"But why did the locust tree want to kill him?" Yuan Weiyang was rather puzzled.
If the locust tree had not attacked, it probably would not have died.
Its limbs were enormous, with countless roots reaching deep underground. Its body beneath the earth might even have been many times larger than the part aboveground. Killing such a towering life-form was truly difficult.
But the moment it attacked, Zhou Qiyun seized upon the location where its soul consciousness was hiding and slew it!
"Great Locust Tree must have been looking for a body in which to be reborn. Zhou Qiyun was the strongest existence here, and he had already been wounded. If he were unable to resist it, it could have snatched his body. After all, it had only eight thousand years of life left."
Xu Ying was filled with emotion. "Our lives last no more than a hundred years. Even the Zhou Family Ancestor, who cultivated painstakingly, had only a little over three hundred years of longevity. Though Great Locust Tree's life force had been cut off, it still had eight thousand years to live. Abandoning eight thousand years of life to snatch the body of a human who lived from dawn to dusk was hardly worth the loss."
Yuan Weiyang thought for a moment. "Most likely, when it saw Zhou Qiyun display the Hidden Scene Submerged Transformation Domain and reveal the Immortal Realm of Divine Land, it felt that this method could let it live forever."
Xu Ying suddenly shuddered.
At that time, Zhou Qiyun had probably already conceived the idea of secretly plotting against Great Locust Tree and using its life force to heal himself. Every word and action that followed had been part of his scheme, luring Great Locust Tree into the trap.
He did not want