At the same time, in the southern forest.

Principal Tea leisurely walked through the forest, breathing in the fresh air tinged with the scent of earth.

The purpose of today's trip was twofold.

The first was to check on the growth of the small tea tree.

Although traditional technology's positioning system gets disrupted by the magnetic field of most magical beasts, he has his own special method to locate the small tea tree at any time.

The incident of the small tea tree mingling with Li Pu was reported to him by Zhu Li on the same day.

However, since that day, the small tea tree hadn't been eating; the remote feeding machine showed it was still full.

Such circumstances made Principal Tea a bit worried, so he planned to specially check on it today.

The second purpose was to regularly clear the mushroom magical beasts around Moonlight Lake.

Because if not, the mushrooms in Mushroom Valley would over-reproduce, disrupting the ecological balance of the entire southern forest.

However, unexpectedly, today the two tasks coincided.

Following the coordinates of the small tea tree, he approached Ring Valley.

"The lake water here is indeed special; it's quite a significant opportunity for newly born summoned beasts."

"I wonder which lucky student from this batch will be the first to discover it."

With his hands behind his back, Principal Tea walked up the cliff as if it were level ground.

This Moonlight Lake has a magical function; plant-type magical beasts soaking in it receive unexpected small benefits.

However, it demands a high proportion of certain beasts' physique and wood attributes; not everyone can absorb it casually.

"It seems the small tea tree must have experienced the benefits of Moonlight Lake as well."

"That's why it came here."

"It's a pity that, for it, it's still a bit too early."

As he murmured to himself, Principal Tea walked towards the top of the valley.

Although there are benefits, obtaining them is not easy.

Even the 8-wood, 2-water small tea tree cannot effectively absorb the lake's special components.

He plans to wait until the small tea tree reaches maturity, then find some auxiliary methods to enhance its absorption rate. The tea produced then will surely be more delicious.

Principal Tea walked slowly, but the cliff was not high for him, and soon he reached the top smoothly.

However, upon reaching the top, he was shocked by the scene before him.

Disarray, Ring Valley was in complete disarray.

Soil churned everywhere, trees overturned, stone fragments littered.

It was as if the place had gone through a long, drawn-out battle.

Usually teeming with mushroom magical beasts, it was now excessively quiet.

Only a few listless mushroom magical beasts lay slouched lazily.

More crucially... Moonlight Lake was gone!

Only an empty crater of a lake was left, entirely devoid of water.

"Where did such a large lake go?"

Principal Tea expressed that he was completely baffled.

His gaze swept over the area, and a short tree at the center of the lake crater caught his attention.

A good half of the tree was planted in the mud at the bottom of the lake, its lush canopy drooping like a sleeping person.

"M-Maturity?!"

With one glance, Principal Tea recognized that it was the small tea tree.

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The grand auditorium, on arena 19.

"Everyone, please make way."

Li Pu stood before a water-swollen, sprawling straw man, reminding his classmates below.

Indeed, the culprit behind Moonlight Lake's drying up was right here.

For two consecutive weeks, the straw man spent 95% of its time soaking in a bath.

Due to the special nature of its straw body and the boost from its 10 wood attribute, it had an incredibly strong absorption capacity.

Li Pu thought that perhaps, apart from sponge-like magical beasts, no other species could absorb water better than the straw man.

Of course, the water still stored within it now was just a small portion of Moonlight Lake water.

The majority had been digested or filtered.

Actually, the small treeman absorbed nearly as much as the straw man did; although its absorption rate was low, under the care of the Li Grass combination, its digestion was rapid.

To put it more vividly, it ate little but expelled quickly.

Expelling quickly, which indirectly equates to eating a lot.

As long as it eats enough, it can compensate for its lack of absorption efficiency.

[Caocao...]

Straw Man: Summoner, please be gentle.

Seeing Li Pu ready to lift his foot, the straw man was a bit fearful, whispering with a water-swollen voice.

"Why didn't you say earlier that you could expel water."

But Li Pu still harbored some frustration.

He thought the straw man's internal water needed to wait for self-digestion.

Unexpectedly, it only told him just now that as long as it receives strong pressure, it can expel the water.

It made him waste so much effort dragging it from Mushroom Valley.

[Grass!]

Straw Man: But you never asked previously!

The straw man's answer was with a guilty conscience.

Because it was afraid of the current situation happening; being squeezed by Li Pu would definitely hurt.

"Here it goes."

And at this moment, Li Pu activated [Fatherly Love].

Though painful, it certainly wouldn't be harmful.

Poof!

He stomped onto the straw man's forehead, the water-soaked straw body offering a soft feeling.

[Oh grass!]

The straw man felt water pressure colliding inside, unable to help but shout.

However, Li Pu knew that for so much water, merely foot pressure wouldn't suffice.

So he executed an intricate footwork, super serious series of stomping repeatedly.

[Grass grass grass grass!]

The repeated internal water pressure collisions finally broke the straw man's endurance.

Following a series of cries, large quantities of pure water began to seep out of its body surface.

So much water came out that it gushed forward like a tidal wave.

"What's going on?!"

"Oh gosh! Run fast!"

"What on earth is Li Pu up to!"

"Retreat! Retreat! I don't want to get soaked!"

Facing waves over 1 meter high, the students below panicked.

Combined with the difference in height between the ground and the arena, the wave seemed like a mini-tsunami to them.

The front-row spectators were especially frantic, while those at the back weren't in as much hurry to retreat.

Their inconsistent steps led to the crowd spreading out slowly, and within a second or two they were hit directly by the waves from the massive water flood.

Splish splash... Poof!

"Oh gosh... Blub blub!"

"Ouch @#￥*#)!"

"For heaven's sake, run fast, run fast!"

The first wave-hit students were toppled to the ground, and some unlucky ones even swallowed a few mouthfuls of water.

Moreover, as the wave hit them, they realized the strength of the waves was no joke. They were all pushed along with the wave.

Even those on arena 18 next door weren't spared; some were affected.

In an instant, in the wave's direction, numerous soaked students lay scattered on the ground.

"Damn! Whose summoned beast is releasing skills recklessly! Not considering the occasion!"

"Cough cough, I almost drowned."

"What's the deal, I even spent effort styling my hair today!"

"But isn't that just a beast's corpse? Why is it spraying water?"

"Who are you asking! Help me up quickly!"

The scene was chaotic and bizarre.

"I did remind you all just now."

Regarding this, Li Pu appeared somewhat helpless.

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