I Don't Have Hair, But I'm Not Bald!

After several seconds of silence, a fierce wind blew from the recessed tree hollow, followed by a sharp voice. The Giant Tree shouted, "Good, good, good. You make a fine point. So no matter what, you intend to kill me? Fine, then come and try. Let me see what you are truly capable of, and let me show you my true power!"

As soon as the voice fell, every branch of the Giant Tree swayed at once, and the wind blowing from the hollows in its trunk abruptly intensified more than tenfold.

The blowing wind did not disperse. Instead, it revolved around the trunk, forming a pale storm visible to the naked eye.

Afterward, the storm gradually expanded, and its color deepened. By the time it covered a radius of one hundred meters and forced Richard and the other two to retreat, it had turned purple-black.

Energy fluctuations condensed to the extreme radiated from the storm's center, warping the surrounding space. Bolts of multicolored lightning as thick as arms flashed rapidly along the storm's edge, occasionally blasting apart innocent nearby trees.

Richard and the other two stood on the ground, feeling the earth tremble violently. Wave after wave of energy fluctuations, alternately cold and hot, swept beneath their feet and spread in every direction. These were merely a small portion leaking from the storm.

At this point, calling it an Energy Storm was more accurate.

This was the true strength of Giant Tree Xi Mu, and the true strength of a Giant Tree-type Longevity Singular Species.

It called itself the "Source of the Forest" for good reason. It possessed terrifying amounts of energy, enough to sustain the entire forest ecosystem for a long time even after suddenly losing the sun's illumination.

That was why it could control so many beasts