The ax handle was made of wood, while the sharpened head seemed to have been forged from some unknown material. It looked exceedingly extraordinary.
Ding Ling was puzzled and confused, then said in astonishment:
"This ax?"
"This is one of my abilities."
Wu Gang smiled.
"I am a puppet made by Wu Gang of the Upper Realm using the Moon Laurel Tree there. By a twist of fate, I merged with this realm's Moon Laurel Tree, and thus became a being with one soul and two bodies."
He seemed to recall something and paused before continuing:
"Because I was born from the origin of the Moon Laurel Tree in the Upper Realm, and share one soul and two bodies with this realm's Moon Laurel Tree, I am the Moon Laurel Tree, and the Moon Laurel Tree is me!
"As soon as I leave the Moon Laurel Tree, it finds it difficult to bloom.
"But when I draw near, it blooms rapidly! As long as the Moon Laurel Tree blooms, it means that I, Wu Gang, have returned."
"..."
Ding Ling was stunned. He had not expected the Heavenly God Wu Gang of this world to have such a background and story.
It was far more complicated than he had imagined.
He had thought that Wu Gang was also an incarnation of a Heavenly God from the Upper Realm. He had never expected him to be merely a puppet.
Even less had he expected Wu Gang's connection with the Moon Laurel Tree to run so deep:
"So the Moon Laurel Tree cannot be chopped down because you are the Moon Laurel Tree itself, and you cannot kill yourself with your own hands?"
"No."
Wu Gang smiled.
"I can kill myself, but I cannot kill the Moon Laurel Tree, which shares one