Giant Shade appeared beneath the tree, then spread his arms and directly embraced the great tree, which could no longer move due to the four black chains.
"Red Dragon Force" and "Body Burning Oath" activated together. With immense strength, Shade forced the tree down onto the forest floor, sending its vine-formed "feet" back into the soil beneath the snow surface:
"Daniste! Hurry!"
The giant beneath the canopy shouted. Seeing that Shade could hold back the enemy on his own, the Sorceress flew beneath the tree to prepare the ritual.
Though unable to move, the gray great tree brimming with powerful curses continued to tremble violently. Vines hanging from its canopy constantly clanged against the ends of the four chains, yet could not touch Shade's main body no matter what they did.
Powerful Curse Power flowed into Shade through where he touched the trunk. Shade had thought the curse would have no effect on him, but three seconds later, his skin turned bluish and the Life Force throughout his body began to drain away.
However, the power of the First Fire was immediately stirred. By the time Daniste, preparing the ritual beneath the tree, looked up, the scars of the First Fire Embers had already appeared on Shade's body.
"Why is this tree's curse so powerful?"
The tree from the Doomsday Era of the Past had been suppressed within the Saint Derain Square area, so it was difficult to compare them. But even all the Curse-Eroded Great Trees in Vesta Woodland combined did not possess Curse Power as strong as this tree's.
"Where exactly did it absorb so many curses from?"
The four chains that had shattered the vines had now burrowed deep into the canopy. Yet even the chains in their current state could not completely suppress the tree and