Under those circumstances, it would have been a miracle if the Colorful Paper Crane could beat the Black Paper Crane.
Another hour passed before Fang Chen spotted a colorful forest amid the black trees.
"Huh? There's a colorful forest here too?"
Fang Chen froze for a moment, then flew straight toward it. When he arrived, he found that its trees were taller and broader than those in any colorful forest he had seen before. Even the surrounding black trees could not compare.
Colorful mist shrouded the forest's center. Fang Chen's Spiritual Sense could not penetrate it at all.
He plunged into the mist and entered the colorful forest.
As Fang Chen broke through the mist, a shocking sight met his eyes. A gigantic Colorful Paper Crane lay in the forest, half its body buried in the soil. It looked like a paper crane that had been soaked by rain and collapsed, with much of its paper body already rotted away.
Its wingspan exceeded ten thousand zhang. On its body, Fang Chen saw the same Runes that marked Little Crane.
"Why is there such an enormous Colorful Paper Crane here?"
Shocked, Fang Chen landed and struck the dead crane with the Floating Immortal Sword. A sword mark a zhang long appeared where the blade hit.
"Bzzz..."
The Floating Immortal Sword shook violently, and its light turned Nine-Colored. A surge of scorching energy then poured into Fang Chen's body, filling him with warmth as his soul perception rapidly sharpened.
Fang Chen looked back at the place he had struck. It glimmered with nine-colored light, and the sword mark was slowly healing.
He looked up at the surrounding trees. "This forest must have become colorful because of this giant crane!"
The giant crane contained tremendous power. What remained of it nourished the colorful