Osmanthus fragrance drifted through the air.
Silver-white light spilled across the earth.
Cool and clear.
Peaceful.
Proud and aloof.
The Osmanthus Tree standing before him was not tall or imposing, yet it possessed a bearing that could rival that several-hundred-zhang giant.
"Moon Laurel?"
"Is it helping me?"
Jiang Qiao was somewhat surprised and confused.
The Copper Lock opened.
But a mad Half-God appeared, and even the white radiance spread throughout the world was suppressed.
He had originally thought
that opening the seal had failed.
Even if the Osmanthus Tree had once saved him in the starry sky,
when facing a Half-God,
it might not be able to do anything.
Moreover,
whether it could successfully break its shackles, and what attitude it would take toward him afterward, were both unknown.
Before, there had been no Half-God enemy.
Perhaps the two sides could still communicate somewhat.
But now that there was a Half-God...
In the end,
a Half-God stood at the peak of the mountain of the supernatural, the limit where the road ahead ended in sheer cliffs and broken precipices.
Even if it could match one,
they were neither relatives nor friends.
Now that it had broken free of its restraints, why would it help him?
Yet unexpectedly, after successfully escaping the seal, the Osmanthus Tree still chose to lend him a hand.
"Roar!"
The giant saw that Jiang Qiao had not been killed.
It flew into a rage.
Countless broken bones and corpses piled into a bleeding broken bridge. The giant raised its axe again and brutally hacked it down onto the broken bridge.
"Boom!"
The Guanghan Ruins shook violently.
That single strike
was filled with murderous intent and surging sharpness. Countless corpses fell from the broken bridge.
As they fell,
Jiang Qiao sensed a deathly intent that could not