"Could it be..." Lin Qiye seemed to have thought of something, a glimmer appearing in his eyes.
"Brother Qi Ye, what do we do next?"
"Now that we've found its true body, we naturally have to stop it. But before that, I need to verify something." Lin Qiye raised a hand, and a broken sword fell into his palm. He handed it to Wu Quan.
"This is..."
"Control this sword and remotely cut open the pustules on those trunks."
"Pustules?" Wu Quan accepted Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi and nodded. "Alright."
He lightly tossed Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi into the air. The sword immediately transformed into a streak of light and shot toward the enormous willow tree that was slowly shifting about. Its sharp sword light easily sliced open a pustule, and a massive amount of dark yellow, viscous fluid poured from the wound!
Vaguely, a human figure wrapped in the fluid flowed out from the trunk along with it!
A shrill roar came from the upper portion of the willow tree. The enormous body trembled violently as if in pain, and willow branches filling the sky instantly locked onto Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi circling in midair, swarming toward it like a mass of serpents!
Under Wu Quan's control, Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi swiftly wheeled around, cutting down several willow branches in succession. It forcibly broke out of the encirclement and sped toward the sky!
"Save that person!"
At Lin Qiye's command, Wu Quan raised his other hand as well. The humanoid figure flowing down with the putrid fluid suddenly halted, then flew straight toward Lin Qiye.
At a time like this, the Emperor of Domination's advantages became apparent. Its near-omnipotent control on the battlefield could perfectly adapt to any situation, seizing the initiative in both offense and defense.
Under Wu Quan's control, the man drifted down before Lin Qiye. He was an