At this rate of energy increase, the amount far surpassed that of any other single divine tree. If I could keep absorbing it like this, perhaps I could reach the level required to use the Eight Characters Sword Song twice. This was simply the most powerful boost ever.
"Cut off the branches above first! It'll be easier that way! My Tower of Rising Clouds can't cover the divine tree!" Seeing me sever the branches in a central area, Ji Dongkui was quite excited. She hurriedly reminded me to work from the top downward.
I immediately continued charging straight into the clouds around the divine tree. This divine tree was simply too enormous. The branches alone above were enough to resist the tower's full enclosure!
I charged upward from the middle. Along the way, I also saw quite a few budding fruits—more than twenty of them. However, only a handful could be picked. By the time I reached the top, there were only about three, and I could not even be certain that one of them had a mature core.
The fifth fruit should be beneath the first fruit, so the count of five fruits was correct. When I reached the fruit at the very top, I found the thickest branch and drove the sub-sword deep into it. In an instant, Illusory Sword Heaven began frantically extracting energy from the golden trunk!
Because the divine tower had been lowered over it, the great tree began shaking violently. The branches above even snapped outright, but the sharpness of the treetop was unimaginable. It pierced through one layer of the tower's barrier, like the clash of spear and shield.
A tremendous pressure descended from the tower, but I had already calculated where it would land. That way, after withdrawing the sub-sword, I would