Previously, all the Tier 3 flower demons had been killed, dropping a large number of Seeds of Nature that could rapidly increase the strength of wood-element mages. De Bu Chang Shi accidentally consumed one, causing his body to mutate. His wood-element energy developed too aggressively, and he nearly turned into a tree.
In his tree state, De Bu Chang Shi grew stronger, but his body also became increasingly inflexible. Lu Yang did not want De Bu Chang Shi and the others to become neither human nor ghost, so he prohibited all wood-element mages from using them. He sent the more than two hundred peak Tier 2 wood-element mages into the Underground City, to the level with the Mechanical Plane merchant's portal.
Officially, they were assigned to guard the place. In reality, they were being allowed to settle down and slowly absorb the energy within the Seeds of Nature.
Zhang Zibo, Zheng Yuan, and the others had no idea where those wood-element mages were or what they were doing. Seeing that Snake Mouth's defenses were insufficient, Zhang Zibo said, "Let the wood-element mages join the battle."
"Yeah," Zheng Yuan said excitedly.
Bang!
Old Twilight suddenly pushed open the door and rushed in. In a panic, he said, "Quickly transfer the wood-element mages here. Snake Mouth is too dangerous. We need more strength to defend this place."
"No." Xia Yuwei said it almost instinctively. She did not know why she had said it, but seeing Old Twilight today gave her an indescribable sense of distrust. She said, "Commander Old Twilight, return to East Sea Underground City. It needs you stationed there. Leave this place to us."
"This..." Old Twilight had just been about to refuse when he realized that Xia Yuwei no longer trusted him. He said, "Fine. Come to the positions