The mutation of the Purgatory Demon Tree quickly triggered changes throughout the entire forest, and the Plant Spirits rapidly withered away one after another.
At first, only the area near the Purgatory Demon Tree was affected. But as its body grew larger, more and more Plant Spirits were affected, all of them withering away as though someone had forcibly drained them dry.
As the range of the mutation expanded, the Purgatory Demon Tree's body also grew larger and larger.
From its original ten meters, it surged to twenty, thirty, forty... all the way to over a thousand meters, without showing the slightest sign of slowing down.
"Go!"
Gu Ding shouted at Sea Emperor and the others. He could sense that the Purgatory Demon Tree's aura was steadily growing stronger. It had originally only been an ordinary Saint King Level, but now it was gradually approaching his own level of strength.
Hearing Gu Ding's shout, Sea Emperor led the others in rapidly shooting toward the edge of the forest.
Rong Ye, Andrina, and the others immediately fled as well.
Only Bigge and Elsa remained behind. The two of them possessed Saint King combat strength and were still in perfect condition, so they naturally wanted to stay and help.
"You two, leave too! After its mutation, this thing's strength has already far surpassed the Saint King Level. You can't fight it!" Gu Ding shouted at them.
"Go!" After hesitating briefly, Bigge grabbed Elsa by the arm and swiftly retreated.
"Gahaha... You want to leave? Can you escape?!"
The Purgatory Demon Tree's voice swept in from every direction. It sounded as though thousands of Purgatory Demon Trees were speaking at once, creating waves of echoing reverberations.
Three scarlet branches shot out from the Demon Tree's constantly twisting body like three Scarlet Giant Serpents