The next day, Kence and Anna was currently eating edible wild fruits and nuts. As Kence doesn't need to eat and can survive with the help of his photosynthesis he didn't thought of one problem here inside the tower and that is food!

All the mutated animals they hunted turned into an Energy Pearl or treasure. Without any animals to eat the humans can only survive by eating the fruits inside the forest. This would be a huge blow for Supernaturals as they had another problem to solve while within the tower. This tower is really extremely dangerous!

Thankfully one can know the description of every item inside the tower and it’s easy to pick the edible foods. "Do I have to eat fruits and nuts for a week?" Anna said while pouting. Although the taste is greater than even the fruits before the apocalypse and some has beneficial effects but these are just fruits!

She would crave rice, meat and other kind of foods. Kence chuckled and Anna glared at him. She was extremely jealous at Kence's 'cheat' of not needing to eat. In this apocalypse there are also many people that died because of hunger. Even she experienced hunger before and can only eat food sparingly as the more time that passed the lesser the food supplies become as many people scavenged food in the supermarkets and houses

Kence put his hand above the air indicating that he was surrendering.

After eating the two continued on their exploration as this time what they needed is water! Kence can absorb water from the ground but Anna doesn't have that ability and all living necessities were needed for her to survive. This tower is really a pain in the ass!

Along the way they saw a small lake with fresh water and Anna run to it. She is really thirsty now and the lake has a great allure to her

"Wait!" Kence shouted and stopped the woman from entering the lake just like that. Kence can feel energy in the air affecting his mind. Who knows what kind of lake dwelling creatures they will encounter? Anna also realized it, no matter how thirsty she is she's still a veteran in the apocalypse. How can she not check the lake first before deciding to drink from it?

The two slowly went to the lake as even though there might be enemies inside but Anna still needs water and the other lakes might also be as dangerous as this one. The lake was calm and filled with blood red lotus flowers. Kence sensed that the energy affecting one's mind was coming from those lotus

"Could they be Supernatural type mutated lotus?" Kence asked to himself. Plants mostly mutated by yielding more fruits or shortened growth period. Those who mutated like Supernaturals that has abilities and can move are extremely few. All the animals mutated and became stronger but only few plants gained the ability to attack

Suddenly, Kence and Anna saw a small rabbit heading to the lake in daze. It was just a warrior rank rabbit and extremely weak. Instead of drinking on the lake the rabbit continued and swam to the lotus flowers. After that the lotus shockingly moved to devour the small rabbit!

Tens of lotus bit on the rabbit's body until only bones were left. The petals of the lotus that ate the rabbit turned even more bloody red before they returned to normal. They were shock at this development. There are hundreds of lotuses on this lake and if all of them are Supernatural type then doesn't that mean that there are hundreds of mutant plants that can attack? This is too shocking!

"So that's why they are bloody red in color!" Anna muttered to herself and shot Kence a grateful look. Even though she was not like the rabbit that was completely in daze the lotus' effect still made her to lower her guard. If she was surrounded by hundreds of carnivorous lotus flower...... she shuddered at that thought

"Let's take a look at it" Kence said and went closer to the lake. If one was made aware of the lotus' ability it almost has no effect on them. Kence already determined his path and he want to breed different kind of plants

If they submitted to him and became his subordinates then he would have an army of mutant plants that can attack. Too bad, he was always busy by either soul training, cultivating, making treants, making energy fruits, or cleaning the creatures that entered the forest. He didn't find any time to check out for mutated plants to add to his army

He walked to the edge of the river and turned his arm into a few meters long root and scoot up a lotus. That lotus and the other lotus didn’t even resist and just let Kence do what he wants. Their intelligence was still simple and will only attack any living creature that entered the lake. A root however, was not on their attack list

But as soon as the flower came close to Kence's body it went to attack him on the face but he naturally wouldn't let it do what it wants. He turned back his root arm into normal ones and covered his arm with energy while grabbing the lotus

The lotus can't escape from his grasp and tried to bite his hand but the energy coated on it made the lotus' attack to be a futile attempt. Anna looked curiously at the lotus. One might think that it would have a bloody scent but it actually spells good like a perfume. If it wasn't a man-eating lotus it would be a perfect display plant

"System Identify!"

"Beep... Scanning Item"

"Scan successful"

"Creature: Rank 1 Blood Lotus

A carnivorous lotus that can release energy in the air to tempt creatures. It can be used as an Alchemy material or drink its juice directly to purify one's blood. Extremely beneficial to Bloodline Holders as it can purify their Bloodline"

Kence widened his eyes in shock. It looks like he once again gained another treasure! This also made him to remember that he still hasn't given his team another Bloodline Fruit to increase their Bloodline purity

For Bloodline Holders the purity of their Bloodline was extremely important. According to what Kence and the other knows once they reached the Rank 4, they would have the ability of [Bloodline Manifestation] that Calter got even before the required Rank thanks to him having a clone

But once you entered the 4th Rank it doesn't necessarily mean that you would be able to activate the skill immediately. A pure Bloodline is important! Although with him around Bloodline Purity is not a problem to King and the others but they can only eat Bloodline Fruit once for every Rank

In truth if they didn't have trump cards like a higher percentage and purer Bloodline, Runes, Rainbowshade Flower, being an Angel, or great fighting skills they would be weaker than other Bloodline Holders!

Those Bloodline Holders got their Bloodline from powerful beings but King and the others only got it from Kence! Even Kence himself is weak that's why the power he can give through his Bloodline was also extremely weak

Just look at when they were still warrior rank. Aside from Photosynthesis and Absorb that doesn't have much attack power they need to develop their own skills. If their Bloodline percentage and purity is not higher than any other Bloodline Holders, they would really be in a disadvantage

That's why these lotuses are extremely important resources to Kence. Even if one isn't a Bloodline Holder a pure blood is still beneficial. Your body would be stronger and can store more energy

"These lotuses are really precious. Besides, I feel like the amount of energy my body can take is nearing its limits. Even I need these lotus" Kence said. The Rank 1 to 3 Supernaturals only need to absorb more energy but one's body has a limit and that's why breaking through in the Rank 4 doesn't just rely on energy absorption alone

Although he now knows how to become a Rank 4 Supernatural but it was only the basics and he doesn't know a lot of things yet. Reaching Rank 4 is extremely hard and before he had a break through it was extremely hard to increase one's strength when they reach the peak of peak stage Grand Knight

"Anna, time to harvest some lotus!" Kence said while laughing as if he gained a treasure which he truly does. Anna was confused and coated her hands with energy before taking the lotus from Kence's hand and checking it with the system

She was extremely shock when she read the description but soon became excited. As in this apocalypse gaining more strength in the shortest time amount of time was required. Even if the Bloodline Holders knew how to increase their Bloodline purity why would they put too much of their time on it?

With purer Bloodline you can at most fight a Supernatural one small stage at your level and it's not worth it so they better spend their time increasing their cultivation bases. The Angel Raphaela knew of this that's why she made the Tower of Treasure or Death

Without much of a threat from fallens and mutated animals the humans can turn their focus on fortifying their foundation. If not, then becoming a Rank 4 Supernatural was almost impossible for them. They can train their whole lives without any progress

Kence turned his left hand into big block of wood. While on his right hand a wooden sword appeared that he used to cut the wood. He then went to removed pieces of the wood and started carving it into a shape he needs

In a few minutes he successfully made an improvise wood item that can store liquids. "I must say this, it's extremely ugly! Hahaha!" Anna remarked while laughing at the ugly looking wooden bucket. The cuts were not uniform, some are bulging while some were cut too deeply. There are also a lot of scars on the bucket and really, overall, it looks extremely ugly

Kence chuckled bitterly. It's not like he spent his life making wooden buckets. Plus, he didn't have the right equipment. "As long as we can use it why do we care about its appearance?" Kence said in annoyance as Anna was 'bullying' him

"Pfft, fine I'll stop. Let the harvest begin!" the nature's bow then appeared on Anna's hand as she was ready to shot those lotus

"Wait! I'll do the harvesting just help me squeeze the juice. If you injured them there would be some juice that will be wasted" Kence said and Anna nodded her head. These lotuses are extremely important for all of them. They can't waste even a single drop it

"But of course, I think it would be disgusting to squeeze the red juice. You can just help me catch them if you want" Kence offered as he felt that it's inappropriate to ask a woman to squeeze the hell out the juice of these lotus

Anna lifted her sleeves and showed her white biceps and boasted at Kence. "Don't you know me? I'm a strong and independent! Don't think of me as a small fragile woman!"

Kence laughed at Anna's silly actions and shook his head. How can he not like a woman like this? She's not like other women that acted like a fragile flower and was easily disgusted. In this apocalypse a woman that can protect herself is extremely attractive as one doesn't need to worry much about their woman's safety. It would give them a peace of mind!

"Alright, my bad you silly woman!" Kence said before turning his focus on the hundreds of lotuses on the lake

"[Innate Skill: Buddha's Palms!]" Kence's arm turned into tens of small wooden palms stretching for a few meters and grabbed the Blood Lotus. When the wooden palm touches them, they didn't react but when Kence controlled his wooden palms to take the lotuses close to Anna they started to struggle and attack her

Thankfully, these lotuses have a very low attacking power. Even the Rank 3 ones as long as one defended their self from the mind type attacks would be like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered

As Kence and Anna already knew of their ability it almost doesn't affect them at all. This was like a big pie fell on their lap that they can easily eat and digest!