Wizard Edgar activated the Life Ancient Tree's hidden trump card. At once, the eight mages of the No. 1 Suryas Legion poured all their mana into the Life Ancient Tree. Immediately afterward, countless pale-green spirits appeared across the battlefield, as if drawn by some kind of gravity, and all converged toward the Life Ancient Tree.
Wizard Edgar David said to Locke and Diana inside the viewing hall, "The Life Ancient Tree Treant possesses the ability to summon spirits. Spirits are the rudimentary forms of the souls that wandered through nature when life first began to form in this world. Before the first soul appeared in this world, primitive spiritual entities were scattered everywhere throughout it."
Locke and Diana wore thoughtful expressions.
"I never expected the Life Ancient Tree to possess the ability to manipulate primitive souls. Research into spirits is still relatively scarce at the First Ring stage." After thinking it over, Witch Diana said, "But what are you going to do with so many spirits?"
Wizard Edgar reached a hand toward the sky and began softly chanting some kind of spell.
Locke recognized the spell. "The Breath-Linked Branches Spell?"
Witch Diana immediately turned nervously toward Locke and asked, "What is the Breath-Linked Branches Spell? What does it do?"
Locke glanced at her, deciding there was no harm in sharing this information, and said, "It's a type of Botany magic. It can link plants with other plants, as well as plants with their own vital energy. It's a support-type spell."
Diana fell into deep thought.
Locke, meanwhile, saw that the Life Ancient Tree Treant, which had gathered a vast amount of natural spirits, had connected its vital energy with Wizard Edgar's. Immediately afterward, the Life Ancient Tree Treant raised its right hand like Edgar, and the vital energies of the