Once these lush vines, grasses, and trees lost the wood element sustaining them within their bodies, they would inevitably wither and die like rotten wood!
But Yue Qianchou did not care about any of that. Having just successfully cultivated the Wood Art, he felt incomparably comfortable. This was precisely the time to become proficient in the Wood Art and absorb wood elements to condense a crystal core within his dantian. Why would he care whether these flowers, grasses, and trees lived or died? As the Wood Art circulated with increasing fluency, the speed at which he absorbed wood elements grew faster and faster. Endless azure motes began converging into several torrents, rolling in from every direction.
The surrounding flowers, grasses, and trees immediately withered faster. Fresh flowers lost their brilliant colors, grass shed its green and turned dry yellow, and those ancient towering trees rapidly lost their vitality. Seen from above, one could see a brownish-yellow disk in the dense forest expanding at a visible rate. This vibrant primeval forest was swiftly losing its life force!
What terrified Lu'er was that, as the suction force generated by Yue Qianchou grew stronger and stronger, the wood elements contained within her body would rapidly drain away as well if she did not suppress them, joining the surging azure torrent and being drawn into Yue Qianchou's body.
The plant spirits she had persuaded to leave were frightened out of their wits as well. The wood elements supporting their true bodies were rapidly draining away! They could no longer remain hidden and hurried back from all directions. When they saw what Yue Qianchou was doing, they were utterly terrified. He was practically exterminating every plant in this forest!
The plant spirits shifted their trembling gazes toward Lu'er, who stood atop a dead tree. After