simply defied the laws of nature.
Even if some witch with too much free time managed to deduce, from scattered clues, that Janna was the one responsible, it wouldn’t bring her any real consequences—at most, it would prematurely reveal that Janna had mastered the 【Growth Law Fragment】.
In any case, Janna had never intended to keep her mastery of the 【Growth Law Fragment】 a secret from the beginning—it's just that the early exposure might thrust her into the spotlight prematurely.
Just today, the black cat Bell had only just learned that Janna’s 【Plant Affinity】 talent had advanced to the 【Nature Affinity】 talent.
If it were to find out that on the same day, Janna had also mastered the 【Growth Law Fragment】, that would indeed be a bit too shocking.
"Well, whatever. Since the 'genius' persona is already established, even the most exaggerated news wouldn’t seem so out of place when it comes to me."
Buzz— As the earthy yellow light bloomed once more from the 【Well of Vortex】, the originally iron-gray surface of the round shield instantly transformed into a bottomless black void.
"Endless transformations!"
Having completed the test of the 【Growth Law Fragment】, Janna no longer delayed. She immediately cast 【Beginner Transfiguration】 to morph into the form of a small green snake.
"Hiss—"
Staring at the black void on the 【Well of Vortex】, Janna twisted her snake body and slithered quickly inside.
"Coordinate Number Twenty—it should be this tunnel—"