After realizing that the Enlightenment Sacred Tree had come close, Ling Tian couldn't help feeling a ripple of excitement, even though Po Tian had already warned him. The Enlightenment Sacred Tree sensed it, too. It retreated several dozen zhang, but did not leave.
The Enlightenment Sacred Tree had been on the battlefield not long ago, so its sudden appearance here was unusual. Po Tian easily deduced that it had followed Fairy Meng Shang.
"It followed Meng Shang?" Ling Tian was slightly taken aback, but soon accepted the explanation. He knew that was the only possibility.
Then, thinking of something, he asked, "Po Tian, why did the Enlightenment Sacred Tree follow Meng Shang? And why did it come close to me after arriving here?"
"I suspect it sensed Chaos Qi on that girl Meng Shang or Little Swallow, or perhaps it sensed Dao Dissipation Power on Little Swallow. Of course, it could be both," Po Tian said. Sensing Ling Tian's confusion, he explained, "This little thing carries the aura of Dao Dissipation Power. Otherwise, I'm afraid I wouldn't have sensed its presence, either."
Before Ling Tian could speak, he continued, "The Enlightenment Sacred Tree is even more powerful than I imagined. It followed them all this way, and neither Little Swallow nor that girl Meng Shang noticed. It even managed to hide from me, despite coming within a hundred zhang."
That little sprite following Fairy Meng Shang was indeed the Enlightenment Sacred Tree. Po Tian had severed one of its branches, leaving behind Dao Dissipation Power. That was how Po Tian had been able to sense it.
If it had been an ordinary injury, or some other energy lingering in the wound, the Enlightenment Sacred Tree could have dispelled it with ease. But this was Dao Dissipation Power, born to dissolve